old dream

Chapter 323 questioning, informant

A single room of less than fifteen square meters, stuffed with a stove and a huge dining table, obviously no one has lived in it for a few days, but it is still smoky and dimly lit.There were two greasy towels on the unclean bathtub, and not far away were two narrow iron bedsteads, which were divided into upper and lower layers, covered with futons whose colors could no longer be seen clearly.

This room is too crowded, and it seems to have the smell of a prison cell, giving people a very dull feeling.

Before seeing it with his own eyes, Colin never thought that the scene of the incident would be so small.After all, there were seven Woodlanders living here together, including a high priest of Gaelu, or at least used to be.

Two Ninth Bureau detectives were already here, a man and a woman, still in uniform, but Colin knew they were actually agents from the theater.

They weren't surprised to see outsiders coming in, but they didn't make any other expressions right away.The man, wearing white gloves, is cautiously recovering from the remains of the deceased the detector that had been placed days before.The woman stood idly aside. She was petite and mysteriously covered her face with the brim of her hat and top collar, revealing only a pair of eyes.

The man gave Colin a sense of familiarity.He glanced at the only window in the room, because he thought of the puppet hidden not far away.

"Oh, here you are."

While inserting a few carbon rod-shaped detectors into the leather bag on his waist, the male police detective greeted them as if he had just noticed them:

"Just don't take out the things in this room, just look at the rest."

"Aren't you going to share some information?" Rui looked at the purse on his waist, grinned and said, "In two weeks, you've dug up almost everything you can."

"Of course you can access the data we have accumulated, but I personally don't think it is necessary because we are dealing with different problems."

The man said as he approached Rui and Colin, and while lighting the cigar in his mouth, he casually took out an old photo from his body.

Colin took a look at the photo. It was a young man with a foreign face. The photo was taken on a bridge next to the ferry, perhaps not long after disembarking.Colin is no stranger to this kind of face, because Benedict, who handles his accounts at the Stade Agency, also has the appearance of this middle-land west coast country.And on their faces, there are also expectations for life in a foreign land.

Although the two people's later circumstances were probably two completely different extremes.

"The seven woodlanders didn't all die here, one of them escaped, or never came back," said the man:

"Then you just need to find him, and this investigation will be over."

"Did he do what happened in this room?" Colin said, looking at the blood left on the dining table.

On the night of the accident, there must have been someone who could only sleep with their legs curled up on this dining table, or even more than one person.They were killed directly on the table, so there was such a large area of ​​blood stains left here.

"No, no one thinks that way," said the man.

"Woodland people seldom use such extreme methods. For them, the time to stay in this strange world is limited. So everything is not unbearable. After all, what can I return to after death?" He thought for a while and laughed. Say:
"The Land of Forever Young?"

"The higher-ups just think he needs protection." The man went on to say, "And in such a situation, even if it's a woodlander, it's hard for us to be sure what he will do."

"Are you sure he's not?" Colin turned his head, looked at the man and said:
"You already know who the murderer is."

The man smacked his lips, and because of Colin's sharpness, he looked away a little depressed.

"This area is within the scope of the narrative device." Colin looked at the carbon rod in the man's leather bag, and continued without haste:
"You've found remnants of witchcraft, down to the smallest detail, so you knew the answer before you pretended to investigate. Tell me—"

"Who, why, did such a thing." He raised the photo in his hand and asked the man:

"Is that dangerous murderer looking for the last survivor?"

"No comment." The woman on the side suddenly said annoyed.

"Don't ask about the murderer anymore... The death of the woodland man is just a single incident, but the murderer is related to other things." The man gritted his teeth and said:

"The affairs of that person are internal affairs, so we are not obliged to disclose this part to you."

Colin smiled, because he realized how embarrassing the other party's situation was, and how contradictory and full of loopholes his wording was.He wanted to continue to say something, but was stopped by Rui on the side:
"If this matter is the principality's internal affairs, then we will not ask too much." He said with a smile.

This was logically unreasonable, so Rui took the initiative to back down a step.The man was obviously relieved, and he quickly looked back at the woman behind him.

"In this case." He turned his head and said:
"Afterwards, someone will send a copy of the dossier to your ministry, and we will share new developments as much as possible."

"Yes." Rui reached out and shook hands with him:

"I wish you a happy cooperation."

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When he left the scene and walked in the alley with Rui, Colin was still thinking about what happened in that room.

Not everything on the site is so dirty. In the northeast corner, there is only a small table that is clean.There are many rings made of hard rattan and necklaces made of these rings scattered on it.There are also some small copper decorations, such as the Metropolitan Theater and the model of the covenant building in Baidu.

This should be their commodity, but it's hard to imagine that the priest who was originally isolated and hidden in the forest clearing made a living by selling these small items in Danaro.

That being the case, why did they need to come to the distant alliance?

What did the mysterious man who killed the six of them want to get from the woodland priest?

"Why did you stop me just now?" Colin asked Rui:

"I don't want to get involved in one thing so vaguely."

"Because there's no point prodding them about it," Ruy said:

"If you want to know who the murderer is, I can tell you."

Colin's eyelids twitched:

"You already know?"

"This morning, I just received a report from the 'Magician'. The content is the detailed information in the hands of the theater."

It's this magician again, really pervasive and ubiquitous, as his name suggests.

Seemingly knowing what Colin wanted to ask, Rui explained directly:
"'Magician'... I only know that he is a high-ranking official in Danaro, and he has been dealing with us since the investigation department settled here."

"Of course." Ruy continued:
"No one knows his identity except the commander-in-chief."

(End of this chapter)