Aldridge sometimes feels fortunate: Except for his friend Johnny, Aldridge has basically nothing to worry about, no family of his own, no extra friends, um, no debt.

This undoubtedly provided a lot of convenience for him as an outsider.

As for the job of the 'Mystery Hunter', it is very free. There is no social insurance, no basic salary, more pay for more work, less pay for less work, and Aldrich currently intends to not work hard.

So Aldridge stayed at Johnny's house for the next week, living in the study every day with books and notes, and Johnny would take care of his food, along with his pets' food and his own. .

In Johnny's heart, those pets are much more important than people.

By the way, the reason why Aldridge can read the Wagnerian Empire is largely due to Johnny's credit.

"It's rare that you can read books all the time. It's not like you at all." Johnny sat on the ground on the side, holding a book in his hand. He used to read it by himself, with Aldridge accompanying him. No doubt a lot of fun.

"People need to grow up, Johnny," Aldridge said as he turned the page of the book, "I recently realized a profound truth."

"What is it?"

Aldrich put down the book and said seriously, "Knowledge is power!"

"That's great!" Johnny agreed, pursed his lips and smiled, looked up at Aldridge and turned his eyes away, "It sounds like the scholars in the Temple of Knowledge."

"No, no, I'm not like them." Aldridge objected. "They're all a bunch of nerds who read and read, and they can't compare to flexible people like us."

"Hahaha." Johnny finally laughed.

Aldridge sighed in his heart, even Johnny couldn't understand the sacred position of "knowledge is power" in my heart.

Knowledge can broaden people's horizons. After reading a week's book and Johnny's notes, Aldrich is now much deeper than his previous plausible understanding of "mystery".

"Johnny, I'm leaving this afternoon." Aldridge said casually.

"Huh? Not a couple of days?" Johnny pretended to ask naturally, but with a slight reluctance in his tone, Aldridge understood very clearly that Johnny just didn't want to get in his way.

"Well, because of poverty... I'm going to make some money, or the house will be confiscated by the landlord."

"What's your plan? I mean not being a 'mystery hunter'."

Aldridge took a light breath and spat out a few words.

"Forest bar."

The Forest Bar is located at 5 Forest Avenue in the Hodurol district, only four blocks from Spencer Street where Johnny lives, not too far.

This is the favorite bar of the believers of the earth goddess, just because the name here is 'forest bar'.

Legend has it that the Mother Earth is the mother of life and the mother of nature, and the symbol of the Church of the Mother Earth is a big tree, known as the 'Tree of the World' or the 'Tree of Life'.

Aldridge is an unbeliever, but that doesn't stop him from pretending to be a believer and coming here to play with the believers.

He steadily pushed open the door of the tavern made of ebony, and the bell connected to the door made a 'ding ding dong' sound, which was crisp and pleasant, and attracted the attention of the bartender who was standing in front of the exquisite counter wiping the wine glasses.

"welcome!"

He smiled and said something, then continued to wipe the wine glass.

Aldrich stepped on the sturdy wooden floor in the tavern and looked at the environment at will. Unsurprisingly, he found that the pub was basically empty, with only three or four people sitting in the corner drinking and talking.

In this extremely busy society, who would be accompanied by wine in the afternoon when the sun is just right? On Aldridge's way to the Forest Tavern, everyone he met was in a hurry.

Aldridge walked to the bar and sat down, smiled and asked, "Do you have any recommendations?"

The bartender has blond hair, fair skin, a handsome face, and a pair of slender hands. He is handsome and powerful to beat Aldrich. He also smiled and said, "It's a pleasant afternoon, isn't it, come here? How about a 'Sunshine Afternoon'?"

Well, smiling is also much prettier than Aldridge.

Aldridge pretended not to care and said casually, "Sounds good, how about recommending it to someone special?"

"Oh?" The bartender finally stopped wiping the glass with his hands, "How special?"

"Very, very special," Aldridge stressed.

The bartender put down the glass, looked at Aldridge seriously, and said after a few seconds, "You can call me Mills, please wait a moment."

With that said, Mills walked to the corner of the bar and pulled a hidden rope with his back to Aldridge.

Aldridge watched his movements and guessed that the rope should be connected to a bell.

It's a natural, primitive and effective method, Aldridge thought, rubbing his fingers lightly on the rough cuffs of the fabric.

After a while, a beautiful woman in an emerald green spinning dress walked out from the depths of the tavern and came to the bar unhurriedly.

Aldrich turned his eyes to her and looked at it quickly: fair skin, tall build, brown hair, black eyes, red lips, um, the emerald green dress has a 'Tree of Life' mark on the cuff.

There is no doubt that the members of the Church of the Mother Earth should be the deacons of the church.

According to Aldrich's knowledge, the clergy of the Church of the Mother Earth are divided into three levels: bishops, priests, and deacons.

An ordinary clergyman is a deacon. After he is promoted, he is a priest. Johnny's elder brother, Claude, is a priest reserve, that is, a trainee priest. Bishops are divided into popes, cardinals, and bishops.

Bishops are in charge of church affairs in one region, while cardinals are in charge of church affairs in multiple regions, also known as archbishops.

The Pope does not need to say.

"Hello, this gentleman?" the woman said in a nice and decent voice.

"Just call me Aldridge."

"Mr. Aldridge," the woman repeated, then smiled and said, "Please come with me."

She had no intention of reporting her name, so she turned around and left.

Aldridge calmly followed the woman's back.

The Forest Bar is a bar for ordinary people, but not only for Extraordinary people. It is a place for communication between the Church of the Earth Goddess and the 'wild' Extraordinary.

Every year, some people step into the extraordinary—this is a phenomenon that cannot be prevented, but they are not necessarily church personnel. The church has set up such a place for regional stability, aiming at guiding, understanding, restraining, managing, and maintaining a certain level of stability. Extraordinary who are not in the system are limited in degree. UU reading www. uukanshu.com

The routine is very simple, just give enough bait, and Extraordinary who have no criminal intentions are willing to take the bait.

Not only the Church of the Mother Earth has such a place, but also the churches of the other five gods.

The woman took Aldridge to the door of a room and knocked on the door lightly, and there was a steady and heavy voice from inside:

"Please come in."

The woman opened the door and raised her hand to signal Aldridge to go in.

Aldridge entered the room, the woman closed the door and did not come in with him.

This is a small office, about 20 square meters. A leather sofa is placed against the wall. In front of the sofa is a brown-wood coffee table. There is nothing on it. Obviously, the owner does not like sitting on the sofa.

In the center is a large desk, behind which sits a sturdy, middle-aged man with a beard and a sturdy suit and tie, his arms leaking out from under his rolled-up cuffs. He was full of body hair, and there was a pair of glasses on the bridge of his high nose, but no matter how he looked at it, he felt that it didn't match his temperament.

At this time, he was looking at a paper document.

"Hello, sir." Aldridge greeted first.

"Sit." The middle-aged man didn't look at him, he just waved his right hand to let him sit down, and Aldrich could hear the sound of the wind from the wave.

Only then did Aldridge notice that there was a wooden chair in front of the desk, so he walked over and sat down firmly.

About five minutes later, the middle-aged man finally put down the documents and looked up into Aldridge's eyes.

The moment he faced his eyes, Aldrich actually had the idea of ​​flinching!

In those eyes, there is absolutely no kindness, peace, and respect for life as preached in the Church of the Mother Earth, but the danger and madness of beasts.