Chapter 11: Notes of the Dead

The Municipal Forensic Department is a relatively large place, and the size here does not refer to the area of land, but to the importance, where the cause of death of the deceased is registered in almost the whole city of Dero and even the whole country. In a sense, it is the book of life and death for the entire city of Dello. There are many records of the cause of death in the archives, and there are columns for medical personnel, the huge archive hall is larger than a traditional football field, and the unfamiliar people feel like walking through a maze after entering, the bookshelves of each row of sandalwood products are nearly four meters high, and the entire top of the hall is carved and inlaid with wood and bamboo, which was built by the aboriginal residents of the Tiger Roaring Strait for nearly a year. To the north of the strait, there is the forgotten ancient city of Tiger Roar, where all the buildings are made of wood and bamboo, which is said to have lasted for thousands of years. Droz's forensic department claims to be the country's most detailed collection of death reports, and the cause of death is officially documented and authoritative. It took Arco nearly five minutes to find the approximate location of the file, pushing a wooden ladder and looking up and down before he saw the target file. On the other end of the line came the sound of stools and chairs scraping against the floor, followed by the sound of pages turning. "Hey, Tianyu?"

"Well, did you find it?" I don't know why, even Mu Tianyu himself doesn't know why he attaches so much importance to this matter.

"Is there anything important about you looking into this?" Ako didn't know who Zhong Yi was, he was just curious.

"No, just wanted to find out."

Ako flipped through the papers, and he also understood that there were some things that were inconvenient to tell him. "It's weird." Arco frowned, scanning the contents of the file.

"What's wrong?" Mu Tianyu had a surprised expression, and he sat up from his rocking chair abruptly.

Arco flipped another page, biting his lower lip, comparing back and forth and looking at it repeatedly. "It's weird, it's the first time I've seen a death report like this."

Mu Tianyu got up from his chair, he slowly moved to the window, the sun was shining on his body near noon, he tried to look into the distance, but the sun was too dazzling. "Is it a very bizarre death?" Mu Tianyu said, it was almost the most incredible word he had ever used.

Ako looked dazed, he flipped through all the documents, and couldn't find a single word to explain. "Excuse me, what did you just say?" The focus made him a little distracted.

Mu Tianyu suddenly realized his gaffe, reached out and pulled down the sunshade in front of the window, he turned around, only to feel that there was less light and more darkness in the office. "I mean, is the cause of his death special?" This is like what Mu Tianyu said.

"It's really special." Listening to Ake's voice on the other end of the phone, Mu Tianyu frowned, his expression was solemn, and his left hand was clenched into a fist and his fingers were trembling. "The cause of his death, actually, was actually disease." Ake couldn't help but sigh, his voice was slightly louder in the quiet room, and he inadvertently found a middle-aged woman sitting in the office in the distance who was looking up at him strangely. "Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Ako held the phone in his left hand and gestured with his right hand, signaling his gaffe, and then quickly sat down.

"Excuse me? What do you say is the cause of death? Mu Tianyu tilted his head to the right, and his right hand clenched the phone against his right ear.

"Disease." Arco didn't speak loudly, but his mouth was exaggerated. "The cause of death is illness, illness."

"Disease?" Mu Tianyu's frowning brows did not relax, he repeated the word in his mouth, pondering for a moment before releasing his solemn expression. "If the next time you want to play tricks, find a suitable afterword." Mu Tianyu felt that he was being put on a table by Ake, which he never expected, and before Ake answered, he even guessed that Zhong Yi's death was extraordinary, especially Ake's seductive tone, which made him agree with this point of view even more. This guy wasn't that kind of guy before, especially when he was working in the library, and he was serious.

"Hey." Ake's expression was slightly serious, he didn't intend to play tricks. "Don't you think it's strange that the cause of death was an illness? Illness, illness, I have seen countless reports of the cause of death, this is the first time I have seen it, I have viewed it at least three times, and the cause of death is just these two words, is it not enough to prove that it is strange? ”

"This ......" Mu Tianyu hesitated, what Ake said was not unreasonable, sometimes when looking at things too closely, he would see it wrong. Well, I agree with you. ”

Approaching noon, although the sun was shining outside the window, the environment inside the room was slightly dark, Mu Tianyu was lying on the rocking chair, staring at the file bag on the table. In the end, he couldn't resist the temptation.

[September 14, fine, 4:13 p.m., address, Ponslin Township, Northern Jurisdiction.

When I found out about the case, I already felt that something was wrong, and after lunch, I drove north from GX444 in Droz. I can't tell why I was nervous along the way, and it took me two and a half hours to reach the northern precinct, but it was like a whole day of travel, and I was exhausted. Driving through the streets of this depressed city, it seemed as if every passerby staring at me had a grudge, and I closed the windows of my car, but I could still feel them all looking at me. It didn't take long for the sky to change suddenly, and the dark clouds swirled over the north towards a certain point, and I was so weak that I was close to collapse in the airtight car. I followed the navigator and soon drove into a deserted road, and I only opened the window at that time, but unfortunately it was raining heavily. Visibility dropped, I had to slow down and leave the trip, leaving me and my car alone on this confused road.

Strangely enough, I didn't come across any passing traffic, and I almost thought that I was the only living being left in the world, and the loneliness was indescribable. It didn't take long for me to reach the fork in the road, and the navigator clearly pointed me in the direction, but when I looked out of the car window, the path was like ruins, and the dense vegetation on both sides blocked the already gloomy light, and I couldn't see the end of the road under the downpour. Glancing at the document bag in the passenger seat, I stepped on the accelerator and turned the steering wheel and drove in. At 3:58 a.m., I saw an old man in a black cloak on the side of the road not far away, the first person I had met in nearly an hour. For some reason, I was a little emotional, probably because of him that I didn't feel like the last life in the world.

"Hi, hello." I opened the window, slowed down and pulled to the right of the road, and I looked at him through the passenger window. He may have heard my voice and stopped, and it was a fair, old face, soaked in the rain. "Do you know which direction 61 Pongslin Road is?" The car was a little unlucky, and soon after entering the town, the navigator failed.

The old man stood still, right next to my car, and he turned in the direction I had come, and raised his hand tremblingly. "Let's go, go back, get out of here." His voice was so weak that it was almost inaudible under the sudden sound of the torrential rain.

"Sorry, you just said?" I shouted at the top of my voice.

As if talking to himself, the old man put down his hand and staggered to the back of my car. The rain became heavier and heavier, and the splashed water entered the car, and I felt a little uncomfortable, so I had no choice but to close the window. I can only take one step at a time, the town is not big, it should be easy to find, I thought to myself. I slowed down and looked left and right, only to notice that the old man in the rearview mirror was gone. I wondered if he had an accident, and it was stormy. Just as I was thinking about it, the dense woods on both sides of the road suddenly retreated, and then I saw a row of houses off the road. I kept moving at a steady pace, and I couldn't see very clearly through the rainstorm, this row of houses was all a mold, even the coloring of the walls was much the same, I leaned to the right, and carefully scanned the door around the house, trying to find the house number. But the next scene I saw scared me. I clearly saw a face in the window of the living room! Yes, it's a human face, it's a middle-aged woman, and she's watching me from inside the house! Long, messy hair, that's all I could see. Then I was amazed to find that in every house, there were people standing in the windows or doors watching me, and in the attic window, I saw a mother and daughter, and I did not understand why these people were staring at me, which gave me a very unfriendly feeling.

It's like a stranger stepping into someone else's territory, under constant surveillance. "Oh,!" A figure suddenly appeared in front of the car, and I slammed on the brakes, swearing that I would crash into it if I hesitated. At that moment, my back was soaked, and what I didn't expect was that this middle-aged man was unmoved, standing in front of my car window, staring at me. He was soaking wet, his torn clothes looked like he had just come out of the mud, and his long hair covered half of his face, but he didn't care. "Hey! Dude, I almost hit you, you should learn to look left and right before the junction! "I still have lingering feelings about what happened just now, and I am very dissatisfied with him." Tuk Tuk ...... Tuk tuk. "The honking of the horn looked weak in the rainstorm and I banged on the steering wheel angrily, and honestly, it was the first time in my life that I roared like this, and I couldn't control my emotions, maybe I was scared, yes, I should have been scared.

But it only lasted for a moment before I realized my aberration, and then I muttered sorry, he certainly didn't hear. "I'm sorry, you, do you know where number 61 is? ......"I tried to change the subject at the top of my voice, but before I could finish speaking, the middle-aged man turned and pointed to his left rear, and then left with heavy steps, disappearing into the shower without looking back.

I thought these people were weird, and I even felt like I was shrouded in an inextricable fog from the moment I made this decision. As I drove on, about fifty meters, maybe sixty meters, or even longer, I saw a fork in the road to the right, which was the direction the middle-aged man was pointing. Then I drove in, and after about three or four minutes, I saw where I was looking. At that time, I looked down at my phone, there was no signal, and the time was 4:13. 】