Chapter 216 Strong wind, strong wind! (asking for monthly ticket) (Ch 216)

London, UK.
At the intersection of New Oxford Street and Russell Square, the moonlight shines like a thread on a building in the Greek Revival style. The towering columns, after the baptism of time, are more solemn and upright, making the whole building look grand and solemn.
“Is this the British Museum? It looks much more spectacular than the one in New York.”
“Tsk, my uncle said that most of the collections in here were looted from other countries. All that’s in here is the history of Ying country’s invasion.”
“……”
Wednesday looked at Emma strangely when he heard this. If people from countries that had actually been plundered and invaded said this, there would be absolutely no problem at all, but Emma…she said this as if her country had never done this.
Little White Left…
She rolled her eyes helplessly and then asked, “Or should we use mind control to go in directly like before?”
As three little girls who had just turned ten, traveling from New York to London without an adult was almost an impossible task.
But fortunately, there are not only two witches among them, but also a cyberloli who can easily crack various network firewalls in her mind.
So, with the help of mind control and data modification, they successfully disguised themselves as the children of a couple traveling abroad, and came to the door of the British Museum carrying the Pharaoh’s gold medal with the power of revival.
But this time, Emma shook her head and refused to use mind control again.
On the flight to London, she read a lot of information about the museum, and one thing she remembered vividly: at the main entrance of the British Museum, there was a security team of nearly fifty people patrolling day and night.
With her and Wednesday’s current abilities, they cannot control the minds of so many people at the first time.
“Let’s go check out the back door.”
Based on her understanding of museums, this place should be similar to the museums in New York, with special channels specifically for transporting collections.
As she expected, the three of them soon found an employee passage on the street behind the museum, which was guarded by only two sentry booths.
In one of the sentry booths, a fat female security guard was holding her chin with both hands, concentrating on the movie playing on the tablet.
“I’ve done hard labor for three years just to find out who you are. I’ve been shot, stabbed, tortured, and my ribs were broken twice. But now I can see you and talk to you. It’s all worth it.”
“But you don’t even know me…”
“I have a lifetime to spend getting to know you.”
Looking at the affectionate confession of the male protagonist in the movie, the female security guard couldn’t help being moved to tears, her eyes full of longing for love.
At this moment, a voice pulled her back to reality from her fantasy of love.
“Big Fish?”
The female security guard was so frightened that she looked up sharply, but when she found that the people talking were two little girls, she breathed a sigh of relief.
The museum is close to London’s famous Russell Square, where citizens often go jogging at night. She naturally thought that the two children were just members of a nearby family.
“Yeah, I like romantic and sincere love movies.” The female security guard nodded excitedly, and then listed them like a treasure: “A Time Traveler, La La Land, Notting Hill, We Bought a Zoo…”
Emma listened to her with a smile, then asked curiously: “Sister, do you have a boy you like?”
“Well…..”
The female security guard shyly tilted her head and glanced at the opposite booth secretly. She found that the man there was also chatting happily with a little girl. She immediately lowered her voice and said shyly: “Did you see the man in there? Ron Small, he is simply my dream lover. Tall, handsome, and not a male, which is so precious in London!”
“Oh, then did you confess to him?” Emma continued to ask.
“Me?” The female security guard looked down at her bloated figure and smiled bitterly, “How could a man like him be interested in me?”
Emma nodded slightly, and caught Wednesday’s OK gesture from the corner of her eye. She acted without hesitation, with a mysterious green light flashing in her eyes, staring deeply at the female security guard in front of her.
“From now on, you will forget you’ve ever seen us. Open the door and let us in. Don’t open the door again until you hear someone knocking from inside. Do you understand?”
The female security guard, who was immersed in her fantasy about Ron the previous second, now had empty eyes. She mechanically pulled the valve on the table, and the originally closed door slowly opened.
Emma smiled triumphantly and turned to enter the museum, but after taking a few steps, she suddenly turned around and added:
“Also, after get off work tomorrow, remember to take a shower and dress yourself up. Then, bravely go find that man named Ron and confess your love to him. Tell him how much you love him!”
“……” The female security guard nodded woodenly, as if she was under a spell.
After saying that, she was satisfied and took Megan with her and followed Wednesday into the British Museum.
Contrary to their previous expectations, even at night, the entire museum was not as dark as they had imagined.
The wall lamps neatly arranged on both sides emitted a soft, dim light. Although not as bright as daylight, it was enough to ensure high visibility, making the flashlights they brought completely useless.
And from the moment they entered, something strange happened in the museum.
In the galleries on both sides, the characters in the paintings seemed to be endowed with life, looking at the outside world through the frames in amazement.
“Hi, good evening Napoleon.”
Emma waved to the image of Napoleon riding a horse and waving a whip in a painting next to her, and then quickly walked through the corridor full of oil paintings with her companions.
“Meghan, do you know the direction of the Egyptian Pavilion?” Emma asked while running and turning her head.
A blue data stream flashed in Megan’s eyes, and then a floor plan of the British Museum was projected out of her eyeballs.
“The Egyptian Gallery is closely linked to the Chinese Gallery, and both are among the most popular galleries in the British Museum.”
“From our current location, to get to the Egyptian Pavilion, we need to pass through the Ancient Greek and Roman Pavilion, the European Pavilion, and the Chinese Pavilion first.”
“Now go straight ahead for two hundred meters, then…”
Under Megan’s guidance, several people quickly shuttled between the galleries.
However, just as they were about to go up to the second floor, Wednesday’s footsteps suddenly stopped, he turned back sharply, raised his hand and grabbed a short stone arrow!
“Is there an enemy?!” Emma immediately looked around vigilantly upon seeing this.
The next second, a song suddenly sounded:
“Every night in my dreams~”
“I see you, I feel you~”
“…….”
My Heart Will Go On
As the singing came, three little boys with wings, the size of babies, flew in front of them, holding bows and arrows, humming popular love songs.
“This is…” Emma was confused: “Cupid?”
call out–
At this time, another stone arrow shot towards Emma, ​​but under her control of the mind, the arrow head fell weakly to the ground before reaching her.
Wednesday looked oddly at the arrow that was aimed at her and Emma and said speechlessly, “Can’t they see that we are both girls?”
Emma raised the corners of her mouth slightly, “Yeah, who knows?”
Since these resurrected Cupid stone sculptures were not specifically attacking their enemies, the few people did not pursue the matter further. Wednesday just pointed at the little guys threateningly and continued to trot up to the second floor with everyone.
“roar–!”
Before they could stop, a deafening roar exploded like thunder from the stairs.
Looking up, they saw a two-story-high stone lion, opening its bloody mouth and roaring at them. The lion was so huge that one of its claws was half the height of Emma and the others, which was intimidating.
“The lion statue comes from an ancient tomb in the city of Knidos in ancient Greece in the 2nd century BC.” Megan moved her lips slightly and explained calmly.
“Anyone can see that this is a big lion!” Emma widened her eyes, looking at the giant lion in front of her with its hind legs bent and growling as it stared at them. She couldn’t help but feel an inexplicable sense of tension in her heart, “But why is it so hostile to us?”
“Maybe it’s hungry and wants to eat the child?”
Wednesday made a casual joke, then raised his right hand. Magic power surged in his palm, and instantly a huge mental force burst out from it, trying to knock the giant lion to the ground.
However, when this invisible force came into contact with the giant lion weighing several tons, it only forced it back a few steps.
Then, the stone lion seemed to be enraged. It kicked its hind legs suddenly and launched itself into the air in an instant, waving its two huge claws like a milky white lightning, rushing straight towards Wednesday.
For an ordinary child, it would be impossible to dodge this attack, just like a muffled fart in an elevator.
But unfortunately, none of the three people present were ordinary.
Wednesday pulled Emma and prepared to use teleport to escape from here.
The witch’s teleportation skill can only instantly transfer herself and the places around her that she has personally visited within a certain distance.
Now, as long as they use this move, they can go back downstairs and easily avoid the attack.
Emma didn’t move at all, but just hid behind Megan. Then, in Wednesday’s puzzled eyes, a shocking scene appeared.
Buzz——!
Robot Megan stretched out her hands and accurately grabbed the giant lion’s claws, blocking them in front of the people. Then, she clenched her fists and hammered hard at the giant lion’s claws!
The giant lion, which was originally extremely ferocious, let out a shrill wail in an instant. It looked at Megan in horror as if it had seen a monster, then whimpered and took a few steps back.
Just when Emma and the others thought that this guy was going to continue to fight back, the lion seemed to be frightened, whimpering and taking big strides, and quickly fled away from here.
Looking at its butt wagging its tail, Emma shrugged. Its fierce yet cowardly appearance reminded her of Stan in the museum back home.
She glanced at Wednesday who was looking at Megan in shock, and said with a smug smile, “After being transformed by the Minions, Megan is now very powerful. Not only is she incredibly strong, but she also has many other abilities.”
Wednesday snorted when he heard that, and ignoring Emma who was showing off again, he walked directly to the front, preparing to walk through the ancient Greek and Roman pavilion.
It is worth mentioning that this exhibition hall is filled with stone sculptures, bronze sculptures and busts. Each of these statues is tall and stands here like a giant.
“Bow your head~”
Emma and the others bent down slightly, nimbly dodged the big feet of a giant stone statue, and carefully moved through the exhibition hall full of giants.
Fortunately, the stone statues carved here are either philosophers or gods. Therefore, they all appear to be very polite. Many statues even waved and nodded politely when they saw Emma and the others.
“Hey! Stop! Stop little girl!”
Just as they were about to pass through the Ancient Greek and Roman Pavilion, a stone sculpture with its upper body fixed on the exhibition stand suddenly spoke and called them.
Emma turned around and looked curiously at the solemn and majestic statue of an old man with long flowing hair, and asked, “What do you want to do?”
“That… this…”
The stone sculpture old man looked around the exhibition stand, and after confirming that no one was paying attention to this side, he lowered his voice and said, “Can you help me scratch my nose? It has been itching there for thousands of years. Oh no, it has been itching ever since I was carved!”
“……”
Emma couldn’t help but curl her lips when she heard that. It was obviously their first resurrection tonight, but… Her eyes fell on the demigod statue in front of her that had no arms and was only cut off to the chest, and her eyes swept across the introduction plaque below.
“From the 1st century AD in Rome, the King of Gods – Zeus?!” Emma looked at the old man in surprise, “Are you Zeus?”
The stone sculpture nodded proudly, with a flattering smile on his face: “So now, can you scratch my nose for me?”
Looking at his slightly wretched old man appearance, Emma couldn’t help but laugh. She reached out and gently scratched his nose twice, then prepared to move on to the next exhibition hall.
But at this moment, the old man suddenly spoke again, his eyes fixed on the schoolbag Megan was carrying, and asked curiously: “Did you bring any treasures in? I can feel that there is a powerful divine power in that little girl’s bag.”
“Haha.” Wednesday turned his head impatiently and smiled at him, with a hint of sarcasm in his tone, “How do you think you came back to life, Zeus? Tsk.”
After saying that, the three of them left the Ancient Greek and Roman Pavilion without hesitation. Looking at their hurried figures, Zeus recalled Wednesday’s words just now, and his mouth slowly opened, revealing a meaningful smile.
“Hey! You guys! Yes, you big stupid statues, come here right now!”
———————
Soon after, Emma and her group left the previous exhibition hall, walked through a long corridor, and entered the European Pavilion.
What is mainly displayed here are British native cultural relics, but compared with the previous grand exhibition halls, this one looks small, simple, and even a little pitiful.
A broken copper cape, a pile of bronze fragments, a rusty knight’s mask, a stone chess set…
“Is this the cultural relic of Ying Country?”
Even Wednesday was speechless. How on earth did the people of this country have the courage to exhibit their cultural relics between the Ancient Greek Pavilion and the Chinese Pavilion…
“These things don’t even deserve to be resurrected.”
Emma echoed, with a hint of sarcasm in her tone. However, before their laughter died down, the sound of hurried horse hooves echoed in the exhibition hall.
They stood on tiptoe, trying to see the source of the sound.
I saw a whole row of knights waving their swords, sitting on horseback, and wandering proudly in the exhibition hall as if they were patrolling their territory.
“The Knights of the Round Table!” Megan explained promptly, “This is a group of knight statues in the entire British Museum, second only to the Terracotta Warriors in the Chinese Exhibition Hall. There are eighty-six of them in total. The leader is none other than Lanstrore, the leader of the Knights of the Round Table, who is known as the ‘Lion of Britain’!”
“knight?”
Emma snorted disdainfully after hearing this. “These things are obviously modern artifacts. If they were really excavated from ancient times, how could they be kept so intact?”
In the ancient Greek exhibition hall that we just passed, most of the stone sculptures that were actually created around BC are incomplete, except for a few that are well preserved, and some even have their heads missing.
The knights in front of him, even their armor was shining, and they didn’t look like antiques at all.
After saying this, they no longer cared about the knights patrolling back and forth, and prepared to go directly to the next Chinese exhibition hall, and then to their destination this time, the Egyptian Hall.
But just as they were about to go out of the exhibition hall, a long sword flew from afar and pierced deeply into a wood sculpture, blocking their way.
“Who allowed you to leave?”
Following a loud voice, a man wearing a knight’s mask led the entire knight group and rode in front of them.
“Child?!”
When Lanstro saw Emma and her group clearly, his interest immediately disappeared. He pulled out the sword from the wood carving, and his blue eyes looked at Emma and her group through the mask.
“Who are you?!”
“Uh…” Emma looked at the knights surrounding them, shrugged, and answered casually: “Irish?”
“What?!”
Lanstro was furious when he heard this. “Damn northern barbarians! They actually sent children to infiltrate Britain! Capture them!”
Before he finished speaking, the members of the Knights drew their weapons and stared at Emma and the others with eager eyes.
“They…” Emma looked at Megan in confusion, “Did I say something wrong?”
This time, without Meghan’s answer, Wednesday directly hit Emma’s head speechlessly and said unhappily, “Where do you think King Arthur went to fight in the north?!”
“What do we do now?”
“Run!”
boom–!
Wednesday and Emma instantly activated their witch skills, pushing their mind control abilities to the extreme, and forcibly opened an exit amidst the encirclement of the Knights, then quickly fled to the next exhibition hall.
Seeing this scene, Lanstro became even more furious. “It’s a witch! Catch them and burn them at the stake!!!”
“kill!”
The Knights whipped their horses and ran straight towards Emma and the others. However, before they took a few steps, a fireball hit them from the front!
“Don’t use fire! This is a museum. What if there’s a fire?”
Wednesday, who was throwing a fireball behind her, froze when she heard this and looked at the girl in front of her in disbelief.
Is this still the Emma who did whatever she wanted in the witch academy and killed whoever she wanted?
“Run, run!”
Emma didn’t notice Wednesday’s gaze, took her hand, and ran quickly in the direction of the next exhibition hall with small steps.
The knights at the back were all stone statues. Mind control didn’t work on them, and thought control couldn’t stop this group of nearly a hundred knights. Fire control couldn’t be used, and teleportation could only return to the previous place.
She then looked at Megan who was not in a hurry beside her, and immediately shook her head. If Megan’s ability was used, the noise would be too loud.
Fortunately, they soon entered the Chinese Pavilion not far away.
“Big rat, big rat, don’t eat my millet! I have a three-year-old daughter, but no one cares about me~”
“Have you not seen that the water of the Yellow River comes from the sky, rushes to the sea and never returns~”
“What night is it today? I am on the island in the middle of the stream. What day is it today that I can ride in the same boat with the prince……”
“……”
As soon as they stepped into the Chinese exhibition hall, Emma and others were surrounded by waves of melodious and ancient poetry.
These sounds seem to have traveled through thousands of years of time, carrying the weight of history and cultural charm, echoing in their ears!
In the exhibition hall, ink paintings are hung in the center like clothes on a clothesline. They are light and elegant, swaying gently in the wind.
The characters in the painting – poets, generals, and scholars – seem to have come to life, reciting poems and songs that have been passed down through the ages with great emotion, making people feel as if they are in an ancient gathering of literati.
Behind these calligraphy and paintings are a wide variety of porcelain and jade wares, which sparkle with brilliant light, making the entire exhibition hall colorful, like a treasure palace.
However, what shocked Emma and others the most were the huge Buddha statues sitting on the stands in front of the walls on both sides of the exhibition hall.
These Buddha statues were huge and majestic. When they saw Emma and the others, they nodded slightly in greeting, then closed their eyes and continued to recite those profound and difficult to understand scriptures, as if they were praying for them.
Compared with these solemn Buddha statues, the bronze utensils in the exhibition hall appear more lively and curious.
They were carved into various animals or anthropomorphic shapes, and were looking at Emma and the others one by one, whispering curiously from time to time.
“Damn Witch of the North!”
Just as Emma and the others were still shocked by the number of collections in the Chinese pavilion, they heard the Knights’ curses and condemnations from behind.
They didn’t have time to appreciate it anymore, they just grabbed each other’s hands and ran away to the next Egyptian hall.
A few breaths later, the sound of horse hooves echoed in the Chinese exhibition hall. At this time, Lanstro had taken off his helmet, his face full of dissatisfaction and anger.
He followed King Arthur to conquer Ireland, Gaul, Iceland and Norway, but he didn’t expect that the Irish actually sent a child as a spy to infiltrate Britain, and she was a damn witch!
Looking at the knights getting closer and closer behind her, Wednesday broke free from Emma’s hand. She glanced at the large Buddha statue sitting on the exhibition stand, which was dozens of meters tall, and immediately had an idea.
“Emma, ​​when they get close, let’s control the Buddha statue together, knock it down, and crush these British guys to death!”
“Ah?” Emma looked back at the Buddha statue, a hint of hesitation flashed in her eyes. “This cultural relic is so big, it must be very valuable. It would be a pity if it was destroyed.” She said with some embarrassment.
“Then what do you say we should do?” Wednesday’s tone was very unhappy. If Emma hadn’t said that just now, they wouldn’t have been hunted down by the Knights of the Round Table.
Emma quickly glanced around, and when her eyes fell on a densely packed and imposing group of collections standing in the corner, a light suddenly flashed in her eyes.
“Follow me!”
The three of them hurried along, deftly rounding a bend and leaving the Knights far behind.
Emma stopped and faced the hundreds of resurrected Terracotta Warriors in front of her.
They looked around blankly. The armor they wore looked cold and solemn under the light, and the spears they held in their hands flashed with cold light.
Emma took a deep breath and shouted loudly in the few Chinese words her uncle had taught her: “Help! Help! Great King, help me!”
The Terracotta Warriors looked at each other, seeming to be very curious about the strange-looking little girl in front of them.
“Haha! You can’t escape!”
At this moment, the knights led by Lanstro had caught up.
Lanstro waved the sword in his hand with a smug smile on his face.
However, when he saw the dark mass of foreign soldiers wearing armor and holding spears on the opposite side, his smile froze instantly.
The leader of the Knights angrily swung his sword and shouted, “Get out of the way! This witch is my trophy!”
Many Terracotta Warriors looked at each other, then clenched their spears and swung them down with all their strength!
Then, they glared at Lanstro and shouted in unison: “Strong wind! Strong wind!!!”