78. On your shoulders

Regarding the "blindness" of the church personnel, Nie Yuan and the others were actually slightly surprised.

But when I think about it, it's unexpected, and it's reasonable.

The power of the Church and the power of Count Lillian had a need for cooperation in this matter.

It's just that Nie Yuan and the others didn't expect that Quentin and the others had already arranged so properly, and the people placed on the blockade line actually knew their faces.

None of them came to stop them, or to dissuade them verbally, or even to communicate a word, and they were completely in a state of pretending to be blind.

Perhaps this is also due to Lillian, who has already proved her strength when she conveys the news of the replacement of a member to the church.

There may be more in-depth negotiations between the two sides, after all, Lilian could say at the time, and she must use this news to knock the church on it.

It's just the negotiation process, Nie Yuan and they don't know.

You don't need to know more.

Anyway, Lillian had absolutely no reason to stand on the other side of the church.

Ignoring the people outside the blockade line who were still making trouble, Nie Yuan had a clear goal in this operation, and walked straight towards the center of Path Town.

"That's it."

Buck's footsteps slowed down a little and he spoke, "You follow the clues from last time and continue to investigate deeply, and Qiao Qi and I will go to other places to have a look." ”

Nie Yuan was not surprised when he heard this, but nodded and said: "Okay, no matter where the situation happens, just contact us in time, anyway, the town of Paz is not big, even if the situation is urgent, it can be quickly converged." ”

Splitting up, this was their plan.

However, this time apart, it will not be like last time, everyone is fighting on their own.

Instead, the five people were divided into two groups, Nie Yuan, Nancy, and Aztec, the three people who had been to Paz Town last time.

They had a better understanding of the situation in the town of Pass, and it would be good to follow the clues given by the last record paper and continue to explore.

Buck and Georgie went elsewhere for inspiration to see if they could make new discoveries.

Because if all five of them do the same thing, in a sense, it can be called "waste".

Anyway, judging from the situation last time, even if he acted alone, it would be difficult for Paz Town to form an instantaneous killing situation for everyone.

Isn't it also because of his own strength that Nie Yuan forcibly penetrated the impostor, got out of the mirror world, and brought back that key clue.

Although it is certainly the highlight of the record of what is presented on the paper, it is more than enough to be explored by three people.

With Barker's understanding of strange things, he can dig up some major clues in other places, and there is no need to pounce on everyone.

The teaming of at least two people also ensures a certain margin for error.

After separating from Buck and the others, Nie Yuan and the three of them went straight to the target location.

During this time, I did not stay, and nothing happened, but I met some church members.

However, the other party was also extremely tacit, and did not interfere with them, both sides did their own things, and only occasionally paid attention from afar.

According to the guidance of the map, Nie Yuan and the others came to a residential area on the west side of the town.

At this moment, the sky has completely darkened, and the setting sun has disappeared, replaced by two rounds of crescent moons hanging high in the sky.

The street lamps in Path Town were also lit early, sparsely and faintly arranged on both sides of the road, barely illuminating the vision ahead.

The destination was ahead, and it was already faintly visible, but in Nie Yuan's heart, a strange sense of déjà vu rose at this moment.

It seems like......

He's been to this place?

But there is not the slightest memory of it in my mind.

This feeling made him more sure in his heart that there must be a secret that no one knows.

Maybe some of my lost memories have something to do with that place.

Stepping up, with a strong sense of déjà vu, Nie Yuan led the two companions through the light and shadow cast by the street lamp to the familiar area in front of him.

But just as they walked out of the aperture under the street lamp and disappeared into the shadow in front of them, Nie Yuan's heart suddenly moved, and he quickly turned his head to look behind him.

There was nothing behind him, everything was business as usual.

Only the evening breeze gently swept the streets.

But just now, he seemed to sense something, and it flashed behind him, without stirring up any movement, so that even the Aztecs and Nancy did not react, only the faint sense of his own spiritual light.

"What's wrong?"

Seeing Nie Yuan's alert look, Aztec couldn't help asking.

Nie Yuan's gaze was still sweeping behind him, and he said, "There seems to be a black shadow passing by just now, don't you feel it?" ”

The Aztecs followed his gaze, glanced around, and said, "Your perception should be hard to go wrong, but I really didn't perceive anything. ”

"Eun!"

Nancy nodded, echoing the Aztecs, and she didn't feel anything.

Nie Yuan frowned and said: "It's hard to describe, my attention just now was clearly in front of me, but I seemed to 'see' something, and something behind me was swept away in a flash." ”

Aztec thought for a moment and said, "Paz Town is already very weird, and last time, that elder also imposed a curse on us, maybe he was really targeted by something."

But since the other party didn't show his head, let's make a note for the time being, don't pursue it, and solve the matter in front of you first, maybe what you noticed is just deliberately luring us away. ”

"Well, then the soldiers will come to block it, and the water will cover it."

Nie Yuan answered, slowly retracting his gaze from behind him, and the three of them continued to walk into the shadows.

The faint light of the street lamp appeared in front of them, and the light radiated from afar, draped over the three people, and behind them, two shadows shone out, one high and one short.

Because the space is too far away and the lights are too dim, the blur is almost invisible.

When they stopped in front of the target location, their attention was completely attracted by the strange sight in front of them.

Looking at the two old-fashioned houses in front of them, the three of them all had strange expressions and were full of suspicion.

Nie Yuan took out a photo from his inner pocket, held it in his hand, and compared it with the scene in front of him.

It can be seen that the scene in the photo is roughly the same as the position of the people in front of you.

In addition, there are three young figures, in front of a building, in an exaggerated and funny pose, hooking their shoulders and facing the ground in the direction of the shot.

This photograph was also sent by Edvan, and it was sandwiched in that file, which was supposed to be requested by Lillian from the church through some unknown means.

Because this is definitely a very important clue, Lilian's subordinates should not be able to get it, if there is, she gave it to herself last time.

In addition to being a very important clue to the scene in front of you, the photograph can even be called a piece of evidence.

Evidence that there was once such a person in the town of Pass, and there is also evidence of such a building.

The three young men who were frozen were the young Karina, Auston and ...... Edri.

Didn't I ask Lilian to investigate the relationship history of young Karina.

Because of the information presented on the record paper, it pointed the finger at a man who had once loved Karina, saying that in that man's diary, there may be the truth to unravel the mystery.

Among the news that Lillian managed to pick up, there was this Edri.

He was a close friend of Karina and Auston, for a time, so close that he left such a yellowed photograph on his doorstep.

But then, somehow, the three former friends fell out.

However, it is certain that Adri once launched a pursuit of Karina, although it ended in nothing, it came and went quickly.

Nie Yuan and the others were not here, and found the house in the photo, even if all the scenes around them were not much different from those back then.

In 20 years, too many things can happen, and a house is just a house, maybe it will be demolished.

That makes perfect sense.

But the strange thing is that if you are demolished, you should always leave a piece of land, right?!

No.

Nothing.

As you can see, the two houses in front of you are exactly the same as the houses on both sides of Edri's house in the photo.

Twenty years have passed, and I can only see that it is a little old, and the general appearance has not changed at all.

One is a gray three-story villa, the other is a four-story building integrating commercial and residential, and even the graffiti of the cartoon monster has not changed even on the lower edge of the balcony.

But the house that was supposed to be located in the middle of these two houses, belonging to Adri, was completely nowhere to be seen, as if it had just evaporated.

This evaporation has nothing to do with whether it is demolished or not.

Rather, the space of the entire street has shrunk.

The houses on the left and right sides are tightly pressed together, and there is not the slightest gap between the two.

Where the house was originally located, even the land was squeezed out.

Not only that, but in the file given by Lilian, the residents of Path Town don't even remember that there was once a person named Edri in Path Town!

You must know that even if Karina and Auston had something like that, the townspeople would have a complete memory of them.

But why has this Edri completely erased even the traces of his past existence?

Not only is it erased in the physical sense, but also completely forgotten from the level of thinking and memory.

The real world evaporates, and Hongfei is dark.

"Sure enough, as recorded in the archives, we don't seem to know where to start, what do we do now?" Aztec turned to Nie Yuan and asked.

Nie Yuan thought for a while and said, "You go to the passers-by and ask them to see how they will behave when they hear the name Adri, although it is written more clearly on the file, it is better for us to verify it again."

And I'm ...... Try the handwriting of truth, can you give us some hints. ”

"Okay."

The Aztecs answered, and walked down the street, where two strolling townspeople passed by.

Nie Yuan didn't move, put the yellowed photo in his inner pocket, and took out the handwriting of truth.

He asked him: "Where did Edri in the town of Perth go?" ”

After asking, Nie Yuan folded the handwriting of the truth, preventing himself from looking directly at the page.

After a while, he sensed the reaction on the yellow paper.

The Aztecs, who had negotiated with the townspeople on the side, also walked back at this moment, and shook their heads helplessly at Nie Yuan.

Before the Aztecs could come back, Nie Yuan opened the yellow paper.

However, the content presented above made his scalp tingle.

Q: Where's Edri in the town of Perth?

A: On your shoulders.