Today's London is just like yesterday, it's also a rainy day
The drizzle outside the window was drizzling, hitting the glass window and making a faint splashing sound of water droplets. National apartment, front hall.
Luo Lian lightly brushed off his resume and looked at the candidate sitting across the desk. Elsa Lenz
Ah, I'm here
The applicant is a young lady with a single ponytail, light chestnut hair, and eyes like paint. Holding a file bag, with a somewhat restrained expression.
From the resume, it can be seen that this is a high-quality workforce who has just graduated from university, with abilities, ideals, and little social experience.
I'm still an intellectual, why wouldn't I consider applying for a detective position and become a doctor or lawyer ... . Luo Lian silently cursed and asked, "What position do you want to apply for? "
Agent... "Elsa whispered," I want to apply for the position of agent at the law firm
She has already submitted her resume to five law firms, but most of them did not even pass the first round of screening. Only the detective in front of her is willing to interview her, which makes her a bit nervous at this moment.
Seeing that Luo Lian didn't respond for a moment, she grabbed her hand and nervously asked, "Yes, is there anything wrong
"There's no big problem".
Lorraine cleared her throat lightly and said, "Although most female employees in detective agencies in London are working as analysts, assistants, and other clerical positions, I don't have such a mandatory requirement here. "
The only question is, "he asked cautiously," what is your expected salary? "Elsa thought for a moment.
I haven't considered this issue yet, but
She cautiously probed and said, 'Hmm, it seems that the weekly salary of a typical detective is around 20 shillings?' 20 shillings, which is 2 pounds or 200 pence, is equivalent to the weekly salary of a skilled worker in a textile factory. Elsa prepared for the other party's salary
I was mentally prepared and decided to reluctantly agree as long as it was not less than 12 shillings. The current market situation is indeed like this
Luo Lian nodded and then changed the subject, pointing out the other party's question: "Just, as you said, this is the salary of an ordinary detective, and you are different. "
He patiently induced:
After all, you have just graduated and lack relevant professional experience. That is to say, for a long time after joining the company, not only may you not be able to bring profits to the firm, but you will also need me to spend time and energy guiding you
In order to cultivate the spirit of "hard work and perseverance" and "refusal to lie flat" among young people, he selectively ignored the identity of the other party as a college graduate.
In this era, a graduation certificate from a reputable university still holds great value.
Elsa listened and opened her mouth slightly, her eyes sparkling with a clear light:
She instinctively felt something was wrong, but also felt that what the other person was saying made some sense, and didn't know how to refute it. "So ..
"So, I believe our relationship should be 'nurturing' rather than 'hiring'. "
Luo Liantu looked at the knife and said:
In short, it's not that I'm going to pay you a fee, but that you should pay me a 'training fee'
Elsa understood this time.
She listened to this theory, which was also quite advanced for the new capitalists, and her gaze was dull as she stuttered and said:
Please, let me think about it for a while
Two minutes later, Lorraine looked at the door that had been casually taken and let out a soft sigh.
Based on the results of the previous few applicants, this' period of time 'is likely to be indefinitely extended.
He looked up at the calendar in the upper right corner of his desk, and the date was September 11, 1888.
Calculating the time, today should be his "seventh day", which is the seventh day he has come here.
His identity is a "British detective" on par with "Japanese high school student", "American homeless person", and "CN traveler".
If nothing unexpected happens, oneshould take a script of "Police Savior" and wander between conspiracy and danger, while gaining fame and saving the city.
Unfortunately, generally speaking, dreams are the opposite.
Lorraine quickly discovered through observation of newspapers, traces of life in the apartment, and various documents that he was neither Sherlock Holmes nor Hercule Poirot, but rather an unnamed third rate detective.
Moreover, as part of the various subsidies provided by the Palace of Westminster for "private detective companies," the individual also invested a huge amount of money to apply for a law firm qualification certificate and placed recruitment advertisements in newspapers.
As long as you gather three employees within two months, you can transform from a third rate detective to the president of the agency. Putting aside reality, the group at least sounds like successful individuals.
However, after taking over the body, he searched the entire apartment but couldn't find any savings that could support the two employees.
Was' I 'originally planning to have employees and myself drink the Northwest Wind? "
After Luo Lia
found out the situation, he couldn't help roast in his heart.
I have no savings, no acquaintances, and lack the ability to earn money. Most people, faced with this situation, will probably have to seamlessly switch to a "city explorer" in no time.
Fortunately, in addition to his main job as a detective, he now has an additional side job. vampire.
He opened the drawer and took out several transparent glass bottles, which contained several ants with strange appearances and exceptionally large bodies.
The reason for these changes was that Lorraine fed them his own blood.
Picking up a pen from the desktop, he slowly opened the bottle and inserted the tip into the glass bottle containing ants. Under his control, two larger ants surrounded and opened their mouths to start biting.
Click
The sound of fine chewing echoed, and the tip of the pen was gradually gnawed into metal fragments.
The ability of 'Number 2' is a little stronger than yesterday, and it also gave me feedback on 'environmentalperception'
Ability.
It seems that due to differences between individuals, even if the same amount of blood is obtained, the final effect will be different
Among hundreds of ants, only "Number One" and "Number Two" barely met his expectations, but still far from enough.
Luo Lian observed for a moment, took out the pen, re closed the bottle mouth, and then lifted the sleeve of his left hand, revealing the crimson mark on his wrist.
The curved arc-shaped mark resembles the human eye, with several "tear marks" extending downwards. Overall, it looks like a closed eye shedding tears.
After becoming a "vampire", this eye imprint can secrete a certain amount of blood every day, with a maximum of about 0.5 milliliters.
These blood can cause mutations in ordinary organisms, and the other party will also be completely manipulated by them. The simpler the thinking, the more thorough the manipulation.
At the same time, the more blood is given, the greater the changes that occur, and he can also receive feedback from the other person.
For example, the "environmental perception" he currently obtains is obtained from the two ants with the most significant mutations;
In addition, he can choose to strip away the blood containing more power at the cost of more consumption, causing a qualitative change and endowing the 'blood recipient' with stronger abilities.
This special 'blood recipient' will be able to voluntarily strip off their own blood and bestow it upon the next level of creatures, just like him.
The cost is that after separating this special blood, he will fall into a period of weakness and a loss of "spirituality".
These are knowledge engraved in genetic instincts, and Lorraine knew them all after fully transforming into a 'vampire'.
Although he has only conducted experiments with ants so far, theoretically speaking .. . . .
People can also do it.
However, if you want to make a change in a person, you definitely need to use more blood Just as he was lost in thought, a lightning bolt suddenly flashed outside the window.
Bang Bang Bang Bang
Someone knocked on the apartment door.