In the early morning, Klein walked into the door of Blackthorn Security Company on time. He was so energetic that he couldn't tell that he had experienced a near-miss "Castle Exploration Activity" last night.

Just last night, he and Mr. Azik explored the abandoned castle outside the town of Ramd. While helping the other party recall a small part of his memory, he also initially confirmed one of his guesses.

Mr. Azik indeed has a secret. I am afraid that he will cycle every few decades, forgetting the past over and over again, falling into a deep sleep and waking up again, starting a completely different life from before. This can also explain why Azik

The dreams that Mr. Zik once described to him were full of various contradictory expressions, including scenes of fighting with people with spears, and scenes of enjoying a prosperous life as a lord, sometimes as a loving father, sometimes as a cold executioner.

…

Perhaps those are all experiences that Mr. Azik has personally experienced.

The two reached a friendly consensus on cooperation last night.

Klein continued to help Azik search for his forgotten past, and Azik expressed his willingness to find out the man behind the incongruous fate of Klein. This was not only because he wanted to repay Klein's kindness, but also for the sake of the underground of the castle.

The child of the black-armored knight whose head was taken away in the coffin seeks revenge.

Because Azik seems to be sure that in order to achieve a certain purpose of his own, the man behind the scenes once came to this long-abandoned castle and took away the head of the black-armored knight in the coffin in the basement.

And it was precisely because the ritual on the coffin to prevent corpse transformation was artificially destroyed that the long-dead black-armored knight was still resentful and turned into a resentful spirit with the help of iron gloves, triggering a series of subsequent events that affected his sister Melissa's life.

Friends Elizabeth was cursed by a wraith, which provided an opportunity for Klein, captain Dunn, and teammate Fry to rush to the town of Ramd to deal with extraordinary events.

Klein really didn't expect that when he was searching for Mr. Azik's past, he would go round and round and circle back to the terrible mastermind behind the scenes. It was as if the shadow of the other party was everywhere, and there was no way to escape from the strange and coincidental circle.

However, after the witch from another world, he finally found another helper for help. This gave him more confidence in his plan after finding the red chimney house, and he no longer had to worry about how to guide the Nighthawks to intervene.

The energetic Klein stepped into the company door and walked into the reception hall. He was about to greet Miss Luo Shan, who was in charge of the front desk, but found that there was no figure behind the table facing the entrance of the reception hall.

Walking closer, he glanced at the steaming coffee cup on the table and concluded that Miss Roxanne was just leaving for a while.

He then crossed the partition and took steps toward the corridor. However, his spiritual intuition made him feel strange. He vaguely felt that the Blackthorn Security Company seemed to be too quiet this morning.

He saw that several offices he passed had their doors open, and no one was inside, but the gas lamps were turned on, filling every dark room with warm light in this gloomy weather.

When he walked to the clerk's office, he saw the door ajar and heard conversations and very slight sobbing coming from inside.

Could it be that there was some accident?

Klein's heart tightened, and he didn't care too much. He stepped forward and opened the door of the civilian office. He saw that almost all the Nighthawks, including the captain, were gathered here. Even Roshan, who was supposed to be in the reception hall,

No exception, with the same worried expression on his face as Mr. Bright, the clerk, he was gathering around a lady with her head lowered, whispering words of comfort to her from time to time.

The one who made a slight sobbing sound was the black-haired lady who covered her mouth and nose with her hands, Mrs. Oriana, the accountant of Blackthorn Security Company.

"What happened?" It was rare to see Leonard who was supposed to be resting on Wednesday, so Klein lowered his voice and approached him to ask.

This nighthawk with the romantic temperament of a poet lost his usual frivolous and casual demeanor, glanced at him with green eyes, also lowered his voice, turned sideways and replied:

"We received a telegram last night, which was taken from the 'Machine Heart'... Do you know about the extraordinary events that Mrs. Oriana has experienced? Sixteen years ago, that incident shocked the entire city of Tingen. The Case of a Serial Killer.”

Klein didn't understand why he suddenly brought up a past event that had been settled long ago.

"I have heard that five innocent girls were victimized that year, and Mrs. Oriana almost became the sixth victim...if the Nighthawks hadn't arrived in time and killed the evil Extraordinary who committed the crime on the spot. .I even remember that the police and various newspapers gave the murderer the nickname 'Bloody Butcher'."

Having said this, he suddenly came to his senses:

"...The follow-up to that serial murder case?"

Only this hypothesis can explain the unusual behavior of many colleagues in the company this morning, especially Mrs. Oriana.

Leonard was silent for a few seconds, then shook his head slightly:

"Strictly speaking, it cannot be called a follow-up, but it is true that a vicious potential criminal has appeared in Tingen City... The captain should explain the details to you later."

"I remember that the serial murders back then were related to devil worship. The internal organs of the murdered girls were also taken away to perform devil rituals..."

Just like those male students whispering to each other in class, Klein confirmed his thoughts to Leonard in a low voice and distractedly paid attention to the conversations of other colleagues in the office——

Unlike Roshan and others who comforted Mrs. Oriana, Captain Dunn, in order to take care of the accountant's mood, indicated that she could take leave and go home to rest today, while Mrs. Oriana herself was trying to curb her instinctive fear reaction. It seemed that I feel a little ashamed that I have affected everyone's normal working order...

"Yes, if you have carefully read the records in the database during this period, you should know about the ancient organization 'Blood Worshipers'." Leonard confirmed his conjecture softly.

At this moment, Mrs. Oriana suddenly stood up from her seat, her eyes swept over the faces of everyone in the office one by one, and finally showed a stiff smile that forced herself to be calm at Nighthawks Captain Dunn Smith.

"Please don't worry, I just overreacted temporarily. There is no need to take leave to go home and rest... I should be able to calm down faster in the company..."

The woman with a trembling voice said firmly that she would cheer up and there was no need to worry too much about her.

Seeing that the other party was resolute and tough, Dunn agreed with her statement after a pause of thought. He turned to look at the Nighthawks members behind him, nodded with deep gray eyes and said:

"Others should return to their posts according to the original arrangements. Klein, Luo Yao, come with me."

"Sleepless Man" Luo Yao Leiting was arranged to patrol the cemetery in the North District last night. At this time, his knowledge of the whole incident may not be as good as that of Klein, who had quietly communicated with Leonard, but this lady's expression had always been He was indifferent, but there was not much sense of confusion. He quickly followed Dunn and left the civilian office.

When Klein saw this, he hurriedly greeted Leonard and followed the two men to the captain's office.

"Last night we received a telegram from the 'Mechanical Heart' team. An extremely dangerous Beyonder entered Tingen City." Dunn Smith went straight to the topic and handed over two sketches.

"Captain, this..." Klein only glanced at it and couldn't help but frown, "This is simply..."

"Haha, I know what you want to say, this will not help us confirm each other's identity at all." Dunn took out the pipe from the pocket of his windbreaker, thought about it, put the pipe away again, and sat back at his desk.

Taking a sip of coffee, "But this is the clearest picture that can be obtained from the 'Mechanical Heart'. Apart from that, there is only the name 'Ani Andrelade' whose authenticity cannot be determined."

As a clue... no, perhaps it should be said that it was the surname Andrelade that aroused the vigilance of the 'Machine Heart' team, which led to the two portraits you see now."

No wonder Klein felt strange, because the portrait handed over by the captain was in the form of a pencil sketch, depicting a male head wearing a wide-brimmed tall hat with half of his face covered by a mask.

He has long eyes and almost no other obvious features. Even the text label next to the portrait only states the color of the other person's hat and the style of clothing he wore that day.

"Andre Lade... I remember this surname. There is a demon family named Andre Lade within the 'Blood Worship Cult' that worships demons." Luo Yao, who had black hair and a cold expression, suddenly said.

Klein, who had already considered the direction of the "Blood Worship Cult" before, nodded solemnly and asked Dunn for more details about the related events.

Dunn stroked his pipe and recalled with a slight frown:

"At first, the case was filed as an ordinary violent incident and handed over to the police for investigation, but the follow-up progress of the case was not smooth..."

According to Dunn, the incident occurred on Monday night when gunfire suddenly rang out from the bilge of a passenger ship moored at the port terminal.

That night happened to be the time when the "Ice Tide", which was not carrying passengers, was docked for repairs. Several crew members, including the captain, were interrupted by the sound of gunshots, and they panicked and picked up guns or weapons for self-defense.

Stick, we need to go to the bilge to check the situation.

The head chef who had the courage to walk in the front soon ran into a man in a trench coat wearing a wide-brimmed tall hat. Then he was mercilessly punched with several bullet holes in his head, his eyes wide open.

It rolled over the side of the boat and fell into the river.

Several young crew members following the chef were also shot in the vital parts by the man in the trench coat. They failed to offer any resistance and fell to the ground wailing in pain.

But the man in the trench coat who shot and killed just got rid of the dying crew members eagerly and manically as if he thought they were in their way, jumped off the passenger ship and ran at a sprint speed in a certain direction on the shore.

As if chasing something.

It seemed that it was not until the ammunition in the revolver was exhausted that the man in the trench coat gave up shooting aimlessly and turned to the older and more concealed long-range attack method - it was only later that the "Machine Heart" intervened in the investigation.

The evidence collected from nearby locations included a dozen small flying knives that shone with cold light.

Subsequent investigations only clarified the following points:

The man in the trench coat who shot and killed hid in the bilge of the "Ice Tide" and smuggled into the city of Tingen in Loen. If his traces were not exposed during this trip, the passenger ship would take him there a day later.

Further north, Winter County.

The baggage of the man in the windbreaker was even left safely in the dark bilge. The Extraordinary of the "Mechanical Heart" team used ritual magic to use his unsuspicious belongings to identify the person who pointed to the demon family.

terrible name.

As for why Ani Andrelade went on a murderous rampage and why he disappeared into the night so hurriedly without caring about the belongings he carried with him, they were all shrouded in thick fog and shrouded the court like a shadow.

In the hearts of the official Extraordinaries of Root City.

"In short, although the relevant tracing work is mainly handled by the 'Machine Heart' team, we should also pay more attention to it. If we encounter suspicious people who are suspected of being members of the Andrerad family, we should report the situation in time." Dunn

As he spoke, he took another sip of coffee and looked at Klein with gray eyes. He paused for a long time as if trying to search for words in his memory, then pinched his forehead and said, "By the way, Klein, you go to the weapons depot."

Call Old Neil for me. The Punisher hopes to ask him to come over and do some auxiliary work. You know, they have been short of manpower recently..."

"No problem." Klein nodded in agreement, but couldn't help but murmur in his heart. If the punisher only needs experts who can perform divination and ritual magic, then he can do it himself. There is no need to bother the elderly nun.

I'm going back and forth...

But when he came to the weapons warehouse and looked around the empty room, he was no longer in the mood to talk about these things.

After quickly going upstairs, Klein opened the door to the captain's office again and looked at Dunn and Luo Yao in the room with a heavy expression:

"Captain, are you sure that Old Neil really came to the company today? Ms. Luo Yao, have you seen Old Neil today?"

"...I have never seen him." Luo Yao seemed to notice something, and a rare wavering appeared on his usually cold face.

Klein looked at Dunn, whose brows were gradually frowning, and confirmed word by word:

"Didn't Old Neil send a message saying he wanted to take leave?"

"No, no...Old Neil has never been absent from work without any reason..." Dunn put down his pipe and pinched his forehead again.

"Although this may just be my over-worry, has Old Neil ever negotiated with someone about changing his days off?" The ominous premonition lingering in Klein's heart, the spiritual premonition that indicated a bad omen, became stronger and stronger.

It frightened him more and more.

Before Dunn could answer, Luo Yao stared at him with dark blue eyes and answered firmly:

"Other than others taking the initiative to discuss transfers with him, Old Neil has never asked for transfers, at least that's true in the past few years since I joined."
To be continued...