"I'm Daelin Blue! The Blue Knight they're talking about." Without even looking at Sixus and the other man, she walked up to the girl and patted her chest, "I've heard about you, Miss Hitzfeld. Really... I'm really glad it's you who came!"
Then, regardless of Hitzfeld's reaction, she grabbed her small black silk hand and shook it up and down.
"You must have seen how bad the situation is here after coming all the way here. Please - you must save this beach!"
She doesn't care about fame at all...
The two looked at each other, and Hitzfeld could see every expression on Knight Blue's face.
To be fair, this female knight was not ugly. Her face shape and facial features were all very regular, and the only demerits were her overly thick red eyebrows and the freckles on her face.
Her eyes were a deep blue, the kind of deep blue that was almost black…you couldn’t even recognize them if you didn’t look closely, but Hitzfeld felt that he could see sincerity in them.
A knight who does not care about fame and fortune and is willing to give up a bright future and return to his hometown is a noble quality in itself.
"I will." Hitzfeld stood up to show respect. "So I think..."
"It's 'we' who will." Xia Yibing's voice and her figure interrupted almost at the same time, forcing Knight Blue to let go of his hand.
"Who are you?" The female knight stared at her, confusion evident on her face.
Xixus was already rubbing his temple beside him, and Xia Yibing's face immediately darkened: "If you don't even know the information about the aid team, including the current director, then I think I have reason to question your jurisdiction."
"Director?"
What she said was clear enough, but unexpectedly, Knight Blue still looked confused: "What chief?"
Even Hitzfeld was beginning to find it incredible.
The other party seems a little stupid...
Isn't it said that the Golden Trial is difficult? Why can she and Carlo pass it...
Another five minutes passed, and the atmosphere in the room seemed to have not changed.
Hitzfeld and the others sat there helplessly, while the Blue Knight stood beside them, nodding and bowing.
"I'm so sorry!"
She continued to apologize to Xia Yibing in a sincere tone.
"I really didn't know the director of the Security Bureau was coming... So they did show me your portrait at the time, but I didn't remember it... Well... I guess I have a hard time remembering people..."
He's probably just a simple idiot or has face blindness.
Xia Yibing was speechless and asked her to stop in a bad mood.
I originally thought it was... but it turned out to be this kind of honest character.
I actually felt a sense of crisis, luckily Aisuen was not angry about it.
"Let's talk about serious matters." Hitzfeld said.
After looking around the room, she was even more speechless to find that all the people here were women.
Even Ms. Feti, who is away temporarily, is... this is really rare.
"It was you, Connie, who requested our assistance."
"it's me."
Sixus nodded in acknowledgment.
"With Blue Knight here, it won't be too difficult to maintain stability. The beach is far from needing me as a mascot. What on earth are you thinking?"
"This..." Xixu paused.
At this time, the door opened and Ms. Feti entered the room led by a nun.
"A hired teacher." Hitzfeld said.
As Sixus has already explained, these words are mainly addressed to Knight Blue.
When Feiti saw the posture, he knew that they were discussing business. He nodded to the stranger, found a corner and sat down, without saying a word.
Now everyone was present. Sixus was in high spirits. After the nun closed the door, he raised his voice one level higher: "The news we released was that there was no progress, but that was just a smokescreen."
"Oh..." Hitzfeld glanced at Knight Blue quickly, his tone somewhat meaningful.
"No, oh what do you mean?" Sixus interrupted her unhappily, "It has nothing to do with her! This is the result of our independent investigation!"
"What is the result?"
"You should have seen the general situation in the file, so I won't mention it. I will only talk about my subsequent investigation into the curse."
"There was something, a voice...that was drawing them in."
Sixus lowered his voice a lot.
"sound?"
Everyone frowned.
"It comes from the dream world, it is invisible and intangible. It is because of the influence of that voice that all the children become ill. But I have only confirmed that such a thing exists, and I have not been able to solve the problem yet."
"So what can I do?" Hitzfeld asked.
"Making incense." Sixus uttered a word.
"Soul-guiding incense... can attract lost souls back to the body... I've looked up a lot of books, and this is probably the only thing that works."
"There are not many people who specialize in this craft, and it is impossible for Pusiangsi to travel such a long distance to come here."
"So Hitzfeld, I'll have to count on you from now on."
Chapter 14 Mysterious Summoning
After explaining the real purpose of calling everyone here, Sixus finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Bartlett Beach was a difficult case, not only because it was difficult to solve, but also because it was almost entirely the responsibility of Sixus himself.
The reason for this - that is, letting her, a doctor in the nominal sense, take charge of this kind of work that usually only agents can participate in, is mainly because the bureau is really short of staff.
They could find other doctors, but no other doctor could replace Sixus. The task she was performing now was something no outsider could do. That was why she had to work around the clock.
Xia Yibing read the report submitted by Alfred after her vacation ended. She knew about these personnel changes. She frowned slightly after seeing Sixus's fatigue... This transfer order for Conte was indeed a bit strange.
"How did you discover 'that voice'?" Hitzfeld began to discuss more details.
"...Follow me." Sixus glanced at the people in the room, stood up straight and added: "Only Hitzfeld and Director Imaer are here. The others stay. This is my biggest secret."
No one objected, so she led the two of them through the side door into the backyard corridor, opened a shabby wooden door, and was greeted by a pungent smell of medicine.
Hitzfeld frowned slightly. She could identify the scent of Silver God Grass and Beechwood Root Powder in it, and those two medicines were usually needed for serious injuries such as fractures.
Things were not beyond her expectations. Looking around, there were seven or eight beds lined up in a spacious room, and on each bed lay a "mummy" wrapped in bandages. It was obvious that the bandages alone were not enough to bind them, and there were a lot of ropes and belts around their bodies... These things fixed them to the bed tightly, so that no matter how they struggled or screamed, they could not break free.
"Third week patients." Sixus introduced them simply. "They are not terminally ill, but how should I put it... they have basically no hope of survival after being sent here."
Hitzfeld recalled the files and Alfred's description of the "third week patients", and compared and observed these people, and found that they indeed still retained some faint mental state.
It is difficult to communicate, but they can obviously see, hear, and express their "feelings" with sound - although the roar cannot be called a language at all, at least they respond to external information.
By the fourth week, even this reaction will be completely lost. They will ignore all information feedback from the outside world and only stare at the direction of the sea. Even if they are locked up or tied up, they would rather bang their heads against the wall, dig with their nails, and bite with their teeth, and would risk their lives to find a way to get across.
"This is Charlie. His father is a carpenter, one of the few people who doesn't make a living by going to sea." Sixus walked to the first bed, reached out to hold the mummy, and briefly introduced it to them.
Xia Yibing observed this "Charlie" and found that his naked face was indeed very young. But this young face was now filled with violence, and he even wanted to bite the doctor's finger.
"Look here." Sixus pinched his chin so that he couldn't exert any strength, and turned his head like an animal to show his ears.
Xia Yibing frowned and looked at him for a while, then asked tentatively, "His ears...?"
After all, there are so many conscious "infected people" here, and she doesn't know if she can say some things.
"They don't have any selves left." Sixus shook his head and took the initiative to point out the possibility: "I used Transfiguration to simulate him, especially his cochlea on both sides."
The gray-haired girl and the ponytailed female sheriff frowned at the same time.
It wasn't a surprising answer... Sixus did have the ability. I had guessed it when she pointed out that she would only take them with her, after all, the three of them only had a few secrets in common.
"I tried almost all methods, using drugs, using spirits... but nothing worked." The mixed-haired loli put Charlie's head down, ignored his struggle, and stroked his messy dark brown hair a few times.
"In the end, I had no choice but to use this stupid method, that is, to try to imitate them... and then I heard that extremely terrifying echo."
At this point, Sixus' body shook. She even reached out to hold the bed railing. This was the first time she had ever seen such a situation.
One can imagine how much harm the so-called "echo" caused to her - just think about it, she must have paid a price to be able to stay awake now instead of going crazy like these mummies.
"Tell me more details," Hitzfeld said solemnly, "Describe your feelings again."
Even Sixus's resistance is so strong... things may be more serious than they expected.
"You want to analyze it from the perspective of language again?" Sixus smiled, shook his head and waved his hand, "Then you will be disappointed... It is not any kind of language at all. It is more like a chant... or a ballad... It has the power to tamper with the will of living beings."
Recalling that strange feeling, she got goosebumps and paused before continuing to describe: "It was as if the whole person fell into darkness, not ordinary darkness but the deep sea... I could feel that I was there, silent and quiet, and something was calling me at the bottom of the sea, and I was almost... just a little bit away from answering it."
"So you only did this one simulation."
"Of course!" Sixus looked up at the girl and narrowed his eyes: "You can't see how dangerous this is? Do you want me to become like this?"
"No, I think she just discovered that this curse is not only effective on children." Xia Yibing turned the book to the next page, and put it back into her pocket while keeping it folded. She raised her head and shook her head: "Instead, anyone who can hear the call is in danger."
This is not good news, because what is the worst possible outcome?
Even Hitzfeld couldn't solve the case, and time continued to drag on until all the children in the town jumped into the sea and died.
But that's all. Maybe the curse will be lifted after that... if a child is lost, another child can be born, and the whole town won't be devastated.
It sounds perfunctory, but in fact, many cases end in this way. Sometimes the curse disappears before the detectives figure out the principle of the curse. In such a situation, people can only accept it sadly.
But now...Sixus said she could also be affected.
This means that the "condition for being cursed" is not "approaching adulthood" but "being able to hear the call of the abyss."
So where does this summoning voice come from?
Is it natural or is it manipulated by someone?
Why is it that only children “on the verge of adulthood” can hear the call at present?
"So you have to hurry up!" Sixus narrowed his eyes, "We have to prepare for the worst - maybe after one day everyone will be able to hear that sound, and that will be a real, complete disaster!"
"Can soul-calling incense solve the problem?" Hitzfeld frowned slightly.
She didn't know much about soul-guiding incense because it was a forbidden "potion".
It has the power to connect to the sea of spirits and awaken lost wandering souls... This is the only record the lady left about the soul-guiding incense.
Hitzfeld was not sure whether the lady could make it, but even if she could, she did not leave any information other than this sentence. In other words, Hitzfeld did not understand the material requirements and production process of the soul-guiding incense, and she did not think she could help immediately.
And even if this thing is made...
She stared at Sixus's face, as if seeking the answer from every expression on her face.
"...Aisun?" Sixus frowned. "I talked to Pusiangsi about this matter. She sent the materials and instructions from Wayne... a total of three copies. You won't tell me that you don't want to do it?"
"You should know the rules for entering the dream world, Connie."
"Of course...what do you want to say?"
"The soul-guiding incense can only guide wandering souls back to their bodies, but it is not good at tracking their tracks."
Hitzfeld locked onto her.
"…You're going to use yourself to fish?"
The mixed-haired loli frowned fiercely, but since she didn't refute out loud, it seemed that the girl had undoubtedly guessed right.
really……
Hitzfeld deflated.
After entering the gray fog, you must do your best to reduce your presence - this is the warning that all extraordinary people will receive when they enter.
No one knows what is hidden behind the thick gray fog, and exposing one's position is almost tantamount to seeking death.
The soul-guiding incense is a means to seek death. The reason why it is taboo is not only because it involves soul communication, but also because it is too "obvious" to be thrown into the dream world.
It's like turning on the stereo in a library.
Turn on the searchlight in the dark night.
Using soul-guiding incense in the dream world is no less than "all eyes are on me."
