Deep Sea Embers.

Chapter 371 Agatha Understands

With nervousness and curiosity, Agatha secretly looked at this place.

It looks like an ordinary house, most of the furniture is a bit old, but it has been tidied up very cleanly, and the air in the room is also very fresh, maybe the window was opened not long ago to let in the wind, and the sound of boiling water came from the direction of the kitchen, It sounded like the movement of a samovar.

It's not like a "falling place", it's completely a residential house.

Of course, Agatha knew from the very beginning that this place was indeed just an ordinary house—until a few days ago, it was listed in the registration book of the Citizen Help Center as a house to be rented out. She just thought... Now that An unnamed visitor chose to use this place as his temporary residence, so shouldn't there be something special here?
But she found nothing.

"Would you like some tea? Or do you want some coffee?" Duncan came to Agatha's side and asked casually.

Agatha woke up suddenly, looked at Duncan sitting across from her in surprise, realized what the other person meant after reacting, and quickly waved her hand: "No...thank you, I'm not thirsty."

"Don't be restrained, just like being at home," Duncan smiled, sat down on the sofa opposite Agatha, and said in a very easy-going manner, "Let me think... If I guessed right, you should be The gatekeeper of this city-state? It is unlikely that the one who came to the gate at this time was an ordinary guard."

"Gatekeeper Agatha," Agatha nodded immediately, trying to keep herself calm, "You know I will come?"

"You will definitely come, or other high-level church officials," Duncan said lightly, "Annie will tell the gravekeeper about me, and the gravekeeper will report the situation to the church. After waiting, you can meet with the top church leaders of this city-state."

Agatha adjusted her sitting posture slightly, and looked at the burly figure in front of her with a more solemn attitude: "I want to know... your real purpose. Who are you, and why did you come to Frost?"

"Didn't I say it?" Duncan raised his eyebrows, "It was to solve the problems that happened here——I thought I made it very clear in that report letter."

Agatha opened her mouth, obviously still a bit uncomfortable to accept such a simple answer, and hesitated for two or three seconds before speaking: "Really... that's all?"

"If you need a darker reason and a more complex conspiracy to make this matter plausible, I can make one up," Duncan said casually. "Which style do you prefer? Doomsday or King's Landing Conquest?"

Agatha's body tensed up visibly.

"Hey, you scared her." Fan Na suddenly coughed twice behind Duncan, "This Miss Gatekeeper will take it seriously."

"Will it be?" Duncan turned his head slightly in doubt, "I thought this joke was quite obvious..."

"Based on my experience, yes," Fanna sighed helplessly, "In this line of work, the nerves are always tense, so you can't joke around."

Duncan didn't know what to say for a while, but Agatha looked at the extremely tall woman suspiciously. For some reason, she always felt that the other person's eyes fell on her intentionally or unintentionally after entering the room, as if... As if observing something with great interest.

But that's not important, what's important is that she confirmed that the superior existence in front of her was just playing a joke on herself—a nasty and scary joke.

"Please forgive my sensitivity," Agatha said sincerely. "Recently, the abnormalities in the city-state have become more and more serious. Everyone's nerves are tense. I even suspected..."

She hesitated to say what she said later, but Duncan took it with ease: "Suspected me for a while? Don't be nervous, it's very reasonable. After all, the timing of my appearance is just right, and the first time I came here, I talked to the Annihilation Cultists." Dealt with 'fakes'."

Agatha didn't say anything, but looked a little embarrassed.

"I want to know the progress of your investigation." Duncan didn't care about the other party's reaction, but just said to himself, "Do you have any clues?"

Agatha hesitated for a while, wondering if she should reveal too much information about Frost to the "visitor" in front of her with a mysterious origin, but after a while she still considered and said: "After receiving your warning, we It is true that some Annihilation Cultists have been caught, but almost no effective information has been obtained—those heretics who live in deep symbiosis with the deep demons are extremely tenacious, and often choose to self-destruct at the last moment, and the few captured alive are marginal characters, not at all. Know the full picture of the plan...

"Until now, we can only confirm that the frequent replica phenomenon in the city is indeed caused by those heretics, and they have indeed built a hidden and huge lair in Frost City, but as for the specific location of this lair... there is still no clue. No clue."

Speaking of this, Agatha paused for a moment, and then continued: "As for the Dagger Island you mentioned in that letter... What's even more disturbing is that it has disappeared."

"I know." Duncan said lightly.

"You already know?" Agatha said in surprise, "This news should still be blocked..."

Duncan's tone was indifferent: "I also have my own information channels in the world. Even if I don't leave the city-state, I still know something about what happened in the outer sea."

Of course, the intelligence channel is Tirian—after all, Dagger Island disappeared in front of the Sea Mist Fleet, so Tirian will naturally report the situation to the Lost Homeland immediately.

But even if he knew the shocking news for the first time, Duncan could only be shocked-he couldn't understand how such a large island disappeared out of thin air.

Judging from the situation conveyed by Tirian, the disappearance process of the island was not sinking, but more like melting directly into the sea water, and there were continuous big explosions before it disappeared, very similar to the people on the island starting something stuff—but beyond that, no more information.

Information is scarce, and the way of disappearance is too bizarre. After disappearing, there are no clues or traces left. Dagger Island has changed from one mystery to another. No one knows what happened there, let alone where the island is. Where.

"Do you know where Dagger Island went?" Agatha's voice interrupted Duncan's thinking. The gatekeeper of the city-state raised his head and looked over sincerely. "Do you know what happened to it?"

Duncan thought about it, and felt that if he directly admitted that he had thought about it all night without realizing it, it might affect his image a bit, so he pondered for a while, and pointed to his feet.

"Below?" Agatha was stunned for a moment. "You mean, the Dagger Island did sink into the sea... But the eyewitness report at that time said that there was no vortex phenomenon caused by the sinking of the island..."

Duncan didn't know how to answer - he was also curious about how such a large island disappeared out of thin air!

He continued to stretch out his hand, pointing to his feet.

"You're not talking about Dagger Island...the clues are at your feet?" Agatha seemed to realize it, and almost instantly, she recalled her last conversation with Bishop Ivan, recalling the deep underground " The Second Waterway" thing!

The city hall and the church have searched the entire city-state. The strict curfew system and large-scale inspections are theoretically enough to catch a large number of hidden cultists, but there are always only a few fringe figures caught in the Annihilation Cult... The first I have also searched for places where people can hide, such as waterways, subways, and pipe wells, but there is no clue...

The city-state is so big, if there are no signs of heresy in the above-mentioned places, then the only possibility left is the second waterway.

Those collapsed areas, those caves that fell into darkness, those shafts and pipes covered by pollution... They may indeed not be suitable for living, but what if the gang of Oblivion Cultists really survived in those places?
Of course, the search for the "Second Waterway" was originally planned, but she was never sure whether the search operation that was destined to consume an astonishing amount of money was meaningful. Now, she finally found the most powerful support for this operation—— A friendly god-like being made it clear that you have to look down.

"So that's it—I see, we're heading in the right direction," Agatha stood up suddenly, her tone filled with surprise and joy, she looked at Duncan opposite, her attitude suddenly became very sincere and respectful, and deeply Bending down deeply, "I see - thank you very much for reminding me!"

Duncan maintained the movement of his fingers and feet, staring blankly at the bandaged girl who suddenly became agitated.

What does she know?

"We will immediately start the next step of the search, and this time we will definitely dig out the dens of heretics," Agatha did not notice Duncan's stupefied, she just said confidently, and she was about to leave soon, "Then I won't waste your time—forgive me for interrupting this time, but I'm leaving."

"Uh...Okay," Duncan stood up after a while, and subconsciously said, "Then you go slowly..."

Agatha thanked her and turned to walk towards the door, but then she seemed to remember something and stopped suddenly.

Alice, who was about to stand up and see her off, almost bumped into her.

Agatha's eyes swept over Alice, but this time she didn't pay much attention to the blonde woman who had no heartbeat or breath—a god-like existence, and it is normal for the followers around her to have some strange things , not worth the fuss.

She turned her head to Duncan.

"Don't worry, I will tell the guards of the church that no one will disturb you," Agatha said very seriously, "I hope you can live happily in Frost—if there is any new situation, I will personally here."

"Ah, that's good of course," Duncan laughed, which he was satisfied with. "I really don't want anyone to disturb me."

Agatha nodded, then turned around and walked towards the door again, but after taking two steps, she seemed to suddenly remember something and stopped.

"There is one more thing, I almost forgot." The gatekeeper pressed his forehead in embarrassment, looked at Duncan and said.

Duncan was puzzled: "Oh?"

Agatha hesitated for a while, and finally asked the question that has troubled her and many people for a long time: "About the...'secret number' you left at the end of that 'report letter' last time, what exactly?" What do you mean? Please forgive our ignorance, we have been solving it for a long time, but still cannot understand the riddle you left behind."

Duncan: "...huh?"

(Time to push the book, a book from a group of friends, titled "5000 Years of Cyber ​​Cultivation", future sci-fi immortal cultivation + cyber monopoly, Taoist priests from 5000 years ago reversed the future cultivation world with classical cultivation mind, non-traditional text and The protagonist of the sage - in short, milked and sacrificed to heaven.)
(End of this chapter)