Mystery: The Returner of the Stars

Chapter 27 Hugh, the Arbiter of Justice
at noon.

The workhouse still couldn't find Professor Wayne, and Dean Dahn's face was gloomy, and he didn't stop the two of Hasta from calling the police.

Now the residents of the entire dock area are basically aware of the disappearance of Professor Wayne, which cannot be concealed.

After reporting to the police, Hastur and Lecturer Furren waited quietly at the spot, and faced Dean Dahn's invitation to have lunch first, they refused on the grounds that they were in a bad mood and couldn't eat.

Taking advantage of the time when the people in the workhouse went out to eat, Lecturer Furren finally waited for the opportunity to be alone with Hastur.

He came to Hastur and lowered his voice: "Can we find the teacher?"

"You have to believe in the power of the law enforcement agencies." Compared to when he first got the news early in the morning, Hastur was in a much lighter mood.

Judging from my observation of Dean Dahn today, Dean Dahn obviously did not know the specific circumstances of Professor Wayne's disappearance.

Otherwise, he would definitely not let himself and Lecturer Furren leave the workhouse, let alone call the police.

Now he has two guesses. One is that this incident was completely directed and acted by Professor Wayne alone, and the other is that Professor Wayne accidentally involved extraordinary powers, which led to his disappearance.

He was more inclined to the former guess, and he did not rule out that it had something to do with the ringing of the bell last night.

"Did the teacher discuss something with you alone?" Lecturer Furren finally asked the biggest question in his heart.

"No, I didn't know anything about Professor Wayne's disappearance before you told me."

"Oh." Lecturer Furren sighed, with a lot of sadness on his face.

Hastur comforted him not to worry too much, and led him out for a walk, and also had something to eat.

The two of them were busy with Professor Wayne's work this morning. They haven't eaten yet, and they have searched for a lot of places. Their stomachs are almost flat.

After strolling around the pier area for about ten minutes, the two of them found a small restaurant not far away.

Hastur ordered pan-fried veal steak with sausage and a mushroom soup, and Lecturer Furren ordered grilled fish, sausage and a glass of beer.

After eating the steak and sausage, Hastur still felt a little hungry, but because of the presence of Lecturer Furren, he didn't order anything more.

Drinking the tasteless mushroom soup spoonful by spoonful, he looked outside the restaurant.

After watching for seven or eight minutes, the mushroom soup hadn't bottomed out yet, but Hasta caught a glimpse of a petite figure.

She has messy, rough, shoulder-length yellow hair and wears a traditional knight training suit. She is short, at most 1.5 meters tall, with baby fat cheeks, delicate and soft features, and slightly green eyebrows that have not yet fully opened.

This image is a bit like Hugh.

Hastur checked her height carefully and finally confirmed that the person outside was Hugh!
He didn't go forward to have a chat, strike up a conversation at an inappropriate time, it's not aristocratic thing.

After a while, Hugh who was outside also walked into this restaurant, and was still sitting not far from Hasta.

Did she come here to wait for someone, or did she come here specifically to find herself and Lecturer Furren?
Did she have news from Professor Wayne?
There were many thoughts in Hastur's mind, but he still didn't choose to initiate a conversation.

After a while, Xio took the initiative to get up and walked to Hastur's side, whispering: "I'm very good at finding people, do you want to hire me?"

Hastur's eyes lighted slightly, and he said with a smile: "We are indeed looking for someone, and we don't have any clues yet. Can you really help us find someone?"

"I can't guarantee it. I just think it's necessary for you to hire a professional. Instead of trusting those police officers, you might as well trust my profession."

"Madam, although you have an easily believable charm, don't you think this is too abrupt?"

Xio sat in another seat, pondered for a moment and said: "I confess, I am interested in finding Professor Wayne, but this does not prevent you from paying me to help."

Hastur kept smiling and said, "If your reason convinces me, we can pay you to help."

In fact, even if Xio didn't take the initiative to come to chat, Hastur was going to find a reason and invite her to do a favor.

After all, she is a member of the Tarot Club in the future, one of the little protagonists in this mysterious world, she should have good luck.

With her luck in finding Professor Wayne, things shouldn't get too bad.

"Professor Wayne is a respectable scholar. I learned a lot from his speech yesterday. People like him should not be in danger."

Hugh still didn't say a word. Even if Hasta and the others didn't ask her for help, she would take the initiative to find Professor Wayne.

Not for anything else, she just simply didn't want to let such a respectable elder encounter any misfortune.

Hastur nodded and said: "I believe your reason, now we can talk about the issue of employment expenses."

"If no one is found, you only need to pay me 10 pounds. If I play a key role in finding Professor Wayne, then you have to pay me 50 pounds for employment." Xio made his own small request.

£50 is a reasonable price for a professor.

"Yes, I believe in your character and ability." Hastur did not refuse this condition.

Xio stood up and said a little happily, "This will be the wisest decision you've ever made."

No, I've always made wise decisions.

Hastur silently sighed in his heart.

Lecturer Furren looked strange, and finally asked about the origin of the lady in front of him.

"Hugh Dilcher."

Xio reported her identity and gave herself a small introduction. Her words were easily convincing, and she quickly dispelled Lecturer Furren's concerns.

After accepting the employment, Hugh immediately entered the state. After analyzing Hasta and Furren for a while, he finally came to the conclusion that Professor Wayne was probably still in the workhouse.

This conclusion is consistent with what Hastur guessed in his mind.

Lecturer Furren was slightly skeptical: "The workhouse has been searched more than once, but no one has been found."

"Because of this, it is the most suitable hiding place."

"We have to trust the judgment of professionals." Hasta also added.

"Okay." Lecturer Furren didn't say anything more.

"Let's go to the workhouse now and look for it."

"No rush, wait until the police department intervenes."

Hastur stopped Hugh's move, he didn't want to find out Professor Wayne now.

We still have to wait for the police department to intervene, otherwise, it would be very embarrassing.

Hugh was obviously smart enough to read what Hastur said.

This is the untrustworthy workhouse!
That's right, it's impossible for a well-behaved living person to disappear suddenly in everyone's eyes. The workhouse is indeed the biggest suspect.

After one o'clock in the afternoon, six police officers arrived at the place where Hasta and the others were. After a brief verification and explanation, the group went to the Sunrise Workhouse together.

For this decision, Hastur was a bit rejected in his heart. He didn't want to step into the workhouse again, but as a nobleman who cared about the teacher's whereabouts, it was naturally impossible for him to leave at this time.

With the intervention of the police, Dean Dahn gave the green light all the way to open all the rooms of the workhouse and gather people together so that the police could question and search.

The six police officers were divided into three teams, two police officers in each team, one team was in charge of questioning the staff of the workhouse, the other team searched each room under the leadership of several workhouse staff, and the last team followed Hasta The three moved together, accompanied by two staff members of the workhouse.

"Should there be some basement or something in the workhouse?"

Hugh put forward her own opinion decisively. She didn't think a normal search could find Professor Wayne.

"This is not something we can decide. We need to ask Dean Dahn for instructions."

"I believe Dean Dahn will not miss any possible opportunity."

Hastur opened his mouth, and a staff member hurried to ask Dean Dan for instructions.

Soon, the staff member turned back again, and Dean Da En came with him.

In this regard, Hastur refused.

It's like you have a BOSS by your side before starting a team fight.

Of course, Dean Dahn may be innocent, but this possibility is very low.

Xio also frowned slightly, apparently not wanting to go with Dean Dahn either.

"Principal Dahn, aren't you going to be busy with other things?" Lecturer Furren asked puzzled.

Dean Dahn explained: "The basement has always been a place for some irascible people to reflect. Those people have bad tempers. It's better for me to lead you in and search them myself."

Alarm bells sounded in Hastur's heart, such a statement sounded a bit wrong.

Xio also realized that there might be some other accidents, and said with a smile: "There should be more than one basement here, right?"

"There are three rooms in total, two of which are connected to each other with an iron door in the middle, and the other basement is directly under the bell tower."

"Then let's search separately, so we can go faster."

Dean Dahn nodded and said, "Okay then, I'll make a team of three with you, and let Vice Dean Bard and others form a team with the two police officers."

There were eight people present, so they were divided into two groups with exactly four people.

"Well, then trouble Dean Dahn."

Xio nodded in response, she was very confident in herself, this Dean Dahn looked quite old, even if he played tricks, he would not be her opponent.

Hey, this arrangement is even worse!
Hastur didn't want to be with this Dean Dahn at all.

He was already thinking about what decent reason he should use to leave first.

"No trouble, this is what we should do. It is because we did not take good care of Professor Wayne that this regrettable thing happened."

Dean Dahn's tone sounded remorseful, and Lecturer Furren spoke a few words of reassurance.

The basement that they are in charge of with a group of four is located directly below the clock tower, and the entrance is on the first floor of the clock tower.

The gate here is closed tightly, with a string of iron locks hanging on it, mottled with rust.

On weekdays, the bell ringers who are responsible for ringing the bell on time climbed directly to the top floor to ring the bell through the ladder outside, and did not enter the first floor of the bottom of the bell tower.

Dean Da En stepped forward to unlock the iron lock and pushed open the door. It was so dark inside that it was difficult to see the specific things clearly.

"The sun rarely shines here, so it will be darker."

Dean Dahn walked ahead with a kerosene lamp, illuminating a large area in front of him, and allowing Hastur and the three behind him to see the specific situation inside.

It is very empty, there is only a table near the wall, and there are no other sundries.

There was clearly a secret door that was closed on the ground.

Xio walked in with Lecturer Furren, who was also carrying a kerosene lamp, and looked around, but found nothing unusual.

"Since it's locked here, Professor Wayne probably won't be here." Hastur stood at the door and forced a smile.

He didn't want to go in at all.

(End of this chapter)