Mystery: The Stars Returner

Chapter 30 As an arbiter, it is reasonable to carry 3 diamond thorns with you (page 12)

Hastur felt tired, but not sleepy, and quietly thought about how to solve this matter tonight.

If you plug your ears, can you resist the weird ringing sound?

How should you save yourself when you are in danger?

How can I formulate a rule that can ensure the safety of the three of me leaving the workhouse...

Lecturer Foulun, who was sitting on the other side of the bed, was not sleepy either, but he did not have the big heart of Xio, nor the calmness of Hastur. Sometimes he stood up, sometimes looked at the door, and sometimes took out his pocket watch to check the time. .

Time ticked by, and soon it was two o'clock sharp.

Lecturer Foulun hurriedly came to Hasta's side, stretched out his hand to shake him awake, and said in a low voice: "It's already two o'clock!"

Hastur opened his eyes and glanced at Xio on the table. She also woke up.

"Take the weapons you have at your disposal!"

As Xio spoke, he took out a black three-edged thorn from behind his waist and tried to swing it a few times, making a whistling sound.

Hastur asked curiously: "How do you hide such a three-edged thorn behind your waist?"

"It's a secret." Xio smiled and raised his eyebrows.

It must be because I am too short and my hands are not long enough, so I would be at a disadvantage when fighting with a big man, so I always keep a three-edged thorn to make up for my innate shortcomings, right?

Hastur had a guess in his mind, but he was not stupid enough to say it directly.

Lecturer Foulun glanced at the three-edged thorn in Xio's hand, then at Hastur waving a heavy cane, and then at every corner of the house.

There is no suitable weapon for self-defense.

He whispered: "I will be responsible for lighting the lamp later."

"Okay." Xio nodded.

Ten minutes passed quickly, and while Hastur and the other three were on alert, the same bell as last night finally rang outside the door.

Jingle Bell!

"Now, let's go!"

As soon as the first bell rang, Xio opened the door and rushed out, followed by Hastur and Lecturer Foren.

Jingle Bell!

The second bell rang, and Xio had already located the general location of the source of the bell.

It is indeed located in the area where the children live!

When the three people rushed along the corridor to the iron door, the third bell had also finished ringing.

The iron gate that separated the living area between the workhouse staff and the children was very strong, and Xio couldn't kick it open even with all his strength.

Seeing this, Hastur raised his cane and knocked on the iron door, making a dull sound in the silent night sky.

Xio saw Hastur's intention and raised the three-edged thorn in his hand to knock on the iron door.

The two irons intersected, making a clanging sound that resounded throughout the night sky.

Soon, people who were awakened and attracted by the sound came near the Hastur trio.

"What happened?" a police officer in his thirties asked calmly.

"Just now we heard a strange sound of bells coming from over there. When we came out to check, we found a suspicious figure there shaking the bell in his hand."

"We don't have the key and can't pass through the iron gate. We can only watch the figure disappear."

"In order to remind you as soon as possible, we have adopted such a simple and direct method."

Xio's words were half-truths and half-false, and her tone was sincere and urgent. It was obvious that she was very used to this kind of scene.

The police officer looked solemn and immediately sent someone to get the iron door key.

Vice-President Bader was also awakened by this late-night incident and came over wearing a black coat and holding a kerosene lamp.

"I have the key here."

Vice President Bader reached out and groped around on his body a few times, took out a bunch of keys, compared them under the dim light, and took out one of the oily keys to open the iron door.

Xio let the two police officers who arrived walk in front and followed behind. Hastur, Lecturer Foren and Vice Dean Bard walked at the back, while the others stayed where they were.

After passing through the iron gate, in order to prevent unrelated people from sneaking into the place where the children lived, Vice Dean Bader locked the iron gate again. After confirming that it was correct, he followed Hastur and others to leave.

The group of people came to the source of the bell sound that Xio had focused on. They didn't see any human figures, but they saw a pair of vague footprints on the ground.

Xiu knelt down, stretched out his hand to measure the size of the footprints, frowned slightly and said, "It's a child."

"Well, we have very strict management here. Children must go to bed when the time comes and are absolutely not allowed to stay or play outside.

And we will have dedicated management personnel to lock the door from the outside. They cannot open the door from the inside. "Vice Dean Bader's face showed surprise and embarrassment.

"The footprints are still very new. The child just left not long ago." Xio gave his professional judgment.

Lecturer Fulun also squatted down and looked at the footprints while holding a kerosene lamp. Why couldn't he tell whether the footprints were old or new?

"We are looking around, maybe he is hiding not far away."

Xio's petite body gradually took over the right to speak and gave orders to the two police officers.

Is this the passive talent of the Arbiter?

Hastur was surprised to see the two police officers consciously obeying Xio's arrangements.

The group of people was divided into two teams, with three people in each team. Xio and the two police officers were responsible for searching everywhere to find people. Hasta, Lecturer Foren, and Vice Dean Bader were responsible for checking whether the door locks of each dormitory were locked.

"Oh, why are they always disobedient? Fortunately, Dean Dahn is not here now, otherwise they would have been punished." Vice Dean Bader sighed while leading the way.

Hastur asked: "Dean Bard, do you mean being locked up in the basement by punishment?"

"Being locked up in the basement is the most severe punishment. Generally, only those children who are very troublesome and behave badly will be treated like that."

Seeing that Hastur was interested in these things, Vice Dean Bader spread the relevant knowledge to Hastur and the others.

In this workhouse, punishment for children is generally divided into three levels.

If the circumstances are relatively minor, you only need to be punished by standing outside, having your palms slapped, etc.

For more serious cases, you are not allowed to eat, and you can only watch others eating at the table while hungry.

The most severe punishment will only be given to those who refuse to change despite repeated admonitions.

"Then what if you are locked up in the basement and still refuse to admit your mistakes and repent?" Lecturer Foulun asked his own question.

Vice Dean Bader was silent and did not answer this question.

"Isn't this too cruel?"

Lecturer Foulun has realized from his silence that this is how the body in the basement came to be, right?

Even if the child finally admitted his mistake and repented, in the dark and deserted environment, no one would hear his cry, and he could only wait silently for death!

Starving to death is too cruel!

That kid certainly wasn't the first person to die in the basement!

The other bodies were just cleaned up in advance!

No wonder Dean Dahn didn't even think about staying to explain, but ran away directly. He knew that as long as he went to court, the crimes he had committed would no longer be hidden.

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