78. Seventy-eight
There is no doubt that it is precisely because of the existence of the family that the most outstanding virtues of human society can be created, strengthened and inherited.
Garcia poked his head above her monitor, and when he saw Morgan gesturing at her, he breathed a sigh of relief and went back to his chair. If Red isn't affected, then she'll only have to worry about her best friend. Speaking of which, she still has a bunch of accounts to settle with Liu Fanxu, why does it seem that the entire BAU knows her secrets, but she is the only one who is 'isolated' by her? Obviously, she always thought she was her best female friend. Garcia tapped the keyboard indignantly, worried about Liu Fanxu's safety with a melancholy face.
After a night of investigation and comparison, the next morning they went to visit the victims of the previous attack. Finally, we locked on to the forest east of Fox, near the edge of the town. As a priority area to be explored, everyone but Garcia and the young cop John stayed at the police station, and everyone else rushed to the scene. When the plan of action first came out, Charlie wondered why they didn't split up into small groups to investigate, which he thought would be more efficient.
In fact, if it were another case, Hodge would have arranged it that way. However, now that this case is very likely to involve many unknown things, he can't risk losing his team members. Obviously, Gordon agrees with Hodge's idea, but he is not entirely concerned about the safety of his teammates, but considering the current number of personnel, the effect of searching the forest after grouping is not much different from acting together.
After arriving at the target area, they parked the car at the edge of the forest, jumped out of the car, and quickly gathered together to enter the forest in an orderly manner. Because it was noon, and there was no usual rain today, it was a rare sunny day for Fox, so there was no white fog in the forest, and the visibility was more conducive to the search work.
Rhett had been silent since he had just decided on his plan of action. Everyone knew it, so they didn't bother him. He sat in the car, looking out the window at the flashing green, and his heart was filled with uncertainty. Although he is very firm with Morgan, his heart is not as strong as he seems. For experiencing Liu Fanxu's loss of contact again, in addition to more self-blame, he also began to want to integrate more into her world.
He didn't want to wait for the future when he encountered such a thing again, and he couldn't even find a wizard who could help Liu Fanxu. Yes, he no longer naively thought that he could keep Liu Fanxu out of the matter, and from the moment he pulled her into the BU, they were destined to be enemies of the evil in human nature.
The forest is a natural labyrinth that they wouldn't even be able to find the right crime scene if it weren't for Charlie leading the way. This shows that the murderers are very familiar with this place, and if it was a previous case, they would definitely target the profile of the unknown suspect to the local residents of Fox Town. However, this time is different, not only Red, Hodge, Gordon, Morgan and Ella in BAU think so, but even Garcia, who has little experience in profiling, feels that this case is contrary to previous perceptions.
Therefore, they need to go to the scene to investigate, hoping to find some clues. The forests here are undeveloped, and the climate is humid, rainy and foggy all year round. Therefore, the ground in the forest is very slippery, and the tall, straight, thick trees are also wet, and they will inevitably lose their balance due to slippery feet when they walk very slowly. It was very hot here, but from time to time I was shivering by a cold forest wind.
Charlie explained the weather to them along the way, occasionally complaining about the dampness and cold. Red and the others followed him closely, and it was already too hard to keep an eye on the road under their feet, and they didn't have the energy to be distracted from chatting with him. After walking a long distance in their opinion, Charlie suddenly stopped, crossed his hands on his hips, frowned, looked down at the grass under his feet with a puzzled expression, and whispered, "What is this?" Mobile phone? โ
Red had been following Gordon, with Morgan behind him, and Ella walking beside him. At this time, when he heard Charlie's words, he was stunned for a moment, and then stumbled to speed up, passed Gordon and Hodge, walked to Charlie's side, and leaned down to check the mobile phone he said. When he saw the familiar silver-white body, Red had already determined who it belonged to, he picked it up, pressed the screen, and found that the phone was already prompting charging, and those missed calls were from him.
"Aga's phone." Red whispered, his voice trembling with a very obvious tremor, he suddenly clenched his phone, turned to Charlie, and asked, "Is this still far from the scene of the crime?" โ
Charlie looked at the big boy, who was very young but like a living dictionary, with pain on his face and fog in his eyes. He subconsciously shook his head and replied, "It's not far away...... That, you're okay. Hodge glanced at Red, smiled and turned to face Charlie, and said, "It's my team member, I originally asked her to come to explore the scene in advance, but I found that I had lost contact with her. โ
"No wonder you don't agree to search in groups, but you are too careless, the forest here will be covered with fog at night, you have also seen it, it was very difficult to go all the way just now, let a person who is not familiar with the road come to explore the scene at night, to be honest, I am not surprised that she lost contact with you." Charlie's tone was reproachful, and you could guess what he was thinking by looking at his expression: these people were smart, but not cautious enough.
"She lost her phone before she contacted us, and she must have accidentally lost it when she was passing here." Gordon looked at the trails around him and whispered, "Let's move on, maybe things aren't as bad as we thought." The last sentence was obviously addressed to Red. Charlie nodded and exclaimed in a low voice, "But, then again, that member of your team is really amazing, in that environment, even I may not be able to get here, she didn't deviate from the direction." Before he could finish speaking, he turned again and took the lead in moving forward.
When they reached their destination, Charlie had just walked around a big tree that could only be hugged by three people, and he saw a tall man in a black cloak standing not far away, he immediately took out his โกโก, pointed his gun at the unknown person who appeared here inexplicably, and shouted loudly, "Hands up, put on your head, now!" โ
Raid and the others were startled, and quickly took out their โกโก, each looking for cover, and guarding the other's movements. The man in black didn't raise his hands as Charlie had said, he still looked down at something on the ground.
Charlie was a little angry when he saw that the other party ignored him, he raised his voice again and shouted, "Raise your hands, put your hands behind your head, lie on the ground with your body, and immediately immediately," but before his words fell, his body went limp, and he fell to the ground for some reason. Hodge and the others were startled, looking at each other, exchanging messages. Charlie is face down, so they can't judge his life or death if they don't get close, but if they go to Charlie's side, they will definitely be exposed to the man in black.
Hodge thought quickly, and just as he was frowning and preparing to step forward, Red was pulled on his trouser leg. Ella lowered her voice first and exclaimed, "Emma? โ
Red hurriedly lowered his head and found Emma tilting his head, looking at him with a puzzled expression, he was about to ask, but he heard the man in black scolding coldly, "Emma! Roll over with your brain, I need that troll and every word you've ever spoken. Emma trembled when she heard his voice, and immediately returned to the man in black at a speed that she could crawl around.
"Sir, in spite of your commands, Emma is even willing to accept your deception, and Emma is willing to do anything as long as she can find her master." Emma said as she spoke, and she was about to burst into tears, but she was frightened back by the impatient scolding of the man in black, and he said, "Take back your useless tears, and instead of talking these useless nonsense here, you should recall the unfinished words of that troll at that time." โ
Hearing this, BAU's friends, how did they not know that they had met an ally from the magical world. Red was the first to step out of the cover, and while putting away the gun, he greeted cautiously, "Hi, hello, I'm Spencer Red, Aga's husband, may I ask, are you also here to look for Aga?" โ
"Husband?" The man in black narrowed his eyes, his face was extremely gloomy, and his steel cone-like gaze repeatedly tore at Red's flesh. Although Red was poked by this man's powerful aura and cold gaze, he still forced himself to meet his gaze.
The man in black looked at him like this, paused for a moment, gave him a blank look, and slowly looked away. As soon as the feeling of oppression left, Red immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and the man in black snorted disdainfully, and continued to lose his temper at Emma, "What about that paramecium with a head full of dragon eggs?" Did you fall into the pit? โ
"Come, Godfather, I'm here." Drach Malfoy walked out from behind the trunk next to him, his head bowed, and he grumbled helplessly as he cleaned his robe with magic, "Godfather, even if you are worried about Agha, you can't curse me into the pit." After he finished speaking, he raised his head, only to find Red and a few other Muggles, he raised his eyebrows, and said in some surprise, "Spencer Red?" โ
Red was also very surprised, he looked back and forth at the man in black and Draco Malfoy, his heart was shocked, he had a general understanding of the identity of the middle-aged man who had just put down Charlie, he shook his lips, and looked at the man in black with a little stammer, no, it should be called Mr. Snape, and he couldn't squeeze out a word for a long time.