Mystery: The Returner of the Stars

Chapter 28 Counting Money, Dreaming!
Dean Dahn is not the only one who is weird about this matter, this clock tower is also weird!

The sun in the pier area starts to rise from the sea. In order to welcome the sun earlier, the buildings here are all built facing the rising direction of the sun.

But this clock tower is going in the opposite direction!
The gate here faces the direction of the mountain, with its back facing the sun, which is why the whole room is too dark.

He didn't simply think that it was because of an accident during the construction of the clock tower.

"It makes sense, but it's all here, so if you don't go in and have a look, you can't make people feel at ease."

Lecturer Furren still tends to search for it in the basement. Although the chance is very small, what if his teacher is hidden here?
Dean Da En said kindly: "This basement is not too big. There are only twelve cubicles in it. It doesn't take much time to search it all."

Xio also persuaded: "If you don't go in and take a look, no one will be reconciled."

"..."

Hastur couldn't tell them alone, so he nodded in agreement.

"I'll help."

Xio stepped forward and opened the secret door on the ground together with Dean Dan.

The secret door had just been opened, and a gust of cold wind blew from inside, bringing with it a smell of mud and a little stench.

"It smells really bad." Hastur put his right arm under his nose, showing a disgusted expression.

Dean Da En said awkwardly: "The basement does not see sunlight all year round, it is cold and damp, and the smell is really bad."

Hastur looked down at his clothes worth dozens of pounds, waved his silver-plated cane, and said in a deep voice, "This is not suitable for a nobleman to enter."

"This……"

Dean Dahn didn't say anything for a moment, after all, the person standing in front of him was a baron, and his status as a nobleman really made it difficult for them to put down their posture and enter this dark and cold basement.

Xiuruo looked at Hasta meaningfully, and said with a smile: "Well, you stay on guard outside, and the three of us can go in."

Hastur said nothing, silently acquiescing to the suggestion.

Although Lecturer Furren was surprised by Hastur's behavior, he didn't say anything, and silently stayed aside with a kerosene lamp.

Seeing this, Dean Dahn could only let Hastur stay outside alone.

The three of them entered the basement successively, with Dean Dahn walking in the front, Hugh in the middle, and Lecturer Furren at the back.

Hastur silently watched them enter the basement.

The reason why he took advantage of the topic just now was mainly because he didn't trust Dean Dahn, and there was one person left outside, so that if something happened, he could call for help in time.

Seven or eight minutes later, there was a slight tremor from the ground, and Hastur immediately became alert, gripped his cane tightly, and stared in the direction of the secret door.

Sure enough, there is still a situation!
I saw that the secret door of the basement that had been opened was closing automatically, and wanted to close it again!

Hastur's expression changed slightly, his eyes were quick and his hands were quick. He took two steps forward and inserted the cane into the secret door, and pressed against one side of it. The force to close it was not small, and it was difficult to stop this trend. In the end, the cane was stuck in the middle and opened a small gap. , did not allow the secret door to be completely closed.

"Fortunately, this cane is strong enough."

Hastur was glad that before going out, in order to prevent fights, he deliberately changed into the hardest cane.

If it was an ordinary cane, it would definitely be crushed directly.

Hastur tried to shake the cane, but it didn't work, it was stuck so tightly that he couldn't pull it out.

He came to the secret door, lifted his foot and tried to kick the door down hard, but he still couldn't open the secret door in the basement.

It would be nice if there was a big rock.

It is a good choice to chisel through the secret door directly with stones.

But now it is obvious that such conditions do not exist.

He tried to shout a few times, wanting to know about the situation of Hugh and Lecturer Furren.

"Dean Dahn has escaped! We are locked in a confinement room! Find someone to help us!"

Soon, Hugh's angry voice came from inside.

Huh, it's fine if nothing major happens.

Hastur breathed a sigh of relief, being locked up in the confinement room was much better than encountering other dangers.

"I'll find someone to rescue you right away!"

Hastur yelled three times, and after getting the answer from Hugh inside, he quickly left the bell tower and rushed to the central square.

There, two police officers gathered the crowd to ask for clues about Professor Wayne.

Hastur hurried over to explain the purpose of his visit, which quickly attracted the attention of the two police officers. They led several young and strong guys and followed Hastur to the clock tower.

On the way, they picked up a few tools suitable for breaking the door. When they arrived at the place, several of them worked hard together and smashed the entire secret door in a short time.

Two police officers carried kerosene lamps and led the two boys into the basement together.

Hastur still didn't go in, but just said a few words to Xio outside to confirm that they were safe and sound.

After saying a few words, Hastur looked at the other two boys beside him.

They were about the same age, wearing brown jackets and black pants, with disheveled hair and rough and callused hands. It was obvious that they did a lot of heavy work on weekdays.

But when Hastur touched their eyes, he couldn't help feeling a chill in his heart.

Their eyes looking into the basement are too peaceful!

At this moment, even if you don't discuss a few words in private, you must be curious, right?
How could it be like a piece of wood without any other reaction?

Feeling Hastur's scrutinizing gaze, the two boys looked over together, their eyes still calm, without any waves.

"Have you finished your work today?" Hastur hurriedly found a topic to chat, otherwise he was afraid that he would be in danger.

"We don't have to work today, we are busy looking for someone."

"It would be nice if you came here more often."

The answers of both of them were very short, and their emotions still didn't fluctuate much, but they didn't show any malice.

Hastur asked curiously: "How does Dean Dahn treat you on weekdays?"

"He'd keep us fed if we got the job done every day."

"He doesn't like boys, he likes girls."

Hastur continued to ask, "What do you do every day?"

"Go to the mountain to mine rocks, start working at eight o'clock in the morning and rest at nine o'clock in the evening."

"After you came, we only had to work six hours a day, and the food was even better."

The two answered every question. Except for the obvious mood swings when they had a full stomach, the other answers were very calm.

It seemed to be answering something that had nothing to do with me at all.

Such a weird phenomenon made Hasta feel more and more bad. Could it be brainwashed?

He thought for a while, then asked patiently: "Aside from letting you work and liking girls, what else does Dean Dahn like to do?"

"Count the money."

"dream."

"..."

Such an answer made Hastur almost tense up.

He knew that these two people answered different things, but when connected together, it produced a strong comic effect.

Hastur took a few deep breaths before suppressing the urge to laugh in his heart.

Counting money is easy to understand, and he also likes counting money.

It's interesting to like to dream. It's really not a simple thing for a person to like to dream and let everyone know.

Hastur tried to ask, "What kind of dreams does Dean Dahn like?"

"Finally out!"

Before the two guys could answer, Xio's voice came from the basement.

The sound is loud, full of air, and it sounds very healthy when you listen to it.

"Hey, Dean Dahn turned out to be such a person."

Then there was the sound of Lecturer Furren sighing.

Interrupted by these two voices, the two young men said nothing more, looked at each other, and stood aside silently.

Hastur asked again, but they would not speak a word.

Soon, Lecturer Hugh and Flon came out from the secret door, and they looked no different from when they first entered.

Xio straightened her hair a little, and snorted softly, "Fortunately, I agreed with you to stay outside at that time, otherwise I would have been imprisoned for a long time."

Lecturer Furren came to Hastur and whispered: "We didn't find the teacher inside."

Hastur was not surprised by this, and began to ask about what they saw and heard inside, and how Dean Dan escaped from the eyes of the two of them, and put them in the confinement room.

Hugh was not in a good mood, so Lecturer Furren told them about their experience just now.

The basement is very dark, even lighting a kerosene lamp can't illuminate much of the area, and there are bursts of damp and cold, walking in it is like walking through a sewer.

There are six confinement rooms separated on the left and right sides, and there is a lounge at the end.

Of the twelve confinement rooms, only three were actually locked up.

Dean Dahn led them to open one by one until they opened the penultimate confinement room. There was a figure curled up inside. In order to see clearly, Lecturer Furren and Xio went in to have a better look.

Just as the two of them entered, Dean Dahn, who was standing outside the door, suddenly closed and locked the door of the confinement room, and then ran away without looking back.

When they found out that they had been cheated, they couldn't get out.

At this time, they also saw clearly the figure curled up in the corner. That figure was not Professor Wayne, but a dead man.

He is skinny, young, no more than 16 years old, wearing tattered clothes and a light black hat.

According to Xio's analysis, this person should have starved to death.

The reason why Dean Dahn escaped may also be because of the death in the confinement room.

Later, it was Hastur who came to rescue them.

After leaving the confinement room, they followed the two police officers to search from room to room, but they couldn't find any secret passage after searching for a long time.

The two of them discussed and decided to come out first, and the two police officers led the two boys to still carefully check every inch of the place inside.

(End of this chapter)