Aldridge's mind was throbbing with pain, which didn't ease until he went home, changed into decent clothes, and walked to the Forest Bar.

"It's really uncomfortable to feel the 'spirit' reaching its limit."

While thinking silently, he shook his head and pushed open the door of the forest bar.

"Here?" Mills was handing a glass of green wine to a gentleman and smiled when he saw him.

Aldrich sat in an empty seat in front of the bar, responded and asked directly, "Is she here?"

"Come on, but you were just pulled away by Rita when you entered the door."

"It's really unfortunate."

"No, it's a coincidence."

As Mills spoke, he pulled down the hidden rope.

Aldridge raised his eyebrows, waiting for Mills' explanation.

"She knows that she will definitely look for you when you come, so talking together will save time."

As soon as Mills finished speaking, Rita came out from behind.

She wore an aqua blue dress today, with the 'Tree of Life' mark looming at her waist.

"Aldrich, is it convenient for you to come with me?" Rita said with her characteristic polite smile, but the sadness between her brows could not be changed.

Things haven't been resolved yet?

Aldrich frowned, it would not be a trivial matter to give the Church of the Earth Goddess a headache for so long.

Originally wanted to refuse, but thinking that he decided to check the favorability of the Church of the Earth Goddess the day before yesterday, he still walked over.

After entering the room, he squinted his eyes, and there were two people inside.

One was Maud Jurgen, whom he hadn't seen for a long time but didn't want to see, who was sitting behind the desk holding a slender pen, and the other was a red-haired lady in her thirties.

She was dressed in a plain gray dress, and sat on the sofa dignifiedly and naturally. She was not delicate in appearance, and there was a smile on the corner of her mouth, which was different from Rita's stylized polite smile. It was a smile that came from the heart and was full of affinity.

The two looked at Aldridge together, Maud snorted coldly, and the lady nodded.

Aldridge didn't even look at Maud, and replied politely to the lady.

This is the lady Mills spoke of, he thought to himself.

Aldrich sat down beside the lady and introduced himself: "Hello, ma'am, I'm Aldrich Alfred."

"Hello, I'm Lena Omar."

Lena said softly, her voice soft and delicate, like the sound of nature heard in the forest.

Rita walked in and closed the door, walked to the desk, took the document that Maud handed over clumsily, and said:

"Sir, ma'am, I believe you are also aware that we have encountered some troubles recently?"

Aldridge and Lena looked at each other and nodded at the same time.

Rita handed the document to Lena, then continued: "There's a tricky incident, which originally happened two months ago."

She turned to look at Aldridge and said, "You should have seen that case of missing girls, no, it should be said case of missing girls."

Aldridge did see this case, and it was in the case of the first time he came to the Forest Bar, but he didn't think it was very special at the time. Losing 3 girls anywhere is not very rare in any age. matter.

"I thought it was just a human trafficker, is there anything special?" Since Aldridge came in, he didn't intend to remain silent and asked directly.

"The police department couldn't solve the case for a long time. When it was passed to us, we thought it was a human trafficker, but it was not."

"Recently, 7 girls have been lost one after another. After joining the previous 3, the number has reached 10."

Aldridge did not speak, and waited for the next sentence with Lena, who had been silent all the time.

"The most important thing is that 3 girls disappeared at night when they were at home."

Rita lost her smile and frowned.

Missing at home? Aldridge immediately understood what it meant—there were extraordinary factors involved!

"There are seven girls' families who are believers of the Earth Goddess Church. We are under great pressure, but the church is currently understaffed, so we haven't been able to solve it for a long time."

Lina had already opened the file and slowly flipped through it. She raised her head and asked, "Are these 10 lost girls confirmed to be made by the same group of people?"

Rita said honestly: "No, we can't be sure, it's different from the iconic serial murder case, we can't tell the difference."

Lena read the document and handed it to Aldridge, who flipped through it.

"Three Beyonders took over this mission, but none of them came to fruition. I know that you have the freedom to choose missions, so I'm just making a request. If you have relevant clues, please provide us with them."

Rita's speech is still dripping, which is not annoying.

"Okay, if I have news, I will come here to find you." Lina agreed gently and simply.

But Aldridge didn't say a word. He stared straight at the portrait of a missing girl in the document.

She was wearing an ordinary cloth skirt and had a small tear mole at the corner of her eye.

I have seen this girl!

Aldridge was very sure of this, and he was even impressed that the day he met Al on the street, this girl once bought Al's bear.

If he hadn't seen the girl, he would look at this document like an outsider, but when he saw the child, he had the absurd illusion that he was in the middle of the incident.

What's going on, this uneasy feeling?

Feeling his restless heartbeat, Aldridge took a deep breath, forced himself to look away, and continued to look down.

Suddenly, Aldrich's eyes trembled and his pupils contracted - he saw another girl he had seen before!

The last one, the girl in the latest portrait, is the girl with two ponytails that he ran over on a street corner last night, but walked away with no expression on her face!

The unease in his heart was infinitely magnified, as if something was about to break out of his body.

Aldridge knew that he was not upset by seeing the girls he knew, but by noticing what they had in common.

The first one who bought a bear from Ayr~lightnovelpub.net~ The second one was holding a bear that he suspected to have bought from Ayr when he met last night!

But how could the little bear cause the girl to go missing?

Aldridge flashed images one by one in his mind, and finally focused on two images:

One is the expressionless face of the girl with double ponytails that was different from ordinary girls last night, and the other is the delicate and abnormal eyes of the toy bear.

Extraordinary factor!

Al? Al? Al?

The name began to repeat in Aldridge's mind, and he couldn't help but think about it!

No, no, not him, he is so kind and loves life, he is still my friend, definitely not him!

Wait, Tom! Tom Hansen!

These bears were not made by Al, but by his good friend Tom Hansen.

Aldridge's eyes were calmer, but he was still upset. Tom was Al's good friend growing up with him. If he really did it... What would Al think? And these bears were sold to those girls by Al himself.

But it can't be regarded as not knowing.

"Mr. Aldrich?"

Rita couldn't help asking when he saw that he was silent for a long time.

"okay."

Aldridge woke up from his thoughts, controlled his emotions and answered calmly.

He didn't make a decision, and he didn't plan to say anything to the church staff for the time being.

Rita gave him a deep look, as if she had noticed something.

After coming out of the room with Lena, he made a decision to investigate by himself first, and then think about the next move after confirming the guess.

Aldridge remembered the purpose of the bar, turned to Lena and said, "Can I buy you a drink?"

Lina smiled gently and replied, "Okay."