Chapter 003: Opening of the Wish Shop
The day after the meteor shower, the Internet was flooded with various photos of the starry sky.
As the largest meteor shower that can be seen in the past hundred years, last night's spectacle attracted countless astronomy enthusiasts and left countless wonderful photos.
Duan Shi was leaning against the window drinking coffee, holding his phone in one hand and flipping through the photos on the trending searches.
He is an amateur astronomy enthusiast who had been preparing for this stargazing trip for a long time and wanted to see the spectacle. But yesterday afternoon, the bureau received an emergency case, which was quite serious, so they urgently called him back to work overtime. He had been busy all night and only had time to catch his breath now, so of course he had no time to go stargazing.
Now I can only look at other people’s photos to satisfy my visual craving.
"Duantou, aren't you going home yet? You've been busy all night, it's time to go back and rest." A young police officer with a buzz cut, holding his police uniform jacket, opened the door and walked into the lounge, and said to his team leader.
Duan Shi raised the cup of coffee in his hand and greeted his team members.
"We're leaving right away. Do you want to come with us?" In order to facilitate case handling and overtime work, several members of their special case team basically rented a house in the same residential complex, so that it would be more convenient to respond to any sudden cases.
"No, I'm going to the hospital to see my friend later." Feng Chengli shook his head and refused. The hospital was not on his way. "Then I'll be leaving first. Goodbye, boss."
"Okay, see you tomorrow."
Duan Shi waved goodbye to his team members, drank the coffee in one gulp, washed the cup and put it in the water dispenser, then tidied up the lounge a little, and left the police station with his belongings.
Duan Shi slowly stopped the car in front of a traffic light, opened the window, and looked at the street scenery with boredom.
The traffic in the capital is really annoying. If you don't wait for one or two rounds at a traffic light, don't even think about getting through.
He waited boredly for a few minutes, and finally the light turned green.
But just as he was about to pass the intersection, his peripheral vision suddenly caught sight of something that made him feel incredible.
Duan Shi turned his head suddenly, his eyes wide open as he looked at the scene in horror.
"This is impossible!" He muttered to himself in disbelief, "How is this possible..."
Even though the reality was right in front of him, Duan Shi still wondered if he had worked too much overtime yesterday, which led to the hallucinations. After all, this scene completely overturned his worldview.
"drop--!"
Because he slammed on the brakes in surprise, the convoy behind him was stuck at the intersection and unable to pass. After waiting for him for a few seconds without any movement, the drivers behind him finally couldn't help it and honked their horns to yell at him to hurry up.
Duan Shi woke up in shock and quickly adjusted the steering wheel, changing the route, preparing to go around the place he had just seen.
With such a major incident happening in the capital, why would I go back home? If there hadn't been something wrong with his eyes, the entire capital would have been shaken.
Twenty minutes later, Duan Shi stood in front of an antique building with a complicated expression.
Sure enough, this was not his illusion.
Here, a building really appeared out of nowhere.
He also found that the pedestrians around him automatically ignored him after he stepped into a certain area, just like they ignored this small building.
If he remembered correctly, a high-end hotel was about to be built here, but a few days ago, it was still an empty lot full of construction waste.
This is the entrepreneurial plan of a second-generation person in their circle. I heard him brag about it at a party not long ago, saying that his project would definitely be a success.
He smiled but didn't say anything at the time. It was difficult for the second-generation rich and powerful people in the capital to fail.
But now, this place is occupied by an exquisite ancient building.
When he rushed to the police station to work overtime yesterday, he did not notice the changes in the environment here, but a few days ago, he was very sure that this place was still a ruin.
It is impossible to build such an exquisite building in just a few days.
Duan Shi observed carefully outside for a while, took a few photos with his mobile phone, and finally walked towards the gate of the ancient building.
He knocked on the door, but no one answered.
"Hello, is the host home?" After shouting and waiting for a while, there was still no response.
Isn't there anyone?
Just when he was about to force his way in, the door opened silently.
Duan Shi's raised hand froze in mid-air, not knowing how to react. Because although the door was open, there was no one behind it. He observed secretly and did not see any signs of mechanical control, which made him a little at a loss.
Is it really okay to go in like this without any preparation? Duan Shi couldn't help but mutter to himself.
But having come this far, he was unwilling to go back. Who knows if I miss this opportunity and come back next time, the building may still be here.
The more courtesy you give, the less blame you will get. I'd better apologize first. "I'm sorry for disturbing you by coming here uninvited."
He was secretly on guard, stepped through the door, and slowly walked along the long corridor towards the room.
When I stood at the door, the corridor seemed very long. But after I walked in, I realized that it was not long at all. I reached the end in just a few steps. At the end of the corridor is a huge screen, which is embroidered with unknown beautiful mountains and rivers.
The scene behind the screen was blurry and unclear. One could only vaguely make out that there was a long couch and a figure lying on it, but the figure's features could not be discerned.
The screen was very large, almost completely blocking the view, but Duan Shi could still feel that this room must be very large and the furnishings were particularly exquisite.
He stood outside the screen and did not rush in. Instead, he bowed slightly and said to the owner behind the screen: "Hello, my humble name is Duan Shi. I happened to see your small building. I am sorry to come here without an invitation."
The owner of the couch obviously didn't care. She said casually, "It doesn't matter. Guests are welcome. Please come in, Mr. Duan."
This sound... is so nice.
The owner of this place should be a beauty. Duan Shi was distracted for a rare moment.
“.......”
Turning into the room along the screen, he was shocked again and his raised foot took a long time to fall back to the ground.
It was indeed as he had just guessed, the owner of this place was a rare beauty in the world, and even with his always picky eyes, he could not find a single flaw. But all these could not conceal the peerless beauty that appeared before him, with a pair of long, curved horns and a pair of golden vertical pupils.
“…” Duan Shi opened his mouth, but was at a loss for words.
Maybe she just likes to play COS?
He looked at the obviously non-human beauty lying on the couch and felt very conflicted.
The beauty looked at his reaction, covered her lips with her hands, and let out a cheerful laugh.
She stood up gracefully, sat on the couch, waved to Officer Duan who was still standing there at a loss, pointed to the chair in front of her, and said, "Come and sit down. I believe you must have a lot of questions. Don't you want to understand them clearly?"
The host had already called him, and it would seem very tactless if he remained where he was, so even though Duan Shi had secretly raised his alert level to the highest, he still walked quickly over and sat down under the other party's gaze.
"Excuse me, who are you?" Duan Shi wanted to find out her identity first before talking about other things.
"Miss Witch is a witch~ The kind that can fulfill wishes~" The one who answered him was not a witch, but a ball of fur in her arms.
To be honest, Duan Shi thought it was just a furry doll until just now.
"It's not a recording." Seeing all the speculations in his eyes, the witch in Maotuan's mouth explained: "Orange is an elf."
“…”Seriously? Elf?
"I am Miss Witch's favorite elf~" Maotuanzi is very proud of his identity.
...Okay, let's just assume that what they said is true.
"Excuse me, what kind of witch is this?" He asked in confusion, "Like Lilith in Western legends?"
"No, it's not."
To Duan Shi's surprise, the witch denied his statement.
"Witch is just a synonym I chose based on what you can understand." The witch explained while elegantly picking up the teacup on the small table in front of her and taking a sip. "In fact, I am not a creature of this world. My race is not human, and of course I am not a witch."
"...Not a creature from this world?" Duan Shi said this with some difficulty.
First it was the witch, then the elves, and now the other world has emerged.
It's getting crazier and crazier.
"Is it so hard to accept? Haven't you been looking for signs of other life?" The witch seemed to think his reaction was too exaggerated and asked back with a little confusion.
"That's what he said." He was a little helpless. He had been fantasizing for so long, and suddenly someone, no, a creature jumped out and told him that your guess was correct and that I came from another world. Who could stand this?
At this moment, Duan Shi suddenly understood how Ye Gong felt when he saw the dragon appear.
"Then may I ask, Witch Lady, why did you come to Blue Star?"
Although she is an alien, seeing her very friendly attitude until now, Duan Shi believes that she does not want to start a war, but wants to communicate in a friendly manner?
I don’t know if there was a purpose in choosing him.
"I wonder if Mr. Duan has ever watched an anime?" The witch supported her chin and said with a smile.
"...Wait, you mean anime? The kind that's popular in our neighboring country?"
"Yes." The witch confirmed his guess.
Duan Shi has been feeling frightened ever since he stepped into this place. Weren’t we just discussing alien civilizations? How did we get to the second dimension culture of our neighboring country?
He had many guesses in his mind, but he still replied seriously: "I just watched a few popular works when I was young, I don't know the details."
"Really? What a pity. Some of the works are very nice. Mr. Duan can go and have a look." The witch said something that seemed to be a hint, and then changed the subject, "Let's talk about this store."
"Store?" He looked around the room. If this was a store, it should not simply sell goods, because the decoration and layout of the room did not look like an ordinary store.
The fur ball in the witch's arms jumped up and down, attracting Duan Shi's attention, and then she said to him proudly, "We run a wish shop, the kind that fulfills wishes."
"Fulfill wishes? Anything?" An alien lifeform comes to the blue planet to open a wish store, which is even more fantastic than a fantasy novel.
"Of course not." The witch smiled, "After all, I am not a god, just an ordinary time traveler."
The witch brought up another term that Duan Shi had never heard of before. 'Time traveler'? If we understand it literally, it seems like someone is traveling in time and space. Does it mean that there are many civilizations in this universe?
Duan Shi felt like wiping his face. The information bombardment he received today was no less than the ape-man's first contact with human civilization. Everything he heard was unbelievable.
However, the situation is much better than he had just imagined. If the ability is limited, there will be more room for manipulation, and the country can also come up with a response plan.
Now he needs to find out the whole story so that he can report back.
"Then may I ask what rules does the Witch's Wish Shop follow?"
"Well, there are no specific rules. I can give whatever I want in exchange. As for the price, it's fine as long as I approve the price the customer pays." The witch thought for a moment and gave a rule that was extremely arbitrary. Obviously, she might not have had any specific purpose in opening the store.
"So, Mr. Duan, is there anything you want?"
Duan Shi did not answer the witch immediately, but asked an irrelevant question: "Excuse me, am I the first customer?"
I hope he is the first one, otherwise I don’t know what ordinary people will exchange when they come across this store. If they get something uncontrollable, it will be troublesome.
Duan Shi's expression became solemn for a moment.
An alien lifeform whose purpose is to grant wishes is too threatening for the capital.
"Yes, Mr. Duan is our first customer."
Fortunately, he got a positive answer from Maotuan and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Since he is the first, he has to think carefully about what he wants.
"Then may I ask what can be traded by Her Majesty the Witch?" Duan Shi was not going to state his wish directly. He wanted to find out what this so-called witch could do.
The witch did not have any special reaction to his question. She just waved her hand casually, and a virtual panel appeared in front of Duan Shi.
There were a wide variety of options on the panel, but he only recognized a small portion of them. For most of the other things, he had never even seen the images of them before.
"......"
He was wrong. Even if this witch was not as omnipotent as the legendary god, she was much more powerful than he expected.
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