"About the night a few days ago, someone in the factory next to him found that several machines had stopped working. It was not because of the spinning machine, but because of insufficient energy supply. So they contacted the guards in the workshop. Although there was a water truck outside, in fact, the inside of the workshop was mechanized automatic operation, so there were only two guards every day. They were on the wheel-off system at night. The problem was on the No. 1 water truck, and its external transmission was damaged. Our initial judgment was that a business opponent was destroying it and asked someone to repair it immediately. But on the next night, it was damaged again. This time, both water trucks had problems, so we were ready to wait for that hateful bastard on the night of the third day..."

Speaking of this, the manager unnaturally unbuttoned the button on the top of the shirt inside. Although it had been a few days since that night, recalling that scene still made him nervous and uncomfortable.

There is no spinning machine in the waterwheel workshop, including only various mechanical devices connected to two large waterwheels, as well as a large number of textile fabrics piled on the open space, with different colors. Since there are no people on weekdays, there are no large windows commonly found in ordinary factories in this workshop, but there are several vents above the inner wall.

"What did you see that night?"

Donald followed the manager to the waterwheel workbench on the left, which was the closest place to the waterwheel, built on the river.

"I know it's incredible to say it, but I still hope you don't be too surprised after hearing it...and don't think I'm a psychopath, because I did see it, that's...that's a big toad! It's about the size of a bull, with many fist-sized bulges on its dark blue skin, and its teeth in its mouth, yes, I'm sure of that...Sir, you have to believe me, everything I say is true!"

The manager said and paid attention to Donald's expression. He had talked about this with a few close people before. They didn't believe it and thought that he had a mental problem, which made him very frustrated. Sometimes he even began to doubt whether he was really hallucinating.

Therefore, seeing the person he hired was too lazy to even have a surprised expression, which made him very embarrassed. He felt that he might have had a problem with his brain and hired someone to solve the dark blue toads that existed in his imagination!

"Did I say I don't believe you?"

Donald said as he put on his sunglasses, turned on his spiritual vision and first glanced around the workshop. There were no special traces. It seemed that the guy only appeared near the water truck.

"No, I... I don't think people are surprised or surprised when they hear the big toad..."

"Sir, I am the one you hired to deal with this monster, right? If I am strange and afraid of this monster, why should I stay here and be afraid with you? As long as the reward is in place, let alone the big dark blue toad, even a dark blue bull rushed out of the river, I will help you solve it!"

Since he has taken over the task, Donald still has this professional ethics.

"Thank you for your trust, please go here."

There are two platforms outside the water truck workshop. One is a high-priced platform built on the outside of the workshop. It is long and is located in the middle section of the water truck. This is the position of the machine that is usually used to repair the middle circle of the water truck. The low-mounted platform on the river surface is built above the river surface. This is the position of the blades used to repair the outside of the water truck.

Donald stood on the elevated platform and looked at the empty streets on the other side. The architectural style should be the warehouse area, with very few pedestrians. He also looked at the water truck that was still slowly working in the river below. The appearance of this water truck was different from what he had just seen outside. There were many mechanical structures hanging on it, and the center was a large rolling gear, and I didn't know what it was.

“Where is the place that was destroyed?”

Since we want to solve the monster, we naturally have to find out why it stares at the water truck and destroys it.

"It's not clear here. You have to go to the low-mounted platform to see it. The monster destroyed part of the mechanical device behind the blade."

The manager pointed his finger at the edge of the waterwheel. There had been maintenance before, so he knew which part was wrong.

"Did you go down through the escalator here? Take me down and point me out the damaged area."

In the middle of the high-priced platform, there is a downward escalator connected to the lower platform.

"Uh, this..."

The manager stood on the edge of the platform and looked at the low platform less than half a meter away from the river. He remembered that the toad climbed up here that night, and he never went down again since.

"Don't worry, with me here, I'm so happy that the toad can save me a lot of time now. Please hurry up, okay? Time is money, my friend!"

After Donald finished speaking, he found that the manager was still rubbing beside him. He thought about it and continued,

"Tomorrow is the time to reopen. Today cannot solve the problem. What are you going to do tomorrow? The factory shutdown means that the fabric cannot be produced, new goods cannot be purchased in the store in Tallinn, customers are lost, and assets are damaged. You are just the person in charge of this part. There should be a boss on the back. What reason do you plan to explain to him when the time comes, because the factory water truck was gnawed by a big toad with teeth?"

Thumb ~

The manager trotted all the way to the low-rise platform. It took him a full ten years to get this position. I don’t know how much effort it took to achieve. If he was fired because of his little fear, it would be better to let Toad swallow him in one bite.

"Wait, let me see...I remember marking it."

The entire water truck has a large number of blades, and the toad only destroys a part of it. The manager squatted on the platform, holding an iron hook pulled from the wall next to it in his right hand, which is for fixing the water truck later.

Donald stood on the other side of the platform against the wall and looked around with his spiritual vision. There were several light blue marks on the outer side of the low platform. When he walked up, he found that it should be the toad's flippers. He stretched out his feet and compared them a little more. This proved that the manager's description was not a problem. It was indeed a big toad. His eyes turned to the waterwheel. Some strange marks appeared between the two blades. When they turned to the manager's position, they saw him cleverly using an iron hook to hold the lock ring.

"It's here. The first time the damaged place has been repaired. It's similar to the situation here. The outer blades have not been damaged at all, but the devices installed in the blades have other problems."

The manager pointed to the empty space between the two blades, and there was a mechanical device inside the tail as if it had been poked by an iron brazing. A large piece of it was sunken.

Donald stood behind him, and in the sight of the spiritual vision, this place was stained with a large number of light blue marks, especially the parts of the mechanical device.

"Have there been any other place around the river bank that has been damaged during this period?"

Destroying the water truck is also repeated, and there must be purpose.

"As far as I know, there should be no, only these two water trucks were destroyed by that guy!"

The manager recalled for a few seconds, then shook his head and said.

"What does this mechanism do? Do it have any characteristics? For example, it will emit light at night, and a single destruction may be a coincidence, but it will come back to destroy it after you repair it. It must be something on the waterwheel that annoyed it."

"This is an ordinary mechanical structure, and its function... should be just the function of a repeater, probably a whole line node."

"You mean it doesn't have any special features when it comes out alone?"

"Yes, this thing is loaded with a lot of waterwheel."

The manager also worked in such a spinning mill when he was not promoted earlier, and he still has some understanding of waterwheels.

"When it was damaged, the water truck was in operation, right? Is your No. 2 water truck also broken?"

Since there is no problem in the details, we can only restore the situation at that time.

"No, this was fixed. Because two were broken, I wanted to leave one for easy viewing of the problem. The other I asked someone to repair it a long time, so that after the problem was solved, I can save some repair time."

"Okay, you go up and open it right away, I'll watch here."

Walking from the No. 1 water truck to the No. 2 water truck, Donald turned his head and said to the manager.

"Ah? You're not afraid of that monster..."

“Do as you do!”

"OK."

The manager ran back to the factory. After a while, Donald saw the gears in the middle of the water wheel began to operate. The water wheel still maintained its original speed, but some mechanical devices in the middle changed. Donald stared at the undestroyed parts on the No. 2 water wheel.

Beep ~ Beep ~

After a while, a tone with a rhythmic sense that was very similar to the sound of the whistle began to come out of the mechanical device in the middle of the water wheel.

"Sir, have you found any problems?"

Holding a switch with a thick black wire in hand, the manager reappeared on the elevated platform.

"Continue, you watch on the elevated platform, help me pay attention to the water surface behind, and tell me when you see something strange!"

Compared to the last waterwheel activity, there was a strange sound this time. Donald felt that it was very likely that this sound was the monster that attracted to the river as the waterwheel rotated.

But this is just a guess. He needs to verify it. He quickly walks onto the elevated platform and lets the manager look at one side and look at the other side by himself. Such a huge creature will definitely have traces of swimming in the river.

1 minute, 2 minutes...10 minutes...half hour...

On the river surface about twenty or thirty meters away from the direction Donald looked, a wide ripple suddenly appeared out of thin air. He did not call the manager, but let the ripple approach. When it entered the range of spiritual vision, Donald whispered: "Shut off the water truck!"

The manager didn't react a little, but his hands were in time and immediately pressed the close button.
Chapter completed!