The white boat was sailing on the sea, and a seagull had stopped on the railing at the bow of the boat, which had just eaten a fish and was rubbing the railing under its feet with its pointed beak.

Berryman came out of the cabin, he stretched, and walked to the bow of the boat, where the seagull flapped its wings and scared away, leaving its own droppings on the railing before flying away.

He had spent the night safely at sea, and at night he had not encountered a storm at sea, and he had left the cursed sea. He didn't think it was his luck, he preferred to believe that the sapphire pendant on his chest had sheltered him.

This sapphire pendant is a relic of Ax, and it is cold and cold when worn on him at this time, making him feel as if Akes is still around.

One of his calves was bandaged, and the pain from the monster's bite was not so intense, but it was still a little bumpy to walk.

He climbed the stairs on the second floor, stepped into the cockpit, and made sure that the course had not deviated, and at this rate, he would be back in the coastal city at about noon.

Returning from this trip, Berryman found out the truth about the curse of the island, but Berry Man didn't know where the monster came from, but proved that the gray fog could make people sleepwalk, but still didn't find a clue to the missing Lawson.

Exhausted by the events on the island, he decided to put his investigation off and take a rest.

He threw the homemade rifle given by Ax into the sea, and with such a fellow, I am afraid that he would be arrested as soon as he came ashore.

He then pulled out a jar of glass containers, which he had brought from the institute, filled with a gray mist that could make people sleepwalk, boiling in the jars, and even sunlight could not penetrate them.

While on the island, Berryman inhaled the gray mist more than once, but he did not sleepwalk while asleep, or perhaps the time had not yet come. When he got back to the city, he needed to get checked up in the hospital, and he didn't want to be that horrible look.

The sun moved overhead, the shadows shortened, and by noon, he was finally back in the seaside city.

The docks are still so lively, the boatmen keep picking up customers, and the seafood market on the opposite street is crowded with people, and you can see tourists shuttling here everywhere, carrying large bags of goods and their faces full of joy.

After spending some time on the lonely and cold island of Gray Muhai, and suddenly returning to the noisy city, Burriman could not get used to it for a while.

He walked to the shopping street next door and tried to take a taxi to the airport to buy a ticket back, only to find that he had no money at all, and his money and mobile phone had been lost when he crashed into the sea during the storm.

"I'm sorry Ax, I have to sell your ship......" Berry Man walked to the exchange, he needed money to go back, if Ax under the spring found out that his favorite ship was going to be sold, he would probably be angry and alive.

On a telephone pole, Burriman found a missing person poster, and he stepped forward to look at it, furious.

The missing person notice reads:

Name: Briman, 38 years old, disappeared while swimming in the sea and river, wearing a white T-shirt, aloof, and poker-faced.

There is also a portrait painted on the missing person notice, the painting shows people with sharp teeth and a pig's nose, which is painted crookedly, like a wild boar, and seems to be the graffiti of a kindergarten child.

Missing person notices are posted not only on telephone poles, but also on walls, shop cash registers, and even trash cans...... When passers-by saw the missing person notice, they all leaned forward and backwards with laughter, and now many people knew that Berryman was a wild boar.

"Who did it?" Berryman gritted his teeth in anger.

Suddenly, a familiar figure appeared in front of him - Merlin.

Dressed in her newly bought white pleated dress, with a stack of missing person notices in her hand, she didn't bother to hand a copy to everyone who passed by, and she became very haggard, and despite her makeup, she still couldn't hide her thick dark circles.

"Sherlock Holmes?" Burriman called out tentatively, not sure that the person in front of him was Merlin.

When she heard the name, Mei Lin shuddered, and she looked over, and the thick pile of missing person notices in her hand fell to the ground.

"Berryman!" Merlin shouted his name and rushed over and hugged him.

"I thought...... You've ...... Woo ...... "Mei Lin couldn't cry.

Merlin's move startled Burryman, he saw that the people around him looked over, covered his mouth and couldn't help laughing, it turned out that this man was Burriman on the missing person notice!

Burriman didn't expect Merlin to cry, he quickly patted Merlin on the back, "Okay, okay, all the snot has gotten on my clothes." ”

Merlin raised her head and looked at him, her clear eyes were raining, and Berryman realized that the girl in his arms was actually trembling, he didn't expect her to do it for himself, and suddenly his brain was hot, and he put his hand around her waist and hugged the girl tightly.

But Merlin pushed him away, turned around and wiped away her tears, "Humph! That's not snot! ”

Burriman tore down the missing person notice on the wall, "What did you do here?" Am I 38 years old? Does it still look like this? He put the missing person notice aside on his face and compared it so that Merlin could see it clearly.

"You never told me how old you were, and ...... Hee-hee" Merlin smiled and wiped her snot, "Don't you look like this?" ”

"I'm really convinced." Berryman shook his head and asked, "How did you get back?" ”

"Let's sit down and talk, there's a noodle restaurant in front, I'm so hungry!"

……

They came to a time-honored noodle restaurant, ordered two bowls of local specialty boiled noodles, and talked while eating.

When Berryman and Merlin fall to the bottom of the sea, a strong current separates them.

Luckily, Merlin was rescued when the current carried her out of the furious sea, and she was washed up on a large outcropping reef and was spotted by a passing lifeboat.

Merlin wakes up to find that Berry is gone, and she wants to go to Grey Mu's Island, but the others on the lifeboat avoid it, and no one dares to go to this sea when they hear about this cursed island.

For the next two days, they searched the sea, but found nothing, so they gave up and forcibly sent Merlin back to the coastal city.

But Merlin didn't give up, she kept asking the boatman to go to Gray Mu Island, wanting to search that area, and even asking for help with a lot of money, but no one was willing.

Later, she went to the local police station for help, and the police said: "We don't have jurisdiction over the island, and we need a government order to intervene." And isn't the lifeboat already searched? If you don't find it, please mourn it......"

The police couldn't help her, so she just posted missing person notices here and there, waiting for Berryman to return.

She hadn't slept well a night these days, and although she knew that the chances of Berryman's survival were slim, she didn't stop looking for Berryman, until she saw him on the street today.

"You should just go back." Berry Man looked at the soup in the bowl, and the already cold soup noodles reflected his worried face.

"That's not going to work!" Merlin picked up the bowl and took one last sip, "You're my detective's assistant. ”

"What about you?" she asked. Did you reach Grey Mu Island? Didn't Akers come back with you? ”

"It's here, but Axes ......," Berryman sighed, telling the story of the Grey Muhai Island.

After listening to what Brimand had to say, Merlin was shocked, and regretted that she couldn't face it with him at the thought of encountering monsters after entering the institute.

"So what's next? Are there any new clues? Merlin asked.

"Viren." Berryman spat out the place, "The missing people have all arrived in Viren after their disappearance, and this is the first clue. ”

"Where's Viren?"

"I don't know. But we can start with the second clue, from Professor Lei. ”

"Professor Ray? The director of the mental hospital? ”

"Yes. When I arrived on the island, I found that the Mork people who were sleepwalking seemed to be under hypnosis, and I suspected that the suicide of the mentally ill Yari might have been instigated, and I thought Professor Ray was very suspicious. ”

"I knew he wasn't a good thing!"

"But this is just my speculation, compared to the ethereal folklore of Vilen, Professor Lei's clue is more real."

……

With Merlin's large pocket, they bought a ticket back that afternoon and returned to the city at eight o'clock in the evening.

They were so tired that they didn't linger outside, and went home separately.

Back in his familiar apartment, Berryman lay down on the bed after washing, the mattress was very soft and comfortable, and he slept on the weeds when he was on the island.

Soon he fell asleep, unbeknownst to him, there were many people waiting for him to return.

Just opposite, in an apartment building, several plainclothes police officers set up a surveillance point in the room, standing on a darkened balcony and observing Berryman's room through binoculars.

"The lights are off, he should be asleep."

"We can't let our guard down and continue to watch."

Officer Jace came out of the darkness, he was dressed in a black leather jacket with a meaningful smile on his face, "You're finally back, I let you run last time, and this time I'll keep an eye on you." ”

He was close to becoming a sheriff, just one case away from a case that he had been following since he found that pound of methamphetamine in Rosen's house.

In his opinion, this is a drug-related case, and the amount of money involved is very huge, as long as he can catch a drug lord, then he can successfully sit in the position of sheriff.

He wasn't going to let go of this opportunity easily.

"You have to keep an eye on it, let me know as soon as he comes in and out, and behave well! When I become a sheriff, I will naturally promote you. ”

"Yes!"

In addition to the police, there was another person who was also waiting for Berryman to return.

He stood on the rooftop, condescendingly watching all of this, and he smiled, "It seems to be getting more and more interesting." ”