Chapter 45: Suspicion

"Meow...this thing's ability is very weak, but it's still far behind compared to abnormality. It should be a supernatural thing."

"...No, it's not as good as a superpower. It's just that the function is too special, which makes it a bit scary."

The psychic cat's expression was a little troubled, as if he was thinking of a solution.

"There are quite a lot of storage containers used in the previous containment tower in the night room, but you probably don't have time to go back now, right?"

Yelan nodded gently.

Isn't that natural?

If I didn't want to leave Sewage Town even for a short time in this changing situation, why would I have to accept this commission? Wouldn't it be nice to collect a mutated giant rat?

Even the Demon Scythe was obediently taken care of by me, and a few little mice were taken care of. Isn't that easy to catch?

"I think you can ask Arthur Meow! No matter what, this place is also a gathering point for human beings. There are so many messy anomalies gathered here. There is still something to be said for surviving until now. It is impossible for even a weak superpower to survive Unable to save."

Yelan nodded gently, considered the situation at hand, put the kitten back in his pocket, opened the bathroom door, and strode into the office.

Bang!

Pushing open the office door, Arthur was already waiting inside, seemingly extremely anxious about his sudden contact, even... worried.

"What happened?"

Arthur's voice sounded quite calm, but it was unclear whether he was playing drums in his heart. After all, his understanding of Ye Lan was almost zero, and the other party had just been employed for a few hours and claimed to have found him in an emergency.

"I accepted the commission from the Black Devil Chili Field, and I've found the reason."

Overall, Arthur is still very happy. After all, judging from the trajectory of his actions, Yelan has really gone out to do things since he last talked to him, even if it was just for him to watch.

"Well, it's indeed a bit weird. Don't worry if you don't have any clues. You can go fight the mutant giant first... huh?"

Arthur froze mid-sentence, then stood up suddenly, almost spitting out the sip of water he drank from this series of actions.

"What did you say? Did you find the reason? I went to see it yesterday and found nothing!"

"Yes." Ye Lan nodded. "The situation is a bit complicated. I'm just here to give you the information for your follow-up."

Arthur also noticed his gaffe and sat back on the chair, but his nerves were completely affected.

"So...what's going on?"

This was a major event that affected the entire Sewage Town, and he was already hesitating whether to invite the people from the Yuhui God Sect to take a look.

Snap.

Ye Lan put the crystal stone on the table and then said, "Look at this."

Arthur almost jumped up again and blurted out.

"Supernatural object?"

Another supernatural object?

Isn't it...this guy produces supernatural objects? Take out another one!

Without letting Arthur continue brainstorming, Yelan started to talk.

"This was found in the soil of the pepper field. The function that has been determined so far is degradation. The entire pepper field is not withering, but is quickly returning to its previous state during the growth process."

Arthur also understood something, and his face became extremely ugly.

"You mean...this is man-made?"

"That's right." Ye Lan nodded, confirming Arthur's guess. "I found human traces of unknown origin at the scene."

"Wait a minute!"

Arthur waved his hand, opened his drawer, took out a delicate small square box, quickly put on his gloves, carefully put the stone into it, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Then he looked at Ye Lan, with a rather strange expression on his face.

"You just...brought it here directly?"

Ye Lan shrugged: "What else?"

In fact, he was a little embarrassed, it sounded so unprofessional.

Arthur was obviously at a loss for words. He opened his mouth several times but hesitated.

What if? You just do this and you're still okay, standing in front of yourself properly?

"It's so mysterious..."

Feeling once again how powerful Ye Lan was, Arthur clenched his fists and walked around.

"You said someone buried it in the town's pepper field late at night? Damn it, who could it be, coming to destroy Sewer Town at this time?"

He really couldn't imagine the identity of this person, so he sat back on the stool again.

"Are there any other clues?"

Yelan shook his head gently, not surprised by Arthur's clueless look.

"It's nothing. I can only confirm that the other party did this at night four days ago."

Of course he knows more, such as the other person's clothes are very similar to the person who robbed him, such as the scar on the other person's face... But these things can't bear to be mentioned!

How can I know it myself?

"Four days ago..." Arthur clasped his hands together, as if trying to find any possible clues in his memory, but all ended in vain.

How could Arthur understand that a person who did such an earth-shattering thing was only saving money to go to Glory City for only fifty fog blue coins?

Of course. Behind all this, there must be a bigger mastermind behind it.

"Is there any suspect?" Ye Lan asked tentatively: "The old man in the vegetable garden is very suspicious that an 'outsider' did it."

Arthur looked at Ye Lan strangely after hearing this, and shook his head helplessly.

"Outsiders, where do so many outsiders come from? Don't worry too much, Sewage Town is too remote, and there are too few people. Everyone has never seen outsiders, so it seems... a little xenophobic."

Ye Lan was stunned by Arthur's words, and couldn't help but say a few more words.

"Don't you doubt that I directed and acted it myself? There was clearly nothing on the scene, but I was able to give you so many clues and solve the problem."

Arthur waved his hand unhappily.

"Okay, you don't have to test me, I don't doubt you at all. If the time provided is accurate, there were only us in the town four days ago, and no outsiders came." He looked at Ye Lan meaningfully.

"Including you. You are the first "outsider" to come to the town during this period, and everyone else came after you."

Ye Lan was stunned, and suddenly seemed to have discovered a secret.

"How can you be sure that no outsiders sneaked into the town?"

No matter how small the Sewage Town is, it is still a city. There are roads in all directions, and even if there are no roads, there are ways to find them. Before he joined, Arthur was the only one in the town guard of Sewage Town. It stands to reason that if someone sneaked in, there would be no possibility of detection. But Arthur swore that there was no possibility of any outsider committing the crime.

Arthur frowned, a little entangled, but finally chose to tell him this information.

"I can detect any stranger entering the scope of Sewage Town!"