"Robben. ”

Hoden's voice came from behind, calling Robben's footsteps, and although Robben didn't speak, Hoden was able to decipher what he meant.

"You don't think I'm going to be out of it right now, are you?"

Robben didn't turn around, and said in a cold voice, "You've already died once, and now that you're finally safe, there's no need for you to continue investigating." ”

But he can't, and Samuel is still missing. Samuel needs an answer whether he is dead or alive, but there is no need for Hoden to continue to mix. In his current state, the only thing he could do was kill himself, and then drag Horgan down, and just stupidly ruin everything that was possible.

He didn't want to and couldn't. This afternoon's incident must not happen again, and he is in no position to ask Hoden to continue to help.

Horden could understand what Robben meant, and all the guilt and frustration could understand, but what Robben didn't know was that Horden had a more determined and urgent reason than Robben:

Go home.

He needed the truth because that was the only possibility for him to go home.

On this point, Hoden is even more urgent than Robben.

"Are you concerned about me now?" Hodden's lazy voice came from behind him again, with a hint of ridicule, obviously a serious topic, and the taste changed inexplicably.

Robben clenched his fists and used all his strength to suppress his urge to hit someone, and then Robben ignored Holden and stepped forward to leave.

Hoden said again, "Are you sure you don't want to know what I've observed? ”

Robben's footsteps stopped at the door, his shoulder muscles tensed, the iceberg was about to evolve into a volcano, but after all, it was the 10,000-year-old frost that suppressed the magma for a moment.

"Leave and leave", Robben was shouting frantically in his heart, he should not continue to trouble Holden, nor should he continue to drag Holden down, but ......

"Robben, I've never been safe. Remember, I was supposed to be a dead man, but now I'm showing up in the abyss in good shape, and even ridiculously attending classes in the academy. Do you think I can pretend that nothing happened?"

"Even without you, I'll continue to investigate. ”

Hoden's voice sounded behind him unhurriedly, and there was no path to a long speech, and he didn't even take the initiative to convince Robben, but let Robben's footsteps be firmly nailed to the ground.

"This guy!"

Robben grinded his teeth viciously, but this time, reason successfully controlled his emotions, and after the shocking education just now, the current Robben finally found his familiar self.

Pause.

Struggle.

Hesitate.

Firmness.

Turning around, Robben looked at Hoden and asked in a calm tone, "What else do you remember?"

Hodden shook his head, "No, that's all, just two names, and of course, if I remember Samuel's appearance is one, it's three." ”

This time, Hoden didn't continue to tease Robben, and the words went on and on, "but" came and went.

"I don't think there's anything hidden in the tailor shop and the inspection room, because it's too ordinary and too exposed, and there's too much uncertainty about the busyness and hustle and bustle of people, and the shop itself has its own work, at least on the surface, and it's running every day. ”

"It's supposed to be just a transit station, and probably only the top manager knows what's going on here, and the store itself and the staff should be kept in the dark. ”

"The real key should be hidden at Mr. Harford's banquet. ”

This is also the reason why Robben was unable to detect anomalies during his first visit to either place - they did not exist in their own right.

This is the greatest possible.

Robben's eyes also became focused, and he said his guess, "So how do you explain the peeping eyes in the examination room today? Also, have you noticed the lights in the examination room? The illusion of sight created by those light elements can inadvertently make people relax their vigilance." ”

Instead of answering Robben's question, Hodden asked another question, "Do you notice the composition of the tailor shop and the inspectors?"

Robben didn't understand what Hoden meant.

"First of all, the tailor's shop is interesting because of the separate register of William Gibson and Nick Nightingale. ”

"In July, August, and September alone, I had at least fifty or more people in a cursory sweep. Obviously, Mr. Harfort's banquet is a regular schedule that takes place every once in a while, so does that mean that missing people like me and Samuel are happening all the time?"

Robben's train of thought shifted with Hoden, "But I've never heard anything. ”

"Yes, there is no news in the newspapers or the vigilantes so far, and if it weren't for Samuel's disappearance, you wouldn't have known. Hodden suddenly remembered something important, "Did you report the case to the vigilantes?"

"Of course. Robben replied in the affirmative, "I reported the case the day after Selmew's disappearance, and then went to the vigilantes on the third and fourth days, but they didn't investigate anything. Crime is not uncommon in Iwabuchi, let alone the disappearance of a poor boy. ”

The cold expression didn't have much emotional fluctuations, but there was a disdain in the words.

Hoden nodded his head in agreement, "One possibility is that the real big forces involved, it may be the aristocracy, it may be the gangsters, it may be the army, so the news is blocked, and the other possibility is that no one cares about the lives of those missing people, and the security team does not spend much energy at all." ”

It can be seen from the hasty conclusion of the Lenoer family's tragedy that even if there is no power-for-money transaction involved, there are many problems in the Iwabuchi security team.

"Assuming that the situation in the tailor shop and the examination room can really be connected, then a small detail is worth noting, there are two other people in the examination room, and it can be seen from their dress and sitting posture that they should be homeless. ”

"The disappearance of homeless people happens every day, and they may freeze to death if they sleep on the dock, and the disappearance of poor students is not paid much attention. These are people who live at the bottom of the social ladder and don't attract much attention and attention. ”

Holden's findings did not convince Robben, and the question marks grew, "But why? Why invite students and homeless people to the banquet to serve as waiters—if those homeless people did accept the job offer? Why do you have to target students and homeless?"

"It doesn't make sense. Robben only felt that he was in the clouds, and he had clearly detected the clues, but the matter did not gradually become clear, but he became more confused.

Hodden nodded his head in agreement, "It doesn't make sense, this is normal." If things make sense, the secret is not a secret, and the truth has long been revealed; it is precisely because it doesn't make sense that it shows that there is something hidden behind it. We, on the other hand, have found a fragment of the truth. ”