living in the world of reincarnation

Chapter 183 Professor Leonard

When Mu Lan and Lin Yiyi arrived at the Newport Municipal Museum, the sky was dark and it was already 6:[-] pm. The reception hours of the museum had ended, but there was a glimmer of light in the crack of the door, and the staff should not have left work yet.

Mu Lan knocked on the door, but no one came to answer the door.
She took a few more shots, and it took a few minutes before the sound of footsteps came from far to near, and the sound was a bit hurried, and then the heavy mahogany door was opened, and the doorman with keys in his waist and a small felt hat stopped him. lower yourself

"It's closed, come back tomorrow!"

Mu Lan stopped in front of him, unhurriedly took out the employment contract she carried with her, and said politely: "I want to find Leonard, he invited us over."

"Professor Leonard?" The guard looked at Mu Lan in surprise, then took the contract, saw Leonard's name clearly through the light, frowned and muttered:
"A weirdo is a weirdo, and it's still so late."

It seems that the person who hired him is a professor, so it is normal for him to appear in the museum. Mu Lan smiled and said: "I really bother you, please take me to see him."

The doorman pointed to the only room upstairs that was lit, with a hint of impatience on his expression, "He shut himself in that room all day and didn't know what to study, he's crazy, you go directly to him."

"Also, hurry up, the museum is closing, and the director stipulates that no outsiders can stay here overnight."

Mu Lan noticed that it seemed that Professor Leonard's popularity in the museum was not good, and even the guards were quite critical. She took back her employment contract, and led Lin Yiyi, who was looking around, into the depths of the museum.

Because the museum is about to close, most of the lights have been turned off, and only one crystal chandelier in the center of the ceiling is left on in the museum, so the huge space looks very dark, with fossil skeletons with teeth and claws on both sides, and some unknown places The unearthed warrior statues, walking through exhibits of different cultures and styles, have a sense of grotesque unreality.

It was too dark on the stairs, so Mu Lan took out the flashlight in the portable space. When the two went upstairs, they noticed that the whole museum was surprisingly quiet, as if they were the only living people.

Are you all off work?Asking why Professor Leonard is still here, Mu Lan knocked on the door.

No one responded for a long time. It seemed that a kerosene lamp was used in the room, and the fire light leaked from the crack of the door.

"No one?" As soon as Lin Yiyi uttered a sound, the quiet corridor was extremely harsh. She quickly covered her mouth and whispered, "Isn't it too sleepy to fall asleep?"

Mu Lan shook her head. After using the mental power spell, she sensed that there was no one inside, so she turned the doorknob lightly and walked directly into the office.

The kerosene lamp on the simple wooden table flickered on and off, ignoring the precious cultural relics hidden in the darkness, Mu Lan was attracted by the tiara on the table at first sight.

This silver-white crown made of unknown metal is shining brightly in the light of the fire, without too much aesthetic sensitivity, this thing lying quietly on the velvet cushion is very eye-catching, even the unartistic Lin Yiyi exclaimed:
"so beautiful!"

Mu Lan accidentally touched it, the relief on the crown was gorgeous and delicate, but the things described were weird and incomprehensible, some were just simple geometric shapes, and some grotesque humanoid silhouettes, they seemed to be doing Some kind of ceremony, the most eye-catching is the content of the abstract ocean and starry sky, which seems to be a metaphor for the distant and mysterious existence of some time and space. These irrelevant contents are mixed together, but the style is extremely harmonious and integrated .

The more Mu Lan stared at the crown, the more nervous her thoughts became, and her heartbeat gradually accelerated.

She saw that the room seemed to be shrouded in mist, and there was a pungent stench, and she felt very uncomfortable all over her body, and the strangest thing was that there were whispers in her ears, and the hoarse ravings seemed to be telling her What.
She seemed to see something, some vague and grotesque picture.

The disgustingly rotten thing stuck to her face, and the slippery touch made her shiver subconsciously, and the inexplicable fear invaded her whole body, and the whispers became clearer and closer.
"What are you doing in my room!"

A sharp and angry voice brought Mu Lan back to reality. A short old man with a monocle appeared at the door. He was stunned for a moment after seeing their faces clearly, and then asked in confusion: "Why are you here? The day of departure has not yet come."

Mu Lan was in a daze, and didn't answer for a long time. Lin Yiyi nudged her with an elbow, and only then did she belatedly see the person in front of her.

He glanced at Lin Yiyi suspiciously, and said to her with a mind link: "Just now, did you see anything?"

"See what? No? You've been touching the tiara, and I just wandered around the room bored." Lin Yiyi answered truthfully.

Hallucination?Mu Lan’s feeling just now was extremely real. She is not someone who has never experienced illusions, but this time the feeling is indescribable. Those weird and weird scenes are really like being there.
Subconsciously touched her face, her pupils constricted, and her heart seemed to miss a beat.

His hands were wet and very sticky to the touch. Just now, when he was on guard and Lin Yiyi was beside him, something touched him!
"Why don't you speak?"

After the old man finished speaking, he glanced at the silver-white tiara on the table, his expression suddenly startled, he quickly stepped forward to hold the tiara with a velvet cushion, looked at it for a moment under the firelight like a treasure, and then wrapped it nervously .

"Why did you touch my things without permission!" The old man's tone was harsh, and his voice was very sharp and unpleasant.

"You broke in while going to the toilet, it's too impolite!"

"We didn't move!" Lin Yiyi immediately explained: "Although we entered your room without authorization, this thing was placed on the table from the beginning. We are not petty thieves!"

"Really? Could it be?" The old man's expression was suspicious at first, and then became incomprehensible.

He did not continue to reprimand the two, but took a wooden box on the table and carefully put the tiara in it.

"It's obviously packed in a box just now, why is it outside? Am I already getting confused?"

The old man muttered softly, bent down and stuffed the box back under the bed. He turned his back to Mu Lan and fiddled with something, but Mu Lan could see that he opened a secret compartment through his spiritual perception.

Mu Lan had already recovered from the weird atmosphere just now. She suppressed the strangeness in her heart and looked at the old man.

It seems that this person is Leonard who hired them, and the place he is going to is probably related to the main mission. Mu Lan paused and said, "Mr. Leonard, where is our destination?"

Leonard glanced at Mu Lan. After finishing his work, he patted the dust on his hands and said, "I was planning to contact you tomorrow, but since you are here, I will give you a brief introduction."

Seeing the two girls standing and listening to him, he pulled three chairs to the table and motioned them to sit down.

After the three of them sat down, Leonard didn't speak for a long time. He swallowed, his expression hesitated, and he seemed a little uneasy.

Then he got up in a hurry, walked to the window sill, looked out carefully, and closed the two windows lightly.

Sitting back on the chair again, he grinned dryly in front of Mu Lan who was showing doubts. The firelight reflected on half of his face, flickering on and off, making it look a little eerie in this room.

Leonard slowly opened his mouth and began to tell a bizarre story.

(End of this chapter)