Lord of the Mysteries

After reading the traces printed on the paper, Pacheco turned his head and said to Button next to him:

"The next thing will be quite complicated, and I will ask the police for help.

"And you can return to the Foundation and wait for follow-up inquiries."

Barton staring at the paper heard this sentence, not only did he not disappointed, but for a while he rejoiced and nodded quickly:

"Ok."

After reading the traces left by Vernal, Button's intuition told him that things would be very dangerous.

As an ordinary person, avoiding danger is an instinctive choice.

Of course, this is also because Vernal can only be regarded as his ordinary friend, it is not worth him to take great risks to blend in this matter.

After the response was complete, Button immediately turned around, walked between the hotel owner and the waiter, and came to the street.

This time, he did not choose public transportation and got on a taxi.

Barton ’s outing this time is a special matter, which is more urgent, and the deputy head of the “Compliance Department” testifies, so he can reimburse the expenses in this regard.

Spending the foundation's money and using your salary are completely different.

On the way, Button looked at the scenery outside the window and couldn't help thinking about Vernal's current state:

"Is he still alive?

"The **** smell in the room ...

"Hopefully he is still alive, may the Lord bless him.

"If he was still alive, where would he be now?

"where is it……

"Will it?

"This!"

Suddenly thinking about the possibility, Patton suddenly thought of a possibility, and he urged the driver to change his route to the neighborhood where he was.

Before long, he returned home.

"What happened?" Button's wife greeted him with a look of surprise.

At this time there is still a short time before lunch, let alone get off work.

Barton didn't take off his hat, didn't take off his coat, didn't answer questions, and asked straightforwardly:

"Have Vernal been here?"

"He came to visit you in a quarter of an hour, I let him wait in the study, and sent Wells to the foundation to find you." Button's wife answered truthfully.

Wells is the male servant of their family, and it is clear that a quarter of an hour is not enough for him to reach the "Ruun Antiquities Collection and Protection Foundation".

This is the most surprising part of Button's wife.

"Well." Button focused on his head and hurried through the living room, up to the second floor, and entered the study.

Inside the study, the windows were wide open, and the curtains were lightly shaken, leaving no one there.

"Fernal?" Button exclaimed, but no one responded.

He jumped out of the window and left ... Barton frowned, looking around in earnest, and found that the order of the books on his bookshelf was out of order.

That is a series of books on history, divided into upper middle and lower volumes.

Button's habit is to arrange from right to left, and now they have changed from left to right.

He took a silent breath and walked over quickly, extracting the three books.

After a careful inspection, Patton found that a page in the middle was folded.

He quickly turned to that page and opened the corner.

A piece of scribbled text was written in pencil above:

"The remnants of the Quaternary are worshipping the evil gods."

Hiss ... Barton was panicked and horrified, and slammed the book back in his hand.

Without much thought, he sprinted out of the study and ran to the stairs, preparing to find Pacheco, the deputy director of the Compliance Department, telling him his findings and asking him to find the police to protect his family.

Waiting to leave the house, Barton slowed down and considered a very important issue:

Where to find Pacheco?

Crawford Inn, Stonn Police Headquarters, or Foundation?

After a short thought, Button decided to go back to the foundation and find other employees in the "Compliance Department".

At this time, a taxi was parked in front of his house, and Pacheco Dawn walked down.

"We found that Vernal came to your house again." The deputy director of the "Compliance Department" explained quickly.

Button relieved and replied without hesitation:

"Yes, but he has already left.

"However, he has left some clues."

After talking, Patton led Pacheco into his home, came to the study, and handed the book to the other party.

Pacheco glanced at it, and slid a finger on the surface of the line of text.

Immediately afterwards, he took out the pencil he had used before and wrote on the side of Huernar's message:

"Call the police!"

After doing all this, Pacheco stuffed the book back into its original place.

However, he did not push the book completely.

As a result, the entire row of books produced a bulging outward.

"Okay, go back to the Foundation, have lunch, and wait for the good news from the police." Pacheco clapped his hands and applauded.

Button didn't quite understand the reason why the senior lawyer did this, but he didn't ask why.

He really didn't want to blend in this matter deeply, he felt he could not bear it at all.

Barton immediately weaved the reasons to explain to his wife, and then followed Pacheco to return to the foundation and began daily work.

At tea time, he had just finished an ancient book appraisal and heard a knock on the door.

"There's a clue, you need to go to your house." Pacheco was wearing a gray scarf and stood by the doorway.

"Clue?" Barton stood up in surprise.

Pacheco did not give a positive answer, and spread his hand in an inviting gesture.

Barton couldn't refuse and returned home with the other party.

"Fernal is here again!" His wife noticed that something was wrong, and greeted the door with horror.

"It's okay, some minor problems." Patton maintained his image as a man, comforting his wife.

When he came to the study, he and Pacheco found that Vernal had escaped early.

"Damn it, can't he wait?" Barton couldn't help complaining.

"It doesn't matter." Pacheco walked to the front of the bookshelf and pulled out the book.

Obviously, Vernal had read his suggestion because the book was completely stuffed into the shelf.

"I probably know where Vernal is." Pacheco closed his eyes halfway and said with a smile.

Button was shocked for a while:

"How do you know?"

Pacheco opened his eyes and smiled and replied:

"He accepted my bribe. No, it was a gift. It was wrong. The most accurate description should be a suggestion.

"Of course, he may not adopt it."

After speaking, the deputy director of the “Compliance Department” crossed Barton and walked out of the study.

Barton subconsciously followed behind him, leaving the area where he was, and turning into a nearby street.

At the end of the street, there was a house that collapsed due to fire.

"It hasn't even started to rebuild." Barton whispered.

Pacheco put on white gloves again, his expression slightly more serious.

He entered the semi-collapsed hall through the fairly complete main entrance.

A scorched piece of wood fell to the ground, blocking the lower body of a figure.

The figure was wearing a brown jacket and had a red nose and a very strong look. It was the archaeologist Vernal.

Barton secretly exhaled and asked anxiously:

"Why don't you call the police?"

"They monitor the police station." Vernal replied without any change in expression.

Barton blurted and asked again:

"Why not leave Stoyne and go to the other city to call the police?"

"They monitor the steam train station." Vernal responded with the same tone.

Patton thought for a while and frowned:

"You have many ways to leave Stoine, they can't block a city."

Hearing this problem, Vernal's expression gradually became vivid, and the tone said slightly:

"I feel the will of that great being ..."