Chapter 22: Speak a Little Hometown Dialect

"You said before that almost everyone on Sixth Street knows your identity. Are you guys that united that no one reported you?"

Mo Xuan thought of the big talk Ling had said before, which made him a little curious. He had thought that Phaethon was a top-secret existence, but he didn't expect the neighbors to know, and he was the only one who didn't.

"This, everyone actually has some side businesses. You'll know in the future."

Zhe said with some embarrassment. Mo Xuan pretty much understood what he meant. It was that everyone's background was not clean. Either they cooperated with each other, or everyone died together. Of course, no one would be so foolish as to report them. The whole Sixth Street was, with its simple folk customs, full of talents, and harmonious neighborhood.

"There is an old saying in my hometown, called 'he who touches vermilion will be stained red, and he who touches ink will be stained black.' This is really not wrong at all."

Mo Xuan said with emotion. Don't look at his surname Mo (ink), in fact, he was getting closer and closer to red by following Zhu Yuan (vermilion). As for this wild pair of siblings, they were really black as pitch.

"I have another question. In your eyes, am I a person from Sixth Street?"

Mo Xuan then asked. He knew very well that he was an outsider who had suddenly appeared on Sixth Street, but no one here had ever asked him where he came from, which was very strange.

"Aren't you?" Ling asked back.

"I'm just a new resident. My understanding of Sixth Street is not even as much as the Public Security Bureau's."

"Oh right, you're clearly a newcomer, why do we feel that you're just like an ordinary neighbor? That's why I didn't guard against you when we were talking before."

Ling thought for a moment and felt that she had found a blind spot. Mo Xuan was clearly a newcomer, but she didn't take it seriously at all and had ignored his identity from the beginning. Now that he brought it up himself, Ling finally remembered.

"Don't blame your own absent-mindedness on metaphysics." Zhe complained about his sister.

"Then tell me if it's true or not. It's as if he should exist on Sixth Street."

"It seems so. Maybe Mo Xuan has a kind face. He's a good person, not bound by rules, and insists on the justice in his heart."

Zhe nodded and said. He said Mo Xuan was a good person not without reason. As a person from the opposing camp, it was already commendable that he was willing to sit down and listen to the Rope-Wrights' sophistry. He even believed that they had not committed a crime without evidence. He also went into the Hollow during the day to deal with those dangerous Ethereals. Any point was worthy of Zhe's serious praise.

"I like to hear that. Say more."

Mo Xuan leaned back on the sofa and showed an enjoyable expression. He was not a saint without desires. Of course, he could take praise, and it was also very comfortable.

"His skin is thick enough to be used as a shoe sole." Ling complained in a low voice.

"Phaethon, you don't want your real identity to be known by the Public Security Bureau, do you?"

Mo Xuan looked at Ling and said to her with a meaningful smile. Ling's scalp was tingling. This was the good person her brother was talking about? Good? Now Ling would not be able to write the word 'good'.

"This... this handsome public security officer, I haven't admired anyone in my life, but I admire a hero like you who is willing to risk your life to fight for the citizens. My admiration for you is as continuous as the Ether energy pipeline underground, and as unstoppable as the expansion of a Hollow."

The unwilling look on Ling's face quickly disappeared and turned into an almost fawning smile as she said to Mo Xuan. Mo Xuan found that she really had a talent for flattery. He really wanted to take a notebook and write it down to tell Qingyi later.

"Alright, you can do whatever you want in the future. Just don't do anything harmful. I'm leaving."

Mo Xuan got up and said after enjoying enough. Before leaving, he also drank all the tea in the cup, not leaving a single drop.

"Wait a minute, why did you suddenly come back?"

Ling asked the key question. If it weren't for Mo Xuan suddenly coming back, would she have to say these things against her conscience? You should know that these words were all the thanks she had received from those Hollow raiders before.

"This movie called 'Super Jaws.' I took 1 and 3, and found that I didn't take 2 yet. I want to take it and watch it all together."

Mo Xuan took out the video tape he had rented before and said. It would be fine if 3 was missing, but if 2 was missing between 1 and 3, which obsessive-compulsive person could stand it?

"I hate Jaws!"

Ling said hatefully. After finding 2 for him, she was not in the mood to collect the money. She sent Mo Xuan away as if sending away a plague god.

"It's good that he knows. Otherwise, with a public security officer living on Sixth Street, we'd have to be on tenterhooks."

Zhe smiled and comforted his unhappy sister. Anyway, there were not a few people who knew their identities, and they were all neighbors on Sixth Street, so the psychological pressure was not so great.

"Just you wait. Don't let me get a hold of your weakness."

Ling said with a clenched fist. If Mo Xuan didn't humiliate her today, then she would humiliate Mo Xuan next time, to let him know what it's like to be threatened.

After Mo Xuan returned home, he started his daily fitness. The injuries he had received before had completely healed. He suspected that it was not only because he was durable, but also that the power of the knight was helping him repair his body. Netizens all joked that the belt consumed life. Maybe the belt also felt that if it kept letting Mo Xuan consume it, the only host would die, and they would die together. As a community of shared destiny, of course, they had to take care of it.

Mo Xuan was exercising while listening to the screams from the TV. After watching the entire movie, he found that the best actor was actually the great white shark. The evaluation was too exaggerated.

"Stand, you worked hard today."

Mo Xuan said to the stand, Bu, who was exercising with him. The first time he used its ability, Mo Xuan found that it was so easy to use. It was a hybrid of electric energy and Ether energy. When it entered the Hollow, the surroundings were full of Ether energy, and it could also replenish itself. Mo Xuan still couldn't believe that such a powerful Bangboo was made by himself. It could only be said that the genius form was really top-notch.

"Ora!"

The stand, Bu's, voice was still as sonorous and powerful. After shouting, it made a bodybuilding pose, indicating that there was no problem at all.

"But I can't pass out every time. Next time, it might be you who replaces me in the team. Be careful not to expose yourself."

Mo Xuan sighed and said. The trick of playing dead could not be used too many times, otherwise, it would be discovered sooner or later. The stand, Bu's, mimicry ability had to be used well, just like the Worms in the world of Kabuto. Mimicry was not a problem, but close people could see the abnormality at a glance. It was best to be a ruthless person without feelings, but Mo Xuan couldn't do it. His female superior was so good, how could he have no feelings?

The next day, Mo Xuan woke up from his sleep. The first thing he did was to open a blind box. To be honest, it was still very fun to randomly get a belt like this every day. No one knew what the belt of the day would be.

There was no belt today. Mo Xuan was stunned for a moment. You should know that no matter whether the belt was hidden around him, it would always materialize when it first appeared. But today, there was no belt by his hand, only a card box.

"So it's you."

Mo Xuan quickly understood the key. He picked up the card box, looked at the exquisite dragon pattern seal on it, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. After getting up, he came to the floor-to-ceiling mirror at home and looked inside. There was only one difference in the mirror, that is, a metal belt was hanging on his waist. The card slot in the middle of the belt could just be inserted with the card box in his hand.

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