But fortunately, it was the last time to use the door to transfer.

Enduring her weakness, Ella quickly took out two improved tranquilizers from the suitcase and handed them to Ling and Hyde respectively.

After the previous experience, Ayla reduced the proportion of Deep Sleep Flower in the potion, which helped them get rid of that state quickly without having such a strong sleeping effect.

Ling took the glass tube without hesitation and pulled out the cork, while Hyde hesitated a moment before pouring the bitter potion down his throat.

The murmur quickly disappeared in his ears, and Hyde's face looked a little ugly, because he had to admit that Ella's potion was indeed very effective.What's even worse is that he obviously can't prepare it himself.

After seeing that the conditions of the two of them improved, Ella breathed a sigh of relief, and then she took out a bottle of potion suitable for her situation.

Ella herself took a dark purple potion to improve vitality. She knew her body quite well, so she boiled several dozen of this stuff last night.

After sitting on the ground and resting for a while, Ella regained her spirits, and they left the basement. According to the clerical staff Miss Nifi, after seven teleportations, they should have arrived at the teleportation point in Malacca.

More than ten years ago, after the signing of the Anglo-Dutch Treaty, the United Kingdom acquired Malacca from the Netherlands, and established the Straits Settlements in the following two years.Apart from other effects, this is a good thing for Kraft's enforcers, who can more easily build and maintain teleportation points.

The teleportation point in Malacca City was set up in the underground of a newspaper office. Most of the staff in the newspaper office were related to Kraft, and there were also a few trusted locals who were recruited.

According to the receptionist, it takes about a day's flight from here to Tangerang Island, and Tangerang Island is already part of Indonesia's territory, so some procedures need to be completed to get there.

On the bright side, Kraft School is a special organization belonging to the British government, and some professors headed by Albert Kleist even have titles.

The British government is aware of the existence of enforcers and will facilitate them.

The person in charge of receiving the executors could help Ella and the others get a visa to Tangerang Island in the afternoon.

Before that, Ella decided to take a break and relax and try some of the local food.

As Adolf said, the temperature here is above [-] degrees. Fortunately, the newspaper office seems to have been used to this situation for a long time, and provided dressing rooms for the executors here, so that they can change their spring and summer clothes conveniently.

Ella changed into a ready-made dress with a simple and easy-to-move style.

Ling is a white safari jacket.

Hyde changed into some local-style clothes. He didn't bring any salutes, but he brought enough pounds.In fact, this set of outfits was also what he entrusted the liaison officer to purchase just now.

Not far from the newspaper office, there is a small restaurant. Its owner Ali is a local. The restaurant inevitably has a strong local trace, but it can imitate the British decoration style, which seems a bit nondescript .

Ali, who spoke some English, seemed delighted when he took the two shillings from Ella, which, he said, were more welcome than the local currency.

This is good news, at least there is no need to go to the bank to exchange. In order to avoid the situation where the currency cannot be used, Ella even put some gold in the suitcase.

Ella noticed that he was more enthusiastic towards herself and Hyde, but much colder towards Ling.

In fact, it's not just Ali. Walking on the street, Ella can clearly feel this uncomfortable difference.Ling didn't care too much about this, but after all, it affected his mood somewhat.

Ali brought nasi lemak and some kebabs on bamboo sticks, and the drink was fresh coconut juice. The food here uses a lot of spices and sauces, and it tastes rich, but most of them are spicy. , This is very difficult for Ella to accept.Every time she ate a little, she had to drink a lot of coconut water.

That afternoon, Ella and the others got their visas, and the newspaper had already arranged a boat for the three of them. When they arrived at Tangerang Island, they could find the contact person on that island based on the information on the mission.

It was a merchant ship transporting spices. If there were no accidents, it would arrive at Tangerang Island tomorrow morning.

Ella and Ling already had experience in sailing before this, and Dolores' Margaret was much larger than this merchant ship.The port here can also vaguely see some shadows of Liverpool, but it seems more dirty and crowded.

As night fell and the mosquitoes began to swarm, every bit of advice from Adolf, whose early years as an enforcer gave him experience, proved useful.

Ella last night ground snakeskin and some other strong mosquito-repelling materials into a powder. Just sprinkle a little on the skin, and few mosquitoes will come within ten feet.It's just that the smell of this powder may be a bit too irritating. Under the influence of the sea breeze, it is difficult for even humans to come close within ten feet.

Chapter No.16 Acquaintance

Tangerang Island is a small island located in the sea south of Jakarta. Unlike Malacca, where they set off, it is just a small town.The town faces the sea on one side, and the dense tropical rainforest on the back. Except for the trees and sea water, only the towering peaks of other islands in the distance can be seen.

There are only three or two rotten wooden dikes protruding from the sea at the ferry, and around the beach, there are seafood hanging on wooden racks or spread out on the net to dry.

Flies and some other insects fly around them. The spices used to repel insects are not so effective, but the residents don't seem to care much. They only drive away seabirds that occasionally approach boldly.

After sending Ella and others to the coast, the merchant ship took a short rest and was about to leave. The captain sold some spices to the residents of the ferry in exchange for a few barrels of fresh live fish.

In order to solve the language barrier and other problems, Ella hired a local sailor on the merchant ship. This gray-haired old man is called Andy, and he can speak Malay, Dutch and English.

"Why would someone like you want to be a sailor on a ship?"

Ella asked this question out of curiosity.

"It's not uncommon, miss. The old people who have lived here for a long time can communicate in these three languages."

Ella offered a reward of five shillings, and only needed Andy to help them find the contact point mentioned on the parchment.It wasn't difficult, and Andy happily accepted the offer.

Unlike the Straits Settlement area, the buildings on Tangerang Island have strong local characteristics.

Most of them are mainly made of wood, and their shapes are different from the gable roofs or tower buildings that are common in the UK.The houses here mostly adopt horn-shaped roofs, with two tall eaves, and the middle end is sunken downward, forming a crescent shape.The most eye-catching building in the middle of the town should be a large stone domed temple with a different style, which is very conspicuous even on the coast.

With an architectural style that they have never seen before and the inability to read the words on the signboard, without Andy's help, it would be difficult for Ella and the others to distinguish the functions of the various buildings outside the temple.

Marked on the parchment was a sailor's bar called Dutch Castle. After asking the local residents, Andy finally found it on the south side of the town.Except for the inconspicuous wooden sign hanging outside the house, there is no difference between it and the surrounding residential houses.

After arriving at the destination, Andy took the reward and quickly returned to the merchant ship.

Ella walked into the open wooden door. Since the liaison officer here can send the letter to Kraft, there is no need to worry about communication problems at all.

Ling found the bartender at the bar, and showed him the parchment,

"Take us to the boss here."

The bartender took them up to the second floor, which made Ella feel a little familiar.

A bald old man with a rosaceous nose was drinking beer on the balcony on the second floor. There were not many customers in the hall downstairs. In fact, there were very few people walking in the town, which was even more unusual on a sunny morning. deserted.

The surviving hair on the old man's temples is reddish brown, with low cheekbones and deep-set eye sockets, which are typical European characteristics.

Ella always felt that she had seen him somewhere, but couldn't be sure.

"We are the senior consultants introduced by Kleist."

When he heard the word senior consultant, the bald old man's body visibly shook, and he almost knocked over the remaining half glass of beer on the bar.

He raised his head, and this time Ella saw his face completely. The girl's face was filled with disbelief.

"Wait, you're... Jack?"

It was the first receptionist she had seen in a London pub five years ago, only older and fatter.

Old Jack rubbed his eyes, stared at them for a few seconds, and then hiccupped.

"Are you... Miss Williams and Miss Ling? Hell, I probably really drank too much."

Ling handed the parchment on the table,

"We are the executors of this visit."

"You are already an executor, how long has it been?"

"It's been five years and a month."

Jack was stunned and looked in no particular direction.

"It turns out it's been so long..."

He came back to his senses, smiled and gestured,

"I hardly recognize you guys anymore, you know Miss Williams was only the height of the bar! Now you are all young and beautiful ladies."

Ella also smiled, but soon had more questions,

"But aren't you a liaison officer in London's Whitechapel district? How did you come to Tangerang Island?"

"You know, after that plague, I thought of a new country to change my mood... But I never thought that the executors I saw for the first time in Tangerang would be you, this is really—"

Hyde interrupted him impatiently,

"We're not here to reminisce about the old days!"

"Who is this gentleman?"

Ling was not very happy, and immediately confronted Hyde,

"He is Hyde, Hyde Beluse, the enforcer who travels with us, an arrogant fool."

"No, I did say too much... Mr. Hyde is right, and I should tell you now."

Jack asked the bartender to bring some stools up from downstairs,

"It started half a month ago. A cow was found dead in a resident's shed, as if it had been attacked by a wild animal. I didn't pay attention to it at first, because this kind of thing was not strange at first. It is true that occasionally in the rainforest There will be wild beasts breaking into the town to attack the livestock, but then several similar incidents happened one after another, and the frequency became higher. The residents set up fences behind the town, organized people to hunt the wild beasts, or arranged militia I kept vigil on the last watchtower, but things didn't get any better. Up to that point, I didn't really pay much attention, the beasts in the rainforest are cunning, and even the best hunter can't guarantee to catch them-"

Jack's expression became a little complicated, as if he had thought of something uncomfortable.

"Until I heard some rumors and went to carefully observe the remains of a hound that was attacked, what should I say... Although the shape has changed, I think the tooth marks on the corpse...should belong to humans."

"Could it be monkeys or something?"

"That's what I thought at first, but I found this in the wreckage."

Jack took out a small cloth bag from the drawer and shook the contents onto the table.

It was some shedding, broken, human nails and hair and some strange substances like green rubber.

They made Hyde feel nauseous and threw himself back.

"I still remember the magic ritual of summoning the messenger that you taught me five years ago, so I handed the letter to the messenger wearing the hat."

Ella recalled the characteristics of the ghoul mentioned by Professor Gloria, while confirming the answer to the other two executors,

"Well, are they ghouls?"

Ling put her hands on the table and stood up abruptly. Her face was blue, and she almost gritted her teeth to squeeze out an answer.

"Yes, it must be."

No.17 Chapter Agreement

Hyde laughed sarcastically,

"How can you be sure? I think-"

"How can I be sure?!"

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