In the lively flow of people who came to attend and watch the ribbon-cutting ceremony, Shade and Mrs. Cook seemed out of place. They stood there and separated the crowd. Shade held his breath to distinguish the sounds in his ears. This not only had to be compared with the background sound from more than ten minutes ago
Distinguish it, and even distinguish it from the current background sound.
After all, listening to the sounds of the past does not completely block the sounds of the present.
"This way."
I reluctantly heard the timid voice of the boy in front of me asking if he could leave, and then heard the woman's gentle voice of comfort. Shade waved to Mrs. Cook with a serious face, and the middle-aged woman, who was almost numb, followed instinctively.
Then the two squeezed through the crowd and walked east along the boulevard on the east side of Tobesk Station.
After crossing the boulevard, walk north again. There is a slum area next to the station, which also provides the station with a large number of cheap labor such as porters.
There were a lot fewer pedestrians nearby, and Shade was glad that he didn't lose them. But as he continued to walk forward, he heard someone calling his name. He was stunned for a moment and realized that the sound was not from ten minutes ago, but from now.
the sound of.
Turning his head to look across the street, he saw Captain Rades walking towards him waving his hand. After not seeing him for a week, he seemed to be in much better spirits, wearing decent clothes, and no longer had the sloppy temperament typical of an alcoholic.
"That's my friend, please explain the current situation."
He turned to Mrs. Cook and spoke quickly, then continued to listen to the sounds around him and move forward.
Just now, in order to explain that he could find clues, Shade also asked passers-by many times on the way. But he avoided Mrs. Cook and only let her see the back. In fact, Shade did not talk to anyone.
Once the direction of the sound is lost, it is almost impossible to find it again, so he has no time to say hello to acquaintances now.
The military temperament of Captain Rades became particularly conspicuous after he emerged from the depressing predicament. Mrs. Cook followed Shade without any idea at first, but now that she saw Captain Rades approaching, she followed suit.
The meaning of detective simply means that the kind-hearted detective is helping her find her lost child.
"The child is lost? This is a big deal!"
The captain was startled and saw the detective in front of him looking around, so he followed behind them:
"Detective, I'm here to help. It just so happens that there's nothing going on during the day. What clues do you have now?"
"This way!"
Shade pointed forward, with a serious look on his face, which made the captain, who didn't know exactly what happened before, think that he had a major clue in his hand.
Stop-and-go, I actually walked a long circle around Tobesk Station, and more and more people came to watch the excitement nearby. Because Queen Diana, a representative of the royal family, was about to arrive, the police were already blocking off part of the train.
streets, which made Shade also feel the urgency:
"Why haven't you stopped yet? Do you know you're being followed?"
The West Street of Tobesk Station where it is currently located is the main stopping place for taxis. But equally, the alleys here extend in all directions, connecting many nearby neighborhoods.
Every time they passed by the alley, Mrs. Cook and Captain Ladds behind them would look inward.
Finally, Shade stopped and looked at the alley beside him.
In the alley, a plump woman with her head wrapped in a scarf turned from another exit of the alley and was walking towards the entrance of the alley where they were.
The voices from ten minutes ago, the voices of boys and women, entered this alley. The woman walking in front of them seemed to match the age group of the owner of the voices.
In order to prevent the other party from turning around and running away, Shade did not ask out loud. Instead, he wanted to wait until the other party was closer before letting him speak, and judge from the tone of his voice whether the turbaned woman was his target.
But I didn't expect that while Xia De was cautious, the other party was even more cautious.
After noticing the three people appearing at the alley, she subconsciously slowed down. Then she didn't know whether she recognized Mrs. Cook, or was frightened by Captain Rades's temperament, and there was a hesitant expression on her face.
, and then actually turned around and ran away.
"That's her!"
The captain's excellent reflexes, honed in the military, allowed him to be the first to chase after him with a loud roar.
"Mrs. Cook, call the police for help. I suspect that your children are in a few nearby alleys. Remember, you must say that this is the location of the murderer of the Tobesk children's serial disappearance case. Be careful that they have accomplices!"
After saying that, Shade also chased after him. When the tracking had been noticed, and when it was not clear which house in a nearby alley had a problem, catching the woman was the best way to break through.
In fact, Shade is now carrying two guns. The Ruger revolver from MI6 can be fired at any time. But the woman was already running away in the middle of the alley, and Shade took a few more seconds to explain to Mrs. Cook.
For seconds, he could not guarantee that his marksmanship would be able to hit the target.
So he could only chase forward, but Shade believed that with his physical strength as a ring warlock, he would definitely be able to catch up with the woman.
What he thought was still too simple.
Although there were no forks in this alley, the woman who started running first rushed out from the other end of the alley out of breath, and then turned to the left.
Captain Rades emerged from the alley second, and after a few steps after him, he saw that Shade had overtaken him. The young detective was very agile and could use his extremely fast skills even when the streets were crowded with people.
speed.
"Detective Hamilton, I'll take a detour to block her, you chase her forward!"
Seeing this situation, Captain Rades decisively chose a more rational approach.
Shade shouted to him that he understood, stared at the woman in the crowd in front of him who kept pushing away pedestrians, and quickly caught up with her.
Because it was too close to the station, the flow of people was increasing, and Shade could not fully use his speed. The distance between the two did not close quickly. He thought of shouting loudly to ask the pedestrians in front to help catch the person, but he did not expect that he would
As soon as she shouted, the people in front of her took cover, making the woman run faster.
As for the police officers patrolling the street, they didn't hear Shade's voice at all because the environment was too noisy.
The two ran across the entire street one after the other. Directly opposite the street entrance was the main entrance of Tobesk Station. The sound of the whistle could be heard from a distance, and it seemed that a train was arriving at the station.
At this time, large and small carriages were parked at the entrance of the station. Uniformed police officers with guns were maintaining order, and reporters were looking into the distance, waiting for the protagonists of the ribbon-cutting ceremony to arrive.
The fat woman immediately turned around and ran towards the road to the left of the station entrance, not giving Shade a chance to ask for help from the police unless he was willing to take a detour and waste time.
"I must catch up with you!"
Shade followed suit and turned left at the street intersection, no longer wasting any energy shouting, and ran forward along the gap in the crowd of people along the wall.
After running less than a few dozen steps, he accidentally bumped into a nervous middle-aged man leaning against the wall. Shade quickly apologized and stepped forward, while the middle-aged man put his hands in his pockets with a serious face and looked at
Shade no longer paid attention to the retreating figure, but continued to squeeze towards the front of the crowd of spectators.
More commotion came from the far side of the road. The police were clearing the way, and the carriages decorated with the royal coat of arms of the Cavendish family were escorted by the royal guards and were slowly approaching.
People paid their respects to the distinguished lady in the car on the street. The car window was opened, and Queen Diana's face, which often appeared in newspapers, appeared there. The makeup was not complicated. The woman in her thirties wore a silver tiara.
Wave to the citizens with a kind smile.
There seemed to be other people sitting next to her.
The surrounding cheers and shouts made the street more crowded and complicated. The lively atmosphere reached its peak, and the crowd crowded from the side of the street to the center of the street, so that the police and royal guards maintaining Ridwich Field had to
Allocate more people to prevent anyone from approaching the carriage.
The fat woman running in front was the first to see the convoy approaching in the distance. She glanced back at the detective who was chasing after him, getting closer and closer, with a ferocious expression, then gritted her teeth and rushed towards the convoy. But there was no
Instead of approaching, he passed directly in front of the convoy and ran from one side of the street to the other.
When Shade also wanted to cross the street, the uniformed policemen who were clearing the way in front had already blocked the street so that the motorcade could move forward, and used a human wall to prevent anyone from entering the street from the street.
At this time, Shade was only twenty steps away from the street intersection behind him, and he could be seen from the door of Tobesk Station.
"I even dare to bet on my luck. Do you think I lack such courage?"
He said in his heart, stopped and prepared to squeeze through the crowd wall and cross the street before the motorcade arrived without the police noticing.
The middle-aged man that Shade bumped into a few seconds ago had already squeezed to the front of the crowd. He frowned and looked at the approaching motorcade. He pressed the black men's soft hat with his left hand and inserted his right hand into the inner pocket of his coat.
at every turn.
A group of pedestrians poured out of the Tobesk Station behind them. They were passengers who had just arrived at the station. Those who could freely enter and exit the ribbon-cutting ceremony were naturally the Orthodox Church. Miss Bayas and his group were accompanied by a person carrying a suitcase.
middle aged man walking out.
Dr. Schneider, who was watching the excitement in the crowd and talking with acquaintances, appeared from the street corner behind Shade.
Miss Carina sat next to Queen Diana, looking out of the car window boredly.
Captain Rades made a gesture of throwing himself forward behind the crowd on the other side of the street.
The detective's nominal boss, Mr. Dark Anlos, Director of MI6, mingled with the crowd and observed the situation nearby.
The carriage was getting closer and closer to the intersection in front of Tobesk Station. The ruts and the sound of horse hooves were drowned in the cheers that seemed to explode. The pigeons that had been prepared were released at the intersection, flying over people's heads in pieces.
, forming large moving shadows.
The fog still did not dissipate, but the low and dark sky could not stop the cheers and joy of citizens from all walks of life in Tobesk.