Who hid my body?

Because among this row of old houses, there is one that is the most dilapidated and worst, and even half of it has collapsed. When you get closer, you can see all kinds of spray paint, with words like "The culprit should die" and "Give me back my husband".

"Well, it seems that the people here still have a grudge against you." Bai Wei asked, "Was it the woman who stabbed you before who did it?"

"...It should be more than that." Gerald said, "Everyone here should hate me."

"You are quite self-aware."

Bai Wei thought of the woman named Shana again.

In fact, it was not entirely a surprise that Jellal met Shana in the Tower of Babel that day. In the game, Shana is a character that is fixed in the Tower of Babel. She would tell everyone that her husband Herme died in the polluted land, and pointed out that it was all Jellal's fault. She would also beg for help from the player and ask the player to kill Jellal, but Jellal had already died in Som City at that time, so this was destined to be an impossible task, and it only allowed players to understand the character of Jellal from a side perspective.

There is still a difference between games and reality, but in reality, Shana does work in the Tower of Babel. As long as Jellal stays on the first floor long enough, she will always meet her, so that was also Bai Wei's little calculation against Jellal.

Bai Wei thought that the appearance of Shana would bring some changes to the old antique Gerard, but he didn't expect that the opportunity for change would be such a simple and clear stab.

But it's broad daylight now, so I probably won't meet that woman.

"Do you want to go into your own home and take a look?" Bai Wei asked.

Gerard shook his head, "That's not necessary. I'm here to find Helmer."

Then he walked directly into a house next door.

…It turns out that these two people’s houses are next to each other.

Bai Wei suddenly remembered the night when he first came here. When Gerard wanted to use the old testing instrument to hurt himself, the testing instrument had reported the order of succession, that is, to whom the inheritance would be given after his death. At that time, Helmer's name was ranked second.

Now judging from the houses next to each other, the man named Hermer did have a very good relationship with Gerard. No wonder Hermer's wife was so devastated after the accident.

Since there were only a few people in the entire residential area, the house was not locked, and Gerard easily walked into the home of his former comrade-in-arms.

"I say, I don't quite understand why you came directly to his house to look for him." Bai Wei said indifferently, "Even if it is really your comrade who survived, it is unlikely that he would go home to live, right?"

"It's impossible for him to go back home, otherwise I would definitely know." Gerald said, "But he loves Shana very much. If he really comes back, he will not leave Shana alone."

"...Are you sure?" Bai Wei said, "That Miss Shana obviously has mental problems. Doesn't that mean he didn't come back?"

"He may have his own reasons for not being able to show up in front of Shana." Jellal pushed open the door of Shana's room, "but he will definitely not be able to help himself and do something."

The room was very messy, with all kinds of things piled up, and it didn't look like the room of an adult woman at all.

Most of these piled-up things were "junk", similar to the things piled on the workbench in Gerard's house, and they were obviously Helmer's things.

In the middle of all this waste is a bed on the ground.

This layout makes it seem as if the owner of this room can only fall asleep surrounded by these wastes.

Gerard began to rummage through the pile of waste, like an old man collecting junk.

Bai Wei still felt that Gerard's thinking was a little strange. He said lazily, "To be honest, I really don't think you can find anything useful in here. And don't you think that sneaking into the widow's room in broad daylight and looking through her personal belongings is a bit..."

"Found it." Gerald suddenly said.

"what?"

He looked at Gerard, and with his slightly trembling hands, he picked out a piece of scrap that looked relatively new from a pile of scraps.

A white mechanical sound box.

"What is this?" Bai Wei asked.

"'Sounds of the Lyra'." Jellal turned on the music box, and a melodious melody immediately came out of the small music box. In this melody, Jellal spoke softly, "This is what Shana has always wanted. Helmer mentioned it to us many times."

"So he bought it?"

"No, because originally it was just a concept speaker and has not yet been officially produced. Its official production date should be..." Gerard turned the speaker to the back, on which was engraved the production date - 241.

Bai Wei asked: "Couldn't she have bought it herself?"

"No." Gerard said in a deep voice, "Because she was already the wife of the rebel at that time. According to the rules, she had no way of obtaining Tianqin's new creation."

"Your Tianqin rules are really ruthless." Bai Wei narrowed Gerard's eyes, "In other words, in your opinion, this music box was bought by Helmer?"

"I can't think of anyone else except him," Gerard said. "After that year, everyone distanced themselves from everything about Eve Star. No one would help her."

"So, he really came back?"

"This is the only possibility I can think of." Gerard's expression became complicated. For a moment, he didn't know whether he should be happy or have other emotions, but he knew what he wanted to do. So after a brief period of confusion, he gradually became determined, "I want to find him. I want to know what happened to him."

Bai Wei asked, "You've looked through so much junk, can't you find a photo of him?"

Gerard shook his head and said, "The photos of the rebels are a great shame to Tianqin and must be destroyed."

That is to say, he kept a few photos at the beginning, and Bai Wei had seen them, but Bai Wei couldn't remember who was who.

"So does that Herme have a beard, blond hair, and small eyes?" Bai Wei asked.

"Well..." Gerald subconsciously wanted to answer, but soon felt something was wrong, "Why do you ask that?"

"Because I saw a man in the house opposite who was secretly watching us." Bai Wei said calmly, "Moreover, he was watching for quite a long time. According to our deal, I should tell you."

Gerard was stunned for a moment, and when he realized what Bai Wei was talking about, he suddenly stood up and rushed out of the room immediately.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 93: You'd better tell me now what's going on

Gerard immediately rushed out of the house and looked around.

But because his own eyes were still in the state of using the power of his left eye and had not fully recovered, he could not see very far, and naturally could not find the person Bai Wei mentioned. Bai Wei did not intend to trick him by letting him use his left eye at this critical moment, so he calmly pointed out the direction for him: "The top floor of the third house on the right, he is lying there."

Gerard looked over immediately and saw a small dot flash by on the house that Bai Wei mentioned.

Obviously, the other party also realized that their whereabouts were exposed, so they retreated quickly.

Gerard immediately chased after him, shouting in his mind, "I can't see him clearly! Help me find him!"

"No problem." Bai Wei said calmly, "This degree can still be counted as part of the deal. Since you were so sincere to me before, I will...ah, turn left."

Gerard staggered and nearly fell, but adjusted himself in time and quickly turned into the alley on the left.

"And then what?!" Gerald continued to ask.

"Go straight first, then turn right... No, keep going straight, ah, no, turn right."

This series of instructions confused Gerald. He turned around several times but didn't know how to go. He immediately questioned Bai Wei in his mind: "What do you mean?!"

"Calm down. I'm not kidding you." Bai Wei said, "It's really your friend's problem. He's even more panicked than you. He ran for a long time but didn't know where to go. He's like a headless fly...ah, go straight now, quickly."

Gerard always felt that Bai Wei was playing a trick on him, but there was nothing he could do as he couldn't see where the other person was.

You have to know that this area covers a large area. During its heyday, there were several thousand households. After all, since the establishment of Lyra City and the start of the fight against pollution, successive "Knights of the Evening Star" of Lyra and their families have lived here. Although most of the people are gone now, the houses are still left. It is very easy to hide a person in so many houses, and by that time Gerard will not be able to search one by one.

So now, Gerard had no choice but to obey Bai Wei.

Fortunately, Bai Wei's commands became much more normal afterwards, and the instructions to the left and right were very clear, which allowed him to run smoothly.

Gradually, Gerard seemed to hear another set of footsteps, just a few houses away, and he should be able to catch up soon.

"To be honest, that guy has better equipment than you. At least his two legs are prosthetics." Bai Wei's voice sounded in Gerard's mind again. "He is much faster than you, but he obviously doesn't understand the terrain here. He ran into dead ends several times, and you slowly caught up with him."

Bai Wei's words did not make Gerard feel relieved, but instead made him feel heavy in the heart.

If the other party is really Hermo, he shouldn't be so unfamiliar with this place.

To outsiders who were not familiar with this residential area, the layout was undoubtedly no different from a maze, but to Xiaoxing, this was home.

Is there really anyone who doesn’t remember the way home?

Although there is a possibility that his memory has been affected by the contamination, he clearly still remembers Shana.

So, is that person really Herme?

If so, why didn't he come back to me?

If not, then who is he?

At this moment, Gerard recalled the question Bai Wei had asked him earlier: "If possible, would you rather your comrades live to this day, or die forever in that polluted land?"

Jellal clenched his fists.

He has been pursuing the truth for ten years, ten whole years.

He had had countless nightmares in the past ten years, and each one brought him back to that year, but only made him recall some fragmented fragments and never let him reach the truth.

But now, is he finally getting to it?

If that was really Helmer, would he know everything?

Will he tell me everything?

Gerard didn't know, he just quickened his pace, leaving behind one empty house after another that had long been uninhabited and looked like tombstones.

This gave Gerald a sense of déjà vu.

It was as if all the Knights of Vesperia who had died for Lyra over the past thousands of years were silently watching him at this moment.

Bai Wei's sudden voice broke Gerard's contemplation: "Oh no, this guy is going to the station. Once he gets on the train, it will be difficult for you to deal with him, right?"

Gerard suddenly came to his senses and realized that they were almost at the station without realizing it.

Just as Bai Wei said, once the other party gets in the car, it will be really difficult to deal with.

Although not many people get on and off "Rim Station", there are very busy stations before and after "Rim Station", so there must be a lot of people on the gear train, and the variables will be great at that time.

Jellal sped up, trying to catch up with him immediately, but they were already here, and there was no way he could get lost. His superior metal prosthetic limbs were obviously faster than Jellal's 70% flesh legs. Realizing this, Jellal could only yell in a low voice: "What should I do?!"

"Simple." Bai Wei said calmly, "See the house in front of you? Crash into it."

Gerard widened his eyes, and after a moment of shock he finally understood what Bai Wei meant.

Although he subconsciously felt that this was not a good idea, Gerard had already seen a new gear train coming towards him on the gear track in the distance. He knew he had no time to hesitate, so he gritted his teeth and slammed into the house in front of him.

then……

"Bang", "bang", "bang", "bang".

He broke through the four walls of two houses in a row.

Then, like a running gear train, it directly knocked a running figure several meters away.

The man was knocked so hard that he vomited blood, but before he could get up, he was grabbed by the collar and lifted up by Gerard.

"Is that you? Herme..."

"Don't, don't, don't kill me!" Before he could finish his words, he heard the man begging for mercy, "Don't kill me!"

Jellal's expression froze.

This is not Helmer, this is a completely unfamiliar face.

Judging from his attire, he should be an ordinary member of the Skeleton Squad.

At that moment, endless anger and disappointment surged into Gerald's heart, and he yelled at the other party: "Why are you following me?!"

The Skeleton Team member was terrified, but he still gritted his teeth and said, "You killed an assistant yesterday, and today you have a close connection with another dead assistant. Now the whole city is looking for you! And you're still asking me why I'm following you? This is my fucking job!"

Hearing this, the anger on Gerard's face gradually disappeared, and gradually turned into complexity and loss.

He let go of the frightened Skeleton Knight and said coldly: "I killed the one yesterday, but this one today... I don't know anything about it. It has nothing to do with me. Don't follow me anymore."

After saying this, without giving the knight a chance to retort, Gerard turned and left.

But before he took two steps, he heard Bai Wei speak slowly.

"I suggest you take a close look at his back. You may find something surprising."

Jellal was stunned for a moment, then turned his head suddenly and stared at the Skeleton Knight who was about to get up.

At this moment, the skeleton knight was leaning forward with his back raised high, which allowed Gerard to see the abnormal movement in his clothes, as if something was hidden.

Gerard's memory was instantly pulled back to last night's gear train.

Thinking of this, he strode forward again and grabbed the knight's shirt before he could get up.

"What are you doing..." The Skeleton Knight felt something was wrong and subconsciously wanted to resist, but he was no match for Jellal at all and his clothes were torn by Jellal almost instantly.

Then, Gerard saw the back of the Skeleton Knight.

There are two additional robotic arms,

It's even the same model as the Ocot last night.

Gerard took a few steps back.

"Cough, cough, cough..." The Skeleton Knight coughed and cursed, "Jellal, your behavior is..."