"And what?"
"When we came here, this hole was opened. I clearly remember that when we left, it was back to normal. Obviously, someone else discovered this place. "
Garon frowned. "This is indeed troublesome. It could be the Golden Hoop." Suddenly, he smelled a faint fragrance. It smelled like sandalwood, but it was much fainter. "What's that smell?"
"Hmm? This smell … "Detective Dale suddenly stopped talking to Big Beard. His expression changed slightly as if he had remembered something.
All of a sudden, his expression changed and he yelled out. "Everyone, get out!! Don't stay here! "
The others didn't know what was going on, but out of their trust in the famous detective, they all ran out of the castle.
Garon did the same, but after a few steps, he suddenly felt his vision blur.
Hehe …
Faint laughter came from behind him.
His scalp went numb, and he immediately remembered the time when he was pushed down the stairs. It was the same laughter behind him.
He turned around abruptly, but there was nothing behind him.
"Go!!" A muffled voice came from beside him. Garon felt a force pulling him straight toward the castle gate.
Startled, he turned to look at his surroundings. The others who had been beside him just now were all gone. He was the only one left in the castle. It was as if there was an invisible person running in front of him, pulling his hand and running forward with all his might.
Bang!
The gate was slammed open. Garon felt dizzy, lost his balance, and fell onto the grass. In the cold and wet grass, a gust of fresh air entered his nostrils and cleared his mind.
His vision blurred, and a large group of people suddenly appeared on the grass. The sheriff, the expert, and a few policemen. Dale Quicksilver, Si Lan, White Eagle, Black Panther, and the others. Cynthia and Ge Reese were lying beside him, still dizzy.
"That was close!!" Detective Dale Quicksilver stood up and wiped the sweat off his forehead. He looked back at the Silversilk Castle with lingering fear. "I always thought that the previous fragrance was naturally produced, but now it seems that someone deliberately released the fragrance. This time, we have more people, so the other party increased the concentration. That's why everyone could smell it carefully. "
"What the hell is this?" Sheriff Rio stood up from the grass, panting. Everyone else followed suit and stood up, looking at Dale Quicksilver with a solemn expression.
"I think I saw the people around me suddenly disappear! What's going on? "
"Me too! I think I heard someone laughing behind me!! "
"Don't worry! Let's hear what the detective has to say first! "The sheriff gestured with his hands, and the surroundings immediately quieted down. All eyes were on the detective.
Garon was about to ask, but when he heard the other people's stories, he realized that they were going through the same thing as him. Shocked, he turned to look at Detective Dale.
"This is a very strong hallucinogenic aroma." Dale Quicksilver's face was solemn. "I've read about it once in a book. I didn't expect to see such an almost extinct thing in real life."
He took a deep breath, looked at the people around him, and said word by word.
"Turbid Vine! This kind of fragrance was the hallucinatory poisonous gas that was naturally emitted after the Turbid Vine had matured. It can cause people to hallucinate in loneliness and fear. The poisonous gas emitted by this vine is usually very faint. Humans can't smell it at all. Only animals with a keen sense of smell can distinguish it. "
"Turbid Vine …" Garon narrowed his eyes, thinking back to the first time he came to the Silversilk Castle, when he was pushed down from the second floor and got injured. "It seems that someone used the Turbid Vine's fragrance to confuse me, then pushed me down the window when I walked to the window. At that time, White Eagle and Dale were probably hallucinated by the same aroma, causing the three of us to enter the room one after the other, but we couldn't see each other. "
"So, someone is purposely preventing us from entering that passage?" the sheriff asked in a low voice.
Dale Quicksilver nodded, and began to discuss countermeasures with the sheriff and the trap expert.
On Garon's side, Cynthia and Ge Reese were completely awake. Cynthia was the one who pulled Garon out of the castle.
"If it wasn't for my resistance training against hallucinogenic poisons, I probably wouldn't have been able to pull you out." She smiled at Garon. "Thank me. If it wasn't for me, you would've been in trouble."
"Yes, yes. It's all thanks to you." Garon was speechless. But it was true. Cynthia's arrival was a huge help. If it wasn't for her, Garon would've fainted on the ground like the other police officers who didn't make it out in time.
A group of people stood at the entrance, not daring to enter. They only looked at the two police officers lying on the ground through the door. No one wanted to enter rashly and end up like those two.
"Look over there!!" a police officer suddenly shouted. He pointed at the top of the third floor.
Everyone followed his finger. In front of the window of a room on the third floor, there stood a person in black. It seemed to be a pale woman. She had a strange smile on her face. Her eyes were dark green, and saliva dripped from the corner of her mouth from time to time.
The moment everyone saw her clearly, the woman immediately disappeared into the shadows behind the window.
"Use a wet towel to cover your nose and mouth! Water should be able to absorb this hallucinogenic fragrance! "Dale Quicksilver shouted.
Everyone immediately took out their water bottles, wet their clothes, and covered their noses and mouths.
The sheriff was the first to rush in with a pistol. He ran to the two police officers on the ground and examined them.
"There's no need to check, they're dead." The detective walked in and said in a low voice, "Hallucinogenic overdose, especially this high concentration. Plus, the back of the head is bleeding."
The rest of the people followed suit and entered the castle.
"Let's catch that woman first!! I'll go first! "The White Eagle said coldly," Black Panther, you protect Sir and Miss Si Lan! "
"Leave it to me!" The Black Panther patted his chest. She watched as the White Eagle leaped up the stairs and disappeared around the corner.
Cynthia also took out a white pistol and stood in front of Garon.
The sheriff stood up with a gloomy face. "Everyone! Search the castle! If you find that crazy woman, kill her on the spot! "
Obviously, the death of his subordinates made him furious.
"Yes!" All the police officers had gathered together and pulled out their pistols. Their faces were filled with anger and nervousness.
Everyone was on high alert and began to patrol every corner of the castle. More than ten people were divided into teams and patrolled everywhere.
Garon led Cynthia and Ge Reese to the second floor cautiously. They had only taken a few steps when they heard two gunshots from above.
"Ah!!" A scream was heard.
"Tom!!" "She ran to the second floor!! Quick! Kill her!! "
"Damn it! This lunatic is too fast!! " I can't aim! "" She's running for the stairs! "'
Garon and the other two were just at the corner of the staircase when they saw a black shadow jump down the stairs. It was as light as a feather and as weightless as a piece of black cloth.
Cynthia was the fastest. A white pistol appeared in her right hand and she aimed at the black shadow and pulled the trigger.
"Bang bang bang bang!!"
Four consecutive shots. In just a second, all four bullets hit the black shadow.
"Hehe …"
The black shadow let out a shrill laugh. She paused and pounced on Cynthia again. It seemed that being shot just now did not affect her at all. In fact, her speed was even faster than before.
A part of her shadow suddenly grabbed at Cynthia's neck like a black tentacle. It was so fast that it was impossible to see what it was.
Cynthia's face was calm and she held her gun without moving.
"Bang!!"
This shot caused the black shadow's head to tilt back.
"Ah!!"
The black shadow let out an ear-piercing scream. She gave up on attacking Cynthia and fled downstairs. She disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Garen didn't move from behind. He didn't want to expose his skills, especially in front of so many people. Especially the White Eagle.
Even though he wanted to make a move, he held himself back.
"Are you okay?" He held Cynthia's shoulder. The latter's body shook and she woke up from her high-strung state. She lowered her head and gasped for breath.
"So … so powerful!! That woman's speed! She could dodge four of my shots in a row! "Tiny beads of sweat appeared on the tip of her nose. "But in the end, phew … I still managed to hit her once."
"Martial arts experts are a nightmare when they get close. No matter how good your marksmanship is, you can't beat a martial arts expert in close combat. Of course, it's the other way around when you're at a distance." Garon nodded. "Let's go! Let's go down and take a look. "
Ge Reese stood at the side, speechless. Her marksmanship was not bad, but she would not be able to react in time against such an opponent. She would be killed instantly. Initially, she did not think highly of Cynthia's marksmanship, but her reaction just now showed her true strength.
She was pulled by Garon and the three of them quickly ran downstairs.
In the lobby of the first floor, five or six policemen surrounded the woman. They all held their guns and stared nervously at the center.
The woman in the black robe lay on the ground, twitching from time to time. There was a small bloody hole on the left side of her forehead. The hole was very deep. It was obvious that her brain was injured.
Garon and his team, as well as the sheriff and the others, surrounded her. Dale Quicksilver and Black Panther also came over. Everyone was looking at the woman in the middle.
"She was shot in the head. She's not going to make it," Cynthia said calmly as she twirled the gun in her hand. "My bullets are specially made. They have incredible penetrative power! It's used against martial arts experts like her. "
Sure enough, not long after, the woman twitched again and stopped moving completely. The black cloak fell from her head, revealing her white hair.
"How old is this woman?" Garon was slightly shocked.
"She's at least eighty or ninety years old. I don't know how she's been living in this castle." The detective took a puff from his pipe and said calmly. "There are very few people with special constitutions who are immune to the poisonous smoke of the Tormented Vine. However, if they live in this hallucinogenic smoke for a long time, they will lose their minds and act like beasts. This woman must be one of them. "
"What do we do now?" The sheriff looked at the detective.
"Check the body first and see if we can find anything. Then we go into the tunnel as planned!" The detective took out his pipe and said decisively.
"Okay. We'll do as you say! "
"When the time comes, White Eagle, you protect the expert. We'll go down together. The rest of you stay above to protect the entrance." Dale Quicksilver began to make arrangements.
"Sheriff, you bring two people with you. We'll leave one person at a distance to provide support. Tie the ropes to everyone."
"What about me?" Black Panther stepped forward and asked.
"You stay above and protect Si Lan and the entrance."
"I want to go down too." Garon stepped forward and said, "Such a big underground tunnel. There must be a lot of things inside. I can find the most valuable things and bring them up!" This was his original goal. Besides, with the detective and the expert leading the way, he didn't have to worry too much about safety.
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