Volume 1: The Winter of Halmar Chapter 176: The Morning of Silas
The sky was slightly bright, and the sun had not yet filled the earth.
Hoyle pushed open the wooden door, and the old leather jacket on his body was full of sewn marks, but for Halma, who was slightly warm, it was barely enough to withstand the cold.
With a slightly brisk step, humming a song from nowhere, and a shallow smile on his face, he walked towards the street he was familiar with.
"Evans said that there will be people coming to the church in the morning at the South End today, I wonder if Mr. Andu will be there?"
Suddenly my heart warmed, and the smile on the half-grown child's face became brighter.
A few minutes later, he came to a remote area called Hoyle, and found his friend as he wished.
Evans was also prepared early in the morning, planning to go to the place where the lecture was going early so that he could occupy a high position.
"You're too grinding!" Evans looked at the sky with dissatisfaction, but after a while, the sky, which had been a little overcast just a moment, was already shining a little sunlight.
Hoyle pouted and said displeasedly: "Then next time, you will go to me!"
Evans stepped forward and grabbed Hoyle, did not continue the topic, and instead smiled,
"I've heard that the lecture arranged by the church today may be distributed after it is over!
On Hoyle's little face, his big pretty eyes flickered, and his throat swelled.
"Then let's hurry up!
Evans nodded happily, and with Hoyle, two figures, one large and one small, quickly left the area.
Not far away, in a private house where the two passed, only ten minutes after the two left, a man with deep-set eyes and a blank face walked out from within.
If Hoyle and Evans hadn't gone far and witnessed this scene, they would definitely have a trace of doubt.
Because this man was a stranger to the two of them, and the house he walked out of should have been inhabited by a middle-aged widow who was quite beautiful, and they could often see some familiar neighbors who would visit her in the evening......
The man with dull eyes and a wooden expression, his body was slightly stiff, and he walked step by step in the direction that was completely opposite to the two just now.
And in the widow's house, a corpse was quietly hidden in the closet in the bedroom, the corpse had long since decomposed, and a large number of white maggots roamed her corpse, apparently multiplying for many days......
The same scene took place in various parts of the Sinchel community, one after another with wooden expressions and dull expressions, converging in one direction, and at this dawn ten minutes, without attracting any attention.
......
At the same time, the Galway community.
Silas, the former gatekeeper, walked out of a villa in gorgeous clothes, and a green glow flashed in his eyes, which was fleeting.
Then, the old gentleman, who had many physical problems and some mobility problems, held a cane in his hand and walked slowly and leisurely towards the downtown area.
Along the way, because of his gorgeous dress, many citizens who came out of the stall early or rushed to the pier couldn't help but cast curious eyes, and many early vendors shouted at him.
However, often this scene does not last long, and Silas's unmoved posture and serious face quickly express his current state to the people around him.
Well, it's like you're about to have a big negotiation, that feeling.
He walked all the way, and the route was nothing special, except that if Andu was here, he would immediately notice a problem.
Silas didn't just pass by the area he once lived in.
- MacDonald Apartments.
Despite some strange cases, for many poor families, the danger is not a reason for them to spend "huge sums of money" to change their residence, so there are still many residents living here.
This inevitably happened, like the scene in Galway before, and Silas once again attracted a lot of attention.
And this time, he didn't turn around and left, but came to the downstairs of the apartment where Andu used to be, ordered gruel for a night, and looked at the apartment from time to time.
In my memory, this was supposed to be Andu's residence.
Unbeknownst to Silas, Andu had moved out of here, he slowly finished his gruel, followed his memory, and walked to the apartment, intending to meet the few people who cared about him.
Knock knock!
After a slight knock on the door, a middle-aged man with a haggard face opened the door, which made Silas slightly stunned.
"Who are you looking for, sir?"
The middle-aged man took a look at the gorgeously dressed old man in front of him, and his originally lazy attitude immediately took on a hint of respect.
Silas thought for a moment, and finally said in a hoarse voice, "I want to find Andu." ”
The man paused for a moment, then seemed to remember something, and said with an ugly face,
"That's the previous head of the household, and he has moved away a long time ago!"
After saying that, the middle-aged man didn't think about it, and closed the door fiercely, his face was full of sweat after being frightened!
After moving here for more than half a month, he has not heard much about the previous household, and most of them are about that case!
"I heard that the head of the household named Andu attracted some unclean things and caused a murder, and I don't know if it's really ......"
The man thought of it with fear in his heart, and felt more and more that the old man just now looked a little infiltrating!
With this in mind, he quietly opened the cat's eye on the door, but saw only the empty corridor......
Silas's expression was a little strange, it seemed to be a little reluctant and regretful, but also a little happy and satisfied.
Unable to find Andu, he walked down the street again, and passed several places that Andu was familiar with, such as the ruins of the old locust tree, and the orphanage where Pete once lived.
Not only Pete, but now Pollit, Arnold and others in Andu Villa have all lived in this orphanage.
However, Silas had little interest in these places, and walked all the way with a clear goal under his feet.
Soon, he came to an apartment not far from the downtown area, and at the same time, he would inevitably pass by.
Bouman Apartments.
Gently lifting his cane, he moved a little unskillfully, and began something he hadn't done in years.
Climb stairs.
For him, who had suffered a serious injury to his lower back and abdomen, climbing the stairs was something he had to stop and could not complete, and his broken body could not have done it.
But today, Silas, who changed into a gorgeous formal suit, seemed to be a new person, and although his movements were a little laborious, he didn't encounter any trouble, and easily came to the second floor.
Came to the door of an apartment that many people have been visiting recently.
The room was very quiet, and Silas stood in front of the door, tidied up his clothes a little, and then slowly stretched out his right hand with satisfaction.
The right hand, which had only a layer of skin wrapped around the bones, knocked on the door for the second time today.
Knock knock!
There was silence inside the door, followed by the sound of a sneer.
He didn't have to wait long before the door creaked and opened quietly.
Silas casually glanced at the furnishings in the room, and walked in after Harlan without saying a word.
Seems a little slippery underfoot?
Silas lowered his head, the slimy liquid flowing slowly, causing him to make an uncontrollable "chirp" sound.
Raising his head, he only frowned slightly, as if he was a little dissatisfied, and the new leather shoes he wore out for the first time today were stained.
"Have you started?"
Hart opened his mouth and said, picking up the cup next to him and taking a sip.
Silas nodded, turned his head to look at the man who was hanging on the wall, and said dissatisfiedly,
"Why don't you deal with him?"
Hart wiped the unknown black liquid that slipped from the corner of his mouth, and smiled happily,
"I haven't seen a living person in a long time. ”
Silas found a slightly cleaner chair, took a tattered coat from the couch on the other side, and placed it on it, before slowly sitting down and continuing to look at Hart.
"Is there anything else you need to prepare?"
Hart shook his head, scratched his itchy chest, and said with some irritation,
"It's getting more and more stuffy lately. ”
Hart said disgruntled words, but his body stood up, his right hand still scratching his chest, and his eyes looked at the man who was pinned to the wall.
Watching Chad, whose hands and feet were nailed to death and hung from the wall, Hart suddenly let out a cry of satisfaction.
"Behold, such a beautiful masterpiece!"
Hart's heart was excited, and the joy and satisfaction in his heart made the itching in his chest worse and worse, and he had to scratch harder.
The not-so-smooth skin showed blood-red scratches under the scratching of his not-so-sharp nails, and as he pushed harder, the flesh began to crack, and the red blood flowed slowly down the pajamas on his chest.
But Hart didn't seem satisfied, especially after seeing Silas's disdainful gaze, the landlord, who had been "alone" for a long time, roared violently.
"Ho!"
He suddenly picked up the overturned lantern on the ground, and tore the frame apart, leaving only the grip of his hand, and stabbed it at Chad's on the wall.
For a moment, blood overflowed, blending with the slimy unknown liquid on the ground.
Hart was as excited as if he had seen a naked woman for the first time in his life, his eyes glowing green, and his hands were getting harder and harder.
The scratching right hand kept tearing off pieces of his own flesh and skin, and his left hand stabbed at the handle of Chade, and immediately followed with a fierce churn.
In his blurred consciousness, there was a sudden pain in his lower abdomen, and he wanted to scream, but the shock caused by excessive blood loss only made him open his tired eyelids slightly.
There was a mess in front of him, and the whole room was shrouded in a layer of slippery black liquid.
The landlord Hart waved his left hand frantically, stirring in his lower abdomen, and he almost fainted.
The confusion of consciousness and endless pain made Cha's consciousness more and more blurry after the labor pain, and the last scene left in front of him was Hart's distorted face.
Only half a human face remains, a face that is constantly flowing with black liquid.
In front of us, it is no longer a human world.