Chapter 223 The Black Knight’s grave was dug
The time gradually reached evening.
Under the sunset.
A carriage passed through the woods and hurriedly stopped at the entrance of "Dawn Cemetery". Then an old man who looked like a butler got off the carriage and rushed into the cemetery carrying a piece of black cloth.
Dong Dong Dong...!
The old man hurriedly pounded on the door of the wooden house at the entrance of the cemetery.
Soon the wooden door opened, and the tombkeeper was quite surprised when he saw the old man. However, before he had time to ask questions, the old man put the black cloth in the hands of the tombkeeper.
The tomb guard seemed to realize something, and his pupils shrank. The next second, he heard the old man panting:
"Sir, the old lady... passed away."
The tombkeeper thought he heard wrongly, so he confirmed it aloud.
The old housekeeper sighed, with a serious look on his face, which directly defeated the luck in the tombkeeper's heart.
The gravekeeper originally thought that he was used to life and death, but at this moment, when he heard the news of his mother's death, he suddenly felt sad.
"How...how is it possible? My mother is obviously still in good health, and she was still singing in the garden yesterday...!"
"This... the old lady was watering the flowers in the garden after lunch and was hit on the head by a pebble flying from outside the courtyard... The police said it might be a child's prank."
"Damn it!"
The gravekeeper's face was as dark as water. He grabbed the black cloth and rushed out of the wooden house, and then ran to the carriage.
The old man chased after him, shouting something, but he couldn't hear clearly as he got further and further away.
The tombkeeper left in a hurry and left the door of the wooden house open. The big dog Paul ran out curiously and wandered around the cemetery excitedly.
It sniffed around and unknowingly came to the little girl's tombstone. It was very interested after seeing the rabbit doll.
Paul bit the doll and swung it from side to side like he was biting prey. Then he turned around and ran away with it in his mouth.
The golden pound placed in the doll's arms by the girl's father flew to the side in a parabola. After hitting other tombstones, it made a ding sound, bounced twice, and finally rolled to a grave below.
The tomb reads "Mr. and Mrs. Baiswall are buried together."
late at night.
The purple moon hangs high.
In a corner of the cemetery, two figures climbed over the fence. They were two men wearing work clothes and berets. They carried big bags on their backs, shovels in their hands, and moved forward cautiously.
"Hey, are we really going to do this, Turner?"
one of the men asked uneasily.
"If we don't raise enough money as soon as possible, how can we leave with our children? They killed people!"
Another man walked in front and turned back to whisper, his tone suppressing anger and annoyance.
"Damn! It's so annoying!"
"It is said that some nobles are buried in this cemetery, and you should be able to find some valuable burial objects."
"Be careful, don't be discovered by the tombkeeper."
Two men were looking for a target in the cemetery. Suddenly, they saw a flash of light in their peripheral vision.
"That's...?!"
They ran over expectantly and found a gold coin in front of an ordinary tombstone.
"Golden pounds! Oh my God!"
"This tomb definitely contains a rich guy."
The two of them played with the gold coin, their faces full of excitement.
"Turner, just this tomb, start working!"
"Okay! No problem!"
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On a train.
Chen Lun was sitting in an ordinary carriage, at a window seat.
He had traveled a long distance from the spirit world, and when he was approaching Sunflower City, he exited the spirit world and chose to take a train into the city.
This avoided a possible ambush in the spirit world, and he always kept the Black Knight's reminder in mind.
After looking at the scenery outside the window for a while, Chen Lun took out a black claw-shaped armband the size of a pigeon egg.
[C-level monster-claw armband]
Item description: An armband containing the power of flesh and blood. It looks like a black claw with four fingers, which are extremely sharp. It seems to be waiting for an opportunity to suddenly open your chest when you are not paying attention.
Wearing this armband can gain corresponding power, making the body stronger, and even turning the fingers into pitch-black sharp claws.
It may have been left behind by a church priest and contains the power that was released after his death. After gluttony, he transformed into a beast. Only a strong body can carry the blessings of the gods.
Item effect: After wearing, health +200, strength +5, endurance +5. Can turn the palms into ghoul claws.
Item cost: Every once in a while, a flesh and blood corpse needs to be fed. (greater than 50 kg, not limited to humans)
'Well... the effect is very strong, one level higher than [Surge Badge], and it can just replace it. ’
Chen Lun took off the ghost face badge pinned to his chest. This was a strange thing he got from killing Father Carter when he first crossed over. It had been with him for a long time, but at this stage, it had no effect on his growth. No more.
‘Unfortunately, we cannot wear them at the same time. ’
Chen Lun sighed secretly and put on the claw armband.
There is an underlying rule for magic objects, that is, objects of the same type cannot be used at the same time, which will cause conflicts.
Although he didn't know the specific principle, Chen Lun could understand it.
After all, if possible, there would be a trick to wear a bunch of low-level and low-cost tricks at the same time, but they can increase attributes. The final superimposed effect is equivalent to directly creating a "Superman".
This tire repair river.
Chen Lun was very satisfied with this armband, and the price was acceptable. The worst he could do was let it dine with the blood poem ring.
Isn't it just a matter of feeding one more big fat pig every time?
Mr. Jack is still short of this amount of money.
The train had been traveling for several hours.
Stopping near a small town, a group of passengers came up at the same time.
Soon, a girl sat opposite Chen Lun.
This is a young girl wearing a light yellow dress and a straw hat. She looks like she is only eighteen or nineteen years old.
As the train continued to move, the girl finally couldn't help but be curious and asked:
"Sir...are you going on a trip?"
Ever since she got in the car, she had been peeking at the young gentleman opposite her from time to time.
Although the girl had met many outstanding men, the man was obviously more special... Both his temperament and appearance made her heart beat faster.
"Well... yes, travel."
Chen Lun withdrew his gaze from the scenery outside the train, looked at the girl, and smiled.
"How did you recognize this lady?"
The girl was slightly stunned, shaken by his smile.
What a handsome face that was. The light coming from the train window hit the side of his face like a work of art.
"Sir, you... did not bring any extra luggage. You look very leisurely. You must be a nobleman traveling."
Chen Lun was noncommittal and did not clearly explain his identity. He just said:
"Are you also traveling?"
"Oh, no, it's not... I went to report for internship."
The girl wanted to chat with this man for a while, but she was a little shy, so she said with a blush.
"I just graduated from medical school in a small town and am now accepted by a hospital in Himawari City...as a student nurse."
The girl took a deep breath, hugged the bag in her arms, and mustered up the courage to stretch out a hand.
"My name is Lisa, nice to meet you, sir."
"Hello Lisa."
Chen Lun politely stretched out his hand, gently touched her fingertips, and then stopped.
Immediately he said his name casually:
"Jack."
"Mr. Jack...?"
Lisa smiled and showed off her braces. She soon realized that showing her teeth was unladylike and ugly, so she turned her head away in embarrassment.
A long while.
She didn't hear Mr. Jack make a sound, so she squinted her eyes and found that he had already turned his head to look at the scenery outside the window.
Lisa felt a little disappointed.
It seemed that this handsome gentleman had no interest in him.
She opened her mouth several times, but lost the courage, so she could only feel sad secretly.
Half a day later.
Near four o'clock in the afternoon, the train stopped at the train station in Himawari City.
The flight attendant rang the bell and walked along the aisle to remind passengers to get off.
When Lisa was tiptoeing to pick up her luggage, she accidentally lost her grip and the luggage fell down. She exclaimed, but the next second, a slender white hand easily caught the luggage and handed it to her.
"Be careful, Miss Lisa."
"Ah...thank you, Mr. Jack."
The girl looked up at the man, who still had that kind and polite smile on his face. She couldn't help but her heartbeat was racing. At this moment, she even felt that her heart was in love.
She looked at each other blankly.
Until Chen Lun coughed lightly and asked:
"Miss Lisa? It's time to get off the car...I want to get off too."
The girl came back to her senses and blushed in embarrassment.
"Sorry sir."
She carried her luggage in a daze and didn't realize what she was doing until she got off the carriage.
"Mr. Jack is also getting off at Sunflower City!"
Lisa looked left and right, looking for Mr. Jack, but found nothing. She originally planned to exchange contact information with the other party, but she couldn't help but feel a little empty.
She let out a long sigh, looking extremely disappointed.
Chen Lun glanced at the girl not far away, shook his head slightly, turned around and left.
As he was promoted, he became more and more aware of his charm, which had a great influence on ordinary people, especially women, who were easily attracted to him... It was hard to tell whether this was good or bad.
‘Perhaps the Transcendents who belong to the Star Faction will also have such troubles when they reach mid-level or above...’
Chen Lun thought to himself.
He lowered the brim of his hat, walked out of the train station like an ordinary person, and headed straight to the Sunflower Garden, where his destination, Dawn Cemetery, was.
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But when Chen Lun arrived at the cemetery, he found that there were many carriages parked here and a group of people gathered at the door. It seemed that something had happened.
"The tomb robbers are too rampant! They must be caught and brought to justice!"
"Yes! The dead should rest in peace, they are blaspheming against the dead!"
"The gravekeeper happened to have a family member pass away and left temporarily, which gave the tomb robbers a chance. How could this be such a coincidence?!"
"And it seems that the identity of the tomb that was stolen has not yet been found. Something is wrong."
People were talking a lot, including onlookers, reporters, and people in charge of the cemetery.
Chen Lun suddenly had a bad feeling.
‘Could it be that Mr. Byers’ coffin was stolen? ’
He frowned slightly, lowered his head and walked around the crowd from one side, intending to enter the cemetery.
But two police officers guarding the door stopped him.
"I'm sorry, sir, it's temporarily unavailable to enter. We are still investigating the clues left at the scene..."
"Shelter Special Commissioner, Qiao Ke."
Chen Lun took out a playing card, flashed it in front of their eyes, and casually made up an identity.
At the same time, he used the mysterious pendant [Siren's Song] on his chest.
The two police officers suddenly became confused and mistook the playing cards in Chen Lun's hand for formal documents, so they saluted respectfully and let him go.
Chen Lun held his silver cane and walked in with a normal expression.
After entering the cemetery, he saw an area on the right front from a distance. There were many police officers surveying and some individuals were recording something.
At this time, a big dog came to Chen Lun's feet with its tongue sticking out, and rubbed his leg flatteringly.
"Dog? Well...just right."
Chen Lun smiled slightly and touched the dog's head.
Then he communicated with it in a low voice using animal language, asking about the situation of the stolen tomb.
The dog seemed a little stupid, and the information was intermittent, but Chen Lun was able to roughly piece together some things.
A grave was indeed stolen in the cemetery. It happened late last night. At that time, the big dog also saw the perpetrators from a distance, two men.
But this dog had no professional qualities. It was playing with its bunny puppet and didn't care about the two people at all.
Chen Lun felt a little regretful, but after thinking about it, he knelt down and said a few words to the dog.
The big dog barked twice in understanding, then ran towards the area where the police officers were holding the rabbit doll.
In the end, the puppet was left nearby without them noticing.
The button eye of the rabbit doll flickered and turned into a human eyeball. It turned and looked at the dug grave.
‘It’s really...! ’
The tombstone reads "Mr. and Mrs. Baiswall are buried together." In fact, this is the name that Mr. Byers changed slightly to deceive others. At the same time, it was also a name reserved in advance to commemorate his deceased wife.
‘Who took Mr. Byers’ coffin? ’
Chen Lun in the distance covered his left eye with one hand and frowned slightly.
He felt something strange about this matter.
The night before he came to Sunflower City, Mr. Byers' coffin was stolen. This was too much of a coincidence.
At this moment, two more police officers trotted over. They reported in a low voice to a middle-aged police officer who looked like a leader, and the latter had a happy expression on his face.
Through "five senses", Chen Lun's eyes saw their conversation.
"...Captain, the two tomb robbers have been found!"
"Huh? This is great! The council has put a lot of pressure on us. After all, there has not been a similar case in the city for so many years... It is a good thing that the case can be concluded so quickly!"
"But...Captain."
The two young police officers who came to report the situation seemed a little hesitant.
"What's wrong?"
"The two tomb robbers are already dead. They died on the way to transport the coffin...Their death was very strange. Now the bodies have been sent to the nearest 'Tulip Hospital'.
And the stolen coffin has also disappeared...it has still not been found. ”
"What's going on?!"
The police officers discussed it in low voices for a while, but they were all worthless speculations.
Chen Lun was deep in thought in the distance. He thought for a while and did some divination on the spot. According to the predictions given by the playing cards, clues to the coffin could be obtained from the two corpses.
'In this case... we can only go to the hospital first. ’
He sighed secretly, but he didn't expect that things would encounter twists and turns again.
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late at night.
Chen Lun came to "Tulip Hospital".
This is a regular large hospital located in the central area of Himawari City. Even though it is very late now, there are still many medical staff busy.
The flower season at this time makes the whole city's flowers bloom, and it also brings many residents with pollen allergies to the hospital for medical treatment. This happens every year, and people seem to be used to it.
Those who can't stand it have already left the city, and those who stay are either passionate or both passionate and persistent.
Chen Lun lowered the brim of his hat and entered the hospital in a very low-key manner.
To his surprise, he found an acquaintance at the front desk, it was Lisa, the girl he met on the train today.
She seemed to be following another nurse on duty as a student nurse while getting familiar with the environment.
But Lisa's colleague seemed a little tired at this time, dozing off with his chin propped up, while Lisa looked extremely bored alone, looking through the hospital records and reports.
At this time, a figure appeared at the front desk, and Lisa subconsciously raised her head.
Her eyes widened instantly, showing an expression of disbelief.
"Jack...Mr?!"
When she saw the familiar young gentleman, she couldn't help but feel surprised and pleasantly surprised.
"Why are you here?"
"I think maybe I can't forget you, Lisa... Although I have only met you once, I have been deeply attracted to you."
Mr. Jack looked at her sincerely and lovingly.
"So I searched all the hospitals and finally found you."
Lisa's heartbeat suddenly quickened.
"Mr. Jack, I...me too."
Lisa's heart was beating fast and her cheeks were red.
"I wanted to look for you after I got off the car, but I couldn't find it!"
She suddenly felt a warm hand touching her cheek. When she looked up, it was Mr. Jack's flawless face approaching her.
He didn't know when he had come to his side and hugged him.
"Mr. Jack...my colleague is still here...!"
"It doesn't matter, she will sleep soundly."
"Well..."
Lisa finally couldn't control her heart and responded softly.
Then, she fell into the warm embrace and kissed this handsome gentleman.
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Chen Lun stood outside the front desk, looking at the blushing Lisa in front of him, and couldn't help showing a strange expression.
Lisa's eyes were blurred, her mouth was smiling, and she was murmuring some love words to herself. Chen Lun didn't know what scene she had made up on her own after being hypnotized, but she had already obtained the information she wanted.
‘The two corpses are in the autopsy room, and the police officers from the public security station have left...’
Chen Lun nodded.
He checked the hospital records in his hand again, closed it, and then gently placed it back in Lisa's hand.
Lisa's movements became louder and louder. Fortunately, her colleague had already been tricked by Chen Lun and fell into a deep sleep without being awakened by her.
The new trainee nurse was lying on the table at the front desk, biting her lip and twisting around, groaning.
Chen Lun raised his eyebrows and snapped his fingers.
Snap!
Lisa woke up from a dream, her eyes widening in shock.
She looked around in panic, only to find that there was no one around her, and a strong sense of emptiness arose spontaneously.
"It turned out to be just a dream..."
Lisa checked her body again and immediately felt extremely ashamed.
"You are such a little bitch, Lisa, how can you be so wanton... to have such a dream!"
She glanced at her sleeping colleague and then breathed a sigh of relief.
But in the end, after briefly cleaning up my body, I sighed again.
"Mr. Jack..."
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