The red moon returns

Chapter 400 Another Clue

The four of them were sitting in Leonard's house, looking at each other.

They suddenly had free time.

Not long ago, they were racing against time and could only communicate on the road. Now, the four of them suddenly became outsiders. Dr. Swain went to check on Leonard's condition and tried to find a cure using secret methods. Knight Terry went to trace the murder weapon. The four of them... were thrown on the spot at Leonard's home in the south corner of the city. The key point is that neither of them realized this.

You can't just throw it away after use, that's too immoral.

He stared at the two auxiliary soldiers who were left to stand guard at the crime scene for a few seconds. The auxiliary soldiers looked confused, and Lynch himself found it boring. He could only look away angrily and pretended not to hear Miss Diana's giggles in his ears.

But professionally trained Officer Natalie did not snicker; she laughed out loud.

In fact, no one really blamed Dr. Swain and Knight Terry. Instead, everyone was a little touched by their reaction.

This at least shows that they really wanted to protect the city, but unfortunately they failed in the end.

Why is this happening now? What happened in real history? If those people didn't die at the hands of the ghouls, then what about the ghoul invasion? That was an event that happened normally in both tests, so it should be consistent with history.

Lynch cannot find the answers to these questions now, but at least he can be sure of one thing.

The crisis of ghoul transformation is not over yet, because the memories of the strange creatures have not ended. So no matter who is the real culprit behind this, he must have a backup plan.

"What should we do now?" Officer Natalie asked naturally, "Go back to Dr. Swen's house and wait for news?"

"No, it's not time to stop yet. The culprit may launch the next attack at any time." Lynch frowned and said, "Kemit and Leonard mean that the first step of his ritual has been successful, and the existence of Leonard means that he can get sick even if he is not injured. This means that the other party can create a second Leonard without any warning. The crisis may come at any time."

For a moment, the three ladies fell silent, which was the biggest problem now.

"And I don't quite understand." Lynch said hesitantly, "According to Ms. Nightingale, isn't it very complicated to create a mystical problem? At least the will of the three evil gods was defeated in the same area, so why did the plague appear here? Is the plague here just an ordinary plague, not a mystical plague?"

"You misunderstood, Mr. Lynch." Miss Diana said, "Ours is a plague of the highest standard, triggered by the outbreak of divine power, with the strongest effect erupting simultaneously around the world. But in fact, if you just want to create a small-scale occult plague, it is not that difficult. You can use the effects of some strange objects, or even the belief in some evil gods, combined with mysterious potions and mysterious rituals to achieve it. But the simpler the process, the worse the effect and range. Some are even similar to an ordinary plague, and there is almost no mystery."

"I understand." Lin Qi nodded thoughtfully, "No wonder the plague here is almost exactly the same in symptoms, but without the characteristics of remote infection and direct outbreak. It seems that our era is an enhanced and upgraded version of this one. However, the situation here is still very valuable for us to refer to. From this aspect, it seems that we really have to thank the Lord of Billions of Glory for giving us such a good opportunity."

"So what now?" Natalie pressed. "Go find that crazy old man?"

"No, the old man has already made an appointment for the evening, so there is no need to rush. If there is something urgent, he will come to us. These guys who play with time and prophecy cannot be considered with common sense. Don't worry about him."

Lin Qi recalled the conversation he had with Ms. Skye in the round house in Wilson Town not long ago. He shook his head, stood up and looked at the sunlight outside the window. It looked like it was around three or four in the afternoon. "We want to go out of the city first, so we'll go out from the south gate and plant the last five fruits. When we come back, we'll feed the ten fruits from yesterday. It should be about time."

The South Gate of Novlan is not a relatively prosperous city gate. To the south of the city is a gravel wilderness with no farmland or roads, so few people go in and out of this side. There is even only one formal soldier wearing leather armor, and the remaining three gatekeepers are all auxiliary soldiers.

The human-faced fruit definitely cannot be grown on the gravel wasteland, but Lynch saw this as exactly what he wanted. He said a few perfunctory words to the gatekeeper and left the city.

It was obvious that this guy had other intentions. It was not until they were out of the city that Officer Natalie asked, "Is there anything here?"

"They used their way to track down the murderer and solve the problem. We also have our way. The fastest way is for everyone to work together." Lynch said, "I think Leonard should have entered the city from the south gate when he came back last night."

"Huh?" The three ladies were obviously not following Lynch's train of thought. They were all stunned. Officer Natalie asked in confusion, "I just asked, the capital is in the east, he should enter the city from the east, right?"

"But I think he entered the city from the south gate, so I came to take a look." Lin Qi suddenly smiled strangely, blinked mischievously and said, "How about we make a bet? If you lose... oh."

Lin Qi held his right leg and jumped several steps on the gravel ground. He felt that his toes were about to crack. However, on one side, there were curious and inquiring eyes, and on the other side, there were terrifying eyes that said they would kill him if he dared to tell anyone. Lin Qi was scared on the spot and immediately changed the subject to talk about business:

"The murder weapon, he hid it in his own home, which means he went home to hide the murder weapon before sending Kemit back to the fortress. Otherwise, he was carrying such a big murder weapon, and it would be impossible for the people in the fortress to not see it unless they were blind. And if he entered the city from the east gate, ran wildly in the city with a bloody Kemit, and had to go back home in the opposite direction to hide the murder weapon, it was obviously unrealistic, so the most likely possibility is that he went back from the south gate, hid the murder weapon on the way home, and then went to the fortress. Of course, it is also possible that he did enter the city from the east gate, but hid the murder weapon before entering the city, and went out to get it this morning, but..."

"No." Miss Diana was immediately distracted and denied it. "I noticed that there were some bloodstains on the pile of firewood with the murder weapon. If it was hidden this morning, the blood would have dried up long ago and it would be impossible for it to stick to the pile of firewood. Besides, there was no time. When we went there, the city gate had only been opened for a short time. But this is also a problem. Others may not have realized that there was something wrong with him before, so they assumed that he entered the city from the east gate. No one would mention the city gate. Even if the guards at the east gate did not see him enter the city, they probably would not care if no one mentioned it. But the guards at the south gate saw him riding a horse into the city from the south gate. Such a strange thing must be mentioned and questioned, not to mention that he was carrying a wounded person and the murder weapon. It is impossible for the guards at the south gate not to pay attention..."

"So this is the biggest problem." Lin Qi sneered, "Why didn't the guards at the South Gate notice it?"

"Either they were distracted by something, or... they are in the same group."

Officer Natalie said the answer with a serious face, which made the atmosphere solemn. Then she suddenly grabbed Lynch's wrist and pointed to a place on the ground near the low city wall.

A light-colored ground dotted with dark brown spots.

Dried blood.

The four looked at each other and realized that Lynch's inference was probably correct.

There is probably something wrong with the four guards at the south gate.

(End of this chapter)