Chapter 2671 The Bloody Baron

According to Shirley, this man named Bloody Baron was not a real nobleman. He was originally an officer. After being defeated in the battle with the Nilfgaard Empire, he led the remnants here and occupied this abandoned land. place. Gradually, more and more refugees fled here, so he also awarded himself the title of baron.

However, the Bloody Baron is different from his reputation. He is actually a very friendly person. He not only healed Ciri who had finally escaped from the swamp, but also let her sleep in the guest room, and took her out to hunt together. harmony. Originally, Ciri wanted to stay here for a while longer, but there was an unexpected situation. During the next trip, the baron was attacked by a monster. In order to save the baron, Ciri used her own power to teleport to the tower and kill him. Killed the monster and saved the Baron.

Although it was a happy ending in the end, because Ciri used her own power, she was bound to be targeted by the Wild Hunt, so in order to avoid implicating the baron and his party, she finally decided to leave the crow's nest and continue her journey.

When Shirley came back this time, he naturally wanted to meet the baron to see how his old friend was doing.

In fact, they did receive a warm welcome.

"Hahaha, look who this is! Ciri!!!"

Just when I entered the castle, I saw a chubby man with a height of eight feet and a waist circumference of eight feet. He looked like a walking wine barrel and walked over laughingly. He stretched out his hand to Ciri. Armor and bright red coat, with a bushy beard, it is indeed different from the rumors, it looks like a very "thick" man.

"It's been a long time, you look pretty good!"

While speaking, the man patted Ciri on the shoulder vigorously, and then looked at the three people beside her.

"this is………"

"They are my companions."

Xili introduced with a smile, and then Miao Jie came forward and bowed respectfully.

"Hi, my name is Miaojie Ygritte. It's the first time we meet, please take care of me."

"Lise Algent."

"Fangzheng."

"Hahaha, hello, welcome to the crow's nest."

The bloody baron didn't care about the reaction of the three of them at all, he greeted them with a smile, and then looked at Ciri again.

"So, Shirley, are you coming back to live here regularly? By the way, I didn't see the man you mentioned. Also, the room you lived in before is still available, and you can go back to live at any time..."

"No need, I just came to see how you are doing, when I get rid of Wild Hunt, let's have a good drink at that time."

"Oh?"

Hearing Ciri's words, the bloody baron looked her up and down curiously.

"I haven't seen you for a while, it seems that you have changed a lot."

"………yes?"

"Yes."

Looking at the doubtful Ciri, the bloody baron nodded vigorously.

"When you were about to leave here before, I saw that your expression was as bewildered as a chick out of the nest. Obviously at that time, you yourself were not sure what your future would be like. But I didn't expect that it was only a while I don't see, you can easily say something like 'solve the wild hunting'."

"……………what."

Hearing the bloody baron's answer, Ciri was taken aback for a moment.

Indeed, if I think about it carefully, not long ago, I was running away alone on the road, and even if I met someone who was like me, I would separate after only a short contact. Wild Hunt is like a nightmare, a shadow that will never go away. At that time, even Ciri herself felt that the future was a cloud of gloom, with no hope at all.

But since when did she stop worrying about those guys?

Thinking of this, Shirley couldn't help but glanced back at Fangzheng behind him, and then turned his head.

"After all, I've made some progress...Let's not talk about that, your complexion doesn't look very good, what happened? Is there anything I can do to help?"

When they met just now, Shirley noticed that although the Bloody Baron looked quite happy on the surface, there was always some sadness between his brows. She and the bloody baron have known each other for a while, and know that the other party is a straightforward person. Although sometimes his temper is really grumpy, but generally speaking, as long as the vent is over, it will be fine. Something is bothering me.

"……………Hey."

Hearing Ciri's inquiry, the bloody baron was silent for a moment, then nodded.

"This is not a place to talk, come with me."

Soon, the bloody baron led the four of them into his own room in the castle, and then he sat on a chair and sighed long.

"To be honest, in fact...my wife and daughter disappeared not long ago."

"Hey?!"

Hearing this, Shirley was taken aback.

"Missing? How did they disappear?"

"I do not know either."

The bloody baron shook his head, showing a painful expression.

"I just fell asleep at night, and then when I woke up, both of them were gone. I don't know what happened. I have sent people to search everywhere and put up notices, but there has been nothing for so many days. clue."

"Let me help, please."

Hearing this, Ciri immediately volunteered.

"I might be able to help you!"

"Of course, if it's you, I don't think there's any problem... I'll leave it to you."

And at this moment, Fang Zheng, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke.

"If possible, we hope to have a look at the scene of the crime. I wonder if we can get your permission?"

"What do you mean by the scene of the incident?"

Hearing an unfamiliar term, the Bloody Baron was obviously puzzled, while Fang Zheng smiled slightly.

"It's their room. Maybe we can find some clues from the room. Of course, the premise is that their room is still the same as when they left."

"this……………"

Faced with Fang Zheng's request, the Bloody Baron was a little embarrassed, and the atmosphere of this era was also extremely conservative. It stands to reason that grown men should not be allowed into women's rooms. However, the situation was urgent after all, so he nodded.

"Okay, no problem, come with me."

Afterwards, the bloody baron took everyone to the bedroom on the second floor, then turned and left.

And until the bloody baron left, the girls who had been silent before all spoke up.

"He's hiding something from us."

Miao Jie narrowed her eyes, her short, soft turquoise hair was shaking slightly.

"I could tell he wasn't telling the truth about his wife's disappearance."

"Miss Shirley, you have lived here for a while, do you have any thoughts?"

Liz also looked at Ciri curiously and asked, but the latter smiled shyly.

"It's a bit embarrassing to say, I don't have any in-depth contacts with his wife and daughter. After all, I prefer to go out and be relatively close to his subordinates..."

…………You are a girl, you don’t have a good relationship with the hostess, and you go out climbing trees and hunting birds all day long?

"Ahem, let's not talk about this, Mr. Fangzheng, how are you going to investigate."

Sensing Fang Zheng's gaze, Shirley also hastily changed the subject.

"Demon hunters do have a skill that can see through the traces and aura left on the scene. Do you have this ability, Mr. Fangzheng?"

"Of course I didn't... By the way, aren't you a witcher?"

"Uh, strictly speaking, I just received training as a demon hunter, not a demon hunter."

Having said this, Shirley looked a little embarrassed.

"Only after passing the green grass trial can you be considered a real demon hunter and possess the special power of a demon hunter. I just received some training and didn't pass that trial, so I don't have this ability."

"It doesn't matter if you don't. After all, as long as the scene is still there, then the problem shouldn't be a big deal. Let you see how people from other worlds solve the case."

Faced with Shirley's answer, Fangzheng shook his head helplessly. The ability of a demon hunter is useful if it is useful, and it is quite useless if it is useless. Of course, in terms of the development of civilization in this era, the ability of a demon hunter to conduct on-site surveys is still quite useful, but in modern times, it is basically useless.

"In this case, you should go and have a chat with the baron's subordinates."

"how?"

"Because there is a problem with this matter."

Fangzheng stared at Shirley, then spoke.

"We walked all the way in from the outside of the crow's nest just now. You all saw that the crow's nest crossed the bridge and had to go through three gates to reach the castle. This is also normal, after all, the construction here is to consider the defense of enemy invasion , then on the other hand, it is not so easy to go out from the castle, the door here must be fully closed every night. And his wife and two children, how could they hide from so many soldiers and leave the city quietly? They Is it Laura? Or 007?"

"this……………"

Although he didn't know what Fangzheng said later, Shirley was taken aback for a moment and realized it. Indeed, she also lived here for a while, and knew that because it was a period of war and chaos, the security at night was also very strict. It was really strange to say that the two women could quietly get out of the castle without being noticed.

What's more, this is a fortress castle, not a villa with front and back doors like Samlia. To put it bluntly, according to the words of the Bloody Baron, if his wife and wife want to leave, they must first go out of the first gate of the castle, then the second gate, then the third gate, and then the bridge to the outside world The fourth connected gate... Except for the third gate, these four gates are all guarded by soldiers. How could it be possible that so many soldiers were blind and didn't see anything?

"Then Mr. Fangzheng, what do you mean?"

"What I mean is, either these two women have wings and can fly, or there are people who should be in charge. Aren't you familiar with the baron's subordinates? Get in and ask what's going on. After all, you and They have a good relationship here, and it’s okay to care about this matter, I’ll look here to see if I can find any clues.”

"Okay, got it."

Shirley is not an idiot either, when Fangzheng mentioned it, she immediately turned her head around, nodded and turned to leave.

"So what are we looking for next? Mr. Fangzheng?"

After Xili left, Miao Jie looked around curiously.

"According to what you said, it is unreasonable for that gentleman's wife and children to leave, but isn't there a lot of weird monsters in this world? Maybe they took away that gentleman's wife and children?"

"It's not impossible, but it's not very likely."

Fangzheng shook his head, then he raised his right hand.

"I'm not Shinichi or Kindaichi. I'm not very familiar with surveying the scene, but it doesn't matter, we just need to take a look."

While speaking, Fang Zheng snapped his fingers.

The next moment, the scene in front of him suddenly changed.

In front of the three of them, the picture of the room in front of them began to change constantly. Soon, an old woman appeared in their line of sight. Then, a short-haired woman in leather armor rushed in and grabbed the old woman. After saying a few words, the two left in a hurry.

"Well, it looks like these two should have left on their own initiative."

Fangzheng made a gesture to "pause" the screen, and then circled around the phantoms of the two people in front of him. At this moment, Miaojie and Liz also stared at this scene with wide eyes in surprise.

"Mr. Fangzheng, this is..."

"Oh, I turned back the time in this room, so we can see what happened at that time."

Fangzheng looked at Liz, who seemed extremely surprised, and said something casually, but upon hearing his answer, Miaojie took a step back.

"Mr. Fangzheng, it seems that you will not be allowed to enter the girl's boudoir casually in the future. Otherwise, I don't know what you will do."

Alas, little girl, you understand very well.

Fangzheng glanced at Miaojie meaningfully. He didn't expect that this noble daughter, who looks quiet and virtuous on the surface, is actually a black car driver? This brain circuit reacted as quickly as Ying Lili and Xiao Hei.

"Then, let's move on."