"I've been carrying a nightmare for thirty-five years, I've been a drug lord for fifteen years, I don't have a wife or children, I have nothing but I have to bear everything. Why?! ”

His face suddenly turned hideous: "I don't do it!" Why can Bolin get out and I can't? I'm getting out of here too! ”

He was like a dying beast, his eyes staring at Chang Wei: "So why do I want the mill town to continue to exist?" It deserves to be destroyed. And I should be free! ”

"But you're not relieved." Chang Wei looked at him calmly: "That's why you're here." Otherwise, you've left Milltown, and I'll pounce. ”

"yes." When Duke heard this, the person suddenly seemed to shrink several times, like a fierce flame, and in an instant, only a little bigger than a bean remained.

He let out a long sigh, "You know, I destroyed Asuka Island and plan to leave. I drove, and as I was about to leave the borders of Mill Town, I knew that I could not leave, and that if I took a step beyond the borders of Mill Town, I would immediately die, and my soul would not be able to rest in peace. I don't understand, why is it that Boleyn can leave when he cheats to death, but I can't find a successor? ”

He touched his left chest: "I'm going to die." Yes, just because I'm leaving. I thought you'd find me here, so I waited for you for two hours. ”

In his last smile, he said the last word: "I'd love to know what you're going to do." The next thirty-five years? The next Duke? I'll watch you in hell. ”

Duke just sat there, dead and dead.

Linda cried so hard that she almost fainted.

Jules and Samantha, on the other hand, were speechless.

Chang Wei lit a cigarette and smoked for a long time.

It's been a long time.

"A person's endurance is limited, and when he carries too much, he will collapse one day."

Chang Wei extinguished the cigarette butt and hugged Linda: "It's pitiful." Death, for him, may be the real relief. ”

Chang Wei thought of what Duke said that the soul could not rest in peace, and used two words.

Linda was speechless.

Chang Wei let go of her, walked over to Duke, laid him flat on the couch, and covered him with a blanket.

Then he sat next to Duke's corpse and came face to face with Samantha and Jules.

"You all heard the conversation I had with Duke just now." Chang Wei said: "That's right, Mill Town is not a good place. ”

After a pause, he said, "Actually, I should have kept it all hidden, just like Duke." I should have taken Big Jim's black money quietly, Maxine's black money, I shouldn't have taken it out in front of you with very human means, and then every month, I quietly paid the money that the device swallowed, without letting people know. But it can't be helped, Linda and Jules have both experienced related incidents, and similar things, I think, will follow, as long as you are a cop in Mill Town, you can't escape. ”

Samantha was amazed: "Something like that? Gods or demons? Isn't it really a joke? ”

"Do you think it might be a joke?" Chang Wei is very serious.

Samantha was speechless.

Jules said: "What you just said, what I experienced, is a piranha... Mermaid water monster? ”

Chang Wei nodded: "You have seen it with your own eyes and experienced it yourself, so you can't fake it." It's not an illusion, it's real. And even behind that, there was a greater crisis, something more terrible—and before you knew it, Jules, before the army arrived that night, I went to the cave at the bottom of the lake that we had discovered during the day. ”

Jules was surprised: "You've been there again?!" ”

Chang Wei said: "Not only have I been there, but I also killed the mermaid water demon. Did you know that the ghost drove the piranha to kill people, it collected human blood and bones, built an altar in the depths of the cave, and sacrificed human blood to the evil gods? If I hadn't made it in time to kill the monsters and destroy the altar, we'd all be finished. ”

Jules couldn't help but take a breath: "That's the case?!" ”

She took a few deep breaths and said, "No wonder the army searched the lake for two days, but they couldn't find any trace of the mermaid water demon, and even the piranha was gone, it turned out that you killed it!" ”

Samantha's face was full of confusion, and her mind was also blank with shock.

Long.

"And what about Linda," Samantha said, "what happened to her?" ”

Chang Wei looked at Linda.

Linda had collected her emotions, although her expression was still low.

She said, "I'll say it myself." ”

So she brought out the things of the altar of the forest, and what she had experienced.

"Whether it was Rainey, or Maxine, or Freddy, they all died at that altar. That's it, and very much called criminal group infighting and so-called martyrdom in the line of duty. Linda said: "We, the survivors, are tight-lipped, and this kind of thing cannot be publicized." ”

When Samantha and Jules heard this, their mouths were closed in shock.

Jules said: "Another altar! Could it be that the so-called prison under the mill town is 100% true?! ”

Chang Wei nodded: "It should be true." That's why I say Mill Town isn't peaceful. ”

"According to the trend of all the things that happened during this time, this will happen." That's why I decided not to hide it from you. I have to say sorry here, Jules, Samantha, you may have solved the problem of work here, but you have to face greater danger. ”

Both Jules and Samantha's hearts sank.

"Still." After all, Chang Wei didn't want the two experienced police officers to be scared away like this, he said: "If something like this really happens, of course I will solve it." I'm not going to put you in danger - Linda was an accident before, and there were too few people to turn around. Your job is the same as before, to keep order among the inhabitants of Mill Town, and you don't have to worry about anything else. ”

"That's it."

Chang Wei stood up: "Jules, Samantha, if you think that Mill Town is a dangerous place and you can't stay, I don't force you to stay. Now after work, go home, think about it, and tell me the answer tomorrow. ”

Sending away Jules and Samantha, who were not in a beautiful mood, Chang Wei asked Linda to go back to rest, and he stayed to deal with Duke's funeral.

But Linda refused.

She's actually quite strong.

"I've thought about burying Duke in the most solemn way possible." The two of them sat on the stairs in front of Duke's house, and Linda said lightly: "Let him go with the honor of thirty-five years of hard work." But forget it. ”

She gently leaned on Chang Wei's shoulder: "He has no reputation anymore." The church also burned, and he burned it. This is God's will. ”

"It's buried there." She pointed to the maple tree in the yard: "That's when Duke took me to plant it when I was eight years old." ”

Chang Wei thinks this is very good.

The two took their tools, dug a pit under the maple tree, wrapped Duke in a blanket, and placed it in the pit.

Linda's tears flowed from the first shovel of dirt, and by the time Duke was completely buried, Linda couldn't stop crying.

No matter how many mistakes Duke made and how vicious he was, he was the one who led Linda to adulthood, just like her father.

Chang Wei dropped the shovel, and Linda pounced. As if venting, he bit hard into Chang Wei's mouth.