Chapter 436: Key Evidence Disappears
A team heading to the forbidden Gao was startled when he heard the broadcast, and his side quest was declared a failure.
That's right, the target person he was looking for was already dead. Before Tok's death, he had no idea who this person was. In fact, he still didn't know until now, but soon...
He was about to find out.
The arrow under Zhong Ning's feet began to jump violently after the main mission was launched, as if trying to remind him...
The truth lies ahead.
The two quickened their pace and started running. Minister Gao panted and asked, "Is this the place?"
In front of the two people was a huge one-way glass house, and they couldn't see what was going on inside from the outside.
Zhong Ning's breathing was even more rapid than Minister Gao's. He bent over and stretched out his finger towards the glass house with great effort. "The arrow... the arrow is pointing here!"
Minister Gao didn't hesitate at all and pulled Zhong Ning forward.
Zhong Ning even had difficulty breathing, "Huh... the door is closed... how can we get in without a key?"
Minister Gao narrowed his eyes and saw the details in the dark night. "The door is not closed. It is covered."
Zhong Ning didn't have the strength to walk anymore, so Minister Gao dragged him forward. The two of them gently pushed open the glass door, and only then did they see the scene inside.
Endless roses.
Countless dots of dark red dotted the dense green, a scene that even shocked Minister Gao.
Zhong Ning could also swear that he had never seen a flower more beautiful than the rose before him.
The two of them walked along the path through the lush rose bushes, moving very carefully. Although the situation was critical, they subconsciously did not want to hurt the roses here, even if it was just a slight scratch.
Zhong Ning was so amazed that he almost forgot why he came here until Minister Gao reached out to stop him.
"what happened?"
Minister Gao's face was solemn. "Bow your head."
Only then could Zhong Ning see the sticky liquid under his feet clearly in the moonlight shining through the glass room.
Under the shining silvery moonlight and covered by the shadows of the flowers, the liquid appeared black in color and was mixed with soil and flowing along the path little by little.
Zhong Ning's heart sank, "What is this?"
Minister Gao bit the tip of his tongue and reached out to tear off a petal from the rose beside him.
"Minister Gao, what are you doing!" Zhong Ning exclaimed.
Minister Gao reached out and patted Zhong Ning's cheek with some force, "Wake up and don't be confused by these flowers!"
When Zhong Ning felt the pain, he was belatedly shocked.
He…he just scolded Minister Gao for a flower?! He is so out of his mind!
The flowers here are weird!
"We have to get out quickly!"
Minister Gao did not respond, but squatted down and compared the dark red rose petals with the sticky liquid on the ground.
The colors are consistent.
"It's blood." Minister Gao frowned, "Very strange blood."
“There’s no fishy smell at all.”
The two were about to follow the blood trail to find the body among the rose bushes when a voice suddenly came from outside the glass house.
“…Do you want to search here?” It was a hesitant female voice.
"This is the Earl's garden, a forbidden area. The Earl doesn't allow anyone to enter. Even Earl Mellis has never been in. We definitely can't enter!" Some decisive voices responded.
Zhong Ning, who was hiding in the rose bushes, felt relieved. Don’t come in!
Minister Gao was a skilled and courageous man. He continued to search for the body along the blood trail, as if he was not worried at all that the maid outside the glass room would suddenly come in.
"But... we can't just go back like this. The area we are responsible for is this one, and the garden takes up most of it. We have already searched the rest of the place, but found nothing. How can we explain to Head Maid Eve if we go back so soon?"
Several other voices echoed this.
"I think so too. We can't just go back. Not only the head maid, but also Butler Afu might think we are not careful." Zhong Ning, who was about to stand up from the flowers, squatted back down.
The decisive voice thought for a while, "In this case, let's go back and ask Head Maid Eve what to do before making a decision."
"Another trip? How tiring! I don't want to!"
"I have an idea. We can just stay here and wait until the other maids go back, then we can go back too."
A decisive voice immediately objected, "No, no! What if it turns out that the glass garden is the problem? Then we will definitely be expelled!"
"This doesn't work, and that doesn't work. Why am I so unlucky to be assigned to the same area with you guys!"
Minister Gao had already walked a long way, but when he looked back he didn't see Zhong Ning, so he had to go back. When he saw him squatting in the flowers, he couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"What are you doing!"
"…I'm worried that they'll break in and find us. Minister Gao, you should also hide. If we're discovered, we won't be able to explain ourselves."
"That would be terrible..."
Minister Gao was very disappointed. "You are really afraid of a lot of things. They haven't come in yet. You can hide at the door in time!"
Zhong Ning sniffed and tried to calm down and said, "In fact, once they decide to come in, we're done for."
"There are five of them, so it's easy for them to find two of us alive in the rose garden."
Minister Gao looked at him with a desperate expression and said, "Let's not look for the living first. Let's find the dead first, okay?"
"I promise you, as soon as I find the dead body, that Tok, I will immediately freeze the people outside the door and make sure they won't find us before they thaw."
Zhong Ning said weakly: "...Can I freeze it now?"
"Hey!" Minister Gao was surprised, "So this is your true nature! So bad!"
"The maid hasn't noticed us yet, and she hasn't even entered the door! I would feel guilty if I let her freeze from such a distance!"
Zhong Ning sniffed again, and seemed to understand the truth. "Actually, Minister Gao, you won't be cold from such a distance, right?"
"Hey!"
There was a shout outside the glass house, "Don't talk! There seems to be a sound inside the glass garden!"
Zhong Ning had a sad face and begged Minister Gao to shut up.
Minister Gao waved his hands irritably, but still listened to Zhong Ning's words and said silently: "Just stay here and leave the search for the dead to me."
Zhong Ning instantly showed an expression of gratitude.
The five maids hesitated and still couldn't reach a conclusion.
"How about... we just go in and take a look? If we don't tell anyone, no one else will know. This is a forbidden area, there shouldn't be anything inside. Let's just check it out and then pretend we haven't been in there."
"Nothing yet! There was a noise inside just now! Maybe the murderer is in there right now! I agree with the previous suggestion. Let's go back and ask Head Maid Eve for advice."
"I agree. Bring more people here. It would be best if you could bring Maid Eve along."
As they were talking, the maids walked away.
Zhong Ning finally popped his head out like a mushroom, "Fortunately they are timid."
"Minister Gao, you don't have to freeze me anymore. I can join the search team now."
Minister Gao did not respond immediately, but spoke after a while, "No need."
"Come and look at this first."
Zhong Ning took two steps at a time and ran to Minister Gao. "What are you looking at?"
What appeared in front of him was an open space covered with a large piece of white gauze. It was unknown what had happened to the white gauze, and it looked extremely messy. There were also some painting supplies scattered around it.
The most important thing is that the painting on the easel disappeared.
The deceased, Tok with the blue eyes, was lying near the white veil.
His body crushed several rose bushes nearby, and blood continued to seep from his neck, flowing along the rose path into the distance.
