Colin got up from the soft big bed in the bedroom. After washing, Renee had already served the steaming breakfast.
I looked at my pocket watch and saw it was 6:43. I probably only slept for 4 hours last night.
But now I feel refreshed and not tired at all.
I looked at the gold paper again and saw that the progress on it had improved.
I have to say that this way, you can intuitively see your progress and the feeling of improvement every day, which is really addictive.
In fact, after he came to the inspection office, he had less work than when he was on night duty at the West City Guards.
He could totally enjoy life a little.
After all, in Black Rock City, with the purchasing power of magic stones, he is undoubtedly the top rich man.
But the world simply doesn't have much entertainment.
More importantly, he really couldn't resist the temptation of watching the progress slowly advance.
Cultivation has become his biggest hobby...
Maybe people are so incredible. If there is no progress and improvement in the same thing, it will be difficult to persist.
But if there is progress, no matter how boring or tedious it is, a perseverance that seems not to belong to you will emerge from nowhere to keep you going.
‘It’s a pity that I can’t spend all my time practicing.’ Colin couldn’t help but sigh in his heart.
Even though the work tasks of the inspection office are already very relaxed, the constant trivial matters will still take up a lot of my time.
But he just sighed slightly.
After all, I have enjoyed the resources and benefits brought by the school.
Of course it won't be free.
Compared with the benefits obtained, working for the school like this is already very cost-effective.
After breakfast, Colin took the carriage and went straight to No. 79 Tulip Street.
He made an appointment with Regina last night to meet here this morning.
They plan to carefully survey the scene again, hoping to find more useful information.
Come to Tulip Street.
Two carriages were already parked at the gate of No. 79.
One of them was Regina's, a maroon horse, with a beige carriage decorated with gilded patterns.
The other carriage looked obviously larger than Regina's. There were also two horses pulling the carriage, and the carriage was plain black.
'Perhaps Captain Flower's.'
Colin got off the carriage, walked into the yard, and came to the master bedroom.
Regina is standing beside the pink bed,
The huge figure of Flower next to him confirmed his speculation just now.
"Captain Flower."
Flower nodded imperceptibly and continued to observe the female body on the bed intently.
"Colin," Regina also turned around, then lowered her voice and explained:
"After Captain Flower heard that we found no traces, he came here to take a look."
Colin nodded, a flash of surprise flashed across his face.
"In fact, I've already been here once at the very beginning." Flower next to him suddenly interjected,
"I just took a quick glance at it and didn't think much about it. But I didn't expect that even Regina, your cat, couldn't find any traces."
As he spoke, he performed witchcraft.
Perception enhancement!
The dense magic power went all the way up from his lower abdomen, gathering in his eyes, the tip of his nose, and his ears...
Colin's face moved slightly and he also concentrated.
Only one day has passed, and the strange feeling seems to have subsided a lot.
He focused his attention on Lisa's corpse with pink bed curtains, and a strange feeling gradually became clear, just like bluestone carvings that washed away the dirt and revealed the original relief on it.
On the body of the woman's body, a red and black mark that looked like water and mist slowly appeared.
This kind of red and black is not red and black in the sense of vision, nor does he see it, but feels it.
As soon as the red and black marks appeared, a sense of horror enveloped him, as if a needle had stabbed his forehead.
Colin frowned slightly, suppressing the unfounded fear, and looked carefully again.
In addition to the most obvious red and black marks, there was also some faint red mist in other parts of the female corpse.
This means...dark areas are in contact longer?
No, that's not right.
It’s not so much that the contact lasts longer, it’s that the traces are fresher…
The lighter red mist is more like the red and black traces left earlier that have become lighter.
If you put it that way...could it be that the murderer was here last night?!
There was a flash of fluctuation in Colin's eyes.
If I had rushed in last night...
"Nothing was found." At this time, Flower turned around and suddenly said.
He shook his head, and the magic power gathered on his face quietly dissipated.
Colin was startled, exhaled slightly, and no longer paid attention to the red mist.
And as his attention shifted, the fear in his heart gradually disappeared.
"Thank you, Lord Flower." Regina returned, with disappointment that could not be concealed on her face.
Colin looked at Flower calmly.
'Even Flower couldn't find anything strange?'
Flower shook his head and tried to walk around the room again. Finally he stopped and sighed:
"There is indeed no trace...perhaps this is another strange incident."
Regina nodded noncommittally, "I think so."
Colin nodded in agreement.
In this world, there have always been some incredible and unexplainable events, places, and objects.
They are all given strange names.
But this incident is obviously not an unexplainable strange event...
Colin stood in the spacious master bedroom with an incomprehensible expression.
The bright sunshine shone in from the window, brushed his body, and fell on the beautiful moon pattern carpet.
This is a fresh and bright scene——
But the twisted naked female corpse lying under the pink bed curtain, the faint red mist spreading...
But it gave such a scene a layer of horror.
…
"This incident..." Flower stood at the door of the master bedroom and spoke slowly, "Try to investigate again."
"If you still don't have a clue, just treat it as a strange incident for the time being."
Flower sighed inaudibly, now he was increasingly doubting his previous judgment.
'This matter most likely has nothing to do with the Flesh and Thorn Cult...it's just a coincidence.'
However, I can't blame myself for thinking too much... Wizard Lapp only solemnly established the inspection office, and the Catherine incident happened not long ago...
It is inevitable that I will preconceptionally connect this matter with the Flesh and Thorn Cult.
"Clean up the scene." Flower ordered again.
Even he couldn't see any traces at the moment, so there was obviously no use in keeping the scene.
And the weather is hot. If we don't clean it up, the corpses here will rot and get maggots.
He slowly climbed onto the carriage with heavy steps.
"Drive!" the groom waved his whip.
The two tall horses neighed and struggled forward, pulling Flower away gradually.
Colin watched the black carriage passing in front of him and was about to look away.
But suddenly he was startled,
He turned his head for a moment, pretending to be casual, and once again turned his gaze to the street corner at the end of his sight on the right.
There are several hawker stalls on the roadside at the corner of the street.
He cast his eyes on a stall selling grilled fish and toasted bread in the middle.
But the actual focus was on a stall selling live fish in the corner of my eye.
There, a middle-aged man was packing his things and seemed to be preparing to leave.
He was wearing the most ordinary gray linen clothes, his face was dark, his expression was numb, and his appearance was the most ordinary.
An ordinary person like him can be found on almost every street in Black Rock City.
But in Colin's field of vision, the middle-aged man's body showed the same faint red mist as the female corpse in the master bedroom behind him, but it made him no longer ordinary.
On the contrary, he stands out from the crowd.
"Colin, what's wrong?" Regina asked confused,
She followed Colin's line of sight, laughed a little, and said, "Didn't you have breakfast this morning?"
Colin paused and said, "I've already eaten, but now I'm a little hungry again."
"It seems like your maid is not competent enough." Regina smiled, "She didn't prepare enough breakfast for you."
"Maybe." Colin smiled and shook his head, then pointed to his carriage path: "I'm going to ask my groom to buy me some food. You go and ask the guards to clean up the scene first?"