Walking out of the back of the store, Xing Ze found that the eldest lady was missing, and his originally unimpressive face became even more gloomy.
As he walked quickly to his original position, Xing Ze saw a piece of gummy bear that fell to the ground. He squatted down to pick up the gummy bear, looked up and looked ahead, and saw another piece on the cement road not far away.
Following the gummy left by Ellie, Xing Ze found her on the west side of the church. He showed the gummy in his hand in confusion and said with some dissatisfaction: "Didn't you say you would wait for me where you are? Why are you playing with candies?"
House games?”
"Judging from your tone and face, things don't seem to be going so well." Aili teased, taking out a piece of bread from her pocket and throwing it to Xing Ze.
"It's almost noon, let's eat something. Your mood will be even worse with an empty stomach."
"I don't like things that are too sweet." Xing Ze took it and muttered, but still tore open the package and started eating, "What are you doing here?"
"I've been waiting for you for a while. Instead of wasting time, it's better to take a look at the important missing places. Here," Ellie pointed to the street not far from the church, "and there, there are frequent disappearance cases.
Make a point.
"But what I don't understand is why there are these two places. Look, there is a church nearby. I think even if the Muggles here are not very religious, there will always be people passing by more or less.
"But...but there are six disappearance cases in the same place, and there are no witnesses for all six cases. Not to mention that street, which is close to a residential area, there are also no witnesses for the nine disappearance cases."
"The stuff of dreams..."
"Swallow the food before you talk, and don't mutter, Li." Ellie said with her hands on her hips, "Also, don't tell me any more nonsense about dream objects not following the rules of the real world."
Xing Ze swallowed the bread, "What I want to say is that even the things in dreams may have to abide by some rules in this world. After all, this is not a dream, and some of them are not strong enough to break the rules."
Ellie raised her eyebrows and said, "Very good, it's not a cliche anymore. So tell me, what did you find?"
"The drain."
"Down...the sewer?"
Xing Ze nodded and pointed to the sewer on the side of the church base with his finger, "I bet you 50 cents that there will be a sewer like this on that street."
The eldest lady turned and looked at the street not far away. She put up an awning and quickly found a similar sewer there.
"For Merlin's sake, Li, is this what you found? If so, I also know that basically every household here has a toilet."
Xing Ze waved the bread in his hand and protested: "I'm eating, Miss Nicks. These side drains are usually used to drain rainwater, but have you noticed?
"These sewers are not equipped with isolation barriers, which shows that the sewers here adopt a combined overflow system."
"Wait a minute," Ellie interrupted, "I'm getting more and more confused."
"Simply put, they discharge rainwater and sewage together. So the sewers here must be built very wide to cope with the huge amount of drainage and debris."
"Are you trying to spread the knowledge about sewers to me?"
"Of course not. How is your memory?" Xing Ze asked with a smile.
"It depends on what you're asking."
"There have been six disappearances here. Do you remember the age of the missing person?"
"Three boys, two girls, all just children, and one is a young man."
Xing Ze quickly took a few bites of bread and then walked to the drain. "These drains are enough to pull down a child. If they are squeezed, they can also pull down a young man. Of course, he must break a few bones first."
The eldest lady opened her eyes wide and said in a deep voice: "Are you saying that the Screamer preys on the manhole?"
"Just a guess. In my opinion, once or twice may be a coincidence, but almost every crime scene has a sewer, which means there is a problem. Of course, we also have to look at the underground drainage tunnel in the village of Novi Ravenska
, I have to ask more people who know more about it.”
"Informed person?"
"That's right." Xing Ze looked at the church behind him, "We now have three clusters of missing cases, one is the wizard shop, another is the church, and the last one is near the town school.
"In my opinion, the Screamers have fixed hunting locations. Otherwise, the missing people would be more scattered and not so concentrated. And in these places, I think there must be people from the Sabbat Order.
"Like a plover and a crocodile, a wonderful symbiotic relationship. Of course, all this is just my guess. Let's ask Father Corbett here for details."
"People from the Holy See?" Ellie looked disgusted, "I hate dealing with these clergy."
"Don't worry, this priest may not be from the Holy See."
Ellie's steps towards the church stopped and she looked at Xing Ze with puzzled eyes.
Xing Ze pulled out his wand and looked ready to fight, "After I completed the investigation and confirmed this place, I asked several friends from the Holy See.
"The last priest of this church died forty years ago, and the Holy See has not appointed any more priests to serve here. Therefore, there is no diocese here.
"So, I can't help but wonder who this Father Corbett is from. According to the introduction of the black brothers just now, this place not only spreads the Lord's righteousness, but also secretly distributes the so-called holy fruit.
"I was lucky enough to see the so-called holy fruit." Xing Ze took out a red candy from his pocket, "This is it. Look, things are getting interesting."
The moment she saw the red candy, Ellie's face darkened and she took out her wand.
"It seems that we have found the right place."
"I hope so," Xing Ze showed a bitter smile, "Let's go in through the back door. I don't want to face the Lord's wrath directly."
There is a small door at the back of the church, which is the passage for clergy and volunteers to enter and exit.
"Knock on the door?" Ellie asked.
"It's still daytime, Miss Nicks, but there are people living around." Xing Ze showed a helpless look, "And we are not robbers."
Ellie stepped forward and knocked on the door, "Next time, just give me the answer."
The small door creaked open, and a thin man stuck his head out. He asked with confusion: "You...who are you looking for?"
"We want to find Father Corbett for confession." Xing Ze said in a familiar manner.
"Why don't you take the main entrance?" the thin man asked again.
Xing Ze made a helpless expression, pointed at Ellie and said, "My sister, as you have seen, she doesn't really want others to see her entering the church."
The thin man looked at the two of them, then pushed the small door open and said, "Come in."