Chapter 517 Murder under the Cover of Night

Lin You failed to dig out more secrets from Minerva; this little girl basically maxed out the basic skills of a naughty child, especially accurately grasping the underlying logic of "leniency to those who confess, life imprisonment, severity to those who resist, and return home for the New Year."

As long as you have no evidence, it means I have never done it; always remember to fight wits and courage with parents, and fully implement the revolutionary optimism spirit of "the fun of fighting with others is endless". Earl Goff was so angry that he could only poke her head with his finger, and at the same time he was angry in his heart: You will cry your nose one day.

After getting angry, Lin You opened the protective shield of the manor provided by Olympus and built by the God of Fire Hephaestus. Since the true god Ares was ambushed and fell into a coma, this protective shield has never been opened again.

Before leaving, Lin You specifically told Diana: "Just now I noticed that there were some unknown guys snooping on the manor; when I'm not around, if you encounter any sneaky guys, as long as you think it's threatening, kill it first." He used "it" instead of any other pronoun, because at this moment he didn't know whether the so-called "threatening" things would appear, let alone what exactly would come.

A devil? An angel? Another member of the Endless Family? Or some incubus who doesn't know whether to live or die?

Ever since Lucifer went back to hell and suddenly disappeared without a trace, Lin You felt that he was encountering more and more "weird chaos" around him. On the surface, the world seemed to be peaceful, but vaguely, some things were out of control, and even the power of the writer could not accurately perceive and judge.

Lin You, who already had a strong sense of crisis, was very dissatisfied with the current situation, but he had no idea where to start. Now, he could only rush to Florida to grab the most obvious clue in front of him.

Rose Walker was very active. She got the address of her brother's foster home in her dream at night. When she forced herself to wake up, it was only the late night. She appeared in the neighborhood where the foster home was before dawn. Considering the environment of Florida's slums, this behavior was quite risky.

Matthew the crow criticized Rose's reckless behavior, chattering non-stop and speaking very fast, leaving the girl no chance to interrupt or refute. Rose was annoyed and could only walk quickly to avoid the crow's verbal bombardment.

It wasn't until Lin You appeared that he finally "saved" Rose from the crow's mouth.

A car drove out directly from the dimensional space, slowly drove across the street and stopped beside Rose; Earl Goff felt annoyed by the incessant noise, and the True God's powerful pressure was highly directed outward, which immediately frightened Matthew into silence.

"It's the darkest hour before dawn. In Florida, this is not a good time to go out." Lin You looked around. The street lights were dim, and many had even been destroyed. Occasionally, one or two pedestrians would appear on the road, and they were always in a hurry, always rushing from one bright area to the next.

In places where light cannot reach, there are drug addicts lying on their backs, unaware of the time of day, homeless people who have no possessions and therefore sleep peacefully, and people with ulterior motives who rely on their racial talents to deliberately hide themselves.

Rose defended herself quietly, "I know, it's just... I want to see Jade so badly."

"So you plan to knock on the door before dawn?" Lin You's teasing made the girl embarrassed. "Get in the car, we can wait for a while. We have found the place, there is no rush. We have waited for several years, so we can wait for two or three hours, right?"

The car door opened, and Rose just sat in the passenger seat, and saw a simple long-barreled revolver on the dashboard, which made her look at it frequently; the gun body was inlaid with gold and silver, and the grip, barrel and magazine were covered with exquisite carvings, which shone faintly under the street lights. Strictly speaking, it looked more like an antique work of art than a weapon.

"Why are you so surprised? In the United States, this is a must-have daily item for home and travel." Lin You simply handed over the gun, "It's already loaded with bullets. If you see someone approaching our car with a weapon, don't hesitate, shoot immediately; this is responsible for your own safety."

Rose's eyes widened, and after she realized what was happening, she shook her head quickly and subconsciously shrank to the side, as if trying to stay away from the gun.

"You really don't know the goods. This is a classic single-action revolver. I personally selected it in 1899. It was modified and debugged by the best gunsmith at that time, and then artistically carved. I don't know how many people will rush to buy it at the auction now. In the West, it was a famous 'peacemaker'. No matter how violent a guy is, when he sees the other party holding this thing, he will immediately calm down and sing peace." Lin You talked about his experience and experience of venturing into the time zone and interacting with the characters in the Red Dead Redemption story: "Although more than a hundred years have passed, Americans today still buy into this. Do you think I took out my gun to make trouble? No, actually I did it to persuade those guys who were hot-headed to retreat. Showing your weapons in advance can avoid conflicts to the greatest extent."

Rose remained silent, neither agreeing nor refutating; it was obvious that she was repulsed by this "street fighting culture", but her past life experiences made it impossible for her to deny it.

The car glided slowly under the street lights and finally stopped under a relatively bright street light; across the intersection from here diagonally was the residence of Jed Walker's foster family as mentioned in the information.

Rose rolled down the window, glanced at the house, and then turned to look east. The sky was already light; in two hours, or at most three hours, it would be bright, and then she could go up and knock on the door. She suppressed her excitement and prepared to roll up the window again, but when the air outside rushed in, Lin You's face changed slightly, and he suddenly grabbed the left wheel, pushed the door and got out of the car.

"What's wrong?" Rose got out of the car immediately.

"Smell of blood." Lin You responded and strode towards the target house; Rose followed him in surprise.

When I pushed the door open and entered the room, I was filled with a strong smell of blood; two bodies, a man and a woman, were lying on the floor. Their eyes had been gouged out, and there were only two bloody holes in their eye sockets. Blood was all over the floor, and the bright red color was still visible.

When Rose saw the corpse, she immediately thought of her brother and her face was filled with horror. She ignored her fear and disgust about the corpse and blood and searched the house inside and out, including the basement, but found nothing. Only then did she feel slightly relieved.

There were only two adult bodies in the house, and no children, which meant that Jed was just missing, and there was at least a glimmer of hope.

"It's getting more and more interesting." While Rose was searching inside and outside, Lin You just stood quietly in the middle of the living room, looking around the crime scene. He didn't speak until Rose calmed down after searching around, "Someone knew you would come to look for your brother, so they killed his adoptive parents in advance and took him away."

"You said the murderer was targeting me and Jade? How did you know?"

Lin You walked to the body, not minding leaving his footprints next to the bloodstains. "Look at these bloodstains. They haven't dried up yet, which means the crime happened not long ago. It's very likely that the couple was still alive when you left the hotel!"

"Isn't it a coincidence?" Rose stayed far away from the corpse, trying to endure the nausea brought by the bloody smell. "The security here is not good, could it be..."

She was immediately interrupted; Lin You sneered and said something that Rose couldn't understand at all: "It can't be a coincidence; because I can tell you responsibly that except for God, no one in this world knows what a 'coincidence' is better than me. If it was God who came, it would be even less likely to be a 'coincidence'."

"I don't know what you are talking about, but what should we do now? Is Jed safe? How do we find him?" Rose was anxious and uneasy at the moment.

"Yeah, I also want to know how to find Jed." Lin You turned his head to look at the door of the house, and the moment he turned his head, Morpheus pushed the door open from outside; "Do you have any suggestions for this, Sandman?" (End of this chapter)