Chapter 514: Fog City

After that, Dr. Rose, who was crushed to death by Lorena's book, melted directly, turned into a petroleum-like liquid and disappeared into the air, while Arthur was directly tied up and locked in the room.

After that, the captain finally fixed the radio and contacted the police in Wudu.

Then, after the group arrived in Wudu, Arthur who was detained was directly taken away by the police, and Duanmuhuai also handed over his own investigation report, and this incident was considered to be over.

Of course, he also met the police representatives in Wudu.

"I heard about you from Sheriff Anthony, but I didn't expect you to be really powerful, and you made so many things before you came."

Sitting in front of Duanmu Huai was a short, fat middle-aged man with a mustache who looked quite affluent. He was biting a cigarette and looked at Duanmu Huai with a helpless wry smile. And in front of his desk, there is a name plate --- G. Lestrade.

"Well, don't look at that."

Sensing Duanmuhuai's gaze, Sergeant Lestrade sighed helplessly.

"I know what you mean. I don't look like a small, 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-level case..."

"Well, that's what I wanted to say too."

Sheriff Lestrade also restrained his expression.

"Before you came here, another case happened. To be honest, I think it would be difficult for Holmes to solve such a weird case even if Holmes is here."

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and took out a file.

"The case happened in the evening on the 12th. The witness was a plumber. He had just finished maintenance work and walked out of his employer's house. Then he saw a dead body floating on the river in front of him, and he reported in panic. call the police."

"So, the question is?"

"The problem is, according to her friend, the victim disappeared suddenly. They were wandering on the street, shopping, and got separated because of too many people, and then she never saw her friend again. In terms of time, from the time her friend disappeared to the discovery of her body, it took no more than three hours, and that's not the point."

"oh?"

"The point is that because of the many murders 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 the children often go are especially stalked, but the problem is that I asked the police officers who were in charge of that street at the time, and they all said in unison that they had never seen this lady before."

Speaking of this, Sergeant Lestrade took a deep breath on his cigarette, and then crushed the cigarette end into the ashtray vigorously.

"You see, things are so strange, 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 very bad now. Regardless of those newspapers, we may have to issue a curfew if this continues...Of course, the director does not approve of this."

This is also normal, any country that has a curfew without a war is a big deal, if other people know that Fog issued a curfew because of a serial killer who can't be caught, I'm afraid they will laugh at Scotland Yard no one...

"I heard that you have also commissioned several investigators. Have they found any clues?"

"No, in fact, I don't know if they have investigated any clues, at least nothing was found on their bodies. But..."

Speaking of this, Sergeant Lestrade raised his head and looked Duanmuhuai up and down.

"I still have more confidence in you."

"Thank you so much."

After talking for a few more words, Lestrade stamped Duanmuhuai's investigator certificate, which meant that Duanmuhuai officially had the qualification to conduct investigations here. Then Duanmu Huai turned around and left the police station, returning to the street.

"call……………"

Standing on the streets of Wudu, Duanmu Huai took a deep breath. It has to be said that the air here does have a cold and heavy atmosphere. It's not just because of the pollution, it's more like the whole fog is immersed in an indescribable darkness and depravity—well, if you want to say it, Duanmuhuai thinks it's somewhat similar to Altdorf.

The dark city, the cold air, although it looks like a lot of people on the surface, but it always gives people a feeling of coldness and alienation. It's as if everything in the city has unleashed its dark side, leaving them in a dark shadow...  

"Mr. Knight, this city always gives me a bad feeling, as if some kind of evil aura is taking root here..."

Even Lorena felt that way.

"Yeah, I'm starting to regret whether it was a mistake for me to open a store in Arkham."

Duanmuhuai also sighed silently. He initially chose to open a store in Arkham because of the holy land tour and the Miyazaki University.

However, the facts slapped him in the face. It was no wonder that on the way to Wudu, Duanmuhuai figured it out after careful consideration. After all, Arkham was in the New World. Even the history of the country in that place does not exceed 200 years, and there are not many traces of civilization at all. Although the University of Michigan was trying to die, if you think about it carefully, they also brought back those evil things after going to other places for archaeology.

To put it bluntly, they are second-hand dealers.

Opening a store in Arkham by myself is like second-hand and then second-hand......

But the old continent is different. The human civilization here can be traced back thousands of years ago, plus the dark middle ages, cult worship, witch hunting, etc., to put it bluntly, the base number of cultists here is definitely It is bigger than the New World. After all, even if the New World doesn't care enough in this regard, if you want to find cult members, it must be easier in the Old World, right?

After all, mice have to go to the trash dump to find them. You can find them on 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. If it's not possible, I have to consider moving..."

Duanmuhuai sighed silently. Just now he had called back to ask the maid, but the answer he got was disappointing. The store below could have two or three customers a day, but they didn't even have half a commission, or even Even the incoming calls were basically from the wrong number... It was just desperate.

Thinking of this, Duanmuhuai raised his head and looked at the sky in front of him——as expected, there were dark clouds and no sunlight could be seen here. I heard that this has been the case since the Industrial Revolution, and I don’t know what went wrong in the end. All in all, it seems that a situation like a vortex has formed here, causing a lot of smoke and dust to hover in the sky, and finally formed such a A huge cloud like the lid of a pot covers the entire country all year round.

Duanmuhuai has also seen it on the airship. When looking down from the sky, you can clearly see the dark clouds like a huge whirlpool covering the whole country. I heard that many people in this country have never seen it since they were born. With the blue sky and the sun, only when you travel will you have the opportunity to experience different scenery...

Well, Duanmu Huai couldn't imagine what it was like.

Of course, if you want to move, you have to find a good place. This time, you must choose carefully. You must not slap your head like Arkham——and then be confused.

It's always okay if nothing happens.

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, and the reason is very simple. Detectives have to face 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 the former Jack the Ripper, it is estimated that he stopped after playing enough, and then the police were confused. In the end, this became a world-famous unsolved case. No one knows who Jack the Ripper is, even I don't even know if it's a man or a woman.

So in this case, the pressure on the detective is great. After all, if he can't find the criminal, the other party may end up at large.

But cultists are different, you don't care if it is stealing, killing, or setting fire. In the end, the purpose of these cultists must be to make big news, so in many cases, if the player really doesn’t have the brains of Sherlock Holmes, can’t decrypt it, and is too lazy to unlock it, just find a cultist to stare at it, and wait until it finally chooses to summon the evil god Or something, jump out and clean up all of them.

This is also the reason why Duanmuhuai was so calm on the airship. As he said, the other party's criminal methods were so crude, it was obvious at a glance that they did not intend to keep them alive. Facts also proved that Duanmu Huai's guess was correct, those two idiots still expected to use the entire airship as a sacrifice to summon Naia.

Someone is about to ask, if this is the case, why waste time investigating and interrogating?

Heck, as the saying goes.

To be idle is to be idle......

"Plop!!"

While Duanmuhuai and Lorena were walking and shopping, they suddenly heard the sound of falling water not far ahead, followed by shouting.

"Mary!"

"Mary——! Be careful!!"

what happened? Someone overboard?

Duanmuhuai and Lorena also looked forward curiously, only to see a girl in the river jumping into the water, swimming forward with all her might——huh? forward? ?

At the very beginning, Duanmuhuai thought someone had fallen into the water, but upon closer inspection, it didn't look like it. Although the girl was wearing clothes, she obviously swam towards the middle of the river. She had never seen anyone fall into the water, but she swam 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.

"Haha...haha..."

At this moment, the girl in the river was shaking her hands and feet desperately, and swam towards the shore, but at this moment her hands and feet were already numb, and her whole body was icy cold. It was late autumn, and the river water was naturally icy cold, not to mention that she was still Wearing clothes, at the moment when it is wet, it is still tightly attached to the body, which is quite uncomfortable. The girl still gritted her teeth and swam desperately towards the shore.

Finally, the embankment was close in front of her eyes, 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 hit the girl directly, and the girl who was hit directly floated away!

not good! !

At this moment, the girl was also shocked. She also knew that she was running out of strength, and she wanted to go ashore as soon as possible. But this time it directly pulled her back...

"Mary!!"

A friend's shouts came from beside her ears, and the girl's consciousness had begun to blur at this moment, 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 came again.

no---! !

While resisting the river, the girl desperately stretched out her hand, but at this moment, a huge black shadow suddenly flashed in front of her eyes, and then with a loud "bang", the river splashed, and then the girl It felt like someone grabbed her by the collar and lifted it out of the river. When she came back to her senses, she was already sitting on the river bank.

"Mary!!"

At this moment, the two girls also rushed over from the side and hugged her.

"Are you OK!"

"I, I'm fine..."

Hearing her friend's call, the girl came back to her senses, and then hurriedly looked into her arms --- only to see a black kitten lying in her arms, motionless.

Seeing this scene, the girl hurriedly raised her head and looked at the crowd.

"Excuse me, does anyone know if there is an animal hospital nearby?"

Facing the girl's question, the people around looked at each other for a while, and at this moment, a deep voice came.

"let me see."

"Ah, yes..."

Hearing someone talking, the girl hurriedly raised her head, and when she saw Duanmu Huai standing beside her, she was taken aback for a moment.

This man is so tall! !

"Is this your cat?"

Looking at the kitten in the girl's arms, Duanmuhuai asked, but the girl was stunned for a moment, then shook her head.

"No, I just saw it in the river, so... are you an animal doctor?"

"I'm not, but I can show her."

While speaking, Duanmuhuai stretched out his hand.

"Ring girl, do me a favor."

"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, it circled around the kitten Two circles, then stretched out two front paws, pressed on the kitten's chest.

Seeing this scene, the girl and the people next to her were stunned.

Is this... doing CPR? ?

Cats doing CPR for cats? ?

At this moment, the people next to him also gathered around and stared at this scene dumbfounded. Immediately afterwards, under their watchful eyes, the black cat pressed the kitten's chest several times, then pressed hard, and then the kitten opened its mouth to spit a few sips, then opened its eyes, and started meowing. Shake.

"Really saved?"

"I am not wrong, right."

"This cat is so smart!"

Seeing this scene, the people around were stunned. The cat gave the cat CPR, but it was saved? They are not watching acrobatics, are they? This also works?

"Woo meow."

Ling Nu proudly puffed up her chest and called out to Duanmu Huai, who also stretched out her hand and put Ling Nu back into her pocket. At this moment, the girl had already picked up the shivering kitten, then stood up and bowed to Duanmuhuai.

"I'm really touched...Ah Choo!"

"You should also pay attention to your body and be careful not to catch a cold."

Looking at the wet girl in front of him, Duanmu Huai also reminded him, but soon, his eyes swept to the girl's right eye, and then looked away. At this moment, the girl's friend also came to her side and put the coat in her hand on her body.

"Mary, are you all right?"

"Well, I'm fine, that gentleman..."

As she spoke, the girl turned her head and looked forward, then couldn't help but be taken aback.

What about people?

Such a big man, why did he disappear? ? ?