Mystery: The Returner of the Stars

Chapter 29 Emperor Roselle is Really a Wise Man
After listening to Lecturer Furren's narration, Hastur was even more thankful that he did not go in, otherwise, with his temperament, he would not have entered the confinement room where the dead were held.

In this way, he will be alone with Dean Dahn outside, and he doesn't have the confidence to face a person who wants to escape.

Maybe Dean Dahn would stab him a few times when he wasn't paying attention.

That's what's really bad.

Xio recovered from the small defeat just now, stared at Hastur and said, "Where do you think the secret passage might be hidden?"

"If I were the designer of the basement, then I would definitely build the secret passage in the rest room. After all, the main purpose of the confinement room is to lock up the prisoners, not to give the prisoners a chance to leave." Hasta thinks this is a Very normal inference.

Xio nodded and said, "Are you interested in entering the basement to find the secret passage?"

"Not interested in."

Hastur directly refused, who knows what is on the other side of the secret passage, what if it is the secret lair of the BOSS?
What if there are cruel traps arranged in the secret passage?

What if Dean Dahn hides and beats them secretly?
There are really too many unknowns, and he will not let himself take such a risk.

If he remembers correctly, Xio is currently only a Sequence 9, a Beyonder of this strength will basically disappear if he is not careful.

"Then you don't want to find Professor Wayne?"

"Of course I want to, but what you need to find someone is wise judgment, not reckless behavior."

"Well, you are very cautious." After thinking about it for a while, he gave a fairly good evaluation.

"As a nobleman, I will not easily risk my life."

Hastur felt that he had to emphasize it again, lest these people want to take him to take risks.

Xio pouted her cute little mouth, and really wanted to say, who is not from aristocratic background.

"So smart as you are, where do you think Professor Wayne might be?"

"Isn't that why we hired you?"

A faint rhetorical question from Hastur gave Xio a feeling of punching cotton.

Xio didn't dwell on this topic with Hastur, pondered for a while, and gave his own professional advice.

"I don't think Dean Dahn has anything to do with the disappearance of Professor Wayne. On the contrary, Professor Wayne's disappearance attracted the intervention of the police department, which allowed him to escape in a panic through the secret passage in the basement."

"Professor Wayne should no longer be in the workhouse."

"There are some remote places in the dock area, and few people go there on weekdays. Professor Wayne may be hidden in those places."

Hasta had no objection to the first point. Dean Dan was exposed too quickly, and he did not have the motive to kidnap Professor Wayne.

The second point is speculation, but he has a different opinion. He still thinks that Professor Wayne is more likely to be in the workhouse.

Dean Da En is not suspected, but it does not mean that other people are not suspected.

And the weirdness of the workhouse is not limited to Dean Dahn, the people who are suspected of being brainwashed, the bells ringing in the middle of the night, and the weird clock tower.

None of these questions have been answered.

If it can be confirmed that Professor Wayne disappeared by himself and is safe now, then he must stay away from this workhouse now, and then write an anonymous report letter directly to the Church of Evernight.

He didn't think that a Sequence Nine could solve much of a problem.

But the problem is that it is difficult for him to know the situation of Professor Wayne.

If he left here, if Professor Wayne was really in danger, it would be difficult for him to forgive himself for standing idly by today.

Well, Professor Wayne, you really know how to play hide-and-seek.

"The police department has already taken over here. We can go to those remote places in the dock area first."

Hugh made a suggestion, Hastur had no objection, and Lecturer Furren had no objection.

Go out and take a look around first, if you really can't find any clues, then you can only smash this workhouse.

Hastur sighed in his heart, followed Hugh and Lecturer Furren to the dock area at the foot of the mountain.

After walking for a while, he suddenly remembered the two guys who had revealed important information to him just now.

The two of them seemed to disappear silently when Lecturer Furren was talking about what happened in the basement.

Seeing Hastur suddenly stopped still, with an unattractive expression, Lecturer Furren asked curiously, "What's wrong?"

"No, it's fine."

Hastur shook his head, did not say what happened to the two people just now, but went to the dock area first, and sorted out his thoughts by the way.

If you are lucky, you can really find Professor Wayne?

……

At seven o'clock in the evening, the three of Hasta, who wandered around the wharf area without gaining anything, sat at the door of a bar, sighing heavily.

Hugh was doubting his ability to judge, Lecturer Furren was regretting that his detective ability was not useful, and Hastur knew that he had to re-investigate the workhouse.

Three people, three thoughts.

Lecturer Fran ordered two glasses of beer, and Hasta ordered some snacks, a glass of fruit wine, and some white bread. Xio glanced at the fruit wine ordered by Hasta, thought about the price, and decided to drink the beer handed over by Lecturer Flon .

After replenishing a little energy, Xio tapped the table with an empty beer glass, and said in a deep voice, "I think we have entered a misunderstanding. Professor Wayne should still be in the workhouse!"

Lecturer Flon leaned slightly on the table and said, "What's your reason?"

Hastur took a sip of the fruit wine, ate the ham wrapped in cheese, and quietly looked forward to Hugh's next analysis.

"Dean Dahn is not suspected, but it doesn't mean that others are not."

"There is a secret passage in the basement of the workhouse, so there may be secret passages in other places. We need to find that secret passage."

"The person who kidnapped Professor Wayne is very smart. He knows that the most dangerous place is the safest."

When Xio said this, he praised Emperor Roselle again.

"Very clever analysis." Hastur praised him very much.

"Emperor Roselle is really a wise man." Lecturer Furlun sighed with emotion.

"..."

Xio glanced at the two of them, always feeling a little weird.

The three drank the snacks and wine on the table, Hastur paid the bill, and followed Hugh and Lecturer Furren to the workhouse.

Because Dean Dahn absconded in fear of crime today, and the body was found in the basement, and Professor Wayne disappeared, the police department paid special attention to this matter, and sent six more police officers.

When the three of Hastur returned to the workhouse, lights were lit inside and outside. Many workhouse staff assisted the police in searching and cleaning every corner. According to some information, even the ground was dug up a lot.

In total, six bodies have been recovered, two men and four women, all aged between 14 and 16.

These six murders were naturally accumulated to the head of Dean Da En who escaped.

The reason is also very simple, if it has nothing to do with him, why did he run away?

But to the disappointment of Hastur and the others, there was no trace of Professor Wayne, not even Dean Dahn.

"What should we do at this time?"

Lecturer Furren asked weakly, but they didn't seem to be able to help much.

Hastur said: "Don't worry, find three rooms to live in first."

"What changes do you think will happen at night?" Lecturer Furren thought of the weird bell that night.

"Well, it's just a possibility, and we can't let go of any possibility."

"But wouldn't that be too dangerous?"

"We can contact a few more officers."

Hastur will not risk his own life casually, and he still needs to find more people to be at ease.

The only thing to note is that there may not be that eerie bell tonight.

If the sound of the bell was manipulative, as things are going today, that man would never have wanted to make a fuss out of it.

Hugh stood aside, silently listening to the conversation between Hastur and Lecturer Furren, curious about the unexpected changes in what they said.

Could it be that the disappearance of Professor Wayne also involves extraordinary factors?
Soon, Hastur and the three found Vice President Bud, who is now in charge of the workhouse, and after explaining their intentions, Vice President Bud let them live in the room they lived in last night.

Hugh lived in Professor Wayne's room, and the rooms of the other two remained the same, as they were next to each other.

This time they didn't wait until midnight to come to the meeting. After everyone freshened up, they came to Hastur's room.

According to Lecturer Furren, it is necessary to keep as consistent as possible with the situation last night.

"Now you can tell your story. Excessive concealment is not conducive to finding Professor Wayne."

Hugh sat at the table, Hastur sat on the edge of the bed with Lecturer Furren.

Explaining what happened last night, Hastur put Lecturer Furren in charge.

He found that this Furren lecturer has a strong storytelling ability, and boring stories can turn into amazing fantasy adventures in his mouth.

After listening to the lecturer's version of the story, Xio said with emotion: "Fortunately, you didn't catch up with the source of the bell last night, otherwise you might also be on the missing list today."

Hastur pretended to be surprised and said, "Do you think the sound of the bell is the cause of Professor Wayne's disappearance?"

Xio raised his chin slightly, and calmly analyzed: "After the three of you went back to your room last night, Professor Wayne must have left the room alone to investigate the source of the bell. He must have encountered something before lead to disappearance."

Hastur also thought about this possibility, but Professor Wayne acted prudently, not like a reckless young man who would risk his life.

Lecturer Furren questioned Hastur instead.

Xio said lightly: "Many times, people may not be able to completely control themselves."

Lecturer Furren looked bewildered, but Hasta could hear Hugh's implication. Her hidden meaning was that the disappearance of Professor Wayne was affected by extraordinary factors.

Maybe he was brainwashed or bewitched by the sound of the bell, and then he couldn't control himself, so he made a reckless move to investigate the source of the sound of the bell.

After thinking about it, Xiu asked, "Do you remember what time the bell rang last night?"

"Twelve past two."

Hastur gave a very certain time, he has always had the habit of writing down the time.

After the bell rang last night, he quietly glanced at his pocket watch.

"Then let's wait here until after two o'clock."

After Xio finished speaking, he turned sideways, leaned against the wall, closed his eyes and meditated.

(End of this chapter)