Chapter 64: The Sewer Monster
Leaving Jennifer's home, Roddy went to Sharp Point Beach to find Ash, and at the same time reported to Bob what had happened to Jennifer's house, and according to Roddy's guess, Bob quickly arranged for people to go to the homes of the remaining four victims.
Ash and Roddy go with Roddy to Hepburn's temporary rental, but according to the owner, Hepburn has canceled the lease agreement, so Roddy has to go to the abandoned sewers in the outer city.
The whole outer city seemed to be more depressed and gloomy than before, and the streets were rarely wandering in the streets because of the colder weather, but in some well-lit places you could always see slum children piled together.
Because of the fall of the Huimin Bill, a wave of anti-Huimin movements was set off in the outer cities and some lower towns, and some civil society organizations spontaneously carried out some resistance activities, and propaganda slogans written on the walls with red paint could be seen everywhere on the streets.
This made Roddy sound about the violent group that he had heard about in the newspaper a few days ago.
"Roddy, how far is it?"
Ash tried to avoid looking at the ragged children, instead watching the road in order to get to his destination as quickly as possible.
"It's almost there, just pass the square in front of you. ”
The two passed quickly and silently, and when they came to the abandoned sewer, what made Roddy different was that there was no one in the sewer, some cheap furniture was also scattered, and there were shocking sores on the wall, as if they had been attacked by some wild beast.
Strangely, there was no blood.
Roddy had some bad premonitions, so he quickened his pace, and soon came to Hepburn's residence in search of memories, a glimmer of kerosene lamp light shining through, and other than that, there was only the footsteps of Roddy and Ash.
The whole environment seems a little weird.
Roddy frowned and quickly stepped forward to lift the curtain, only the kerosene lamp still burning on the table, and a letter of stationery that had not yet been put into the envelope, with Roddy's name written on the cover of the envelope, and the smell of ink was still very strong.
Roddy immediately checked the contents of the letterhead.
"Roddy, the teacher is back, but there is something wrong with him, he told me that he is being controlled by something, and I can't get useful information from him, but I guess it has something to do with the monster at the time. ”
"I can't think of anyone who can help me, please come to me after receiving this letter and then abandon the sewers. ”
Judging from the ink, not long after the incident, Roddy put down the letter and looked around and found no signs of a fight, which means that Hepburn was not in any danger when he left.
But Roddy still had a very ominous premonition that the moss found in Rick's room was exactly the same as the moss that Hepburn had stained on his shoes, and the moss that grew in the sewers had their own unique taste.
If the murderer was the monster, Roddy couldn't imagine what would happen to Hepburn.
Ash also read the letter and immediately offered to rescue Hepburn.
"Roddy, we must find Hepburn as soon as possible!"
Roddy nodded and shook his head with an ugly expression.
"Hepburn's situation is very dangerous, but we can't look blindly, it will waste a lot of time, the sewers here are intricate and we need a guide. ”
Roddy then dismissed the idea, and Hepburn disappeared along with the sewer dwellers who could act as guides.
"Ash, you go back to Sharp Corner Beach, and report back to the captain when he returns, and then come to my aid. ”
"No!" Ash immediately dismissed Roddy, "You're a voyeur, you don't have any ability to protect yourself, what if you encounter a monster? I'll stay and find someone, and you go and inform the captain." ”
Roddy was willing to object, but after thinking about it for a while, he had to say that this was the most reasonable way.
"Pay attention to leave beacons. ”
Ash nodded solemnly.
Roddy left the abandoned sewers and quickly ran towards Sharp Corner Beach, hoping that the captain had dealt with the situation that the victim's family might encounter, similar to Rick's family.
As luck would have it, Roddy had just arrived at Pointy Corner Beach and Bob had just returned.
Seeing Roddy's panting appearance, Bob stepped forward and asked:
"What's going on, Ash?"
Roddy took a few breaths and quickly explained the situation, Bob groaned for a moment, asked the bartender for some money, and then took Roddy to hail a carriage on the street.
While the carriage was on the way, Roddy inquired about the other victims' families.
"Are the other victims' families in the same situation?"
Bob nodded solemnly.
"The same phenomenon is seen everywhere except for Moraby's residence. ”
"Did the Morabi family find moss?"
Bob was again positive, and Roddy was both happy and worried about the breakthrough discovery.
The monster Hepburn encountered was undoubtedly the murderer, and it used the sewers to carry out covert killing, so this monster may be the strange existence that Roddy summoned at the beginning.
But Roddy has recalled the phrase "join us" that this being once said, which means that it is not the only murderer.
While Roddy was thinking, the carriage came to the outer city at great speed, and the coachman, after receiving his due, drove away quickly, looking very reluctant to stay here.
The two quickly came to the abandoned sewer and came to Hepburn's residence, where it was pitch black and the kerosene lamp placed on the table had been taken by Ash, but there was still a kerosene lamp that had been placed, and Roddy picked it up and lit it and asked:
"Captain, did you find anything?"
As soon as Bob arrived, he began to search Hepburn's residence in detail, and slowly shook his head after hearing Roddy's inquiry.
"There are no traces of the extraordinary. ”
The two then searched for the beacon left by Ash nearby, and after a short search, Roddy said half-surprised, half-helpless:
"Captain, I think I've found the mark Ash left behind. ”
At this time, Roddy was holding a gold pound with a little dust in his hand, and there was a second one not far away, and it was inconceivable that Ash would actually use the gold pound as a beacon.
Bob stepped forward to take the gold pound from Roddy's hand and put it in his pocket, then walked over to the second one.
Picking it up all the way, Roddy could even see the captain's trouser pocket swelling around, making a clanging sound with every step.
In addition to lamenting Ashchando, Roddy was also a little faintly worried, after all, although the gold pound was small, the weight was not as light as it looked, and it was hard to imagine that Ash could carry a large amount of gold pound with him.
Sure enough, when Bob's trouser pockets were stuffed with gold pounds, no new gold pounds could be found, and the two of them were in a relatively wide sewer area, which was probably used to store water in the first place, but now it has become a small square.
The small square was littered with scattered and ruined furniture, which were so old that it was impossible to tell whether they had been destroyed or had just been destroyed.
Bob crouched down and found the last gold pound.
"It was very clean and there was no dust on the ground. ”
This also meant that there was no way to find Ash through footprints, so Roddy rummaged around for some kerosene lamps that were still working and lit them, and the entire area suddenly lit up.