Red Moon Returns

The dust floating in the atmosphere made the world dark, the air exuded a burnt smell, the deafening roar of machinery resounded all around, and carriages carrying coal and whale oil ran along the street.

The color of the gray fog area is always gray. From a distance, huge chimneys are like fangs piercing the sky, swallowing black smoke, and the towering condensation towers are like fat giants, spewing sour gray mist day and night.

Just now, not long after chasing out of the Hall of Order, the other party got on a box-type rental carriage, which made it easier for the two to track. Officer Natalie simply borrowed a patrol horse and followed Lynch secretly, all the way to the nearby area.

This is an empty factory area. The rental carriage stopped on the side of the road and waited, and the "old woman" walked into the factory area by herself.

Natalie and Lynch did not go deep. They were several dozen meters away, hiding between the branches of a big tree, each holding a monocular telescope, and peeping at the empty factory area from afar.

Deep inside was a dilapidated factory building, which had not been used for a long time, but through the glass window, one could see a faint figure swaying inside.

As the old woman approached, the figure in the window suddenly disappeared, and then the door opened, and five or six people came out of the house.

Lynch frowned, and the people inside were not normal at first glance.

These people were burly and strong, with dark and rough skin, as if they had experienced long-term wind and sun exposure. They wore coarse cloth clothes and pants, and on the exposed skin, many complex and messy patterns could be seen.

The leader among them was an old man with white hair. He was not as burly as the others, but his body was skinny and dry, which reminded Lynch of his hand the night before.

However, even though it was such an old man, when Lynch saw him, even though he was peeping through a telescope at least dozens of meters away, he still felt his scalp tingling, his heart beating as if it was about to explode, and sweating in his palms. It was not until a moment later that his violently beating heart was slightly relieved.

Trying his best to control his unconsciously trembling lips, Lynch felt that his thoughts were trembling.

‘Traveling companion, this is a powerful soul-distracting person. ’

[Yes, the mystery of his soul entanglement is very strong, it has crossed the perception distance and stimulated your inspiration. Please be careful, Lynch. ]

This is the first time I heard this voice reminding me to be careful, but Lynch has no time to think about it. He knows that he has hit a big fish today, and it is a bit scary.

He gently touched Officer Natalie beside him and whispered in her ear: "I sensed a very powerful force in that old man, similar to Mr. V, or even stronger than V."

Natalie's muscles tightened and her expression became cautious. She whispered: "Victor is a Level 5 Soul-Distracted Person, so this old mountain man might be Level 6, and he shouldn't have crossed to the high-level level of Level 7. It's best not to spy on him directly, as their strength is often very sensitive."

Lin Qi immediately turned his gaze to the other strong men, and then he felt a little relieved: "Are these mountain men?"

"Yes, they are dressed very distinctively. Hush, there's movement."

The old man and a group of mountain men came to the old woman and bowed deeply to her. The old woman just bent her knees slightly and then opened and closed her lips, as if she had said a long string of words.

Listening to her words, the young mountain people showed panic and anger, and some even waved their fists. Only the old man in the lead had a pair of turbid eyes half-closed as if he had not woken up, and his bark-like face was calm.

Until the 'old woman' stopped, the old man nodded slowly, squinted his eyes and waved behind him. Immediately, two mountain people returned to the factory, and soon helped a weak mountain man out, came to the 'old woman', turned his back and lifted the weak mountain man's shirt.

From a distance, Lynch and Natalie's breath was choked, and then they looked at each other, and they could see the surprise on each other's faces.

Behind the mountain man, there was a huge tumor.

The purple tumor was larger than a fist, protruding high from the surface of the skin. The tumor expanded and contracted like a beating heart, and it shook from time to time. The skin on the surface was smooth and almost translucent, and there seemed to be something wriggling inside.

Lynch felt creepy, not scared, but he felt physically nauseous when he saw the squirming tumor. He looked at Ms. Natalie beside him, whose face was also very ugly. She must have been having a hard time.

As for the mountain people in the distance, they were not unusual except that they were more angry. I wonder if they were used to it. The "old woman" also observed closely for a while, then nodded and said something to the old mountain man, and took out a few small brown glass bottles from her pocket, which looked like the old medicine bottles she had seen in her previous life.

The old man also smiled rarely, took out a small earthenware jar from the factory, and came to the weak villager. Lynch was watching intently, and he didn't know if it was an illusion, but he felt that the old mountain man glanced in this direction when he turned around.

Hmm?

Lynch's scalp was numb, and he suddenly put down the telescope and looked at the policewoman: "I felt like he looked at me just now."

"He turned his body in this direction, but that was a natural movement." Officer Natalie held up the telescope and looked again, "I didn't find anything unusual, are you sure?"

Lin Qi also watched again for a while. Everyone on the opposite side was indeed acting as normal. Maybe he was too inspired and hypersensitive. However, as soon as I let go, the scenes from those scary movies I had watched in the past immediately appeared in front of my eyes.

No, I have seen many similar scenes in movies, and I would rather believe it.

Lynch didn't care about being polite, grabbed Natalie's wrist, and whispered: "Trust me once, leave now, right away, the faster the better, and the farther you go the better."

The police officer was a little puzzled, but seeing the seriousness on Lynch's face, she didn't ask any more questions. She led Lynch down the tree from the back, ran as fast as possible to where the horse was tied, untied the reins, turned over and trotted off. After several dozen meters, the sound of hoofbeats was no longer covered up and the police horses were allowed to speed up.

It was only then that Lynch breathed a sigh of relief, unfolded his telescope and looked back in the direction just now. Natalie had just controlled the horse to walk onto the road, and then turned back.

As a result, the two of them saw a scene that made their hearts beat faster.

The tall locust tree where the two of them were hiding just now suddenly shook for no reason, and the crown of the tree shook.

The next moment, a breeze blew by. Under the breeze, the branches, trunks, leaves, and the entire tree silently turned into fine dust and dispersed in the wind. Bird's nests, dead wood, and other debris that were originally attached to the tree were scattered. The things were unscathed and fell to the ground with a crackle.

Damn it.

Lin Qi's legs were weak, and he felt extremely scared.

Fortunately, he ran away quickly. If he had waited for another minute, he would have been caught right now, and there would be no place to hide. Who knows what the other party's attitude would be, and whether it would be fatal.

Damn it, are these powerful soul-shifters still human beings? They can use this level of long-range strikes at will.

Officer Natalie obviously had the same idea. She urged her horse to gallop with a straight face and without saying a word. Although both of them understood that the other party probably did not find the exact traces of the two of them, so they would use this method to find them out. , but the difference in strength was too great, and the effects of their gestures made the two of them dare not stay for a long time, they just wanted to go as far as possible.

It wasn't until he ran all the way out of the gray fog area, entered the river valley area and drove onto the flat Rhine Avenue that the speed gradually slowed down. The police officer twisted her body with lingering fear, looking at the direction of escape, and then looked at Lin Qi, who also had a nervous expression. The two looked at each other for a moment and suddenly burst into laughter, thankful that they had escaped.

"Are all you soul-shifters so scary?" Lin Qi breathed a sigh of relief.

"This should be an intermediate level six power level. Fortunately, it didn't cross the seven level power line, otherwise the two of us would have been caught on the spot." The police officer shook her long hair away and put on her top hat again. , "Thank you for reminding me. You saved my life. Thank you."

"I also saved myself, and aren't we temporary partners?" Lynch chuckled, "If you really want to thank me, why not just lose to me again?"

"Be careful, I will throw you down and let you go back to face that person." The police officer said still a little uneasy, "No, I will tell Victor when I go back. Although he did not use a fatal attack and should not be hostile, but The unidentified sixth-level soul-shifter has entered the city limits, and the watchers must be on high alert."

"It's probably useless. They will probably move it soon."

"Then the watchmen should be more vigilant. Alas, it would be great if they are not discovered, and they will not move."

"Well, fortunately, they probably didn't realize that we discovered the noble's little move." Lynch said thoughtfully, "The Valente family... it seems that they have a very close relationship with the mountain people... and that strange Sarcoma, what the hell is that."

"I'll first learn about this family through the Watcher's channels. Maybe I can find out their connection with the mountain people. As for the sarcoma, it looks very weird. I'm worried that it has something to do with the mystery. I'll also ask someone to check the records. Maybe there are records in some forbidden books." Natalie remembered it when she mentioned the records. She controlled the horse to stop, turned around and asked, "Before I met the noble, you said there was another place to see it. Records in the case file?”

"Ah, that's right." Lynch patted his head, "The newspaper office, the newspaper office of the Rhine City Investigator."

"Um?"

"I saw the news about the Best Tunnel twice in the newspaper. Both times mentioned the death caused by the incitement of the mountain residents. They may have checked the case files and even left records. But I just want them to cooperate. It’s not that easy anymore, I guess your identity won’t be of much use.”

"Hey, I hate newspapers, especially the Investigator." The police officer shook the reins angrily and let the police horse start running again, "But what you said makes sense. They have probably seen the records, so why don't they go now? Ask?"

Lynch put one arm around the police officer and took out his pocket watch with the other hand to check the time. It was three o'clock in the afternoon and it was already getting too early.

"Tomorrow, I will think about how to ask them to help tonight. Today, I will go back to the vault of the Hall of Order to retrieve William's holiday surprise, and send it to the red-haired woman to have the test done. I can trace its trajectory. It's best, maybe one or two murderers can be caught. If we can't trace it, you can send the rare items back to the club tonight to keep them. I always feel uneasy about running around with evidence. "

"That's fine." Hearing that she didn't have to go to the newspaper office, Officer Natalie's voice immediately became cheerful, and even the horse's speed increased a lot. "Bessie should be able to be tracked down. Although she is only at the second level of power, her research on mysterious skills and ability applications is the top in Rhine City. It's just that the memories of the Fallen God that suit her are not easy to find."

Lin Qi touched the new revolver in the holster, and he had more expectations for the beautiful red-haired woman.

However, when the two returned the horses to the Hall of Order, took back the strange objects from the warehouse, and returned to the strange object shop on the corner, they found that a cordon had been set up around the shop.

The ground was in a mess, as if it had just experienced an explosion.

A group of blue uniforms surrounded Mrs. Bessie's magic shop and were checking inside and outside. There were also many passers-by pointing and talking outside.

Natalie and Lynch looked at each other, and when they thought of the fire in the Hall of Order, they saw the worry on each other's faces.

It won't happen again.

Before the police officer asked someone, the door of the shop was opened from the inside.

A stretcher was brought out.