Red Moon Returns

"Digging."

Dr. Swain raised his hands toward the four people and moved his ten sharp claws. His expression reminded Lynch of the wolf Grandma who scared Little Red Riding Hood. It was not scary, but a little silly.

"You probably don't know that ghouls are experts at digging holes so that we can eat corpses easily."

The four of them looked at each other in confusion. Even Diana didn't know about this, so the mountain people were probably too embarrassed to forage in front of her.

"Their reasons are very reasonable, but there is always a suspicion of concealment. Although they sealed the cemetery in this way, it is still a bit naive to use this method to stop a ghoul."

"You want to dig in?"

"The child's grave has not been dug. Whether the tomb has been damaged or not cannot be hidden from our eyes. But that is just the surface. Don't forget that the mastermind behind the scenes has the help of ghouls, who want to dig out the body without being discovered. It's too easy." Dr. Swain waved his hand and retreated quietly, "Wait for me here for a while, I'll be back soon."

Then he lowered his body and quickly disappeared among the sparse trees, leaving only the four of them in a daze.

From a distance, it can be seen that the people in the cemetery are carefully patrolling the cemetery, holding farm tools such as pitchforks, axes and sickles in their hands, as if they really want to protect the rest of their ancestors. And the middle-aged housekeeper who was dressed in special clothes was also walking back and forth in the cemetery very responsibly, with a focused look on his face, as if he was determined not to let go of any suspicious situations.

"You said..." The four of them huddled behind the tree and observed for more than ten minutes. Officer Natalie stared at the housekeeper Rocky and whispered, "Does he know that his little master's body has been dug out? "

"I'm not sure the body has disappeared yet." The three of them were startled because the first person to respond was Judy. The girl had regained consciousness at some point and was happily lying on the tree with the three of them. Afterward peeping.

The police officer just shook her head with a half-smile without explaining much, and Miss Diana also smiled and said softly: "Since Mr. Lynch has made a judgment, the possibility is very high, and we are willing to believe him. If you don’t even have this level of trust, you won’t recognize him as the leader. However, I think the steward may not know about this.”

"Huh?" Lin Qi frowned, "Can you tell?"

"Yes, understanding people's hearts is an instinct engraved in the souls of nobles. I am still somewhat confident. From his few orders just now, it can be heard that he really feels that his master is protecting this cemetery. But. It’s not certain whether he knew about the previous incident at the South Gate. How about...asking?”

Lin Qi was a little moved, but after hesitating for a moment, he still rejected the proposal.

"Yelling loudly in the forest will scare the bears away. It's better to wait for Dr. Swain's results before drawing any conclusions."

"Dr. Swain didn't seem to have doubted us from beginning to end. Even I thought we were suspicious. Why did she dare to trust us like this?"

Lin Qi's eyes also showed doubts: "I don't understand either. In order to avoid arousing her suspicion, I deliberately laid out all the goals of our actions that did not need to be kept secret in front of her, but later I found out that it seemed that I wanted to More, it seems that she believed in our identity from the beginning, and then believed that we were not the masterminds behind the scenes. Is it just because of our language? "

"No, that's too rash."

There were soft footsteps behind me. Although the canine footsteps were not as light as the feline footsteps, it was still difficult to hear. When he turned around, he found that the ghoul doctor had been squatting on his hands and knees some distance behind the four of them. He had been squatting for an unknown amount of time. Fortunately, the four of them did not talk about too sensitive topics for the sake of safety, otherwise the secret might be exposed on the spot.

"I did believe from the beginning that you were not locals, but it had nothing to do with the language..."

"Why?"

"Language can be learned, but taste cannot fool you. When I first met you, I was able to confirm that you have not been in contact with ghouls for a while, nor have you been in contact with anyone directly connected to ghouls, at least More than half a month. You are as clean as a piece of paper, so I judge that you are not from this city at all. And after I know that there must be a deep connection with the ghoul behind this matter, you are ruled out as a suspect. Well, not only have you not come into contact with the ghoul for some time, you have not even come into contact with the person behind it, you are trustworthy. "

"Hiss, can you smell this?"

Lynch was shocked instead. He recalled that when he first followed the Rangers while investigating the Maya incident, he smelled the putrid smell on their bodies and thought it might be from the ghouls. Now it seems that this is indeed the case. Fortunately, it can only last for half a month. If it lasts for two or three months, I won't be able to clean myself by jumping into the Rand River.

"Humans can't smell it, but we can. So I want to believe that you mean no harm, and you almost never lied to me. I don't hate you. You are a group of kind humans."

"Thank you very much." Lin Qi smiled awkwardly and quickly changed the subject, "What was the result of the digging?"

The ghoul doctor looked around furtively for a while, and after making sure that no one was around, he quietly hid behind a tree. When he came out again, he had returned to his human form, but was covered in a lot of dirt.

Dr. Swain patted his body and said, "You are right, the body has been exhumed."

"Um?"

"If nothing else, it should have been done by the fellow who helped the other party." Doctor Swain explained, "I found a tunnel underground. It is a unique digging method of the same kind and cannot be disguised. The tunnel is still very It’s new, no more than three days old, and it leads directly to the cemetery of Jackson’s youngest son without even a side road, indicating that he came specifically for this body and that someone had given him an accurate mark.”

For a moment, the five people fell into silence. As more and more evidence surfaced, the suspicion of Lord Jackson was too great to ignore.

But this is the most troublesome result. The city lord is the most powerful person in the city, and his secret plot is not easy for outsiders like Lynch and others to stop. Unless they can convince the vast majority of the people and soldiers in the city like they convinced Dr. Swain, there is nothing they can do even if they know that the leader of the ceremony is the city lord.

But can it really convince most people?

"It's difficult. At least the current evidence proves that he can do it, but it's not enough. In fact, until I discovered the tunnel just now, I was skeptical of your judgment. I always felt that it shouldn't be City Lord Jackson. He doesn't look like that people."

"Do you really know him?" Lin Qi sighed, "Given your status in the army, it is difficult to explain it just as a doctor, so I suspect that you have something to do with the city lord."

"Then you ran up to me and said the murderer was the city lord."

"Otherwise?" Lin Qi asked back, "We originally wanted to help you, and we couldn't hide it from you if we found out. As for how you treat the city lord later, that's your choice. I said it yesterday, our The position is you.”

"This is one of the reasons why I am willing to believe you." Dr. Swain was a little depressed and said softly, "Our family and the city lord should be considered acquaintances..."