Chapter 507 Stage (please vote for this big chapter)
"My informant in the gang told me that Allero had recently joined a mysterious club, and when he was bragging in the tavern, he once said that this club could give him great power.
"He claimed that the name of this club is 'Shadow Club', and according to him, this club has mysterious performances every day.
"He also wants to bring other gang members to watch the show, but he always likes to brag and what he says is mixed with truth and falsehood. Those gang members don't believe him. You may have to tell the difference."
The voice of the military police captain came from the phone, "He didn't say the specific location of the club, but my informant saw that he always ran to Oak Street recently. You might want to go to Oak Street to look for him."
"Okay, I understand, I'm sorry."
He Ao thanked him.
"It's okay, I wish you all the best."
The gendarmerie captain responded with a smile and then hung up the phone.
He didn't ask He Ao why he wanted this information, nor what He Ao was going to do.
In order to prevent He Ao from mishearing, he first sent the name ‘Shadow Shadow Club’ via text message.
However, the military police captain said that the Shadow Club might be on Oak Street, and He Ao always felt that this address seemed familiar.
He opened the map and searched for the location of Oak Street.
Then he suddenly discovered that the abandoned courtyard where the shadow killed the extraordinary dog yesterday was just behind Oak Street.
Howe hadn't been to Oak Street yesterday, but the name of this street appeared in his memory several times.
While following the traces of the 'victims', He Ao seemed to have seen the street signs on this street several times.
He carefully recalled the memories in his mind, and then took out the case information he brought back from his arms and looked through it again.
He found a piece of document paper with a blank back, and based on the map on his mobile phone, he roughly traced Oak Street and the surrounding streets on it.
Then he used a pen to mark the locations of the crime scene where the body was found yesterday.
Finally he got a map full of spots.
The area covered by this map is not large, but it includes most of the places where murders occurred.
If we look at Oak Street as the center, these crime scenes are all located within a circle within a three-kilometer radius of Oak Street, which is roughly the radius of free movement for ordinary people.
However, this area only includes most of the places where the deceased were found. Many of the places where the deceased were found are far away from Oak Street, showing an irregular distribution throughout the South City.
However, the information given to He Ao by the gendarmerie captain also included similar cases discovered in the previous few days.
The total number of victims in these cases was not as many as the victims found yesterday. Howe also drew the locations where these victims were found on the map.
Then he found that the earlier in time the victims were, the higher the proportion of them were in the three-kilometer radius circle on Oak Street.
In fact, there are other places that can barely explain the distribution of these crime scenes, and these cases are not necessarily related to Oak Street and the Shadow Club on Oak Street.
But in the absence of any clues, this may actually be a breakthrough point.
No matter what, you will know if this club is a primitive sect that worships gods.
He Ao took a look at the streets around the map, and then he discovered that the B&B where Alifia lived before happened to be on the edge of the three-kilometer radius circle of Oak Street.
With the strength of her soul, there is a high probability that she will become the 'prey' of the primitive sect, or the target of proselytizing.
Judging from the fact that the dark figure did not hesitate to attack her last night, she may have been within the sight of the primitive sect for a long time.
Maybe she had been exposed to the 'Shadow Club'.
Thinking of this, He Ao collected the documents and walked out.
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"Shadow Club?"
Alifia was cleaning the door. She listened to He Ao's inquiry and pondered for a moment, "I seem to have seen their flyers. They wanted to invite me to the show, but I was busy selling a stall at the time, so I refused.
I picked them up, but their names were a bit strange, so I just remembered them."
Are you handing out leaflets on the street? You really don't hide it.
He Ao looked at Alifia, "Then do you remember where they distributed the flyers?"
"It's probably a little further down the street from the B&B where I live. There's a small square there."
Alifia thought for a moment and said, "How about I take you there? I just have to go back to collect my things."
"good."
He Ao nodded.
Elifia packed up her tools and then left the martial arts gym with He Ao.
Originally she wanted to take the bus, but He Ao pulled her into taking a taxi.
The two stopped at the intersection of the alley, and then Alifia took He Ao and walked inside.
"This square has some basic fitness facilities, as well as basketball courts and badminton courts. Nearby residents like to exercise here. There are also some small shops around, selling some daily necessities and barbecues,"
As Elifia walked, she described to He Ao, "I have been setting up a stall near here for the past few days, and I just changed to that street intersection yesterday."
After the two of them walked a few steps, the dark and narrow alley came to the end, and a relatively open small square surrounded by short old buildings appeared in front of He Ao.
This square has obviously been around for a long time, with potholes already appearing on the concrete floor, and the paint on the iron residents' fitness facilities has also peeled off, revealing some rusted steel inside.
There are many open shops along the square, and some old people are wandering around these shops.
There are several areas nearby that are surrounded by iron fences with several large holes. They seem to be basketball courts and badminton courts, but there are very few people playing there at this time.
"It's the afternoon now, and everyone hasn't gotten off work yet. When work gets off work later, there will be more people in the evening. This is where I received the flyer for the 'Shadow Shadow Club' last time."
Alifia on the side explained softly, then she glanced around and didn't seem to find the person who handed out flyers that day, "But he doesn't seem to be here today."
"It's okay," He Ao shook his head, "I'll walk around here for a while, you go pack your things first."
"Okay," Alifia nodded, "If you have anything to do, you can go and do it first. I cleaned up late and have to contact the landlord to check out. You don't have to wait for me. I will go back to the martial arts gym later.
That’s fine.”
"good."
He Ao responded, and then Alifia said goodbye.
Alifia walked towards the alley, and he walked towards the small square.
He glanced around and found nothing special in this small square.
It was already four or five o'clock in the afternoon, almost evening, and there were gradually more and more people in the square.
He Ao wandered around the crowd, bought a few skewers of Ruodan's specialty skewers, and ate them while walking.
Generally, flyers are distributed when there are many people, so He Ao was prepared to wait and see.
While waiting, Yang De sent him a message.
The news is that the institute has a list of C-class or even B-class names that may have appeared near Ellen City recently.
He Ao found a chair and sat down, opening the list.
This list is divided according to power, and it also includes Yang De's annotations and analysis.
The first is Moonlight, who controls Ruodan and should theoretically be the most powerful.
Moonlight's two B-levels, one dead and one injured after the last incident on the Velora, basically have no ability to intervene on Ruodan's side.
But in order to ensure that the ruins passage does not fall into the hands of others, they sent three C-level people in Ruodan this time as the person in charge.
The leader among them is the top C-level codenamed "Explorer". There is very little information about this person. The research institute only knows that he is very powerful.
The remaining two C-levels had already died in the hands of He Ao.
However, the institute received news that after the failure of the two C-class operations, Moonlight sent two more C-class ones from the mainland, and their strength was not weak.
After Sloan was killed and a B-class was lost, this passage opening event was the first impact that Moonlight encountered.
If they don't handle it well this time and behave too weakly, they may immediately be encroached on by Xi Tuhe Research Institute in a large scale.
Therefore, Moonlight is determined to win this passage.
On the other hand, the World Tree Organization belonging to the West is also very interested in this passage.
Although World Tree and Moonlight were allies not long ago, World Tree was also happy to pull out the nail that Ruodan, Moonlight, had driven into the Western soil.
However, the spheres of influence of World Tree and the Institute are directly bordering on land.
After the last time Moonlight was stolen from the institute and seriously injured Moonlight's B-class stationed in the Tia Empire, World Tree mobilized a lot of manpower to monitor the institute's actions at the border and probably did not dare to let the B-class leave the sphere of influence.
, enter the battle between Ruo Dan and Moonlight.
After all, they are still allies on the surface and need to deal with the institute together.
Moreover, if they just entered Ruodan and were stolen by the institute like Moonlight, they would have no place to cry. It is not cost-effective to cause such a big loss just for a chance to enter the channel.
Therefore, Yang De speculated that World Tree should also send at least two C-classes to enter Ellen, but B-classes would not enter.
However, World Tree's actions in Ruodan are strictly confidential, so the institute currently has very little information available. Yang De only knows that World Tree has a codename called "Puppet Master" and that the C-level should have entered Ruodan.
In addition to the World Tree and Moonlight, the institute also gave some information about other C-class species that may appear near Ellen.
Liming's power has shrunk in several places recently, and Yang De suspects that all the C-levels in those places have been transferred. Although he doesn't know what those C-levels are going to do, he doesn't rule out the possibility of them appearing in Ellen.
Yang De estimated that at least three C-class Dawns would appear in Ellen City, so this was also a hidden force, not weak at all.
However, Yang De is not sure whether Liming's B-level will appear in Ellen.
Generally speaking, if Liming's B-level forcefully seizes the passage to the ruins this time, it will offend World Tree and Moonlight at the same time. The final result will be more losses than gains, so Yang De speculates that Liming's B-level will not intervene.
In addition to Li Ming, Yang De also mentioned another uncontrollable, but very likely to appear in Ruo Dan's 'B level'.
That is the mysterious 'Hao Yi' who appeared in the Velora incident.
Hao Yi is not as organized as other B-levels, so he has no worries.
He controls the Velora, which can quickly travel through space, and has extremely strong maneuverability. He has offended Yggdrasil and Moonlight once as early as the last Velora incident, and he doesn't care about offending them a second time.
Therefore, Yang De believes that he is the biggest uncertain factor in the coming of this passage.
However, 'Hao Yi' has shown goodwill to the institute, so cooperation should be possible.
If 'Hao Yi' finally appears in Ellen City, Yang De suggested that He Ao should not grab it forcefully, but could cooperate with this Hao Yi and give the passage to Hao Yi.
Anyway, as long as hostile forces like World Tree or Moonlight gain access, it will be a good thing for the institute.
Here, Yang De also emphasized that if He Ao really met 'Hao Yi', he could try his best to have a good relationship with Hao Yi.
Seeing this, He Ao paused for a moment.
He and 'Hao Yi' probably... don't need to have a good relationship.
Later, Yang De analyzed some C-level information about small organizations that may be active near Ruodan. These small organizations do not have the ability to observe the coming of the passage, so they may not necessarily participate in this incident.
This time, Ellen is a huge 'stage'. All the forces that have a say in the main world will stand on this stage to perform, and the time and space anchor of the ruins passage is the crown of the final winner.
He Ao closed the file and put away his phone.
He looked up and looked around. The sky was getting dark and there were crowds of people passing by.
The shops around the square have set up some tables and stalls on the road outside the shops, and a charcoal fire has been lit in the barbecue restaurant.
There are more and more people.
"elder brother,"
At this moment, a soft call came from He Ao's side.
He Ao raised his head and saw a little girl with two ponytails and a flower basket standing next to him, handing him a rose, "Would you like to buy a flower?"
The little girl spoke the local language of Ruodan, and He Ao roughly understood her words through the words in the translation dictionary in his memory.
"Need not."
He Ao shook his head.
"Oh," the little girl put away the flowers in disappointment, then she sorted through the flower basket and pulled out a flyer, "How about watching the show?"
He Ao looked at the flyer in her hand. It was a flyer with a dark red background.
The flyer uses simple lines to outline a dancing young woman, with a faint black shadow covering the woman's body.
While looking at the flyer, He Ao seemed to see the young woman whose movements were fixed on the screen slowly moving.
Along with her graceful dance, the dark shadows on her body peeled off bit by bit, and her fair skin also peeled off bit by bit. However, the dancer seemed unaware of all this, and did not even feel pain, and was still dancing with all her heart.
.
Bright red covered her body.
But such a terrifying and weird picture gave He Ao a strange sense of beauty, like the most beautiful art in the world.
He Ao lowered his head and looked at the text at the bottom of the flyer.
It is written in both Tiya and Rhodan languages.
[Shadow Club]
[72 Oak Street starts at 10pm sharp every night]
[You can watch it once for free with this flyer]
[This is a soul-shaking, wonderful performance you have never imagined]
