Charles nodded, handed him the pistol and told him to be careful, then closed his eyes and fell asleep in no time.

It was the first time Robert Walker had held a real gun, and he was instantly excited. He wasn’t a military enthusiast and didn’t know much about guns, so he couldn’t identify the model, but he thought the pistol’s curves were beautiful, and just holding it made his blood boil.

However, a pistol isn’t much fun if you can’t shoot it. After playing with it for a while, he lost interest. With nothing else to do, he summoned the Lord’s Heart.

Once the Lord’s Heart appeared, it split into the Lord’s Draw Plate and the Lord’s Sandbox. Robert Walker noticed that the draw plate’s color had changed from translucent to light green, and the green mist above the sandbox had faded a lot, as if the mist had been absorbed by the draw plate.

An hour passed quickly, but Old Walker was still full of energy. Seeing Charles sleeping soundly, he didn’t want to wake him, so he spent the night playing with the pistol and the sandbox.

When Charles woke up, the sun was already rising in the east. Rubbing his sleepy eyes, he looked outside in surprise and said, “It’s morning already? Why didn’t you wake me for my shift?”

Robert Walker replied, “You were sleeping so deeply, I couldn’t bear to wake you. Besides, nothing happened.”

Hearing this, Charles was stunned for a moment, then took a deep breath, patted him on the shoulder, and said heavily, “Old Walker, you’re loyal! You’re a true brother!”

Robert Walker didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. He hadn’t expected a casual remark to strengthen their friendship. Truly, “the chrysanthemum you plant with care won’t bloom, but the willow you plant by chance gets pregnant”...

After getting up, Charles went back to his room to pack up, then suddenly let out a sharp scream.

Robert Walker was startled again and hurried over to ask, “What’s wrong, did you see a ghost?!”

Charles, face pale, pointed at the table. Robert Walker looked and saw sausages, apples, oranges, bananas, towels, toothbrushes, and the like—nothing seemed out of the ordinary.

“What’s on the table?” Robert Walker asked cautiously.

Charles stared at him in horror and slowly shook his head, saying, “It’s not what’s there, it’s what’s missing! There used to be a bunch of wild grapes on this table. I remember clearly, I put a bunch of wild grapes here before I went to sleep!”

Wild grapes are a specialty fruit in New Zealand, looking like miniature grapes, each about the size of a soybean. They’re sweet and very popular.

Robert Walker gasped and said, “Are you sure?”

“Absolutely sure!” Charles said as he packed his important belongings into his bag and slung it over his shoulder. “Hurry up and pack, we can’t stay here. We need to get back to Omarama right away and find out what’s going on!”

Robert Walker was scared too. He quickly stuffed everything into his bag, leaving only some food and fruit behind. Charles told him to forget about those and just hurry up and leave.

So, the two of them ran out of the castle into the morning sun. Old Walker felt a pang of regret as he ran: Damn it, I finally got a property, and it turns out to be a haunted house?

Back in Omarama, Charles first took Robert Walker to the city’s church, then filled a big bottle with holy water to take back for a bath.

After resting, Charles started taking him around to investigate the castle ghost.

Police station, city hall, church—Charles walked right in everywhere. If anyone questioned them, he would show them some kind of ID. Robert Walker didn’t know what it was, but after seeing it, no one stopped them.

After two days of effort, they found nothing. However, Robert Walker did manage to figure out roughly what Charles’s job was—this guy might not just be an employee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs...

But that wasn’t important. Old Walker’s top priority now was figuring out how to replenish their supplies. Although the cost of living in the small town wasn’t high, when converted to RMB it was still pretty scary—his wallet was about to run dry!

For example, a meal cost ten New Zealand dollars, which is over forty yuan; a standard room was eighty New Zealand dollars, which is about three hundred and fifty yuan.

Plus, he’d been running around these past two days handling the paperwork for establishing a new town, and the money seemed to disappear without a trace. The twenty thousand yuan he’d brought abroad was almost gone!

Chapter 10: That Hint of a Smile

In the blink of an eye, a week had passed in New Zealand. That day, Robert Walker was watching TV and learning English when Charles suddenly burst in and took him to city hall.

Robert Walker asked, “Is there a lead on the ghost?”

Charles shook his head. “No, your nationality change is complete. You need to go through the formalities now.”

Robert Walker asked, “That fast?”

Charles smiled slightly. “Special circumstances, special handling!”

At city hall, a middle-aged white woman was waiting for them. After verifying Robert Walker’s identity, she handed him his passport and a bill. The former was his “green card,” and the latter was his tax bill, which included his tax card.

Strictly speaking, New Zealanders don’t have an ID card, let alone a card-style green card. If you’re looking for something similar to an ID or green card, for adults it’s a driver’s license and a passport. Foreigners have a resident visa affixed to their passport, and after living there for two years, they can change it to a “permanent return visa,” also known as a Permanent Resident Visa.