Chapter 49 Newlywed

As soon as this person walked out of the door of the recreation room, I felt a strong aura, but it wasn’t the kind that could oppress me. To be more specific, if I didn’t deliberately suppress myself, the aura I released would be similar to his.

He was tall and thin, with the same short haircut as the village official here, and he was dressed similarly, in black tops and pants that were somewhat similar to modified Tang suits, and he was wearing the same mask. However, I felt a little dazed when I saw this person, and my intuition told me that these were not the key points. The key point was that I always had a vague, indescribable sense of familiarity with him.

Where does this feeling come from? I stared at his mask, and behind the eyes were a pair of dark, bright pupils. I couldn’t see anything at all, and I had no idea what his face and expression were like under the mask. So, I didn’t know how he would react when he saw me. In any case, judging from his body language, everything was flawless…

“You’re not being honest, so before you go in, you have to let the adults check you first.” The tone of the village official was not very friendly, and I naturally found it funny. Could I have brought a bomb to blow up the recreation room? What is the so-called inspection all about?

At this moment, the bug that had been lying on my arm moved lazily, which made me a little nervous. I hoped it wouldn’t be discovered.

To my surprise, the so-called adult just glanced at me casually, took a few more looks at me, then waved impatiently to indicate that everything was fine, and then turned and re-entered the recreation room.

The village official was left somewhat stunned. He obviously did not expect the adult to let me go so easily. Looking at the village official, even though I could not see his face, I understood at that moment that there was no need for any inspection. The repairer was dangerous in itself. Naturally, someone was maintaining order in the entertainment room. He had asked someone to inspect me purely to cause me trouble. But I did not expect the adult to cause me any trouble.

I frowned slightly, and my heart felt more and more strange, but it was only for a moment. My expression became calm, and then I said to the village official, “Can I go in?”

The village official seemed a little reluctant, but he dared not question the great man, so he pushed open the door and let me enter the so-called entertainment room.

As soon as I entered the courtyard, the aroma of meat and wine wafted into my nose, accompanied by the sound of crazy, piercing music. The courtyard was like a banquet hall, with tables set up and people sitting around. The funny thing was that the men of the villagers usually had one or two women in their arms, but most of the women of the villagers also found a male villager to lean on and hold…

Is this a sign of loneliness and a desperate need for companionship? I didn’t think too much about it… Instead, I stood in the courtyard and first observed the so-called entertainment room.

The yard was nicely decorated with a few green plants and some scenic decorations. It was an open-air dining area with various types of alcohol on the side, with various so-called points clearly marked and priced, and the beautifully arranged snacks were free…

There are many rooms in the courtyard, each clearly marked with what it is, such as a gambling hall, a pub, and so on. Almost all the entertainment methods in society are simply included here, and there is even a so-called KTV… I am basically a person with no entertainment cells, so I think the pub, which is similar to a bar, is more suitable for me, so I walked into it.

Although it was daytime, it was still dark when I entered the bar, just like a real bar in society… It was noisy inside, and God knows how many people there were in this big village, because quite a few tables were full of people.

Perhaps it is because life is too depressing on weekdays, and the people who drink here talk very freely. I guess as long as they don’t talk about taboo things, there shouldn’t be any big problems, right?

My entrance did not attract any extra attention from the people here, and I didn’t know any of them, so after thinking about it, I sat down at the bar.

I had a limited number of points, and the various drinks in this so-called tavern were not ‘cheap’. It seemed that the existence of this place encouraged people to earn more points and then come here to spend them, forgetting the painful loneliness of the regular life in the village. To put it more directly, it was also a disguised way of forcing people to be pious to the so-called god.

I ordered two bottles of beer and slowly drank them, seemingly absent-minded, but actually listening to the various conversations of the people here. In fact, there was nothing particularly noteworthy. The people here were mostly talking loudly about how pious they were to the so-called god.

What god? I felt funny because I had never felt such a shy god in the world. I worshiped it for ten days, and I didn’t even know its specific image. Even the shrine in the worship room was covered with a black cloth, and I only knew that the god was under the black cloth. I didn’t know anything else.

“Do you know why the wine here is more expensive than outside?” Behind the bar, a bartender was wiping the glass in his hand. Perhaps he saw that I was bored and started talking to me for no reason.

I took a good look at him. This person was not a village slave, because he did not have the obvious mark of a village slave, which is a black skull tattoo on the side of the neck.

I wasn’t interested in this topic, so I drank a beer in my hand and shook my head.

The bartender smiled mysteriously at me and said, “Because this is the most free place to talk in the entire village. It’s impossible in the rest of the village.”

Outer village? I was intrigued, but I pretended to be surprised and asked, “Free? This is my first time here, and I thought this was just a place to express loyalty.”

“No, no, no,” the bartender shook his head and said, “here to express loyalty to God, of course, you can get a little reward, often come here to drink people have nothing good to let them surprise the news can be exchanged, you know? You are a strange face, you come here, through conversation can be found, you will understand more about here.”

I thought to myself that I had indeed come to the right place. In fact, there was nothing to hide. The strength of this holy village was already apparent, and it could do whatever it wanted. The villagers here were like fish in a net, and there was no way for them to escape. So some of the fish were curious, and it was enough to satisfy them.

So I smiled and pretended to be dumb, saying, “I can’t think of anything I want to know.”

I said this deliberately because, according to human psychology and speaking habits, he would definitely throw out a shocking piece of news to convince me.

Sure enough, he said to me with a mysterious look on his face, “Are you really not interested? Not even in when you were chosen to be the ‘newlywed’?”

What is a “newlywed”? My heart began to tremble, because I couldn’t help but think of the existence of the story, the strange male and female corpses, all of them wearing wedding dresses, and then appearing in the town. Could it be…

The more I thought about it, the more my scalp went numb. The bottle was in the air, but I couldn’t bring myself to drink. At this point, even if I wanted to pretend I wasn’t interested, I couldn’t.

Just then, there was a loud commotion in the bar, as if people were cheering. I pretended not to notice and turned my head. Under the dim lighting, I saw a man slapping another man’s face like crazy. The other man looked somewhat submissive and didn’t dare to fight back or say anything.

I couldn’t see the man’s eyes clearly, but from his expression, I could tell that he was not convinced, but dared not make any move.

People were cheering for the man, and I sensed that the bartender was not completely “open-minded.” In the corner, some people dressed in village affairs were standing very low-key, but they seemed indifferent to this behavior that clearly disrupted the rules and order.

I looked at him for a few seconds, and then I subconsciously took a big sip of beer. It was a very coincidental thing that the man who slapped the man was the drunkard. Today in the cafeteria, he also shouted at me. He seemed to be really arrogant, not only in the village, but also in this entertainment room.

It was like an exciting game. The man seemed to be encouraged by the cheers of the people, and his actions became more and more excessive. Later, he actually picked up a bottle of wine, kicked over the table, and then kicked down the man who was beaten. Then the bottle of wine was about to fall hard.

At this point, the village officials finally intervened. One of them grabbed the man’s hand and the man said excitedly, “Don’t forget, there are still seven days left. I have special privileges.”

What privilege? At this moment, the bartender’s voice, like a ghost, entered my ears again: “You see, this man is the ‘newlywed’ chosen in our area.”

My heart suddenly skipped a beat, and I didn’t even notice the bar light up as a figure entered the bar silently.