Following the address given by Dai Mubai, Oschin and Tang San arrived at the residence the students had found in Hulan Motuo City.
Upon entering, Oschin discovered that Dai Mubai and Oscar, who had been sent out by the teachers to gather information, had returned and were now sitting in the living room discussing something. However, Oschin did not see the teachers.
"What happened? Just the two of you? Where are Fatty and the teachers?"
"You two are finally back. Don't you even know what time it is? Fatty and the others were really shocked this morning. They finally recovered and are resting in the back bedroom now.
I really don't know how you two managed to eat lunch. Oscar and I weren't there, and we can't eat anything either. Those scenes keep flashing through my mind. Honestly, how did you two adjust your mindset in such a short time?"
"You get used to it. Seeing that kind of scene once is very shocking, but after seeing it many times, you can ignore it. After all, there are many scenes that are more disgusting than that. No rotting, no blood, no pieces of flesh all over the ground, that's good enough." "
Ugh," Tang San said casually, but Dai Mubai and Oscar couldn't take it. Not only could they not take it, but Oschin's face also turned a little ugly.
"Tang San, are you a psychopath?" Oschin couldn't help but subconsciously use the adjective from his previous life.
Although Tang San didn't quite understand the specific meaning of "psychopath" that Oschin was referring to, he still grasped what Oschin was trying to say.
Faced with the three people looking at him like he was a monster, Tang San opened his mouth to defend himself, but after thinking about it, he gave up and changed the subject. In fact, he himself felt that his method of overcoming his fear of corpses was somewhat unacceptable, but Tang San firmly believed that compared to Oschin's actual death experience method, his method had many merits.
"Well, let's share what we've learned. Even if this case wasn't a test assigned to us by our teachers, we should still find the evil spirit master who committed the crime as soon as possible."
"Ahem, that makes sense. Brother Dai, you guys go first."
Taking two deep breaths and forcing his thoughts back to normal, Dai Mubai began to recount the information he had gathered.
"From what I understand, both the Spirit Hall and the City Lord's Mansion are taking this series of crimes by the evil spirit master very seriously. They've formed a special investigation team, and the City Lord's Mansion has also dispatched its own guards to patrol and inspect the villages outside Hulan Motuo City.
However, the evil spirit master is very well hidden; neither the investigation team nor the patrols have been able to catch a glimpse of him.
In fact, if it weren't for the fact that the remote villages targeted by the evil spirit master are so isolated and haven't fully reacted yet, there would probably be a very serious panic in Hulan Motuo City. Even so, some absurd rumors have already surfaced in the city. I believe that if the City Lord's Mansion and the Spirit Hall don't take action, those rumors might lead to some things we don't want to see."
"Are you referring to the rumor about launching a sacrificial ceremony and offering blood to the Blood God?"
"Yes, that's it." This time, Oscar answered Oschin; he was the one who had heard this information.
In the morning, after accepting the task assigned by Flander, Oscar disguised himself and went to the slums of Hulan Motuo City. Having come from humble origins, Oscar knew that while the slums represented the dark side of the city, they also had their own unique ways of survival, and one could often glean information from there that was unavailable in the upper city.
In the slums, Oscar used fragrant sausages to elicit numerous rumors from the children about the massacre of villages by evil spirit masters outside the city. Many of these rumors were worthless conjectures from commoners who knew little about spirit masters, but there were also a few valuable pieces of information.
For example, last week, the city lord's guards began a large-scale search of the slums, taking away many people who never returned.
Another example was that the Blood God required blood sacrifices.
The first piece of news: Why is the City Lord's Mansion arresting those poor people who clearly aren't Soul Masters? None of these poor people have returned; where did they go? Or what happened to them?
The second piece of news: The villagers outside the city had all their blood drained by evil Soul Masters, and rumors in the city say the Blood God needs blood. Is this really a coincidence? Oscar instinctively felt there must be some connection between the two.
"From what I understand, this rumor appeared very suddenly, almost overnight, in all the slums of Hulan Motuo City. You know, before the rumor appeared, the people in these slums didn't even know much about what was happening outside Hulan Motuo City."
"When Oscar told me this, I also felt there was something wrong with that," Dai Mubai continued, picking up where Oscar left off. "This morning I mainly wandered around the market area of the commoners' district. Although I heard this rumor there too, it appeared at least a week later than in the slums, and so far it hasn't actually spread widely."
"Someone is deliberately spreading this rumor," Tang San concluded with certainty.
"Mu Bai and I have discussed this. We believe the person spreading these rumors is either that evil spirit master, who wants to use the so-called sacrificial ceremony to collect the blood he needs; or they are enemies of the City Lord's Mansion, who want to use this evil spirit master incident to undermine the City Lord's position.
If it's the first case, the fact that the City Lord's Guard was dispatched to the slums to arrest people likely indicates that the evil spirit master is from the City Lord's Mansion, and he's no longer satisfied with the blood obtained from slaughtering villagers; he needs more blood.
If it's the second case, the City Lord's Guard was dispatched to arrest those spreading rumors, but that doesn't explain why none of the slum dwellers returned."
"If that evil spirit master really is from the City Lord's Mansion, then we can understand why this evil spirit master incident was kept within the Hulan Motuo City area and didn't spread outside, and why the Spirit Hall's search for the evil spirit master has made no progress."
Tang San's voice was somewhat heavy as he said this. At the beginning of the incident, no one thought that the evil spirit master would be involved with the city lord's mansion. However, now that a series of clues have been laid out, the guess that the evil spirit master who caused the massacre of the village was a member of the city lord's mansion is actually the most reliable.Following the address given by Dai Mubai, Oschin and Tang San arrived at the residence the students had found in Hulan Motuo City.
Upon entering, Oschin discovered that Dai Mubai and Oscar, who had been sent out by the teachers to gather information, had returned and were now sitting in the living room discussing something. However, Oschin did not see the teachers.
"What happened? Just the two of you? Where are Fatty and the teachers?"
"You two are finally back. Don't you even know what time it is? Fatty and the others were really shocked this morning. They finally recovered and are resting in the back bedroom now.
I really don't know how you two managed to eat lunch. Oscar and I weren't there, and we can't eat anything either. Those scenes keep flashing through my mind. Honestly, how did you two adjust your mindset in such a short time?"
"You get used to it. Seeing that kind of scene once is very shocking, but after seeing it many times, you can ignore it. After all, there are many scenes that are more disgusting than that. No rotting, no blood, no pieces of flesh all over the ground, that's good enough." "
Ugh," Tang San said casually, but Dai Mubai and Oscar couldn't take it. Not only could they not take it, but Oschin's face also turned a little ugly.
"Tang San, are you a psychopath?" Oschin couldn't help but subconsciously use the adjective from his previous life.
Although Tang San didn't quite understand the specific meaning of "psychopath" that Oschin was referring to, he still grasped what Oschin was trying to say.
Faced with the three people looking at him like he was a monster, Tang San opened his mouth to defend himself, but after thinking about it, he gave up and changed the subject. In fact, he himself felt that his method of overcoming his fear of corpses was somewhat unacceptable, but Tang San firmly believed that compared to Oschin's actual death experience method, his method had many merits.
"Well, let's share what we've learned. Even if this case wasn't a test assigned to us by our teachers, we should still find the evil spirit master who committed the crime as soon as possible."
"Ahem, that makes sense. Brother Dai, you guys go first."
Taking two deep breaths and forcing his thoughts back to normal, Dai Mubai began to recount the information he had gathered.
"From what I understand, both the Spirit Hall and the City Lord's Mansion are taking this series of crimes by the evil spirit master very seriously. They've formed a special investigation team, and the City Lord's Mansion has also dispatched its own guards to patrol and inspect the villages outside Hulan Motuo City.
However, the evil spirit master is very well hidden; neither the investigation team nor the patrols have been able to catch a glimpse of him.
In fact, if it weren't for the fact that the remote villages targeted by the evil spirit master are so isolated and haven't fully reacted yet, there would probably be a very serious panic in Hulan Motuo City. Even so, some absurd rumors have already surfaced in the city. I believe that if the City Lord's Mansion and the Spirit Hall don't take action, those rumors might lead to some things we don't want to see."
"Are you referring to the rumor about launching a sacrificial ceremony and offering blood to the Blood God?"
"Yes, that's it." This time, Oscar answered Oschin; he was the one who had heard this information.
In the morning, after accepting the task assigned by Flander, Oscar disguised himself and went to the slums of Hulan Motuo City. Having come from humble origins, Oscar knew that while the slums represented the dark side of the city, they also had their own unique ways of survival, and one could often glean information from there that was unavailable in the upper city.
In the slums, Oscar used fragrant sausages to elicit numerous rumors from the children about the massacre of villages by evil spirit masters outside the city. Many of these rumors were worthless conjectures from commoners who knew little about spirit masters, but there were also a few valuable pieces of information.
For example, last week, the city lord's guards began a large-scale search of the slums, taking away many people who never returned.
Another example was that the Blood God required blood sacrifices.
The first piece of news: Why is the City Lord's Mansion arresting those poor people who clearly aren't Soul Masters? None of these poor people have returned; where did they go? Or what happened to them?
The second piece of news: The villagers outside the city had all their blood drained by evil Soul Masters, and rumors in the city say the Blood God needs blood. Is this really a coincidence? Oscar instinctively felt there must be some connection between the two.
"From what I understand, this rumor appeared very suddenly, almost overnight, in all the slums of Hulan Motuo City. You know, before the rumor appeared, the people in these slums didn't even know much about what was happening outside Hulan Motuo City."
"When Oscar told me this, I also felt there was something wrong with that," Dai Mubai continued, picking up where Oscar left off. "This morning I mainly wandered around the market area of the commoners' district. Although I heard this rumor there too, it appeared at least a week later than in the slums, and so far it hasn't actually spread widely."
"Someone is deliberately spreading this rumor," Tang San concluded with certainty.
"Mu Bai and I have discussed this. We believe the person spreading these rumors is either that evil spirit master, who wants to use the so-called sacrificial ceremony to collect the blood he needs; or they are enemies of the City Lord's Mansion, who want to use this evil spirit master incident to undermine the City Lord's position.
If it's the first case, the fact that the City Lord's Guard was dispatched to the slums to arrest people likely indicates that the evil spirit master is from the City Lord's Mansion, and he's no longer satisfied with the blood obtained from slaughtering villagers; he needs more blood.
If it's the second case, the City Lord's Guard was dispatched to arrest those spreading rumors, but that doesn't explain why none of the slum dwellers returned."
"If that evil spirit master really is from the City Lord's Mansion, then we can understand why this evil spirit master incident was kept within the Hulan Motuo City area and didn't spread outside, and why the Spirit Hall's search for the evil spirit master has made no progress."
Tang San's voice was somewhat heavy as he said this. At the beginning of the incident, no one thought that the evil spirit master would be involved with the city lord's mansion. However, now that a series of clues have been laid out, the guess that the evil spirit master who caused the massacre of the village was a member of the city lord's mansion is actually the most reliable.