Chapter 205 Insect Plague (Ⅰ)

"Most of the sightings were at dusk. Some people only saw a huge wasp, and some claimed to see a naked strange man riding on the back of the giant bee... Not long after witnessing this strange scene, a monster appeared in the field of the witness. Huge pests, there may be some connection between these two things that is still unknown."

Xiao Miao made supplements for Mr. Benny.

Giant wasps?

A naked freak on the back of a wasp?

Joan was baffled. These absurd scenes, which are like nightmares, are incompatible with the real world and appear very unreal.

Could it be a hallucination produced by an alcoholic when he was very drunk, spread it and was taken seriously, and more people joined the ranks of rumors?

Joan naturally had such doubts.

"It sounds absurd, but some of the interviewees who have never been in touch with each other told similar stories, which prompts us to take these testimonies seriously." Ah Zhi shrugged and spread his hands.

"Perhaps, I can add some relevant details for you."

After a long silence, Miss Martha spoke suddenly.

"In fact, I have seen similar scenes in gardens."

Including Joan, all the people in the living room changed their expressions, and all their eyes were on Miss Martha's face, expecting her to continue.

"This happened five days ago. That evening, I went for a walk in the garden after dinner according to my old habit. I accidentally heard a humming sound coming from the other side of the wall, just like the roar of a magic crystal steam engine."

"At first, I thought it was the gardener Old Bull who was fixing the steam water pump that was always malfunctioning. When we bought this fashionable machine, we wanted to build an 'automatic fountain' in the garden, but unfortunately we couldn't do it. "

"I followed the ear-piercing buzzing sound through the garden and walked towards the wall. Through the shade of the trees, I saw a strange human-shaped figure standing upright on the wall."

"It was very dark at the time, and I couldn't see the man's face clearly. I just vaguely saw that he was not wearing clothes, and his sallow complexion was slightly glowing, as if a layer of beeswax had been applied."

"The weird man was very alert. When he heard my footsteps, he turned his head and looked over. Then he waved his hand and summoned a large swarm of wasps, which densely covered his body and covered his naked body. It looked like a wriggling human-shaped hive."

"I was taken aback by this weird scene, and asked loudly what kind of monster he was and why he broke into my garden."

"The man didn't answer. The tens of thousands of wasps attached to his body suddenly flapped their wings together, and the combined force formed slowly lifted the strange man, off the wall and into the sky, and gradually disappeared."

"I was scared and curious at the time, so I hurried back to the bedroom to take out the shotgun. When I returned to the garden with the shotgun, the strange man had already disappeared into the depths of the night sky. The nauseating smell of bitter almonds took a long time to dissipate."

"Since then, I haven't seen that weird man again. I thought this incident would be over like this, but I didn't expect that even bigger troubles are yet to come."

"The next afternoon, several holes suddenly appeared in the garden. When the gardener approached one of the holes to check, a strange insect as thick as a python suddenly came out of the hole, and poor old Bull was bitten off one of the holes. Leg, fortunately Tata rescued him in time to save his life..."

"What happened after that, I have just said."

Miss Martha took a sip of coffee and added with lingering fear:

"At first, I thought that the naked weirdo who controlled the wasps just passed by here by chance. After listening to what you just said, now that I think about it carefully, I feel more and more that the weirdo is related to the strange insects that suddenly appeared in the back garden. The worm was summoned by him!"

"But I really can't figure it out. That person has never met me, let alone any grievances. Why would he do such a wicked thing?"

"Miss Martha, that weird person not only appeared in your garden, but also in other farms. Afterwards, the local pests broke out. It can be seen that he is not targeting you, but purely randomly selecting targets to release pests. Instead of asking What grievances does he have with the Custis family, it is better to find out why he deliberately destroyed our planting and animal husbandry in Alfheim." Joan calmly analyzed.

"Deliberately sabotage agricultural production..."

Teacher Benny's eyes flickered, as if Joan's analysis triggered associations, and vaguely captured an important clue.

After contemplating for a long time, Teacher Benny closed the notebook, stood up and bowed slightly to Miss Martha.

"That concludes today's interview, Miss Martha, thank you for providing us with important clues."

"You're welcome, looking forward to your special report." Miss Martha got up to see off the guests.

It was almost evening, and Joan also bid farewell to Miss Martha, and left the manor with Xiao Miao, Ah Zhi and Mr. Benny.

Xiao Miao and the others were riding in a carriage chartered by the newspaper all year round, and invited Joan to take a ride back to the city.

Joan had a horse of his own, declined Xiao Miao's invitation and took the reins to get on the horse. With a light tap of his legs, the horse stepped briskly on the field avenue dyed red by the afterglow of the setting sun.

When passing by the carriage, Ah Zhi poked his head out and waved to him.

"Joan, what are your plans for tomorrow? If you have time, why don't you join us in investigating the truth about the insect plague?"

"I don't have class tomorrow, but I'm not free either."

Joan urged the horse to get close to the carriage, leaned down, and loudly told Ah Zhi who was lying on the window:

"Major Vassar's manor was also infested with insects. I have promised to visit his house tomorrow morning and help him get rid of the pests."

"Ah? This is a good opportunity!"

Ah Zhi's eyes lit up, and he quickly turned his head back to discuss with Xiao Miao and Teacher Benny, then turned his head again, and asked Qiao An excitedly:

"Could you take us to visit that Mr. Major tomorrow? We want to see the disaster situation on the spot. It would be even better if we could see the strange insects! Teacher Benny is proficient in sketching, and can copy the appearance of pests on the spot and make prints , published in the newspaper as an illustration!"

Xiao Miao also poked her head out of the carriage window, noticing Joan's hesitation, she begged in a coquettish tone:

"We have such a good friendship, why don't you help out! Besides, if we really encounter monsters like diggers, we can also help you share the pressure-don't forget, you meow sister, I am a dignified level 7 ranger! "

Joan's heart skipped a beat.

If Miss Martha and Major Vasa hadn't helped him today, it would have been difficult for him to deal with the four diggers with his own strength. There might be more and more difficult pests lurking in the Vasa's pasture. safe.

Thinking of this, he nodded and agreed to Xiaomiao's request, and agreed to meet tomorrow morning and go to Mount Vernon to visit Major George Vassar.

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