Chapter 171 Case
“Please…”
After saying his last words, the man named Thordod died in front of Dorothy. Looking at this scene, Dorothy, who was hiding under the bed, used the corpse ring to confirm that the man was really dead, and her expression became serious.
Dorothy crawled out from under the bed, took out the magic box without saying a word, opened it and placed it on the ground, then pulled Thordo up with the corpse ring and let him and Edric jump back into the magic box. After putting the magic box away, Dorothy was the only one left in the private room.
Hearing that Thordod might be being hunted, Dorothy naturally had to collect the body, otherwise it would be bad if someone saw it. Fortunately, Thordod had roughly bandaged his wound before coming to her, so he didn't bring any blood along the way.
After putting away the body, Dorothy sat back on the sofa and began to think seriously. At this moment, she was recalling the words that Thordod had just said.
'This man named Thordod claimed to be the captain of the Ulster Hidden Bureau. He boarded this train to deliver something to the headquarters in Tivian. However, he was hijacked by a black-level extraordinary person suspected to be a 'shadow' not long ago.
"This guy might be a 'lamp'. When he was fighting that 'shadow', he probably wanted to use his ability to search for his traces, but who knew that he found me instead. It must be this guy who used up all the 'shadows' in my ring...
'He knew of my existence, so he came to me for help when he was dying. To him, I was a strange Beyonder whose background he didn't know, and the other Beyonder of Shadow was definitely hostile to him and wanted to steal the things he was escorting and harm him, so he came to me for help with a try-it attitude, and lured me with the reward from the Security Bureau...
'So... should I take it?'
Sitting on the sofa, Dorothy thought that it was extremely risky to be hostile to a black-level "shadow". Besides, this matter had nothing to do with her and she didn't need to care about it at all.
'No matter what, the Security Bureau is still an official organization. Those who are against them are most likely dangerous associations and cults like the Holy Communion. To be honest, I am completely happy to take action against the extraordinary people of these organizations. They are the source of my important extraordinary resources.
"Besides, the opponent is a 'Shadow', and I happen to be short of 'Shadow' recently. When I fought those two bone makers, all my spiritual reserves were used up, and I also used a lot of my body's accumulated reserves. Now even the 'Shadow' stored in the ring is gone. It is indeed time to replenish my 'Shadow'."
Dorothy thought so, now she was really short of "Shadow", and she only had 1 point left. After the battle at the school emptied out the "Shadow" storage. Dorothy wanted to buy some "Shadow" storage from Aldridge, but the other party planned to go to some dangerous places to adventure in order to recover his strength, and all the storage had to be kept for war, so he would not sell it for the time being, and instead recommended Dorothy to buy things from the Whitestone Guild Headquarters in Tivian.
Therefore, Dorothy now has only one "Shadow" on her body, including her accumulations and storages. This is actually very disadvantageous for Dorothy who prefers to hide herself behind the scenes, so she also has the need to obtain "Shadow". If she can kill the "Shadow" this time, she may gain something and have the opportunity to get the reward from the Security Bureau.
"If handled well, we might be able to get rid of that 'shadow' safely."
Thinking of this, Dorothy decided to intervene in this matter and get to know the Beyonder named "Shadow".
"First... we need to find him. I've already gotten what he wants. He may be trying to get off the train. The next time the train stops is my chance..."
While thinking this, Dorothy walked out of her compartment and headed towards the front of the train. After crossing a carriage, she found the conductor's duty room behind the conductor's room and found the conductor on duty inside.
"Mr. Conductor, where are we now? How long will it take to get to Tivian?" Dorothy asked the conductor in the duty room, and the other party answered politely.
"Miss, we have now passed the border of Hesse County. If everything goes well, we will probably reach Tivian next afternoon."
"So when will the train stop next time? Will it stop for a long time like before? It's so boring when the train stops. I prefer it when the train is moving~" Dorothy continued to ask, trying to act innocent and naive, and the conductor said after thinking for a while.
"Well, the next stop should be in the town of Shishanmu. The train just crossed the Yueshu River Bridge. According to the usual practice, it will take about ten minutes to get there. But don't worry, miss. We are only dealing with garbage and replenishing food there, not replenishing water, coal or repairing machinery, so we will be back on line soon."
"Ten minutes...thank you!"
After saying goodbye to the conductor, Dorothy walked back to her own carriage. As she walked into the aisle of the carriage, her expression immediately changed from an innocent smile to a serious and solemn one.
'Ten minutes... It's hard to get that guy out of this train and kill him with only ten minutes. It's almost impossible... If what Thordod said is true, that guy has the ability to pass through walls. Once the train stops, he can get off the train immediately. Any part of the train could be the place to get off. It's impossible to stop him. If we want to catch him, we must first prevent the train from stopping... But how can we do that?'
Dorothy thought about it thoughtfully, and then she had an idea.
Thinking of an idea, Dorothy quickly started walking along the aisle of the carriage. After quickly crossing a node, she came to a carriage with wisps of white smoke. In this carriage, she saw a private room with its door wide open.
Before quickly walking into the private room, Dorothy carefully checked the interior and found traces of blood dripping from it.
'This is where Thordod and another Beyonder clashed.'
As Dorothy thought about it, she looked around, and after looking around, she murmured.
"It seems necessary to arrange it a little bit..."
…
In the dark night, the roaring train continued to rush forward on the rails.
In front of the first-class carriage, in the conductor's duty room at the front of the train, several conductors on duty were playing poker and chatting in the bored room.
"Hey...what happened to car number three just now? There's so much smoke."
"Who knows... I thought it was a fire, but when I went there, there was no flame at all, just smoke. I opened the window to let out some air and that was it."
"Hey... let me tell you something. I just met a little girl when I was watching the show. She was so cute..."
…
In this way, several train attendants were chatting with each other while playing cards. Suddenly, a sharp and clear shout came from the side of the first-class carriage.
“Ahhhhhhh!!!!”
Hearing the shout, several train attendants were startled and looked at each other.
"What happened again?"
"I don't know, let's go check it out."
Putting down the cards in their hands quickly, the conductors hurriedly put on their hats, ran out of the duty room, and ran in the direction where the sound came from. After a while, they ran to the target location, which was carriage number three.
When they entered the carriage, they saw that the doors of several private rooms were already open, and the passengers inside walked out together and gathered at the door of a private room.
Realizing that something was not right, several train attendants quickly walked to the crowded private room and saw panic-stricken looks on the faces of the people. Among the crowd, a lady was slumped on the ground, pointing with a trembling hand in panic towards the open door of the private room in front of her.
“Death…death…someone is dead!!”
The lady said this with a trembling voice of fear. When the train attendants heard this, their hearts suddenly tightened. Then they quickly squeezed in from the crowd and looked inside the compartment.
Then, they saw a man in his thirties, wearing a dark blue shirt and grey trousers, lying on the floor of the private room with his hands on his stomach. A large amount of blood was flowing out of his abdomen, forming a pool of blood on the ground. His eyes were bulging on his lifeless face, and he looked extremely terrifying.
Seeing this scene, all the train attendants were stunned. They looked at each other, feeling a little overwhelmed.
"He, he's dead? This is...what happened!?"
One of the conductors said this in surprise, but a voice from the crowd responded to him.
"Murder case..."
Hearing this voice, the conductor and many passengers turned their heads and saw a tall and thin man wearing a windbreaker, a top hat, with deep eye sockets and a hooked nose.
Looking at the many looks coming at him, Edric said solemnly.
"Ladies and gentlemen, unfortunately, I'm afraid we have witnessed a despicable murder tonight."
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