Chapter 515 Foggy City

After that, Dr. Rose, who was killed by Lorena's book, melted directly, turned into a petroleum-like liquid and disappeared into the air, while Arthur was directly tied up and locked in the room.

After that, the captain finally repaired the radio and contacted the police in Fog City.

Then, after a group of people arrived in Fog City, the imprisoned Arthur was taken away directly by the police. Duanmu Huai also handed over his investigation report, and the matter was considered to be over.

Of course, he also met the police representatives from Fog City.

"I heard about you from Chief Anthony, but I didn't expect you to be really powerful and have caused so many things before you even came here."

Sitting in front of Duanmuhuai was a short, fat, middle-aged man with a mustache and a rather prosperous look. He was chewing a cigarette and looking at Duanmuhuai with a helpless wry smile. In front of his desk, there is a name plate——G. Lestrade.

"Well, don't look at that."

Sensing Duanmuhuai's gaze, Chief Lestrade sighed helplessly.

"I know what you're going to say. I don't look like a short, stocky bulldog, and I don't have a friend named Holmes."

"I didn't say anything."

Duanmu Huai chuckled and looked away.

"About that U-level case..."

"Well, that's what I want to say."

Sheriff Lestrade also calmed his expression.

"Before you came here, another case occurred. To be honest, I think it would be difficult for Holmes to solve such a strange case even if he were here."

As he spoke, he reached out his hand and took out a file.

"The case occurred in the evening of the 12th. The witness was a plumber. He had just finished the repair work and walked out of his employer's house. Then he saw a body floating on the river in front of him. Then he reported it in panic. Call the police."

"So, the question is?"

"The problem is that, according to her friends, the victim disappeared suddenly. They were wandering on the street and shopping, and got separated because there were too many people. Then she never saw her friend again. Since then, Judging from the time, from the time her friend disappeared to the time the body was found, there was no more than three hours, so that’s not the point.”

"oh?"

"The point is, because of the many killings in the past few days, our police have set up several patrol teams to patrol every street, especially the streets near the river. We have deployed defenses on the streets where she disappeared. The places where children frequent are even more closely watched, but the problem is that I asked the police officers in charge of that street at the time, and they unanimously stated that they had never seen this young lady. "

Having said this, Sheriff Lestrade took a long drag on his cigarette and then crushed the cigarette butt into the ashtray.

"You see, things are so strange. It's like the victim disappeared from the world after being separated from his friends."

"Where's the surveillance?"

"No gain."

Lestrade frowned as he spoke.

"To be honest, the situation is not good now. Ignore those newspapers for the time being. If this continues, we may have to issue a curfew... Of course, the director is not in favor of this."

This is also normal. It is a big deal for any country to impose a curfew without a war. If other people knew that the foggy city issued a curfew because of a serial murderer who could not be caught, they would probably laugh at Scotland Yard. No one...

"I heard that you also commissioned several investigators. Did they find any clues?"

"No, in fact I don't know if they have found any clues, at least nothing was found on their bodies. But..."

Having said this, Chief Lestrade raised his head and looked Duanmuhuai up and down.

"I still have more confidence in you."

"Thank you very much."

After talking for a few more words, Lestrade stamped Duanmuhuai's investigator certificate, which meant that Duanmuhuai was officially qualified to conduct investigations here. Then Duanmuhuai turned around and left the police station and returned to the street.

"call……………"

Standing on the streets of the foggy city, Duanmu Huai took a deep breath. It had to be said that the air here did have a cold and heavy atmosphere. It's not just because of pollution, it's more like the entire fog is immersed in an indescribable darkness and depravity - well, if anything, Duanmu Huai feels that this is somewhat similar to Altdorf.

The dim city, the cold air, although it seems to be bustling with people on the surface, always gives people a feeling of coldness and alienation. It's as if everything in this city has unleashed its dark side, shrouding them in a dark shadow...

"Mr. Knight, this city always gives me a bad feeling, as if there is some kind of evil breath taking root here..."

Even Lorena felt this way.

"Yeah, I'm starting to regret whether I made a mistake opening a store in Arkham."

Duanmu Huai also sighed silently. He initially chose to open a store in Arkham because of the Holy Land Tour and the University of Michigan. After all, in Duanmu Huai's view, there must be a lot of things happening with the University of Michigan.

However, the facts slapped him in the face. It was no wonder that on the way to Fog City, Duanmu Huai thought about it carefully and realized that Arkham was in the New World after all. The country's history in that place does not exceed 200 years, and there are not many traces of civilization at all. Although the University of Michigan is seeking death, if you think about it carefully, they only brought those evil objects back after going to other places for archeology to cause trouble.

To put it bluntly, they are second-hand dealers.

Opening a store in Arkham is like selling second-hand to second-hand...

But the Old Continent is different. Human civilization here can be traced back thousands of years. Coupled with the dark Middle Ages, cult worship, witch hunting, etc., to put it bluntly, the base of cultists here is definitely It's bigger than the New World. After all, even if the New World doesn't care enough in this regard, if you want to find cultists, it must be easier in the Old World, right?

After all, rats have to look for them in garbage dumps. You can find them in the Gobi Desert, but whether you can find them is another matter.

"Mr. Knight, where are we going next?"

"Anyway, let's find a place to live first. If it doesn't work out, I have to consider moving..."

Duanmu Huai sighed silently. He had called back to ask the maid just now, but the answer he got was disappointing. The store below could get two or three customers a day, but there was not even half a commission. Even the calls that came in were almost always from the wrong phone number... it was simply disappointing.

Thinking of this, Duanmu Huai raised his head and looked at the sky in front of him - it was indeed dark clouds and there was no sunlight at all. I heard that this has been like this since the Industrial Revolution. In the end, I don’t know what went wrong. All in all, it seems that a vortex-like situation has formed here, causing a large amount of smoke and dust to hover in the sky, and finally formed such a Huge clouds like pot lids cover the entire country all year round.

Duanmuhuai also saw it on the airship. When he looked down from the sky, he could clearly see the dark clouds like a huge whirlpool covering the entire country. I heard that there are many people in this country who have not been seen since they were born. Under the blue sky and sun, you only have the opportunity to experience different scenery when you travel...

Well, Duanmuhuai couldn't imagine what this was like.

Of course, if you want to move, you have to find a good place. This time, you have to choose carefully. You must not just slap your head like Arkham - and then get confused.

It doesn’t matter if something doesn’t happen all the time.

In fact, although the work of an investigator is similar to that of a detective, strictly speaking it is much simpler than that of a detective, and the reason is very simple. What detectives have to face are more normal criminal cases. In these cases, criminals usually choose to hide themselves after committing crimes, or they may not commit crimes again. Just like Jack the Ripper, he probably stopped after having enough fun, and then the police became confused. In the end, it became a world-famous unsolved case. No one knows who Jack the Ripper is, or even I don’t even know if it’s a boy or a girl.

So in this case, the detective is under a lot of pressure. After all, if he can't find the criminal, the criminal might get away with it in the end.

But cultists are different. You don’t care if they steal things, kill people, or set fires. In the end, the purpose of these cultists must be to make big news, so many times if the players really don't have the brains of Sherlock Holmes, they don't know how to decipher the code, and they are too lazy to open the lock, they just find a cultist to keep an eye on it, and wait until it finally chooses to summon the evil god. Or something, jump out and clean them all up.

This is also the reason why Duanmu Huai was so calm on the airship. As he said, the other party's criminal methods were so rough, and it was obvious at a glance that he did not want to keep them alive. Facts also proved that Duanmuhuai's guess was correct. Those two idiots still expected to use the entire airship as a sacrifice to summon Naia.

Some people may ask, if this is the case, then why waste time on investigation and interrogation?

Oops, as the saying goes.

Being idle is also idle......

"Plop!!"

Just as Duanmuhuai and Lorena were walking and shopping, they suddenly heard the sound of falling water not far ahead, followed by shouts.

"Mary!"

"Mary——! Be careful!!"

what happened? Someone fell into the water?

Duanmu Huai and Lorena also looked forward curiously, and saw a girl in the river jumping into the water and swimming forward desperately - huh? forward? ?

At first, Duanmuhuai thought someone had fallen into the water, but after a closer look, it didn't look like it. Although the girl was wearing clothes, she obviously swam toward the middle of the river. She had never seen anyone who fell into the water swim backwards. Isn't this suicide?

But soon, Duanmuhuai saw the girl hugging something in the river, and then turned around and swam towards the shore.

"Haah...haah..."

The girl who was in the river at the moment was also desperately shaking her hands and feet, swimming towards the shore. However, her hands and feet were numb at this moment, and her whole body was cold. It was late autumn, and the river was naturally freezing cold, not to mention that she was still Wearing clothes, the water is clinging to the body now, which is quite uncomfortable. But the girl still gritted her teeth and swam desperately towards the shore.

Finally, the riverbank was in sight, and the girl raised her head, took a deep breath, and then reached out to grab the railing. However, at this moment, suddenly, a wave hit the girl and she was thrown back!

No! !

The girl was shocked at this moment. She knew that she was running out of strength and wanted to get ashore as soon as possible. But this time, she was pulled back directly...

"Mary!!"

The shouts of her friends came from her ears. At this moment, the girl's consciousness was already a little blurred, but she still gritted her teeth and swam desperately to the riverbank again. But just when she came to the riverbank again, a wave came again.

No---! !

While resisting the river water, the girl stretched out her hand desperately, but at this moment, a huge black shadow suddenly flashed in front of her eyes, followed by a loud "bang", the river water splashed, and then the girl felt that her collar was grabbed by someone and lifted directly from the river. When she came to her senses, she was already sitting on the riverbank.

"Mary!!"

At this moment, two girls also ran over from the side and hugged her.

"Are you okay?"

"I, I'm fine..."

Hearing her friend's call, the girl came back to her senses, and then hurriedly looked into her arms---only to see a black kitten lying in her arms, motionless.

Seeing this scene, the girl also hurriedly raised her head and looked at everyone.

"Excuse me, does anyone know if there is an animal hospital nearby?"

Faced with the girl's inquiry, the people around looked at each other for a while, and at this time, a low voice came.

"Let me see."

"Ah, okay..."

Hearing someone talking, the girl hurriedly raised her head, and then when she saw Duanmu Huai standing next to her, she was stunned.

This man is so tall! !

"Is this the cat you raised?"

Looking at the kitten in the girl's arms, Duanmu Huai asked, and the girl was stunned for a moment and shook her head.

"No, I just saw it in the river, so... are you an animal doctor?"

"I'm not, but I can let her take a look."

As he spoke, Duanmu Huai stretched out his hand.

"Lingnu, help me."

"Meow."

Hearing Duanmu Huai's call, Lingnu poked her head out of Duanmu Huai's coat pocket, then jumped down along his arm and landed in front of the kitten lying on the ground. She circled the kitten twice, then stretched out her two front paws and pressed on the kitten's chest.

Seeing this scene, the girl and the people around were stunned.

This is... doing CPR? ?

A cat doing CPR on a cat? ?

At this moment, the people around also gathered around, surrounded by a circle, and stared at this scene in amazement. And then they saw that under their gaze, the black cat pressed on the kitten's chest several times, then pressed hard, and then the kitten opened its mouth and spit out a few mouthfuls of water, then opened its eyes, meowed and trembled.

"Did it really come back to life?"

"Am I seeing this correctly?"

"This cat is so smart!"

Seeing this scene, the people around were stunned. This cat gave CPR to a cat, and it came back to life? They were watching acrobatics, right? Is this possible?

"Meow."

The girl proudly raised her chest and called out to Duanmu Huai, and Duanmu Huai reached out and put the girl back in her pocket. At this moment, the girl had already picked up the shivering kitten, then stood up and saluted Duanmu Huai.

"Thank you very much... A-choo!"

"You should also take care of yourself and be careful not to catch a cold."

Looking at the girl in front of him who was soaked all over, Duanmu Huai also reminded her, but soon, he glanced at the girl's right eye and then retracted his gaze. At this moment, the girl's friend also came to her side and put the coat in his hand on her body.

"Mary, are you okay?"

"Yes, I'm fine, that gentleman..."

As she spoke, the girl turned her head and looked forward, and then she was stunned.

Where is the person?

How could such a big person disappear? ? ?