Mystery: The Stars Returner

How could it be like a piece of wood with no other reaction at all?

Feeling Hasta's appraising gaze, the two young men looked over together, their eyes still calm and without any disturbance at all.

"Have you finished your work today?" Hasta hurriedly found a topic to chat about, otherwise he was afraid that he would be in danger.

"We don't have to work today, we have to be busy looking for people."

"It would be nice if you guys came here more often."

The answers from both of them were short, and their emotions still didn't fluctuate much, but they didn't show any malice.

Hasta asked curiously: "How does Dean Dahn treat you on weekdays?"

“He’ll keep our bellies full if we get the job done every day.”

"He doesn't like boys, he likes girls."

Hastur continued to ask: "What work do you do every day?"

"I go to the mountains to quarry stones. I start working at eight in the morning and rest at nine in the evening."

"After you came, we only had to work six hours a day, and we had better food."

The two people answered all questions. Except for obvious mood swings when they talked about having a full stomach, the other answers were very calm.

As if answering

Something that has nothing to do with me.

Such a weird phenomenon makes Hasta feel more and more uncomfortable. Could he be brainwashed?

He thought for a moment and then asked patiently: "Besides letting you work and liking girls, what else does Dean Dan like to do?"

"Count the money."

"dream."

"..."

Such an answer almost made Hastur freeze.

He knew that the two people were answering different things, but when they were connected together, they created a strong comedy effect.

Hasta took a few deep breaths before suppressing the urge to laugh.

Counting money is easy to understand, and he also likes to count money.

On the other hand, it is interesting to like to dream. It is indeed not an easy thing for a person to let everyone know that he likes to dream.

Hastur tried to ask: "What dreams does Dean Dahn like to have?"

"Finally out!"

Before the two young men could answer, Xio's voice came from the basement.

The sound is loud and full of energy, which makes you feel healthy when you hear it.

"Alas, Dean Dan turns out to be such a person."

Immediately afterwards there was the sound of Lecturer Foulen sighing.

Interrupted by these two voices, the two young men said nothing more. After looking at each other, they stood silently aside.

Hastur asked again, but they would not say a word.

Soon, Lecturer Xio and Foren came out of the secret door. They looked no different from when they first entered.

Xio straightened her hair a little and hummed: "Fortunately, I agreed to let you stay outside at that time, otherwise you would have been locked up for a long time."

Lecturer Folan came to Hastur and whispered: "We did not find the teacher inside."

Hastur was not surprised by this, and began to ask about what they saw and heard inside, and how Dean Darn escaped from the two of them and put them in a solitary room.

Xio was not in a good mood, so Lecturer Foulun told them what they had just experienced.

The basement was so dark that even a kerosene lamp couldn't illuminate much of the area. It was also damp and cold, and walking in it felt like walking through a sewer.

There are six confinement rooms on the left and right sides, and there is a rest room at the end.

Only three of the twelve solitary cells actually contain people.

Dean Dahn led them to open one room after another until they opened the penultimate solitary room. There was a figure huddled inside. In order to get a clearer look, Professor Foulun and Xio walked in to get a clear look.

Just as the two of them entered, Dean Dahn, who was standing outside the door, suddenly closed the door to the solitary room, locked it, and ran away without looking back.

When they found out they had been cheated, they could no longer get out.

At this time, they also saw clearly the figure huddled in the corner. That person was not Professor Wayne, but a dead man.

He was thin and young, no more than sixteen years old. He was wearing tattered clothes and a light black hat.

According to Xio's analysis, this person should have starved to death.

The reason why Dean Dahn escaped may also be because of the death in the solitary room.

Later, it was Hastur who found someone to rescue them.

After leaving the solitary room, they followed the two police officers and searched from room to room, but they couldn't find any secret passage after searching for a long time.

The two of them discussed it and decided to come out first. The two police officers led the two young men to carefully inspect every inch of the place inside.

Chapter 29 Emperor Russell is really a wise man

After listening to Lecturer Foulun's story, Hasta was even more glad that he did not go in, otherwise, with his temperament, he would not have entered the solitary room where the dead were kept.

In this way, he would be alone with Dean Dahn outside, and he did not have the confidence to face someone who wanted to escape.

Maybe Dean Dahn would stab him a few times when he wasn't paying attention.

That's really not good.

Xio recovered from the small defeat just now, stared at Hastur and said: "Where do you think the secret passage might be hidden?"

"Suppose I were the designer of the basement, then I would definitely build the secret passage in the lounge. After all, the main purpose of the solitary room is to confine the prisoners, not to give the prisoners a chance to leave." Hasta thinks this is a Very normal inference.

Xio nodded and said, "Are you interested in entering the basement and finding the secret passage?"

"Not interested in."

Hastur refused directly. Who knows what is on the other side of the secret passage? What if it is the secret lair of the BOSS?

What if there is a cruel trap set in the secret passage?

What if Dean Dan hides and beats them with black sticks secretly?

There are really too many unknowns, and he will not let himself take such risks.

If he remembered correctly, Xio was currently only a Sequence 9. An Extraordinary with such strength would basically be gone if he was not careful.

"Then you don't want to find Professor Wayne?"

"Of course I do, but finding someone requires wise judgment, not reckless behavior."

"Well, you are very cautious." Xiu thought for a moment and gave a pretty good evaluation.

"As a noble, I will not risk my life easily."

Hastur felt that he needed to emphasize it again, lest these people want to take risks with him.

Xio pouted her cute little mouth and really wanted to say, who is not from a noble family?

"So wise as you are, where do you think Professor Wayne might be?"

"This should be why we hired you, right?"

Hastur's calm rhetorical question made Xio feel as if he had been punched in cotton.

Xio didn't dwell on this topic with Hastur. He pondered for a while and gave his own professional advice.

"I don't think Dean Dahn had anything to do with Professor Wayne's disappearance. Instead, Professor Wayne's disappearance attracted the police department's intervention, which allowed him to escape in panic through a secret passage in the basement."

"Professor Wayne should no longer be in the workhouse."

"There are some remote places in the dock area that few people go to on weekdays. Professor Wayne may be hidden in those places."

Regarding the first point, Hastur had no objection. Dean Dahn was exposed too quickly, and he did not have the motive to kidnap Professor Wayne.

As for the second speculation, he had a different view. He still believed that Professor Wayne was more likely to be in the workhouse.

Dean Dahn is not suspected, but that does not mean that others are not suspected.

And the weirdness of the workhouse is not limited to Dean Dahn, the people who are suspected of being brainwashed, the bells ringing in the middle of the night, and the weird bell tower.

None of these questions have answers yet.

If it is confirmed that Professor Wayne disappeared on his own and is currently safe, then he would definitely stay away from this poorhouse and write an anonymous letter directly to the Church of Evernight.

Report letter.

He didn't think he could solve much of a problem with a Sequence 9.

But the problem is that it is difficult for him to know Professor Wayne's situation.

He left here. If Professor Wayne was really in danger, it would be difficult for him to forgive himself for standing by and watching today.

Alas, Professor Wayne, you really know how to play hide-and-seek.

"The police department has taken over here. We can go to those remote places in the dock area first."

Hugh made the suggestion, Hastur had no objection, and neither did Lecturer Foren.

Go out and take a look first. If you really can't find any clues, you'll have no choice but to stick to this workhouse.

Hastur sighed in his heart and followed Xio and Lecturer Fulen towards the dock area at the foot of the mountain.

After walking for a while, he suddenly remembered the two young men who had revealed important information to him just now.

The two of them seemed to have disappeared silently when Lecturer Foulen was talking about the encounter in the basement.

Seeing Hastur suddenly stopped and looked unhappy, Lecturer Foulun asked curiously: "What's wrong?"

"No, it's okay."

Hastur shook his head and did not tell what happened to the two people just now. He still went to the dock area first to sort out his thoughts.

What if we are lucky enough to find Professor Wayne?