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Yes, I think it should end here. This is the best ending for this unit in my dream.
When I was thinking about the case of the death ticket, I was thinking about what I should focus on to portray the story.
There were two choices before me. One was to take the orthodox criminal investigation route, investigating clues along the way and looking for the murderer; the other was to make the style more "weird" and dig deep into the ancient story hidden behind it.
I chose the second one.
There is no superiority or inferiority between the two. I chose the latter simply because I am better at it. I know that I am only half-baked in criminal investigation, so I won't take such a big step right away.
But even if this tone is set, there must be something else, something like a "core", which is the soul of the text.
and so……
Let’s take a closer look at that sentence…
The reason I wrote this kind of story is not to express things like "understanding", "trust", "love" or other things that many people may have heard so many times that they may have become completely boring.
But...
I think reality is too cruel.
Those repressive things.
Piled up things.
Things we are powerless to change.
I just want... maybe just for myself... to provide a possibility, to think maybe, ah, there is another solution, maybe there is another way to express life, and whether the destined cruel ending can be changed by hope.
I hope so.
But I'm not sure either.
So for the three groups of secret keepers, I gave three different endings.
As for which problem bothers me the most, and made me think about it for a long time but still don’t know how to describe or express it, I think it must be the blank leaf.
ok~
Riddler time is over.
When writing this volume, I saw some people expressed concerns about the emotional progress, which I would say is unnecessary. Because even now, Hitzfeld still regards Officer Xia as his best friend.
Isn't it normal for friends to help each other?
Is there really anyone who has this wrong idea?
That's just too evil...
I am a serious author. I am the book guest Xiao Baihua. How could I lead you to think that way?
As for what kind of story the dead ticket case tells...
You have to understand that trust is okay.
It can also be understood as redemption.
It can be used purely for decryption.
You can even extend some ideas from the philosophical problem of the Sphinx's Riddle into this - if you can fit them in subjectively, then it would be correct.
I don't want to force readers to tell them what kind of story this should be. I think this is what makes detective novels so fascinating: readers observe life and the world from the detective's perspective. We will be moved, cry, and get angry, but we are ultimately just passers-by. The protagonists of the story are not actually us but a group of vivid supporting characters. All we can do is keep our original hearts, and then - everyone has his or her own feelings about the ending of each case.
I think this is very important.
and so……
As for the death ticket case, it will come to an end.
What? The Thorn Birds Alliance is going to settle scores later?
I, Aisun Hitzfeld, am just a detective who fell asleep when he encountered difficulties. What does this have to do with me?
You guys fight your own battles, I'm leaving the capital to travel!
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I will take tomorrow off to think about the plot of Unit 4.
prelude
Ashley Kay is one of the big family members in Worm Village. She is 12 years old, with healthy brown skin and slightly curly black hair.
And Worm Village is a - according to the books Ashley has read, it is a very magical village.
This is not only because of its unique geographical location, but also because it has not had any intersection with the outside world for at least 100 years.
Every few years, some outsiders would drift into the village due to various accidents, but they were never able to leave and eventually died here like the villagers.
Worm Village does not restrict the life freedom of any guest. As mentioned above, this is due to the unique geographical environment around it.
The village is located on an isolated island.
It was an extraordinary isolated island.
It is called Brays Island, and it is very close to the mainland. Measuring from the edge of the island, the straight-line distance to the mainland is probably no more than 150 meters.
But it is very high, with an altitude of over 1100 meters.
The height turns the 150-meter "face-to-face distance" into a natural gap.
Of course, it is undeniable that the "continent" on the other side is at a higher altitude. According to the 1100-meter altitude of the cliff on the isolated island where Worm Village is located, the altitude of the "continent" on the other side is at least 1150 meters. Standing on the Blade Cliff - the name of the side of the isolated island where Worm Village is located - looking towards the other side requires looking up, which means it is impossible to cross over by pole vaulting, gliding, etc.
The knife-edge cliffs facing the mainland are not the only dangerous places on Brays Island.
This strange island is buried deep in the sea, but due to its altitude it is surrounded by mist and clouds all year round. Looking down from any edge of the island, one can only see an extremely smooth and steep rock surface that is smoother than a knife cut.
Before mastering the art of flying freely in the sky, it would be impossible to climb down from here with just the human body.
Ashley is a very curious child. Ever since she was taken by her mother to Blade's Edge Cliff to see the shadow of the continent across the strait at the age of 5, she has been imagining what would be on the land across the Blade's Edge Strait.
Because she has only lived on Brays Island and has never seen the environment outside of Brays Island, Ashley doesn't think there is anything wrong with her current life.
But she had heard stories from her mother.
In the story, the land across the strait has tall stone walls, towering castles, girls more beautiful than flowers, and young men as handsome as gods.
She was deeply moved and attracted by such descriptions, and always fantasized about what it would be like to be in such a scene.
This also led to her sneaking away to Blade's Edge Cliff from time to time, and she was often beaten by her mother for this.
There are more than one hundred households in Womu Village, with a population of three to four hundred.
The women were responsible for raising livestock and drying fungi and algae, while the men were responsible for hunting - she had seen the hunting team returning, and it seemed that they were hunting a ferocious bird.
The strongest hunters would peel off the skin of the strange bird and glue its feathers on it to make a pair of wearable wings that were three meters long when spread horizontally.
With this thing, they can glide around Brays Island with the help of the sea breeze. Sometimes, if they are lucky, they can even touch the steep cliffs and bring back a lot of bird eggs.
When Ashley saw humans flying in the sky for the first time, her eyes widened in surprise.
"Mom." She looked up at her mother beside her, "Since we can fly, why... why don't we go to the other side of the sea and take a look?"
Her mother was a sky hunter - Ashley had no memory of a father and it was her mother who raised her.
"This isn't flying, Ashley."
Her mother's rough hands stroked the top of her head.
"They are just gliding, and to glide, you need the power of the wind."
"I don't understand?"
"That is, they need the wind to hold them up so they don't fall. They can't fly by themselves! They can't be too far away from their landing point each time!"
A villager who heard the noise nearby explained with a smile.
"As for Blade's Edge Canyon, it's not like no one has tried it before, but little Ashley... all the heroes who tried it are missing~"
"Missing——" The girl's dark eyes widened again.
"why?"
"Could it be that they went there and never came back?"
"No, Ashley." Her mother pressed her head. "From the time the village began keeping records until today, no one who has tried to cross the strait has reached the other side."
"why?"
Ashley didn't understand.
Because in her impression, there is a lot of fog in Blade's Edge Cliff and Blade's Edge Canyon.
When the fog is thick, you can't even see the cliffs on the opposite side.
Even when the fog was at its lightest, you could only see a slight shadow. You had to be extremely lucky to let the strong wind tear apart some of the fog, so that people standing here could briefly see the dense forest on the cliff.
So looking at it this way, if someone jumps off the Blade's Edge Cliff and tries to... uh, glide to the other side... someone who does this will go straight into the fog, and it will be hard to confirm whether they have reached the other side.
"This is the most dangerous behavior, Ashley."
Mother said.
"Just in case, we will tie ropes to the warriors so that there will be a slight chance to pull them back if something unexpected happens."
"That--"
“But every time the rope breaks.”
"They never reached the other side. All the ropes broke in the middle..."
Young Ashley didn't understand why her mother started crying in the middle of her speech.
Until this year, she was 12 years old.
I just realized that not all of the so-called "warriors" are volunteers.
"Worm Village, all hunters over the age of 35, step out!"
"drink!"
"The village raised us, kindly allowed us to reproduce here, and... left offspring... The only thing we can do to repay it is our own bodies, the courage... and strength contained in these bodies—"
"Drink! Drink! Drink!"
"Put on your wings!"
"drink!"
“Follow in the footsteps of our ancestors!”
"drink!"
"Towards the sea fog and strong wind!"
"drink!"
"go ahead--"
"Mom——"
Twelve-year-old Ashley stumbled among the crowd that came to see her off.
She kept scanning the Sky Hunters, trying to find the familiar figure among them.
at last.
She saw her mother and saw her looking back at her.
"Grandma!"
Grinning, she called out.
But her mother didn't even look at her a second time.
The kind smile on her face was gone, but had become cold, with faint flames burning in her eyes.
Mom...
Looking forward to today.
Ashley's smile faded at the realization.
