Black gas!

Hearing these two words, several guesses immediately popped up in Ma Wei's heart.

But...

Feeling that he needed to gather more information before making inferences, he crouched down in front of the pile of dead rats and asked Levine to break through the soft belly of a mouse.

The sharp blade cut through the skin with ease, but only a small amount of blood flowed out.

There's nothing black about it.

"Huh?"

Levin was surprised: "I did see a black gas just now!" No lie! ”

"Cut a few more."

"Okay."

The blade ripped through the skin of one mouse after another, and at first everything was fine, until the skin of the seventh mouse broke...

A wisp of black qi that was so faint that it could no longer be faint rose and dissipated in an instant, unable to even maintain its shape.

"That's the!" Levin shouted.

"I've seen it."

Ma Wei muttered, "Before you came to New Ross City, there was a plague in New Ross City because of the rats carrying these black gases, and many people died, Yunia said, it was a curse. ”

"Cursed?"

"Well, because there were few clues at that time, and there were no similar situations in other cities, I can't tell the source of the curse, and now there are rats carrying the curse in Wexford City...."

It has been a full 10 days since the plague occurred, but the curse has only appeared in Wexford City, does this mean that Wexford City is not the birthplace of the curse?

Not only that, but the curse is presumably spread from other places.

"The number of rats carrying the curse is very small, based on the size of the rats in this apartment, which is only about 10% of the total number of rats in Wexford City." "The curse is so thin that it's almost negligible, and I'm afraid that's why rats haven't attacked humans so far... Map! ”

After subconsciously shouting, Ma Wei remembered that this was not at sea, and he was not the deputy commander, knocked on the door of his head, got up and took out a rolled-up drawing from the bag on the sofa.

A complete map of Wexford County was spread out on the floor, and Marvey pointed to the location of New Ross on the far left, and suddenly slid to Wexford City on the far right of the map, clicked twice, and said:

"The straight-line distance between New Ross City and Wexford City is about 30 kilometers, assuming that the birthplace of the curse is near New Ross City, then it means that all cities within a radius of 30 kilometers with New Ross City as the center will basically have the phenomenon of curses."

"What do you want to say?"

"I want to say... If the curse is a human factor, then the identity of the other party is related to the church, and their purpose is to use holy water to lift the curse, so as to gain the prestige of the people. Ma Wei muttered: "But this is just my personal speculation, the act of using the curse to gain prestige is too frustrating, and they are too fast, you know, the day before the curse, the gods have just descended!" ”

"You suspect the curse wasn't man-made?"

With a raised eyebrow, Levin's gaze became uncertain.

Ma Wei's speculation is really a bit appalling.

The way in which the curse is born is nothing more than two situations:

1. Artificial

2. Non-artificial

If not the human factor, then who imposed the curse on the rats?

Compared with the second inference, Levin believes that the first inference is more likely.

The source of the curse is related to magic, and it has to be taken seriously.

Ma Wei thought for a moment, shook his head and said: "The curse appeared in Wexford City, it is not good news for us, the rats in New Ross City are almost killed, and the few remaining ones are impossible to cross other cities and villages within 10 days, and run to Wexford City, since there is a curse here, it means that the same situation has occurred in other cities." ”

"But we haven't received any reports of the curse, and there are no newspapers." "It's not normal," Levine said. ”

"Isn't it abnormal?" Ma Wei narrowed his eyes and said loudly, "I suspect... Some people deliberately conceal the facts and do not report them! ”

"Not really... It's a bit too bold! The curse is not the plague, it can be suppressed just by concealing the news and sealing off the infected area! ”

"But most people think of the curse as the plague!"

Taking a deep breath, Ma Wei stood up: "I hope no one hides the news, otherwise something really will happen.... Let's go and take a look at the back. ”

After finding the sack and putting all the dead mouse carcasses in it, Ma Wei and Levin cleaned up the cat hair that had fallen in the house, eliminated all traces, and after carefully inspecting to make sure that there were no flaws, they opened the window to ventilate and came downstairs.

"Priest!"

Mrs. Ante, who had been waiting for a long time, saw Ma Wei and the others coming downstairs, and immediately greeted her, and her eyes stayed on the sack that Levine was carrying: "Is the work over?" ”

"It's over."

Ma Wei glanced at Levin, motioned for him to open the sack, and let Mrs. Ante check: "All the rats in your house have been killed, but when catching mice, I found that there are many small holes and crevices in the house, and along these holes, rats can enter and exit at will, just in case, I have a good medicine here, which can ensure that there will be no rats in the house for a month or two." ”

Although Mrs. Ante did not speak, the sudden tense expression on her face had already revealed herself.

Needless to say, she must have felt that Ma Wei's routine was coming, and it didn't cost money to catch mice, but the 'good medicine' behind it was charged, isn't this also a marketing method?

However...

"Don't worry, I said, it's all free, and there is no charge for this medicine."

"Really?"

Mrs. Ante was slightly stunned, suspecting that she had misheard: "Actually, it doesn't matter if you charge for it..."

Waving his hand, Ma Wei was still thinking about the next few invitations, and he didn't have the mind to talk nonsense: "Do you have a handkerchief?" ”

"Yes..."

Mrs. Ante took out her white handkerchief and handed it over, not understanding what Mavi wanted this thing for.

"Wait a minute."

Ma Wei lifted Xiao Hei's neck, returned to the corridor, and spread the handkerchief in front of it: "Quick, move quickly." ”

"Meow?"

Xiao Hei looked dazed: "Master, what do you want me to do?" ”

"Sprinkle some pee on the handkerchief, don't do too much, save some use."

“？”

"I don't have time to explain to you, hurry up and pee!"

"Oh... Got it..."

Xiao Hei nodded, squatting on the handkerchief, holding back his beard and shaking, and after a while...

It suddenly said, "Master, don't look at me, I can't pee." ”

Holding back the thought of slapping it on the head, Ma Wei turned his back, and soon he smelled a strong smell of urine.

Much heavier than the smell of human urine.

Xiao Hei shuddered, shook his hind legs twice, stretched out his claws, and instinctively shaved up.

Mavi opened it, twisted the corner of the handkerchief, and folded it carefully, determined not to touch the stain in the middle.

"Mrs. Ante, this is the anti-rat medicine."

Out of the corridor, Ma Wei returned the handkerchief to its original owner: "Although the smell is a little strong, as long as you put it in the hole, the mouse will consciously escape." ”

"Oh..."

Mrs. Ante nodded as if she didn't understand: "How long can it last?" ”

"About a month."

"What about a month from now?"

"Get a cat, Mrs. Ante." Ma Wei said softly: "As long as you have a cat, there will naturally be no mice in the house." ”

"I see, thank you, Father."

"You're welcome, if you're satisfied with our rat control work, please spread the word."

"No problem!" A smile finally appeared on Madame Ante's face, "I've never seen a priest like you...."

"I'll just take it as a compliment on me."

Mavi lifted his hat and smiled at Mrs. Ante, pulled Yunia up, and turned away with Levine and the cat-man team.

Mrs. Ante kept looking at them in the distance, her expression a little complicated.

"The Church of Truth... Is this the church that belongs to our nation... What does it taste like? ”

A foul smell suddenly entered her nostrils, and Mrs. Ante looked left and right, and finally realized that the strange smell came from her handkerchief.

After hesitating for a while, she still couldn't suppress her curiosity, lowered her head, and sniffed the handkerchief.

"Gross...."