Tides: Years of Dawn

By the time the cage was pulled out, Crewe had turned into a lump of octopus.

He buried his head in the tentacles, and the tentacles wrapped themselves up again.

The guard pulled the cage out inch by inch, pulled it to the door, and patted the cage. Crewe was still in the form of a complete octopus, shrunk into a lump, motionless.

The guard had no choice but to carry the cage out, opened the door again, kicked the octopus inside, and scolded a few times.

But Krewe remained motionless, as if petrified.

As a last resort, the guard had to turn the cage over and pour out the immobile octopus inside.

Crewe didn't even move when he fell to the ground, let alone conjure up a human body.There were several scratches on his tentacles, presumably because he didn't shrink tight enough before, and the claws of the monster inside scratched him.

The guard kicked him again, which kicked one of his tentacles away a little.But Crewe still didn't move, and maintained the posture of being kicked away after being kicked away.

"...Is he dead?" one of the guards asked.The other person frowned after hearing this, and went to the office to call the warden out.

Petit Trudeau has re-checked the questions that he will ask Crewe later, and he is a little disturbed to hear the report from his subordinates.

He walked up to Crewe himself and patted Crewe's octopus head—"Speak, if you don't speak, I'll throw you back and let them eat."

I thought that such a threat would start to work, but Crewe still didn't move.Pei Di beckoned one of the guards to come forward and told him to bring a few barrels of seawater over.

After they poured two large buckets of seawater on Crue's head, the shrunken octopus was washed away a little bit.His tentacles were not as tightly curled up as before, but his eyes were still closed, showing no signs of changing into a human form.

"He's not dead." Pei Di said, and stepped forward for the second time, stepped on one of his tentacles, and said coldly—"You don't need to change into a human form, then we'll talk in the sea. By the way, I'll let you see Look at the waiting room in Haili, maybe you like that one better."

After saying this, Crewe visibly trembled.

Pei Di also let go of his foot, and winked at the guards again, signaling them to pick up the dying Crewe and throw him into his office.

Without waiting for Crewe to take shape, Pei Di asked two attendants to hold Crewe in place.

He flicked the copy on the table, and simply asked—"Okay, tell me, when did you bring your magic wand to the island."

When Gawain and Rael arrived at night, Crewe had already experienced a whole day of interrogation.He sat in the temporary detention cage next to the office in a daze, his eyes were loose and his expression was terrified.

His clothes had already been changed, and he had changed into a uniform prison uniform with gray background and black stripes.There was still a little bit of dried blood on it, and I don't know if it was the blood of the man who was wearing the prison uniform before, or Crewe himself rubbed it.

He has stopped crying, but the corners of his mouth and eyes are a little swollen.Gao Wen could tell that he was still beaten, but neither Pei Di nor any of the guards would admit it.

"It's been a round of questioning. He should have explained almost everything he knows," Pei Di didn't let Gawain and Rael stay in the office, but instead closed the door, and delivered the densely recorded confession in the next room. To Rael, "He didn't bring the wand up, it was Geraint Thurburn."

Gao Wen said this a long time ago, but it doesn't count if Gao Wen said it, Pei Di had to prove it himself.

This time it was good, after torturing Crewe for a round, the result was still the same.He knew how Rael would explain it to himself, and Rael would have to say—"This is to make sure he's not lying."

Gao Wen was so indignant that he didn't bother to argue with Leier to read the confession, and said bluntly—"You shouldn't treat him like this, if the Ott///Puth family find out—"

But to Gawain's surprise, Pei Di replied—"We notified Ott///Puth's family that night, his parents and elder brother, but unfortunately, they don't seem to want to admit the person who made the mistake It's their child."

Gawain's throat tightened.

As his father said, the Octopus family had already given up Crewe.Crewe hadn't passed the family's test perfectly when he was young, and now he was getting into trouble with the wand, let alone guaranteeing him out, maybe he wished he could sever ties with the family.

"But he is still suspected of covering up. We can't tell whether he knew it was a magic wand. His family members are unwilling to come forward, and the other suspect is not on the island. In this case, I'm afraid we have to let the school commit suicide." Pei Pei As Di said, he took the statement from his younger brother.

There were a lot of confessions, but Gao Wen knew that they couldn't ask anything.

Although Crewe had been extremely frightened, he didn't know anything at all, even if he wanted to make up a lie, he didn't know what direction to make it up.

"Let the school get involved, and he's likely to be expelled, Warden. You know he's innocent, why would you—"

"Because this is a procedure." Seeing his brother's brows gradually frowned, Leyle had no choice but to interrupt Gao Wen's defense again, "If he is really innocent, the school will handle it as appropriate."

Gao Wen resisted the urge to chuckle.Judging from the results of his reporting on the Sea Crocodile Brothers, the school will not be so-called objective at all.They will indeed be discretionary, but the balance will always favor the side that is more conducive to the development of the school and can avoid incidents.

The indifference of the Sea Turtle family will also make them acquiesce in the school's approach. It's not that they don't know the truth of the matter, but they don't bother to give justice to an abandoned child.

Gawain was very sure that if Baroseben hadn't died now, the turtle would even try to shift the responsibility to Crewe as much as possible because of Barot's reign, so as to reduce the punishment for Geraint.

The only way for Crewe to really get the result and treatment of "innocent" is for him to be released on bail by others now.

"Since he is innocent, you have to release him within two days." Gawain understands the laws of the Split Rock Islands, "Crewe has never been out of the island, and his contemporaries and mentors can prove it for him. In your case When it is impossible to determine whether he knows what the things brought back during the same period are, he still does not constitute the crime of covering up."

"But the premise of being released on bail is that his family members are willing to come forward." Pei Di said, he smiled, the persistence of this kid from the sea monster family was beyond his imagination.He didn't know if it was Rael's influence, but he thought—

"Your sense of justice is good, but I hope it can be used elsewhere, instead of wasting energy and time on an insignificant seaman. I asked you to come to learn about Geraint Thurben , if not, then—”

"As long as one of his family members or his assisted family members is willing to guarantee, he can come out, right?" Gao Wen didn't finish listening, but continued to stubbornly correct Pei Di's evasiveness.

Rael tried to stop Gawain again, but Pei Diyang interrupted his younger brother. He narrowed his eyes slightly, stared at the boy from the sea monster family in front of him, and said word by word—"I said it, Jalan Teser Ben is not on the island, even if he returns to the Cracked Rock Islands, we will arrest him as soon as possible. Croot///The person Puss is about to assist has lost the right to guarantee him, so you-"

"He's not assisting the sea snake, not Geraint Thurben," Gawain raised his head slightly, and said firmly—"It's me, it's the sea monster family. If you don't believe me, you can ask him."

As soon as these words came out, Pei Di opened his mouth in surprise.He froze for a moment, then looked at his younger brother questioningly.

Leier was expressionless, and under the robe, no one noticed that he silently clenched his fists.

"If I punch you, don't be surprised." On the way back, Rael didn't shy away from Crewe—after all, Crewe still looked shocked—and said bluntly to Gawain.

"I'm not surprised, I'll beat you up." Gawain said, tidying up Crewe's small satchel and returning it to him.

Of course, Pei Di didn't ask Crewe. As long as one of them speaks out about assistance and lets an outsider know about it, the entire Split Rock Islands will know about it soon.

What's more, Gao Wen talked to Pei Di in the presence of the guards and in front of Rael.Then if Gao Wen really became a candidate lord, unless he himself abandoned Crewe or was robbed by the lord at the time, the relationship between him and Crewe would be valid, and the law and public opinion would protect this relationship.

Pei Di believed that Gawain would not joke about it, and when Gawain stood outside the cage, looked at Crewe and asked him—"If you want to get out of here, tell the warden, you are mine!" "Preparing for support", Crewe seemed to be unable to say a word.

So he just stirred his tentacles uncomfortably, and finally nodded slightly.

In the final analysis, regardless of the affection of the sea monster family behind Gawain, or Gawain's own guarantee, Pei Di had to let Crewe go because of emotion and reason.

"You didn't get your father's consent, you cheated the warden, and in a few years you're going to have Crewe scrapped—for the little bit of reckless justice in your heart, you think it's worth it, don't you?" ?” Rael was all sarcastic, his tone cold and hard.

Gao Wen didn't speak.

"Your so-called justice will make a simple matter more and more chaotic, and you can't estimate the chain effect it brings. My brother has experience in dealing with these things. He knows how to minimize the damage and make it more Well done—"

"The Cracked Rock Islands are used to sacrificing the most harmless sea dwellers. This is a habit—but it doesn't mean it's a good habit." Gawain couldn't help but retort.He didn't see Pei Di trying to reduce the damage, he only saw—"Your brother just thinks that sacrificing Crewe is the easiest, and the least controversial."

Rael stared at Gawain for a moment, instead of denying it, he asked indifferently—"Yes, is there any problem?"

Gao Wen stopped talking again.He didn't want to argue with Rael any longer.

He didn't know why he was so persistent in wanting to save Crewe, maybe it was the result of reporting the sea crocodile brothers that he couldn't let go of, or maybe he had seen Crewe being treated unfairly too many times.Those things were backlogged in his heart, as if they were forcing him to compromise with the wrong phenomenon.

But Gao Wen is still very young, he is full of vigor and ambition, he does not want to compromise, he thinks he can change.

Although Rael kept reminding—"Don't say I didn't warn you, when you abandon the reserve support in a few years, you will cause greater damage to Crewe."

"I will not abandon him," Gao Wen said, tightening the soft tentacles he was holding tightly, "I have already said my words, and I will never go back on my word."

This time Rael couldn't help laughing, shook his head with a smile, and turned cold after a while, warning in a low voice—"Then you will really be punched by me."

TBC