Shevolt's manhole cover was suddenly pushed open with great force, and the surrounding passers-by looked at the sewer exit in panic. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoThe Raven Man incident that happened some time ago completely ignited the fear in their hearts... Although I want to say this, what comes out of the sewer are two young girls, one large and one small, who are still wearing thin clothes when winter is about to begin. Dior jumped out of the sewer in twos and threes, reaching out to pull Yuruya out.

"In other words, the Raven Man incident itself may not have anything to do with Sir Blois?" Yuru slightly understood what Dio meant.

"Perhaps, Sir Blois was an influential nobleman, and it could not have been that the death of her daughter had not been reported. It is understandable that we, the marginalized aristocrats and ordinary commoners, do not know, and John would say that the classmate I know is the daughter of Sir Blois, precisely because Sir Blois has adopted her. Perhaps the rumors did not make it clear whether she was an adopted daughter or not, but most of the nobles already knew about it. Sherlock's attitude at the time also explains this... She also knew a thing or two about this, what a mistake, I thought she was investigating these things before me, but I didn't expect her to know about it a long time ago. ”

The two of them galloped down the country road, and the Raven Man might have now made his way to Sir Blois's mansion in the suburbs, and John could not be expected to stop the monster.

Sir Blois's daughter is suffering from an incurable disease, and the Duke of Blois, who wants to cure her, accepts financing and sells his family's land to cure his daughter. But in the end, he failed, and the desperate Sir Blois gambled everything on his only hope, but in the end he failed... Sir Blois, who thought his daughter was dead, unexpectedly saw a woman on the streets of London who looked very similar to his daughter. Missing his daughter, he couldn't help but say that he adopted the woman as his adopted daughter, but in fact... He didn't know that his daughter had become a "monster".

"Who the hell is the initiator... None of the clues remained, and the two books that Geralt Wade didn't get back may have information about them. There's so little information to be had, maybe... Even my current guess is wrong. But now is not the time to think about such a thing, whether Geralt Wade loves Miss Blois or La Traviata, the threat of the Raven is unquestionable. ”

"Is it really good to be so panicked? Raven people are just creatures, they won't be strong enough to withstand large-caliber bullets, right?" Yuru was puzzled by Dior's anxiety.

"But once Ser Blois, Miss Blois, or the Raven Man are dead, we will never know the truth. I have a vague feeling that if I can't know the truth... The result will be even more unacceptable than during the Ming Empire. ”

During the Ming Empire, Nagisa still had nothing to do with Dior, and if it weren't for the Sixteen Nights, Dio wouldn't have had anything to do with that dusty woman. After that, Dio had been feeling a vague sense of uneasiness, and she began to think about what she would do if she was sixteen nights and the same thing happened to her... In the end, it was just her to kill Nagisa. But that wouldn't have lifted her out of the same predicament she was in now—abandoning one over the other.

The backer she had worked so hard to gain ended up falling into two completely different camps, which she didn't expect at all. And now she has to be forced to make a choice ...

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“... I've been bothering you all along, John. ”

Sir Blois sighed and led John all the way to the door. He nodded to John, and stood motionless in the doorway. John had to push the door open, and even for the average nobleman, this room was too plain to open. There was nothing special about the decorations, the only thing that shocked John was the strong smell of medicine in the room. If he remembered correctly, it should be the smell of herbs peculiar to the Ming Empire, thick and pungent, and the taste was very strange, it seemed that Sir Blois had tried everything for his daughter.

Walking to the window, John leaned down and looked at Miss Blois. His complexion was pale, his lips were purple, and according to Sir Blois, it was a heart attack, and the folk physicians were helpless about it. Weakness in the limbs, chest tightness, dizziness, loss of appetite, no treatment has any effect, and this condition has been going on for four years. When John came to the bedside, the girl on the bed seemed to sense something and tried her best to open her eyes

“... It's you. Her blank eyes looked at John.

"Well," John nodded, sitting down on the edge of the bed, "Looks like you're running out of time, this time... Are you doing well?"

“... Who knows," she replied noncommittally after a moment of silence, "I have only given everything I have for the sake of such glory and wealth. What future can a person like me, who has no backbone and no ability, have? Is my next target? After Miss, do you still have no supporters for your stupid research?"

"Saria, don't say anything like that," John sighed, took a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, and picked one out of his mouth, "Aisha chooses for herself." I've told her all the possibilities, and I'm sorry that it turned out like that. But on the road of science, it is impossible to always succeed, at least now I can pat my chest and say that I can save you. ”

"But what about the result?" said Salia, laughing bitterly, "Geralt is dead, and even if I'm a good-for-nothing 'La Traviata', I know... It's you. He knew about Aisha, and of course he would be killed by you. How stupid... Even I can see that you don't understand what kind of monster you've created. ”

"The Monster Raven Man is nothing more than a failure, treated with the technology of Dr. Craigwen that was exchanged from the Soviet Union, and finally failed. Unfortunately, I didn't think of it at first... It's just that it's too late for me to say anything. ”

John shook his head, he hadn't lit a cigarette, at least not yet had the nerve to do it in front of a patient.

"yes, it's over. ”

Saria sat up from the bed suddenly, her pale gray pupils now glowing with a strange red glow. Just when John was in a daze, the windows of the mansion suddenly shattered, and a black shadow suddenly descended from the window, the scarlet eyes were exactly the same as those of Sariya, with a human-like body and limbs, only the hands and soles of the feet were like birds, and the sharp beak must be able to easily pierce the throat of a human. I saw that Sariya was intimate with the crow man, she hugged the crow man's neck, stroked its feathers, and held the jade hand with her deformed claws.

John didn't quite understand the scene in front of him, he stared at the Raven Man and Saria in amazement, and Salia sneered and said:

"Maybe it's not very understandable to you, but for me and Aisha, this kind of thing was not surprising five years ago. When I met her in the nursing home, we were one. I have every reason to hate you now, for you to make her look like this. Aisha doesn't think so, she's grateful that you've kept her alive, at least... brought her years of life. ”

“......”

"How long can I live if I can get medical treatment?" asked Saraya tentatively.

"If it goes well, maybe forever," replied John, after calming down, "but there are not many amazing successes at the moment, and if it is only average, then I am afraid it will only be a few years." ”

"Enough, until then... Come on, tell me, who was planning the experiment in the first place?"

"I can't say. John shook his head.

"Tell me. Saria stroked Aisha, the Raven Man.

"Maybe you don't have to know, do you? ”

Holding a huge silver-white firearm, with an undisguised malice on his face, he kicked open the door and came in, needless to say, it was Dio. Yuru followed cautiously, while Sir Blois looked in horror at the 'monster' who stayed beside his daughter.

“... That's the end of it," Dio glanced at Saria who was looking at her in surprise, then pointed his gun at John, "my dear JOJO. ”

Who did the Raven Man do, Yuru from Gear Street didn't know, and John, who was from the National Academy of Sciences, didn't know. In Britain, only the members of these two organizations are capable of doing such a thing, and one of these two must be lying, and Dio has always tried to avoid drawing conclusions, but now the time has come to choose.

Yuru had only been back in London for a month, and she had not had time to contact Miss Blois after a long absence from England, not to mention the fact that she had only been nine years old four years ago, had not yet joined the Hunters' Department, and was just one of the unknown inventors of Gear Street. And four years ago... It just so happened that John was elected to the National Academy of Sciences, and as a fellow nobleman, he had more reason and time to get in touch with Sir Blois... Only it is possible that it has something to do with him.

"Don't be so nervous, Dio," John smiled, "I'm just on a mission." ”

"Fuck you!" Dio kicked on a nearby stool, "Do you have what it takes to say another thing?" Raman Whitney has already told me about it, and it seems that he thought I would keep your secret and become your accomplice because of this. It's a shame I'm not the kind of reasonable person, I'm sorry, I've already contacted the police..."

“... In the end, did you choose the other side for the sake of profit?" John shook his head helplessly as if he had seen through everything, "I thought you could change something about me and my father, but I didn't expect the result to be..."

As he said this, John saw Yuru beside Dior, and then clapped his hands and suddenly laughed in understanding.

"I see... Looks like I'm doing something hard for you to choose, Dior. ”

“......”

"Well, if that's the case, it doesn't matter, then, let's go, Saria. John held out his hand to Saria.

"Didn't you hear? It's over. Dio frowned.

"How can it be over? Since you have chosen which side, you must be prepared to go toe-to-toe with me. ”

As John said this, the Raven Man suddenly came between Dio and John, apparently at the behest of Saria. Saria looked away and stopped looking at Dior, who looked at her, thought for a few seconds, and finally put down the gun.

“... It's amazing, didn't I expect to be surrounded by people like this?" Dior snorted.

Then the gun was raised again.