Chapter 128 Delapore
What is a little reassuring is that there were no unexpected incidents during the more than ten hours of return journey, except for the strange voice that Rebecca and Kai could always hear. The heartbeat sound is annoying.
When the train stopped at Innsmouth platform, it was already noon the next day.
If this field mission is successfully completed, Milo may choose to take a break in the town of Innsmouth, such as eating some of the seafood dishes in the town that Nero once mentioned. , it would be good to at least relieve the fatigue caused by more than ten hours of bumpy rides.
But it was obvious that someone at the Nanwei City Law Enforcement Headquarters was eager to know what happened in Ikem. As soon as Milo and others got off the train, they saw a team of law enforcement officers who came to respond.
So we can only put aside the seafood issue for now.
The three of them got on the carriage that received the team and headed straight back to the center of Nanwei City.
In front of the law enforcement headquarters, Kai looked at this huge building that was both majestic and filled with cold air, with a look of fear on his face.
Rebecca didn't say anything, she just held Kai's little hand for the first time.
Milo said something inappropriately:
"They will give us the kind of badge of honor that good girls can get?"
Rebecca still didn't speak.
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In fact, Milo felt that he might face a situation similar to a multi-party trial. After all, Nero emphasized the importance of the Ikem incident before leaving.
But the real situation is that the expressions of the senior officials of the law enforcement headquarters are very dull at this time.
There were no minutes meetings, and no j-girl badges were issued.
Even Milo didn't need to answer any questions. Basically all the questioning was handled by Rebecca alone.
He and Kai did not need to enter the internal conference hall at all.
After the reporting session, the senior management left the stage. Two law enforcement officers wearing the same official rank coat of arms as Nero conveyed their appreciation to Milo in a very graceful manner by patting him on the back. Milo's shoulders.
Seeing that the bald man and the one-eyed man in front of him were both law enforcement inspectors, Milo responded with a very obedient smile.
Then, there is no more.
The top brass showed an almost uncharacteristic calm about the Ikem incident.
But Milo reacted quickly. It was obvious that some information had been passed on from Galid, or submitted to higher levels. Now what the inspectors in Nanwei City have to do This is not to get to the bottom of this matter, but to downplay the impact of this matter as much as possible.
It's like a tacit understanding within the law enforcement system.
Galeed City blocked the news, and Nanwei City, a participant, did not leak any information.
If nothing else happens, Rebecca will soon pull Milo into a small dark room and give him a series of serious instructions and warnings to make him forget what happened in the town of Ikem.
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But while Milo was waiting quietly for Rebecca to call him, it was Nero's assistant who came to inform him - a man in his thirties. Male law enforcement officer.
He greeted Milo cordially and introduced some stories about the law enforcement headquarters on the way to Nero's study, but it did not arouse Milo's interest in this building. interest.
Finally, when approaching the study, he specially told Milo that Inspector Nero seemed to be in a good mood today.
Milo didn't think much and knocked on Nero's door.
"I should have called Rebecca over, but she still has some things to deal with, so I can save half a glass of whiskey."
Nero handed over a glass. For Milo, the glass is full of wine with a mellow aroma.
"So it's celebration time now?" Milo took the cup and lowered his head to smell it.
“Time to mourn.” Nero and Milo touched the wine glasses, shook the glasses a few times, and added:
"For those who died in the barren mountains."
"Karl did not die in the barren mountains." Milo said.
"I'm not just referring to Carl." Nero stared at the wine in the glass.
Milo thought for a long time before asking:
"Doesn't the package include those you killed 24 years ago?"
After these words were spoken, the study fell into complete silence.
The already young law enforcement inspector in front of him, leaning against the edge of the desk, seemed to have aged several years in an instant. However, the way he looked at Milo slowly changed from the shock at the beginning. Relieved, finally, Nero sighed in relief. He took a sip of whiskey and after swallowing it, asked Milo:
"I think you must have met old Mogot. How is his health?"
"Not bad, at least his marksmanship is still very accurate. This time he saved my life, but... he seems to have never come out of the shadow of the Delamain family incident. Oh, to be precise, it should be called The Delapore family, right?”
Milo replied.
On the wall behind him hung some of Nero's badges, with his signature on them, his full name being "Nero de la Pole".
Nero nodded. He put the quilt on the table behind him, crossed his hands and held the top of his cane, and asked calmly: "For the law enforcement officers of the previous generation, oaths were more important than anything else, but Mogot broke the oath he swore to the Judgment Scythe in order to protect me, who was young at the time. I think your generation cannot understand the bitterness of this. "
Mogot destroyed it at the beginning. The files and records about the events of the Delapore family leave only a name for the event.
And the family name in that incident was also changed to Delamain.
This is what he did after letting Nero go.
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"It doesn't matter, there will be no more white ghosts in the barren mountains in the future. He should be able to enjoy his retirement life well. Moreover, when he knows that young man back then, I was very happy when I became a law enforcement inspector in a certain city after leaving." Milo took a sip of whiskey and added: "It was worth it."
"Okay, okay. ." Nero repeated this word many times.
Milo took out the rusty copper grass flower badge from his pocket and placed it gently on the table.
It belonged to the Delapore family.
“I know, you don’t dare to return to that town, because as an aborigine there, you will also hear those whispers at night, but there will no longer be this so-called curse. , maybe if you have time, you can go back and visit old Mogot before it's too late."
"In addition, if I guess correctly, Kai and you should have a certain degree of blood relationship. This should be the reason why you ordered us to take her back to Nanwei City. If not, it doesn't matter... What I want to say is, you can place her however you want, but don't hand her over to an orphanage under the name of the church. It’s a small request from me, no reason.”
“I will consider it carefully.” Nero nodded.
"Oh, by the way." Milo continued: "Last time you met a very good law enforcement officer in Galede, and this time I also met one. His name is Walker, Walker... Blair."
"I can promote him and transfer him to Nanwei City to work with you." Nero replied without thinking.
But Milo shook his head: "No, I brought back his law enforcement weapons and left him a place in the law enforcement officer's cemetery."
"..."
…
It is indeed a time for mourning.
Every word spoken during this conversation carries weight, at least to the speaker.
Towards the end, Nero asked Milo, "Aren't you going to use the genocide case to extort something from me? A promotion or something?"
So Milo As a matter of course, he walked away with the unfinished bottle of whiskey.
I heard from Nero that this bottle of wine is almost as old as Milo.
……
After finishing the conversation at the law enforcement headquarters, Milo plunged into the alleys in downtown Nanwei City.
Because on the way back to the law enforcement headquarters in a carriage, he had seen the scarlet figure in the dark alley around the corner several times.
The witch who had disappeared for a long time seemed to be more eager to meet than Milo.
Milo knew, she smelled it.
In the dark and damp alley, Milo gently placed the suitcase on the ground.
At this time, the heartbeat, which is difficult to hear clearly in other noisy environments, becomes extremely loud and harsh in the deserted dark alley&...
"Plop..."
"Plop... …”
(End of this chapter)