Red Moon Returns

There is a square three-story building on the bank of the Land River in the Crown District.

Four dozens of meters long board buildings form a square, with an open square in the middle. In the middle of the square, a tower several dozen meters high rises straight into the sky. On the top of the tower is a huge clock, which makes a mechanical sound all the time.

The Hall of Order, the Square of Order, and the highest building, the Tower of Justice, are one of the iconic buildings in Rhine City.

This is the headquarters of the Rhine Police, which can accommodate thousands of police officers and has been guarding the order of Rhine for more than a hundred years.

But today, thick smoke billowed out here.

Natalie grabbed Lynch's arm, and the two ran hundreds of meters all the way, appearing outside the Hall of Order within a minute.

As soon as he stopped, Lynch immediately knelt on the ground, his eyes were blurred, and his chest was panting violently like a bellows.

Officer Natalie's breathing was not disordered, but her face was uglier than Lynch's, and she was staring gloomily at the messy Hall of Order.

The basic order is still there.

But there were groups of policemen gathered in the Order Square, and a lot of debris was piled up in the empty space.

"Hu, hu, hu, burn, burn, ha, ha, yes, where..."

Lynch was sweating all over, and he pulled Officer Natalie's hand to climb up. Before he could catch his breath, he couldn't wait to ask.

Officer Natalie shook her head with a gloomy face, frowned at Lynch: "Can you walk?"

His legs were still trembling, but Lynch barely moved a few steps and gritted his teeth: "Yes, let's go in and take a look."

"What can I do? You must exercise your physique. When your trouble is solved, I will go running with you every night."

Glazing at Lynch, the policewoman turned her eyes away, stretched out her hand to hold his arm, and helped him walk into the Order Square.

The air was filled with a strong smell of burning, fine ashes were flying everywhere, there were large patches of stagnant water on the ground, there were obvious traces of blackening on the walls, and black smoke was still coming out of several broken windows.

In fact, if you look closely, the accident is not serious. The open fire has been extinguished, and the fire has not spread to the surroundings. The fire is basically under control.

The only affected area is a room on the first floor of the inner side of the west building. It looks like it is burning badly, but in fact, it is not damaged at all. It is a very ordinary fire. I don’t know what is burning, which will cause such a lot of smoke and fire.

Seeing the two people enter the square, a blue uniform immediately came up to greet them, but when he saw Officer Natalie showing the badge on the inside of her windbreaker, he immediately put on a smile.

"Which department is on fire?" Natalie asked.

"Report to the commander, it is the archives, the rooms where the information in recent years is stored."

The police's understated answer made Lynch feel a chill rising quietly from behind.

What you worry about will come true. The fire is actually the archives, and it happened in recent years. Isn't that just the room where the information related to the Rhine-Nolin Railway may be stored.

How can it be such a coincidence?

Lynch felt a chill in his heart. He exchanged glances with Officer Natalie, let go of her arm, and slowly approached the smoking room.

The damp smell of burning came to his face, and there was still steam coming out of it. Looking through the thick smoke, there was almost nothing intact inside. The papers that had been burned by the fire and repeatedly splashed with water had already been broken into ashes, completely losing the possibility of recovery.

"What was the cause of the fire?" The policewoman asked from behind.

"Report to the commander, it's not certain yet, but the initial guess is that the staff violated the rules by smoking indoors and casually put the ashes of the pipe on the wooden table."

"You... often do this kind of thing?"

The blue uniform looked away awkwardly.

"Good, very good, where is this person now?"

Before the blue uniform could answer, a group of people in white robes covered with dust ran out of the building carrying three stretchers.

Covered with a sheet, but a body still leaked out from underneath, black and burnt, the body had already carbonized.

Lynch immediately covered his mouth and stepped back. His stomach was churning and he almost vomited on the spot, but he still reluctantly asked: "Did you find this from the scene on the first floor?"

"What else? Where else can you find it?" The man in the white robe looked at Lynch as if he were a fool, and walked away without stopping.

Good question. Lynch's mouth trembled, and he heard Officer Natalie behind him also asking: "Is the smoker among them?"

"Sir, I don't know, but it should be. It is said that the administrator was not seen running out."

This time there was no evidence at all. Lynch frowned and looked at the several burning archives rooms again. He has always been a paper warrior, and he really couldn't see anything when he inspected the scene, but he still gestured to Natalie, and the two found an empty corner at the gate.

"There's something wrong with their deaths." Lynch looked around and said in a low voice, "I doubt it..."

"Did they lose consciousness before the fire?"

"Yeah, you think so too?"

"I heard you talking to the people in the Hall of Suffering just now. They died on the first floor, but the first-floor window is less than two meters away from the outside, so they could jump out of the window to escape. But none of the three did so, which is obviously abnormal."

After all, she is a professional police officer. Lynch was secretly glad that he had pulled her into his investigation team. She continued:

"Did you find anything just now?"

"No, I have sensed it from the window and did not find any mysterious filth, but this does not mean that it has nothing to do with the mystery. It's just that no filth remains." This is the original words in the travel companion's mind just now.

"Is this someone deliberately preventing us from seeing the information?" Officer Natalie apparently thought about it as she stroked her sword and lowered her head in thought.

"Can't it be just a coincidence?" Lynch still had a hint of fantasy.

"Don't make such a joke." The police officer glanced at him, realizing that he was still a newbie, and explained, "Someone said that believing in coincidence in the mysterious world is the easiest way to death."

"Um?"

"The correlation between things in the mysterious world is distorted to the greatest extent. The causal relationship cannot be understood by people, and many things will be mistaken for coincidence. But being unable to understand does not mean that the causal relationship does not exist. If you treat it as a coincidence, you are not far away from death. . So when you encounter mysterious-related events in the future, it is best not to regard any unexpected situation that you think is a coincidence. Mystery hunters prefer to call it a sign. Remember, we can be overly sensitive a hundred times, but as long as there is. If you are not alert enough once, there will be no chance next time.”

"I understand." Lin Qi nodded seriously and kept it in mind, "But I don't think it's artificial. No one knew that we were going to come here to check information. Even we ourselves made a temporary decision this morning. "

"I hope it's man-made, otherwise it will be even more troublesome." The police officer sighed, "That means this is a mysterious incident, and it can automatically erase the connections that may expose itself, which means the mystery is quite strong. "

"Is it also a strange object?"

"Not necessarily, anything can happen in the mysterious world. I hope I'm wrong. It would be quite difficult to encounter such a strong mystery." The police officer shook her head, "It's hard to tell yet, but the fire in the archives is not a small matter. Question, the Department of Order will definitely send special personnel to investigate. Let’s wait for the professional investigation results before making a judgment. Unfortunately, it is impossible to access the case files for the time being. I really can’t think of where to find relevant records, otherwise I really want to. Look at that information, there might be something weird hidden in it.”

"Actually, I think of a place where some of the information may be retained, but they must be allowed to cooperate voluntarily, and those people cannot be forced."

Officer Natalie frowned and said, "Where?"

Lynch opened his mouth and was about to speak when his expression suddenly changed and he rushed towards Officer Natalie.

The police officer looked stern and raised her fists. However, when she saw Lynch rushing towards her unprepared, her heart softened and she retracted her fists. Then she was grabbed by Lynch and dragged into the porch with her mouth covered. In the dark corner, the two of them were huddled together.

Um? Something seems wrong.

With waves of subtle touches coming from his body and a faint scent of hair coming from his nose, Lin Qi finally realized what he had done, and cold sweat instantly covered his back.

The person in his arms was tense and motionless, not even struggling, but the more this happened, the more frightened Lynch became, as if he had heard the death knell ringing in his ears.

However, he still gritted his teeth and huddled in the corner with the police officer. Then he saw an old woman wearing a headscarf and wearing simple clothes, walking tremblingly in front of the two of them on crutches.

At this time, Lynch could no longer care about his own state. He lowered his eyes to avoid exposing himself, but he raised his ears and listened carefully to the movement on the porch.

The old woman staggered unsteadily, but without stopping, she slowly walked out of the porch.

Lin Qi was afraid that the other party would suddenly turn around, but he still did not move until a moment later, someone seemed to poke his arm.

As soon as he lowered his head, he met a pair of murderous eyes. Only then did Lynch realize that he was still covering the police officer's mouth and pressing her against the wall with his body.

There was even more cold sweat on his back. He retracted his hand as if touching red-hot coals, took a few steps back, raised his hands and said with a dry smile: "Well, I, do you think it's too late for me to explain now?"

"You have enough time, just say it." The police officer said calmly, rolling up her sleeves and flexing her wrists, "I will help you carve it word for word on the tombstone."

"No tombstone, please listen to my explanation."

"Stop talking nonsense." The police officer covered her blushing cheeks by arranging her hair, and then glared at him fiercely, "What's going on? Who is that old woman? Do you know her?"

"Karena's makeup."

"Um?"

"The strange object I sensed in the city hall just now was on the old woman." Lin Qi glanced at the direction the other party left and whispered, "I suspect that the old woman belongs to the noble family in the city hall. The eldest daughter is dressed up as an old woman with the help of this strange thing. In addition, she is also a soul changer. "

"Hiss, a soul-changer appeared in the city hall before the tragedy, and in the Hall of Order when the fire broke out. He also disguised himself to hide his identity..."

The two looked at each other and realized the problem here.

"Let's go, follow."

Officer Natalie nodded vigorously, and suddenly as if she remembered something, she 'gently' kicked Lynch on the calf.

"The tombstone will be written down for you first, asshole."

"Ouch."