Chapter 122: Target Building (Ask for Recommendation Votes on Monday)
No. 2 Daffodil Street, in the living room dyed with dusk colors.
With his back to the bay window, Klein said to Frye and Leonard:
"I saw in my dream a gray-blue two-story house, with all the windows on the first floor closed and curtains closed, and the dirt around it was black and brown for several meters, not a single grass or flower had grown, and it had a dilapidated and gloomy garden, as it often did in ghost stories. ”
"The only symbol that identifies its location is a river not far from it, a wider river. ”
"This could be the Tasok River, or it could be the Hoy River, and we can only find it by means of investigation, and hopefully it will be too late. ”
The Tasok River is the largest river in the Kingdom of Rune, originating in the Minlminsk Mountains in the northwest, flowing all the way to the southeast, passing through the counties of Jianhai and Akhova, passing through the capital Beckland, and entering the sea near the port of Pritz.
It meets the city of Tingen in the southwest corner of the West End and the docks south of the South End, while the Hoy River originates in the York Hill to the north and flows through the University District on the outskirts of the East End before joining the Tasok River.
These are the two main rivers around Tingen, the others can only be called small streams, and do not have a wide water surface.
After listening to Klein's statement, Frye, who was pale-skinned and cold-tempered, nodded slightly, agreeing with the other party's idea.
In the absence of other clues, investigation is the only effective means!
At this moment, Leonard said with a smile:
"Maybe we can narrow down where the target is. ”
"How do you shrink?" Crane asked, holding a silver pocket watch with a twig arabesque, frowning.
Leonard laughed and said:
"For such a planned and purposeful offender, the initial target will definitely be far away from the area where the altar is located, which stems from the instinct for safety. ”
"When there are no more 'checkmates' left in other areas and the difficulty of finding them increases, he will not consider the vicinity. ”
"So, we should go through the data again and sift out areas where the number of deaths was normal at the beginning and has risen rapidly in the past few days. ”
Klein's eyes lit up when he heard this:
"Awesome reasoning!"
At the same time, he lamented in his heart: "I really don't have the talent to be a detective!"
Frye nodded, picked up the materials on the coffee table, and began to flip through them again.
After a few minutes, he said in a deep voice:
"There are indeed such areas, and there is only one. ”
"Which district?" Klein blurted out.
Frye handed the thick information to Leonard beside him, and pursed his thin lips:
"West End. ”
Klein clenched his fist and immediately proposed:
"Then let's go check the southwest corner of the West District first, that area is not big!"
"I agree. Leonard raised the information in his hand and echoed it very easily, as if he were not the one who had given the narrowing advice he had just given.
............
The light two-wheeled carriage drove slowly along the slightly muddy and dirty roads, and not far away a wide river was tinted with the setting sun.
Crane and Frye looked out from the windows on either side, examining house after house, the emphasis on gray-blue, the dilapidated garden, and if they could see it, to see if the curtains on the first floor were all drawn.
Leonard sat in his place with his back to the wall, humming a local tune.
The dim scenery swept back one by one, and out of the corner of Klein's eye, he suddenly swept to a gray-blue two-story building.
In front of the small building, there was a garden that gave a sense of decay and gloom.
"Found it!" Crane said, in a suppressed voice.
Before he could finish speaking, Fry and Leonard squeezed over at the same time, looking into the distance, as fast as if there was no gap.
As the carriage drew closer to the house, the sight of the first floor, all of which had been pulled in with dark curtains, appeared in the eyes of the three night watchmen.
There was no need to do a divination to confirm it, Crane was completely sure that this was the house he had seen in his dream, and this was where the Altar of Evil was located!
Neither he, nor Leonard nor Frye, immediately stopped the carriage, and allowed the coachman to continue to steer his way, past the target, away from the target, as if passing by.
When he turned back and couldn't see the building anymore, Leonard called out to the coachman and told him to stop the carriage.
"Crane, you take this carriage back to Zotland Street, and replace the captain to help. Leonard snapped his fingers and looked at his teammates with a grin.
This is because you think I'm a rookie, shouldn't I be involved in such a dangerous thing? This guy is still a good person...... Klein was stunned for a moment, then understood what Leonard meant.
Frye echoed and nodded:
"You've just started martial arts, and you're a support class. ”
"I know, and the guy who can make so many deaths to perform the ritual is definitely not easy to deal with, only the captain can make things less terrible......" Crane took a breath and sensibly agreed.
Then, he looked at Leonard, then at Fry, squeezed out a smile and said:
"Be careful. ”
"Don't worry, I value my life, we will only monitor and will not approach until the captain arrives. Leonard chuckled.
Frye didn't say anything, just lifted the suitcase.
Klein was silent for a few seconds, then took out a copper penny and said:
"I'll do a divination for you. ”
He silently muttered, "Things will end well here," and popped the coin upwards as his eyes deepened.
While!
The coin flipped up, rolled and fell, and landed firmly in Crane's palm.
Crane opened his eyes and saw that it was the king's head facing upwards, and he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
"It's just a vague symbol, there are other interpretations, and the most important thing is always to be careful and cautious. He said to Frye and Leonard in the manner of a soothsayer.
Leonard had already turned around, and when he heard this, he waved his hand and jumped out of the carriage and said:
"Verbosity like my eighty-year-old grandmother......"
Frye nodded earnestly and walked down with his suitcase.
Seeing the two teammates move towards the target house, Klein touched the revolver in the pouch under his armpit and said to the driver:
"Zotland Street. ”
The coachman, who had been hired in the way of time, had no opinion and let the horses step again.
............
36 Zotland Street.
By the time Klein entered Blackthorn Security, Rosan, Mrs. Oriana, and the others had already left work, and the place was unusually deserted and dim.
Dunn, dressed in a black trench coat, sat on the sofa in the reception area, without gaslighting, and seemed to blend into the lightless area.
"Found a clue?" he said in a mellow voice, startling Crane, who was looking to see where the captain was.
Klein turned quickly, looked at Dunn's gray eyes and said:
"Yes, we ......"
He quickly recounted Leonard's "bold guesses", his own divination confirmation, and the subsequent on-the-spot investigation.
As for Leonard's faith, as for the particularity he has elaborated, it is naturally an unimportant matter.
Dunn interjected from time to time, and when it was over, he abruptly stood up and walked to the door.
"I almost forgot, you stayed here to be prepared. As he was about to go downstairs, he turned around and admonished.
"Okay. Klein nodded solemnly.
At this moment, except for Kornley, who was on duty at Chanis Gate, the other night watchmen were busy outside.
Dunn Smith stomped down a few flights of stairs, then suddenly paused again, and said to Klein, who was in the doorway, while putting on his hat:
"You lock the door and follow me along, heh, this is not for you to participate in the battle, one is to feel the atmosphere, and the other is that you may need the assistance of ritual magic during the final search and inspection, remember, you must be at least fifty meters away from us before the matter is over, and you must not go near that house!"
Klein was stunned for a moment, nodded vigorously, and said:
"Okay!"
............
The sun had completely set below the horizon, and the rushing Tasok River was deep and dark.
Dark clouds obscured the crimson moon, making the two-story gray-blue house look like a monster hiding in the shadows.
The garden in front of the small building was extremely quiet, there was no sound coming out, it seemed that there were no reptiles, and there was no life.
Crane looked at such a scene, his palms sweating, and his body trembling.
He felt that there were countless terrible things hidden there, waiting, waiting for a bloody feast.
Under his watch, Dunn, Leonard, and Fry, who had almost melted into the darkness, cautiously approached the target building.
............
Gray-blue house on the second floor, no lights in the bedroom.
A young woman with a round face and a gentle and sweet face is sitting at a dresser, studying "complex" skin care in the dim starlight.
Next to her right hand was a silver mirror, the surface of which was so rough that it barely showed a human figure.
Suddenly, a bloody trail appeared on the silver mirror.
The gentle and sweet Trissy's expression immediately sank, and she stood up, walked to the window, and looked out in silence.
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