Chapter 22: Unknown Beasts
Liu Mingfan held the pen and thought for a long time, wanting to put down the pen, but he didn't know where to start. The book is already full of dense names and numbers, all of which are the names of the missing children and the time of their disappearance.
Every seven days, a child disappears, and all the time it does is at night. The first child to be found missing was named Feng Shaoyan, who was also a child from the Fulan Orphanage. The time was three months ago.
Then there was Xu Si, a very cute little girl.
In one month, four children disappeared from the Fulan Orphanage. On the day of Feng Shaoyan's disappearance, the dean called the police, but it did not change the current situation at all, and the children still disappeared one after another, which made the entire orphanage panic.
After the disappearance of the fourth child, the courtyard sorted out the hall where the children were taught, and the children attended classes in the hall during the day and lay out in the hall at night, and several teachers lived in it with the dean, guarding the children. That's it, after two weeks in a row, no children disappeared from the orphanage, and the director was relieved.
But the city was in a panic.
After the children in the orphanage stopped disappearing, the children of ordinary people in the city began to disappear. Some are junior high school students who come back from night study alone, and some are elementary school students who sleep alone to train their independence, as long as they are not more than fifteen years old, they are on the hunting list of unknown beasts.
At first, it was a small community not far from the orphanage, and the child's parents were working overtime at the company that night, and when they came back, they found that the child was missing.
Then the scope began to expand, from the orphanage to the southwestern suburbs, all the way away. It seems, faintly, scattered in a line.
Liu Mingfan had a map in front of him, which was densely covered with lines and notes.
Although Liu Mingfan is not a detective, as a stranger, his brain ability is naturally stronger than that of ordinary people, and this time it is a strange beast crime, so it is much more suitable for Liu Mingfan to be this "detective" than others.
If you want to catch this guy, Kobe Bryant imagined that it was difficult.
However, for such a big matter, he can't be the only one who pays attention.
"Hey, Uncle Qiao. ”
"Xiaofan?" Qiao Ming was a little surprised when he picked up the phone, he had already received the news that Liu Mingfan was back, but He Zhen had told him that he didn't want Liu Mingfan to be involved in the struggle between the two clans again. Although he knew that this was definitely not only possible, after all, Liu Mingfan's fate had been doomed from the beginning, but out of respect for a mother, he never took the initiative to contact Liu Mingfan.
"Well, it's me. ”
"Ahem, are you back? Is there something wrong with calling so late?"
"I have something I want to know from you. ”
When Liu Mingfan said this, Qiao Ming chuckled in his heart and was stunned.
"What's the matter?" he suddenly had a bad feeling.
"Are there any clues from the academy about the children who have gone missing recently?"
Silent.
Qiao Ming didn't answer Liu Mingfan directly, he was thinking. He guessed from the beginning that Liu Mingfan would ask this, and now it is not an accident, but since he promised He Zhen, it is naturally impossible to involve Liu Mingfan again, "Xiao Fan, there is a commissioner in charge of this matter, so you don't need to ask." ”
"Commissioner, it's been three months, and the fate of the missing children is uncertain, and the rest of these children are in danger at any time. The commissioner of this academy is really capable!" Liu Mingfan seemed to be a little angry, and his tone became unpolite.
"Ahem, what about progress, there's still there. Qiao Ming laughed awkwardly, "Don't meddle in this matter, and spend more time with your mother." First your father, then Su Wei, she has suffered too many blows over the years. ”
"Is Ah Wei really dead?" Hearing Su Wei's name, Liu Mingfan's heart suddenly pinched together, and the pain seemed to be suffocating. He didn't want to ask, but for some reason, the words popped out of his mouth before he could think about it, as if they had a soul of their own.
"This, the academy is not clear. After all, he was killed in Dongying, and it was difficult for the academy to send people even if they wanted to search. What's more, those Dongying people have always been very reluctant to the academy, and this group of people has no roots in their minds except for martial arts and benevolence. ”
"I'm going to find him. ”
"You still have to discuss this matter with your mother, after all, she has only a son like you, if something happens to you again, what will she do?"
"I will. Liu Mingfan was silent for a moment, "For this case, I have some information in my hand, and I don't know if it will be useful to you, I'll go over tomorrow." I still have something to do, so I'll hang up first. ”
Without waiting for Qiao Ming to answer, Liu Mingfan hung up the phone and tapped the pen.
He described the beast as a humanoid figure, but the large belly and limbs around his waist made him look like a spider. Liu Mingfan has really never seen such a strange beast.
If you really want to talk about it, there seems to be only one kind of alien beast that comes close to it.
"The Classic of Mountains and Seas, The Classic of the South Mountains" has clouds: the head of the South Mountain is called Queshan, and the first of it is called the swaggering mountain, which is on the West Sea. There is a beast, its shape is like Yu and white ears, the pedestrian walks, its name is called the fox, the food is good to go.
Some people once wondered if this strange beast was the ancient ape-man, but it did not evolve with most of the ape-man to its current form. However, this topic was quickly cut off by the upper echelons of the current cultivators, and everyone knew the reason for it. Since ancient times, the human race has regarded itself as the queen of Nuwa, and if they accept that they are transformed by foreign beasts, they are afraid that it will be worse than death.
Lu Zhicao and Liu Mingfan said that this strange beast looks exactly like an ordinary person, except that he has a pair of hands around his waist than a normal person, that is, fleshy limbs. And according to the old man and the grass, this strange beast can walk by attaching itself to walls. Generally speaking, this can only be done by insects or reptiles, humanoid, Liu Mingfan really doesn't know who there is.
Wait.
Next.
When Liu Mingfan first arrived at the compound, everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at him quietly.
It was a very strange feeling, Liu Mingfan felt like a dying man crawling out of the pile of dead on the battlefield, being cheered as a hero by everyone, but being pitied by them.
Very uncomfortable.
Liu Mingfan walked among these people, walking through their gazes. Their eyes were inextricably wrapped around Liu Mingfan, tightening little by little, making him a little suffocated.
"Is this to give me a dismount?" Liu Mingfan was very sensitive and found out that something was wrong, the older generation in this compound was testing him!