Chapter 9 Searching for Secrets
After breakfast, Rick saw a bulletin board near the fountain, and it was almost bright enough to see what was on it, so he took a closer look.
There are a lot of beautifully printed and typeset advertisements, new fitness centers, body shaping centers, beauty clinics, and so on. Rick also found an annual income tax advocacy poster. He looked at the above regulations on the minimum annual income that must be taxed, and found that he did not have to pay a dime. Not knowing Weishenme, he had an unpleasant feeling of being slighted.
The largest section of the bulletin board is the police announcement.
One is a collection of photos of girls with some color shifts, and each person's name is written under the photo, the date and place of disappearance, and the public is asked to contact the police station immediately if they have any information about their whereabouts. There is a handwritten red slip next to it, it seems that the budget of the police department is not enough, and it cannot afford to hire a designer. Xi Ke really likes the calligraphy of the policeman, and he is very imposing. The red slip said that a number of women had gone missing recently, and there was also information about sightings of huge monsters, and asked the public not to go out at night. Rick thought about the hours of operation posted on the doors of the boutiques down the street, and it would be difficult unless they were all closed.
Rick turned back to the photo gallery. The girls in the photo are still very young, all around seventeen years old. They looked at the camera with a happy smile, posed with popular gestures and expressions, and took beautiful pictures, and no one expected those photos to be exposed in this form.
They all disappeared late at night. Xi Ke didn't know that they were still roaming the streets so late, and judging from their expensive trinkets and carefree faces, they definitely didn't stay awake in the middle of the night just to work the night shift. Although it is possible for a young man of this age to be a runaway with one by one, it is written that they left something necessary as a human being at the scene of the disappearance, which shows that this is not the case. Shoes, scarves, earrings, and makeup bags are all normal, but there must be something wrong with someone dropping their skirts on the spot.
The monster features written on the red sheet resemble a humanoid, with a ring of hair on the neck, dark skin, possibly gray or dark brown, and the ability to stand on its hind legs. No matter how you look at it, it's all about magic, it's not a new breed of magical beast, or a magical creature made by a mage.
It turns out that perverted mages who like to find young girls as spell materials are everywhere, not only in the Night Order. One of the fundamental concepts of Potions is that all materials can be replaced with other materials, and that Potions formulations are far more elastic than scientific substance formulations. Of course, the material of the human body can also be replaced with something else, as long as it is properly arranged, the effect will not be relatively bad. According to Rick, there is really no reason to use human materials illegally in a civilized society.
What's more, in his experience, the corpse parts of young women are not more useful at all. Personally, he prefers the blood of strong men, as it does not have to be killed, and the supply is less likely to be cut off...... Xi Ke hurriedly rubbed his face, he had made the same mistake again.
Rick came to the conclusion that because he had to sleep at night to cope with the next day's work, what happened to this monster and these girls had nothing to do with him.
At that moment, Rick heard the squeaky of girls behind him, and they whispered, "That man is terrible, he's looking at that list." "Didn't he do it?" Didn't you hear that the prisoner would come back to see what he had done?"
Rick turned, pulled his hands to the sides of his cheeks, stuck out his tongue and grimaced, and then strode away from the scene as the girls watched in amazement.
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After the sun had fully risen, Xi Ke reported to work in a good time. He didn't find Hana in the break room, but a group of five servants were busy in and out with cleaning utensils. Looking at the way they rummaged through the cabinets, Xi Ke thought that Hana's funeral expenses had been discovered by the master, and they used the excuse of cleaning to search for evidence, but looking at the way they put it back as it was after flipping it out, it didn't seem to be.
Finding that the conductor was Varu, he was standing by the wall and instructing the others to "let nothing go undone," so he went up to talk.
Rick asked, "Where's Hana?"
Varu had a metal plate in his hand, and he was watching it intently, but when he saw Syk coming, he pretended that the plate was not important, and put it down, "Didn't she tell you? Varu raised an eyebrow at Rick. Xi Ke could tell at a glance that the plate was a very sunny induction plate, a magic prop used by laymen to find things.
So Xi Ke has nothing to do today, can he just take it as a leave? What if Hana comes back and says that he won't pay today's salary? He went around the studio and found that the potion he made had disappeared, and Hana probably finished a few steps and then took it and used it. Hopefully the pot wasn't ruined by her.
Sick returned to the lounge, sat down on Hana's chaise longue, and said loudly, "Watch out for that book, watch out for that bottle, mage's things can't be touched, many of them have spells on them, they can explode!"
As soon as Xi Ke said this, the servants were so frightened that they withdrew their hands and did not dare to touch them again.
Only then did he smile and ask, "Do you need my help?"
The way Varu gritted his teeth made Syk feel that although he didn't get to work in the lounge, it was worth it.
"There's only romance here!" Waru growled.
"How do you know so well?
Varu clenched his hands into fists, trembling slightly. Xi Ke looked very happy, and crossed Erlang's legs.
After about ten seconds, Varu stepped forward and grabbed Rick's wide sleeve. Vic became vigilant, thinking that Varu was going to fight him, but Varu just pulled out a piece of paper and showed it to Sick.
"Have you seen anything on it in the studio?" asked Valu.
Xi Ke looked at it, and it was a receipt that he was familiar with. The items listed above were not the same as the one Rick had found, but they were all similarly priced, and there were a lot of expensive equipment that he hadn't seen. Hana was really careless, and the evidence of the crime was thrown everywhere.
Tick kept the above items in mind and said, "I won't tell you. 」
"You-" Varu was probably going to beat up Rick this time, and his fists were raised. But Varu's success in suppressing his anger may have something to do with the fact that Syk had easily subdued him before.
Varu lowered his voice and said, "You might think that I was jealous of Hanna's status and wanted to replace her in these little acts, but I am not. At this point, Varu stopped, seemingly hesitant to tell the key information to Syck.
Rick definitely didn't think so. He knew very well that anyone who wanted to kick Hana out of this place must have a very valid reason. He noticed that there was sweet grass on the receipt, and there was still a lot of purchase, and of course the price was flat.
Xi Ke shook his head and said, "Hana is my boss after all, if you want me to help fix her, of course you have to give me a good reason. 」
Varu was still silent, his eyebrows drooping.
"I thought you knew how annoying Hana was. Do you really think it's possible for her to be loyal to anyone? All who know her will be determined to betray her. 」
Varu didn't speak, apparently considering whether what Rick said was trustworthy. Rick didn't want to feel that way, but he might really look like Hanna's kind.
After a while, Varu spoke, "If Hana had these things, this place would be in danger. 」
"That's good. Nick accidentally spoke the truth.
Varu glared at Syk, "This room could blow up. 」
"I don't care. Nick accidentally told the truth again.
This time, Varu didn't even bother to stare at Xik, because Varu was the same: "I don't care if this house is blown up or not, it's better if this kind of place is destroyed. What I care about is that the young lady will be in danger. Valu's attitude softened, and he began to treat Xike as a partner a little, and released kindness: "Miss said that you can trust Xiao Horn, and I hope you are the same. 」
"Someone said I still had a sense of justice. I haven't seen the things on this list, the materials or the equipment. Nick pulled out the receipt he found in his studio, "I still have this one, and I don't see the equipment on this one. Although Hana is very poor, I know that she has the ability to set up secret doors. Probably hiding somewhere else. Hanna's secret door in the studio, which Rick didn't find when she cleaned it, meant that there was at least a normal level of hidden spells on it.
Varu looked at Syck's receipt and sighed, "Xiexie. He asked the others to restore everything, and then he led the servant away.
Wick sat on a recliner and watched the whole process. After they left, Rick flattened the recess in the recliner and rushed out of the lounge to the street to find the Magic Booth.
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Xi Ke rushed into the Magic Word Pavilion and dialed the magic word to the Mage Practice Bureau.
As soon as the magic word was connected, Xi Ke said, "I'm Xi-" The person on the other end of the magic word let out a high-frequency scream. Nick stepped back slightly, away from the bell to listen to her call. The screams continued for thirty seconds, with no lack of breath or vocal cord fatigue, one note from beginning to end.
The screams stopped as the Director took the words, "Why are you so idle, harassing our staff for two days in a row?" The Director said with a slurp and seemed to be eating noodles.
"My boss isn't home today. After saying that, Xi Ke began to roar: "Lord Chief, explain it now, what is wrong with this job, and Weishenme will be reduced to your assignment?"
"What's wrong with this - it's just that young people nowadays love face, they don't want to be assistants, they just want to be developers. There's no particular reason for that. 」
Judging from the fact that the director worked so hard to appease Xi Ke, this job is really very problematic.
"You'd better tell the truth, or I'll go to Serian to complain about you!"
The country's public institutions are known for their superb kicking skills, and no matter what kind of complaint they are subjected to, they can pluck out their ears and kick the ball at the same time, except when they encounter the Knights. The knight is very persistent in his mission objectives and likes to call for backup. If the knight's complaint is ignored, they will not only take turns in the shift to fight the devil endlessly, repeatedly complain about paralyzing the unit's business, and in serious cases, they may also drive the whole team of knights downstairs to the target unit, kicking and discharging the word "complaint" while kicking the right step.
Xike's threat worked, and there was a small "pit" sound from the other side of the bell, and the chief put down the noodle bowl and said, "Okay, calm down. I'll tell you what's going on. There was a problem with the records in that place, there had been a big explosion before, caused by a failed spell. 」
"What's so strange about that?" said Rick. Mages have the experience of blowing up their homes at least once in their lives so that they can see the stars at night. The Big Bang is a part of life for mages.
"It's not unusual to be bombed. The area of land that has been blown up by mages in our country is probably larger than the area of farmland that farmers turn over every year. However, it is rare for a single explosion to cause a hole 500 meters wide and 120 meters deep, and the contents of the house fly several kilometers away. 」
Nick was speechless. Such a huge explosion must contain a lot of energy. Those energies may have permanently altered the original energy of the land. A site like this that has been "polluted" by spells will cause unpredictable changes in the spells cast there, which is taboo in modern spells and is generally avoided.
"What kind of spell did you experiment to get like this?" asked Xi Ke. To blow up like this, ordinary researchers can't do it.
"The Staff of Light wants to know the answer too. The current landowners are not cooperative, and it seems that they have asked the Knights for help, but there is no new information. Now you know that weishenme is not popular there?"
"Hmm. Xi Ke was stunned and responded.
"That's it. I wish you a speedy promotion. After the chief finished speaking, he hung up the devil's words.
Xi Ke didn't even have the heart to comment on the phrase "early promotion". His head went blank. It was a polluted land, so the spell energy would always be disturbed, but what was the matter with that big emitter in the middle of the night? This is the reason for the human head Diku grass, and the little horn will die?How much do Varu and Miss Gino know about these things? What are they going to do?
What is the unexploded ordnance that is now hidden deep in the house?
Xi Ke couldn't think of an answer, there were too few clues. He walked out of the Magic Booth and went to the hot water fountain, much like a nomad washing his face with the water from the fountain. He wiped his face dry with his sleeve, which froze all at once, and he crushed the ice as he thought.
He still couldn't think of an answer. Through the water and heat of the fountain, he saw on the other side of the street a figure he knew very well walked by, all dressed in fancy and conspicuous costumes, so that he could still see them from so far away. The two men disappeared all at once. Rick couldn't help but wonder if he was too shocked and hallucinating.