Arthur looked at his partner who was confident in him, and his heart was quite complicated.

In the end, a thousand words converged into a sigh -

You're weird.

"Not a revenant."

Arthur said with great certainty.

Then he walked from where the carriage had been parked to the spring square, bending down to touch the still wet earth.

Cold.

The cold that doesn't belong to the season.

Immediately, Arthur knew it.

Then, he continued to bend down and search.

After about a few minutes, raise your hand and greet Maltz.

"It's ...... Ice?! ”

Maltz followed Arthur's point and saw some tiny crystals that were still melting, and the whole person was stunned.

Then, the sheriff looked at the carriage and then in the direction of the spring square, and blurted out.

"Pave the way with ice!

What a cunning guy! ”

The patrolmen looked at each other, their faces full of surprise.

Before that, none of them thought that they could pave the road with ice.

At this time, it is already autumn, after last night's rainstorm, the temperature in South Los dropped rapidly, and the ice paving road can be maintained for a short time, and when the sun rises, the temperature rises, and the ice melts, which is really unaware!

Unconsciously, the patrolmen cast admiring glances at their advisers.

The guy who was able to come up with such a ruse was amazing.

But their advisers, who saw through this trick at a glance, were obviously more powerful.

Arthur maintained an indifferent appearance under the gaze of everyone, for him standing on the shoulders of giants, this was really a routine operation, Arthur thought that there was no need to care at all.

But this kind of indifferent and indifferent appearance made the patrol officers more and more admired.

Because, if they see through such a ruse, they will be so excited that they will scream, and they want the whole world to know.

But what does this calmness of his own advisers say?

It shows that this kind of trickery, which seems to them to be very powerful, is not worth mentioning, and belongs to the one that can be completely ignored.

Yes, why do you need to care about an opponent who can see through it at a glance?

The patrolmen's gaze on Arthur changed again.

It is no longer just admiration, but admiration!

Arthur noticed the gaze, but he still didn't care, not that Arthur didn't enjoy the feeling of being watched with admiration.

It's a normal person, and you will enjoy this kind of gaze.

The reason why Arthur didn't care was just because now with the 'deduction' in his mind, there was a question that deserved more attention-

Someone brought the mannequin to the car for Truda, for sure.

Moreover, this man also arranged Truda in advance - alcohol, drugs, or even both, and a coachman would never refuse a 'free' drink.

is the only way to make Truda fall asleep and let the other party successfully move the humanoid model.

As for Truda, who 'overslept'?

The effect of the drug wears off, and the other party wakes up in a panic, and the other party thinks that he is going to be finished, but suddenly finds that the humanoid model is already in the car.

The other party was even more panicked, thinking that something strange had happened to him who had done something wrong, but he still chose to send the humanoid model back to Lilith and Vivian clothing stores first in order to eat.

That's for sure!

That's not what makes Arthur think!

What Arthur really thinks about is the timing of the 'Good Samaritan' who carried the humanoid model for Truda!

Paving the road with ice is a good idea, but with a lot of ice, it is impossible to pass through the spring square on a normal day.

You know, there used to be a whole team of heavily armed patrol officers there.

However, yesterday was different!

Yesterday this whole patrol team was killed by the attackers!

Although the manpower was replenished later, everyone's attention was more focused on 14 Shiratori Street - not only did it need to be cordoned off, but there were also many corpses that needed to be disposed of.

Because of this, the other party has the opportunity to pave the way with ice.

You can even use dirt to cover up the ice after you have finished laying it.

Then?

Naturally, in the name of Truda, he went to Linda openly in the early morning before dawn. Camille's family collar mannequins.

The unlit sky and some occlusion are enough for the other party to pass the level smoothly.

Linda. The servants of the Camille family would not care about such a trivial matter.

'Did the other party happen to meet yesterday's coincidence?' ’

'Or ......

Already known? ’

Arthur thought to himself, but instinctively leaned towards the second possibility.

Because, by coincidence, it's a bit too much of a coincidence!

The corpse may be kept fresh by low temperatures, which is also in line with the other party's trick of paving the road with ice, but what about the humanoid mannequin on the outside?

It can't be done in just a few hours, right?

The kind of hollowing out a solid wood mannequin and putting the corpse in it, and the right size...... It's definitely not something that can be done in a few hours.

It can only be prepared in advance!

'Did you slip through the net?'

What does this guy want to do? ’

Arthur squinted in thought, his gaze on Maltz.

"Tell Simon to go back and ask about Truda."

"Wine?!"

The sheriff was stunned for a moment, then thought of something, and after giving instructions to the patrolman on the side, he came to Arthur's side.

"Something to do with yesterday?"

The sheriff asked in a low voice.

"There is a high probability that it is related - otherwise, the grasp of this timing is the real prophet of the future...... And such people are generally called 'prophets' on the mystical side!

A 'prophet' would not be so troublesome if he wanted to kill.

There are many, many ways to make people disappear silently. ”

Arthur replied with a chuckle.

He was very sure that the murderer could not be a 'mysterious person'.

It's not that the 'mystery side' can't do anything like that.

It's that the 'mysterious side' is too easy to do similar things, and there is no need for such trouble, and with the style of the mysterious side, unless it is for rituals or the like, most of the time, it will kill the target in a more direct way, and destroy the corpse.

To put it simply, if the 'mysterious side' acts, it is not recognized as a murder in South Los .

Because, you can't even find the body!

At most, it is just characterized as missing!

"Why are you still here?

Is it endless?

Shouldn't the Earl take care of everything? ”

The sheriff muttered with a slight frown.

"Yes, the Earl has done everything, but it has been all that has been exposed—the old lion's financial adviser has given up all the shadows in order to attract the Earl's attention.

But who can guarantee that the financial adviser knows all the secrets? ”

Arthur reminded.

Immediately, the sheriff's eyes froze.

Since yesterday he 'saw' the real strength of his partner, he has been thinking about how to cooperate with his partner.

And now, when he looked at Arthur's smiling face again, he finally understood what his partner meant—

Their power structure is too homogeneous!

You can't put all your eggs in one basket!

It has to be multi-layered!

Even, it is completely possible to cultivate two seemingly opposing gangs, and at a critical moment, they can become sharp knives inserted into the enemy's chest.

Therefore, it is simply not enough to simply have the Shire District Police Station and Rat Street!

We must expand our power, the Duo District must be taken, not to mention, the docks should also have our people!

And also......

'Death Battalion'!

Maltz had in his mind the Seven Years' War-era 'death camp', and he didn't know how to train the 'death camp', let alone the rumored 'death camp potion', but an old friend of his knew.

The reclusive counterpart should still be alive, right?

Maltz wasn't sure, but he decided and wrote to the old friend in a moment.

Call!

The sheriff took a deep breath and bowed slightly to Arthur—

"Thanks for the reminder, I see."

(End of chapter)