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The factory built on the docks, close to the water, covers a large area - if the work carried out here has anything to do with sardines, then in the style of the galleons, it may have already been integrated into a banknote printing house in another sense.

But Ed actually had no way of telling what he was doing here. There are only two feelings about this place for him - one is big, very big. He walked through the passages, corridors, and warehouses here, and basically felt like he had entered a labyrinth of steel, and he felt like a mouse with white hair, a long beard, and little red eyes. The other is the old, the ancient, the long-term precipitation of time and years, and the sense of decay created by the artificial creation with the natural landscape. This sense of decay pervades every corner of this complex building, every warehouse, every workshop, every office building, every mechanical assembly line where waste accumulates.

And all of that adds up to this is that it doesn't feel like a place where people live at all, there's no breath of life at all. Of course, other creatures, such as some small animals and all kinds of plants, those need to be said separately, the desolate sense of vitality is indeed like a large roller that can be clearly felt from head to toe. But that's different, if someone joins their array of plants and creatures, even if it's just one person, even if he's only been here for a short time, there should be some—some traces.

It's not normal to reach the extreme. Danton told them that it was his wanderers who had found a hiding place for Jit, in other words, it wasn't really that there was no traffic at all, at least the wanderers must have been here, found it, lived here, lived here, and realized some of the features and benefits of this place, so they thought of this place when Jitter asked for it, and thought of arranging for him to come over. But in reality, if Eddard's powers of observation and senses had not deceived him, or had not disappointed him, all his speculations had just seemed to be just his speculations, as if they had only existed in his brain and had never appeared in reality at all.

Something wasn't quite right - Ed stopped.

Standing in the middle of a steel bridge more than 30 meters above the ground in the factory, he stroked the rusty railing with his fingers, and glanced back at the road he had just walked behind him, and on the dusty surface, his footprints were as clearly visible as the unicorn fairy on the watermelon. He lowered his head slightly, pushed his glasses with his knuckles, stuck out his tongue and licked his lips. Then he noticed that Old Duroc had appeared below, and from the door of a certain factory with huge windows and no glass that he needed to howl to hear, he kicked twice at the door and broke in. The guy must have used a lot of force, and he didn't calculate everything that should have been calculated, and he almost fell when he got in.

Ed's thought at this scene was even more solidified that the old man should definitely go and look in his eyes - and change his mind by the way.

The two of them are now moving separately, crossing the factory to find traces of little Git's hideout, and the crossed mesh is particularly large, based on their trust in each other's abilities, believing that the other party will not make a mistake and miss something that should need to be carefully explored. Originally, this was a very good practice, but as the "wandering" deepened, as his footsteps spread more and more through the factory, Ed began to gradually raise questions - is there really anyone else here besides them?

With one arm in front of his chest and one hand rubbing his chin, Ed frowned and groaned for a moment, then nodded blankly as if he agreed with something, and turned to walk in the direction he came from.

Nearly ten minutes later, he found the elder Duroc. At this time, the other party had already left the factory below, and followed the circular staircase to another steel bridge in mid-air. Ed told him about the questions and thoughts that had just popped up.

Ed was sure that the old detective had not thought at all after hearing what he had said, and that he wanted to refute him harshly and unceremoniously, which was not what he expected. What really surprised him was that this old guy actually endured it and didn't speak directly. He seemed to want to think about it and then have a reasonable argument with Ed, but after really sinking down and thinking about it, he frowned like Ed.

He thought about it and turned around slowly, holding on to the railing with both hands, looking at the gap between the huge buildings of the factory, looking at the gate outside, looking at the avenue outside the gate, looking at his own car outside the avenue, and muttering his lips.

"If you think about it, I feel like you." The old detective said suddenly, not moving, not looking at Ed, "But you have to know what it means if things really are the same as you think." ”

"On behalf of Dandong, he lied to us." Ed said, his voice as usual not as serious as ever, but his half-closed eyes flashed a different gaze, "It means that things have become more interesting." ”

Ed didn't tell Danton why he and Duroc Sr. were looking for Jit, because it stands to reason that they didn't have to explain why, because he wasn't alone at that time, but had a police detective with him, and all Danton needed was to know "what the detective was working on", "related to Jitter", and "need to cooperate".

And if he deceived Ed and Old Duroc, then the question arises, why did he lie about it? Is it to protect little Jit? That's ridiculous, he should know that if they can't find anyone and find out that he's cheated on them, they'll definitely come back to him, and I'm afraid the attitude won't be as friendly as last time - although the last time we met wasn't very friendly, Ed knew that Old Duroc would definitely make him relatively "very friendly".

No, if Danton really deceived them, then his purpose would definitely not be to protect little Jit...... It's definitely the same as Ed said, for the reason it's "more interesting".

"I feel like I've fallen into a trap, Eddard - you bastard ended up dragging me and yourself in."

"Oh-trust me, I don't understand what you're saying." Ed squinted his eyes, looked in the opposite direction from Old Duroch, put his hands behind his back, and said solemnly.

"I'm going to throw you down from here." The old detective took a breath, glared at Ed, and then turned his head, "If things really turn out to be what you think, then it won't just mean that Danton lied to us, but that little jitter really isn't here - that's what I care about." ”

"You seem to want to catch Jitter more than I do now."

"Don't take me for a fool, detective." Old Duroc pressed his arms against the railing, crossed his fingers with his hands together, and looked ahead, "Of course I can think of anything you can think of - the girl you are looking for, the one named Adele, she disappeared a month ago, after being found and contacted by Little Git, who also disappeared a month ago, and the ascension of Safatina, as well as the confrontation between Dark Heaven and the Donfried family, also happened a month ago." No one would believe that they were not connected to each other in any way. You said you were thinking wrong about the girl named Adele, who was far more than just a crazy girl, and that also meant that I was wrong about little Git...... No matter what deal he made with Adele, and what information he gave Adele, it directly led to his subsequent evasive and concealment of the war between Dark Paradise and the Donfried family. This says at least two things - the deal he made with Adele, and Adele herself, is not known to be related to the tension between Bablore's current Dark Paradise and the Donfried family! ”

"In other words, it's about the Bablore local bureau." Ed pulled out his cigarette case and pulled out a cigarillo, "I think you're going to want to take every opportunity and do everything possible to end the turmoil in Bablore's underworld. The current stalemate between the two families is not beneficial to anyone. ”

"I didn't find any clues about Little Geet, I didn't find such an important person." Old Duroc said, turning his head to Ed, "And perhaps, that girl of yours may be even more important than little Geet—we at least know who little Jitter is, who he is, and what he does, but we don't know anything about that girl named Adele other than her name or appearance." Do you understand what I'm talking about? She could be anyone. ”

"Thank you so much, you didn't say I really didn't think of it." Ed snorted.

But despite saying so, Ed still has some muttering about the current situation in his heart. Originally, he was only ordered by Mrs. Bing to come to Barblair Beach to find her missing little hired man, but who would have thought that it would be so confused that it would be involved in the quagmire of war between the two major crime families in the local dark world. Although he has been in this city for more than half a year, and he has seen almost everything he should have seen about the outrageous feeling of this city, he still can't help but sigh that the world is unpredictable.

Then, he heard the old detective beside him suddenly slap the railing, straighten up violently, and scream.

"What the hell is that...... Bastard!! ”

Startled, Ed blinked twice, then quickly turned his head to look in the direction the old detective's eyes were about to pop out at this time—it was the location of the gate outside the gap between the huge buildings of the factory, and the car belonging to the old detective they were sitting in was parked outside.

By this time, it had exploded into a ball of fire.