"An orphanage?"

Hodge remembered that Sotsy had mentioned that he had found shapeshifters in an orphanage, which happened to be in the northwest direction, not to mention that the diary mentioned the only one, could it be the same place?

The orphanage has some connection to the appearance of the shapeshifters, and there seems to be some clues about Mayor Roosevelt in Sagisan's diary, so it seems that this place must be investigated.

Sossi must have arrived at the orphanage, and by the time he left, he had memorized the general directions, and the depressed headwind harbor had run out of convenient carriages and horses, but fortunately the city was not large, and it would not take him long to trot over.

As soon as he saw the general outline of the orphanage, he heard a rapid ping-pong bang, which was made of metal weapons and collided, at least two people were fighting with weapons in the orphanage, thinking of this, Hodge calmed down, his pace became faster, and he didn't even have time to breathe, he grabbed the iron gate that was already rusty and moss, and pulled it to the side, the bearing of the iron door made an ugly branch sound, and when he walked into the orphanage, he saw a flying human head in a spiral parabola in the air。

"Thorthy!"

His face was slightly pale, and the flying human head was Suo Xi's appearance.

Late?

Bang!

The head hit the ground, followed by the sound of feet on the grass, and a man leaned against the wall, the other holding a sword and moving slowly.

Hodge pulled out his knife and held it in his hand, staring intently at the figure moving around the corner, ready to touch it and give him a fatal blow.

"Don't be nervous, it's me!"

The figure spoke, and the sunlight shone on him, finally allowing Hodge to see his appearance clearly.

Sossi?

He looked at the bloodstained and panting witcher, and then thought of the human head flying in front of his eyes just now, and his head was full of question marks.

"Hey, don't look incredulous, look at my twin swords, and see what weapon that headless corpse is using. ”

Hodge looked at the corpse with the severed head, although the clothes were no different from those of the witcher, but the weapon he used in his hands was an iron oil lampstand, the circumference of the lampstand was surrounded by sharp iron sheets, and it should be quite powerful when used as a weapon, except for being heavier.

Suo Xi hissed, dragged his tired body to the head, grabbed it in his hand, and shook it in front of Hodge: "Look closely, his eyes, and this smell, have begun to stink just after death." ”

Thorcy's head remained dead, and Hodge noticed that his eyeballs were completely pitch black, and the air was beginning to smell a stench of malice.

"Transfiguratives. ”

Suo Xi spat and rubbed his boots against him, and said: "I met this thing when I came to investigate the orphanage, at first he seemed to be the manager of the orphanage, but judging from the rust and moss condition of the iron gate, this orphanage has been uninhabited for at least two or three months, so I stopped him, I didn't expect this thing to turn into my appearance with one twist, even my sword moves and footwork, The physical reaction was also learned, but fortunately they could only change their clothes and not their weapons, and if it weren't for the sharpness of the meteorite, I might not have been able to kill him so quickly. ”

I see, a shapeshifter disguised as the director, it seems that there is something hidden in this orphanage.

"Did you find any results from your investigation?"

"There were some discoveries that I could have unearthed if I hadn't been interrupted by this thing. ”

With a gloomy face, Suo Xi moved his shoulders and elbows, and said to Hodge, "Come, come with me, what you found is in the room inside." ”

Hodge followed him into the orphanage, where the hallway was already heavily dusty, and cobwebs could be seen everywhere.

"Looks like you've misjudged. ”

Hodge shook his head: "Judging from the dust situation in the room, this place has been uninhabited for at least half a year. ”

Sossi led him to a room where the wooden cabinets were empty, except for a worn-out red book on the bedside table.

"This is where I met the shapeshifter, who had barely turned two pages since I had dug the book out from under my bed, and demanded that I immediately stop the trespassing, and that I was the owner of the orphanage. ”

Hodge wondered, "What does this Red Book say?"

"Some very interesting stories about orphans who were taken in. ”

Sothy had a look on his face that you would understand after reading it, and Hodge, under his doubts, finally opened the red book and flipped through it.

The Red Book is written from the perspective of a boy named "John", and the crooked font records the experience of being adopted from an orphanage.

"I'm glad I met my friends for the first time, Louie, Tsema, and Shanna!"

"Louis is physically strong, and it's reassuring to have his friendship."

"Tsema is a kitchen assistant, and after becoming friends with him, I can eat the crumbs of toast every day, and the rich wheat aroma is so happy!"

"Shanna is like everyone's sister, or mother, she's so gentle."

"Thurma and Louie had a fight and were in a very bad situation, Shanna tried to pull them both apart, but was thrown aside and sprained her foot, which made Tsema and Louis stop in shame"

......

Most of them are similar, and it looks like just a boy's diary.

Soon, though, Hodge noticed something less comfortable.

"Louis had a terrible fever, and Shanna took care of him for two days, but still couldn't make him better, so Tsema ran to beg the adults to send a doctor, hoping that he would succeed."

"Bertoman is back, and with him comes the doctors, they picked up Louie, Sister Shanna and I are relieved, Louie should be fine now, thank you Bertoman for convincing the adults."

"There's something wrong with Sister Shanna, in addition to talking to me, she seems to have deliberately kept her distance from Bertoman and Mance, it's strange that she took such gentle care of Mance last week, why is it like this?"

"Sister Shanna told me to go, she told me that there was danger here, I was at a loss, there was food, clothes, and friends, why should I go?

"Sister Tranie changed her attention and asked me to stay, I was relieved, sure enough, she was just too tired these days, and she eased up after resting, I was happy, after all, it was not as comfortable outside as here."

"The adults came, and in addition to the dean, Lord Torres, who helped me to the orphanage, was also with me, and I was very touched to see Lord Torres's fascinated face and gentle tone, and sure enough, good people should be rewarded."

The more Hodge rolled back, the more he realized something was wrong.

In John's perspective, the role of two men and one woman as partners is always present.

But the name – it changes all the time.

Shanna becomes Tranie and then Helga.

The names of Louis and Tsema soon disappeared, and Bertoman and Mance did not stay in the diary for long.

With the exception of John, the other three seem to be constantly changing their names.

The most chilling thing is that John's tone is completely taken for granted.

"It's not the name that changes. ”

A chill ran through Hodge's back, and the hairs on his entire back exploded like a cat stepping on its tail.

"It's people. ”