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

Chapter 529 The Truth
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When Benson heard the knock on the door, he thought it was the neighbor's kid who came to ask him for candy again.

As a government employee and a newly promoted deputy minister in the department due to personnel transfers and war reasons, Benson's salary was indeed slightly reduced, but his life did not become poor because of it.Melissa's school did not suspend classes either. According to her, the food in the school cafeteria did decrease in portion and became a little more unpalatable than before, but it was not impossible to eat - after all, the Moretti family was not rich at first.

They still lived the same peaceful life as before, each settled their lunch at school and work, and then brought some food back to share dinner, and then put away the unfinished bread and meat slices for breakfast tomorrow morning.

The neighbor of the Moretti family is also a government employee, but because of the difference in salary and position, as well as the larger number of families, they are more affected than them. Occasionally, when Benson and Melissa go out , will see the wife of that house, or the old man wearing a veiled hat and returning with bread.

But more often than not, they are empty-handed.

Therefore, Benson and Melissa also reached some consensus.In order to respect each other, they choose to occasionally invite the neighbor's child who is less than ten years old to have dinner together at their home, or give him some candies, biscuits and buns that Melissa brought back from school.

Small children don't have much to eat, and Benson and Melissa are good, reliable neighbors.Therefore, the neighbors expressed their gratitude. Although it cannot be expressed in money, the time will allow the children to bring simple origami, or small gifts such as handkerchiefs sewn by the hostess.

"Is it a bit late today? What time is it..."

Benson came to the living room, and before he got close, he heard the door knock again.

This time, he could hear the sound of knocking on the door very different from the previous ones. The neighbor's child was less than ten years old. Although he knocked quickly, the force was very light. This time, the guest's knocking speed was slow and strong. It cannot be ignored, and the knocking sound came from a very high place... Benson frowned slightly. He felt that the knocking sound should be coming from the same height as his head, and the host of the neighbor's house was not so high. !

Benson suddenly felt that something was wrong. Seeing that Melissa also poked her head out of his room because of the second knock on the door, he quickly made a gesture and asked his sister to come to him with a kitchen knife.

Even in the current situation, there should not be desperadoes breaking into the community where government workers live, but what if?
Holding the knife, Benson told Melissa to go back to her room, approached the door, and asked loudly:
"who is it?"

"We are senior inspectors affiliated to the Backlund Police Department, Mr. Benson Moretti, please don't be nervous or afraid." A deep and deep voice came through the door.

Benson couldn't believe it. Although he was a government employee, he seldom dealt with the Sieveras field, so he said loudly on purpose:
"Can I see your police ID?"

"By the way, I just had dinner with Commissioner Mr. Bradley the day before yesterday. He didn't tell me that the police will come to see me today. Your voice doesn't sound like the senior inspector I know. , is the other Mr. Bourne?"

He pretended to be very familiar with the senior staff of the Sieveras field, and reported the names of all the inspectors and sheriffs he had only met a few times and had not spoken a few words, hoping to scare them away Suspicious elements outside.Logically speaking, if the target of the robbery is not only a government employee, but also acquainted with high-level police officers, then the dangerous elements who did it just for money and food should give up no matter what.

"You can call me Gale, Mr. Moretti."

To his surprise, the person outside the door not only continued to answer, but also said without fear: "I showed my police officer ID, you can check it through the peephole. My companion is not Inspector Bourne, But you can also show a police officer card."

Benson hesitated and looked through the cat's eyes from a distance, and he did see a police officer's ID card with the logo and dark pattern of Sivelas Field without any traces.The doubts in his heart not only did not decrease, but increased:

"Then I believe in the identities of the two of you, but why did you come to me? Our department doesn't have much cooperation with you."

The two senior police inspectors outside the door, or the Punisher of the Thunder Church, glanced at each other and then at the policeman behind him, who consciously covered their ears to avoid suspicion.Then, the person who called himself "Gail" said in a stiff tone:

"Mr. Moretti, you seem to be involved in a vicious act intended to subvert the country."

"Intent to subvert the country?"

Benson was taken aback. If this frighteningly large hat fell off, even the corners would smash him and Melissa into a pulp.

Don't look at him now as the deputy minister of the Ministry of Finance, but that is also because the deputy minister was dismissed because of his political stance and many reasons, and the noble son who was originally a candidate for the deputy minister died in the war.More importantly, those congressmen who pushed forward the "examination bill" also needed a typical case to prove the superiority of this bill, so Benson, who was a civilian, or a former military family, could quickly be appreciated and fill this vacancy. ——Besides, Benson didn't have the family background and social connections worthy of this position.As the Deputy Minister of Finance, his own family's finances have been affected to a certain extent due to the war.

Therefore, Benson's first reaction was that someone was going to frame him, so he argued for himself without thinking:

"Please don't talk nonsense, Mr Inspector."

"As the new deputy minister of the Ministry of Finance who has only been in office for two months, why should I do such a thing? It's not good for me at all!"

"Gentlemen, although I don't know what your purpose is, please stop slandering and spreading rumors about me immediately, and leave my house immediately, or I will ask the community sheriff for help!"

Gail, the captain of the Punisher Squad, took a deep breath, his eyes sparkled, obviously annoyed by Benson's words.He has never been spoken to like this by a commoner, let alone a commoner who is not even a believer in the God of Thunder.

And the companion beside him stabbed him with an elbow in time, and raised his voice and said:

"Mr. Benson, you are suspected of being 'involved', not involved!"

"Please don't be nervous, we are not here to arrest you. On the contrary, you and your family members are important stakeholders, and we will provide you with protection until the case is fully investigated."

The police officer obviously spoke in a more orderly manner, but Benson's heart was still pounding, and the palms of his hands holding the doorknob were soaked in sweat.

"What the hell is it?" Benson licked his dry lips, "I don't remember being involved or involved in anything."

The Punisher thought for a while, took a look at his task book, and then asked:

"The ones at home should be Mr. Benson, you and Ms. Melissa. It's true that this matter basically has nothing to do with you, but you are indeed listed as important parties... Maybe your brother Klein Moretti know the situation."

"Klein?"

Benson almost exclaimed, even Melissa couldn't help covering her mouth, and Benson became even more angry:
"This is slander! This is even more excessive slander!"

"My younger brother Klein Moretti is dead! In Tingen City, as a civilian policeman, he died fighting criminals! He is Tingen City's hero and our pride... (Benson took a deep breath, with tears in his eyes) Mr. Superintendent, this must be someone who pretended to be my brother! Please stop slandering my dead brother immediately!"

Now it was the turn of the punisher outside who was stunned.

"Klein Moretti is dead?"

He seems to be more unbelievable than Benson, but he is an Extraordinary after all, and he is still the law enforcement team of the Thunder Church. The fact that the dead are still active is equivalent to a ghost story for ordinary people, but in the Extraordinary world, there are many methods. To achieve it, the simplest thing is to summon the undead to work for him.After the death of ordinary people, the spirit body exists for a very short time, so the second is to use some specific spirit creatures to simulate the appearance of the dead. Extraordinary means of making money.

The simplest and most direct way is that "Klein Moretti" may be a Beyonder of the "Corpse Collector" path.

After all, he used to belong to the Extraordinary Team of Tingen City of the Church of Evernight. There are a large number of "corpse collectors" in the Church of Evernight, and they have all the formulas of the middle and low sequences—and the records show that he also had a relationship with Azik Iger of the "Church of Death". Si has a teacher-student relationship, maybe he was guided by Azik Eggers to become a Beyonder of this path, and then entered into suspended animation by some means, and then was awakened.

However, Klein drank the "Seer" potion under the eyes of everyone, but was able to "resurrect from the dead". What did... probably, Cline Moretti never died.

Death is just a means of getting out.

The poor family didn't know that their younger brother had become a cult member... The Punisher expressed his profound condolences to the two family members who seemed to be completely ignorant and thought that the younger brother died to protect the people from the bottom of their hearts pity.

However, because of his brother's death, the family received thousands of pounds in compensation, and it was unknown if it was Klein Moretti's purpose.

"...It's useless to talk too much, just look at this."

The Punisher took out a photo from the task book, which was clipped to a file, and the personal information on the file was "Sherlock Moriarty".

"Look at this, Mr. Benson."

The Punisher pasted the photo in front of the cat's eyes so that Benson could see it clearly.

Benson squinted his eyes for a while, and didn't think there was anything special about this bearded detective. If this detective looked like Klein, there were too many people with similar faces and eyes in the world, even Blood ties can be broken.

But just as he was about to refute, he saw the punisher take out another photo from the folder.

The picture on this photo is very interesting, with a picture of Sherlock Moriarty, and a picture of Cline Moretti.

Moreover, a beard exactly the same as this private detective was drawn on the photo of Klein Moretti next to it—after drawing the beard, Sherlock Moriarty suddenly changed from "only a godlike" to "There is an octagonal image".Benson's eyes widened in disbelief, and he didn't speak for several seconds. Even the eloquence he was proud of was temporarily useless because the facts in front of him were too shocking.

If Leonard had been here, he would have discovered that he had painted both pictures - yes, it was he who had first spotted the resemblance between Crane and Sherlock.But he would also be surprised at the same time, because these three comparison photos were inserted into the book after he found out the truth, and after he dug the grave and solved the misunderstanding, he hid them in the book as a secret shared with Klein. How could it be found so easily and displayed to Klein's family so easily?
Melissa stood at the door of the bedroom, and she could clearly hear the words of the punisher outside the door.

She originally sneered at the other party's words, but when she saw Benson's suddenly stiff body, Melissa suddenly felt a shock in her heart, as if something was slipping in a bad direction, and then fell into the abyss .

"This—this cannot represent..." Benson's voice became dry.

There were still tears in the corners of his eyes, and his expression became dull, which made his expression look extraordinarily weird and funny.

The words of the Punisher smashed Benson's dying struggle like a hammer:
"Sherlock Moriarty doesn't have any identification. He claims to be from Jianhai, but there is no family with this surname in Jianhai."

"Mr. Benson, let me tell you this. This Mr. Sherlock Moriarty suddenly appeared in Backlund in September last year. As I remember, it was right after Mr. Klein's death. About a month?"

"To be honest, before this...we have also been to Tingen, sorry, in order to ensure that Mr. Klein Moretti's reputation is not tarnished by criminals who have stolen his identity, we have been affirmed by the church there , dug his grave."

With that said, the punisher took out another photo.

Benson didn't want to look at it anymore, but the last glimmer of hope made him raise his head reluctantly. Immediately afterwards, he saw the familiar tombstone and the all-too-familiar smiling face of the young man on the tombstone.In front of the tombstone is the coffin that has been opened. There is nothing in it except air. The corpse that should be sleeping there has gone to nowhere at this moment.

"Best brother..."

Benson's lips had completely lost their color. Through the glass of the cat's eye, he looked at the comparison photos in disbelief.

He simply could not accept such a huge psychological gap.

"Klein... are you still alive?"

The mature elder brother's fingers trembled slightly, he gripped the doorknob, and muttered to himself, "Are you still alive? Why...don't you come back to us...What dangerous things are you doing..."

"Mr. Benson?"

The Punisher didn't hear his self-talk clearly, but he also realized that his words probably had an effect, making the other party believe his words—this is for sure. In the face of such overwhelming evidence, Benson Mo No matter how irrational Letty is, he should realize that his brother is not dead, but escaped from them by some means, and then joined some hidden evil organization.

"Mr. Benson," he said again, and knocked on the door. "Please open the door."

click.

Benson opened the door, revealing a bloodshot face that seemed to have aged ten years in an instant.

"I'll go with you."

He said hoarsely, full of endless sadness: "Please tell me, where is Klein now, what did he do, why, why did he try to subvert our country..."

TBC
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good night!

(End of this chapter)