Chapter 144: The art of coquettishness
What a coincidence, right?
What a coincidence.
Since the serial murder case was closed, the law enforcement agency has not found any clues related to it.
Of course, it may be that we didn’t pursue it at all.
After all, what is written in the closed case file has almost nothing to do with the real situation. The raven and the strange undead man who were behind the scenes to confuse Robben into handling the case are existences that no one except Milo knows about.
Oh, Rebecca knows about weirdos.
They had a fight in the valley.
In the end, Milo managed to escape with Rebecca, who was seriously injured.
……
Since then, the strange man wearing a shroud seemed to have completely disappeared from Nanwei City.
Milo never expected to see this thing here again.
The severed hand in the glass jar looked like it had been severed by some heavy weapon similar to an axe. Perhaps this was the last resort because there was no way to get rid of the heavy and eye-catching execution lock.
The execution blade inside the execution lock has been activated, but obviously a person who has died once is not afraid of bloodletting. Maybe there is no blood in his body at all, and his heart will not beat.
In Robben's perspective of the undead, Milo once witnessed the raven resurrecting a corpse that had been dead for several years. The weirdo had died of the great plague five years ago.
This made Milo have to think about a question.
Three years ago, Raven was still looking for ways to create gods in Ikem, but it was obvious that when he finally left Ikem, he had completely changed his mind. He began to look for opportunities to develop spiritual vision and means.
And now he has even mastered the ability to resurrect the dead into terrifying killing machines. How many taboo methods has he mastered in the past three years? Did he get his wish and improve his spiritual vision?
These Milo are unknown.
The only thing that is certain is that the raven hiding now is definitely more dangerous than it was three years ago.
According to the witch, the psychics in this world are purely hunting each other, so the first psychic who is most likely to find Milo is the raven.
Milo had to guard against it.
This is why he had such a big reaction when he saw the weirdo's severed hand.
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“Yes.”
Grace didn't understand why Milo was interested in a severed hand soaked in formalin.
She walked over slowly and explained calmly:
“Not all the collections here are taken by me. I will throw away some things that I don’t like. But this one in front of me..."
Grace paused mid-sentence and glanced sideways at Enid beside her:
"I don't want to say it too scary and scare the little ones. Girl, this hand will move whenever no one is watching it in the dead of night.”
"Can it move?"
The Kent father and daughter on the side were both surprised.
But the next second Grace giggled:
“Look at your appearance, you are really old Kent, how come you are so old that you are not like a child? After all, no one can move his hand after it has been cut off, hehehe~"
Both Old Kent and Enid breathed a sigh of relief.
Just now, Pinkman's painting had created an eerie atmosphere for the scene. Now Grace said that the hand in the jar would move. If it really moved, Old Kent's heart would not be able to bear it.
Grace gave Milo a meaningful look, and then explained to the Kent father and daughter:
“This is the severed hand of a well-known pirate in the overseas colonies. It’s worth a little bit, so I’ll keep it.”
Old Kent and Enid nodded in agreement.
Only Milo smiled and said nothing.
Grace's nonsense can only coax the Kent family and their daughter.
"I'm a little interested in this black market, hehe." Milo muttered, staring at the severed hand in the jar.
"You are really an unconventional person. As a law enforcement officer, you are interested in aristocratic ladies and the black market. These two are not something ordinary law enforcement officers dare to touch casually." Grace said teasingly.
"It sounds like the law enforcement officers can't go anywhere." Milo shook his head.
"You have to ask Mr. Kent, a businessman, about this. He should know a lot about the black market." Grace said meaningfully.
"Ah no, no, that's not the same at all." Old Kent shook his head crazily:
"What I do is serious trade, the black market is something created by Solomon's group of people, I don't dare Getting involved with those desperadoes."
"Does it mean that my business is not serious?" Grace asked with a smile. The sweat on Old Kent's forehead suddenly broke out: "Ah, you are joking, how could I mean this..."
At this time, after seeing his old man When her father was in an embarrassing situation, Enid shook Grace's hand slightly and said in a sweet voice: "Dad is just timid. The Kent family is not afraid of those things like the Sherman family." Bad guy, don’t worry about it, aunt~~”
This sudden act of coquettishness directly broke the awkward atmosphere just now.
Especially the last sentence of "aunt", it made Grace laugh ungracefully:
"Hahaha, I like this little girl."
......
Milo sighed again, they are all such special drama queens.
But drama queens have the advantage of drama queens, that is, many things do not need to be said too directly. Although the words are vague, everyone knows what they are thinking, and this is enough.
Grace has made it clear that she is on Milo's side.
And Enid is also on Milo's side.
If Old Kent stands with his daughter, then the Kent family and the Sherman family will stand together.
For such a friendship from the first-order nobles of Nanwei City, Old Kent must firmly accept it, even if his waist is broken.
In comparison, the York family is dispensable.
At this time, Old Kent finally understood the meaning of the question Milo asked him before, and what it meant - using the friendship of another family as compensation.
This is not compensation, this is pie falling from the sky.
He couldn't help but wonder where his daughter found such a living treasure, and he couldn't help but feel lucky that he didn't say anything disappointing to Milo earlier.
……
All in all, the outcome of today's meeting was very satisfying to everyone.
But Milo was in a hurry to get away. His mind was entirely on the Gus Association, and he didn't care about the nobles' shabby banquets.
He has helped Enid and her old father find a bigger and more reliable shield - Sherman, which is equivalent to completing the promise to Enid.
So he said goodbye to Grace and Old Kent, and prepared to leave the party with Enid.
Old Kent nodded repeatedly and agreed: "Go, go, go, have fun, have fun."
He now wished that his daughter could stay with Milo more, after all, the family's success depended on whether she could hold onto the thigh of Ms. Ricinus, her "aunt".
Half an hour ago, he thought Milo was an ignorant kid who had never experienced anything in the world. Now it seems that his vision is too narrow.
If you think about it carefully at that time, why would a law enforcement officer dare to appear blatantly at the Sherman family’s banquet...
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After Grace and old Kent left, Milo immediately showed an evil smile on his face, grinned and said to Enid:
"You are dead, I will definitely tell Emma that you called Grace Zuo It’s about my aunt.”
“Don’t say it! I’m warning you not to say it! Oh, why are you talking about this? Please don’t say it~~” >
“Being coquettish is of no use to me.”
“What’s the use? Don’t say it, otherwise little Emma will beat me to death~”
"Why are you still hanging around? Take me to the Gus Association."
"Okay! Right now!"
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< br>After everyone left, in the dark inner hall, surrounded by all the paintings, some dull crashing sounds suddenly sounded.
The sound sounded like some kind of metal object hitting glassware in the water.
"Dong..."
"Dong Dong..."
(End of this chapter)