The reason Dorothy came to this kind of place to study was that she was afraid that if... if something really went beyond everyone's expectations and she lost control all of a sudden, she would not hurt anyone, and she could even jump into the river in time to calm down.
In short, Dorothy's experiment officially began. She sat down under a tree, then slowly opened the old book in her hand and began to read carefully.
Then, after reading one page... I was fine... After reading two pages... I was still fine... After reading three pages... I was still fine...
And so Dorothy began to read page after page.
On the grass beside Jingyi River, under the lush tree canopy, a quiet and beautiful girl is concentrating on reading the book in her hand. The grass and the girl's hair are moving with the river breeze, the fallen leaves are drifting, and the fine sound of wind and water is ringing. At this moment, if the book in the girl's hand is replaced from a taboo secret book to a classic, it will be the scene of the first appearance of a school girl in a typical youth campus drama.
Unfortunately, it cannot be changed.
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In the house at No. 22 Elm West Lane.
In a beautifully decorated study, a middle-aged man in pajamas, of medium build, bald hair, and loose skin was sitting in an armchair, holding a cigarette with a serious expression. On the carpet in front of him, two men were kneeling on one knee.
"You said... the severed finger of 'Cup' appeared at the Huiqiu meeting? And it was obviously made by a gang?" In the smoke-filled study, the middle-aged man looked at the two men who were kneeling in front of him and said seriously, and the other party responded immediately.
"Yes, Mr. Burton, even Huiqiu said it was from the society, there's no doubt about it!"
"The dealer didn't dare to show up in person, so he sent a kid to negotiate a deal at the meeting. In the end, he used the society's treasure to exchange for a secret document at Gray Hill. We tracked him all the way, but we didn't expect that guy to jump into the Iron Mud River halfway!"
Listening to the two men's reports, the middle-aged man named Burton was silent for a moment, as if thinking about something. Then he took a puff of cigarette and spoke.
"Did you remember the appearance of that trafficker?"
"I've got it. The guy is probably in his twenties, well-dressed, a bit tall, a bit thin, and his skin is a bit pale, as if he's sick..."
In this way, the two men tried hard to describe the appearance in their memory. Because they were very close to the target during the tracking process, they were able to describe each other's physical characteristics quite clearly.
As he listened to the words of the two people in front of him, Burton's brows became more and more furrowed.
Finally, after taking a long puff of smoke, Burton put out the cigarette in his hand by sticking it into the ashtray beside him. Then he slowly got up from the armchair, walked to the desk beside him, rummaged in the drawer for a while, took out a photo, then walked to the two men and handed the photo to them.
"Is this the man?"
After hearing Burton's words, the two men immediately looked up to confirm, only to see that the person in the photo was exactly the same man they had seen before.
"Yes, yes! It's him, Mr. Burton!"
The two men nodded quickly to confirm. Burton was slightly stunned when he saw this, then snorted coldly.
"snort……"
Then Burton walked to his desk, picked up the teapot, poured a cup of dark red, thick, smelly liquid, and then he picked up the cup and handed it to the two kneeling men.
"Divide it among yourselves..."
"Thank you for your grace, sir!!"
After receiving the teacups filled with the dark red liquid, the two men hurriedly closed the door and left in ecstasy. Burton, who stayed in the study, turned the photo in his hand and looked at the back of it.
There was the word "Edrick" spelled out in red pen on it...
Then, Burton came to the bookshelf, and reached out to turn the candlestick on the wall. Then the bookshelf slowly opened with a series of mechanism sounds, revealing the dark room behind it.
In the dark room, there was a small altar more than half a person's height, built with bloody human bones. Four candles were lit around the altar, and the candlelight illuminated the dried blood on the human bones. There were also pieces of flesh gnawed away on the bones scattered around the altar.
On the altar, there was a bloody skeleton with a large amount of flesh and blood still remaining on it, and on the top of the skull of the skeleton, there was an ear. Yes, it was a human ear with blood vessels inserted into the skull, like roots deep inside the skull, eating the flesh and blood.
Burton stroked the ear in front of him, watched it move slightly, and then slowly spoke.
"Gentlemen, there is some light on Albert's case. I found out who leaked the information to the Security Bureau.
"Edric... that lowly rat who didn't know what was good for him! He is not dead nor is he being secretly accused by the Security Bureau! He was the one who betrayed us! He was the one who caused Albert's death in Volkan! And now he is living in this city with the things he stole from us!
"We must make him pay the heaviest price!"
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