Red Moon Returns

Not a bad guy in a way.

Lynch was still chewing on this sentence over and over until he returned to Dr. Swain's house.

Meaningful.

If you are not a bad person in one sense, does that mean that you are a bad person in another sense?

The four of them tasted the journey and analyzed almost all possibilities, but no one dared to judge the doctor's thoughts, and no one dared to determine what attitude to use to face the doctor. It was not until they saw the door of Dr. Swain's house that Lin Qi made a decision. .

It seemed that Dr. Swain had returned. The lights were turned on in the study on the second floor. The dancing light of the oil lamp projected Dr. Swain's silhouette in front of the window, hazy and looking particularly mysterious.

After entering the door directly, the sound of clanking alerted Dr. Swain in the study. Soon, the female doctor took the initiative to go downstairs.

At this time, the female doctor had already put on fluffy pajamas and a soft hat on her head. The fluffy ball on the top of the hat was tilted to one side. It was swaying as she went downstairs. It didn't look like she was in her thirties at all. A woman of many years.

Not even like a ghoul.

"You are back. Did you go for a drink? There is only a pub in Novland where you can kill time." The female doctor looked a little tired. At this time, the four of them could not see the heroic figure who beat the child yesterday, and said with a smile. , "If you want to kill time when I'm not at home in the future, you can sit in my study. Although my collection of books is not large, it is enough to kill time."

Stop making trouble, if a Book of the Dead is found, we can stay here forever.

Although he was complaining in his heart, Lynch did not show it. He just asked casually: "How is the progress of the research? Have you found anything?"

"Yes."

"Oh... huh? So soon?" Lin Qi became more interested, "What did you find?"

"That is to use the power of the Ghoul King Mordiggian as a template, and then use certain mysterious potions to give the disease the properties of replication and spread, turning the disease into a plague. But thankfully, the potion The effect is very average, so although the infection effect is very strong, with almost 100% transmission, the method is relatively simple and must leave a wound. If it can be spread by breathing or even conceptually, that would be terrible, maybe not within a few years. , the whole world will be infected.”

Well, that's the xx crisis.

Lin Qi actually admired the female doctor very much at this time. With her superficial knowledge of occult science from the Third Age, she had analyzed so much information in just one afternoon, and judging from the perspective of the Fifth Age, the basics of her analysis were Correct, they are indeed the scientific and technological talents that are being competed for by big cities.

However, Lynch also found that when he said this, Dr. Swain looked a little unnatural, as if he was worried about something. Lynch hesitated for a moment and simply asked directly: "Isn't this a very good progress, but why are you Are you still so worried?”

Dr. Swain started to smile, but when he saw Lynch's serious gaze, he sighed and said: "We talked yesterday. The King of Ghouls is the belief of many ghouls, but almost no one among humans Worship him."

"so?"

"So this incident must have involved ghouls. It is impossible to do it with human power alone."

"Isn't that normal? There are so many ghouls coming and going outside." Lynch said pretending not to know, "They can't come here to have a feast, right? There might be a few hidden inside that are cooperating with humans. Making trouble."

"They..." Dr. Swain hesitated for a moment, shook his head and said, "Maybe, the key is that doing this is not good for the ghouls. If they are bitten, they may turn into crazy ghouls who have lost their minds, so I can't imagine why they would do this with humans."

Lin Qi suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind and realized something: "So, they knew that a plague broke out here that would affect even them, so they planned to come in and clear the place to ensure their own safety?

"Huh?" Dr. Swain was a little stunned, staring at Lynch unable to answer for a while.

"Oh, it's nothing. It's just that when we were walking out of the city in the afternoon, we accidentally ran into two ghouls meeting, and I accidentally thought of it."

Lin Qi explained casually as if nothing had happened, but then the conversation changed::

"Didn't you also see us then?"

For an instant, the living room of Dr. Swain's house fell into a dead silence, and the air seemed to be frozen.

No one spoke. The two ladies lowered their heads and held their swords and folding fans tightly. The other one also regained consciousness. But Lynch held down the hands of the two ladies, one on the left and the other on the right, and still said unhurriedly:

"We have come into contact with some ghouls before, so we know them well, and I recognized you accidentally." Lynch's lie came out casually, "I asked you once before, and I will ask you again now. Doctor Swain, do you really want to solve this incident? If you have other ideas, we can do it at any time without interfering in your affairs."

Dr. Swain was silent for a long time before asking: "Who are you?"

Countless thoughts flashed through Lin Qi's mind, and finally a set of rhetoric was formed:

"Actually, we have nothing to do with what's going on here. We're here for another thing, whether it's humans or ghouls, so you can trust us instead."

"Or selling food?"

"Necronomicon."

Dr. Swain was stunned on the spot with his mouth wide open, but his expression was already filled with surprise.

"So you see, we just want to help you in exchange for the whereabouts of the Necronomicon. Our position is yours. As for what will happen here, we don't care. It depends entirely on your position. So from the beginning we asked just now question, and we did it exactly according to your answer. We just discovered your identity and confirmed it just to be on the safe side. We had no other intention."

It was a completely self-consistent statement, half true and half false, but much more reasonable than the truth. Doctor Swain could tell by looking at his expression that he basically believed it. She sighed quietly and whispered:

"I really want to solve it. On the one hand, this is my hometown and holds my memories. I don't want it to be destroyed. On the other hand... as I just said, other ghouls must be involved in this matter, and it is very likely He is a member of our tribe. So I think it is my duty to completely resolve the crisis here. Otherwise, such a dangerous plague will not only threaten the tribe, but it will also be devastating if it spreads."

“How complete is a complete solution?”

Dr. Swain pursed his lips and said nothing.

Lynch totally gets it.

Historically, she probably planned this way, so when she discovered that the plague in the city was completely out of control, she directly called in the ghoul tribe and completely cleaned the entire city, just like Stratholme who was cleaned in her previous life.

And that includes herself.

No wonder the crazy old man made that comment. From a certain perspective, she was not a bad person.

"So, either stop the culprit behind the scenes from continuing to cause trouble, or you try to find an antidote, or... the end is coming, and everyone will die!"

Hearing Lynch imitating the tone of the crazy old man, Dr. Swain was worried, but the corners of his mouth still curled up:

"Actually, it was when I heard him shouting there that I realized something was wrong, so I suggested the city lord to ask for help. I didn't expect that my worries really came true. Since everyone has been honest with each other, I will tell you directly. Yes, I can agree to your request. If you sincerely help me, I will tell you all the information I know about the Necronomicon."

"That's what I'm looking forward to."

"Huh, that's good. In fact, I have been busy all afternoon today, researching treatment drugs."

"Is there any help?" Lynch asked. The high similarity reminded him of what he was doing, and he instinctively cared about the medicine.

"It's hard to say now. We should know the results tomorrow, and maybe we can find a treatment. But there is too little information right now, so I'm not sure. If you want to be sure, you first have to know who is the leader and who introduced the ghouls. The power of the king is the key ghoul. "

"You should have told me earlier." Lin Qi sighed, "City Lord."

"ha?"

"I said that the leader is probably the city lord. We just released the information this afternoon. How about, with the speed of our progress, it won't hurt to cooperate with us."

Dr. Swain was stunned.