After deploying personnel to stake out at the train station, bus station and airport, Trist looked at Lu Ban.

The young man still sat in the chair, drinking tea like an old man and blowing on it.

"It's ice cold, no need to cool it down."

Trist couldn't help but give a reminder.

Apart from the people on duty, only Trist and Lu Ban were left in the office. Trist thought for a moment and called Lu Ban.

"Come over here."

He brought Lu Ban to the windowsill at the end of the corridor, took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, picked up a cigarette, and pointed the pack towards Lu Ban.

"Want one?"

"I don't smoke."

Lu Ban declined Trist's kindness.

“Good.”

Drizzt faced outside and lit the cigarette in his mouth with a lighter. He took a deep breath and blew the smoke out the window.

"What you just said, about the real world and exotic adventures, is quite interesting. It can be made into a movie."

He said casually.

“In fact, it was filmed in the real world.”

Lu Ban spoke the truth.

Trist smiled, thinking that Lu Ban couldn't distinguish between reality and fantasy.

"You are very talented. Maybe you can become a police officer in the future."

He said again.

"But we still have to return to reality."

“I’m working on it.”

Lu Ban replied.

"You think everything here is fake, so are your two friends fake too?"

Drizzt glanced at the closed door of the reception room on one side of the corridor.

"……Yes."

Lu Ban paused for a moment before answering.

"In the real world, they have already died and have been witnessed by the Chosen One, completing the cycle of fate. There is absolutely no way they could have survived."

"It will definitely make the girls sad if you tell them that."

Drizzt laughed, shook the ashes into the ashtray above the trash can on the side, and continued.

"I don't know anything about doctors or mental illnesses. I've encountered a case before where the suspect also had mental problems. He always felt that others were out to harm him. Is this called paranoia? It's something similar. Later, in order to prevent others from harming him, he took the initiative to kill his own family. The scene was quite tragic at the time. The teenager's second half of life was basically ruined."

He glanced at Lu Ban's expression and then spoke.

"I don't have your experience, and I don't know how real the real world is to you, but if it were me, I would probably choose the current life over dangerous adventures."

"From what you said just now, I think I'm quite great. Not only can I bravely help others, but I can also sacrifice myself to save the world. But in fact, I'm not that great. I'm just an ordinary person. I happened to be admitted to the police academy. After graduation, I worked step by step, solved a few cases, and became what I am now."

Drizzt took a deep breath of smoke, letting it soak into his lungs, and then exhaled, leaving a long trail of smoke.

"If I were in the situation you described, to be honest, I would definitely not choose to sacrifice myself. I'm a terrible person, and it's a bit embarrassing to say this, but I probably wouldn't give up living for those strangers."

Lu Ban looked at Trist.

He is indeed different from the real Drizzt.

Perhaps if the real Drizzt lived in a modern city, he would also live like this.

He does his own job, lives his own life, and will uphold justice, but he will not give up everything for others. He may seem unreliable, but he is actually trustworthy.

If he had not been chosen by the Quiet Place, he would have been just an ordinary citizen.

In fact, all of God's chosen ones were ordinary people before they went on adventures to foreign lands.

"I also hope you can be more timid."

Lu Ban said.

"Haha, I can't be a coward at the critical moment. After all, I still have to protect the citizens."

Trist finished the last bit of his cigarette, put out the butt in the ashtray, and patted Lu Ban's shoulder with his other hand.

"Go draw a picture of the real estate agency with our colleagues later, and leave a note and contact information. I will also give you my WeChat and phone number. If you remember anything, contact me immediately."

"no problem."

Lu Ban was actually hoping that Trist would have some kind of hairstyle.

"It's really outrageous. I actually want to believe what you said. Am I mentally ill?"

Trist said this with some self-mockery.

"You just believed the facts."

Lu Ban said seriously, he glanced at Trist, thought for a moment, and continued.

"It is not because you have power that you become great, but because you are great, you gain power."

"Is this a sentence from a book?"

Drizzt didn't quite understand.

"Forget it, just go ahead. Your friends are probably tired of waiting. It's not the kind of man who always makes ladies wait."

After nearly an hour of struggle, Lu Ban was finally able to leave.

He pushed open the door of the reception room and saw Hongye lying on the sofa, half asleep, while Amber was watching a video on her phone obediently.

Noticing the door was pushed open, Amber immediately put away her phone and half jumped up to come in front of Lu Ban.

"What took you so long!"

She said this with some complaint, but her face still showed an expression of finally being relieved.

“Too focused on being a good person and doing good things.”

Lu Ban replied.

"What good things have you done?"

Amber heard the policeman who came to pour them water mention it during this time, but she didn't know what Lu Ban did specifically.

"Reported the murderer."

Lu Ban replied.

"murderer?"

Amber's eyes widened. She didn't know for a moment whether Lu Ban was joking or really had information about some case.

"Is it someone you met in the hospital?"

“Everyone in the hospital is a good person.”

Lu Ban denied it. He glanced at Hongye and patted her shoulder gently.

"Wake up, wake up."

Hongye was shaken awake, her eyes were confused for a moment before they focused slightly on Lu Ban's face.

"Ah, there's nothing I can do. Since you insist so much... it's not impossible..."

She muttered something.

"?"

A question mark appeared above Lu Ban’s head.

"?"

A question mark also appeared above Amber's head.

Only Hongye gradually became aware of the situation around her. She stared at Lu Ban with her eyes, and her cheeks became visibly red.

"W-what are you doing?"

She hurriedly stepped back, but the sofa left her with no room for retreat, and her head hit the wall, making a crisp sound like a ripe melon falling off a vine.

"What did you dream about again?"

Lu Ban felt that it was Hongye who was the one who was feeling strange. He straightened up and saw Hongye tidying up her clothes in a panic, looking around and talking about other things.

"No, no, can we go now?"

Hongye looked at Amber guiltily and stood up.

"There's something wrong with you."

Lu Ban said frankly.

"roll!"

Hongye immediately gave Lu Ban a cold look.