Mystery: Those years when I was a foreign aid for the Aurora Club

Chapter 51

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A man died of starvation in a mutual aid club.

The one who died of starvation was an old craftsman in the slums, an expert shoe maker, an honest and taciturn old man.

When machine-made shoes became the mainstream of Intis's new-style factory, his handmade shoe shop quickly went bankrupt, and he could not live in an ordinary urban area within two years. He took his only grandson to live in a slum and continued to make shoes.

When Richard heard the news, he was stunned for a long time.He reached out and wiped the greasy mud on his face, but he didn't wipe it off. He looked at the grandson of the old shoemaker who was preparing for his grandfather's funeral, and asked, "I said, you can come to me when there is no food at home. You and you Why didn't Grandpa come?"

"Brother Ernst, you take care of grandfather's business. You ordered ten pairs of shoes and paid a deposit in advance. Grandpa doesn't want to ask you to borrow food."

"Would you rather starve to death than borrow food?"

"You are the only one who is willing to share food with us. If everyone asks you to borrow it if they can't survive, what will you do?" The eleven or twelve-year-old boy has taken over his grandfather's work and carried his grandfather's toolbox on his back. .He looked up at the tall Richard, his blue eyes sparkled, "I see, you are not a servant hired by the nobles, you go to the factory, to shine shoes, to buy newspapers, and to work seven jobs to earn the money to buy these breads money."

"But……"

"Our lives are not worth mentioning. The noble lord and His Majesty the King don't care. You are not a god, so you don't need to value us so much. Please don't mention the matter of borrowing food anymore. I will use my skills to support myself."

The blue-eyed little shoemaker wore simple shoes wrapped in two pieces of polished rough leather, took out a pair of beautiful high-top lace-up leather boots from another backpack on his body, and solemnly handed them to Richard.

"This is the last pair of shoes my grandfather made. He said that at least your shoes should be done well. Your legs were injured before, so the soles should be ground more evenly and delicately." The little shoemaker turned around and was about to leave. After taking two steps, he stopped again, with tears in his eyes, "I will finish the remaining nine pairs of shoes for my grandfather, can you lend me a piece of clean cloth? I want to put away my grandfather's body. Requiem to the Church of the God of Steam."

"……it is good."

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Less than 10:30, the banquet is over.Edward left the basement where the red evil spirit was held early, returned to Mr. Carter's banquet, and exchanged with the servants of the master puppet master.Medici is suspected of suffering from schizophrenia, but it is not uncommon for him to have some mental problems after being imprisoned for thousands of years.

He bid farewell to Mr. Miller Carter with the other guests, and after parting ways with the last fellow traveler, he gathered up the carriage and servants, and fell lightly to the ground.In the park in the middle of the street one block away, the owl, which had been dozing with its eyes closed, yawned, flapped its wings, and gliding into the night with almost no sound, starting its nighttime activities.

Do you want to say hello to the Aurora Society... No, they are all developing normally recently, and I don't need to participate.Then, do you want to take a trip to the East District... No need, it's really a leisurely night.

boom! ! !
Suddenly there was an earth-shattering explosion sound from the front right, as if a wall had completely collapsed.Then there was the sound of breaking glass, the suddenly strong breath of the devil, the sound of fighting, strange explosions and flames.It can be vaguely seen that a huge thing is moving, and there is a small movement in the distance, and the lights are gradually turned on, and then there are screams.

Half a minute later, Edward watched Klein jump out from the corner, and was chased in front of him by a demon dog half the size of a house.

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"...So, you said that you were visiting a friend, and you were kept for dinner by the other party, and you lost your way because of the master key on the way back, and you just ran into the murder scene because of the curse in it?"

"Yes, really, thanks to you..."

Klein hunched over, put his hands on his knees, and lied out of breath.He was going to yell for help to attract the attention of the people around him, but the devil dog actually stalked him like crazy, not giving him any chance to speak.It wasn't until this devil angel appeared in his field of vision that he realized that the reason why the devil dogs were chasing him was because of the Law of Extraordinary Characteristics Convergence.

Edward glanced at the huge long-horned dog's head that was half sunk in the ground by himself, and looked at the other's huge eyes full of fear.The three eyes met, and he sighed unhappily.He waved to Klein: "I just came back from the dinner too. Hurry up, you are a wild Extraordinary, and it will be over if you are caught by the authorities."

In fact, I was also an official Extraordinary, until I died once... Klein was very moved that the other party thought of himself, but he didn't plan to tell him about his activities tonight, after all, the card of blasphemy is too important.He picked up the master key that he loved and hated, and decided to change to a carriage immediately after walking a certain distance, never giving it a chance to trick him.

After Klein left, there were only two demons left alone on the street.

"Ah, useless waste." Edward gently pressed the tip of his cane to the top of the demon dog's head, and whispered regretfully, "You wasted your reward."

The demon dog's eyes were full of despair and fear, and the absolute power suppressed its heart.Edward pressed down slightly with his hand, and the cane pierced through its skull, brain, and jaw from top to bottom, nailing this huge demon to the small road in Backlund's city.White brains, black blood, and resentful and tyrannical spirits rushed out of the demon's body. Edward pulled out his cane and swung it vigorously. The blood splattered a complete arc on the masonry.He lightly scratched the demon dog's body, and a little black light was caught in his hand, and then it turned into a glass vial and disappeared in his palm.

Losing its Extraordinary characteristics, the body of the demon dog gradually shrank.

In about a few minutes, it would turn back into an ordinary dead dog. When it was found the next day, people would think its dead appearance was strange and disgusting at best, and would not think in the direction of serial murders.

"Its connection with the Beria family is not close enough... It is not an extraordinary animal cultivated within the Beria family, but a gifted ordinary animal picked up from the outside. It's a pity."

It seems that if you want to correctly track down the gathering place of the Beria family, you have to use real family members.Losing the Extraordinary dog ​​who is being promoted, even if he has other goals, the real Beria will still have some actions.The bounty of two thousand pounds bought its own life. Since it failed, then the soul and life will naturally belong to me.Edward's figure quickly blurred and disappeared on a wide street a few blocks away.There are still gas street lights on here, and occasionally a few drunk pedestrians can be seen.

He walked on the street, looked up at the sky, the night fog cleared, revealing a crimson full moon.The red tulle-like moonlight enveloped everything soothingly, and the gentle negative power made people feel happy physically and mentally, making them more at ease.

The mood of losing a small amount of money was comforted. Although there was a small episode, it did not prevent this from being a good night...

boom!The owl suddenly bumped into a vine, staring at it, and fell directly from the air, with its feet in the air and fell to the ground.

Edward's eyes darkened.He looked through the eyes of the owl looking up to the sky, and saw emerald green pea vines growing out of the flat street, with their tips spreading all the way to the clouds in the sky, and a carriage driving steadily up along the vines—— It is fairy tale magic "The Pea and Jack".The fairy tales of the old era that no one knows, the extraordinary ability to peek into the path of the mysterious person, it is basically certain that Bernadette is doing it.

The fairy tale "The Pea and Jack" is not very offensive. It should only create a "mysterious space that can only be reached by going up the pea vine", and at most add a monster to the space.This kind of spell is often not used against enemies, so what is Bernadette doing?
The owl shook its head and stood up again. It flew to the height of the roof, pretending to be an ordinary animal and circling in the night sky, intentionally or unintentionally avoiding the position of the pea vine.He tentatively glanced at the carriage, wanting to see who was meeting Bernadette at this time, but the owl's eyesight was limited and he found nothing.

So he gave up snooping and walked nocturnally like an ordinary gentleman.

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"Old man, old man!" Leonard put one hand in his pocket, whispering into the air, "What happened just now?"

"There was an explosion near our church. I'm not sure if it was a gas leak or a vicious incident. Some residents said that they saw terrifying huge black shadows and unknown burning flames. Old man, is this extraordinary power?"

"The answer you can think of, why do you still want to ask me?" Pallez snorted reluctantly, but still gave some pointers, "Boy, run faster, maybe this matter will not be related to you." It has something to do with the serial murder case that has been making a lot of noise recently."

"real?!"

Leonard glared, and immediately quickened his pace, sprinting on the street: "But it was caused by a devil! He has brutally killed more than a dozen people, and at least he has a Sequence 7, so he should have disappeared by now. The past is useless, right?...Ah! There is someone in front! Old man, is there any problem with this person? Old man?"

The mysterious parasitic old man suddenly stopped answering him. Leonard scratched his head. After all, the old man had been giving him guidance and sarcasm at will, and often fell asleep, so he didn't find it strange to disappear suddenly.He looked around, sorted out the badges and police officer's ID on his body (discovered that he was not wearing a police officer's cap), took out the notebook and pen in his jacket pocket, walked to the bright gas street lamp, and waited for the other party to approach.

The gentleman walking towards him seemed to have noticed him, and he hesitated a little, but chose to walk up.

"good evening."

"Good evening, I'm the police officer in charge of patrolling this area tonight. There was an explosion in the west just now, do you know?"

Leonard first showed his police officer ID, and then asked questions in a serious manner, while holding a pen and paper to record.Apart from his too young and handsome face and the makeshift uniform, it looks like that.

"Yes, I heard the explosion there, and it was very loud, so I boldly went over to check it out." The dark brown-haired gentleman replied very calmly and smoothly, "Now that I think about it, what a dangerous move it is Ah, I didn't think about the consequences at all."

Are you curious?It is very logical, it seems that this gentleman is just an ordinary person who joins in the fun.Leonard said "So that's how it is" and made a brief note in his notebook. He called out to the old man in his heart, asking him to help him see if there were any clues nearby, but no matter how hard he tried, Papa Les seemed determined not to speak.

"Why did you stay on the street so late? If you have a reason that is too personal, you don't need to answer."

"No. I just came back from attending Mr. Miller Carter's dinner party. I wanted to take a walk by myself, so I asked the servant to drive back first, and walked home slowly..."

In desperation, Leonard had no choice but to investigate alone. After asking some innocuous questions about time and place, he also wrote a page in his small notebook.Before ending the cross-examination, Leonard asked casually without hope: "Did you see anything unusual on the road?"

"Is there anything unusual? No." The gentleman didn't think about it. "There's only a dead dog lying in the middle of the road."

"Okay, thanks for your answer, I hope you have a good night." Dead dog?Leonard didn't pay much attention to it, but he planned to go around and have a look after a while.He completed the investigation task logically, and just about to leave, he suddenly slapped his head, "I almost forgot, sir, your record may be helpful to our investigation, what is your name, please? We may send you a letter Tell you about the follow-up to the investigation."

"Okay." The gentleman replied, "My name is Edward Vaughan, and I live in a villa in the Jorwood District, near the Queen's West End."

"This way..." Leonard scribbled, and then said goodbye.

The two ran in opposite directions, and quickly separated. Leonard's book was still unfolded in his hand, and the writing on it began to disappear line by line, and soon returned to the blank space before the cross-examination.

When he reached the end of the street, Leonard stopped, yawned, and whispered: "Old man? Why is there no one on this road? I still want to find someone to ask about the situation. Where are we going next?" ?”

"Let's go to Third Street." Pallez's voice sounded as expected, with a little fatigue, "I found that Third Street is a bit unusual."

"Anomaly?" Leonard was instantly alert, "What anomaly?! Do you need me to report to the team for investigation?"

"No need," Pallez said. "It's just a dead dog."

TBC
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Edward: Couldn't someone be so unlucky, right? Bernadette snatched him right after he was chased around by the demon dogs?

Klein: ...

(End of this chapter)