Chapter V: Inquiries
The roads in the ghetto were dirtier than expected, and the black sewage was everywhere, and Faras frowned, holding a robe in one hand to keep the sewage from staining his clothes, and holding a handkerchief in the other hand to cover his nose. In order not to step into the cesspool, Faras walked very slowly and had fallen to the back of the group.
Red followed Faras's side, holding her to prevent her from stepping on the mess on the ground and falling.
Alina, who was also a lady, didn't care, striding on the sewage, as if she was very comfortable with such an environment, and the others walked to the front under Alina's leadership.
Most of the miners living in the slums bent over, showing their faces vicissitudes, and some women in total darkness carried large wooden barrels, which did not know what to contain, emitting a bad smell, and when they saw someone coming here, they all hurriedly hid in low houses, and seemed to be very afraid, apparently frightened by the recent continuous disappearances.
Only a few children were not afraid, and they looked at the members of Ress from afar to see what they were doing.
Seeing that the people here seemed to be scared of their group, Alina stopped, pulled out her purse, and took out a large handful of silver coins. She said loudly to the surroundings, "Whoever will answer my question, I will give a silver coin for a question." ”
The people around them were silent, just looking at Alina warily.
Alina saw a little boy approaching her, and she smiled as she walked over. The little boy had a frightened look on his face, and he was curled up and crouched on the ground, but his eyes were starved at the large handful of silver coins in Alina's hand, and he showed a look of longing.
Alina wasn't very old, and she stood beside the boy as if she were his sister. Alina said slowly in a soft tone, "What's your name?"
The little boy was shocked, obviously a little frightened, but the charm of the silver coin overcame the fear in his heart, and he whispered, "My name is Jim"
Alina placed a silver coin in the hands of the little boy, Jim.
Jim hurriedly grabbed the silver coin with both hands.
Alina asked again, "How old are you?"
Jim glanced at Alina, who was not much taller than himself, and said in a childish voice, "Is this the second question?"
Jim's words immediately drew a good-natured laugh from the other members of Lace's team, and Alina took out another silver coin, which Jim quickly took and said, "I'm twelve years old." ”
Ryan looked at Jim incredulously, the boy in front of him was 15 years old, but after years of not being able to eat enough, he only looked like a child less than ten years old, and when he grew up, he could only repeat what his father and grandfather had done, and if he had the next generation, he would not be able to get out of this quagmire.
Filled with compassion, Ryan pulled out a gold coin, walked up, and handed it to Jim.
With a scorching glint in Jim's eyes, he took Ryan's gold coin with a trembling hand and pressed it to his body.
Not just Jim, everyone in the room had the same look.
Many of them are in their teens, but they have never actually owned a gold coin, even if it is only for a short time.
Jim gently stroked the gold coin and handed it to Ryan, who didn't ask for it, but whispered to Jim, "Take it, it's for you." You're a lot like my brother. He must be about your age. ”
Ryan was afraid that Jim wouldn't want to, so he deliberately made up a story.
Jim looked at Ryan, who had a kind look in his eyes, and Jim withdrew his hand holding the gold coin and said to Ryan, "Thank you, sir." ”
Alina stroked Jim's head and said softly, "Do you know a girl named Jessie?"
Jim nodded, pointed to a low house in the distance, and said that she lived there.
Alina nodded and said, "Thank you, Jim, for being a good and good boy. ”
Ress followed Jim's instructions and found Jessy's home, and Alina stood at the door and said loudly, "Is anyone home?"
The door was pushed open, and a thin little girl walked out. The hair on her head was messy, she didn't know what she was wearing, it was pitch black, and she had only a pair of big eyes that were very bright.
Alina asked, "Little girl, is Jessie there?"
The little girl looked at Alina timidly with big eyes and said, "I am." ”
Alina squatted down and said to Jiexi with a smile: "Jiexi, don't be afraid, we are not bad people, we are here to catch bad people." ”
Jiexi said, "Sister, I'm not afraid. ”
Alina touched Jessy's hair with pity and said to her, "Jessy, we are here to investigate the disappearance, you once said that it was the demon who captured them, can you tell us the specific situation?"
Hearing Alina talk about demons, Jessy's eyes showed a look of fear, and her body trembled slightly.
Red saw Jiexi's appearance and hurriedly cast a blessing spell.
The blessing spell that shimmered with white light enveloped all those present, and everyone's hearts welled up with the courage to defy all evil in the world.
Jess was no longer afraid, and she said to Alina, "Jess is telling the truth, but they don't believe me. ”
Alina said, "Sister believes in you, tell your sister." ”
"Once I was playing outside the city, and there was a pile of useless slag, and I was going to pick out some copper sand from the slag, and I could exchange it for copper coins with those who came in wagons," said Jerhee. I found a place, they didn't know, there was a lot of copper sand there, I didn't finish picking it for a long time. Later, when it got dark, I wanted to go home, but I saw several men in black, each carrying a big bag. ”
"Men in black?" asked Aliana
Jessey said, "yes." The pockets on their backs are still moving. ”
"And what happened later?" asked Faraz.
When Ryan heard Faras's words, he remembered the scene with Faras last night, his face turned red, and he didn't hear Jiexi's next words clearly, he knew that now was not the time to think about this, so he hurriedly concentrated and continued to listen to Jiexi.
"Suddenly a terrible demon came out of the ground, and its flesh was rotten, and I could smell it from a distance, and there were many places showing white bones. ”
Alina said, "Jessy, you speak slowly, tell me all about the scene. This is critical. ”
"That demon is two people tall, it's big, and it has four hands...... By the way, it has a huge axe in each hand. I was so frightened that I hid behind the ore pile and didn't dare to move. The demon spewed at each pocket, and the pockets didn't move. Then a few more piles of bones came out of the ground. ”
Red suddenly asked, "How many piles of bones?"
"Yes," said Jessy, "they are unclothed, they are full of bones, and they don't even have any flesh. They picked up the pockets and went back, and the demon followed. I waited for the men in black to leave before I quietly walked out. I was so frightened that I ran home. Later I found out that my brother was gone. When I told the adults about this, they didn't believe me and said that my child was lying. Jessie is an honest child who doesn't tell lies. ”
Alina said, "Jesy is good, Jess is an honest child and does not lie. ”
Faras took out two gold coins, put them in Jessy's hand, and said to her, "This is my sister's reward for honest children, you can put it away." ”
Jiexi didn't dare to ask for it, she had only seen this kind of shiny gold coin from the soldiers guarding the city, and knew that this thing was very valuable, but she was afraid that she would not be able to earn it by picking copper sand for a lifetime.
"An honest child deserves to be rewarded for not telling a lie, and you hide it so that no one else knows," said Faraz. ”
Jessey said, "Got it, sister. Others will come and steal if they find out. ”
Faras smiled and nodded, she was impressed by Jessy's innocence, and it seemed that the smell was no longer obvious.
After Red listened to Jiexi's words, his face was always wrong, and when he saw that Faras gave the gold coins to Jiexi, he said to everyone, "Now that we have understood the situation, let's go back first." ”