Wiping the sweat from his forehead, the clockmaker Tokiwa climbed up the long stone steps to the clock room on the top floor of the clock tower. He put down the tool bag he was carrying on the ground to temporarily unload the burden, and sat down on the last step.
Go ahead and take a break to regain your strength.
Level three hundred and ninety-three. Changpan didn't know why the designer chose such a number when designing this bell tower. He didn't care what it symbolized or what its meaning was. In short, because of the nearly ten years of relationship with this bell tower.
Along with him, he clearly remembered the steps of the bell tower.
Built before the second industrial revolution, Big Ben was born earlier than the generator. Naturally, it cannot be a common modern electronic clock, but an ancient and elegant clockwork clock. Its simple and noble temperament makes Big Ben
Together with the clock tower that carries it, it has become a landmark building in London and a business card of London to the world.
The above is what the tour guides and the big shots above are thinking about when they come to visit, but they have no idea that in order to maintain the power of the clockwork Big Ben, it needs to be wound up every three days.
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Of course, winding up a toy is easy. You only need to twist it a few times and it’s over. But how about winding up the clockwork set of Big Ben, which is connected to all four clocks at the same time? The last time it was wound up, it could wind up an adult.
He was so tired that he felt like he had to endure dozens of bags of cement at a construction site - don’t ask him how he knew how tiring it was to resist cement at a construction site. As a Japanese who came to London to work hard, Tsukiwa had never worked any kind of job before? p>
Three times a week, the clockmaker brings his tools to the nearly 100-meter-high clock tower. In addition to winding the clockwork, he also checks various parts of the clockwork device for damage and faults that need to be repaired. Although the clock tower is
His status in London is so special, but the job of winding up Big Ben has never been an easy job. Naturally, it fell to Changpan, who was an Asian and suffered implicit discrimination.
——After all, as we all know, American civilization is basically born out of England, whether it is the thieves who claim to be gentlemen/peace messengers and wantonly collect wealth and resources from all over the world, or the thieves who claim that "everyone is equal" while treating everyone equally
Initiate racial discrimination.
Anyway, the sun never sets in the past and has long since faded away. On the contrary, my hometown has become prosperous because of the existence of Haima Entertainment Group. Tokiwa has already thought about it. After this year, he will go back to his hometown to open a watch shop. He has already thought of a name.
It's called 9 to 5. By the way, he can also go see his brother's grandson who was born last year.
"Wind-up clocks and such are just decorations. The big shots above won't understand." They all muttered, finally ending their complaints and random thoughts. After resting and recovering their strength, the clockmaker Tokiwa stood up, carrying his tool bag, and asked
Go to the clockwork group in the center of the clock room.
But as soon as he turned around, he saw a man who had lifted his collar up to the bridge of his nose, covering his face like a mask, and was about to leave from the passage from the clock room to the clock face outside the clock tower!
"Why are there people here!?" It is only seven in the morning. Although it is not said that everyone is still immersed in sleep, compared to the standard working time of nine o'clock, most people are still fighting against the monsters and quilts.
Yes, there are definitely not many people who get up early.
Not to mention that the clock tower is not open to the public at this time. You should be the only one who comes to the top clock room to wind up Big Ben.
After thinking for a while, Changpan continued to ask: "What are you going to do when you appear here? Who are you!"
While asking, Changpan didn't even have the slightest intention of catching up. He turned back, for fear that the other person's face would be exposed in his eyes.
He is no longer a young man in his 10s or 20s. He has long passed the age when he has a strong sense of justice. Although he still has a heart that yearns for justice, he will never be impulsive because of it. He understands the rules of the road. If you don't read it,
If you see the other person's face, the other person will probably run away, but if you see the other person's face, he may not survive.
Not to mention that Big Ben has no symbolic meaning for Tokiwa, a watchmaker who is not the official symbol of old London at all. His salary alone does not support his pursuit of a suspected terrorist who sneaked into Big Ben to cause damage.
It is the responsibility of security guards to be involved in danger.
His salary as a watchmaker is only a few hundred pounds a month. What kind of life is he doing?
When the "terrorist" heard the watchmaker's question, he replied frivolously: "A passing Judici...just a monster thief, remember it for me~"
With his back to the end of the passage without handrails, the "terrorist" jumped back, then turned his back and faced the sky, and actually jumped out from the top of the nearly 100-meter-high clock tower!
"Nani!?" Because of the unexpected situation, the watchmaker was even frightened and spoke his hometown dialect. He watched the "terrorist" fall in surprise. He didn't catch up with him. Why did the man seem to be cornered?
, actually jumped off the building, doesn’t that mean that he killed someone?
As he hurriedly ran to the passage leading to the clock face, Changpan saw the person who jumped from the clock tower, not to mention the body that fell to the bottom of the clock tower.
An empty city shrouded in mist.
It was as if the person just now did not exist at all, and everything was just an extremely clear dream.
Rubbing his eyes and checking again, Changpan wondered if he was really getting old. After a moment of hesitation, he picked up the walkie-talkie on his chest and spoke to the person who worked with him downstairs.
The doorman shouted: "Smith? I just saw someone on the bell tower."
"Nonsense, I also know you are on the bell tower, okay?" came the impatient voice of the doorman named Smith from the intercom, "Didn't you tell me before not to use the intercom for unnecessary nonsense that would affect your work?
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"So communication is necessary now!" Changpan said anxiously, "I just saw someone in the clock room on the top floor. I don't know how he came in or what he came for. I didn't even see his face. Then
The man jumped from the bell tower!"
"Jumped off the clock tower?" Smith glanced at the Big Ben outside. There was nothing on the ground. He couldn't help but said to the intercom, "Jipan, are you awake? How could someone jump off the clock tower?"<
/p>
"But, I really saw someone..."
"Puff——"
Halfway through his words, he heard Smith's uncontrollable laughter coming from the walkie-talkie. Knowing that the other party didn't take his words seriously at all, he didn't say anything further. He turned off the walkie-talkie and said with some dissatisfaction: "In London.
Working is simply a waste of my youth!"
Anyway, I have already reported the situation, and when the clock tower is blown up and I don’t care about it, I wind up the clockwork group and leave alone.
On the Thames River outside the clock tower, with the sound of "winter", a small boat leaning on the shore swayed. The "terrorist" who just jumped from the clock tower seemed to have just been loaded into a video game.
The character model revealed his figure like that. As he lowered his raised collar to reveal his true face, wasn't that Hayato?
"Huh~ Although I have paraglided more than once in the game, in reality it is always so fun and exciting no matter how many times I do it." He glanced at the person who had just paraglided with him from the Clock Tower to the Thames River and was returning to him.
The card on the duel plate on his wrist contained [Dragon of the Curse], Hayato added, "Although strictly speaking, this is not actually gliding."
The reason why the clockmaker who came to wind up the Big Ben just now did not see Hayato was because Hayato used the [Quantum Cube] that he always carried with him. With the help of that thing, Hayato can also do things like the Blue God.
They can use invisibility and teleportation like them, but Hayato doesn't want to use the latter unless necessary. He doesn't want to become Major Anderson.
Pretending to jump off a building, Hayato actually summoned the [Curse Dragon] the moment he jumped out to fly away with himself in the invisible state. As for the [Curse Dragon]? Even if it enters physical form, it can interfere with reality.
In this state, most people still cannot see the existence of elves, unless the card elves have the will to appear.
As for why Hayato didn't do it even though he could knock the clockmaker unconscious so that the other party couldn't see him or notify others of his existence from the beginning? Even Hayato wouldn't just ask someone casually.
It was done by an innocent person, especially when the other person looked kind and like a good old man.
Compared to the area where the clock tower is located, there have been ships sailing on the Thames River for water transportation operations since Hayato came. There has never been a moment of stopping and it is always busy. However, Hayato let the [Dragon of the Curse] land.
This boat seems to be rented for tourists to enjoy. It is still so early that no one will disturb it for the time being.
When Hayato was free, he sat down comfortably on the boat as if he were at home. He took out the metal box that Dazi had given to him before and opened it.
Although the outer layer is made of solid metal, the box is carefully filled with sponge-like material to protect the items inside, and is also covered with soft flannel to prevent scratches. After opening the metal box, Hayato saw the contents inside.
It was actually a duel monster card, which depicted a scene where clean water rose up against gravity and turned into a water column under the guidance of a blue-haired magician girl, and an illusory humanoid figure was summoned out of thin air wrapped in the water flow.
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Hayato also recognized this card at a glance. Even without looking at the description and name of the card, he could smoothly pronounce the original name of the card: "I'm going to reset the marathon?"
...Okay, Hayato has indeed forgotten what the original name of the card is, but he remembers the origin of the name very clearly, that is, mobile game players repeatedly uninstall and reinstall the game in order to obtain powerful equipment or characters, and refresh the initial version.
The behavior of "resetting the marathon" is translated as [Rama to Chongsong Ceremony] in Simplified Chinese translation, and "Rama to Chongsong" is "Chongzhi Mara Song (Reset Marathon)".
But its original name in Japanese is——
【The Ceremony of Allah Messiah】.
Although it sounds like a ritual magic card, [Arimasiah's Ritual] is really just an ordinary magic card, and its effect has nothing to do with rituals. A actually uses a brave man from another world as a card.
The ritual of summoning the savior to a different world of swords and magic has the same effect.
But the question is, how could Dazi give herself such a card?
Picking up the card of [Ara Messiah's Ceremony], Hayato saw Tatsu's voice coming from the metal box in front of him:
"Hayato-kun, the last gift I can give you is this card. This is my thought burned into the Oliha Stone with my memory. If you bring the Oliha Stone to my former
If you back it up, I can use this memory to complete this card and deliver it to you."
"My memory lasts until the moment when you came to Doma Island to duel with me and joined Doma. For you, it may be a thing of the past, right? But for me, that is simply the most wonderful present.
Even you, Hayato, can hardly imagine the joy and hope that filled my heart when I saw you crossing the world and coming to me. In my heart, you are a hero."
"With such good memories, I designed this card and completed it. I hope this card can help you when you need it."
The recording that seemed to have been completed in advance paused and said with a smile, "I know you should still trust the elves, right? If this card can awaken the elves, it will only be you as a hero and a brave man. If you
If you must trust the elves, at least it will give me some sense of participation."
"Perhaps I have wandered around the world for thousands of years just to meet you..."
The recording ended here, Hayato put away the card of [Ara Messiah's Ceremony]: "As for the card, I will accept it, but hey~"
Rubbing his arms, Hayato had some goosebumps, "No matter how many times I hear it, this guy Datsu is still so gay. By the way, this card is actually based on the time when I appeared in front of Datsu? It doesn't matter if I am a brave man.
After all, there is no duelist more caring than me, but why does Dazi think that he will be the mage who presides over the summoning ceremony? He is just a staff at most."
Besides, Dazi clearly has green hair, or green hair, while Shuizhu girl clearly has blue hair. Don’t think that Dazi, who has similar hair color, can put yourself in!
And as Hayato got all the other related cards in the deck, they all reached three——
Damn it? The gryphon actually wants 5000 DP to order one? The system, you little cutie, are robbing the system!
Seeing the excessive prices marked in the store, Hayato decisively chose to buy one of each and call it a day. In fact, he still likes to collect more, and one is enough. Besides, a true duelist can definitely do it if he only has one.
If you draw it, whoever is serious would bring three of them? It’s not because the price is too high and I’m reluctant to buy it.
