"I discovered some breakthroughs about the Secret Altar here three years ago, so I chose to stay here and do research. However, most of the residents here are quite xenophobic, so I spent a lot of effort to stay. Even so.
, I can only get to this point," Ruto recalled his experience with neither joy nor sorrow.
"So what's going on with this recent murder case? How could you be involved in such a thing?" Andri rolled his eyes.
"The deceased's name is Atogli, his identity is unknown. His body was found at the mountain pass of the Moranton Valley two weeks ago. The cause of death is unknown." Ruto spoke angrily about the situation of the deceased.
Moranton Valley is located to the east of Valley Town, not far away from Valley Town, and the road is not far away. People from the east of Valley Town can easily travel there.
Moreover, hunters and some medicinal farmers should also go up the mountain frequently.
"This doesn't sound like it has anything to do with you?" Andri raised his eyebrows upon hearing this.
Even if the cause of death is unknown, what's the point of unknown identity?
Identity in a homicide case is one of the important pieces of information to determine the criminal's motive. Yatogli is unknown and Ruto doesn't know him at all. How can he be accused of committing the crime?
"No evidence is needed. They all think so, so they judge like this. Although the judge is also a foreigner, he has integrated much better than me. He is very good at making the aborigines happy, so he will not stand
On my side." Ruto didn't seem to be anxious at all, and his breathing was steady.
"Why is this like this? You have nothing to do with this matter!" Andri was puzzled.
"If there is anything to do with it, it's probably because I was unlucky that day and happened to be working in the Moranton Valley. When I returned to the town at night, I saw the townspeople
They were holding torches and holding farm tools such as manure forks, pitchforks, and sickles, with stiff expressions and their eyes fixed on me. And what they surrounded in the center was the corpse with a miserable appearance." Ruto sighed.
"You went to the Moranton Valley. It was impossible for you to go alone. When I came here, I took a look at it from a distance. It was so big there." Andre said.
"Yes, of course I can't be the only one. But the reason why the townspeople believed it was me was the unknown cause of death of the deceased named Atogiri." Ruto nodded slowly and continued.
"Ugh..." Yue Tomb made a small noise, as if he was not used to this somewhat depressing story.
Aaron gently touched its big head to comfort it, remembering that Moon Tomb didn't like watching TV series and movies with complicated plots, and was inexplicably afraid of horror movies.
There are obviously more monsters killed than there are ghosts in horror movies.
Maybe next time I should try to put Moon Tomb into combat mode to watch movies.
The sound of Moon Tomb slightly relieved the atmosphere between Ruto and Andre.
Ruto coughed twice, making a hoarse sound. Coupled with his thin body, people suspected that he would accidentally cough up his trachea and lungs.
He took a sip of water and continued: "Where are you talking about? Yes, the cause of death..."
"Those wild and crappy mages in the village couldn't tell the real cause of the deceased's death. There were no external injuries on the deceased's body, and there wasn't even any residual magic reaction on his body. But I'm ashamed to say that although those natives are crappy mages, I'm about the same in this regard.
.Although I knew that my own defense and testimony would not be accepted, I still hoped to get some evidence that would make me feel more confident, so I also examined the body secretly."
Ruto said with a little confusion in his eyes.
"Can't you tell?" Andre said.
"Yes, I can't tell either. There is no damage to the body on the physical level, and no reaction remains on the magical level. I also further checked the mental and soul aspects. But it feels like an ordinary corpse. The exact cause of death
It was heart paralysis followed by brain death, but I know nothing about the causes of these two conditions. The deceased was quite healthy and was even a good professional."
"But how can this unknown cause of death bite you to death?"
Aaron spoke at the right time: "Because no one in the town has ever seen such an inexplicable way of death. It is a way of death that even the magicians in the town don't know. So using their simple brain circuits to deduce, it is natural that the cause of this way of death is
They are strangers who are also unfamiliar to them."
Andre and Ruto both looked at him.
"Mr. Ruto should be the foreign mage who has settled here for the longest time in the past few years. According to the closed-minded thinking of ignorant people who sit in a well and look at the sky, all unknown things from outside the well are fog. Since they are all fog, no matter how they all return,
That’s how we get together.” Aaron looked at Ruto again.
It seems that although Andri has been wandering all year round, he has never experienced the situation of being forced to stay in a closed and exclusive place until the natives wanted him to die.
"This...Mr. Alon, it seems that you have experienced a similar situation." Ruto said with some surprise.
Hearing this, Xing Liuli couldn't help but look sideways.
"Absolutely, but the people I met were more aggressive. They didn't go around so many twists and turns, they just wanted to use violence to remove all the unpleasant things from their sight. The fuse was also very simple, just because they
I just prefer to believe what I believe in." Aaron put his hands on his hips and said indifferently.
The atmosphere was a little stiff for a while.
Andre's eyes glanced back and forth between Ruto and Alon, and finally clapped his hands: "Okay, okay! Let's not just talk about these bad things. Isn't it time to figure out how to deal with this matter and get through it now?"
He said in a relaxed and lively tone. Aaron could feel his inner uneasiness, but he chose to show his optimism in front of everyone.
Nice boy.
Oh, Andri is much bigger than Aaron's current body.
Physical age is about thirty...
Forget it, I won't reveal people's ages randomly. Some mages are also very concerned about this kind of thing.
"Ahem, my original intention is that you can help me investigate the situation of the deceased. The best case scenario is to find the real culprit and silence them. If not, I just want them to stop involving me."
Ruto said.
"Well, okay, leave it to me!" Andri showed his chest without any hesitation.
Alon wanted to say that this would only treat the symptoms but not the root cause. As long as in this town, the aborigines would find ways to disgust Ruto and even further threaten Ruto's life safety.
Ruto can hardly get sufficient supplies here, but there will be other methods later.
But he knew that Ruto was definitely not a fool, and neither was Andre, and they knew this.
So Aaron didn't show off his thoughts.
There is a tacit understanding between this pair of friends that he, an outsider, cannot interfere with. It was a bit awkward at first, but now it has gradually recovered.
Afterwards, Andre left a large amount of his own supplies at a friend's house to help, and even used magic props to replenish Ruto's vitality.
At least to the extent that he will not die suddenly after being separated from the life cycle ritual.
The two chatted a lot more, some of which seemed to be repeating the contents of the previous letters, some of which were anecdotes that they had told Aaron, and then there were many more things that they had not yet told Aaron.
Ruto just listened quietly, and from time to time raised his own questions, opinions, or ridiculed some of Andre's stupid choices.
Aaron and his entourage were also listening to the long-awaited reunion conversation between the two friends.
Yue Tomb fell asleep directly in the middle of the journey.
Xing Liuli was also sleepy, so Aaron lent her his shoulder to take a nap.
Her whole body was almost hanging on him, and it was surprisingly heavy. This was the weight of a legendary doll...
After a long time, the already gray sky outside became darker and darker. Andri looked at his pocket watch and realized that it was late, so he was not going to disturb Ruto's rest and returned to the hotel first.
Aaron wakes up Xing Liuli and Yue Tomb.
Even if Yue Tomb slept soundly, Aaron was curious about how Xing Liuli could sleep soundly with only half of her body leaning on Aaron's shoulder.
But that doesn't matter, it's time to fulfill your promise and send him back.
"Then I will come back tomorrow, and please prepare the relevant certificates of the agent for me. I will check this matter clearly." At the door, Andri said seriously.
He seemed quite reliable at this time.
"Pay attention to safety." Ruto nodded and said with a smile.
The wooden door slowly closed, and Andre came to the street to meet the waiting Alon.
"I've been waiting for so long. I accidentally forgot to talk. It's boring." Andri rubbed his hands in embarrassment.
"No, I benefit a lot from listening to you talk." Aaron said politely.
There are only two dolls that are really boring.
Under the leadership of Aaron, they set off on their way back.
But before leaving, Aaron once again glanced at the attic of the house opposite Ruto's house.