The prisoner and the sea

Chapter 184 Confidential
There must be some kind of strange power pushing Talos forward. If she had to choose, she would definitely not choose to continue the investigation after parting with Gwen yesterday.From the moment they separated, Talos couldn't control his excessive curiosity.

Frankly speaking, there is less than half the possibility of judging whether Lal's death is suspended or not.

What danger was it that allowed the best detective in his hometown to die here?
Died in the famous hometown of ghost stories?

Before coming, Talos had sought out his master, Master Mandalotaf.Her master warned her in a warning tone that the Old Countryman is the train with the most famous rumors of strange stories so far. It seems that no matter what level of rumors, there is a replica on the Old Countryman.Some people once thought that it was because of their arrogance as a town of ghost stories that made them unwilling to admit it, but all of this is true.

If Lal faked his death, then you must not seek the truth, let the curse of the truth that the clever boy escaped be unobserved.

If Lal is really dead, then...

Be sure to check back and come back.

... The old voice still echoed in his mind, but Talos couldn't follow his master's persuasion.

"I haven't found the truth yet, I don't know Lal's life or death yet, I..."

Finally, she sighed, "Master, please forgive me for being an unintelligent student. I cannot refuse the truth. My rationality is burning as much as possible to prevent me from touching the truth behind it, but the burning The red plate of knowledge, let me touch it despite the threat of my hand being scorched."

After parting with the mind flayer boy who was more like a girl, she knew that she could not be in a hurry at this time. The source power reaction in the shadow was constantly reflected, which made people sigh a little bit that "the town of ghost stories is worthy of its name". Yuanli is like a convenient passage.Close your eyes, there will be six ghosts, three members of the Shadow Paganism, two power users, and thirty cat lamps passing by.

Although the shadow is borrowed, it does not mean that the whereabouts will be sensed.

This is similar to a "transmission rod node". The shadow of the person becomes a part of the transmission rod. When the power is transmitted, naturally there will be no prying eyes on the material of the transmission rod itself, and there will be no spying on the manufacturer of the transmission rod. daily life.

However, the change in the position of the transmission rod will be subtly felt by people.

For example, if you feel that the number of shadows in the whole area is decreasing, this is unlikely to be the sun coming out, it can only be that people are fleeing here.

Talos was reluctant to give this kind of information.

After patiently waiting until the number of creatures in the shadows was reduced to only cat lights, she decided to go to the scene of the crime, which was the Buches Hotel, which had been bombed a lot.If the enemy decides to destroy something, then he has to hunt like a hunting dog.Some people may say that this is a trap or something, but in this way, everything in this world is a trap.

On Laolu Street, which is close to the maintenance station, there is a small shop of Fox Ear Ron on the top floor.

They mysteriously asked the password of the people outside, Talos on the one hand complained a little bit to his master, "How does this old man know this kind of shop?" At the same time, she read out the secret code a little excitedly, the door opened, and the two fox-eared Ron En sisters welcomed her in. The store was decorated like an apartment, with a few coffee tables.But Rong En, the fox ear, asked nervously: "What do you want for supper?"

night snack shop.

It's a big disappointment that it's not that type of shop.Talos was also a little bit disappointed, but he ordered a delicious meal to try to comfort his stomach, and at the same time, he looked at the huge repair station outside the mirror—a giant assembly station that was probably bigger than both township vehicles.

Hundreds of black dogs in black commanded nearly a thousand government soldiers to deploy defenses.

Even those who don't like the Special Bureau must admit that the black dogs do have a stable ability. As a temporary team leader, coupled with a sufficient number, it is very convenient.

"Another cup of radiant coffee."

She raised her hand to beckon Fox-Eared Ron En to come over, and after he came over, she pretended to be a curious tourist and asked about the situation here.At first, Ron was still a little wary, as if he was looking at a stranger, Talos took extra effort to ask the other party for information.

The Butchers Hotel is being overhauled, and it seems that the situation is okay. It seems that the goal of the saboteurs is only to destroy the few fixed rooms.

"But I heard that it was blown up by explosives. It's terrible. Such a large-scale bomb was sent in without a sound. It's terrible."

Hu Er Rong En had a worried expression: "Guest, tell me, will this kind of thing happen again?"

"It's unlikely, such a large-scale explosion, one time is enough to slap Long Yan in the face, right?"

This information alone is very valuable.

Looking at Ron En's expression of not knowing what this meant, Talos felt like he had found a treasure, and felt that the puzzle in his heart became clearer.

This thing must not be done by paganism.

Paganism does not have this technology.

As in the past, two or three heretics are enough to create an explosion that can destroy the entire train. It is impossible, like this kind of behavior of precisely controlling the equivalent and blasting.

A professional prop like a bomb is very much like the handiwork of someone from the Special Investigation Bureau.

Could it be the SBI?
What clues did Lal dig up from the line?
... Talos took a sip of his coffee, feeling refreshed.Although I have gained and guessed in my heart, but I can't get the answer without going to the scene to see it again.

With determination.

When we got to the maintenance station, even though there were many people patrolling, it still couldn't cover the entire maintenance station.She found a gap and walked in, blending into the big hotel.There are loudspeakers in the lobby of the hotel, reading 'Don't Violate the Curfew' and so on.Although the Grand Hotel is parked, there are still guests living in it.

She moved along the ventilation duct, thanks to the explosion that destroyed the ventilation system, so the train did not dare to open the ventilation system casually, and only dared to maintain passive air purification ventilation.

Otherwise, it would not be as simple as Talos feeling his thighs feel a little cooler.

The scene of the crime was severely damaged, and it had become scorched black under the strong explosion, as if it was a piece of scorched earth.But even then, there are clues that can be used.For example, the source of the clues.

The victims were the special commissioner and bodyguard of the authorities, that is, Yuan Lishi.

It is not easy to kill them quickly.

There will also be clues.

And even if he didn't pay attention at the time, when he sorted out the case later, he would find the clues left by him at that time, which led to the extreme use of explosives to cover up.Talos can understand this.

The traces of Yuanli spread all over the room, just as she expected.

"In order to destroy the clues left by Yuanli, did you use this method specially? Mixing Yuanli into explosives as a combustion aid, although it will destroy the original power in terms of power, it can effectively destroy the traces of Yuanli on the scene .”

In this case, there is only a [-]% possibility of obtaining clues, and [-]% of them is that after the scene is destroyed, the source force has a special reflection change, which is equivalent to throwing hot metal into the water, but it caused Some kind of fine art like possibility.Tiny, but a certain possibility.This possibility disappeared after she examined it in detail.

After that, there is the second one percent possibility, that is, the special commissioners of the authorities are sufficiently 'elite'.

Talos has helped the authorities conduct case analysis in some covert operations.

She knew a lot of information about the special commissioner that even the commander didn't know, such as a series of unbelievable training. The special commissioner at the time said that they could perform one tenth of this kind of training in actual combat. Even if it is very good.But now, Talos hopes to operate a [-]% commissioner.

She squatted on the ground, slowly exploring like a hound looking for a trace.

It took two hours.

During this long period of time, even though the hope became more elusive, she still consumed her source power to search for clues like a demon.

Miracles are uncontrollable rewards, but if you don't invest in them, how can you pray for them?
Talos was rewarded.

Found an area on the ground that was not covered by source power.

When the special commissioner dies, he can hold back the pain and use his power to leave a mark, which becomes a clue to solve the case.But on the other hand, many commissioners also know that someone will destroy such clues, so they will set up a special spell that counters the annihilation of the source force, once it is covered by a large amount of source force, it will trigger the killing mechanism—— This will form a special situation, in the scene where the source force is everywhere, there will be a small area of ​​'passive force'.

Talos touched this area and immediately knew that the commissioner had left clues here!
Will it be a name?

she thinks.

In the limited time, the best clue to leave is the name, followed by the type of source force, and the last is the kind of obscure utopian poem.

The annihilated source area formed a line of special words.

"My slayer, the red mind flayer."

The font was trembling at the end, but it was still recognizable, and there was no such situation as "killer, three dots". The short and special sentence pattern exposed the clues of the murderer.

Although Talos couldn't know what the red mind flayer meant, this distinctive feature gave her an idea.

"The red mind flayer..."

This name seems to have some kind of magical power. The first moment people know it, they can't help repeating it.When she pronounced the name, she knew something was wrong.

A terrifying scorching heat emerged behind him.

She jumped forward, adjusted her body and turned sideways, and the lightsaber was unsheathed in an instant.

hiss.

A flexible figure even more flexible than that mind flayer boy twisted in the air and landed like lightning.Is a mind flayer costume but with a red color scheme.With a flick of her hands, the two lightsabers were immediately unsheathed.

not good -

The opponent landed early.

If you want to rush to attack, you must land quickly, and stepping on the ground with both feet is a must-have course for all source warriors who are proficient in combat.

jingle--

A bell rang.

Although there was still a distance between the two, no matter how treacherous the lightsaber was, they couldn't hit him.

But this voice must mean something, must represent something.

In the sky, the most convenient way to attack is the shooting ability.

So……

Talos forcibly injected the source force, turned and turned over again, feeling the severe pain as if the bones were broken, the injection on the belt was automatically triggered, and the pain suddenly intensified, but the pain was part of her source force. It is pain, the clearer it is, the stronger it is.At this moment, she felt a terrifying flame force coming from behind, and the evasion she had done in advance worked.A string of rays that would burn you just by looking at them came out from the broken walls behind you, setting this troubled room on fire.

Conversion system?
Subconsciously making such a judgment, Talos controlled the landing point in the air, increased his weight, and landed heavily. After his feet stepped on the ground, he saw the lightsaber pressing down heavily.

She held the sword in both hands to resist, and learned the lesson of being glued to the sword by the young mind flayer before, and increased the source of repulsion.

The opponent's sword was unexpectedly long and heavy, and her arrangement worked. The repulsive force caused her to bounce off the blade at the first contact.

Jingle, Jingle...

Dozens of bells sounded like an explosion at the same time, and Talos almost felt dizzy.

But fortunately, she was still rational, and at the moment of bouncing away, she used her principles to the extreme.Instantly broke through the ruins and jumped off one of the main towers of the Buches Hotel.Jumping from such a high altitude would inevitably lead to a high death rate, but she knew better that if she stayed here, she would definitely be killed by this red mind flayer.

ah ah ah ah...

Let out a cry of annoyance in my heart, obviously I am not weak among Yuanlishi, but now I am on the fellow, and I lost two battles and two losses!The opponents you meet are all inexplicably powerful stubble!

……

"Red mind flayers, I've never heard of that variant."

In the private room of the blues bar, Gwen looked at the embarrassed Talos, and wondered in his heart, the red mind flayer?Do mind flayers also have flash versions?But no matter how confused he was, he was powerless to investigate the cause of the incident and blame Grid for it.

Because at this moment, Sister Gezi was feeling yin and yang in the scenery in her heart, and laughed wildly, "Oh, what about the red mind flayer? I thought there were only mind flayers in the rain. Do you want to become a mind flayer in the mist? I even learned the spell, hee hee." Because the yin and yang strangeness is in line with the love of the cat lanterns, the cat lanterns deliberately did not draw the curtain, and pretended not to hear meowing and fluttering.

Gwen looked at Da Vinci next to him, and found that the other side looked indifferent.

And Talos naturally couldn't find the witch, he just held a cup of red wine and coffee in his hands and panted, looking outside worriedly, as if he was worried about the pursuers.

Gollum.

AI Witch Da Vinci took a sip of coffee.

Click it.

Varo the cat's paws poked out from the shadows and took the salt and pepper chips from the table.

……

To be honest, Gwen really wished that the red mind flayer would come now. I'm afraid that if it comes now, it will create the "Worst Source Creature Legend", which may become the rarest record of "Fighting the Witch" in the Utopian world... …

(End of this chapter)