Chapter 92 The idea is right
In fact, after this trip, Milo could clearly feel that Rebecca was under pressure, whether it was based on her previous understanding of the town of Ikem, or The responsibilities she bears, in short, it is obvious that she is not as straightforward as Milo originally thought.
From Milo's perspective, it is inevitable to be brought into that atmosphere and rhythm when walking together.
But in fact, it is absolutely necessary to be vigilant.
A very simple logic——
Ninety-nine percent of Milo's combat skills and consciousness came from Karl, and Karl died in Ikem Town. So what qualifications does Milo have to relax his vigilance in Ikem Town?
On this journey, in addition to the flies flying everywhere in the air, he also had to guard against Solomon's mining company and the shadows in the barren mountains...
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The appearance of the town of Ikem is very similar to what Milo expected.
This is a town that has been abandoned by the indigenous people for nearly ten years. The roofs of a large number of densely populated low-rise buildings have collapsed and collapsed, including the tallest bell tower in the town. A large piece of the top floor is missing. The block revealed a large black hole, and the clock inside was missing.
Looking at the entire town, there are only one or two smoke rising from the chimneys that can prove that there are still living people living here.
Everywhere is dilapidated and lonely.
Although it is still daytime, when you are in Ikem, there is always an inexplicable and deep sense of depression that makes people forget that there is a clear sky above their heads.
It was 2:34 pm when Milo and his party arrived in the town of Ikem.
“At this time, most of the workers in the town were still working in the mines, so it seems It’s normal to be alone.”
Walker glanced at the time scale on the watch and introduced Milo and the two: "It won't be until about 6 or 7 o'clock in the evening, that is, after the sun goes down, that the town will become a little lively. , By the way, the hotel you are staying in is on the east side of the town. Did you see the broken clock tower? Next door to the clock tower is the hotel. Because most of the mining workers live on the west side of the town, the hotel is The surrounding environment should be relatively quiet."
"Where is the mining company's office area?" Milo is not very concerned about the surrounding environment of his residence. In such a dilapidated town, he can live anywhere. No difference.
“In the south of the town, all the mining areas are located in the mountains south of the town, so the mining company reinforced and renovated some of the original buildings on the south side of the town as the company’s leadership The office point on the first floor should be used to facilitate the command of the mine," Walker introduced seriously.
“Where is the law enforcement office you work at?” Rebecca asked.
"It's right in the center of the town. My usual residence is also next to the office." Walker pointed to a brand new and spacious road in the middle of the town and said: "This is the main road independently built by the mining company. It is used for ore transportation. You can see the law enforcement office by walking along the entire road from the north to the south of the entire town of Ikem.”
However, the Walker-style carriage did not always walk on the main road. After entering the town of Ikem, turn to the small alleyway on the east side.
"Are you responsible for the entire Ikem alone?" Milo asked with some confusion.
"The main reason is that there are few people in this place." Walker nodded.
"You're quite brave." Milo muttered and did not continue to ask.
Nanwei City's prison guards have to have two people responsible for one street, but Galeed City only assigns one law enforcement officer to be responsible for a small town...
Milo seems to understand why Walker wants to collect the organization's bacon. .
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“Here we are, right here.”
The carriage stopped in front of a dilapidated two-story building.
This is an older residential building than the back-to-back buildings where working-class people live. The second floors of the entire row of buildings have been opened up. There are pitched roofs with dark chimneys, and doorways. There is also a drainage channel covered with moss.
Milo smelled a foul smell as soon as he got off the carriage. It was the smell of kitchen wastewater that had been accumulated for a long time, with the greasy smell of grease and the rancid smell of rotten food.
But at least it proves that there are people living here, because there are people cooking. It's just the leftovers thrown around.
Walker took out two keys from his backpack and handed them to Milo.
"Here are the keys to your respective rooms."
He walked forward and looked through the glass window into the dark room:
"It seems that the owner of the hotel is not here, but I have told him Okay, three meals a day will be delivered to your door. Of course, if you feel uncomfortable eating, you can come to me at the office. I can take care of the food here.”
Milo threw one of the keys to Rebecca and muttered: "No matter how unpalatable it is, how could it be as unpalatable as a fly?"
"Fruit flies." Rebecca corrected Milo's mistake.
It seems that she also noticed this specialty of Galeed City.
"It's disgusting anyway." Milo shook his head.
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Under the leadership of Walker, they placed their respective salutes in the room.
Walker then resigned and went to the law enforcement office.
Milo took a rough look at the interior environment of the room.
Ikem is located in the Shennan Mountains, and the floor and partition walls inside the room are made of wooden materials, so the room is filled with a "familiar" musty smell, pacing back and forth on the floor If you use it, you can still clearly hear the "crunching" sound.
Milo landed on the bed, and the bed creaked.
He twisted his neck.
Just this slight body movement can make the bed continue to creak and scream. Not even a moment later, the sound of beating the wall and Rebecca's voice came from the next room:
"Bang bang!"
"What a twist!"
Milo chuckled, walked out of the door and walked around the corridor into Rebecca's room.
“The windows on your side receive better light than mine, and you can still get sunlight.”
He pushed open the window and sat on the windowsill.
Rebecca had taken off her mask at this time and was standing in front of the simple dressing table adjusting her tie. She did not look back and looked at Milo in the mirror in front of her:
“No Have you ever been taught not to enter a woman’s room casually?”
While he was talking, Milo had already taken out an apple from his pocket and started chewing it. He chewed the crisp pulp and looked at the scattered apples outside the window. House, he said vaguely: "Can you eat it?"
As he said that, he took out another apple and rubbed it on his windbreaker.
He got these from the cafeteria of the Galede Law Enforcement Station.
After getting Rebecca's clear "no" response, he stuffed the apple back into his pocket and whispered, "Keep it for a midnight snack."
At this time Li Beca had straightened her tie.
She took off her windbreaker and hung it on the wall hanger, revealing some fine equipment on her close-fitting vest, including the pair of treacherous weapon finger tigers and a folded black weapon. Luo had never seen her use one before. It seemed to have a sharp blade structure, and there were small steel wires that shrunk at both ends, hanging behind Rebecca's slender waist.
With the flintlock muskets and assembled short blades hanging on the left and right sides of her waist, her look is quite cool.
Of course, it didn't matter whether he was armed or not. Milo still admired Rebecca's proud figure set off by her tight-fitting uniform. However, after Rebecca turned around, Milo honestly withdrew his gaze.
“There were already killers intercepting us while we were still on the way, but after we arrived in Galede, it was calm here. Don’t you think it’s strange?”
Rebecca asked Milo road.
"Maybe our current investigation progress is not enough to make the Solomon gang anxious." Milo chewed an apple and looked at the smile on Rebecca's face through the sunlight coming in from outside the house. Elongated scars extending down the neck.
“Does it look good?” Rebecca immediately noticed Milo’s wandering eyes.
"Not bad." Milo nodded.
“How about I cut one for you?”
“That’s not necessary, I still have this face to deceive noble young ladies.” Milo smiled and nibbled Throwing the clean apple core outside the house, he immediately brought the topic back to the case:
"According to our previous idea, we would start investigating from the Delamain family incident, but now we may be the only person who knows the truth. , only Mogot, an old lunatic, believed half of what he said. Didn't Nero say it? The information he got was that the Solomon gang dug up some strange things in Ikem, and they were interested in these things. After conducting research, I feel that there is a high probability that the things they dug up are the things that caused the Delamain family to commit those evil deeds of cannibalism."
"But Mogot was talking about the Delamain family. "Eating people, he didn't mention the kind of fungus that grows on people." Rebecca would get goosebumps every time she thought about it.
"So you can only believe half of Mogot's words." Milo spread his hands: "And he has never seen the Delamain family really eat people. From his perspective, he only found the bones of the missing people, such as Who can be sure that the head with its skin removed was not covered with fungi before? So I think there should be no problem with the direction of our thinking."
That's all Milo can do. Said.
He couldn't tell Rebecca everything he saw from Carl's undead perspective.
There is actually not much difference between eating human flesh or eating fungi growing on humans, because when mature fungi are "picked" from the human body, large pieces of flesh and blood will inevitably be taken away. .
“Don’t you think this whole thing sounds scary?”
Rebecca had been watching Milo's facial expressions.
When he mentioned things like fungi growing on the human body and eating people, there was no look of disgust or revulsion on his face, as if he was describing a very normal thing.
This is something Rebecca cannot understand.
Because according to her knowledge, how could there be so many densely packed fungi growing on a human body?
But when Milo faced all these strange situations, his attitude was so calm that it was almost breathtaking.
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"Uh...it's not scary. Aren't we already at Ikem?"
Milo blinked.
Only then did he react.
Rebecca's perspective is actually the perspective of a normal person in this world. Depending on her limited cognition, she will inevitably have a lot of confusion when facing such a weird and abnormal case, because currently Many of the clues she learned subverted her previous concepts.
As for Milo, he seemed to have gradually become familiar with this weird atmosphere, and he no longer found it so strange.
Because he himself hides many more incredible secrets.
He has seen strange scenes of dead girls carving totems on the walls, and he has entered the perspective of the deceased when he was alive.
If Rebecca were told all this, she would probably think Milo was crazy.
(End of this chapter)