The Tale of the Kraken

Chapter 179 Suspect Investigation
Several people sat for a few minutes, during which no one spoke.

If you think about it, the person who has always been your closest friend suddenly finds out one day that he is doing some outrageous things in a place you don’t know about, and you yourself can’t accept such things. It’s enough to make people think about it. Depressed.

Fortunately, Yuan Mu and Yu Zhongwu entered the shop not long after. They looked at the silent people and said, "The matter is a little urgent, so let's stop talking nonsense. I discussed it with Yu Zhongwu on the way. Or decide to believe in Lu Shi's character, what do you think?"

Xiaochen breathed a sigh of relief at his words, and immediately expressed his opinion: "I also think there is absolutely no problem with him." As she spoke, she poked Xie Zhi with her elbow, "What about you? Say something too ah!"

Xie Zhi stretched out his hand to help his glasses, and said, "It stands to reason that I should be on the side of the evidence. Now all the evidence shows that there is something wrong with Lu Zhi, but... I have known him for so many years. According to his understanding, he will not do anything against the law of nature. Therefore, until there is no more evidence, I will remain neutral."

What he said made Xiaochen roll his eyes, but there was nothing he could do about it, as Xiezhi who defended the way of heaven, their nature was like this, they were absolutely upright.But remaining neutral was already a good result, so although Xiaochen was dissatisfied, she didn't say anything more.

"But..." But we all saw it!Seeing this, Ning Yuan was about to refute.

"I know you don't think it should be like this now." Yuan Mu stretched out his hand to stop what he was about to say, "But please understand, we have known him for thousands of years, you humans always say that time will tell you everything The answer, and the answer we have seen in him is that he is someone who will never do bad things. So, we respect what you see, and please respect our feelings and judgments, okay?"

After listening to his words, Ning Yuan was silent for a while, then nodded.

Forget it with Xiaochen, but the other three people, especially Yuan Mu, are definitely not people who are easy to fool. Since that monster named Lu Shi can get along with them for such a long time, let a few people stand beside him at this time. By his side, it has already explained the problem.

Don't say that it's useless for him to object now, even if it is useful, Ning Yuan knows that he probably can't do anything to shake that person's position in the hearts of these monsters.

"Since this is the case, let's not beat around the bush, just call him and ask him for clarification!" Rain in the dance, who has never had much patience, saw that everyone had already discussed the results, so she took out her mobile phone, "Look at his explanation, let's do it again A step-by-step plan."

"Okay, you call him first." Regarding his opinion, Yuan Mu nodded in agreement, then looked at the crowd and asked for their opinions, "How is it? Do you have any different opinions?"

Seeing that no one spoke, Rain Dance pressed the dial button.

"Hello? Yinglong!" After a while, the phone was connected, and Lu Shi seemed to be on the road, and the sound of back and forth traffic could still be heard.

"Well, it's me." Yu Zhongwu gestured for everyone to be quiet, put the phone on the table, and pressed the speakerphone.

"Why are you calling me so late?" Lu Shi heard his voice and asked, "Hey, I just wanted to ask you something. Is Bai Ze with you?"

Yu Zhongwu, who didn't expect him to ask this question, glanced at Yuan Mu, and after seeing the latter nod, he said to the phone: "Yes, are you looking for him?"

"Ah! Yes! You ask him to answer the phone!" Hearing his answer, Lu Shi pondered, "I was just about to call him, please ask him to answer the phone, I have something to tell him."

Wu Zhongwu heard the words and gave way to Yuan Mu.

"Hello? Old Lu! It's me, what do you need from me?" Yuan Mu said directly into the phone without beating around the bush.

"Bai Ze, where are you now?" Lu Shi was silent for a while, and said, "I have something to talk to you about."

"What are you looking for?" Yuan Mu raised his eyebrows when he heard his tone, and said, "Can't we talk on the phone?"

"It's not impossible, it's just..." Lu Zhi hesitated for a moment before saying, "I'm afraid I can't explain clearly."

"I'm at the dim sum shop right now, if it's convenient for you, come over first!" Yuan Mu said, making a gesture, signaling to those who heard this sentence to be calm, and then continued to say to the phone: " But what exactly is it, you can give me a general idea first, so I can discuss it with Ying Long to see if I need to ask other people to help."

"That's right, that's right!" As soon as he heard that he wanted to find someone to help, Lu Shi immediately agreed, "It would be the best if you can find Xie Zhizhi."

"What's the matter, you still want to find Xie Zhi? Is it serious?" Yuan Mu on the other end of the phone frowned slightly.

"It's like this. I met a friend before. He is the elder of the leeches. He found me a few days ago and said that many children in their clan were missing. He asked me to help find them. I searched for a long time and found that he might be hunting monsters with the Taoist sect again. things about."

Lu Shi paused, and continued with a serious tone: "It's just a little strange this time. They actually sell it in the form of a clinic. I just came out of there, but I didn't see anything except some blood from leeches."

"...Where's that person?" Yuan Mu didn't expect him to say this, and then asked after a pause, "Did you see anyone?"

"No." Lu Shi on the other end of the phone immediately gave a negative answer, "The clinic was closed when I went there. I searched around and found no other clues, so I left through the back door."

"Okay, I see. You come here first. I'll discuss it with Rain Dance and the others. If there's nothing else, I'll hang up first. We'll talk about other things when we meet."

"Okay." Lu Shi replied and hung up the phone.

After the call was cut off, Yuan Mu raised his head: "You heard what he said just now, what do you think?"

"He has no problem!" The people on the side hadn't spoken yet, but Chi Dun, who has always been a dull gourd, spoke first this time, "I'm afraid that some other monsters or magical artifacts in that clinic may find our whereabouts, so we went in. A small restriction has already been imposed, which is why we have been chasing Lu Shi for so long, and he has not found us so close to him."

Hearing his explanation, the other three people suddenly realized that they followed Lu Shi, and as a monster, he didn't respond. Now that I think about it, this is extremely unreasonable.

"You mean that it is absolutely impossible for him to find you?" Yuan Mu asked Ning Yuan after hearing what he said.

"Well, it's absolutely impossible. My master once asked me to use this restriction to pick vermilion fruit for him." Chi Dun said.

After hearing his words, several monsters showed very surprised expressions. After a while, Yuan Mu said, "Your master... has really strange taste."

"Master is a very nice person." Chi Dun immediately defended his master when he heard the words: "I just like to eat delicious food."

Hehe, is it the legendary foodie?Hearing these words, Yang Yang looked at the bewildered Chi Dun, and couldn't help complaining in his heart.But since he was a foodie, why did he raise such a boring apprentice like Chi Dun?It seems that a person's character is not determined after the day after tomorrow.

Fortunately, other people didn't get too entangled in this matter, but accepted the statement. Xiaochen looked around at the crowd and said proudly: "Let me just say, based on what I know about him, he is definitely not A person who can do bad things, besides, Xie Zhi is here, and he is not stupid, it is too long to do those shady things under Xie Zhi's nose." Although her words sounded triumphant, but almost One could still hear the rejoicing in her tone.

"Herth... is it the animal that can treat tumors as mentioned in the Shan Hai Jing?" At this moment, Ning Yuan, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke.

"Yes." His knowledge of the types of monsters made Yuan Mu raise his eyebrows, but he still nodded, "The thugs that have survived to this day have basically cultivated to become fine, and their descendants also have some cultivation. However, due to the small number, they have not appeared in the human world for a long time now."

Ning Yuan nodded, expressing his understanding.

Half an hour later, Lu Shi appeared in the store, told everyone about his investigation results in the past few days, then looked at the little fox and said, "Why are you here, Batian?"

It's a little strange for the little fox who has never been involved in these things to appear here, but Ning Yuan's reaction was quick: "We had dinner together just now, and when we heard about Yuan Mu, we hurried back together."

Before the matter is found out, some things should be kept from Lu Shi, which is the consensus of everyone.

Fortunately, Lu Zhi didn't continue to pursue it, but turned to look at Yuan Mu and asked, "What do you think about this matter? I can't handle it alone."

So everyone began to discuss about the "Chen's Clinic" again, and finally decided to ask Ning Yuan to visit that clinic in the name of treating his uncle.Just in case, Yang Yang, who has been undercover for monsters several times and is very experienced, accompanied him.

After deciding on these general directions, several people explained to Ning Yuan some things that need attention. Ning Yuan nodded and wrote it down.From time to time, he and Yang Yang would go over their reactions to the situation. They were so busy until the early hours of the morning, and finally went home to rest.

Before going out, Ning Yuan turned around deliberately and said to Yang Yang who came to see off the guests: "Thank you."

Yang Yang didn't care, he just waved his hand and said, "It should."

Just like what he said to Yuan Mu, he thinks Ning Yuan is a good person, so he treats him like a good person and a friend.It may be a bit silly, but Yang Yang thinks that this is also very good.

(End of this chapter)