Harris looked at me seriously, sat down opposite me, took off his police hat and put it in his hand, and opened another notebook.

"What are you in a hurry? It's your turn to interrogate you now."

Harris's eyes shot out a wise look, which seemed to pierce my heart: "Name?"

"...Marcus."

"gender."

"……It's up to you."

"Work?"

"Farmer."

"age?"

"Forever the second grade of middle school."

"Where did this middle school boy come from...the reason why he appeared at the crime scene?"

"I said I went for a walk to cut down trees, do you believe me?"

It’s really hard for me to explain this problem. I said that I only tricked Gray into becoming a superhero, causing Gray to become autistic. Then Sebala asked me to persuade him, and we went to the mountains to find a secret base on a whim.

In the end, he was building a secret base in the mountains in the middle of the night, and had a fight with Gray. After the fight, he left Gray alone and went to the lake, where he happened to meet Gotz who was seriously injured.

Will the police believe this explanation?

"Okay, Harris, you don't have to be so serious. I also know that I am highly suspicious. But you have to know that I have no motive for committing the crime! Gotz and I have no enmity, so why should I attack him maliciously?"

Sheriff Harris sighed and said: "Marcus, I also want to rule out your suspicion, but among all people, you have too many doubts."

He took a pen and wrote the suspect points on the paper while thinking about me asking questions.

"In addition to the coincidence of the timing of your appearance, your strength is also amazing, which the residents of the town all know. You were holding an ax in your hand at the time, which is difficult to explain."

"Secondly, Gotz has a very good relationship with the residents of the town. You are the only new resident in the whole town. We have no way of knowing whether there is any conflict between you. This is also an unavoidable question."

"Third, in the whole incident, you were too sure about the invisible creature attacking Gotz, and this matter is too bizarre, so it is difficult to gain trust."

"In this case, if you cannot take the initiative to provide evidence to eliminate your suspicion, even if I cannot draw an inference of guilt here, you will suffer social death and be burdened with invisible shackles that you cannot shake off."

"Have you thought about all this clearly?"

I fell silent.

Unexpectedly, this time, I really fell into the biggest crisis since I came to the ranch.

My disadvantages here are: first, there is no industrial base, and I am starting from scratch economically. There was not even a living creature in a dilapidated pasture. After my hard work during this period, I finally made money and improved the environment.

Raising animals in the pasture and planting fields makes the pasture worthy of its name.

Another disadvantage is the lack of interpersonal relationships. Although I also made a group of new friends in Ore Town, these short-term friendships are always no match for the friendships with other residents that can last from three to five to more than ten years.

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In the face of such vicious events, my disadvantages are concentratedly reflected. Will the residents of the town be suspicious of their old neighbors for many years, or of a new young man?

The answer is self-evident.

It felt like something was stuck in my throat, and it took me a long time to finally say something.

"How's Gray doing?"

Gray is the only person who knows the inside story. Even if he doesn't know what happened at the lake, he also knows that my purpose in going to the mountain is to build a secret base, not to attack Gotz.

As long as he can stand up and prove what I said, there is still room for remedy.

"Gray was taken away by Sebala. He stole old Sebala's collection. He was severely beaten and locked up at home." Sheriff Harris said calmly, "I know you want Gray to

Prove your statement, but Gray’s behavior this time made Sebala very angry, and she angrily called him a shameless thief along the way. His testimony may have to be discounted in this case."

"Although the final conclusion will not identify you as a prisoner, this is by no means the end for you."

It's not good, even Gray is caught in the whirlpool of suspicion. I'm starting to worry a little bit, whether Sabala will say that I am the culprit who instigated Gray to steal the sword. If his big mouth says such a thing, then I

The additional charge is one of inciting juveniles to commit crimes.

"I went to the mountain on a whim. At present, I can only wait for Gotz to wake up and explain all this."

I lowered my head and said my final conclusion, indicating that I didn't need to explain any more.

But suddenly, I remembered the visit that evening from Harris and Goetz.

"Officer, have you ever thought that Goetz's attack might not have been an accident?" In a desperate situation, I suddenly thought of a possibility and hurriedly asked.

Harris said calmly: "What's possible? Did you recall any clues?"

I shook my head: "It's not a clue, but a guess in my mind. Can I tell it?"

"Of course. You are just suspected of committing a crime and have not been tried. You are still a good citizen of the town."

"Then I'll ask a question." I slowly returned to level gaze from the state of lowering my head, and my eyes gradually filled with haze, "I don't want to guess that there is such a murderer in the town, so I want to ask the police officer..."

"What's in the lake on Mads Mountain?!"

My thoughts had always been distracted by the invisible creature, and my words were obsessed with making everyone believe what I saw and clearing my own suspicions.

But after I gave up my excuses, my thoughts broadened instantly. It was like Xu Zhu casually added a piece to the Zhenlong chess game, which in turn revitalized the general trend on the chess board.

It is true that I was the only person closest to the crime scene on the mountain at that time, but there was an unknown huge creature in that lake!

Isn’t that unknown creature that lives at the bottom of the lake and is estimated to be up to three meters tall also an absolute threat?

If I remember correctly, Harris has a certain understanding of the existence of this creature, so why has he never placed any suspicion there?

"Tell me! Officer, what is in the lake?!"

Harris's sunken eye sockets looked unclear: "There is nothing there."

"I don't know where you stand, hiding this fact from the town. But knowing the truth is everyone's right!"

"I am a police officer in this town." Harris put on his police hat and pointed to the badge on it and said to me, "What I want to do is to find the truth, and secondly, to protect the people from the threat of panic. What you said, I

I can guarantee that it has nothing to do with Gotz. Please consider the safety of the residents and stop messing around."

"Then who can know the exact whereabouts of Gotz?"

"No one! As a ranger, Goetz patrols the mountains from time to time. No one can track his whereabouts." Harris said firmly.

"Then how could I, who was just chopping trees on the mountain, pursue Gotz as a forest ranger in the deep mountains and defeat him in one fell swoop?"

I clasped my handcuffed hands in front of me, covering most of my face: "So I suspect that Gotz was not followed and ambushed... but that he showed up there on his own initiative to meet the murderer!"

"Okay." Harris looked at me helplessly: "Marcus, you basically ruled out the suspicion of assault, so this police officer announced..."

"Immediate release?"

Unexpectedly, Harris showed no intention of removing the handcuffs, "...I declare you detained for three days."

"Eh? Why?" I suddenly felt that the situation was not good.

"You just said about cutting down trees, right?"

Harris' quill came to an end on the interrogation file, wrote the conclusion of the case, and showed it to me.
Chapter completed!