Since Long Jiujiu in the next room was still fast asleep, Lin Xiaoman could only observe. Standing at the window, he opened it a little and looked out.
The clouds tonight are particularly thick, with almost no night light, and it is pitch black.
In the dark night, the whole village was very quiet. On the village roads connecting the houses, many moving flames could be seen. They were patrolmen holding torches.
With the existing guard force of Serley, plus Sydney and the knights she brought with her, the total armed force was about 50 people.
Sidney and Ika arranged for about twenty people to patrol every night.
The light from the torch was very limited in illumination. Lin Xiaoman could not see anything at all. She only knew that the patrol team consisted of two people. After looking for a while, her gaze turned to the clock tower in the distance.
From this direction outside the window, you can just see the clock tower. In the night, you can only see the outline of the clock tower. The three-story building is like a dark giant beast standing on the edge of the village, as if it will open its mouth and swallow people at any time.
The woman's intuition told her that there was something wrong with the large bronze mirror, but it was undeniable that Long Jiujiu was right. The large hanging clock was also disgusting... So after thinking about it, System 666 said: "Master, it's already half past seven."
"Oh, I see."
Right on time, in the chat group, Shao Qi said: "I'm downstairs in the administration building, behind the big oak tree on the west side."
Lin Xiaoman: "Got it."
Long Jiujiu: "I'm getting up..."
About 5 minutes later, Lin Xiaoman heard the sound of a door opening next door, followed by a conversation. Long Jiujiu said, "Thank you for your hard work. Go to my room and sleep for a while. I'll keep watch."
The night watch knight hesitated, "This...is not good..."
"It's okay, it's okay. I can't sleep anyway. I'll stay here for a while. I'll call you when I get sleepy."
"Well, thank you."
"You're welcome."
The conversation at the door ended, and Long Jiujiu called out in the group chat, "Xiao Linzi, it's done, you can come out now. I guarantee that guy will sleep like a dead pig and won't wake up even if there's thunder."
Lin Xiaoman opened the door quietly. The light in the corridor was very dim, with only a candlestick lamp a few meters away.
"Let's go and sprinkle some powder outside Sidney's room first." In order to keep quiet, Lin Xiaoman simply communicated in the group.
"Okay."
Sidney's room was upstairs. The two tiptoed through the corridor, walked up the stairs, and then to another corridor...
The whole journey was silent. I hid in the corner of the corridor and peeked out. Sure enough, there was a knight guarding Sidney's door.
Retracting his head, Lin Xiaoman glanced at Long Jiujiu, handed him the powder, and said in the group chat, "You go!"
"At the critical moment, you still have to rely on me!" After muttering in the group, Long Jiujiu took the medicine powder, straightened his clothes, and walked out openly.
Hearing the noise, the knight guarding the door immediately looked over.
"Hi!" Raising his hand, Long Jiujiu greeted confidently.
"Virgil?"
After seeing Long Jiujiu's face clearly, the knight on guard lowered his guard.
Although Sidney did not officially acknowledge Long Jiujiu's identity, Long Jiujiu had the audacity to sneak onto the dining table, and the knights under Sidney also knew of his identity as the executive's "nephew."
"It's me. I couldn't sleep, so I walked around and did some patrol. Bro, nothing happened, right?"
"No."
"Want one?" Long Jiujiu pretended to take out a cigar, a type unique to that era, from his pocket, but actually from the space, and handed it over.
"This, isn't too bad?" The Night Watch Knight's tone was reluctant.
"It's okay, it's just the two of us, who knows, and besides, it's refreshing."
"Thank you." The Night Watch Knight took the cigar and lit it impatiently by the candlelight in the corridor.
It has to be said that tobacco is the first choice for two men to get close to each other.
Because of a cigar, the Night Watch Knight's attitude suddenly became familiar, and the two chatted for several minutes.
Finally, after burning a cigar, obtaining intelligence, and spreading all the powder, Long Jiujiu yawned and said, "I'm feeling sleepy. I'll be leaving now. You've worked hard, brother."
"Take care."
After walking back and turning a corner, Long Jiujiu returned to the end of the stairs. He made an OK sign to Lin Xiaoman and said in the group chat, "Done."
Lin Xiaoman cooperated and shouted, "Awesome!"
Then the two of them tiptoed down the stairs, slipped out of the back door of the kitchen, and then came to the big oak tree and met Shao Qi.
After lighting two torches, Shao Qi handed one to Long Jiujiu and said, "Let's go."
Lin Xiaoman asked quietly, "Uh, aren't we investigating secretly?"
Shao Qi: "Investigating secretly will only arouse suspicion."
"That makes sense."
After a few simple words, the three of them, holding two torches, joined the patrol team. When they met the patrol team on the way, they responded openly. Lin Xiaoman said, "I am worried. I want to patrol it myself!" No one dared to ask any further questions, and they only said, "Please be careful."
While the system still had some time left before going black, Shao Qi said in the group chat, "I checked around the village this afternoon, and so far I've only discovered one thing: something's wrong with the slaughterhouse in the village. While most of the blood there is from livestock, there's also some human blood, the kind that's been cleaned up."
Lin Xiaoman: "The butcher in charge of slaughtering animals in the village is called Ward. He's said to have a violent temper and even beat his wife to death when he was young. Could he have taken advantage of the chaos to kill someone and then put the blame on the monster?"
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