9:13 a.m. on September 14.

Bang, bang.

Herwen's mansion welcomed guests again, and although the two taps were not heavy, they seemed to be very coherent, and it seemed that the comer was now in a hurry.

Hervin walked to the door, opened it gently, and saw the girl's anxious look on her face.

Kelly walked into the room without saying a word, still clutching a newspaper in her hand.

She walked in the door, then closed the door directly, and looked around the room:

"Where's Hera?"

Hervin says:

She went for a walk. ”

Kelly asked:

"She's not coming back anytime soon, is she?"

Hewen nodded:

"No, what's going on?"

Kelly and Hervin walked to the living room and sat down, and she asked first:

"Can you give me a glass of water? or anything. ”

Hervin walked to the wine rack:

"Liquor shop?"

"Alcohol affects my brain, can I have a glass of milk?"

Hervin poured Kelly a glass of milk that Hara used to drink and placed it on the table in front of her.

Kelly drank the milk in one gulp, and then calmed down a little.

She spread the newspaper out on the table, and an entire page of it was about one thing.

"Aaron University Student Killed After Brutal Abuse"

Kelly uttered a name:

"Abbas. ”

Hervin stepped forward and carefully read the contents of the newspaper, which was vague about the circumstances of the deceased, only mentioning that his death was very tragic and extremely inhumane, as well as the place of death, the time of death, the time of witnessing, etc., but did not say the name of the deceased and the specific details of the death.

Herwin asked:

"Are you sure it's Abbas?"

Kelly's words are conclusive:

"I'm pretty sure I got someone to contact the police and got the name of the deceased, and they have identified him as Abbas. ”

Hervin put down the newspaper and looked into Kelly's eyes:

"What do you think?"

kelly says:

"It's a strange thing, and it's a very bad thing for us. ”

Kelly also looked back and looked at Hervin:

"Professor Herwen, you don't know anything. ”

At this moment, her eyes penetrated reality, and one of the few times, she took the initiative to enter the world behind the scenes, looking at Hewen's figure here.

"No, I don't know anything. ”

Kelly nodded.

The behind-the-scenes scene met her expectations.

She pulls herself back into the real world:

"Professor Herwen, this thing is very weird, if ......"

Bang!

The knock on the door sounded for the second time today, and this time the visitor seemed to use a lot more force, but the interval was longer, and he seemed more patient.

Hervin motioned for Kelly to wait with her eyes and walked to the door.

The man outside the door has a resolute face, is about 1.88 meters to 1.89 meters tall, and has a fairly strong figure, he should have been doing sports or something all year round, the only drawback is that his spirit seems to be poor.

The man asked politely, but in a firm tone:

"Professor Herwen? I'm Agent Ellwood from the Aaron Police Department, can I come in and sit down?"

Hearing Ellwood's self-introduction, Kelly, who was in the living room, seemed to become a little nervous.

Hewen nodded lightly:

"Absolutely. ”

Ellwood followed Herwin to the living room, and the detective saw Kelly, with a hint of confusion and curiosity in his eyes.

However, he did not intend to explore the identity of this woman, and said to Herwen:

"I want to have a more intimate conversation with you, the one-on-one kind. ”

Herwin asked:

"For Abbas?"

Elwood's eyes flashed with a gleam, it was the name of the victim, and it seemed that it was a wise choice to visit Professor Heven, who did not know whether he was friend or foe for the time being.

Elwood replied:

"Yes, Mr. Herwin knows about this?"

Hervin says:

"That's right. ”

He looked at Kelly again:

"Kelly, do you want to leave first?"

Kelly replied:

"No, Professor, I think I can stay. ”

After seeing the hint and getting Kelly's answer, Herwin said directly to Elwood:

"She also had something to do with it. ”

Elwood nodded and took his seat, glancing at Kelly's glass and Hervin's wine rack:

"Can you get me a drink too?"

Herwin asked:

"Wine?"

Elwood nodded:

"It's better to be the kind that's strong enough. ”

Herwin took a glass of Aried Whiskey and added a little to each of them.

Elwood took half a sip:

"I'm sorry, but I really need these things so much to clear up and lift my brain up a bit, especially after watching something like that yesterday. ”

Herwin asked:

"What is it?"

Elwood says:

"You don't know the scene of the crime? Then why do you know the name of the victim? ”

Hervin explains:

"Because we had something unpleasant with the victim, Abbas, the other day. ”

Elwood's sharp instincts told him that this would be a very useful clue, and of course, even if his intuition was not sharp, he could see the secrets lurking inside.

But he could see more, from the expressions of Hewen and the girl, from every slight twitch of the muscles, every change in tone, he could understand a little more about the two of them.

If it were an ordinary police detective, he might have increased his suspicion of Hewen because of this, but Elwood, on the contrary, alleviated his suspicion of Hewen.

Indeed, there are many kinds of criminals who will voluntarily confess their bad relationship with the victim to the police, such as narcissistic murderers, and psychologists who want to use this to mislead the police and think backwards.

But Herwin was not among them, and Elwood could tell by looking at Hewen's expression.

Hervin says:

"Abbas and several others have followed my niece and threatened her to tell me about it. ”

Elwood asked:

"Why?"

Hervin replied:

"They are admirers of Princess Veronica, and I somehow get the hostility of all of them. ”

Elwood subconsciously rubbed his thumb and forefinger, Veronica was the daughter of Prince Gawain, and if she was involved, then his control over the case would inevitably be restricted by the nobles.

Hervin continued:

"Fortunately, the Miss Kelly next to me met Abbas, and after an argument, she knocked her unconscious to the ground and escorted my niece home to have a friend take Abbas to the school infirmary. ”

Elwood glanced at Kelly, the girl's muscles didn't look like they could knock a stout adult man down, he had read Abbas's profile, it was a fairly tall man.

But judging by her expression, the woman, Kelly, seems to be sure that she has the ability to stun a man.

"When I found out about this, I immediately rushed to the school doctor's office, intending to settle accounts with him, but Flory's school doctor said that he had been picked up by his family.

"After that, Rodhuton and Richard, who had been following my niece's students with Abbas, came to the door, thinking that I had taken Abbas, a student association called Nighthawk who worshipped Veronica.

"That's what I know. ”

Elwood closed his eyes and thought for a moment, letting everything float in his brain.

No, there aren't enough clues.

He opened his eyes:

"Thank you very much for your help, I'll find time to ask these people, but for now I'd like to ask you to come with me. ”

Kelly asked loudly:

"What do you want to do? Professor Herwin is not a suspect. ”

Elwood explains:

"No, ma'am, you misunderstood, I wanted to ask Mr. Herwin to assist us in our investigation. ”

Herwin asked:

"Assistance?"

Elwood says:

"That's right, because the way the deceased died seems to be similar to the sacrificial method mentioned in one of your books. ”

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