Chapter 61 Blood Fog

  The next day, the sky was bright.

  Colin got up from the big soft bed in the bedroom, and after washing up, Renee had already served a steaming breakfast.

  Looking at the pocket watch, it was 6:43, and I only slept for about 4 hours last night.

   But now he is refreshed, without any sign of fatigue.

   Looking at the gold paper again, all the progress on it has improved.

   I have to say that it is really addictive to see the feeling of progress and improvement intuitively every day.

  Actually, after he came to the inspection office, he had less work compared to when he was on duty at night in the city west guard.

  He could totally enjoy life a little bit.

   After all, in Black Rock City, with the purchasing power of magic stones, he is undoubtedly a top rich man.

   But the world simply doesn't have much entertainment.

   More importantly, he really couldn't resist the temptation to watch the progress progress slowly.

  Cultivation has become his biggest hobby...

   Maybe people are so incredible. For the same thing, if there is no progress and you cannot see improvement, it will be difficult to persevere.

   But if there is progress, no matter how boring and boring it is, there will always be a perseverance that seems to not belong to me, so that I can continue to persevere.

  'It's a pity that you can't spend all your time on cultivation. ’ Colin couldn’t help but sigh slightly in his heart.

  Even though the work tasks of the inspection office are already very relaxed, the constant trivial matters still take up a lot of my time.

   But he just sighed slightly.

   After all, I have enjoyed the resources and benefits brought by the school.

   Naturally, it will not be free.

  Compared to the benefits obtained, working for the school like this is already very cost-effective.

   After breakfast, Colin went straight to No. 79 Tulip Street in a carriage.

  He made an appointment with Regina last night and met here earlier this morning.

  They plan to survey the scene carefully again, hoping to find more useful information.

   Come to Tulip Street.

  There were already two carriages parked at the door of No. 79.

  One of them belonged to Regina, a maroon horse with a beige carriage decorated with gilt patterns.

  The other carriage looked obviously bigger than Regina's, and the horses pulling the carriage were also two ends, and the carriage was plain black.

  ‘Maybe Captain Flower’s. '

  Colin got out of the carriage, walked into the yard, and came to the master bedroom.

   Regina is standing by the pink bed,

  The huge figure of Flower next to him confirmed his speculation just now.

   "Captain Flower."

  Flower nodded insignificantly, and concentrated on observing the female corpse on the bed.

   "Colin," Regina also turned around, and then explained in a low voice:

   "After Captain Flower heard that we hadn't found any traces, he came here to take a look."

  Colin nodded, a daze flashed across his face.

   "Actually, I have already been here once at the very beginning." Flower beside him suddenly interjected,

   "At that time, I just glanced at it briefly and didn't think much about it. But I didn't expect that even your cat, Regina, couldn't find any traces."

  As he spoke, he cast witchcraft.

  Perceptual Enhancement!

  The dense magic power went up from the lower abdomen, gathering in his eyes, nose, ears...

  Colin's complexion moved slightly, and he also concentrated.

   Only one day has passed, and the strange feeling seems to have subsided a lot.

  He focused on Lisa's corpse on the pink bed curtain, and a strange feeling gradually became clear, just like the bluestone carving washed away the dirt, revealing the original embossment on it.

   On the body of the female corpse, a group of red and black light marks like water and mist slowly appeared.

  This kind of red and black is not visual red and black, and he doesn't see it, but feels it.

  As soon as the red and black traces appeared, a sense of horror as if a needle pricked the center of his brow enveloped him.

  Colin frowned slightly, holding back the unreasonable fear, and looked carefully.

  In addition to the most obvious red and black traces, there are also some faint red mist in other parts of the female corpse.

  This means... the darker areas last longer?

   No, not right.

   It’s not so much longer contact, it’s better to say that the traces are fresher…

   Those lighter red mist are more like the red and black traces left earlier have faded.

  If you say that... Could it be that the murderer came last night? !

  Colin's eyes flashed a wave.

  If I came in rashly last night...

   "Nothing found." At this moment, Flower turned around and said suddenly.

  He shook his head, and the magic power gathered on his face quietly dissipated.

  Colin was taken aback, let out a little breath, and stopped paying attention to the red mist.

  As his attention shifted, the sense of fear in his heart gradually disappeared.

   "Thank you, Lord Flower." Regina returned with an unconcealable disappointment on her face.

  Colin looked at Flower calmly.

  ‘Didn’t even Flower notice something different? '

  Flower shook his head, tried to walk around the room again, finally stopped, and sighed:

   "There is indeed no trace... Maybe this is another strange event."

   Regina nodded noncommittally, "I think so."

  Colin nodded in agreement.

  In this world, there have always been some incredible and unexplainable strange events, places, and objects.

  They are uniformly given strange names.

   But this is obviously not an unexplainable strange event...

  Colin stood in the spacious master bedroom with an inexplicable expression.

  Bright sunlight shone in from the window, grazed his body, and fell on the beautiful moon pattern carpet.

  This is a fresh and bright scene—

  But the twisted and naked female corpse lying under the pink bed curtain, the faint reddish mist diffused...

   But it makes such a scene cast a layer of horror.

  …

   "This incident..." Flower stood at the door of the master bedroom and said slowly, "Try to investigate again."

   "If you still don't have a clue, it will be temporarily sealed as a strange event."

  Flower sighed insignificantly, and now he doubted his previous judgment more and more.

  ‘This matter has a high probability to have nothing to do with the Flesh and Thorn Cult...it’s just a coincidence. '

  However, I can’t blame myself for thinking too much... Wizard Rapp has just solemnly established the inspection office, and the Catherine incident happened not long ago...

  I will inevitably be preconceived to link this matter with the Flesh and Thorn Cult.

   "Clean up the scene." Flower ordered again.

   Right now, even he can't see the traces, and it's obviously useless to keep the scene.

   And the weather is hot, if we don't clean it up, the corpses here will decay and grow maggots.

  He stepped into the carriage slowly with heavy steps.

   "Drive!" The groom waved his whip.

  Two tall horses neighed and moved forward vigorously, pulling Flower away gradually.

  Colin watched the black carriage drive by in front of him, and was about to look back.

   suddenly startled,

  He turned his head slightly for a moment, pretending to be casual, and turned his gaze to the corner of the street at the end of his vision on the right again.

   There are several hawker stalls on the roadside at the corner of the street.

  He cast his gaze to a stall selling grilled fish and bread in the middle.

   But the actual attention is on a stall selling live fish in the corner of the eye.

   There, a middle-aged man is packing his things and seems to be about to leave.

  He was wearing the most ordinary gray linen clothes, his complexion was dark, his expression was numb, and his appearance was the most ordinary.

  An ordinary person like him can be found on almost every street in Black Rock City.

   But in Colin's vision, the faint red mist that appeared on the middle-aged man, exactly the same as the female corpse in the master bedroom behind him, made him no longer ordinary.

   On the contrary, it stands out from the crowd.

   "Colin, what's wrong?" Regina asked doubtfully,

  She followed Colin's line of sight, laughed dumbfoundedly, and said, "Didn't you have breakfast this morning?"

  Colling paused, and said, "I've already eaten, but I'm a little hungry now."

   "It seems that your maid is not competent." Regina smiled, "I didn't prepare enough breakfast for you."

   "Perhaps." Colin smiled and shook his head, then pointed to his own carriageway: "I'm going to ask my groom to buy me some food. You go and ask the guards to clean up the scene first?"

"good."

  Colin nodded, and walked towards his carriage.

  (end of this chapter)