book of old days

Chapter 32 Cthulhu Fatan

Olivier observed the badge carefully. It seemed that it was left on purpose. Of course, it is also possible that the little Lanster tore it from the opponent's body and put it here secretly during the fight, but this possibility is unlikely.

In any case, this badge is undoubtedly an important clue.

It can be seen that the owner of this badge is a person with poor hygienic habits. There is dark brown dirt in the gaps between the patterns of the badge, and the surface of the badge is polished to a shiny surface. It seems that it should be worn frequently, so it is very Possibly a current professor at Swordsman University.

Olivier summed up the information obtained by deduction, and then he immediately asked Charles to investigate whether any professors at the University of Jianburg had left the school in the recent period.

The reason is simple, if this person kidnapped little Lancet and found that his badge was missing, then he would probably choose to run away.

The investigation will soon have results.

"Three professors have been absent recently." The vice principal who was in charge of receiving the two said slowly.

"Sean Forrester, a professor of the Department of Literature, took leave half a month ago to attend a funeral, and has not returned to the school to report.

Alhaz Ryder, professor of folklore, has not been in class for seven days.

Spark Reilly, professor of mathematics, had called in sick three days earlier with a cold. "

"Sean Forrest? That writer?" Olivier was a little surprised.

"Yes, he teaches in the Department of Literature at the University of Swordsman."

Olivier thought for a moment, and immediately ruled out Sean Forrest and Spark Reilly. The former was still young when he left Sword Castle to attend the funeral, while the latter was a sick The sick old man, according to the information provided by Jianbao, is over 60 years old, and it is unlikely that he has the ability to kidnap little Lancet.

All that remains is Alhaz Ryder, whose disappearance coincides with the abduction of young Lancet.

However, he decided to investigate one by one.

"Shawn Forrest, whose funeral is he going to?"

"His grandfather's, I think he might not plan to come back at all, his grandfather was a baron, and he might have left him a large inheritance, and I've heard Sean say that he has always wanted to do it business, investment property or something.”

"It's a pity, otherwise I could still ask for an autograph." Olivier said regretfully, "Then what about Alhaz Ryder, what does he do?"

"He's a professor of folklore. I don't know much about him. In fact, no one can understand what those foreigners think."

"Is he a stranger?"

"Yes, he is from Surander and was hired as a professor by the previous headmaster some years ago."

The Suranders had no reputation in Brighton as thieves, swindlers, astrologers, or dealers in fake antiques.

Olivier thought that he was not so easily influenced by prejudice, but from all the signs, Alhaz was undoubtedly the most suspicious.

"And what about Professor Spark? Does he have any hobbies or habits for studying the occult?"

Just as the vice principal was about to speak, a teaching assistant rushed over and underestimated a few words in his ear.

"Mr. Detective, it seems that you don't need to bother to investigate Professor Spark. He died in the hospital bed last night. Although the doctors tried their best to rescue him, unfortunately, they still failed to save him from death. .”

Olivier nodded, "From this point of view, Alhaz is the biggest suspect. Let's go and see where he lives."

Ten minutes later, a group of people arrived outside Alhaz's residence.

The doors and windows were closed tightly, and the curtains were tightly drawn. No matter how you looked at it, it looked suspicious.

Clanging, Charles knocked on the door, but there was no movement. He waved at the two police officers behind him, and they immediately went up and started banging on the door.

After some hard work, the door was knocked open with a bang, and a group of people rushed into the room. Olivier glanced at the room, and almost immediately noticed the weirdness here.

He has seen the homes left by the fugitives, and this place is exactly in line with his impression. The worthless things are thrown all over the ground. Obviously, the owner of the house doesn't care about these anymore. Usually the fugitives only bring the most important things, and Valuable property, Olivier knew without looking at it. Cash, stocks, and gold and silver products were definitely not left behind, but perhaps some clues could be found from the remaining things.

In the studio on the second floor, they found something unexpected.

"Be rational, what the hell is this?" Several police officers looked at the painting on the easel in horror. It was a gloomy painting. The horrible monster in the painting was like an evil existence that appeared in the deepest nightmare of human beings. , is completely irrational.

The monster vaguely has a human outline, but it has a head like an octopus with many tentacles, a body like jelly covered with scales, with huge claws, and a pair of long and narrow wings behind it. Bloated and obese body. Drenched with mucus, the huge green body staggered in the sea...

There is also a line of words under the painting, 'The great Cthulhu Fatan is about to awaken. '

Charles was startled and angry. Even if this Alhaz was not a kidnapper, he must be a lunatic, no, a cultist.

He hastened to call for more men to search the house thoroughly.

As the police searched hard, more and more evidence was found from every corner of the house.

A constable finds a heavily redacted prayer, and Charles shudders just looking at the wicked words.

There is also a diary (if Sean read it, he can probably recognize that it is an autobiographical short story), which details the process of Alhaz finding the statue of Cthulhu and the ruins of the old days at sea.

In this diary, he called himself Abdullah. Obviously, this should be his real name, and Alhaz was just a means of deception.

Olivier also saw the prayer, and even recited a few lines silently.

[I finally found it, the great Cthulhu, sleeping in R'lyeh under the abyss, the old ruler will return, Cthulhu Fatan is waiting for the dream, the eternal sleep is not the dead, The great Cthulhufatan is about to awaken...]

Olivier shuddered involuntarily, and he glanced at the painting again, imagining the huge shambling monster waking up from the sea...

"Look at this sheriff." Another policeman made a discovery.

Those are a few gems.

Charles immediately asserted that these gems must have been set in the little Lanster sword before.

Olivier agreed with this very much. At this time, everything became clear. Alhaz must have kidnapped the little Lancet for some evil purpose. As for what it was for, it is not yet known. I know, but it's definitely not for money. Maybe Alhaz possesses some kind of sorcery, which was probably bestowed on him by his evil master. It was with this ability that he kidnapped little Lance special.

(End of this chapter)