Volume 3 Star Expedition Chapter 30 Funnick the Murderer 2
Fortnik didn't choose to climb up in the end, and waited till 4 a.m. with a strong sense of sleepiness that his legs could no longer support his strong body, and several times he tried to lean against the wall of the aisle next to him, but each time it caused a shaking, waking up the sleeper inside, or causing a burst of abuse. Funnick no longer cared about cleanliness by this time, and half-sat on the ground, leaning lightly against the pillar by the side of the aisle.
In the endless darkness, a series of footsteps reached its ears first, and from the rhythm of walking, Funnick could easily identify that it was a possum, and he was what he was looking for.
The nezumi sensed that someone was waiting for him, and turned around to leave. Funnick had already been prepared to stop him.
"Mr. Panya, I'm Funnick, the chaser, can I ask you about the other possum?"
"Stay away from me, I don't want to die."
"Have you been threatened by something? I swear to keep you safe. ”
"Let's protect yourself first."
As soon as the opossum finished speaking, a ray shot through his skull with precision. Funnick quickly activated the force field protective suit, chasing in the direction where the ray came, the obstacles on both sides of the aisle, made him stumble, and the crackling sound woke up many sleeping people, and several angry people had blocked Funnick's way.
By the time Funnick broke out, the Assassins were gone.
After a busy day, although he had no clue, Fornik could almost conclude: "It's not an accident, it's murder." ”
Funnick sat down on a slightly cleaner mound, described the results of today's investigation in detail, and sent the investigation record to the captain. Final Conclusion: Although it is uncertain who killed the Corell family, there is absolutely no reason to define this case as an accident.
Funnick left satisfied, and along the way, carefully reviewed every detail of the repair order. Now I only wait for my family to accept the services provided by the factory, and then compare the authenticity.
It took half an hour for the airship to weave through the orc colony on a route that was only for shelter, and then it took a sharp turn to return to Fortnik's residence in just 10 minutes. At this time, the sky was just dawning, and the virtual clouds began to peek through Phnom Penh. The airship slowly approached its destination, but the keen Fernik noticed something strange at this moment: the orc servants who had been patrolling at night were gone, the grass in front of the door showed signs of being infiltrated, and the small black-green spots in the grass were a sign of bloodstains.
"Excuse me, hurry up!"
Funnick kept convincing himself that he was okay, false alarm, and too much worry, but what happened to the Correll family and the assassination of the nezumi always lingered in his mind, and he couldn't get rid of it.
Before the airship could hold firm, Funnick turned on the force field suit and jumped off. Running madly to the residence, the blood on the grass and the corpse at the entrance confirmed his suspicions. Funnick pulled out his ray gun and burst into the door, the tables and chairs scattered and the curtains moving slightly, signaling the whereabouts of the infiltrator. But Furnik had no time to pursue.
"Where are the friends, if something comes at me, don't hurt the innocent." Fournick shouted at the empty room, but there was no sound except for the shaking of the lamps and the dripping blood of the orcs on the stairs. Fennick quickly searched the entire building, confirming that the infiltrators had left, before confronting his chaotic home.
All 5 orcs were killed, 2 patrolling outside the door had died without resisting, 3 sleeping at home, 1 died in bed, and the other two had picked up ray guns and prepared to resist, one of them died in the living room and one died on the stairs.
Fournick quickly rushed to the third-floor living room, which had a secret compartment that Fournick had used to avoid danger for the sake of this day. The outer wall of the dark exterior is marked by a large × number painted in blood red, which proves that the infiltrators have discovered the place.
Fortnik cautiously opened the secret door, and the lioness in the middle was trembling with two lion cubs. Frightened to watch the dark grid slowly be opened, and after confirming that it was Fernick, the lioness took off her mental guard and cried loudly. Funnick finally breathed a sigh of relief.
All the slaves were killed, Funnick had to tidy up himself, the whole house was covered with bloodstains, and Fortnik, who had been cleaning up until dawn, began to reflect on what happened yesterday: the code words of the factory director, the death of the possum, and what happened to his own home, releasing a signal that the people hiding in the shadows are fully capable of putting themselves and their families to death, and the succession of events is just a warning to himself.
The broadcast of the morning news has characterized the Correll family's encounter as an accident, which makes the originally passionate Funnick's heart completely cold, and the lionman's innate desire for revenge and fighting nature make him press his decision: if this revenge is not avenged, the heavens will be destroyed. But the ringing of the phone interrupted Funnick's musings. It's the captain!
"Folnik, are you alright?"
"I still want to, there is a little situation at home, captain, this case is extraordinary."
"I also just got the news, the matter of the case was directly taken over by the Protector Group, and the Holy Light Guardian will no longer have the right to investigate, Funik, I shouldn't let you investigate this matter, but fortunately, the opponent is merciful, this matter will end here, as long as you don't continue to investigate, there should be no more accidents."
"That's the end of it, what about Corell's life?"
"Folnik, you're a smart man, it's better to come to my office for an interview on everything."
The phone hung up abruptly, reaffirming Funnick's conclusion.
Another bell interrupted Funnick's thoughts again: "Hello, the household nuclear energy repair plant, the factory is temporarily closed for rectification due to illegal operation, and cannot provide maintenance services for the time being, please entrust another company to serve." ”
After saying that, he hung up the phone.
Pino didn't close his eyes for two nights, and his small eyes no longer blinked frequently, but became sluggish and sluggish.
The arrival of "Captain" Funnick made Pino instantly cheer up.
"You've got enough cases on hand, don't worry about Corell's affairs anymore."
"What do you mean, is this the end of the matter?"
"It's for your own good, I can't control it."
"Captain, I swore by joining the Guardian Team, I am not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, and my wife is also a devout believer in the Holy Light. Our family is ready to sacrifice for this. ”
"I know, but this time things are different. This time it was the church that ordered us to obey our superiors. ”
"What do you mean, as guardians of the Light, the Church and us should have the same purpose, both to uphold fairness and the messengers of justice, why can't we share information, why can't we act together?"
"In the face of major rights and wrongs, individual sacrifices are inevitable. Listen to me, and don't sacrifice yourself with me. ”
"But"
"But what? I'm commanding you, not consulting you! Still don't understand? Stop being stubborn, orcs! ”
Fortnik had never seen Pino so angry, and he could only bury his resentment in his heart.
"I'm sorry, Corell is an excellent escort team leader, and I feel sorry to lose him. My words are not directed at you, but for your good. There are two cases of mysterious deaths of guards in the mine, and tomorrow it will be decided, so you can deal with this matter first! ”
Seeing that Pino was angry, Fortnik also realized the seriousness of the problem and had to take his leave. In the past two days, he has suffered three huge blows in succession, Corell's death and the attack on his home have exhausted him, but the most direct to the heart is none other than Captain Pino's stubbornness, in the past two days, he has heard a total of 3 stubbornness, if the factory director's words are an irritation strategy or a prejudice, then Pinault said so, what is it.
Only by wholeheartedly devoting himself to chasing the murderer can he temporarily relieve the disturbances in Funnick's heart. The current traffic accident between two guards and one overseer is also extremely interesting.
"This overseer is on your job?" Funnick found the overseer boss Baron Yerevan who came to report the crime, unlike ordinary bugmen, this orange-streaked wormman was fat and oily, although the carapace and arthropods were carefully modified, but it still could not hide the greasy body that was about to burst out under the hard cortex.
"Yes. Usually a more clever person, I don't know why, I didn't notice the mine robbery. ”
"Do you know where these 500 orcs who died in the well came from?"
"That's why I reported the case, these 500 people are all my people, and it is impossible for my own people to rob their own mines."
"Okay. Were there any other losses besides the death of 500 people, one overseer, two guards? ”
"Nothing particularly important, it's all negligible."
"Boss, we're working on a case, and all anomalies can be clues. If there is any loss, you can tell me 1510, so that it can be revealed. ”
"There are 10,000 points missing, which was originally used for the issuance of labor points this month. In addition, there is one less cowman. However, his points themselves are almost full. ”
"Because of 10,000 points, killing 500 people at the bottom of the well is unscientific. There's something wrong with that. The other 10,000 points shouldn't have much impact, and I found out that your overseer privately exchanged 10,000 points for a point card, which is an interesting thing. Are there still people in the mine now? ”
"No, more than 500 people died, and no one dared to go down and clean it up."
"Take me to the mines."
The mine was so remote that by the time Yerevan and Funnik arrived, the entire mine had stopped working, and even the basic electricity supply had been cut off.
"Sir, I don't want 500 miners, I don't want this mine either, it's terrible here, let's go back?"
"You mean, the case is going to be dropped?"
"Yes, sir, this loss is not a big deal, and I only reported it in a moment of anger."
"Dude, put this on, don't worry, I'm here." Funnick smiled and took off his force field protective suit and handed it to the trembling insect boss, and the moment he made contact, Funnick knew that this boss's cowardice was sincere.
"Thanks, you're the best orc I've ever seen."
"We might as well explore it first, and we'll collect it if we don't have any news. After all, this matter has been withdrawn from your side, and if the mining guards report the case again, you will have to come over and cooperate with the inspection. ”
What Funnick originally wanted to say was: if there is something suspicious about the case, then it must be investigated, so as to be worthy of his glorious mission as a guardian of the Holy Light. But he was afraid of encountering another stubborn sentence, so he changed his statement. After listening to Fernik's words, Yerevan could only agree to it.