Chapter 1713: Hunting for the Shadow (9)

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"Woo woo woo...... It's cold!" Mutt grumbled as he changed into clean clothes after taking a shower.

"Cold, but your face looks red. I don't know if it's a nervous bar or if it's done on purpose, Albert said.

The cat-man boy grinned at the tiger and did not speak. It was a terrible experience to soak in the same tub as Albert.

"Is it okay to put it on like this?"

Mutt picked up his ceremonial robe and was about to change into it, but was stopped by the tiger: "No, don't wear that, I'll wear that one when I bury Luffy." ＂

Albert didn't know where to take out another set of clothes: "Put on civilian clothes first." ＂

Mutter looked at the so-called civilian clothes. It's long-sleeved trousers, a bit tucked-in, and the whole outfit is non-reflective solid black. The cat-man boy watched the tiger put on the same outfit and found that Albert was almost invisible in the night, except for one tiger with a white head.

"It's not civilian clothes at all, it's night clothes, right?" said Mutter, ruthlessly exposing Albert's ruse.

"Aha...... Just for ease of movement. The tiger smiled perfunctorily. By "action", of course, he meant stealing Luffy's body from under the noses of the leopard people.

However, this pure black night suit does not look particularly suspicious. Because Albert and the others had come to attend Luffy's funeral, they were dressed in black and could be said to be mourning for the dead, which can be explained no matter how you say it.

"Meow," the tiger was already dressed, and even put a black hood on his head, "Let's go?"

"Wait a minute------" Mutter had just finished putting on his pants, and the size of the clothes was too small for him to wear, so he grumbled vigorously, "Where did you get these clothes? Don't you know the size of my clothes?"

"I know you're wearing the same size as Luffy. The tiger grinned: "That's why I specially got a smaller size of clothes for you to wear." It's better for you to wear tight clothes, after all, you are clumsy, and it is easy to get in the way of my good deeds. ＂

"Whew!" the cat-man boy snarled under his breath to show his displeasure with the tiger. Then he finally put his shirt on his body. The clothes were just one size smaller, and it was a tight-fitting night suit worn on Mutt, which made the cat man boy's whole body hurt a little. However, the fabric of the clothes was elastic enough, and after absorbing the body temperature of the cat man, it began to relax a little, and it did not hinder Mutt's movement.

"Path...... Meow this way. Albert went out and immediately followed the instructions of the staff member at the beginning. His goal was to find the cellar of the town hall, where some coffin was supposed to store Mutter's remains.

"Wait for me!" Mutt closed the door behind him, following closely behind Albert. The night was already dark, and the lighting in the backyard of the town hall was not sufficient, and there was an eerie feeling, and the cat man boy didn't want to get lost in such a place by himself.

"Wow...... Why are they making this place so gloomy...... Why put the body of the deceased in the cellar of the town hall...... Mutt grabbed Albert's coat from behind and muttered under his breath.

"Because the cellar is cooler, it is suitable for freezing the remains of the deceased. Albert said. He remembered that he had fought with the current patriarch of the leopard people, Argus, and the deputy patriarch Baggs, and that the leopard people had several powerful magic weapons in their hands, one of which could release freezing qi immediately when wielded. Freezing the body with that weapon is extremely simple.

"We have come to see the faces of the dead. After a few steps to reach the door to the cellar, Albert said to the leopard guards guarding the door.

"Alright, you guys go in. The guards let them go without even suspecting them. After all, there was only the body of the deceased in the cellar, and there was nothing of value in it, and they couldn't imagine that there would be a reason for unrelated people to come except for those who wanted to see the deceased's remains.

Of course, they would never have imagined that Albert had come to inspect the "crime site" in advance, so that he could steal Luffy's body in the dead of night.

"Huh...... As soon as Mutter entered the cellar, he had not yet descended the long wooden staircase deep into the earth when he breathed a sigh of cold air. The cat-man boy, who had just taken a shower and had a little moisture on his hair, felt even colder in such a cold place.

"Bear with me, and it'll be over in no time. Albert said that as he walked, he carefully observed his surroundings, pondering every specific step he took in the late night crime to steal the body.

First of all, it was extremely difficult for him to drag the heavy coffin up the stairs from the depths of the cellar. So he had to give up the coffin and carry Luffy's body out?

No, it may be unrealistic to do so. Luffy's body may have been frozen, and in its frozen state, it almost blends into the coffin, and it is not so easy to get the body out of the coffin. Even if it can be removed, it is estimated to be a huge block of ice, and the weight is no less than that of a coffin.

Therefore, Albert really needed some vehicles to help move the body, and to carry the body along with the coffin as much as possible, out of respect for the deceased. Luckily, the cellar has a wide path to the ground and a sturdy staircase, allowing larger vehicles to get in and out of the way.

But the question arises again: Is it really possible to get such a large vehicle in and out of the cellar without attracting any attention?

"Wow!" the stairs weren't very long, and Albert and Mutt walked down the stairs for about a hundred steps to reach the cellar. As soon as he arrived at the cellar, the cat man boy let out an exclamation. The cellar was like a crystallized cavern, surrounded by ice flowers, and frost crawled like moss all over the walls. Only the wooden planks on the ground seem to have been frost-resistant and anti-slip treatment, and they have not frozen. In fact, this large cellar is not only for the storage of human remains, but also for some utensils and items that are easily damaged by high temperatures, such as some grain seeds. Of course, the seeds are relatively small in number, and they are placed in high closets that are not easy to reach, and few people will go to great lengths to climb up and steal them.

Albert also took a look at the cellar, where there were three coffins on a specially treated platform, one of which was supposed to contain the remains of the cat-man boy Luffy.

The tiger swallowed a mouthful of saliva and walked over tremblingly.

When he saw that the first coffin was lying a leopard woman. The red ironwood coffin is covered with extremely ornate transparent windows, so that the family can view the remains of the deceased without opening the lid------ at least half of the body. Judging from the ornate clothes and the many finely carved wooden puppets and burial goods, it is estimated that she is not a monster hunter, but a local famous person of the Glick tribe, whose body is stored here to be incinerated and buried. Her relatives carved countless small handicrafts in her honor, expressing the Leopard people's mourning for the deceased.

The tiger took a step back and looked at another coffin.

Lying quietly under the transparent glass coffin lid was a tiger man. It was a warrior with countless scars on his body, and the new ones overlapped with the old ones, and it was almost impossible to distinguish the old from the new. This is supposed to be a Warcraft hunter, and after years of fierce battles with Warcraft, he has finally rested.

Albert breathed a sigh of relief, bowed slightly in respect of the hunter, and then stepped back.

The last coffin remains. Lying inside can only be Albert's former good partner, the cat man boy Luffy. Despite extreme reluctance, despite more than once wishing that it was an empty coffin, Luffy did not lie in it at all, or even die at all. But when Albert leaned over and saw the cat-man boy lying peacefully in the coffin, he still looked very excited.

The child's expression on the face of the eternal sleep remained the same as it had been when Albert had buried him. It was in the tundra of Western Siberia, in the ice and snow, and Albert didn't even prepare any funeral goods for Luffy, so he buried the cat man boy in the frozen ground. I really don't know how capable the Monster Hunters are to find Luffy's grave in a deserted tundra and bring his body here.

In short, Luffy appeared here again, before Albert's eyes, as serene as ever, as silent as ever.

Frost scavenged all over the inside of the coffin, leaving a little ice residue on Luffy's kitten's beard, and even causing some tear-like ice crystals to appear in the corners of Luffy's eyes. Luffy looked like he was in a peaceful and sad dream, and he couldn't help but shed tears in his dream. Looking at the remains of the cat-man boy, Albert's mind once again resurfaced the cry before Luffy's death: "It's so cold, it hurts... Mom... Where is mom ---"

Then Albert broke down with the whole tiger and sat on the ground with his feet limp and his butt on the ground.

"Albert?" Seeing that Albert was not in a good state, Mutter came over and asked, "Are you okay?"

"I ...... It's okay, it's good...... The tiger snorted, "Mutt...... You should also give Luffy a second look. After that, we will take his body back to the Melson Stone for burial, and we may be the last two people in the world to remember his remains. ＂

Mutt didn't want to see it, after all, Luffy in the coffin looked about the same as him, and Mutt looked at the dead man in the coffin like he was looking at himself in a mirror. Looking at a body that is very similar to oneself makes people feel like they have seen their own corpse, which is really not a good feeling. However, when Mutter saw Albert begging for himself with such a disobedient look, he was moved by compassion. The cat-man boy still squinted at the other cat-man boy in the coffin.

Sure enough, looking at a body that looked almost exactly like himself, like looking at his dead self, made Mutter feel very uncomfortable. The cat-man boy turned his face away with a little disgust.

"Okay------" seemed to have made up his mind, and Albert propped himself up: "Let's get moving." It's time to remove Luffy's body from here. ＂