Chapter 515 Fog City
After that, Dr. Rose, who was killed by Lorena''s book, melted directly, turned into a petroleum-like liquid and disappeared into the air, while Arthur was directly **** and locked in the room.
After this, the captain finally repaired the radio and contacted the police in Fog City.
??Then, after a group of people arrived in Wudu, the imprisoned Arthur was taken away directly by the police. Duanmuhuai also handed over his investigation report, and the matter was considered to be over.
?Of course, he also met the police representatives from Fog City.
“I heard about you from Chief Anthony, but I didn’t expect you to be really powerful and have caused so many things before you even came here.”
Sitting in front of Duanmuhuai was a short, fat, middle-aged man with a mustache and a rather prosperous look. He was chewing a cigarette and looking at Duanmuhuai with a helpless wry smile. In front of his desk, there is a name plate - G. Lestrade.
“Well, don’t look at that.”
??Perceiving Duanmuhuai''s gaze, Chief Lestrade sighed helplessly.
"I know what you''re going to say. I don''t look like a short, stocky bulldog, and I don''t have a friend named Sherlock Holmes."
“I didn’t say anything.”
Duanmu Huai chuckled and looked away.
“About that U-class case…”
“Well, that’s what I want to say too.”
?? Sheriff Lestrade also calmed his expression.
"Before you came here, another case happened. To be honest, I think even if Holmes is here, it would be difficult to solve such a strange case."
As he spoke, he reached out his hand and took out a file.
"The case occurred in the evening of the 12th. The witness was a plumber. He had just finished repair work and walked out of his employer''s house. Then he saw a body floating on the river in front of him. Then he reported the news in panic. Call the police."
“So, the question is?”
"The problem is that, according to her friends, the victim disappeared suddenly. They were wandering on the street and shopping, and got separated because there were too many people. Then she never saw her friend again. Since then, Judging from the time, from the time her friend disappeared to the time the body was found, there was no more than three hours, so that’s not the point.”
"oh?"
"The point is, because of the many killings in the past few days, our police have set up several patrol teams to patrol every street, especially the streets near the river. We have deployed defenses on the streets where she disappeared. The places where children frequent are even more closely watched, but the problem is that I asked the police officers in charge of that street at the time, and they unanimously stated that they had never seen this young lady. "
?At this point, Sheriff Lestrade took a long drag on his cigarette, and then crushed the cigarette **** into the ashtray.
“You see, things are so strange. It’s as if the victim disappeared from the world after being separated from his friends.”
“What about monitoring?”
“No gain.”
Lestrade frowned as he spoke.
“To be honest, the situation is not good now. Let’s ignore those newspapers for the time being. If this continues, we may have to issue a curfew order... Of course, the director is not in favor of this.”
This is also normal. It is a big deal for any country to impose a curfew without a war. If other people knew that the foggy city issued a curfew because of a serial murderer who could not be caught, they would probably laugh at Scotland Yard. No one...
"I heard that you also commissioned several investigators. Did they find any clues?"
"No, in fact I don''t know if they have found any clues, at least nothing was found on their bodies. But..."
?At this point, Chief Lestrade raised his head and looked Duanmuhuai up and down.
“I am quite confident in you.”
“Thank you very much.”
?After chatting for a few more words, Lestrade stamped Duanmuhuai''s investigator ID, which meant that Duanmuhuai was officially qualified to conduct investigations here. Then Duanmuhuai turned around and left the police station and returned to the street.
?Standing on the streets of the foggy city, Duanmu Huai took a deep breath. It had to be said that the air here did have a cold and heavy atmosphere. It''s not just because of pollution, it''s more like the entire fog is immersed in an indescribable darkness and depravity - well, if anything, Duanmuhuai feels that this is somewhat similar to Altdorf.
The dim city, the cold air, although it seems to be bustling with people on the surface, always gives people a feeling of coldness and alienation. It''s as if everything in this city has unleashed its dark side, shrouding them in a dark shadow...
"Mr. Knight, this city always gives me a bad feeling, as if there is some kind of evil breath taking root here..."
Even Lorena feels this way.
“Yeah, I’m starting to regret whether I made a mistake opening a store in Arkham.”
Duanmu Huai also sighed silently. He initially chose to open a store in Arkham because of the Holy Land Tour and the University of Michigan. After all, in Duanmu Huai''s view, there must be a lot of things going on with the University of Michigan.
?However, the facts slapped him in the face. It’s no wonder that on the way to Wudu, Duanmuhuai thought about it carefully and figured out that Arkham was ultimately in the New World. The country''s history in that place does not exceed 200 years, and there are not many traces of civilization at all. Although the University of Michigan is seeking death, if you think about it carefully, they only brought those evil objects back after going to other places for archeology to cause trouble.
To put it bluntly, they are second-hand dealers.
Opening a store in Arkham is simply like selling second-hand to second-hand...
But the Old Continent is different. Human civilization here can be traced back thousands of years. Coupled with the dark Middle Ages, cult worship, witch hunting, etc., to put it bluntly, the base of cultists here is definitely It''s bigger than the New World. After all, even if the New World doesn''t care enough in this regard, if you want to find cultists, it must be easier in the Old World, right?
After all, rats have to look for them in garbage dumps. You can find them in the Gobi Desert, but whether you can find them is another matter.
“Mr. Knight, where are we going next?”
"Anyway, let''s find a place to live first. If it doesn''t work out, I have to consider moving..."
Duanmu Huai sighed silently. He had called back to ask the maid just now, but the answer he got was disappointing. The store below could get two or three customers a day, but there was not even half a commission. Even the calls that come in are usually from the wrong phone number... It''s really disappointing.
?Thinking of this, Duanmu Huai raised his head and looked at the sky in front of him - it was indeed dark clouds and there was no sunlight at all. I heard that this has been like this since the Industrial Revolution. In the end, I don’t know what went wrong. In short, it seems that a vortex-like situation has formed here, causing a large amount of smoke and dust to hover in the sky, and finally formed such a Huge clouds like pot lids cover the entire country all year round.
Duanmuhuai also saw it on the airship. When he looked down from the sky, he could clearly see the dark clouds like a huge whirlpool covering the entire country. I heard that there are many people in this country who have not been seen since they were born. Under the blue sky and sun, you only have the opportunity to experience different scenery when you travel...
?Hmm, Duanmuhuai can''t imagine what this looks like.
?Of course, if you want to move, you have to find a good place. This time you have to choose carefully. You must not just slap your head like Arkham - and then get confused.
It doesn’t matter if something doesn’t happen.
In fact, although the work of an investigator is similar to that of a detective, strictly speaking, it is much simpler than that of a detective. The reason is also very simple. What detectives have to face are more normal criminal cases. In these cases, criminals usually choose to hide themselves after committing crimes, or they may not commit crimes again. Just like Jack the Ripper, he probably stopped after having enough fun, and then the police became confused. In the end, it became a world-famous unsolved case. No one knows who Jack the Ripper is, or even I don’t even know if it’s a boy or a girl.
So in this case, the detective is under a lot of pressure. After all, if he cannot find the criminal, the other party may get away with it in the end.
But cultists are different. You don’t care if they steal things, kill people, or set fires. In the end, the purpose of these cultists must be to make big news, so many times if the players really don''t have the brains of Sherlock Holmes, they don''t know how to decipher the code, and they are too lazy to open the lock, they just find a cultist to keep an eye on it, and wait until it finally chooses to summon the evil god. Or something, jump out and clean them all up.
?This is also the reason why Duanmu Huai was so calm on the airship. As he said, the other party''s criminal methods were so crude, and it was obvious at a glance that they did not want to keep them alive. Facts also proved that Duanmuhuai''s guess was correct. Those two idiots still expected to use the entire airship as a sacrifice to summon Naia. Someone may ask, if this is the case, why waste time on investigation and interrogation?
Ouch, as the saying goes.
Being idle is also idle...
“Plop!”
Just as Duanmuhuai and Lorena were walking and shopping, they suddenly heard the sound of water falling not far ahead, followed by shouts.
“Mary!”
“Mary——! Be careful!”
What''s going on? Someone fell into the water?
Duanmu Huai and Lorena also looked forward curiously, and saw a girl in the river jumping into the water and swimming forward desperately - huh? forward? ?
At first, Duanmuhuai thought someone had fallen into the water, but after a closer look, it didn''t look like it. Although the girl was wearing clothes, she obviously swam toward the middle of the river. She had never seen anyone who fell into the water swim backwards. Isn''t this suicide?
?But soon, Duanmuhuai saw the girl hugging something in the river, and then turned around and swam towards the shore.
“Haaaah...haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa”
The girl in the river was desperately shaking her hands and feet and swimming towards the shore. However, her hands and feet were numb and her whole body was cold. It was late autumn, so the river was naturally freezing cold, not to mention that she was still Wearing clothes, the water is clinging to the body now, which is quite uncomfortable. But the girl still gritted her teeth and swam desperately towards the shore.
Finally, the river embankment was in sight, and the girl raised her head, took a deep breath, and then stretched out her hand to grab the railing. However, at this moment, suddenly, a wave of waves suddenly hit her, causing the girl to float backwards!
not good!
At this moment, the girl was also frightened. She also knew that she was almost out of strength and wanted to get ashore as soon as possible. But this time she was pulled back directly...
“Mary!”
The shouts of her friends came from her ears. At this moment, the girl''s consciousness was beginning to blur, but she still gritted her teeth and swam desperately to the river bank again. But just when she came to the river bank again, a wave of waves floated over again.
no--!
While resisting the river water, the girl stretched out her hand desperately. However, at this moment, a huge black shadow suddenly flashed in front of her eyes, followed by a loud "bang" sound, the river water splashed everywhere, and then the girl She felt her collar being grabbed by someone and lifted directly out of the river. When she came to her senses, she was already sitting on the river bank.
“Mary!”
?At this moment, two girls also hurriedly ran over from the side and hugged her.
“Are you okay?”
“I, I’m fine...”
Hearing the call of her friend, the girl came back to her senses, and then hurriedly looked into her arms - she saw a black kitten lying motionless in her arms.
Seeing this scene, the girl hurriedly raised her head and looked at everyone.
“Excuse me, does anyone know if there is an animal hospital nearby?”
Facing the girl''s inquiry, the people around him looked at each other for a moment, and at this moment, a deep voice came.
"let me see."
“Ah, okay...”
?Hearing someone speaking, the girl hurriedly raised her head, and then she was stunned when she saw Duanmu Huai standing next to her.
This man is so tall!
“Is this your cat?”
Looking at the kitten in the girl''s arms, Duanmu Huai asked, but the girl was stunned for a moment and shook her head.
“No, I just saw it in the river, so... are you an animal doctor?”
“I’m not, but I can let her have a look.”
As he spoke, Duanmuhuai stretched out his hand.
“Suzuki, please help me.”
“Meow.”
Hearing Duanmuhuai''s call, Lingnu poked her head out of Duanmuhuai''s coat pocket, then jumped down along his arm and landed in front of the kitten lying on the ground. She circled around the kitten. Two circles, then stretched out two front paws and pressed them on the kitten''s chest.
Seeing this scene, the girl and the people next to her were shocked.
This is... doing cardiopulmonary resuscitation? ?
Cat perform CPR on cat? ?
At this moment, the people nearby also gathered around, standing in a circle, staring at this scene with their mouths open. And then they saw that under their gaze, the black cat pressed the kitten''s chest several times, and then pressed hard. Then the kitten opened its mouth and spit a few mouthfuls of water, then opened its eyes and started meowing. Shake.
“Really saved?”
“I read that right.”
“This cat is so smart!”
Seeing this scene, the people nearby were shocked. This cat performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the cat, but was it saved? Are they watching acrobatics? Is this possible?
“Meow meow.”
?Lingnu puffed up her chest very proudly and shouted at Duanmuhuai, and Duanmuhuai also stretched out her hand and put Lingnu back into her pocket. At this moment, the girl had already picked up the kitten that was shivering from the cold, then stood up and saluted Duanmu Huai.
“I feel really…sneezy!”
“You should also pay attention to your health and be careful of catching a cold.”
Looking at the wet girl in front of him, Duanmu Huai also gave a warning, but soon, his eyes glanced at the girl''s right eye, and then he looked away. At this moment, the girl''s friend also came to her side and put the coat in his hand on her body.
“Mary, are you okay?”
“Well, I’m okay, that gentleman...”
As he spoke, the girl turned her head and looked forward, and then couldn''t help but be stunned.
What about people?
How come such a big man disappeared? ? ?
(End of this chapter)