Quenched long order

Chapter 209: Peeling off the cocoon

Jason felt as if he had touched the tip of the iceberg. This incident seemed to determine the future of Ximu Port.

"I don't know, I just have this idea." Kraut shook his head slightly and had an idea. It is not uncommon in the study of alchemy. Many times, some wonderful ideas may be the key to solving problems. "...However, we can find the answer. As long as we are willing, we can see many clues. From these clues, maybe we can learn the truth of what happened that day."

"Before that, I want to see Martha first." He took a deep breath and looked out the window. The crowd was dispersing. In this execution, they only got the excitement and the pleasure of releasing their desire to kill. , but what I really wanted in my heart didn’t happen.

The black mist still stayed on the sponge, motionless, as if it had always been like this.

The blood on the broken part of the young man's neck gradually dried up, and the pupils of his eyes had completely dilated, looking even more hollow, as if the soul succumbing to this body had escaped the pain of the world and was far away from the world.

The bright sunshine fell on the young man's head, but it made the chill even worse. As the crowd dispersed, the scene seemed to freeze.

"I'll go with you." Jason said quickly.

……

Lupine was generous with Kraut's request.

Geniuses always have more privileges.

Under the leadership of Lupine, the two went to the alchemy workshop where Martha was treated.

"This is the alchemy workshop that I specially asked someone to renovate. It is mainly used to observe the black mist. Oh, by the way, it is the name for people who mutate in the black mist." Lu Ping opened the door and asked Crow Special introduction.

As the lights come on, the slowly rotating array is like a delicate machine. Every geometric figure is quite precise, giving people a sense of rational beauty.

Jason looked at the dense alchemy circle and couldn't take his eyes away.

Kraut was also looking at the magic circle, but his eyes focused on a few areas. Then, he stared at an area in the lower right corner of the room where the magic circle was densely packed, and said: "It's too crowded. Security needs to be strengthened." , that place..."

He pointed to the lower right corner.

"...The heat dissipation is too poor. When you run the magic circle for a long time, the energy between them may interfere with each other. By then, problems will definitely occur."

Hearing Kraut's words, Lupine showed appreciation in his eyes.

"One more thing." Kraut looked around, "If you are dealing with the black mist, it must be related to the black mist. The ventilation of the room needs an additional layer of isolation, otherwise it may have an impact. "

When Jason heard this, his mouth opened slightly. This was an area he was completely unfamiliar with, and could even be said to be completely unfamiliar with it.

"I thought of it too." Lu Ping nodded slightly with a very satisfied expression, "It's just that time is too urgent, so I'll use it first."

He smiled and walked inside, "Follow me, Martha is inside."

Soon, a glass wall appeared in front of Kraut. Behind the wall was a large bed. On the white sheets, a woman in white was curled up and motionless.

It was Martha.

Kraut stood in front of the glass and looked at Martha carefully. Even if he didn't look closely, he could still see the constantly moving flesh and blood on Martha's body, as well as the occasional tremors in her body.

When Jason saw Martha's appearance, he sighed, shook his head and looked away.

"I have read the information you brought back, but I didn't find much." Lu Ping sounded a little regretful, "Many of them are experimental logs. These flesh and blood are the heirs of the King of the Black Realm. After a person is infected, they will be The impact, if just touched, is completely reversible. You only need to remove the assimilated part, and the body will slowly heal. Even if the infected part is infected, the infected part can be removed, but once the entire body is completely assimilated..."

He said nothing more.

"What will happen?" Jason asked subconsciously.

"Death, or... is it more appropriate to call it immortality?" Lu Ping emphasized the word immortality, "However, no matter what the final result is, he will not be the original person... Maybe I shouldn't use ' The word human."

Jason had seen the results in the stair space.

"It may not be appropriate to say that." Lu Ping turned to look at Kraut, "If necessary, it is better to deal with it as soon as possible. Once it spreads, it may cause unnecessary trouble in Ximu Port." After speaking, he Looking at Jason, the vice-captain of the Westwood Port Guard.

Kraut was silent.

His eyes fell on Martha.

Suddenly, he saw a mouth appear on Martha's neck. The mouth was open, but no sound was made, as if it was hinting something.

"Vice President Lupine, I want to talk to Jason alone." Kraut smiled at Lupine.

Lu Ping naturally understood the meaning, nodded and left.

After Lupine left, Jason clenched his fists with both hands and hammered the table aside with a decadent expression, "Oh, if only I could have done something at that time."

"Say it." Kraut looked at Martha behind the glass wall.

Jason was stunned for a moment when he heard the sound, and then realized that Kraut was talking to Martha.

Soon, a strange voice came from the glass wall.

"please……"

"……kill me."

silence.

Then, the voice came out again, like a shout.

"Do you have any idea? Kraut." Jason turned around, unwilling to look at the old man in the glass.

Kraut did not answer immediately. He placed his right hand on the glass wall and wiped it gently. Then, he asked: "Are you Martha...or Rachel?"

"I...that's me." The answer inside the glass was slow.

Kraut took back his right hand and replied: "I helped Sauer solve a commission before. They were also affected by the power of the King of the Black Domain. Although the final result was not satisfactory, one...half of them survived. Come down, I mean, maybe you are not at the point where you need to seek relief, unless... you are not seeking to escape pain, but seeking death for the sake of death."

There was no answer from within the glass for a long time.

"Let's do this, Martha." Kraut said in a solemn tone, "Give me some time, I will do my best to cure you. If luck is not on our side, I will also send you on your last journey."

no answer.

Time seemed to freeze at this moment.

A full ten seconds passed before sound came from the glass again.

"Thanks……"

Kraut shook his head, "It should be."

"And you...Jason..." Another sentence.

Jason took a deep breath, "I've already explained it to your teacher, but your family... doesn't seem to be in Ximu Port, but it doesn't matter. If you need help with anything, you can tell me."

…   The two left Lupin’s alchemy workshop.

Before leaving, Kraut took some scrolls and planned to read them on the road. Time is very precious now.

"Where are we going next?" Jason asked.

"Go and see what happened that night. Of course, before that, I need to find some people for help." Kraut got on the carriage.

On the carriage, Kraut flipped through the scrolls with a focused expression. The location he told the carriage driver was the commercial street.

Jason looked at Kraut's profile and suddenly realized that the Kraut in front of him was different. This difference was not a change in appearance like Martha, but a change in mood.

Before, Kraut seemed to have a layer of lingering gloom, and there was no trace of vitality. It seemed like he was living at the end of the world every day. But now, he found that Kraut was full of vitality and there was light in his eyes. It seemed that he had returned to ten years ago. Before, that high-spirited era.

Buy gifts, find help, borrow relics... Kraut makes full use of his network in Westwood Port.

Along the way, Jason had nothing to do except occasionally help carry things. Moreover, for him, he may have seen more Golden Dawn celebrities today than in three years. This is because in three years Before, he had the honor to go to a meeting of the Golden Dawn to deal with some troubles.

When the time was approaching evening, the two came to the murder scene of the death of City Lord Martin, which was not far from the City Lord's mansion.

"This is right here." Jason pointed to the exit of the alley, "At that time, yes, there was an incident over there in the slums, and the situation was quite urgent. It was only later that I found out that the Catastrophe of Madness broke out, but Martin had not seen anyone for a day. No one found him, not even astrology could detect his location, so many people gathered here to protest. Normally, Martin would help solve the problem as long as the request was not particularly excessive, but this time... it was a little different. .”

"I heard from my men that Martin ran out of the alley at that time, shouting 'Help'. However, when many people didn't react, Sauer suddenly appeared and cut off his head, just like... today beheading."

After speaking, Jason frowned slightly.

"Martin... I remember that he has secret guards." Kraut recalled some of the information he had heard in his mind, "Moreover, he also has the ability to protect himself. He is also a quencher. Although he is only a high-level spinner, he is not Shao Shao at all. Your opponent, but coupled with the secret guards, it is impossible to be so embarrassed, not to mention, this is the palace of the city lord."

"This matter does become more suspicious the more I think about it, but... Kraut, it's useless to be suspicious." Jason spread his hands, "There were dozens of pairs of eyes who saw it with their own eyes at the time, including the Tempering One."

Kraut nodded slightly, placed the box in his hand on the ground, opened it, and took out a round object covered with black cloth. He removed the black cloth, revealing a mirror with an octopus swimming in it.

"The Mirror of Appeal."

He placed the mirror on the ground, and then took out a cup of black liquid from the box.

"As long as the octopus ink is dropped on the back of the mirror, the mirror will absorb the previous scene. If it is the quencher himself, he can directly watch the scene that happened at that time. The relics we use now require additional alchemy formations to make the image clearer. But I have already arranged for people to prepare."

As he dripped the ink on the back of the mirror, the ink seemed to be absorbed by something, gradually becoming lighter until it disappeared.

The next second, dark ink seeped out between the mirror and the ground, and a strange smell emitted.

"Six days..."

Kraut took out the ink from the box again and explained:

"Depending on the amount of ink, the viewing time will be different. However, no matter how you adjust the amount of ink, the farther away the scene will be, the less clear it will be. I hope we can find something by then."

After a while, the ink began to flow back into the mirror until it completely disappeared from the ground.

Kraut put away the Mirror of Appeal and covered it with black cloth again, "Let's go, that's enough."

In the dark room, there was only a glimmer of light at the door.

"Thank you, let's go fishing together next time. You can choose the location." A gentle smile appeared on Kraut's face.

In front of him was an elderly man.

"Then it's settled." The old man patted Kraut's shoulder and sighed, "Seeing you like this now reminds me of the past, forget it..." He shook his head, "...I won't say it anymore. It’s good that you can come out.”

The old man waved and left.

"Come in." Kraut shouted and walked into the room.

Jason looked at the small dark room, hesitated, and then followed in.

As Kraut closed the door, a sound of ignition sounded at the door. After that, an eerie green light lit up in the room. In the middle of the room, there was a rectangular water tank with many magic circles on the surface. It is running slowly, and the liquid in the tank is very calm, with almost no flow. If you look at it from the wrong angle, you may even think that there is nothing in the tank.

Kraut activated a magic circle on the edge of the water tank, and the transparent liquid in the tank instantly appeared in various colors, as if all the colors were poured into the tank.

After everything was ready, he took away the black cloth of the Mirror of Memories, then gently put the mirror face up and placed it in the water tank.

"This is this?" Jason was a little curious. He felt as if he had entered another world.

"The principle is very simple. When the time comes, the Mirror of Appeal will use ink to display the scene at that time. We can't see clearly. We need to layer the 'black' so that we can see a clearer scene." Kraut Explained casually.

"Oh." Jason nodded slightly, but with an innocent expression on his face.

If the garrison had this relic, it would definitely be of great help in solving the case, but this is Ximu Port and they have no power to confiscate it. Moreover, the cost of the whole process is also quite high.

As the octopus in the mirror began to swim, the ink was spit out bit by bit, blackening the area in front of the mirror. However, the light quickly blended into the ink, making the color distinct. However, the overall color was still difficult to distinguish, like a turbid Gradually, the color of the water began to settle, and some scenes appeared, but they were scenes from other times, such as some passers-by passing by. It was not until the ink continued to spurt out that the scene began to change.

"It will take a while." Kraut blinked.

After several scenes changed, a young man's figure appeared in the water tank.

It was Sauer.

"Here we come." Kraut said.

The two watched intently as the scene gradually became clearer and expanded.

In front of the alley, Sauer held Martin's head in his left hand, covered in blood. He stood motionless, staring at the crowd gathered together, as if waiting for something. Martin's body lay aside, motionless, but there was little blood around his neck.

"No." The two said almost at the same time, and then they looked at each other.

"Say it." Kraut said.

Jason pointed at Martin's body and said in a serious tone: "Look, here at the neck, if there wasn't something wrong with the scene, a just-dead person wouldn't have only such a small amount of blood. There was at least a large pool of blood on the ground. Martin might have died long ago. .”

"Yes." Kraut nodded, "Besides, it is impossible for Sauer to deliberately use a knife. I have fought with him before. His ability does not require the use of a knife. There is no trace of the air cannon, so there is no need for him to expose himself. You can kill Martin in the alley and leave quietly."

"Did he do it on purpose?" Jason realized this.

"That's right." Kraut nodded, "Although I don't know the reason, the reason why Sauer killed Martin, to be precise, was the already dead Martin..." His eyes became sharp, recalling Lupin What Zhiqi said, "...perhaps, it's just to put on a show."

"Why would he do this?" Jason didn't understand very much.

Kraut turned to look at Jason with complicated eyes, "Captain Hume, he should be the next city lord of Westwood Port, right?"

(End of this chapter)