book of old days

Chapter 33 Nothing Happened
Immediately afterwards, another policeman found bloodstains in the basement.

Olivier and Charles hurried to the entrance of the basement, and Olivier saw several muddy footprints on the carpet.

"Charles," has it rained in Sword Castle in recent days?
Charles shook his head, "No, the weather has been pretty good for the past few days."

Olivier followed the footprints to the basement. He saw a chair and some blood on the ground, a piece of blood-stained white cloth, and a black cloak on a hanger with some suspicious black dirt on it. He rubbed it with his hands, and it seemed to be some kind of dried mud, and even a wisp of dried waterweed.

He immediately connected this discovery with the terrifying evil god in the painting.

It seems that the little Lanste must be more ominous. Alhaz performed some kind of evil ceremony and sacrificed the little Lanste. Is he trying to please his evil master?Or did he have other, more terrifying purposes?

Olivier was immersed in his inner thinking and reasoning, when Charles' angry shout suddenly came from outside.

"Hey, who are you, this is a crime scene..."

He rushed out in a hurry, and as soon as he went up the stairs, he saw several mysterious men in black suits and bowler hats driving away the policemen. The leader had a cold and expressionless face, and his eyes were cold and wise with gold rims. Like an owl, Olivier's detective instincts told him that this man had something to do with it.

"Good afternoon, gentlemen, I think you can leave now, we will take over here now." The man said casually, and took the painting of Cthulhu from the hand with his white glove. Seeing the portrait, his expression immediately became serious.

"The Old Ones? How is this possible..."

Olivier said in a deep voice, "Who are you guys? I am entrusted by the Duke."

Without looking up, the man showed his ID card - Special Investigator of the Society of Rationality.

Olivier was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect the Society of Rationale to take action. He looked at the policemen on the side with some annoyance, no need to ask, some of those policemen must be members of the Society for Rationality.

"According to the Rational Security Management Act, Mystery Act and related acts, such cases involving superstitious groups or cult organizations must be investigated by special personnel from the Society of Rationality. You can choose to leave. If you want to join the investigation, you can contact us. Please leave now to apply to your immediate superior.

Oh, by the way, before everyone leaves, please sign this non-disclosure agreement. If there are any consequences caused by your leaking, the Rational Society reserves the authority to pursue responsibility. "

A few minutes later, a group of people were driven out angrily, and the other party left a few uniformed policemen as coolies to seal off the scene.

But other than that, the police in Sword Castle are destined to have nothing to do with this matter, unless the Society of Reason needs to recruit local police officers.

Charles is quite open-minded. He has heard a lot of rumors about the Society of Rationality. In his opinion, since the Society of Reason takes action, at least he will not be responsible.

Olivier was a little bit aggrieved. He could feel that he was about to find the answer. He must have been close to the truth of a huge secret. The appearance of the Rational Society proved this from the side, and before he was about to discover the truth, he put himself Get away, this feeling is as uncomfortable as being forced to withdraw from a woman's halfway bed.

Looking at the black mud and dried water plants on his hands, he had already made up his mind that the place where Alhaz performed the ceremony should not be too far from his residence, and there must be a source of water.

He called to the vice principal who was about to leave.

"Excuse me, are there any rivers or lakes near Jianbao University?"

"Yes, there is a lake in the forest to the east of the school. If you want to check in the lake, you can find Old John. He is a forester. He manages the boat house by the lake. Do you want me to send someone to take you there? "

"No need."

Without hesitation, Olivier set off directly, but this time he didn't call Charles, he was going to figure things out by himself first, so as not to leak the wind, and in the end he had nothing to do with himself.

According to the vice-principal's guidance, Olivier found the lake easily.

He saw the boathouse that the vice-principal was talking about. The door of the boathouse was closed. He pulled hard, but it didn't open.

He didn't see Old John either, maybe he went to patrol the forest.

Without thinking too much, he strolled to the shore of the lake and looked towards the lake. The weather is fine today, and the lake looks unusually calm, reflecting the blue sky and white clouds like a mirror, and the surrounding forest is silent. He had the relaxed feeling of being on an outing.

If he wasn't investigating a murder case, he would even want to go for a swim in the lake. Speaking of which, it is rare to see such a clean water source near Jianbao. He is a good swimmer and used to live near his home Swimming in the river, but in recent years, except for the experience of going down the river to find stolen goods half a year ago, he has not been in the water for a long time.

Olivier found a dead branch and walked onto the trestle bridge. He used the branch to fish in the lake, and a few aquatic plants were picked up. He compared it with what he found this morning. Yes, this is it. After planting aquatic plants, he looked at the mud on the branches, and even the color of the mud matched, which made him feel more certain.

His brain was running fast, reasoning, Alhaz brought little Lanster to the lake, something must have happened to them, little Lanster disappeared, could it be that Alhaz sank the lake?

He looked around, but there was nothing, but unfortunately there was no boat, otherwise he could go to the lake to look for it, but now he can only go back and call someone.

He hesitated and was about to leave, when he suddenly saw something flashing past in the water, was it a fish?He rubbed his eyes, carefully trying to identify what it was.

The sunlight reflected from the water surface made him unable to see clearly, so he had to lean down to take a closer look. He saw the reflection of the scales, saw the strange figure wriggling like a snake on the bottom of the water, and saw...

A huge tentacle full of suction cups suddenly popped out of the water and wrapped around his neck. Olivier bent down to look at the lake, so he had no center of gravity and was dragged into the lake at once.

With a plop, his whole body was soaked in the icy lake water, and the splash of water made him unable to open his eyes.

Damn it!He was shocked and struggled to get out of the water, but the strength of the tentacles was so great that it dragged him to the depths of the lake. He reached out to draw a gun, or take the knife hidden in his trouser leg, but more tentacles It entangled him, making him unable to move, and then the tentacles tightened suddenly, his mouth grew wide from being strangled, and the cold lake water poured into his mouth, choking Olivier's nose and lungs with severe pain.

His eyes widened, swallowing the lake water in vain.

help me!He yelled silently, but no one could hear him at all. He felt severe pain coming from his limbs. His bones must have been broken. In the dark lake water, he finally found the outline of the monster. At that moment , he seemed to see the evil monster in the painting came alive and entered reality.

Fear and despair drove him almost into madness, but he still maintained his sanity, watching the monster's whirlpool-like dense teeth biting his face, and then he was swallowed by darkness.

A few minutes later, the surface of the lake was quiet again, and the lake reflected the blue sky and white clouds like a mirror, as if nothing had happened.

(End of the first volume).

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