As the sun rises, two horses lead a naked man, walking under the warm glow.
The breeze gently caressed Victor's cheek. He took a deep breath and felt the joy of this day.
The caravan behind the hill is still there. Father Sang is huddled in the car and sleeping soundly, wrapped in a blanket. Downey is leaning on the side of the caravan, lighting a cigarette and curling his neck up to ward off the cold.
When he saw the two returning, Downey greeted them from a distance.
Afterwards, they hitched the horses to the carriage's drawbar again and drove the carriage back to the town of Walding.
……
As soon as he returned to the town, Kino was dragged into the cell of the police station and locked in the dark cage inside, which was the same room where Victor was imprisoned last time.
The only beam of light came through the hole on the top, but in front of Kino's eyes, only the figures of the three interrogators could be seen.
Although the other party is hidden in the dark, Kino knows who they are.
"Do you have anything to say?" Victor's voice came from in front of him, "About yourself."
Kino's eyes swayed from side to side. He knew that Victor had the kind of medicinal powder that would cause him pain, so he didn't dare to act rashly. His forehead was covered with sweat, and the wounds on his body had not healed until now.
"As you...as you can see, Master Victor."
Kino suppressed these words, then coughed, and an old man's voice came from another place: "A ghoul who can transform...you have more surprising talents than others of your kind."<
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"What did you do at Dandelion Police Station? Did you cover up stolen goods for Thomas?" Henry's voice finally came out.
Kino held onto the railing with both hands, and his wrists were shackled.
"What? Thomas... Mr. Inspector, he threw me into the lake. You saw it already. How could we be in a group?"
"Then why did you steal things from the police station?" Henry asked calmly.
Kino raised his hands and scratched his head hard, looking like he really couldn't remember.
"I don't understand what you are saying. Why should I go to the police station to steal things? Although I am indeed a monster, this is not what I want..."
"On August 22, Thomas' advisor was killed at the hands of Augusta while taking a train to Dandelion. The belongings of the victims on the train were stored at the Dandelion police station. What did you say after the Kaleidoscope accident?
That day, after appearing near the police station, one thing was missing from the victims' belongings, and it was obviously the belongings of Consultant Thomas." Henry's face appeared under the beam of light, "You are the first suspect." Kino was stunned by these words. He seemed to have no idea that such a thing existed.
"Wait a minute, do you know where it is next to the police station? It's the church in the Land of Brilliance, and behind it is the cemetery. There is a morgue on the side of the church, so I don't need to explain it, right?! I'm just hungry!
”
These words made Henry freeze in place. He turned back to look at Victor and Father Sang, wanting to hear their opinions.
"Ghouls can't refuse to eat dead corpses, especially human remains...ahem." Father Sang popularized science for everyone in the dark.
Victor knelt down close and his figure appeared in the beam of light.
"This excuse is perfect, my Lord Kino."
"It's not an excuse, okay!?" Kino stood up and held his head in annoyance, "Oh my God! I know you often stay with that stupid Sheriff, so much so that now you are trying to think like him.
?"
This guy is really arrogant. He doesn't seem to understand his current situation.
Victor doesn't trust the other party very much, but he also has no reasonable evidence to expose the guy in front of him.
But at this moment, the man in the cage seemed to remember something, slapped his forehead with both hands, and suddenly realized: "I know! I know who the real criminal you are looking for is!"
When Henry heard that the other party had a clue, he quickly asked: "If you have anything to say, just tell me!"
Kino squeezed his face between the two fences, glanced at Henry as if his eyes were about to pop out, and spat at the mouth: "It's the policeman, it must be him! I can see everything behind the police station from the cemetery.
Through the window of the room, he slipped into the room where the evidence was kept and took something away. Very few people usually go into that room. His actions were sneaky and it was not a good thing at first sight!"
After hearing this, Victor was still suspicious of Kino's words: "How do you know that room is the data room where the deceased's relics are kept? Are you trying to trick us into diverting our attention?"
"Master Victor, I have been visiting the Dandelion Cemetery for several months, and I am very familiar with the east room of the police station. I will definitely remember it correctly." Kino showed a rare firmness.
"Who knows?" Victor spread his hands and said to Henry and Father Sang, "His bastard likes to lie the most."
When Kino heard this, he became anxious and quickly asked for paper and pen to draw the policeman's face.
Henry frowned, then walked out of the door and asked Donnie to get a piece of yellow paper and pen and ink.
Kino's hands were shackled, so it was difficult to paint, but he still completed the portrait in about an hour.
Looking at it, Victor was really shocked
I saw that the portrait outlined by simple lines was lifelike and very decent. The basic features of the facial contour could be identified at a glance. Although the details were not completed, the final effect was comparable to the black and white photos of this era!
This guy is actually a big deal!
Henry was also shocked by Kino's painting skills. It is not an exaggeration to call him a human printer.
"Detective, as long as you take this painting to the Dandelion Police Station to find someone, you will be able to catch that guy!"
Victor and Henry looked at each other, surprised by this result.
Cough cough...cough...
Father Sang's rapid cough attracted everyone's attention.
He put down his handkerchief and asked Kino: "Let's talk about you! Why are you...well, different from other ghouls?"
The air suddenly solidified, and the normal people in this room were waiting for the abnormal people in the cage to explain.
Kino's reaction to this problem was quite distressed.
His face was tangled and he hesitated for a long time, not knowing what to say.
"Hard to answer?"
"Yes, sir." Chino said bluntly without making excuses.
"Then please give a rough explanation! Ahem..."
Kino organized the words in his mind for a long time before speaking.
"Everyone, I don't know what's going on. I am a doctoral candidate in the History Department of San Francisco Public University. I arrived in Missouri very early to conduct archaeological research here."
"It went very smoothly at first. My tutor and I were protected by two army soldiers, and we paid them 2 to 5 Faka per week, all of which were allocated from the university's research funds."
"We discovered traces of ancient mysterious species under certain limestones on the Yindong continent. They seem to predate the Shadowless Empire and the Yindong aborigines..."
His eloquent explanation was quickly interrupted by Henry: "Stop! Get to the point!"
Kino was interrupted, smiled awkwardly, reorganized his words and continued: "I remember that at that time, our archaeological team went to the Yindong Reservation, and was basically close to their largest tribal cluster-'Plesia'.
”
"There is an army fortress of the Sai Nation on the edge of the cluster, which monitors this group of indigenous people at all times to prevent them from crossing the border or premeditated counterattacks. Our base camp is also set up near the fortress, and then..."
"It should be that night of June 15, 1863, all the soldiers in the fortress were killed..."
