Although Hoden is still in a fog, the clue puzzle can be gathered piecemeal, and Casca's actions must have hidden deep meaning.

First of all, why did Baron Valery's case not continue to be investigated? As if Viscount Philo's case had been hastily closed, no one had even discovered that Hodden was a survivor of the fire in Viscount Philo's private residence.

Cause?

Obviously, there are countless possible reasons, but Hodden has a bold guess.

Whether it is Baron Valery or Viscount Philo, they are all involved in a large incident, as barons and viscounts, they are very noble to the commoners, but compared to the nobles above them, they are at the bottom of the pyramid. So, they also became victims.

Otherwise, according to common sense, the cases of both the baron and the viscount should be taken seriously, and the result is that the case is hastily closed.

This so-called "big event", whether it involves Mr. Harford's dinner, or is linked to Count Gustav, or there is an important event of a higher level - may have nothing to do with Mr. Harford or Count Gustav at all, and any one of these reasons can be explained.

It is precisely because of the seriousness of the matter that the security forces have shut up, and the two aristocratic cases have also been sunk into the sea, and even Casca cannot investigate openly, so he can only secretly mix the case information into the "boring, useless, and worthless" homeless disappearance case and bring it out.

Of course, this is first and foremost Hoden's own speculation, and secondly Casca's speculation, and their speculations may also be wrong, but judging from the existing clues, Casca believes that this case may be able to bring inspiration to Hoden, which is why Casca secretly passed on the information to Hoden.

So, the question that now faces Holden is:

What are the details that make Casca think that Holden needs to investigate this case? Perhaps, Casca thinks that the Baron Valery case is related to Issa's death, maybe, Casca thinks that the Baron Valery case is related to the case that Hoden is investigating, and maybe, Casca has no idea at all, but simply thinks that Hodden needs to know about Baron Valery's case.

Poruse the investigation file in your hand.

Holden knows that since the file can be seen so "innocently and completely", it means that all the contents in it should be retouched and even adjusted, and finally leave a clear water version that everyone can see, so there will not be too many clues, but Holden firmly believes that even if it is unrecognizable, it can still leave clues.

For example, in the description of the death column.

"There were no physical wounds other than round eyes, bulging eyes, dislocated jaws, deformed faces, broken nails and twisted bones on both hands and feet due to excessive force. ”

This is also direct evidence that Bullock deduced the conclusion of "suspected frightening death", which literally presents an extreme state of excessive fright.

Holden believes that if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, then Bullock would not have been able to describe such words, and this is still a modified version of dehydration - judging from Brock's performance after being frightened today, it means that there was indeed an unexplained shock at the scene, and the state of the deceased was very terrifying, and it was even possible that Bullock was directly embarrassed by soft feet and vomiting at the scene.

Like Nightingale, what terrible and horrible images did they see, so frightened that their faces were distorted and their nails were broken?

Unlike Nightingale's tragic death, Baron Valéry and the other nine did not commit suicide, but died directly "without finding a physical wound".

Hodden read down carefully, three times over and over again, word by word, but the clues were limited, and he continued to scroll down, and then he could see that behind the archives of the security team, there were three pages of ancillary materials, all of which were encrypted materials, and there were even no titles.

Ordinary and simple three-page ancillary materials, discarded as waste paper without paying attention, but now attached to the back of this archival material?

Hodden's eyebrows gathered slightly towards the middle, took a serious look, and then began to decrypt.

The first attempt, it didn't work out.

Hodden was a little surprised, but today was different from the last time at the Antu auction, since Casca didn't tell him the password, he returned to Casca's office, probably empty-handed...... Wait, didn't Casca really tell him the password?

Coffee.

Sugar.

Wait, the password wasn't set by Casca, it was set by Bullock, and coffee should be the keyword.

Thinking of this, Hodden recondensed three psionic symbols, easily opened the password, and three pages of information appeared in front of him.

Really!

"February 9th.

I don't know what I saw, the rainbow light that emerged from the deep well revealed a strange one, brilliant colors that could not be described in words, the purple that was dazzling to the extreme, but permeated with deep reds and blues, faintly able to catch the yellow surging in the middle.

Unconsciously, there is a strange feeling, a ...... The feeling of doom, the feeling that was far beyond anything my brain could have imagined, I'm not so sure, but it wasn't just that I saw it, we all saw it, and then things were never the same again.

Instead of sparkling, the color erupted towards the sky, connecting the sky with the ground. ”

This is the diary.

The diary fragments immediately appeared in Hodden's mind, the diary fragments he got from Adlina last time, different contents, different styles but the same feeling, the feeling of the appearance of the evil god-

Could it be that this is the connection?

Obviously, the three pages of the diary are the real key compared to the archival material, and Bullock must have discovered the diary during the investigation, but for unknown reasons did not continue the investigation, and finally sealed the journal with a psionic code and submitted it to Casca.

Hodden felt that he seemed to be getting closer to the truth, but also to danger.

But Holden didn't hesitate and continued reading.

"February 10th.

I still don't know what happened, but the rich and brilliant colors never disappeared, and they couldn't leave, and we couldn't leave. We tried, no matter which way we escaped, no matter what way we used, eventually we would go around and go back to where we were, and we were stuck where we were.

Those brilliant colors seem to be seeping in little by little, as if they can penetrate the surface of my skin, I don't like this feeling but I can't control this impulse, there is always a voice in my heart, calling us to get closer, closer, I know it's not a wise choice, but we can't suppress this urge -

That impulse is destroying my willpower.

Can anyone tell me what the hell is going on?"