The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

Although the Monte family has withdrawn from the core circle of Beruk City, its influence still exists after all, and it also has a certain relationship with other noble families in Beruk City. Right now, hundreds of members of this family including servants have disappeared. Yes, this will naturally cause great excitement in Beiruk City.

At that time, all criminal police detectives in Beiruk City were asked to suspend their work and investigate the disappearance case. Even later, because there was no result for a long time, the dignitaries of Beiruk City recruited many well-known detectives from other places with high salaries. , police detectives came to assist the local police detectives in investigating the disappearance, but unfortunately, the investigation lasted for nearly half a year, and almost all possible clues were found, mobilizing as many as 100,000 people. It was the same at the beginning, with no progress, and all the clues were still the first ones.

Solander did not think that his ability to handle cases could be better than those of the police detectives at that time. In fact, many of the people who participated in the case handling at that time were legends in the criminal investigation field. The cases that these people participated in are now written into the In the textbooks of Pickett Field, some people even set up statues in the square of Pickett Field. As far as criminal investigation is concerned, Solander is almost sure that the ten of them together are not as good as any of the legendary detectives.

But after seeing the disappearance of the Monte family, an unsolved case that so many legendary detectives could not solve, Solander was very sure that she was definitely more suitable for handling this case than those legendary detectives, and she might even be able to solve this case.

The reason why she thinks so is not because she is arrogant, but because this case may be a special case in her opinion, a case that cannot be solved by normal detectives. This case is probably related to some occult, cult or related to supernatural powers.

Regarding whether supernatural power really exists, no one has a definite answer. I believe that some people will naturally believe it. Those who don’t believe it will be difficult to change their minds unless they have seen supernatural power with their own eyes. Solander Knocking good is an unbeliever who changes his mind.

The case that gained her great prestige back then helped her break through many barriers in one fell swoop and became the only female policewoman who graduated as a criminal policeman outside the establishment of Pickett Field. The case was just an ordinary vendetta in name, but in fact it was Supernatural power was involved, and after she handled that case, in addition to gaining reputation, she also gained some supernatural power that could not be mentioned to others.

During the time in Beiruk City, she also used the supernatural power she obtained to solve the supernatural things that existed in several blocks, which also made her realize that supernatural things are not as far away as she thought. Supernatural things happen around us, but ordinary people don't know that's all, and most of those who know will choose to hide it, because if these things are spread, it will definitely cause panic in the world, and the more ordinary people know, the easier it is for some unexpected things to happen disaster.

These are what she said when she encountered another similar person with supernatural power when she was dealing with a supernatural thing. She and that same kind also became friends, and they often deal with some supernatural things together.

Originally, according to her idea, she should go to the manor villa of the Monte family with that kind of person, but unfortunately that kind of person went to a nearby city for business in the past two days, so I can only go to find out by myself first, and get a little understanding of the scene. .

Solander had also heard about the case of the Monte family, but at first she didn't think it was any different from other unsolved kidnapping cases. Because of the powerful status of the Monte family.

But after reading the files today, she discovered that this case was not an ordinary group kidnapping case, but an illegal sacrifice case that might be related to a cult, because when searching the entire manor, the searchers were in the basement of the manor, As well as at the bottom of the gazebo at the four corners, a large number of bones were found.

However, these bones were not of human beings, but of animals, and no altars or the like were found, but a few straight lines were drawn from the place where the bones were buried towards the places where other bones were buried, and a square of crossed lines was just formed, and the crossed The line square happens to be the emblem of a cult church.

Except for these bones, no useful clues were found in the entire manor villa. The entire manor villa was tidied up, as if the Monte family had cleaned the entire villa before leaving.

Another special feature is the construction materials used in the manor villa. Except for a few stone pillars used as load-bearing pillars in the main body, all other materials in the villa are black camphor wood that only grows in swamps.

Although this kind of black camphor wood has the effect of preventing moisture and insects, it is not suitable as a building material because the trunk of black camphor wood is not tall or large, but this villa is built with black camphor wood as the main material. It can be seen that the Monte family spent a lot of experience and money in building this villa.

At that time, the detective who discovered this incident didn't know whether it was deliberately ignored, or if he really didn't know. He just regarded this incident as a special hobby of the Monte family for building materials, but Solander knew very well that in many folklore Middle black camphor wood has always been used to build altars to communicate with evil gods, and what she has mastered recently is that she also knows that after certain methods of processing special quality black camphor wood, it can attract some supernatural things to gather.

From the very beginning, Solander had no intention of dealing with the disappearance of the Monte family from the perspective of normal cases, because all methods of dealing with normal cases had already been tried.

For example, some people think that the Monte family may use this method of disappearance to avoid debts because of some huge debts, but in fact, the debt situation of the Monte family is very good, there is no possibility of debt avoidance, and so many people want to leave Beru Keshi can only be reached by train, and it is impossible not to leave any clues, but the final fact is that no trace of his family's departure was found.

So after she put this case on supernatural events, some clues found in this case that were found to be useless had a dark thread, and they were connected with the symbols and construction materials of the manor house.

Although Solander has not investigated the situation of the villa on the spot, she already feels that this case should be a case of supernatural force.

There is only one bus line from the urban area to the Great North Point District. After all, the Great North Point District is a wealthy manor area. Since the appearance of gas motor vehicles, almost all residents here have bought a gas motor vehicle for travel, which makes The bus has become superfluous. If it weren't for some servants working in the rich man's manor who need to go back to the city to rest, maybe this bus route has already been canceled by the bus company that is cutting expenses.

Solander happened to be on this bus when he was off work, so the bus was almost empty. Except for her sitting in the back seat, there were only two or three people sitting sporadically in the front seat. These people were Heba. The people, judging from their attire and behavior, should be Heba slaves who had just escaped from the south.

As the Union Prime Minister announced the abolition of slavery and the abolition of slavery in the seven northern states, a large number of Heba slaves escaped from the southern plantations and came to the north. In order to support the policy of the Union Prime Minister, the industrial and commercial dignitaries in the North, More or less, they will hire a few slaves who escaped from the south, so Solander thinks that these Heba people should be this kind of former slaves who were hired.

Because there are many dignitaries in the Great North Point District, the road from the urban area to the Great North Point District is also very well repaired. The bus does not have any bumps and runs very fast. It did not take long to get out of Lost. It takes less than ten minutes to reach the Great North Point.

Solander, who was in the back seat, shifted his gaze back from the moving scenery outside the window, took out a pistol from his pocket, pulled out the ordinary bullets inside and put them away, then took out some special bullets and stuffed them into the magazine. .

These bullets were bought by her from the same kind, and they are specially used to deal with some supernatural objects. Although the price is a hundred times more expensive than ordinary bullets, for Solander, this thing is really useful. These bullets helped her a lot when she came to the paranormal experiment.

In addition to the bullet, she also took out a lens with a special pattern engraved on the outside, and put it on her right eye.

Although she can also see some supernatural things through her supernatural ability, all she sees are blurred images, but this lens can make him see more clearly.

Finally, she took out a small palm-sized knife, which she stuffed into a hidden holster at the wrist of her left hand.

She is so confident that even if she encounters any supernatural things, she can still escape unscathed. In addition to her own supernatural ability and the pistol loaded with special bullets, more confidence comes from the knife obtained in the past case. .

According to the firmness of the same kind, this knife should be the ritual knife of the priest of the god of suffering in ancient times. Its function is to use the knife to scratch one's own body, create pain, and then endow the user with some special powers, and the greater the wound and pain it creates , the stronger the power given.

The God of Suffering is a popular deity in the ancient Old Continent. It was criticized a long time ago because of the doctrine of persuading people to harm themselves. Later, in the struggles of several churches, they were squeezed out of the Old Continent. Still not as popular as Protestantism, and eventually gradually disappeared.

In the past, Solander was a little disgusted with the various gods mentioned by the church, and thought that those gods did not exist, but after getting the knife, she gradually realized that the gods may really exist, but they cannot be recognized by others. Just see it.

She also tried this knife secretly, and cut a few wounds on herself, and then she could feel that her supernatural power had increased, which is also the main reason why she was confident that she would leave safely after encountering supernatural power .

As the driver pulled the valve and extinguished the gas engine, the bus gradually slowed down and stopped in front of the last platform in the Great North Point area. Solander stood up and walked towards the door.

At this time, the platform was already crowded with off-duty villa and manor workers, and they rushed up the moment the car door opened, vying for the seats around them, which seemed very chaotic.

This also made it very difficult for Solander to get out of the car. Even though her body was very strong, she couldn't help but take a breath when she got out of the car, her clothes became messy, and her sensitive parts were covered by several The disgusting guy touched it, and there was a palm print on it.

Although Solander was a little annoyed at the fact that her sensitive parts were touched, she had no way to pursue it, because there were too many people just now, and she couldn't remember who touched her at all.

So she could only swallow her anger and forget about this bad thing for the time being. After her body recovered, she patted the dust and traces on her body, tidied up her clothes, and then headed towards the location of the Monte Family Manor in the depths of the Great North Cape area. go.

Because there are villas and manors here, there are all kinds of trees and forests on both sides of the road. After walking for a long time, no one can be seen, and it seems a bit quiet.

However, in order to ensure the safety of the area, the rich and powerful in the Great North Point District spent money to hire a security team to protect the safety of the Great North Point District. These security personnel usually do not appear in front of people, but hide in the dark , pay attention to suspicious persons appearing in the Great North Point area.

For example, after entering the inner forest trail in the Great North Cape, Solander felt that she was being watched. When she walked around, there were at least two pairs of eyes staring at her, especially at her waist. gun, but maybe because she didn't do anything out of the ordinary, those people didn't step forward to question her.

Sorant walked quickly, and after about ten minutes, he had already reached the range of Monte Manor.

The Monte Manor has been abandoned for a long time, and the daily maintenance is done by a certain committee in the Great North Point District, and this committee obviously did not spend much money and experience to maintain this famous haunted house in the elite circle, so the private forest of the manor can be said to be Weeds are overgrown, and uncultivated trees grow wantonly, which looks very chaotic.

After turning the corner of a simple stone wall, Sorante came to the main entrance of Monte Manor, but what made her feel puzzled was that the gate that should have been closed, locked, and sealed had been opened at this moment , you can see an obvious carriage mark running over a thick layer of dead leaves on the ground, and judging from the traces, it should have just appeared not long ago, which means that there are other people in the Monte family manor at this moment. .

With curiosity and doubts, Sorant entered the manor, followed the traces of the carriage on the ground, passed through the passage formed by the bow-shaped tree canopy, bypassed an artificial lake and a small square, and came to the manor villa at the end.

Just as she guessed, there was a beautiful carriage parked in front of the manor, and the driver was dozing off on the carriage. Not far from the carriage, there were a few people talking about something, which seemed to be a house transaction.