Returning from the abyss

Chapter 263 Identity
As soon as the RV in dire condition drove back to the town, it attracted the attention of the townspeople.

Lu Ning didn't bother to explain that so many crows crashed into her car and killed her, but the townspeople already panicked about it, and even alarmed the mayor.

This was also the first time Lu Ning saw the mayor.

He was in his early forties, with a short beard and an old-fashioned striped suit, but his manner was modest.

"My name is Sivis, and I'm the mayor of this small town. It's best for us to find a room to talk about the current situation."

He prioritized using his reputation to isolate Lu Ning and the others from the curious townspeople outside.

After asking the innkeeper for a single room, the four of them walked into the room. The mayor sighed without saying a word when he came up.

"Did you... see her?"

"So you know?" Lu Ning crossed her arms, "The witch... and the lake house?"

"I'm the mayor." Sivis said, "The last time you went there, there were two people missing after you came back. Why do you want to go again? I don't think there's anything wrong with being an ordinary tourist."

"This kind of thing should have been said before we got involved." Lu Ning curled her lips, "We saw a group of crows, and they almost crashed our car with a suicide attack. This should be what the witch did. Bar?"

"I don't know." Sivis shook his head, "I've never seen a witch, nor have I seen her methods..."

"Hey!"

Shan Shan pressed the table and stood up directly: "Don't you, the mayor, know about the things in your own town?"

"Let me finish. I haven't seen a witch, but it doesn't mean I don't know about it. In fact, a few people in the town still keep a few records about the witch. That's where I learned about it." Xi Wei Si coughed and continued, "If the timing is right, the witch will return, and the town will fall into the nightmare of the year again, that's all I know. And what I have to do is to try to reduce or even eliminate this disaster in the At the initial stage, but now it seems... the witch has regained part of her power."

"Are you just sitting back and watching those suspicious situations happen again and again? Surely you understand the strangeness of the cottage by the lake?" Lu Ning asked.

"It's best not to touch it," the mayor replied. "I don't blame you, but everything was normal until you broke into that hut."

"Normal?" Inahara finally couldn't help but said, "I remember that there were rumors of the death of cats and dogs in the town before that, and before going there, Doctor Lu rescued a boy with strange injuries, you Is something like this normal?"

"As long as no one dies, it's still normal."

Sivis said leisurely.

"Ha." Inawara shrugged his shoulders, looking really hard to accept.

"Maybe you don't understand, but it's rare for the town to have a stable life, and many people don't want this stability to be broken, so yesterday's reaction was so... violent."

"You know it's just a false calm."

"However, you have no right to dictate our way of life, Dr. Lu. I respect you for saving that boy, but you have too much control. This is Baihu Town's own business, and we have to deal with it ourselves. "

"Solve it? Do you think you can deal with the witch? Look at that car outside!" Sugiyama shouted a little excitedly.

"Our ancestors could bury the witch, so we can too. As tourists, you only need to enjoy the peaceful appearance of this town. I will persuade people outside...but don't embarrass me anymore, I sincerely I hope you can have good memories of Baihu Town."

After the mayor finished speaking, he stood up, bowed slightly to the three of them, and then walked out of the room.

"It's unreasonable...does he value that false peace so much?" Sugiyama turned his head and said to the two, "The devil, and the witch! We don't know what kind of attack we received, but he still said that he would left a wonderful memories."

"It's a bit absurd." Lu Ning slowly aligned her ten fingers and then separated them, very calmly.

"That's right." Sugiyama sat down angrily.

"So there is one thing I didn't tell him. Just before we got out of the crow's attack, I saw a woman wearing a mask in the rearview mirror." Lu Ning said.

"What?" Both of them looked at her in surprise.

"Whether you believe it or not, I'm sure I saw it." Lu Ning took out a note paper and simply traced the figure in her impression on it with a pen.

"She is about the same height as me. She wears a special style of black trimmed robe, wearing a metal mask like this, and has short light blonde hair. Those crows are hovering above her head and hands, and they should be following her orders."

Lu Ning's drawing skills are not very good, but she can probably see the features clearly. Fortunately, she doesn't need to draw faces, otherwise she would not dare to say that she can restore the other person's face.

Sugiyama and Inawara approached and frowned at this image.

"By the way, I know only one woman with light blonde hair and short hair in this town." Lu Ning shook the pen, put it back in her pocket, and handed the picture directly to Inahara.

—The Serra of the Tin Flagon.

The bar doesn't open until late in the evening, but that doesn't mean the three sisters sleep through the day.Lu Ning went downstairs to inquire with the boss for a while, and found out that Sharma and Tina would go to the farm in the south to buy fresh vegetables during the day, while Serra would visit the butcher shop and winery in the town to prepare other necessities.

The reason for this arrangement is that Sharma has a slight blood-sickness symptom, and Tina is not very good at communicating, but she is the chef. The two of them have to discuss and solve the menu problem.Relatively speaking, Sierra's task is a bit simpler. There are only a few kinds of meat in total. She just needs to order and ask the butcher to send someone to the tavern.

The quality of the freshly slaughtered meat in the morning is the best, so Lu Ning sped up a little, and soon arrived at the only shop in the town that sold fresh meat.

The butcher here is a family of two brothers. Their parents and wife are in charge of selling loose and broken meat at the front.

Serra happened to be there just in time for a sheep to be bled and checked for quality.Lu Ning walked in, and the sound of footsteps made Sierra turn her head.

"Good morning." Lu Ning greeted first, "It seems that I didn't tell you my name before, Lu Ning."

"I know you are a doctor, but calling you by your first name seems to suit you better." Sera smiled. "This is not a place where tourists usually come. What do you come here for?"

"Come over and take a look. After all, I live in an environment where I have never seen a live slaughter." Lu Ning watched the butcher neatly cut open the sheep, took out the internal organs and displayed them on the chopping board next to him, with a sophisticated technique.After everything was dealt with, he took out a red cloth strip from a drawer, tied it around the sheep's neck, and looked at Sera.

"Okay, the old rules, apart from the four legs and the ribs, all the flesh and blood will be separated, and the internal organs will be sent together. What else?"

"My brother is dealing with it, and I can take it out for a while. This..." The butcher glanced at Lu Ning with a puzzled look.

"Come here to have a look." Lu Ning replied with a smile, "Please be busy, I won't disturb you."

"Oh, oh." The butcher murmured, and then hurried back to urge his brother to continue working.

"Do you come here every day?"

"Almost every other day, usually a pig, a sheep or a quarter of a cow, plus some chickens and ducks. These are raised on farms outside. I hope you are not an animal protectionist."

"I have no objection to respecting ingredients." Lu Ning glanced at the sheep, "I have something very curious, can I ask you?"

"Okay, but it's a pity that I can't serve you a glass of wine here." Sera smiled.

"Your sisters seem to have a little different hair color?"

"Yes, Tina has black hair, and Sharma and I have blonde hair, but we should have inherited the hair color of our parents, what's wrong?"

"Inherited...but you and Sharma have slightly different hair color."

Sierra smiled.

"You sound like you're asking twins why you don't look alike."

"Of course I understand that, but... your hair is quite special, at least I haven't seen anyone else with the same hair color in the town."

"That's true." Sera stroked her hair with her hand, "My hair is a little lighter in color, and if the light is too strong, it can even be seen as silver, and Sharma is quite envious. But then again, people Love a blonde like her, don't you?"

Her expression was so natural that Lu Ning couldn't tell anything special.

"Are you not affected by what happened the day before yesterday?"

"Even the people who come to drink will ask what happened, but most of the time there are drinkers to help answer, and I don't need to say a lot." Sera thought for a while, "By the way, there was a question last night. The Turner clerk went to the tavern to investigate carefully."

"The Turner family?"

"Yeah, that guy went out of his way to buy a really expensive glass of wine just to know more from me - don't know why he thinks so - you should have seen him when I told him I didn't know any more face." Sera seemed to remember something interesting.

"Sounds like an embarrassing scene."

"The embarrassing thing is him. In fact, most of the people in the Turner family are experienced people. When such a stunned young man appeared by chance, everyone wanted to tease him. It is estimated that he has not been working for a long time." Sera shrugged. "But then a few people who were there the day before yesterday gave him enough information, and I think it's worth the price of that glass of wine."

"May I ask you what you think of the Turner family?"

"Well... I can only talk about my personal feelings. The people of the Turner family act a little too seriously, which is not a bad thing, but once they are serious, many simple things will become troublesome, just like last night. Obviously with his family prestige Sitting there and chatting, everyone will tell him the matter, but he has to come to me to inquire first, as if if he does not follow the procedure, disaster will be imminent."

"Except for this? It seems that your evaluation of them is much better than that of the Herman family."

"Hey... you want to talk about this? The Herman family doesn't like to show up too much, and everyone doesn't even have a chance to know about it. The talk in the streets and alleys will naturally demonize them. The Turner family does practical things and often contacts with everyone. Yes, everyone knows who they are, and they get along just like ordinary townspeople, and everyone will forgive even a little mistake."

How do you say it?If you are not popular with others, you have to find your own problems.

Lu Ning now has a little understanding of the Herman family, but this can only be regarded as incidental information, and she plans to go straight to the point.

"I met someone out of town this morning with short hair like yours, and like yours, pale blond hair that looks like silver in the sun."

Serra raised an eyebrow.

"Really? Sharma and Tina and I only separated when we went out this morning, and then came here after turning around a few liquor stores and never went out. The people you see really look like me ?”

"She's wearing a mask, so I can't see her face, but she looks like you in terms of figure and hair color, so I thought it was you." Lu Ning nodded, "This matter is very important to me, Sera, do you really not know if there are other people with the same hair color as you in this town?"

"What I know is limited to those who often come to the tavern. I can say that I know half of the people in the town, but I can't guarantee all of them. For example, I don't even know the name of anyone other than the current owner of the Herman family. clear."

Sierra was also a little unsure.

"That was probably just a misunderstanding, sorry for the weird questions."

"It doesn't matter. If you have time, you are welcome to come back to the tin-plated flagon to drink." Sera didn't mind either.

After saying goodbye, Lu Ning walked out of the butcher shop and walked along the road to Turner's house.

She couldn't see the flaws in Serra, either she was very good at acting, or she really wasn't her.

However, she really didn't know much about the Turner family before, probably because the various mysterious actions of the Herman family were a bit too concerned, and she unconsciously ignored the existence of another family.

Family style dictated the look of the house, and just as the Hermann family lived as a whole in one large house, the Turner family took a completely hands-on approach, with their family members living in a small complex of similar architecture.

The Turner family respects personal struggle, and although they don't mind the family's prestige being borrowed by individuals, they have strict requirements.And every adult family member will rent a house or even a house from the family residence at a relatively cheap rent, and the family benefit is that after renting for a period of time, the house can be bought as personal property by paying a full fee.

Lu Ning remembered that she was shocked when she heard about this system.

So far, there has been no news about anyone in the Turner family being kicked out because they are so incompetent that they cannot afford to live in a house. However, there are many things that have been warned about rent arrears. At least the melon-eating people in the town don’t mind sharing such news that entertains the public.

With such a personal impression, Lu Ning came to the house in the center of the Turner family, where the head of the house lived - even this house was only one floor more than the other houses.

(End of this chapter)