took out the diary, turned a new page, moistened the tip of the pen, and looked at the dozen rats that had come down from the roof.

"Franklin, let's get started."

Franklin lay on his desk, scratching his ears and cheeks, and the other companions he had brought with him provided information one by one.

First of all, the geographical environment outside the town of Red Crow, with the rat's narration on a new page of the diary to outline a map, the terrain here is not changeable, not to mention that as a doctoral student, the skills of drawing maps are still there, ignoring the contour line does not need to take too much effort.

Looking at the map drawn around a crow town, except for the saltwater river outside the town and a few small mounds, there are basically no other landmarks that need to be marked, as for the humanities, there seems to be no other human gathering area here except for the crow town, which is really desolate and terrifying.

And this map centered on the town of Red Crow seems to radiate only to a circular area with a radius of two kilometers, which is not very helpful for understanding the world.

"Due to time constraints, we have only collected information within a radius of two kilometers, but over time, our search area will expand, and the area we will provide you with will be even larger."

Franklin explained.

After all, it's just a rat, not a person who specializes in collecting information, and the investigation situation will definitely be constrained by the activity area, so I can understand the shortcomings in this regard.

Ronin put down his pen and got up to take out a piece of bread from the cupboard, then casually tinkered with it and placed it in front of Franklin.

"You have to take this bread back and share it with your companions, I forgot to tell you last time that your illness spreads through smell to your own kind."

The dozen or so rats that came with Franklin suddenly chattered on the table, clearly venting their inner dissatisfaction.

Franklin looked terrified.

"You deceived me ......"

Luo Ning tapped his fingers on the tabletop and patiently explained.

"This is also for your sake, if you don't do this, there may be some good people in the rat group who are unwilling to share the geographical environment and cultural information within its range of activities with you, once you don't have information, you won't be able to get the antidote from me at that time, only death awaits you, they won't sympathize with you at that time, and sometimes you need some extraordinary means to force them to obey your orders."

Franklin thought for a moment.

"It seems to make a lot of sense, so they will give me the information."

Ronin stroked Franklin with a serious expression.

"You're a smart partner, and I know I'm not mistaken." I was already happy in my heart, and the IQ of these low-level beings was really inferior to my own, and I just found a reason to make the other party's dissatisfaction come to naught.

"Now go back and remember that you can only tell them about the spread of the virus after you have come into contact with them, otherwise they will isolate you, which will be even more unfavorable."

Franklin picked up a small piece of bread, turned to talk to the rest of his companions for a moment, and then turned back.

"Dear master, I ...... My buddies have a complaint. ”

Luo Ning was surprised.

"What's the complaint?"

Another rat crawled up to the young man, his front paws raised, and he remained standing, his voice sharp.

"That cat of yours ate one of our companions earlier, I think the premise of cooperation is mutual trust and not harm, obviously its behavior has ruined our relationship."

Benjamin......

Luo Ning remembered that he hadn't seen Benjamin for a while, and thought that this guy was hiding in a corner of the room and was sleeping, but he didn't expect to eat a mouse that came to deliver news.

If you destroy the cooperation between yourself and the rats, you will lose an important source of information about the world, and now you must give these rats an explanation and show their attitude.

At this moment there was a slight noise in the window, and the window opened a crack, and Benjamin got in, and wagged his tail to the desk and sat down.

"I'm here to tell you that my slave Yenifo has returned, and I have to go back......"

When the dozen or so rats who were also lying on the table saw Benjamin, they immediately scattered and ran into the corners around the house or climbed onto the roof, looking terrified.

Ronin glanced at it, reached out and grabbed the back of Benjamin's head and lifted it up.

"Benjamin, I was complained just now that you ate one of their companions."

Benjamin was lifted in the air, twisting his body and meowing, the back of his head was the soft underbelly of all cats, and he stopped struggling when he saw that there was no hope of breaking free, and he looked innocent.

"You said it, I can go on a killing spree."

Luo Ning remembered his unintentional words in the afternoon, but he still had to teach a lesson in front of these mice.

Reach out and pluck one of Benjamin's mustaches off, then place it on the desk with a serious expression.

"From now on, I won't interfere the rest of the time, but none of the rats who report the news to me can be harmed, and if Franklin complains again next time, I will put you in a frying pan and make a delicious dish."

Benjamin was plucked out of his beard, grinned in pain, and jumped to the window to leave.

Ronin placed the cat's mustache on the desk and motioned for Franklin to come over.

"You can tell your companions that you had a conflict with a cat and that one died heroically, but that cat also learned a lesson, and this is your trophy."

The rat defeated a cat, and although it cost the life of a mouse, it was also worth showing off.

Franklin gathered his buddies and prepared to leave with a few cat mustaches.

"Wait"

Luo Ning suddenly thought of an extremely important matter.

"Master, what do you command?"

The vanity of Franklin and the rest of his companions was greatly satisfied by the cat's beard, and they turned back to wait for orders.

"You have to send a companion to Donina's house tonight, help me keep an eye on Tonina's father, see if he abuses Tonina tonight, preferably his every move, and then come back and tell me."

After Luo Ning finished speaking, he watched the rats leave.

According to the original plan, he had to carry out the plan tonight to teach Donina's stepfather a lesson, but after seeing the appearance of the stepfather, he decided to postpone it, because he felt that people like Tonya's stepfather really couldn't be connected with domestic violence, and the experience of Renzad made him feel that he had to be cautious about everything, although there was no agency to punish murder in this world.

"What exactly is the inevitable event related to escalation? I have to find out as soon as possible, or my sanity will diminish over time, and I don't want to become a monster. ”

Luo Ning muttered in a low voice, looking at the research materials shared by Cheryl on the table in front of him, and decided to provide some information to the Brotherhood of Destiny tomorrow, after all, to survive in this world, a huge source of income of 15 guilders is the basic guarantee.

Of course, you have to take it with a grain of salt, just pick a few of them, and it will take some time to build trust.

"It's just that where there is a reliable messenger, I have to inquire about it tomorrow."