After seeing Emma off, Stone glanced at Lu Ban.

Rather than saying that Lu Ban came to help him with the investigation, it would be more accurate to say that Lu Ban came to make things difficult for him.

Lu Ban was a talker who blurted out everything he should and shouldn't say. Even though Stone knew Lu Ban before and was mentally prepared for this, he still couldn't handle it.

Just think about how much suffering Trist and Lu Ban had to endure when they worked together in the past.

After confirming the words on the notebook again, Stone let out a breath and suppressed the urge to take out his pipe.

"Ms. Emma knows Gold's identity fairly well, which means Gold has not hidden too much. He contacted the previous owner of this villa and helped Browning buy it as a middleman. He is also Browning's partner and is responsible for handling some underground work."

"At the same time, Ms. Emma's attitude towards Lily was awful. She didn't think this little girl could really pose a threat to her, and she even wanted to expel her. This was a normal reaction."

"Ms. Emma's knowledge of Heming Taoist is limited to legends and stories, and she doesn't know Master Byron. The Soul Summoning Night is just an outdated custom for this lady. She doesn't think her father can really be resurrected. In fact, as long as her quality of life in the future is guaranteed, it doesn't matter who inherits the family business."

After summarizing the content of the previous interrogation, Stone underlined some sentences in his notes.

"God knew the previous owner of Stormy Hill Manor. If it weren't for his failed speculative business, he might have bought it himself. Selling it to Browning must have been a last resort. At least this way the mansion should be within his sight."

"The Summoning Night is the content of the will left by Browning. This will is kept by his lawyer. After Browning's death, Goder has obvious reasons to take the villa back into his own hands."

"As for the relationship between Byron and Godard, Ms. Emma is not clear."

He felt that he had vaguely missed something, but after carefully examining Emma's testimony, Stone did not gain much more.

"The next question is Rum. He is the first in line to the throne and is in charge of Browning's company. After Browning's death, he will probably inherit the company."

"I think we should just ask Goder directly?"

Lu Ban suddenly spoke.

"What?"

Stone thought for a moment that he hadn't heard clearly, so he asked back.

"Look, even Emma, ​​who doesn't usually pay attention to business, knows that this house was bought by Gao De. Don't you think his operation is very rough?"

Lu Ban said.

"What he did was all aboveboard, and even his suspicion was obvious. I think it would be simpler to just ask him how he got this house and whether he knew about Heming Taoist. Besides, the two of us should be more than unable to beat him, right?"

"…You make a lot of sense."

Stone felt that although Lu Ban's words sounded nonsense, they actually made some sense.

If Gao De has no problem, then asking him directly might give you more information about this villa and Taoist Heming. If Gao De has a problem, then solve the problem.

Thinking of this, Stone suddenly understood how Lu Ban and other experienced Chosen Ones of God completed their tasks.

Since he was in a foreign land, Stone subconsciously conducted the investigation according to the method of handling cases.

Detectives investigate cases in a similar way as police do, but the most important thing is not to disrupt the status quo. After all, they will meet again in the future, so Stone will not do many things to the extreme. If he can confirm Gode's suspicion through indirect means, then Stone will definitely not ask him directly.

But Lu Ban is different. The chosen ones came to the foreign land as suddenly as a storm, and disappeared just as suddenly. They could conduct a destructive investigation, or even, as Lu Ban and Xia said at the beginning, directly find Byron, the successor of Heming Taoist, and then get rid of him and leave.

Even Stone himself admitted that the methods of the Chosen One were sometimes quite useful.

Having made the decision, the two did not hesitate and went straight to knock on Gaode's door.

It was already evening and night was falling, but the storm outside the window showed no sign of abating.

The corridor near the outside of Stormy Villa is where you can truly face the storm.

The old glass was hit by the rain and wind, making a continuous loud dripping sound. The strong wind blew the gaps between the windows, making the dilapidated building emit a dull banging sound, which made people feel uneasy, fearing that the raging thunderstorm would break in through the window and sweep across the entire corridor at the next moment.

The strange paintings of monsters on the road added to the terrifying atmosphere. Whenever thunder exploded and lightning illuminated the dim corridor lit only by candlelight, the paintings of hounds full of tentacles, withered hands in the shadows, and bloody corpses were highlighted. Just walking on this road made people tremble with fear, for fear that some strange and dangerous monsters would emerge from those corners and cracks.

Lu Ban and Stone walked on this road, and their shadows were projected on the wall from time to time, dragging very long.

They came to the door of Goder's room.

"You coming?"

Stone looked at Lu Ban.

This type of social terrorist is most suitable for dealing with people. Not only will he not feel embarrassed, but he will also make the other person embarrassed. When people are embarrassed, they will do things that they would not normally do, which may reveal some information.

Pretty good.

"no problem."

Lu Ban knocked on the door and said hello.

There was no response from inside the door.

"He's not in now?"

Lu Ban looked at Stone.

"The servants said he should have been in the room since then."

While Stone was confused, he took out the revolver from his armpit holster and was ready to pull the trigger at any time.

Lu Ban glanced at the weapon in Stone's hand. It was not Trist's [Imitation Sunfire], but just an ordinary revolver.

"In detective novels, in situations like this, usually something bad happens to God."

Lu Ban said, he turned the door handle and found that it was locked from the inside.

“It’s still a secret room.”

"I'll do it."

Stone was about to shoot and break the lock, but Lu Ban stopped him.

"Don't worry."

As Lu Ban spoke, a few drops of bloody mud dripped from his hand. The mud quickly seemed to have its own consciousness and penetrated into the house from under the door.

Soon, Lu Ban seemed to melt and turned into a pool of flesh and blood, which flowed into the house through the crack in the door and reconstructed into a human form.

Only then did Lu Ban notice the situation in the room.

The first person he saw was God.

Unfortunately, Lu Ban and Stone did not have the chance to ask Gao De.

The burly man was lying on his bed, wearing only a bathrobe, with his limbs spread out and an expression of fear and astonishment on his face. His abdomen was cut open and his internal organs were missing, as if he had been gnawed by some wild beast.

He is dead.