The Raffindo Farm covers an area of ​​about 5 hectares, and is a family farm with a medium-sized area around Puston. There are 12 permanent workers in the entire farm. If you help temporarily, it depends on the busyness at that time. Most of them were hired from nearby towns.

Donald was led by Goron to the livestock area to investigate the disappearance of cattle and sheep.

"Mr. Grant, the fence here is the first case of missing cattle and sheep. There was a collapse of about half a meter here, like here, and here, there were scratches."

Pointing at the fence repaired outside, Golan gestured at the previous state, but the original traces in the repaired area had been destroyed long ago, and no other situation could be seen at all.

"Where is the broken wooden strips?"

"What?"

"It's the wooden board that was replaced when it was repaired before. Didn't you say there were scratches on it?"

"It was taken away by the police. They said they wanted to go back for comparison and find the corresponding animals."

The farm first called the police, and the police station in the town took some things and went back to inspect them.

"No match was found? Do you still remember what the trace looks like?"

Stepping on the grass, I grabbed the old wooden railing next to me with both hands and shook it. It was quite stable. Even if I used 70% of my force, I couldn't shake it. It seemed that the wooden stake was very deep.

It takes a lot of effort to be able to break off a wooden rail of this level.

"The scratches are all five creatures, that is, five fingers. I remember that a hole was cut out in the middle of the wooden board."

"Do you think there are beasts near the farm that can break up such thick wooden boards... It's summer now, there's no shortage of food in the mountains, right?"

Stealing cattle and sheep is the first suspect of ordinary people, naturally, the beasts in the mountains. There are indeed mountains and forests south of Raffindo Farm, and the area is quite large.

But the season is wrong. There are many animals in the mountains and forests in summer, and wild animals also know how to seek benefits and avoid harm. They will not rashly break into the human world until they are at the end of their journey.

Goren couldn't tell me why, so he could only spread his hands and said that he didn't know it.

"I remember you said in the morning that someone witnessed the monster during a vigil. Where is he?"

Almost all trace information left at the scene was in the hands of the police. The town is more than half an hour away from the farm, and the other party may not be willing to check it out for him, the detective assistant.

Instead of wasting that skill, it would be better to find clues nearby.

Moreover, according to Godot, the first case of missing cattle and sheep occurred two weeks ago. The police station had not found any results after so long, and Donald did not expect him to be able to do anything.

Following the fence and passing through the flock, it was almost evening, and workers began to drive livestock into the shed. It was definitely not possible to keep them outside casually when it could rain heavily.

"Goron, what kind of person is Miss Audrey usually?"

"Miss Audrey? Although she is not very good-looking, she is a kind-hearted girl. She never pretends to be like us workers and servants and looks. At the Raffindo Farm, there is no one to say bad things about her."

It seems that Audrey has a good daily reputation, but how bad she looks so good that people can just mention it so special...

"By the way, I remember the roof corpse dismemberment case occurred in Raffindo Farm, right? Can you tell me about the situation? You know, detectives like me like to listen to curiosity cases the most, and I heard people say... it's not simple, right?"

"Hey, how can we say it's not simple? It was so weird at that time. I still remember that we had just come to Raffindo and had just gotten familiar with the operation of the farm. Such a thing happened. It seemed that there were 10 people dead at that time, but we were frightened. Because of this, people in the town thought we were disaster stars. If they had known that someone had regarded this as a place to kill people, Mr. Barthley would definitely not have bought it."

Speaking of this kind of thing, Goron was in a very high mood. After all, it happened a few years ago. The panic and fear had long dissipated, leaving behind some wonderful memories.

"10? Didn't 7 be said in the newspaper?"

On the way here, Donald was still reading reports about the case of corpse dismemberment on the roof. Not long after, his memory shouldn't be so confused, right?

"I remember that's wrong? I remember what the boss said at the beginning. Ten of them died, and we were told not to panic. The case has been solved and the murderer has been caught.... You said that reminded me that Bob is not only a witness to the missing cattle and sheep case, but he seemed to have seen a criminal who had a corpse on the roof. He was called by the police station to hear the news for a long time, but when he came back, he said he couldn't remember anything. It was strange. This was a second fright. Now he probably sat on the bed in a daze. Tsk tsk, it seems that it would be no harm to scare the monster like this, right? Not only can he rest, but he can also get compensation afterwards. 5 shillings, enough to go to the tavern for several times."

Most of the permanent workers on the farm are bachelors, and they don’t have a family, so they live in the same place. The farm is full of food and accommodation, so the extra work is just a shift at night.

The houses provided for workers to live in are like a common partition house on construction sites in their previous lives, but they are made of bricks and stones, and the scale is also larger. After all, they are permanent residents. There is also a wide wooden table and a stone fire pit outside, and a bracket is built with iron rods on it.

"You all live here?"

"Yes, don't look like it's not so good outside, but the interior decoration is pretty good, and everyone lives together. The farm is so big, if you live alone, you will really not be able to sleep at night."

Pong ~

The two were talking, and suddenly there was a sound from the second floor. Things like pots and bowls fell to the ground. The sound was not light, not like it was accidentally caused to land.

"What's going on? Some people still have to lose their temper when they have some rest?"

Goron trotted upstairs, listening to his words, the place where the sound came from should be Bob's residence.

He lifted his clothes, opened the pistol security inserted at his waist, followed Goren and rushed up the stairs outside the house.

"Goron, that monster is here! I can feel it, it's nearby!"

Before I reached the door, I heard someone talking loudly in a house ahead. I didn’t rush to enter, but stayed at the door.

A man was huddling in the corner of the bed in the room. The person working on the farm must be not thin. It was just such a man, now he was disheveled and his hair was squatting there with a pale face, holding a short knife in his hand, and an iron basin was overturned on the ground.

What scares this man to this extent?

Wow! Wow!

The dog outside the window barked non-stop, and Donald stood in the room and watched the man on the bed muttering constantly.

"Mr. Bob, I have a few questions to ask you."

“It will come again, it will come again…”

Repeated sentences: The man in the bed is not in a stable state, but it was the third day since he was attacked. He was just injured in his arm, so why did there be any problems with his brain?

"Hey, Bob! What's your nerves in front of me? I saw you were fine yesterday, but he became a fool after one night? Who are you lying to?"

Goron frowned when he looked around. Outsiders may not know, but he knew what Bob was like to work together for so long. He used to be lazy. He was injured and rested a few days ago. No one could say anything. But it was the third day. Yesterday, he was in normal condition. Today they came to ask questions.

Isn't this a joke?

"Goron, haven't you seen it? That monster is nearby, behind you! It's in that cabinet!"

A sudden shout shocked Goron and Donald. Although he knew that what Bob said was unlikely, the two of them still felt cold behind their backs. Donald deliberately approached the cabinet. Listening to the movement, Goron opened the cabinet door with his backhand.

Of course there is no monster inside.

"Mr. Bob, calm down first. We are not here to find you to work, we just have a few problems."

Donald also had a headache when he met such a discomfortable person.

"Monster! Monster... outside the window, do you hear the dog barking? That is the dog I raise, it protects me!"

Wow! Wow!

It seemed to be in cooperation with Bob, and there were another series of barking outside the window.

"Why, you have some help, so should I choose to turn a blind eye to you when I cooperate with your performance? Give me a message, big actor!"

Goron was a little angry. He felt that he had never seen someone with such a thick-skinned face. His perception of Bob had influenced his current judgment.

But Donald stood at the window at this time, and there was indeed something else outside.

The maid carrying a bamboo basket stood by the tree, and next to her was a yellow local dog baring her teeth at her.

"Who is that?"

He patted Goron on the shoulder and pointed to the person outside.

"Oh, Miss Fra, why did she come? That dog is looking for death. I will stew it sooner or later."

Goron trotted out of the room, and saw that he was about to go to the hero to save Mei, but Donald did not leave, just stayed in the room and watched Bob.

"When will that monster be eyeing you?"

Sitting down on the small stool beside the bed, Donald simply followed Bob's words and said.

"The day before yesterday... Yesterday... it didn't give me a way out, it wanted to kill me! Do you understand? It was staring at me wherever it was!"

Bob turned his head, his eyes shaking behind his hair, and he held the short knife in his hands, as if there was a real monster and he was about to pounce somewhere immediately.

Listening to the vague words, Donald glanced at the bedside table next to him, which was a bamboo basket and some scattered coins on it. He reached out to grab two shillings and put them in his pocket in front of Bob.

He was very slow, afraid that he would not be able to see it.

No response... Bob still sat and muttered to himself.
Chapter completed!