Whispering Verse

Shade left the large library in the basement, and then returned to the third floor to see Professor Dunn:

"Professor! Have there been any murders in the college recently?"

"Is this related to the lost antique?"

The professor put down his pen unexpectedly:

"If you want to know, it's not impossible, but for the sake of the reputation of Fort Midhill Mechanical College, please don't tell it. Yes, a student was killed recently in this castle."

"female?"

"how do you know?"

Because the clothes on the female evil spirit lying behind Mr. Val are very similar to the standard school uniforms of students here.

"I have my own intelligence source, so is the poor man who died related to Henry Val?"

The professor became more confused about this question, but still thought about it:

"At least I haven't heard of any connection. The murder occurred last Monday and has not been solved yet. The school prohibits students from gossiping, and the newspaper has not published the news for the time being because of the relationship with the college. Instead, it wants to wait until the police Report after the case is solved.”

"Do you know the details of the case? Such as the location of the body, what it looked like, or the location of the fatal injuries."

The professor shook his head:

"I just heard about it while having lunch with my colleagues... If you want to investigate this case, I suggest you ask the police. There are very few witnesses and students are strictly prohibited from discussing it with anyone." You can't get any information here. Of course, the police at Fort Midhill are very rude, and you may not be able to get the information you want."

It seems that Professor Dunn has a deep prejudice against the local police.

It is certainly not easy to find out the details of an undisclosed murder case from the police, but fortunately, Shade still has the pendant given by Lesia.

Therefore, Shade first went to Captain Rades, who was monitoring Henry Val in the library, and informed the captain that he was temporarily leaving the academy, allowing the captain to investigate at will in the academy:

"I'll be back in about an hour or two. Your investigation goal in these hours or two is to figure out the details of the murder here."

The captain agreed immediately.

Afterwards, Shade took a carriage to the police station in Fort Midhill, and it took some effort to meet Deputy Director Gurus. After showing the pendant with the royal family crest, the deputy director immediately expressed his willingness to help.

It took some time to review the case files, but Shade still saw all the details of the case.

The dead young female student was found last Monday morning. The cause of death was suffocation caused by someone strangling his neck with a rope. The body was severely damaged. After examination by the local coroner, it was found that the abdomen of the body had been cut open by the murderer, and the liver in the internal organs was missing.

"In fact, this case is not announced because we believe it is a case in a serial homicide."

The middle-aged deputy director held his hat and said worriedly.

"Serial murder? Yes, I have heard about it. So in other murder cases, were the bodies also eviscerated?"

Shade asked curiously, Deputy Director Gurus nodded:

"Yes, including the corpses accidentally discovered by hunters on the Sikal Mountain, five corpses have been found that have lost their hearts, livers, lungs, large intestines, and kidneys. The five corpses are all female, aged under ten Between the ages of nine and twenty-seven, the wound marks indicate that the murderer used the same knife, but there is no obvious connection between them. This kind of bad case is really a headache."

"That's it"

Shade nodded and closed the file:

"Is there a reward in the case?"

"Of course, the city hall and the police department jointly offer a reward. The reward for providing clues can be up to 20 pounds, and the reward for finding the murderer is 100 pounds."

"so much?"

"Serial killers are worth the price."

Shade thought for a while and decided that he must not miss this kind of gold pound falling from the sky:

"It is now half past three in the afternoon. In about an hour and a half, please send someone to the Fort Midhill Mechanical College to find Captain Rades, yes, the captain of the Royal Army of Windy Path. He will find the real murderer. .”

Shade returned the file to Deputy Director Gurus. He wanted to return to Fort Midhill Mechanical College immediately, but he hesitated and asked:

"Yesterday, a vicious shooting occurred at the West Carle Hotel near the Middleburg Railway Station. Do you know?"

He still did not forget that the deceased was the receiver of Gray Gloves, and the businessman who was taken away with two guns was most likely also the receiver.

"Of course I know, this is also a pretty vicious case."

"Is there any follow-up?"

"Yes Yes."

When talking about this matter, Deputy Director Gurus covered his head again and expressed that he had a headache. He sat at his desk full of files and complained to Shade:

"The murderer, the businessman Bain Bennett of Kasenlik, committed suicide early this morning."

"Suicide?"

Shade felt that he was not that surprised, so he asked again:

"He committed suicide at the police station? Is it confirmed that he committed suicide?"

"Yes, he died directly after hitting the wall in the interrogation room. This is a huge scandal, but fortunately it has not been exposed yet. Also, the body of the victim in the shooting was tampered with, and the evidence in the case was also lost. .”

"What was lost?"

"The murderer's pen."

Shade nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

There was no information inside the pen, he confirmed this. In other words, the suspected Gray Gloves internal strife that occurred at the Sikal Hotel has already resulted in the death of two recipients. Now that the pen has been stolen, it means that in addition to the two current deceased, they should have a third companion.

There is a high probability that the companion does not know the details such as the time and location of picking up the goods.

That last companion, Shade was almost certain, was Professor Higgins, a linguist from Carsonlick who lived across from the two "businessmen".

"But everyone who knows the pick-up location is dead, and there is no information in the pen. If everything is normal, then the people in Kasenlik will not be able to pick up the goods."

Shade sighed in his heart, and then put the matter behind him again.

(Little Mia is running.)

The internal organs of different people were removed, which is consistent with the characteristics of some illegal rituals. The soul of the dead female student is haunted by Henry Val, who is suspected of stealing the antique bronze jar. This actually explains who the real culprit is.

Returning to the castle where the academy is located, Shade wanted to find Henry Val immediately. He doesn't care about the evidence. If he questions the other party, there will be no moral pressure on Shade.

But Henry Val was missing, and even Captain Lades, who was supposed to be investigating inside the castle, was nowhere to be found.

"I was gone for an hour and ten minutes."

But fortunately, Professor Dunn, the folklore professor, was still in his office. When Shade knocked on the door and entered, Professor Dunn thought Shade had found the bronze jar.

"No, no, no, I just want to ask, is there a secret passage or secret room in this castle? That jar must be hidden somewhere where no one can see it."

Shade asked, and the professor nodded immediately:

"Of course it exists. The predecessor of this castle was a defensive fortress on the frontier of the Kingdom of Delarian. I am afraid only the military of Delarian knows how many secret passages and chambers there are. But what is certain is that, The place you mentioned definitely exists.”

Hiding the huge bronze jar requires space, and if Shade's thinking is correct and the murderer of the serial murders is also Henry Val, then he must have a secret space large enough inside the castle.

Professor Dunn had no other clues here, but when Shade opened the case file at the Fort Midhill Police Station, he had already seen the specific place of death. Although the deceased was strangled with a rope and there were no obvious blood stains, since there was a brutal disembowelment afterwards, the traces of blood must be very obvious.

Before knowing the place of death, Shade couldn't tell which kind of blood stain he was looking for in such a large castle. But now that we know the specific location and even saw a few brutal black-and-white photos in the file, there is no problem with what happens next.

After all, before the spell was upgraded, Shade was able to identify bloodstains from a hundred years ago in his basement and find the hidden wall.

Professor Farewell went to the southeastern corner of the fourth floor of the castle. At the door of the women's bathroom, he successfully saw large traces of blood on the walls and floor.

Shade was glad that the blood stains moved toward the stairs and not toward the interior of the bathroom, otherwise he would really be in big trouble.

The clear red halo led Shade from the southeast corner of the zigzag castle, all the way through the stone corridor on the east side, to the class area on the west side of the castle. Then we walked up the stairs to the fifth floor, passing by the noisy offices of mathematics professors - the voices inside the door were discussing the different remainder expressions of Morse's expansion, and the quiet Rhodes Club - with the door closed. There was a note on the wall that said "Club closed for three months due to suspected illegal gambling." Students were walking in and out of the office of the College Daily - this is a non-profit newspaper published by Fort Midhill Mechanical College. The red halo was actually Entered the broom room.