The red moon returns

Chapter 411: Peeling off the cocoon
Mayor Jackson was a very people-friendly leader who cared a lot about agricultural production. When he was young, he often inspected the fields and farms outside the city, including old Swain's farm.

The old ghoul's wife had just died, and he lived with his son and daughter on his wife's farm. A ghoul didn't know much about agriculture, and he was clumsy. In the end, it was the city lord who personally guided him, and the farm didn't have a complete crop failure that year.

From then on, the two sides knew each other. The city lord did not know the identity of the Sven family and just treated them as a few familiar civilians.

Afterwards, Stephen Swain left here with her teacher, the mystic Leonardo. When she returned here many years later, the city lord actually still recognized her. Knowing that she was a mystic and an acquaintance, he took good care of her, so that the knights of the city defense force also looked at her differently.

"So I don't want to believe that there's something wrong with Jackson, but I won't have any concerns because of him." Dr. Swain sighed, "Nick's body is indeed missing, which makes me doubt him. Do you think he wants to resurrect his dead son, so he did such a crazy thing?"

The movies and TV series of the past have already filmed all the conceivable possibilities, so I won’t be polite, you great masters.

Lin Qi sighed and said seriously: "I guess this is the reason, at least it is related to this, and... the other party may be close to success."

"Yes." Miss Diana agreed, "If his purpose was to revive the child, he would not use the child's body as an experiment. Instead, he would have to hide his purpose well. The best way to hide it is to leave the body where it should be. This way, he wouldn't have to go through so much trouble like they did. Therefore, once he dug up the body despite the risk of being discovered, it means that he can officially carry out the experiment."

"Then we must speed up," said Dr. Sven. "Let's proceed from two aspects as we discussed yesterday. As for the main messenger, since the city lord is becoming more and more suspicious, we will temporarily target him. The core element of the ghoul disease is indeed very troublesome..."

"Wait." Lynch raised his hand to interrupt Dr. Sven, "Since it is possible that the other party dug up the body of the city lord's son, can't you track him down by smelling the scent?"

Dr. Swen looked at Lynch sideways and said dissatisfiedly: "I always feel that your words are full of offense."

"No, no, absolutely not. That's your illusion." Lin Qi laughed dryly, "Aren't you sensitive to smells? You can smell it from half a month ago."

"Indeed, but unfortunately, it is unlikely to track him down due to the interference of his own scent." Doctor Sven frowned and was silent for a moment. "If we can't find the ghoul, we can find the source of all this."

"What do you mean?"

"It's how this all happened." Sven explained, "If it was poisoned, we need to find the poison, if it was a curse, we need to find the curse method, if it was a ritual, we need to find the ritual process..."

Miss Diana showed a look of realization: "The information of the core elements is often contained in the source, right? But this is not easier than finding that ghoul, at least that gentleman is a bigger target."

"That's why I didn't say it before." Doctor Swen nodded. "As for the core elements, I will think of a solution from Leonard and the four sick soldiers, and Jackson..."

As she spoke, she took a deep look at the butler Rocky and the servants who were patrolling carefully.

Lin Qi asked thoughtfully: "Do you know each other?"

"of course."

"It's not that we can't ask him, but we have to find a good excuse so that they won't see anything wrong." Lynch and the three ladies murmured for a while, "I remember Terry said he buried those travelers who were killed by the ghouls before?"

"Yes, it is buried here." The doctor's eyes lit up. "This is a good excuse."

Miss Diana added: "And asking him directly makes it seem like we don't doubt them."

"Let's go together." Lin Qi said, "We go in and out with you. This should no longer be a secret in the city. There is no need to hide it."

So, the five of them discussed for a while, and then came out from behind the tree in a lively manner, and headed towards the cemetery just like they had just come around the city wall.

"Stop, who are you and what's your purpose?" A patrolling citizen immediately stopped them, "Are you a spy for the zombies? Let me tell you, we are experts in identifying zombies and can tell your identity at a glance." "Ah Ba Ah Ba."

Lynch didn't understand anyway, so he just played dumb. However, the other party saw Dr. Swain and immediately smiled: "Good morning, Ms. Swain, it turns out you brought them here, I thought they were zombies."

"Don't worry, they are not ghouls, they are travelers, my old friends who came to visit me and happened to encounter an incident in the city." Doctor Sven had a stern face as always and looked very fierce. "What are you doing here? You are not trying to take the opportunity to rob the grave, are you? Butler Rocky, you are here too, what's going on?"

"The city lord cares about us all, so he asked us to protect our ancestors from being desecrated by those damned monsters." The middle-aged butler signaled the patrolmen to start working, and he pulled the five people aside. "Fortunately, the ghouls shouldn't dare to get so close to the city. You are...oh, those dead travelers are over there. I'll ask them to help dig them up, so you don't have to do it yourself."

"Well, thank you very much. But why did Jackson suddenly think of the cemetery? Wasn't everything normal the day before yesterday?"

"Actually, Master Jackson also made a temporary decision." The housekeeper looked around and saw that there was no one around, and whispered, "Yesterday, Master Jackson missed the young master. Looking at his portrait, he suddenly remembered the young master's grave. He was worried that it would be destroyed by those damn monsters, so he found a reason and mobilized people to patrol. Alas, the young master's incident was too much of a blow to the master. A few days ago, the master just walked out and decided to forget the past. He also asked someone to move all of the young master's things into the basement and locked them up. As a result, he remembered it again yesterday."

Ok?
Lin Qi's eyes flickered as he listened. This might be the truth behind the four South Gate soldiers' escape. And... they moved all the relics to the basement? They didn't seem to want to forget the past.

Thinking in his mind, Lynch whispered to the three ladies, "Do you think he is telling the truth?"

"Yes, obviously. Unless he has received professional training," Miss Diana said without hesitation, "I'm afraid he is really just an executor and knows nothing."

"Then this locked basement is great. I think there's a chance I can sneak in..."

"Dig it up."

The cheers from the side interrupted the loud conspiracy of Lynch and his four companions, and several travelers saw the light of day again.

Lynch's mouth twitched. A corpse that had been buried for many days was not good for his appetite. He was not interested in close contact. What if the other party was as grumpy as Natalie? But he had to make an excuse, even with tears in his eyes. The group could only accompany Dr. Swen to the corpse.

They were all naked corpses, and like Kemit, their bodies were covered with shocking huge wounds. The coolies working around them cursed the cruelty of the ghouls, but Dr. Swain was very focused on turning over the corpses with the patrolman's weapon, not disgusted at all, and even a little hungry.

Lynch looked very professional, pretending to watch and nod frequently. However, as he watched, he suddenly found a problem. He grabbed Dr. Swen, pulled her aside, and asked in a low voice:

"Who examined the body?"

"I tested two of them, what's wrong?"

"Don't you have the custom of performing autopsies here?"

"Ah? Why do we need an autopsy?"

"I have a suggestion. Leonard, Kemit, the four guards at the south gate, and the bodies of these suspected experimental subjects, maybe we can do an autopsy." Lynch looked back at the rotten corpses and sighed that autopsies in this era were too unprofessional. "Check the stomach contents. Maybe what we are looking for is inside."

"source?"

"It's possible."

(End of this chapter)