Chapter 2008 The Sheep Stealer
After discussion, Scar asked a team of people to go to the place where the girl disappeared to investigate the situation, and learn from government and private channels what illegal organizations, gangs and local snakes were around the incident. Taking the incident site as the center and the range that a ten-year-old girl could run in five days as the radius, a main search area was drawn.
But he soon learned something from the guards. Asuna, also known as Xiaona,’s guardian monster was an indigo-feathered griffon. This kind of griffon was carefully cultivated for its second metamorphosis. Not only can it fly, but it can also dive into the sea. Cortana's strength is level 6-7. It has a strong and strong body, is well-bred, and can fly in the air for a long time. This is why she was able to travel from more than a thousand kilometers away to Hidomiji, and her employer believed that she was more likely to get lost, but they did not rule out the possibility that she was kidnapped by slave traders after getting lost. .
After hearing this, everyone felt embarrassed. This would increase the radius of the girl's possible movements in the past five days, and they would not have so many people to spread out to search for her. But after much deliberation, the only option was to follow the predetermined plan and have a team of people go to the place of disappearance to understand the situation. This task was given to Emmason. After all, he was an old mercenary, well-informed, relatively familiar with getting information, and had many ways.
After Emmason left, Iveco asked the guard: "Does Xiaona have anything she likes to play, wants to play or somewhere she wants to go?"
"Yes." The guard thought for a while and told him all of Xiaona's interests and hobbies that he knew about.
Iveco said: "Scar, then I will take fifty people and use this aspect as a clue to search. Although I major in puppet manipulation, my abilities in psychic suggestion and mental control are barely passable. , maybe you can get good results, but it’s easy to get into trouble if you don’t use these magics, and you might be wanted.”
< br>Scar said: "Don't worry about causing trouble for the mercenary group. Just do it. Finding someone is the most important thing now."
Iveco didn't know what the exemption agreement was, nor did he Knowing who signed it, he was simply worried that it would cause trouble for the mercenary group, but with Scar, he knew that he could use more means. He thought Scar wanted to move the team away if he got into trouble.
Seeing that the two deputy regiments had taken people away, Luo asked: "Brother Scar, what are we doing?"
Scar said: "We can only try our luck."
"Isn't trying luck the same as finding a needle in a haystack?"
Scar said helplessly: "What else should we do? We There are more than 80 people here, they have scattered to look for them, so why not start with Let’s search Sussex County and surrounding villages and slums first.”
There are too many restrictions on the way to find people. If you want to find out, you can’t show the portrait of the missing person to passers-by. This can only be done. In a stupid way, I just looked at it with my own naked eyes.
Sex County itself is not big, but because of the refugees, the surrounding temporary settlements have radiated outward several times. There were dozens of them walking through the streets and crowds. No matter how many there were, they could only shout "Xiao Na" at the top of their lungs. They didn't even know the girl's real name and couldn't shout it.
The election king had previously toured the country back and forth, zigzagging between cities. The actual straight-line distance between Cortana's disappearance and Sussex County was not five days. Theoretically, Cortana was very likely to go to Sussex. Come from Si County. It took more than a day to roughly search Sykes and the surrounding area, but as expected, I found nothing.
After Scar and his gang returned to the station and rested for just 4 hours, the guards came again to urge them to continue searching. Scar thought that a little girl who was closely watched at home would most likely go to interesting and fun places. Hidomi hoped that there were many tourist attractions in the country and there were many historical sites in the country. Scar decided to go to these Find it in local cities and towns.
Coming out of Sussex County, Scar divided the 86 people into five teams and searched all the way west. They had to visit the fields, villages, and any inhabited place marked on the map. When they met passers-by, they had to go up and check them one by one. Later, when the search became more urgent, it evolved into house-to-house searches. If the head of the household did not agree, he would just break in. If the person was not at home, he would just break the door open.
The search took a week. That afternoon, Luo, Irina and a few others were sitting under a thousand-year-old tree in Wright Town to rest. Scar and the others were taken away by the town's sheriff because they had a conflict with others after forcing their way into a house. This kind of thing has happened more than once or twice recently, but every time Scar always brings the arrested person back safely, so everyone is not surprised.
Luo held the magic baby gun and sat on the round altar repaired under the ancient tree, drowsy. The others were also in low spirits due to many days of hard work. After a while, Thane came back and said: "Scar is still dealing with it, and there is no good news from the two deputy captains Iveco and Emmason. The guard urged us to continue looking for someone."
The people resting under the tree said with a grimace: "I'm going to die. How can I find it if I search blindly? Where do you think this ten-year-old guy can go?"
"No way. I need to eat something and rest for a while. I haven't had a good sleep this week. I'm dreaming There are pictures of little girls in my mind."
Everyone is complaining to each other. They are all exhausted physically and mentally. This is more tiring than working on a regular mission. After all, there is still time to rest during a normal mission. The employer is pressing hard right now. , they searched almost day and night, searching house to house.
Sain ignored the complaints of his companions, called two people, and then found Luo and said: "Hey, wake up Luo and go for a walk outside the town."
Luo argued hard Opening half of his eyes, he asked weakly: "What are you doing outside the town?"
Thain said: "We have searched all over the town, and there must be no Xiaona. Let's go to the road to look for passers-by and try our luck. Irina, you can go too."
" Thain, am I mistaken? You really have a serious and responsible attitude." Irina was reluctant to go, but when she saw Luo standing up, she had to follow her. The five people walked on a three- to four-meter-wide dirt road outside the town, holding on to their sore legs. This dirt road was built by the government and is the main road connecting the city. It does not go through the town, but is close to the northwest of the town. It is surrounded by a long stretch of green grassland, with gentle terrain and endless grassland.
The five people came to the road and glanced at the empty road from left to right. Irina slumped down on the ground without strength and said: "We don't really want to be here. Let's try our luck."
A companion winked at Irina and said, "Irina, you don't really think we are here to find someone, do you?"
Luo stretched his waist, yawned and asked: "Then what are we doing?"
The companion smiled and said: "Brother Thain and I got a snail-horned dolphin sheep, it's just not a big one. "It should be just right for the five of us."
Both Luo and Irina opened their mouths: "Oh, this thing... this." These things are very expensive, where did you get them? "
My companion said proudly: "I saw someone herding sheep in the morning, and I secretly got one while the person wasn't paying attention, and hid it in the hole over there. Look, I brought all the seasonings." He took off a cloth bag from his waist bag, which contained bottles and jars of various seasonings.
Snail-horned dolphin and lamb are a famous delicacy in Hidomiji. Not only does it taste not rotten at all, but it also has a very mellow lard aroma after grilling. The meat is particularly plump and tender. Originally, this thing was not cheap in the local area, with a cut of meat costing sixty gold coins. Due to the catastrophe, many people died of fright and illness, resulting in a reduction in the production of snail-horned dolphins and sheep, and the price soared.
Irina patted her butt and stood up: "Then what are you waiting for? Let's go bake and eat it while you are free now."
The five people ran towards the other end of the road, but when they ran to When I looked at the hole where the sheep were hiding, I saw that the hole had been dug. The sheep-stealing companion was confused and annoyed.
Sain walked around the pit and asked: "Did you not kill the sheep and it ran out again on its own?"
The sheep thief looked aggrieved. He said: "Impossible. I clearly broke the sheep's neck with the back of the axe, and died when I buried it in the pit."
Several people surrounded the pit, hungry and discouraged. Suddenly Irina stood on tiptoes and sniffed the air: "What do you smell?"
Everyone smells it.
Luo Dao: "It smells like barbecue, it smells so good..."
Everyone was shocked and immediately looked for the smell. They walked around a small building less than twenty meters away. At the foot of the mountain surrounded by an 'L' shape at the back of the mountain, I saw a guy in white sitting in front of a bonfire, holding a piece of meat in his hand and eating.
The fellow sheep thief ran forward immediately, pointed at the guy from a distance and cursed: "You bastard, how dare you steal my sheep, I won't beat you to death, you bastard."
When the guy who ate the sheep saw someone coming, he jumped up in fright, turned around and ran away. As he ran, he didn't forget to grab the fat sheep on the grill and the magic wand stuck in the grass. But this man seemed to have eaten too much. He fell to the ground and stopped before running very far. He kept waving at them, and then lay on the ground and vomited.
The companion rushed over, snatched the roasted sheep from his hand first, and said viciously: "Boy, if you steal my sheep, you are looking for death. See how I teach you a lesson."
The sheep thief was frightened. He repeatedly waved his hands and begged for mercy: "Don't hit, don't hit, I was wrong, don't hit me."
The companion poured the hot mutton in his hand back and forth and cursed: "Oh no, you ate half of a sheep. You have a big appetite. Come on, come on, let's see how I teach you today. If you dare to eat, I will steal it." Sheep!" He raised his foot and was about to kick it, but suddenly a bright light flashed in front of him, and he heard an ouch, hurting his eyes.
The sheep thief was about to escape again. He was standing in the air when he was frightened half to death by a black gun that suddenly shot down from the sky. He fell to the ground. He quickly turned around and ran to the other side. Irina had already pulled him away. He pointed his bow at him. He was so frightened that he retreated to his original position and said with a sad face: "What do you want to do? In the worst case, I will accompany you."
Irina saw that this guy was dirty all over, and all his white clothes were dirty. It was almost dirty and turned black, and my hair was messy and unkempt. The companion who had injured his eye ran over with his eyes covered with tears and was about to question him. Irina suddenly found that this guy looked familiar. She pointed at him and said in surprise: "Hey, look, is she... is she Xiaona?"
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(End of this chapter)