Chapter 163: Signs
Klein was stunned by Roshan's question, and recalled a little dazedly:
"When I went to Neil's house last month, I noticed a piano in the living room, and he told me that his late wife loved music......"
As he spoke, Klein was startled and had some bad thoughts inexplicably.
Roseanne furrowed her beautiful eyebrows and said uncertainly:
"Maybe I'm misremembering...... No, Mrs. Orianna and I used to visit old Neil's house for the first half of the year, and at that time there was no piano in the living room, and I distinctly remember asking him why he had been single, and his answer was that he had not met the lady who made him want to marry......"
There was no piano in the first half of the year...... Still answering the question of why you stay single...... Klein tensed his body and asked in a deep voice, "Roshan, how long has it been since you visited Old Neil's house?"
"Since Kornley became a night watchman, Viola has chosen to leave here and no longer work as a clerical worker, and I am either staying up late or catching up on sleep, so how can I have time to visit other people's homes...... Well, starting in early June. Roshan was a little confused by the question, and could only answer honestly.
Crane's heart sank as he listened, as if he had a premonition of something.
He hurriedly pulled a half-penny coin from his pocket and tucked it between his thumb and middle finger.
Taking a deep breath, Klein pondered for a moment and quickly finalized the "Divination Statement".
"Old Neil isn't in the right place. ”
"Old Neil isn't in the right place. ”
......
In the silent silence, his eyes quickly turned black, and the whole person entered a meditative state.
Zheng!
With a flick of his thumb, the brass-colored penny flew into the air, tumbling and spinning.
The coin fell, right in Crane's outstretched palm.
This time, George III's head is facing up.
And the avatar means correct, which means yes.
This means that the current situation of old Neil is indeed not right!
Klein held the coin, Huo Ran remembered the time when he had just been promoted, and quickly mastered the spiritual vision, and saw a pair of almost transparent, unusually indifferent, eyelash-free, strange and illusory eyes behind Old Neil.
His explanation at the time was that it was a representation of the remnants of ritual magic!
By the way, I also saw a nearly invisible figure in the darkness of the doorway, and the color of his aura was exactly the same as the dim and bleak environment around him...... Also, after I had thoroughly digested the "soothsayer" potion, I secretly changed the switch of vision to a light snap of my teeth, and after that, I tried it and looked at old Neil casually, only to have a sudden and violent cough...... Scenes flashed through Crane's mind, making his expression more solemn.
Roseanne glanced at him, and asked fearfully and fearfully:
"Old Neil won't get out of control, right? No, although he is stingy and stingy, and wants to be reimbursed for everything, he is actually a good person, and he rarely gets really angry, no, he won't get out of control......"
"I can't be sure, but I think the old Neil is just close to getting out of hand. Crane relieved Roshan and quickly walked through the partition and pushed open the door to the captain's office.
Dunn Smith was drinking coffee when he was startled by the sudden intruder and nearly choked on himself.
"What's wrong?" he didn't blame Klein, and his expression became very serious.
Klein replied rather succinctly, but without concealment:
"Captain, I didn't know what happened to old Neil. ”
"Last month Neil Sr. told me that his late wife loved music, but today Rosanne says he's always been single. ”
"And, the day I first became an extraordinary, I saw a pair of illusory and strange eyes watching everything behind old Neil, and a near-transparent figure peering through the doorway, which he told me was a sign of the remnants of ritual magic. ”
"I didn't feel right, so I tried divination. ”
Dunn listened with a calm face, brushed his feet, and asked suspiciously as he walked to the coat rack:
"Why don't you just find out if old Neil is out of control?"
"In the past month, Old Neil has behaved no different from a normal extraordinary, and even teamed up with me to help Svein clear an out-of-control substitute, and I have also observed his aura color several times with spiritual vision, and found that he is relatively healthy, just a little old, so I think he is just close to losing control, there are certain signs, and there is room for redemption. Klein expressed his opinion in one breath.
Dunn put on a black top hat, put on a knee-high trench coat, and said lightly:
"Very reasonable speculation...... We're going to visit old Neil now, well, try not to provoke him. ”
Then, try to control him, using ritual magic to stabilize his state and curb his deterioration. ”
Control...... When Klein heard this word, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration and said:
"Captain, can we use the seal '3-0611'?"
He had been thinking about how to solve the matter of Old Neil just now, trying to save the other party as much as possible, but because he was too flustered, too uneasy, too worried, he never found a clue, until he was awakened by Dunn Smith's words, and he remembered that there was such a seal that could come in handy:
"ID: 0611. ”
"Name: Quiet Hair. ”
"Hazard Level: '3', there is a certain danger, it needs to be used with caution, only actions of three or more people can apply. ”
"Confidentiality Level: Full members of the night watchman and above. ”
"Sealing method: No direct contact with living creatures. ”
"Description: This is a simple ornament made of many long dark black hairs entwined together. ”
"As long as it is touched unprotected, all living beings lose all their desires and emotions, including but not limited to hunger, anger, sadness, pain, jealousy, envy, hatred, happiness, contentment, and greed. ”
"It has been confirmed that even the desire to disengage from 0611 will disappear for affected creatures, and they will remain quietly in place until the end of their lives. ”
"If there is an external force that causes the affected person to disengage from SCP-611, the former will gradually return to normal, but experimental data suggests that this is true if the contact time is no more than two hours. ”
"Once contact lasts longer than two hours, affected individuals remain silent forever. ”
"The highest level of test subject is Sequence 5.
"Direct contact can be avoided by wearing gloves, etc. ”
"These strands of hair have no living properties, and have no tendency to try to escape the seal. ”
"Addendum: These strands of hair appeared in an incident of failed promotion, and are relics of a captain of the Nightwatch, who failed to make it to Sequence 6. ”
Hearing Klein's words, Dunn nodded with deep gray eyes:
"Very good proposal, I almost forgot '3-0611', you go to the recreation room to find Luo Yao, I will take out the seal after I go to Chanis Gate, and come back to make up the application. ”
That's how it should be, you can't waste time! Klein didn't delay, and immediately came to the night watchman's recreation room, and called out Luo Yao, the "sleepless" who had few expressions.
"What is the task?" asked Luo Yao, whose black hair was as smooth as silk, calmly.
Klein exhaled and replied with a slight heaviness:
"Visit old Neil. ”
"Visit Old Neil...... He?" Luo Yao's eyes widened, and he had some bad guess.
"Not sure yet. Crane nodded slightly.
Luo Yao didn't speak again, and the two fell silent at the same time, as if something was condensing little by little in the air around them, becoming heavy.
After a few minutes, Dunn finally returned from underground.
He wore black gloves and clutched a tuft of messy black hair.
Compared to the "Mutated Sun Emblem", the "Quiet Hair" has no obvious outward abnormality, and if it falls on the road, it can easily be overlooked.
After calling the coachman Cezel, the group of four set out on their way to Old Neil's house.
The wheels rolled over the muddy road that had just rained, and the inside of the carriage was quieter than in the middle of the night.
I don't know how long it took for Dunn to sigh and speak:
"Old Neil actually had a couple who was about to get engaged when he was young, but she suddenly became seriously ill and difficult to treat, and Old Neil risked revealing the secrets of the Extraordinary to try to save her with ritual magic, but still unsuccessfully, at that time, Old Neil was just getting started in the field of occultism. ”
According to the records, the night watchmen at that time were wary of old Neil getting out of control, but thankfully, he eventually came to his senses and did not appear abnormal. ”
Hopefully this time will be a false alarm...... Klein couldn't help but draw a crimson moon on his chest, and prayed in a low voice:
"May the Goddess bless him. ”
Dunn and Luo Yao followed suit:
"May the Goddess bless him. ”
............
The sky grew brighter, the gloomy clouds receded, and the Nightwatcher's carriage stopped in front of Old Neil's one-family house.
After letting Cizer drive the carriage to hide in the distance, Dunn restrained his emotions and walked towards the main entrance with a staff in one hand and a seal "3-0611" in the other.
Crane pressed down his half-height silk top hat and joined Luo Yao, following the captain through the garden of roses and goldmint.
Once at the door, Crane stepped forward and pulled the rope that connected the bell in the room.
Jingle Bell!
The crisp and melodious sound of the bell echoed through the room, breaking the silence.
Clank, clank, clang, Klein pulled a few times in a row, politely backed back, and didn't try again.
The three night watchmen waited patiently for several minutes, but never heard the footsteps of someone coming to open the door.
"Perhaps, old Neil went to the doctor and was not at home. Crane squeezed out a smile and said.
Before he could finish speaking, suddenly there was a melodious melody in the room, a beautiful movement played by the piano, like a peaceful lake covered with a light veil of mist under the moonlight.
Dunn's expression suddenly became extremely serious and solemn, and Crane's heart sank to the bottom.
He was about to do a divination when he suddenly saw a gushing stream of water gushing out of the crack under the main entrance.
The water was transparent and pure, and then it was dyed red, a blood-like crimson, a crimson that was extremely rich.