When Orion disappears to the southwest.

Dean turned his attention to the phantom snake scales in front of him, which were as large as the upper body of ordinary people, and the wisps of starlight shimmered in the color of the cosmic latte, outlining a half-prismatic pattern the size of a palm.

It is an unformed arrow, which contains hundreds of tiny dots, connected by faint dotted lines like earthworms, and the edges of the arrows are inlaid with feather-like spikes, which looks ancient and mysterious.

Dean's God's perspective follows the silhouette, and the starlight circulating on the surface of the figure resembles a desolate and dead liquid energy.

Unfortunately, the current arrow graphics are only 60% drawn, incomplete and cannot store starlight for a long time, and they continue to escape into the air.

"This figure can store starlight, and it's called Star Rune Arrow."

Dean tried to infuse life force and telekinesis into the arrow runes, and wisps of starlight pounced ferociously like a beast smelling flesh and blood, devouring the "invader" in the blink of an eye, nourishing and strengthening itself.

"Starlight can actually devour my life energy and telekinesis, how domineering, so instead of being engraved on snake scales, star runes and arrows should be engraved on weapons to attack and destroy."

"Continue stargazing tonight, and tomorrow you will be able to completely carve out the complete rune, and then you will see its true effect."

With deep anticipation, Dean put the snake scales into the space and returned to his room to rest.

……

Early the next morning.

Catherine woke up from her slumber and stretched out her long waist under the quilt, the sun outside the window shining on the beautiful scenery of mountains, hills, and fertile fields, and a comfortable smile on the corner of her mouth.

I have never slept so comfortably and happily in my life like last night, and it is all due to Dean!

But when she turned around and found the empty bed, she ran into the living room barefoot, and when she saw the busy figure in the kitchen, she was relieved, giggling and hugging the man's waist.

"What kind of magic did you cast on me last night? I slept until eight o'clock in the morning. ”

"Sleep Charm, so you're still dreaming," Dean flipped the fried egg in the pan without looking back, "everything you see, hear, smell is fake. ”

"Since it's a dream, then can't I do whatever I want?" Catherine jumped behind him and bit his ear, and Dean turned and bit back.

The two of them were fighting until they were sweating slightly, and Catherine said, "I'm going to go with you, but I have to report back to the office first and process some information." ”

"Then we'll meet at the cafeteria outside the school at half past four in the afternoon."

……

Make a plan.

Dean changed into a more mature black trench coat and returned to 36 Maple Street, and decorated the Christmas tree together in the interrogation and jokes of his uncle, aunt, and mother about his girlfriend.

Then he went to Teacher Owen's house, and continued to instruct Jian Honglong in the first movement of meditation, as well as the technique of telekinesis manipulation energy, the former made almost no progress, but the latter little girl showed extraordinary potential, and after only one day of hard practice, she was able to create a small flame on the tip of her fingers, although it was more petite and weak than the flame of a match, and it would be extinguished for a few seconds at most.

But this is also a breakthrough from scratch and a qualitative change in mental power.

Dean didn't hesitate to praise Jane with a burst of encouragement and encouragement, smiling so hard that she bared her gums, and vowed to continue training hard.

Dean then rushed to the Hawkins Police Station to check on the progress of the case.

In just one day, the police officers have found no less than ten suspects whose height and appearance match Dean's depiction of the murderer and have Nazi worship tendencies, but unfortunately either the tattoo parts do not match, or there is no time for the crime, and the evidence at the scene of the crime does not match.

The search for suspects takes a lot of time, and there is no hurry.

Dean stayed at the police station until four o'clock, when the sun began to set in the west, and the sky opened an orange-red glow.

He went to the cafeteria next to Hawkins Middle School to meet Catherine, and it wasn't long before Jonathan, dressed in a brand new blue denim jacket, with his messy hair and a clear panda-eyed face leading five apprehensive peers.

"Dean, I've brought everyone here."

Dean nodded at Jonathan, "Well done, but what's going on with your eyes, who hit it?" ”

Jonathan smiled casually, "No, I accidentally fell myself." ”

As he spoke, he pointed to a thin and small girl in a blue shirt, jeans, shawl and long brown hair behind him, "This is Nancy." ”

"Dean, a temporary detective at the Hawkins Police Department." Dean stretched out his hand to Nancy, who shook it back hesitantly, tense like a frightened bunny, Dean shook his head and smiled, "Don't be so nervous, I actually know you, you're Mike's sister, right?" ”

"yes, you've seen Mike?"

"Well, I'm neighbors with Mike's good friend Dustin."

Nancy's expression on her face was relieved when she heard this, "That's right, these little cubs are outside DND all day long, running the group." ”

Seeing that the atmosphere between the two was relaxed, Jonathan pointed to a fat girl in a pink knitted sweater and old-fashioned black tortoiseshell glasses, with a bit of nerdy temperament, "This is Barbara, Nancy's good sister." ”

"Hello, Barbara."

Chubby chick waved her hand at Dean a little shyly.

A handsome boy with retro medium hair that resembles an airplane head, "This is Steve, the son of a rich man in town." ”

A freckled, gum-chewing boy looked at Dean and Catherine insolently, "This is Golan." ”

The girl with dark blond long hair, delicate facial features, and a mean expression beside Golan, "Hara, Golan's girlfriend." ”

"Sit down, six classmates, I guess you didn't have dinner, you can order whatever you want," Catherine smiled and threw the menu to Nancy, "Let's talk while we eat." ”

"No, we're not here to fill our stomachs, we need to know the facts." Steve looked guardedly at Dean and Catherine across the table, then pointed at Jonathan, "What do you mean by letting this photo maniac take it?" What does it mean that we are in danger and could die like Marcus at any moment? ”

"I've never heard of any on-duty detectives at the Hawkins Police Department, you don't look much older than us," Goran looked at Dean with a disdainful expression, "I think you're just a trickster trying to extort our money." ”

"Shut up and don't slander my friends!" Jonathan turned around and shoved Goran hard in the chest, and the latter sat down at another table.

"Beat him, Golan!" His girlfriend Hala pushed Golan on the shoulder, coaxing frantically, and her voice was sharp like a little sister.

Every freckle on Goran's face turned blood-red, and he spat his gum on the ground with a thud and raised his fist.

"Freak, who begged me before? Go crazy again, I'll blow your other eye out! ”

Jonathan thrust him in the chest again, "It's not that I'm standing still and letting you take revenge, you can hurt me?" You try again! ”

"Quiet! All sit down! ”

Dean's majestic voice made the hearts of several teenagers present tremble, and they couldn't say what was going on, just like a mouse meeting a cat, they sat down at the table honestly,

Dean let Catherine order eight lunches, and her beastly gaze slowly swept over the faces of the six students, "Do you know that you are in danger right now? ”

"What do you mean?" Steve asked, "Could it be true that Jonathan said that Marcus' death had something to do with our expedition last Wednesday?" ”

"That's right." Dean asked, "You found a skeleton in the burrow, right?" ”

Steve and Golan exchanged a look and nodded.

"Have you ever wondered why there are human remains inside? Because it was not a natural cave, but a place used by a murderer to destroy the corpses. Of course, Dean can't tell this group of teenagers that the truth has something to do with the supernatural, so he can only use a more tactful and realistic explanation, "You have discovered the secret he has hidden for years, and he doesn't want to leak the secret so he can only kill you." ”

Dean's icy voice struck a group of teenagers in the heart like a machine gun, making them hold their breath,

"He first tracked down Marcus and Samantha last Wednesday night and killed them all at once, but who will be next? Goran, Hara, Nancy, or Steve, you're all dead, and his secret will be sealed again. ”

Nancy turned pale and hugged her good sister Barbara,

Freckled Face clenched his girlfriend's hand.

Steve took a deep breath and brushed the airplane hair in front of his forehead, and the veins in his neck objected abruptly, "his murderer!" There was no one outside when we entered the cave, and he couldn't have seen us! ”

Dean shook his head, "I went to the cave yesterday to check it out, and the skeleton is gone, who do you think took it?" ”

Steve's expression froze, and there was a hint of trepidation in his eyes.

"There is no doubt that the murderer took the remains, and then he should clean up the hidden dangers." Dean suddenly turned around and glanced at the woods across the road, "Maybe he's hiding and peeking around, waiting for you to be alone, walking alone on the street at night, launching a sneak attack from behind and slitting your throats, or even breaking into your bedroom with a knife and stabbing you in the bed!" ”

"Poke dozens of blood holes in you like you did with Marcus and Samantha!"

Hiss –

Catherine was frightened and turned slightly colored, and approached Dean.

The students, who were the ones involved, turned around and looked around, trying their best to find the murderer in Dean's mouth.

"I don't want to die!" Hala couldn't help but scream in fear and stood up, "What are we going to do, call the police to the Hawkins Police Department?" ”

"Don't be afraid, sweetheart, I have several guns in my house!" Golan put his arms around his girlfriend's waist, "Go to my house to sleep at night, I will guard your window with a gun to protect you, if the murderer dares to come, I will shoot it into a sieve!" ”

Instead, Hala shoved him away, complaining with red eyes, "It's all your fault, if you hadn't had to run into the forest and fall into a hole in the ground last time, you wouldn't have caused so much trouble!" ”

Goran bowed his head sadly.

"Come on, guys, do you really believe this Asian?" Steve slammed the table, spread his hands, and looked at his companion speechlessly,

"Dean won't lie to us." Jonathan said,

"Even if there's a one percent chance, I don't want to take any chances." Barbara, the fat girl, exchanged a look with Nancy beside her, and her fleshy face showed perseverance beyond her years, "You must have a way to save us if you called us over, right?" ”

"That's right, I need you to provide clues to find out the true identity of the murderer," Dean stared at Steve and Goran, "Of all these people, you two were the only ones who went underground at the time, right, what did you all see?" ”

"What else? There is only one skeleton. Steve grabbed the cranberry cookies on the table and took a bite, frowning in disgust,

"Are you sure?"

"I swear to Jesus Christ!"

"What kind of clothes are the skeletons wearing?" Dean asked,

Golan next to him took the beef and onion soup handed by the waiter, took a sip, and handed it to his girlfriend, "Dressed very uniquely, a white flat-necked robe..."

The white robe, the image of the murderer flashed in Dean's mind instantly, but he was wearing a black robe when he committed the murder, so it is unlikely that the murderer is a resurrected skeleton, of course, it may also be a later change of clothes.

"Are you sure it's white and not black?"

"We are not blind, but we are white robes with a fold in the middle." Steve took the burger and took a big bite, "It was also wearing a red and white checkered bandana, rolled up on both sides of its head, and tied with a black ring at the back of its head. ”

"It's weirdly dressed, it doesn't look like an American style of dressing, but it reminds me of Arabs." Catherine spoke at this time, her eyes showing thought, "Yes, most Arabs wear it like that. ”

Arab!

Dean's eyes lit up, and when he was on the phone with Professor Aiden yesterday, he mentioned that the text in the four-pointed star circle found in the cave was the Kufic script in Arabic script.

This corresponds perfectly to the Arabic dressed skeletons.

There is a high probability that it was the skeleton that laid the magic circle before its death!

The system's progress jumped to 35 percent.

The only thing that puzzled Dean was why there were Arabs in Hawkins Town?

At this time, the waiter brought a few portions of curry rice from the side, Dean took a bite and asked, "Was there anything unusual about this skeleton at that time?" ”

Steve rubbed his hair, "It's not lying on the ground like an ordinary deceased, it's sitting directly in the center of the ground, and when you look at it from the back, you think it's alive, it's weird and scary"

A seated skeleton in a white robe?

Dean made up this scene in his mind, and couldn't think of any use for this message for a while, "Is there anything else?" ”

Steve and Goran's faces froze for a moment, and they shook their heads at the same time, "It's gone." ”

Dean looked at the table with his index finger, his eyes seemed to penetrate his soul, "Then why do you have to let your companion keep it secret and not let the police call you?" What were the three of you hiding at the time? ”

As soon as this question landed, Jonathan, Sister Nancy, and Hala all cast questioning glances at the two companions, and Barbara was the first to attack, "I thought it was strange at the time, there was only one human body in the cave, and you didn't kill it, so there is no reason to keep it secret." ”

"Really, Steve?" Nancy looked at the boy with pure eyes like a fawn, and her disappointment was overflowing, "You lied and deceived everyone? ”

"No, Nancy, listen to me, I didn't mean to." Faced with his sweetheart's doubts, Steve was so anxious that he was about to cry,

Seeing this, the corners of Jonathan's mouth curved covertly.

Catherine gave Dean a thumbs up, appreciating his ability to perceive people's hearts.

"What else to explain!" Hala grabbed a tortilla on the table and knocked it on the heads of the two boys, "It's all because of you who brought the murderer to death, and I can't sleep well this week!" ”

"Don't make any noise, let's say, let's say okay!" Golan yelled, slapped the table hard, and looked at Dean dejectedly, "You're such a devil - you guessed it, we concealed the fact that there was an antique in the skeleton's arms, and Marcus took it and didn't want anyone else to know, so we kept it a secret." ”

Antique?

"Falk Squid, why did you take the dead man's things?" Hala hissed and asked, "Are you blaspheming the dead, have you gone to church every week in vain?" ”

Dean nodded, "It's not a small amount of courage, even the relics of the nameless dead in the field should be touched, what kind of antique?" ”

"A brass badge the size of a half-palm," Steve recalled, looking down from Nancy's gaze, "in an ancient style, with sixteen strange symbols evenly inlaid around it. In the center is a cross-shaped ravine, carved with some strange patterns, I don't remember exactly. ”

Steve's description is over,

Catherine's eyes rolled, and she quietly pulled out her notebook and jagged it down.

When Dean found that the progress of the incident had skyrocketed from 35 percent to 50 percent, he suddenly realized that the stolen antique badge was the trigger for everything.

The four-pointed star circle in my mind, the sitting Arabian white-robed skeleton, the black-robed murderer, the stolen badge, the dead Marcus... Suddenly, he had a rough guess, but there was still a lack of some details to corroborate.

"Where's the badge?"

"All the time with Marcus, he was almost inseparable, and he followed the devil." ”

"I think I understand," Barbara said suddenly, "the killer killed Marcus and Samantha first, and also to recover the badge." ”

Jonathan looked at the crowd and said, "Has the murderer recovered the badge from Marcus?" ”

No one can answer.

"Even if he retrieves the badge, it doesn't mean you're safe, not to mention that everything is still unknown." Dean put down his mirror-smooth plate, stood up suddenly, and said without question, "We must confirm the whereabouts of the badge, guys, take me to any place where the badge might appear, the locker at the school where Marcus and Samansha are, and the home of both of them." ”

Nancy hugged her schoolbag tightly and pursed her thin lips, "We should go to the police station and call the police and let the police protect us!" ”

"Chief Hope has given me full responsibility for this matter, and the police officers are busy tracking down the killer outside, and they don't have time to deal with you." Dean took out a handful of M1911A1 from his arms, pulled the sleeve and clicked on the load, and pulled the trigger with his index finger and turned it, "I can protect you, I'll call Director Hope later and ask him to inform your family, so there's no need to worry." ”

"I believe in Dean." Jonathan stood up steadfastly and led Dean towards the school, with Catherine holding Dean by the arm and following closely behind.

The rest of the students hesitated for a moment, then followed.

(End of chapter)