A Wizard's Survival Guide to the 20th Century

Levi thought for a moment and said, "I'm wondering why the murderer is targeting Henry."

"Perhaps a random killing? Mr. Henry just bad luck?"

Martha joins the conversation at this point, fearing that she will be left behind by the two of them.

But this was also Field's idea, so she said nothing and quietly waited for Levi's explanation.

"Monsters will not do such a thing, because their thinking mode is essentially the thinking mode of animals and plants, which is to consume as little energy as possible."

Levi said.

"If you have watched the Animal World... what animals are like in the wild, you will know that when they are full, the crocodile will let the birds pick out the scraps of meat in its mouth, and the lion and wildebeest can also drink together. water."

"The same goes for monsters. They are lazy most of the time and only show aggression when hunting."

"And Mr. Henry's body is intact, only the brain is missing, and it seems to only care about the brain, which rules out the possibility that Eli the butcher hunted because of hunger."

Li Wei has seen the case reports. Most of the victims in the previous cases had no intact parts of their bodies and were cut with sharp weapons. The BOI initially thought they were prisoners using torture, but now they know they were insects. Traces of mouthparts.

Although the damage to the body varies, there is no such thing as eating only the brain.

If large pieces of chitin had not been collected at the scene, the police might have treated it as an ordinary vicious homicide.

"And Mr. Henry is not a wizard, which also rules out the possibility that Butcher Eli wants to improve his rating." Levi said.

"So I think it's questionable why Henry was killed."

After hearing this, there was no response from Field for a long time, as if she was thinking.

"So you think someone else did it?" After a moment, she asked.

"It doesn't have to be a human, it could be another insect monster, or a beast wizard, or Eli the Butcher has shown some new habits that we don't understand yet." Levi shook his head and said, "I hope to investigate Henry's social relationships , to see if he was involved in other things."

"You're right, actually I feel a bit like this too." Field said, "I thought Henry had mistakenly entered the monster's territory before, but now that I think about it..."

"If monsters can take root in human territory, then the BOI's years of work and the huge amount of tax revenue consumed every year will become a joke."

She smiled and said, "What are you going to do, investigate Mr. Harrison?"

"Yes, and I also plan to read the information compiled by Mr. Brown in detail." Levi said.

"Not just you, we will be with you too." Field corrected, and Malda nodded.

"But before that, we still go to Wardee Street to check out the possibilities."

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As Mr. Brown said, Wardy Street is a street that is neither deserted nor lively. There are sparse shops on both sides and the pedestrians are also sparse.

The place where Mr. Henry was killed was on the side of a shop, next to a street lamp, and not far away was the entrance to a small alley.

"Is this where Butcher Eli escaped?" Levi looked thoughtfully at the alley.

"It could also be from the ground. Doesn't it have the ability to escape from the ground?" Martha said.

However, several people searched both sides for a while, and there were no signs of damage to the stone tiles on the ground.

It doesn't seem like he escaped...or the traces left at that time have been erased.

So they came back here and entered the alley.

This is the passage between two buildings. There are clotheslines tied in the air, and some clothes are still dripping.

The three people carefully avoided it. The ground here was muddy, and the stone bricks covered in the mud were blurred.

Soon, the alley came to its end. On the other side of the two buildings was a relatively prosperous street, and the ground here was also no problem.

After some searching, several people gathered together again.

"It seems that it has left no traces." Field said solemnly, "But there is another possibility."

"You mean..." Martha asked doubtfully.

Field turned his head and moved his gaze towards the alley. To be precise, it was a black circle on the ground in the alley.

"sewer."

"Based on experience in past cases, if a monster appears in the city and disappears mysteriously, there is a 60% chance that it went into the sewers."

"Someone has to go down and take a look."

After Field finished speaking, he looked at Levi with a smile.

The latter immediately understood that this was probably to send him down, and it had nothing to do with anything else. Most people didn't want to go to an environment like the sewer.

Instead of being pushed down, it would be better...Li Wei gritted his teeth and stood up.

"I'm going down for a while, haha, you can't let a lady do this kind of thing, right?"

"Ah, I haven't spoken yet, are you such a gentleman?" Field laughed.

"That's right." Levi took off his coat and put it into the space without saying anything.

"Come on." Martha said apologetically, because she really didn't want to go down.

Several people came to the manhole cover. Martha added some muscles to herself, her arms swelled up visibly, and she easily removed the manhole cover.

The sewer was dark, and a stomach-churning hot and humid air surged up.

"Um, there won't be enough oxygen down there, right?" Levi looked confused.

"It's easy, just go down and give it a try." Field said, "We will help you out if necessary."

"That doesn't sound reliable at all."

Levi said helplessly, but still found the ladder leading to the underground, and slowly climbed down along the iron handrail.

There was a sticky layer on the iron ladder that stuck to Levi's hand, and it smelled like fermented trash cans.

He held his breath in disgust and continued to climb down. Not long after, Levi stepped on the sewer floor.

He came down from the ladder and looked around. The diameter of the sewer was only slightly higher than him. The surroundings were dark except for a halo of light cast from above.

The rustling sounds seemed to come from mice and cockroaches who didn't know where they came from.

Levi took a disgusted look. The air temperature in the sewer was at least five degrees higher than outside, but at least it was breathable and there was no smell of methane. He took out the debris module from the space, and then took out the flashlight.

The thick flashlight emits a pale yellow beam, illuminating the filthy sewer more clearly.

"Did you find anything?"

"No, or even if there is something, it has been washed away by the sewage that passes here every day." Levi said while looking around.

"Well, the only ones that look disgusting are...the old leather shoes, and whose scalp tendon is this?"

"Do you think this might be Eli the Butcher's lair?" Field continued to ask.

"I don't know, but..."

Levi moved the flashlight.

"I saw no signs that looked like they were inhabited by monsters."