Chapter 161 Clues
“It’s time to turn in weapons and get off work again.”
Old Xion and Milo were sitting on the steps in front of Nanwei Academy.
It was already night at this time, and there were many lights on in the internal building of the college behind him, making the street in front of him look a little dark.
In terms of time, Milo has been working for more than thirty hours continuously.
"Perhaps we should take your VIP card to the Pleasure House for dinner." Old Xion stretched his body.
“I’ve never heard of having dinner at the Fun House.” Milo looked at his boss with a strange look on his face.
“It’s both delicious and delicious, so why not?” Old Xion didn’t think there was anything wrong with his suggestion.
“Pull him down.” Milo shook his head.
He looked at the list in his hand.
Joey's whereabouts are quite regular. He basically goes back and forth to the dormitory, teaching building, cafeteria, and library every day. It's a standard student's schedule.
"Dorm?"
"Teaching building?"
"Canteen?"
Milo read each place on the list one by one. once.
Old Xion on the side looked puzzled as he watched Milo finish reciting all the locations before asking: "Did I make any typos?"
"Not really."
Milo shook his head.
From his perspective, there was a black shadow squatting under the steps directly in front of him.
Every time he read a place name, he would wait for the shadow to respond.
But until the last place name was recited, Shadow didn't react at all. He just squatted in the corner with his hands and knees.
In other words, these are not the places Milo is looking for.
......
"Joy basically appears in these places every day, and there is nothing unusual about it." Old Xion commented lightly: "Perhaps your train of thought has deviated from the beginning. On the right track.”
“But it’s not like this every day.”
Milo shook his head:
"Every weekend he disappears for half a day, and no one around him knows where he has gone. This habit is different from other students. As far as I know, the college has weekend afternoon meetings Small sports activities are held, and credits are calculated. "
"According to other students in the dormitory, Joey has been disappearing on weekends for the past year and a half," Old Sheen recalled, rubbing his forehead. : "This time is very sensitive. It happens to be the time when the Great Library incident happened."
"That should be the time for the secret gathering of the Gus Association." Milo said without thinking.
"No, no, no~" Old Xion took out a cigarette and a match from his pocket, lit the cigarette and took a deep breath of fresh air before continuing: "The meeting place of the Gus Association is in the library of their college. Museum, this information is a clue we have obtained after the disappearance, and they did not hide it.”
"That half day on Sunday afternoon..."
Milo also rubbed his head.
He was staring at the shadow under the steps from beginning to end.
But Maggie seemed to have no intention of talking to him.
"Joy's classmates in the dormitory said that every Sunday morning he would prepare a bouquet of flowers in advance. Maybe this would be a key message." Old Sheehan reminded.
"Flowers?" Milo frowned. "What kind of flowers?"
"Well...it's not fixed, there are white lilies, roses, tulips, etc." Old Xion recalled.
"Then I should know where he went." Milo suddenly realized.
"Really? There seem to be many kinds, but one thing they have in common is that they can all be used to kill people." Old Xion blew out the smoke and asked in a lazy tone: "So, dedicated Val Law Enforcement Officer Rokan, do we have to go to the cemetery in the middle of the night?”
"No, not going to the cemetery."
Milo shook his head.
It's normal for Joey to go to the cemetery every weekend to see Maggie.
There is no gain in rushing to the cemetery now.
And he noticed that Maggie's shadow still didn't respond when he mentioned the cemetery.
"Maybe he really likes that girl, so he goes to remember her every weekend." Old Xion was relieved to see that Milo didn't plan to visit the cemetery in the middle of the night.
But Milo actually already had another answer in his mind.
He turned to old Xion and asked: "What do you think is the probability that when a person misses a deceased person too much, he will dig up her grave?"
"How about we go back and ask the professors at the college who have research on abnormal psychology? It's not time to go to bed yet." Old Xion was used to Milo's weird questions.
"That's not necessary." Milo shook his head.
Joey dug that grave, he admitted it himself.
Although this was just a piece of information that Milo casually pulled out during the conversation yesterday, it has now become a key clue.
“First of all, this thing is the same set as the several bronze utensils you collected from the crime scene, right?” Milo took out the copper ring that belonged to Joey and said, “As a Don't you think it's strange how a person who didn't appear at the scene of the crime got this thing? "
"Is this related to his physical condition?" Old Xion asked. Spread your hands.
“I don’t care whether there is an exact relationship or not.” Milo had no way to explain the so-called problem of spiritual vision and sequelae, so he could only put this issue aside for the time being, and then said: “At least the time period can be matched. , this is correct, right?”
"Then according to your statement, he dug out the ring from Maggie Greene's grave?" Old Theon asked with narrowed eyes.
At this time, Milo noticed that after Old Xion said these words, Maggie's shadow under the steps suddenly raised his head.
"I think so." Milo nodded firmly.
“But there is no Maggie Greene in that grave at all. You know this. It is an empty grave. Its function is to give an explanation to the public. How could he dig in the grave? Give me a ring." Old Xion was puzzled.
“You said that the living are under the control of law enforcement and the dead are under the control of the church, right?” Milo asked word for word.
When he mentioned the word "church", the black figure under the steps stood up straight and nodded crazily towards Milo.
Maggie looked excited.
Very excited.
"The burial process of the deceased is indeed the sole responsibility of the church. After the law enforcement system declares a person dead, the process will be transferred. The church has full-time church officials responsible for undertaking funeral and other ceremonies..." Old Xion As he spoke, his eyes gradually brightened, and he put out the cigarette in his hand:
“So the key is not the empty tomb, but the church?”
"This is the only explanation."
Milo nodded.
......
The two in front of the college gate...oh no, the three of them finally reached a consensus.
(End of this chapter)