Knight Asylum

"Cough-cough-"

Noticing that the looks between Metzler and Qiao were becoming more and more subtle, Red coughed heavily a few times, sat up straight, and gently pointed his ten fingers in front of him.

Although Qiao looks dull and not good at dealing with people, Red knows very well that Qiao is just not good at it, not that he cannot understand a person. Qiao has sharp observation and intuition and can quickly perceive what the other person is thinking.

Red and Qiao looked at each other for less than three seconds before subconsciously looking away.

and so……

Perhaps now his intention to smoothly cover up Xiao Xing's matter has been exposed.

Want to say something?

Do you really want to say it?!

"Ring ring ring——"

The cell phone rang crisply, and Reid quickly picked up the phone and stood up, answering the call excitedly.

"Hey! It's me!"

"..."

"It's me, Ming Hai. Something happened. I need to come to the criminal investigation department."

"I understand! I'll be right there!"

Under the gaze of Qiao and Metzger, Red quickly picked up his bag and rushed out.

With Red's departure, the dormitory became cold again. Qiao picked up the water cup and shook it, drinking it sip by sip. Metzger opened the book again as if nothing had happened, but Red, who was running wildly in the corridor, felt a chill on his back.

Chapter 155: Goal: Capture a Phantom Demon

Although Red was just a temporary worker who could be fired at any time in the file, Red defeated Gamego. The closer the department was to the front line, the more they understood the weight of this achievement. The Criminal Investigation Department was responsible for handling a series of supernatural crimes caused by monsters to humans. Therefore, Red, who could not enter and leave the Criminal Investigation Department at will, came to the department office unimpeded. As soon as he opened the door, Red saw Minghai and Dashiell, the director of the Criminal Investigation Department, staring at the screen with serious expressions.

Ming Hai still looked as bad as always, skinny and looked like he might collapse at any moment.

Remembering Ming Hai's serious voice on the phone, Red adjusted his attitude and stepped forward immediately.

"Did something happen?"

"Do you still remember the student disappearance case at Amanokawa High School caused by Sudo Masashi?" Ming Hai adjusted the round-brimmed hat on his head.

"Of course I remember. Is there any new progress?" Reid nodded quickly.

"We have investigated all the websites related to the missing cases. All the account information, videos, photos, articles, and messages in them have been preserved as evidence," Dashiell frowned and threw a paper document on the table.

As a tough guy, his fists became stiff when he saw the contents on those websites. He wanted to grab the publishers and buyers of those videos one by one through the Internet and beat them up a few times, but before that, there were more serious and terrible things waiting for them to solve.

"We found that Masashi Sudo was involved in more than one criminal website, and the disappearances involved were not limited to Amanokawa High School. The missing persons in shopping malls, tourist attractions, train stations, and large companies all had similar characteristics to the Amanokawa High School disappearances. There were more than one secretly filmed videos, and Masashi Sudo used his identity as a police officer to downplay these connections. Damn it!"

As he spoke, Dashiell couldn't help but curse.

You have to know that what Masashi Sudo is involved in is not just a simple human trafficking. Every missing person means that an extremely rare person with the qualifications of a magician has fallen into the hands of phantom demons. Either the number of phantom demons increases, or a magician dies. Either way, it is a huge loss for mankind.

Red was also very angry, but he was also very calm. Minghai said that everyone had things they needed to be responsible for. Since Minghai called him here, then this must be something that had something to do with him.

"Soon after the people from the Magic Kingdom took over the command tower under the pretext of an assessment, all the websites used to track phantom demons were cleared," Ming Hai narrowed his eyes slightly, "including the information I had."

Reid was stunned for a moment before his eyes widened, "Why?"

Those websites were illegal in the first place, so it was normal for them to be removed. However, it was obviously wrong that even the evidence in Minghai's hands was removed.

Red is not a fool. After thinking about this matter for a while, he came up with a guess, and it was a very bad guess.

Perhaps, it's not just the phantoms who are using those illegal websites to find people with magical talents.

"This is terrible..."

"However, I have considered this issue from the beginning, so I prepared a lot of backups," Ming Hai opened his collar and took out several USB flash drives and placed them on the table. "The actions of the Magic Kingdom have given me a clear direction. All that's left is time. Maybe..."

Ming Hai paused and raised his hand to pull the brim of his hat down.

"We can find the bases of those phantom demons."

Red crossed his arms, thought for a moment, then suddenly realized, "So my job is to attract the attention of those people in the magic kingdom?"

Ming Hai and Dashiell looked at each other, then stared at Red in perfect sync. Their silent attitude made Red subconsciously lean back.

"I guessed wrong?"

"Ahem - that's the opposite," Dashiell crossed his arms and smiled awkwardly, "In the next few days, I will work with the criminal investigation department to investigate these backed-up data. The people in the magic country will definitely not ignore it."

Red was immediately in awe.

Although Dashiell said it lightly, there is no doubt that this is no different from slapping the Magic Kingdom in the face. Not to mention the identity of the sponsor of the Sage's Tower, the Magic Kingdom is a super country that owns the world's largest magic stone mining area and every resident is a magician. If you are not careful, this may turn into an international problem.

"Red, you have to find a way to catch a phantom demon during this time," Ming Hai said with a gleam in his eyes.

Reid was stunned, then reacted immediately. It was only a hypothesis after all to track the base of the phantom demons through the information on those websites. Maybe the phantom demons had already changed their bases. But it would be different if you just captured a phantom demon, because the phantom demon would definitely know where the other phantom demons were.

Subconsciously, Red thought of Hamamura Midori.

"Do you have a direction?" Dashiell raised his eyebrows.

"I guess so..." Reid held his chin and frowned.

Phantom demons are born from the despair of people with magical talents. They retain the host's past memories, but unlike the Zerg, they do not retain their past emotions and may even change their personalities drastically. A gentle and lovely lady may become a cold-blooded and vicious woman, and a gentle uncle who likes to grow flowers may turn into a hot-tempered young man with his breasts exposed.

But Hamamura Midori looks no different from before.

Maybe……

Can we make an appointment directly?

"Oh, actually, I've been investigating Xiao Xing's case recently," Red shook his head. "There are a lot of suspicious points in the missing case. If possible, I hope the criminal investigation department can help investigate."

"Xiao Xing?"

Dashiell frowned, but Ming Hai raised his brow after thinking for a moment.

"It's Mei Gallima Ba, right?"

As a detective, he had a lot of unofficial intelligence networks. Even if he didn't use them, he would read the information in them to avoid missing any key events, which naturally included this outlier in the Gurongi Group.

"Yes," Red complained after a pause, "U means that if we investigate, we will have a way to deal with the difficulties of the Magic Country."

"As long as we investigate, we will be able to deal with the difficulties of the Magic Country..." Ming Hai murmured for a while and then narrowed his eyes, "Leave this matter to me to investigate, but, Red, you have to help me cover it up."

Red immediately understood what Ming Hai meant.

If the disappearance case related to Xiao Xing can really control the Magic Kingdom, then the Magic Kingdom will definitely notice that someone is investigating. Whether it is him investigating or Minghai investigating, for the Magic Kingdom, Minghai's investigation is more threatening no matter how you look at it.

"Leave it to me!" Red gave a thumbs up.

Looking at the energetic Red, Dashiell tightened his fingers around his arm slightly and sighed softly.

Chapter 156 That’s right! I’m just lonely!

After leaving the criminal investigation department, Red immediately left a message for Ise Ayaka hoping to get Hamamura Midori's contact information. Although she was a little confused, Ise Ayaka did not ask too many questions and immediately sent Hamamura Midori's contact information.

Because it was his first time to date a hot JK ​​girl who was under 18 years old, Red was a little nervous, but also felt a little excited and a sense of criminal taboo. After wandering for a while, he arrived at the dormitory door and pressed the call button. At that moment, Red suddenly felt a little bored and seemed to have entered a sage state.

After a pause of less than two or three seconds, the call was connected, and Hamamura Midori's unique lazy voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Oh my~ Isn't this my little brother? I didn't expect that he would contact me on his own initiative? Are you lonely?"

Red raised his hand and tapped his forehead, feeling a little overwhelmed.

He certainly couldn't just say, "Hamamura-san, can you tell me where the Phantom Demon's base is?" Hamamura Miyo is not an idiot. Anyone with a bit of brains can guess what will happen if someone who can defeat a Gurongi Qualifier head-on goes to the Phantom Demon's base.

The answer here must be cautious.

We can't let Hamamura Midori get alert and run away, so the best way is indeed!

"Yeah! I'm lonely!"

Just then the dormitory door opened, and Red's clear eyes met the eyes of Qiao who was carrying a bag.

……

Because no one passed by, the sensor door closed automatically. Qiao didn't say a word from beginning to end.

Ah...I'm done.

The most important thing is that even Hamamura Midori was silenced by his answer.

After three minutes of silence, the dormitory door opened again. Qiao walked out as if nothing had happened, and glanced at Red when passing by without saying a word. Following closely was Metzger. Unlike Qiao, Metzger's face was full of confusion, as if he had checked answers with classmates after the college entrance examination and found that he had made a big mistake in one of the links.

But Metzler didn't say anything and went straight back to his dormitory.

I'm probably socially dead.

Red squatted down with his hands covering his face.

“Hahahaha——yo, you’re really interesting.”

A moment later, Hamamura Midori's bell-like laughter was heard from the phone, and Reid also laughed hollowly a few times.

"Okay, but I'm a little busy tomorrow. The night after tomorrow is fine. The whole night is fine. Right at the place where we first met. Don't break your promise, bro."

A bit busy tomorrow?

Reid frowned.

What can the phantom demon be busy with?

As far as the stereotype is concerned, a phantom is either playing with the mentality of a person with magician qualifications to make him despair and give birth to a phantom, or he is on his way to do such a thing, so Hamamura Midori's busy tomorrow gave him a bad feeling.

"Not today?"

"Brother, are you... that lonely?" Hamamura Miyo was somewhat speechless, "You don't have other intentions, do you?"

"No, no, no, it's just pure—"

In order to avoid being heard or seen by others and thus further causing social death, Red made sure to check if there were any people around before speaking and then spoke in a low voice.

"It's just lonely."

"Pfft haha——"

Damn it——

Red shed two lines of tears.

"I'm tempted, but no, no, tomorrow is my mother's birthday, and I promised to spend the whole day with her."

"Mom?" Reid was stunned.

"Yes, mother—someone wants to see you—"

"Huh? Wait..."

Before Reid could react, footsteps were heard on the other end of the phone, and a more mature voice came from the phone.

"Hello, what can I do for you, my daughter?"

Red was stunned. Although he had never had direct contact with Hamamura Miyo's mother, he had seen the conflict between Sudo Masashi and Hamamura Miyo's mother. He was quite familiar with the voice of Hamamura Miyo's mother, but precisely because it was quite familiar, he felt strange.

He still remembered the expression of Hamamura Midori's mother when she mentioned her daughter, which was sharp, disgusted, and indifferent. But now the voice coming from the phone was extremely gentle, even a little wary, as if she was worried that he would do something bad to her daughter.

Without Red's explanation, the voice of Hamamura Midori was heard from the other end of the phone.

"Mom—this is the Red I mentioned earlier."

After being reminded by Hamamura Midori, Hamamura Midori's mother was no longer so vigilant, and she even excitedly began to thank Red. During this process, Red gradually understood the transformation process of Hamamura Midori's mother.

Her daughter, who had been missing for two or three days, suddenly came home. In the face of her negative emotions, she cleaned the house and listened to her. She also made her lunch with the leftover food in the refrigerator, listened to her complaints quietly, apologized to her for past events, and chatted with her for the whole night. As a mother, she was surprised and happy, and even began to reflect on herself, thinking that it was her previous self-abandonment that led to her daughter's degeneration, and she started to be positive.

And her daughter's 180-degree change was all due to one person.

That is, him, Red.

Listening to Hamamura Miyo's mother's heartfelt thanks with tears in her voice, Red was a little dazed and subconsciously asked, "Do you still miss your previous daughter?"

Although she didn't know why Red suddenly asked such a matter-of-fact question, Hamamura Miyo still answered firmly and straightforwardly, "How could it be--"

"Mom - why have you been talking for so long? Are you saying bad things about me?"

At this time, Hamamura Midori's voice squeezed in again.

"How could that be? Here, you guys continue chatting."

The phone was switched to Hamamura Midori's hands amidst the doting voice of Hamamura Midori's mother.

"Right, I'll be very busy tomorrow~ It's very difficult to repair a family relationship that has lasted for more than three years."

"Are you—serious?" Reid lowered his voice.