Mystery: The Stars Returner

Professor Wayne was a law professor at Backlund University and also his own teacher. His disappearance was also significant enough for the police to investigate.

Perhaps, Professor Wayne didn't want to trouble himself, so he chose to be the fake missing person.

But when Hastur thought of the strange bell sound last night, he felt a little panicked, and Lecturer Foren's expression didn't seem to be acted.

"Don't worry, Professor Wayne will be fine." Hasta comforted Lecturer Foren and asked, "Did the dock area send anyone to look for him?"

A workhouse employee replied: "We have sent someone to look for him, but we have not received any news yet."

"Has every part of the workhouse been searched?"

"I've looked for him more than once, but I haven't seen any trace of Professor Wayne. No one has seen him this morning either."

"I want to see Dean Dahn."

"Okay, I'll take you there."

Led by the workhouse staff, Hasta and Lecturer Foren soon met Dean Dan.

He also seemed very anxious at the moment and seemed to be in a bad mood.

Seeing Hastur and the other two coming, he put away his angry expression and sighed, "Please rest assured, we will definitely find Professor Wayne and will never let anything happen to him."

Hasta's face was grim, and he said in a deep voice: "If we still can't see my most respected teacher by noon at the latest, we will choose to call the police and rely on the power of the police department to solve this matter."

Regardless of whether Professor Wayne really disappeared, taking this opportunity to get the police involved in this matter is the best option.

"Should we not trouble the police department for this?" Dean Daen's expression became even uglier.

"Then can you make sure you find the person before twelve o'clock?"

Hastur emphasized his tone, stabbed the ground twice with his cane, and said, obviously suppressing the anger in his heart: "My teacher is an extremely respected law professor. He has trained many outstanding lawyers, including students who became judges!"

"I understand, we will definitely take care of this matter!"

Dean Dahn was shocked, obviously surprised by the importance of Professor Wayne.

Soon, Dean Dan ordered the people in the workhouse to search for Professor Wayne's whereabouts.

Lecturer Hasta and Foren did not stay quietly in the room waiting for news, but took several workhouse staff to the dock area to look for it.

The main reason was that Hastur was worried that if Professor Wayne’s disappearance was really related to the workhouse, then it would be very dangerous for them to choose to stay in the workhouse.

Especially when twelve o'clock is approaching, if the workhouse still cannot find Professor Wayne, then they might ask the two of them to disappear as well, so as to avoid attracting the intervention of the police.

It’s not that he wants to think that human hearts are so dark, but in this mysterious world, it’s always right to be careful.

Even if you don't make mistakes, you may encounter unknown dangers, not to mention if you make stupid mistakes.

At around eleven o'clock, the entire dock area had been searched thoroughly by the people from the workhouse, and even many dock area residents joined in the search for Professor Wayne, but no trace of Professor Wayne was found.

What’s even more terrifying is that among so many pairs of eyes in the dock area, not a single pair of eyes has ever seen Professor Wayne.

Hastur stood in the crowd, looking in the direction of the Sunrise Workhouse with a serious expression.

If Professor Wayne was forced to disappear, he was most likely imprisoned in the workhouse. If he disappeared on his own initiative, he was also likely hiding in the workhouse.

After all, there are a huge number of residents living in the dock area, and many of them have to get up to work before dawn. It would be extremely difficult to sneak out of the dock area under so many double eyelids.

On the contrary, if he hides in the workhouse, he only needs to avoid the first few searches, which can easily create the illusion that there is nothing under the lamp.

Lecturer Foren on the side looked at Hastur with complicated eyes, and seemed to want to say something but stopped himself several times.

He really wanted to ask whether all this had been discussed in advance between his teacher and Mr. Hasta?

The script we agreed on last night was clearly not to be performed like this!

Chapter 27 Hugh, the Arbiter of Justice

at noon.

The workhouse still did not find Professor Wayne. Dean Dahn looked gloomy and did not stop Hastur and the two from calling the police.

Now residents of the entire dock area basically know the news about Professor Wayne's disappearance. This is a fact that cannot be concealed.

After calling the police, Hastur and Lecturer Foren waited quietly. When faced with Dean Dahn's invitation to have lunch first, they refused on the grounds that they were in a bad mood and could not eat.

While the people in the workhouse went out to eat, Lecturer Follen 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 law enforcement agencies." Compared to when he first received the news in the early morning, Hasta felt much more relaxed.

Based on my observation of Dean Dahn today, it is obvious that Dean Dahn does not know the specific circumstances of Professor Wayne's disappearance.

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

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

He is more inclined to the former guess, and he does not rule out that it is related to the ringing of the bell last night.

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

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

"Alas." Lecturer Foulun sighed, with a lot of sadness on his face.

Hastur comforted him not to worry too much and took him out for a walk and to have something to eat along the way.

The two of them have been busy with Professor Wayne's affairs this morning, and they haven't eaten yet. They have also looked for many places, and their stomachs are almost hungry.

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

Hasta ordered pan-fried veal steak with sausages and a mushroom soup, while Professor Foren ordered grilled fish, sausages and a glass of beer.

After eating the steak and sausage, Hasta still felt a little hungry, but due to the presence of Professor Foulun, he didn't order anything else to eat.

He drank spoonful after spoonful of the tasteless mushroom soup, looking away from the outside of the restaurant.

After watching for seven or eight minutes, before the mushroom soup bottomed out, Hasta caught a glimpse of a petite figure.

She has messy, shoulder-length yellow hair and wears a traditional knight training uniform. She is relatively short, over 1.5 meters tall at most, with some baby fat on her cheeks. Her facial features are delicate and soft, and her eyebrows are not fully opened yet, and she is slightly green. .

This image looks a bit like Hugh.

Hasta carefully checked her height and finally confirmed that the person outside was Xio!

He did not go forward to chat. It was very unaristocratic to strike up a conversation at an inappropriate time.

After a while, Xio who was outside also walked into the restaurant and sat down not far from Hasta.

Did she come here to wait for someone, or did she come specifically to see myself and Lecturer Foulun?

Does she have news about Professor Wayne?

Hastur had many thoughts in his mind, but he still did not choose to initiate a conversation.

After a while, Xio got up and walked towards Hastur.

At his side, he whispered, "I'm good at finding people. Would you like to hire me and give it a try?"

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

"I can't guarantee it. I just think you need to hire a professional. Instead of trusting those police officers, you should trust my professionalism."

"Madam, although you have charm that is easy to believe, don't you think this is too abrupt?"

Xio sat in another seat, pondered for a moment and said, "I confess that 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 reasons can convince me, we can pay to hire you to help."

In fact, even if Xio didn't take the initiative to come to talk, Hasta was still ready to find a reason to invite her to help.

After all, she is a member of the Future Tarot Club and one of the protagonists of 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 gained a lot from his speech yesterday. People like him should not have to suffer mishaps."

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

For no other reason than that, she simply didn't want to let such a respectable elder encounter any mishaps.

Hastur nodded and said: "I believe your reasons, now we can talk about the employment fees."

"If you don't find anyone, 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 as a hiring fee." Xio made his own small request.

50 pounds is a very reasonable price for a professor.

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

Xio stood up and said a little happily: "This will be the wisest decision you have ever made."

No, I have always made wise decisions.

Hasta felt silently in his heart.

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

"Hugh Dilcha."

Xio introduced herself and gave a brief introduction to herself. Her words were very convincing and she quickly dispelled Professor Foulun's concerns.

After accepting the employment, Hugh immediately got into the zone. After a while of analysis by Lecturers Hastur and Foran, he finally came to the conclusion that Professor Wayne was most likely still in the workhouse.

This conclusion is consistent with Hastur's guess.

Lecturer Foulun said with some suspicion: "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 must trust the judgment of professionals." Hasta also added.

"Okay." Lecturer Foulun said nothing more.

"Let us go to the workhouse now to search."

"There's no rush. We'll wait until the police department gets involved."

Hastur stopped Xio's move. He didn't want to find Professor Wayne now.

Everything is still waiting for the police to intervene

Besides, otherwise, it would be very embarrassing.

Hugh was obviously very smart and understood the hidden meaning of Hastur's words.