Chapter 117: Black Physiognomy (17/27)
At 5 p.m., Horn Shelley came in from outside the police office with a fax briefing in hand.
Donald took the initiative to meet him.
"Captain, I'm asking to leave early, I'm going to customize a mechanical mask, and Stephanie will show me the way. β
Donald briefly explained his thoughts, the previous fox mask was used many times, and he destroyed it by his own hands after the last transaction in the near future, which can be regarded as the end of his life.
"Yes, there shouldn't be anything going on today, it just so happens that I have something for you, your application for an expedition to the sea has been approved, this is the time and island information, just faxed from the Bureau of Abnormal Investigation. β
He handed the briefing in his hand to Donald, and then moved out of the door.
Briefing ...... I didn't expect there to be ships going to sea so soon. β
In fact, it is not too early, it has been nearly a week since Donald's application, and Dmingham's overseas activities are now the hottest time.
Turning around, he greeted Stephanie and Lilo and left the police station.
"The day after tomorrow?"
Stephanie stood by and looked at the briefing note in Donald's hand, which was not long, only a few pieces of information.
"It's 9 o'clock in the morning the day after tomorrow, to be exact, this time is a bit early, the mixed fruit I want is one of the specialties of this island, and I finally came, but this island doesn't seem to be simple. β
Looking at the content of the briefing on this island, if it is a briefing, it is natural that there will be no detailed introduction.
Phantom Island is an island discovered at the beginning of this year, although it has been nearly a year of exploration, and the fleets of various large companies, government fleets, and those small fleets have gone a lot, but they have never been able to completely explore this island.
The briefing just said how strange the islands were, how varied the terrain was, and then there was no follow-up.
"There must be a lot of strange beasts on these overseas islands, and the terrain is changeable?
Stephanie was also a little puzzled after reading the content of the briefing.
"The ship of the Abnormal Investigation Bureau, there should be a lot of investigators going together, just wait on the boat and ask those who have been there before, you go to the mechanical mask shop and wait for me first, I have to meet a friend, you help me pick out some beautiful mask styles first, and I will choose later." β
I've been running around for Anthony these days, and Di Lia hasn't visited her for a while, and she will go to sea the day after tomorrow, and she has to prepare some equipment for landing on the island tomorrow, so Donald thought about taking advantage of his time to go there today and tell Di Lia what he knew.
"Okay, you should remember the place, right?"
"Well, I'm sure I'll find it. β
She was at home preparing dinner when Donald suddenly came to visit Delia with Lilo and Finger, and she was caught off guard by Donald's sudden arrival.
"Don't worry, I'm not here to eat, I just have some information I want to tell you, so I'll leave after that. β
Standing outside the kitchen, Donald said with a smile as he looked at Delia, who had an apron tied around her waist and a half-peeled potato in her hand.
"You may not believe it, but I wish someone had dinner with me, it's boring to be alone all this time. β
Put the potatoes in the bamboo basket next to him, take off his apron and hang it on the chair behind him, and continue,
"Go upstairs and say, it's not convenient here. β
"Staying alone, and never going back to the tree, or is it because you don't have any guests for this job?" β
"My current status doesn't allow me to go back often, and occasionally I have to go back late at night when I have something urgent, for fear of being discovered...... Sometimes I think it would have been easier for me to die with my companions. β
It's not a good experience to be alive as a dead person.
"It's better for people to live than anything else, according to your current thoughts, wasn't I hurting you when I saved you?"
Donald had the heart to laugh and liven up the atmosphere, and after saying this, he saw that Delia's face was a little better before continuing,
"I used to be busy with all kinds of things every day, but now I have more personal time for spell practice, even if it's as a vacation. β
People are always like this, when they are resting, they try their best to keep themselves busy, and when they are busy, they always complain that they don't have enough rest time.
It's a contradiction.
Fortunately, Di Liya, who has experienced life and death, is not the type of person who likes to complain, and quickly adjusted her emotions when she entered the psychological counseling room.
Turn back into the shrewd and capable witch.
"Do you know that the Holy Maiden will do it?"
As soon as Donald sat down, he said straight to the point.
Donald remembers the imprint on the back of Gerard Parker's maid seen at Tate Manor, and he occasionally has free time these days to go through some books on heraldry in the villa's library.
Obviously, these books compiled by ordinary people do not contain such horrific tattoo depictions.
"Uh...... What?"
Deria, who was checking the amount of ink in the pen, looked at Donald suspiciously.
"You have this expression, then you should not have heard of the Holy Maiden's Meeting, is it like this......"
Donald picked out a portion of what happened to him at Tate Manor and told Delia, focusing on the creepy tattoos.
"Although I would like to know what you did in Tate Manor, it should be a good thing to think about it, after all, it is such a filthy family, as for this skeleton tattoo wearing a thin veil holding a child, I really don't know the provenance, but I have seen some books of the literary sect stored in the library of the Tree Garden, and this kind of tattoo can never come from the orthodox forces...... It can even be said that it should not be a normal person's tattoo!"
Delia knew that Donald didn't want to talk too much about the Tate family, and given the current situation, she cooperated not to ask, but to focus on the tattoo.
The pen in his hand quickly drew a portrait of the same as Donald had said, and then held it up towards Donald.
"You may not know if you have not been exposed to this knowledge, let me explain to you, first of all, this cover is not what you call tulle, but a piece of clothing, not a simple layer of clothing, its image often appears in the murals and sculptures of major orthodox sects, although the external ornaments and ornaments of different sects are different, but the styles are all of this category, so this represents religious culture to some extent. β
I used a pen to connect a line to the outside of my shirt and wrote the word religion.
"Skeleton means death, you should know that, but according to your description, the skeleton's eyes burned with blood-colored flames, and if my guess is correct, it's a parody of a high-level undead...... Synonymous with blood-colored wraiths, revenge, resentment!"
"Babies mean new births, combined with the blood-colored spirits above, that is to give birth to a new life in resentment and revenge, this is what I understand, I can assure you that normal people will never get this kind of tattoo, and the woman you are talking about must belong to a special religion, and the holy woman you are talking about will ...... Looks like I'm going to have to go back to the Tree Garden, a sect I've never heard of, and suddenly appeared, and the means to control the Tate family, presumably a wolf again. β
Speaking of which, even Di Liya herself frowned unconsciously.
A cult hidden in the shadows.
Its harm is immeasurable!
"Donald, Tree Garden is right to choose you to join the Anomaly, such an important message, if it proves to be true, you should still be able to gain considerable merit. β
"Haha, thanks for the compliment, I'm going to go to sea the day after tomorrow, and when I come back, I hope to get feedback from you for this information, that's all I have to say, there will be something to do later, I'll go first?"
got up and straightened their clothes, and shared the information by themselves, and it was up to them to what extent the tree garden could find out.
"Well, you go get busy, if I have new information, I'll give you a signal. β
Perhaps because she finally found a new job after a long time of idleness, Delia was very attentive to the information given by Donald, and waved her hand without raising her head, as if she was not going to send him away.
Donald didn't mind, and left the counseling clinic to go to the shop that sold mechanical masks.
Because most of the products in this mechanical mask shop are provided to the aliens, and the store manager himself is a skillful mechanic, the price of the things sold is naturally not low.
If the income is high, the faΓ§ade will definitely not be bad.
That's what Donald thinks.
So when he stood at the entrance of the alleyway, he looked at the steps down and the light shop sign hanging outside-black face, and really experienced what a psychological gap is.
The shop is actually located in a basement.
However, when he pushed open the mechanical door outside, the scene inside made his already somewhat disappointed mood suddenly improve again.
I thought it would be a cramped and dim basement, but I didn't expect it to be a large space of nearly 100 square meters with extremely complete decoration.
The two humanoid mechanical golems at the door alone drew Donald's attention.
Donald can't use certain words to describe the beauty of these mechanical golems, which is like a sense of being ahead of the times or a special landscape in this era.
Looking at the rest of the store, you can also see a large number of mannequins, most of them wearing various mechanical masks, the shopkeeper thoughtfully matched their clothes, and Donald even saw a few models with weapons in their hands, posing in some very handsome poses.
"Donald, here. β
Stephanie's voice came from inside the store, and Donald took a few quick steps, bypassing several mechanical models, and saw her standing in front of a counter.
She was flanked by a strong man and a man with long gray hair and a bowler hat with a very low brim.
"Donald Grant?"
Before Donald could reply, the strong man next to Stephanie spoke first.