1359 Stand By a Tree Stump and Wait For a Hare (1/2)
Translated by XephiZ
Edited by Aelryinth
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Mo Fan made his way back to Hohhot and transited to Hanzhong. He received an update after leaving the Dark Abyss. The old herdsman that had witnessed the destruction of his town had woken up.
Mo Fan made his way to the hospital, but he realized everyone in the room was silent.
He glanced around and noticed Qu Kang and Fujie were not around. The other members of the Preventive Committee had gathered at the old herdsman's sickbed.
The old herdsman's eyes were hollow, a sign that he had suffered a tremendous blow mentally. Mo Fan was wondering if the man had actually recovered from the shock.
”Mo Fan, you better hear what he has to say,” Zhao Manyan said in a deep voice.
Mo Fan went up to the old herdsman. He could see the old man's hands were trembling.
”Old man, did you really see the pyramid?” Mo Fan asked sternly.
Mo Fan had come immediately after hearing a brief description of the old man's statement on the phone. He believed it would be best to ask the old man in person.
The old man raised his head and looked at Mo Fan with dull eyes. He nodded.
”Can you briefly describe what happened when you saw the pyramid? I've seen the pyramid in Egypt, so I would like to compare it with the one you saw,” Mo Fan said.
”There's the deathly light, the Realm of the pyramid, and lots of undead, black and gray, the triangle mirror...” the old herdsman's words were barely intelligible.
When people experienced extreme sorrow and fear, they would selectively forget the past if the scenes were too painful.
The old herdsman was currently in a situation like that. He had witnessed something unusually terrifying. He was struggling to describe what he had seen in detail. He only remembered seeing the pyramid, the undead, and blood everywhere...
”The deathlight of the pyramid… Mo Fan, only a pyramid's Realm would allow the undead to move about in broad daylight. I already asked the old man about it before you came. His description of the light is the same as the glow of the mirages we saw in Egypt. I don't think the old man made it all up,” Zhao Manyan spoke up.
”The undead of the Ancient Capital are still in their tombs. They have nothing to do with the incident.” Mo Fan looked out of the window. For some reason, he did not feel the usual warmth from the clear sky. It felt like something was making the sky hazy and was blocking it.
”Could it really be undead from Egypt? But, why would Egypt's undead show up in the northern territory of our country? That's impossible!” Qi Yang blurted out in disbelief.
He had never heard of Egypt's undead showing up in other countries. Qi Yang had already reported the incident to the Magic Association, but the Beiguo (North Country) Magic Association insisted it was just some misbehaving undead coming out from their graves and had killed everyone in the town.
Mo Fan was about to ask more questions when a few people wearing the white-orange uniforms of the Enforcement Union came into the room. One of them was wearing a tall hat. It was rather artistic and strange.
He Feikun strutted up to them. ”I'm an Enforcer of the Beiguo Magic Association, He Feikun! We have some questions to ask this survivor!”
He was clearly not asking for permission, but notifying them what he was here for.
”Old man, did you say you saw the pyramid?” He Feikun asked. He sounded suspicious of the old man.
”I...I already told you everything!” The old herdsman was mentally unstable. He immediately lost control of his emotions when the man doubted him.
”Humph, what a ridiculous excuse you've come up with! I believe you're covering up for the culprit, am I right?” He Feikun took another step forward.
”How can you say something like that!?” Qi Yang snapped.
”I can say whatever I want! The Beiguo Enforcement Union is in charge now. You can hold me responsible if anything happens. Your Preventive Committee can continue on with your work, and stop interfering with ours,” He Feikun replied disdainfully.
He Feikun went forward without waiting for the others' response. He snapped imperiously, ”What pyramid? I'm sure it was just the work of an evil Undead Mage. We'll be taking the old man with us.”
”What? He's our important clue. How can you take him just like that?” Qi Yang was furious.
”Can you please use your brain?” the Enforcer, He Feikun, snapped. He glanced at the Preventive Committee and Mo Fan's crew disdainfully and said, ”The whole town is dead, but why is he alive? He doesn't know any magic. If he witnessed it all, how is he still alive? Most ridiculously, he said that he saw a pyramid! The pyramids are in Egypt; since when does our country have a pyramid? None of his words make any sense. He's either a lunatic that has lost his mind and kept thinking about ridiculous things, or he's an accomplice of the culprit, trying to mess with our investigation!”
The members of the Preventive Committee were left speechless.
The truth was, they were willing to believe the old man in the beginning. After all, he did see the undead, and his description of what happened matched the details they noticed at the scenes. However, as soon as he mentioned the pyramid, everyone assumed the old man had yet to recover from his shock.
”I'll find some valuable information from him. Isn't the Preventive Committee following the trail of the Black Vatican? If it really has something to do with the Black Vatican, I don't mind you being involved. If not, just mind your own business!” He Feikun snarled.
Before anyone could speak, He Feikun dragged the old herdsman away and left. The old herdsman suffered a mental breakdown again after being forced around and interrogated. He kept smashing the things around him and cursing.
”See, I told you he's crazy,” He Feikun grinned coldly back at them.