Chapter 27 Hugh, the Arbitrator of Justice

Chapter 27 Hugh, the Arbitrator of Justice

It was twelve o'clock noon.

The workhouse still hadn't found Professor Wayne. Dean Dahn had a gloomy face and didn't stop Hasta and the others from calling the police.

Now, almost all residents in the dock area knew about the disappearance of Professor Wayne, which was a fact that could not be covered up.

After calling the police, Hasta and Lecturer Foren waited quietly in the same place. Facing Dean Dahn's invitation to have lunch first, they refused on the grounds that they were in a bad mood and couldn't eat.

While the people in the workhouse went out to eat, Lecturer Foren finally got the chance to be alone with Hasta.

He came to Hasta and lowered his voice and said, "Can we find the teacher?"

"You have to believe in the power of law enforcement agencies." Compared to when he just got the news in the morning, Hasta was much more relaxed.

Based on his observation of Dean Dahn today, Dean Dahn obviously didn't know the specific circumstances of Professor Wayne's disappearance.

Otherwise, he would definitely not let himself and Lecturer Foren leave the workhouse, let alone call the police.

Now he has two guesses. One is that this matter was completely directed and acted by Professor Wayne alone, and the other is that Professor Wayne accidentally involved extraordinary power, which led to his disappearance.

He was more inclined to the former guess, and he did not rule out that it was related to the bell last night.

"Did the teacher discuss anything with you alone?" Lecturer Foren finally asked the biggest question in his heart.

"No, I didn't know about Professor Wayne's disappearance before you told me."

"Alas." Lecturer Foren sighed, with a lot of sorrow on his face.

Hasta comforted him not to worry too much, and took him out for a walk and eat something by the way.

The two of them were busy with Professor Wayne's affairs this morning, and they haven't eaten yet. They have also looked for many places, and their stomachs are almost flat.

After walking around the dock area for ten minutes, the two found a small restaurant not far away.

Hasta ordered a pan-fried veal steak with sausages and a mushroom soup, and Lecturer Foren ordered a grilled fish, sausages and a glass of beer.

After eating the steak and sausage, Hasta still felt a little hungry, but because Lecturer Foren was there, he didn't order anything else.

He drank the mushroom soup, which tasted not very good, one spoonful at a time, and looked out of the restaurant with a wandering gaze.

After watching for seven or eight minutes, the mushroom soup was not finished yet, but Hasta caught a glimpse of a petite figure.

She had messy and rough shoulder-length yellow hair, and wore a traditional knight training suit. She was short, at most a little over 1.5 meters tall, with some baby fat on her cheeks, delicate and soft facial features, and her eyebrows and eyes were not fully opened, slightly immature.

This image is a bit like Hugh.

Hasta carefully checked her height and finally confirmed that the person outside was Hugh!

He did not go up to talk to her. It was very un-noble to chat at an inappropriate time.

After a while, Hugh outside also walked into the restaurant and sat not far from Hasta.

Was she here to wait for someone, or was she here specifically to find him and Lecturer Folen?

Did she have news about Professor Wayne?

Many thoughts came to Hasta's mind, but he still did not choose to take the initiative to talk.

After a while, Xio took the initiative to stand up and walked over to Hasta, whispering: "I am very good at finding people. Do you want to hire me?"

Hasta's eyes lit up and smiled: "We are indeed looking for someone, and we have no clues at the moment. Can you really help us find someone?"

"I can't guarantee it, but I think you need to hire a professional. Instead of trusting those police officers, you might as well trust my expertise."

"Madam, although you have a charm that is easy to believe, don't you think this is too abrupt?"

Xio sat in another position, pondered for a moment and said: "I confess that I am interested in finding Professor Wayne, but this does not prevent you from paying me to help."

Hasta kept smiling and said: "If your reasons can convince me, we can pay you to help."

In fact, even if Xio did not take the initiative to come and talk, Hasta was ready to find a reason to invite her to help.

After all, she is a member of the future Tarot Club and one of the protagonists of this mysterious world. She should have good luck.

Things should not get too bad if she uses her luck to find Professor Wayne.

"Professor Wayne is a respectable scholar. His speech yesterday gave me a lot of benefits. People like him should not encounter any misfortune."

Xiu had not said another word. Even if Hasta and the others did not ask her for help, she would take the initiative to find Professor Wayne.

For no other reason, she simply did not want such a respectable elder to encounter any misfortune.

Hasta nodded and said, "I believe your reason. Now we can talk about the issue of employment fees."

"If you don't find the person, you only need to pay me 10 pounds. If I play a key role in finding Professor Wayne, then you have to pay me 50 pounds for employment." Xiu made his own small request.

50 pounds is a reasonable price for a professor.

"Okay, I believe in your character and ability." Hasta did not refuse this condition.

Xiu stood up and said happily, "This will be the wisest decision you have ever made."

No, the decisions I make are always very wise.

Hasta silently laughed in his heart.

Lecturer Folen looked strange, and finally asked about the origin of the lady in front of him.

"Xiu Deercha."

Xiu introduced herself and gave a brief introduction. Her words were easy to convince people and quickly dispelled Lecturer Foren's concerns.

After accepting the employment, Xiu immediately entered the state. After analyzing Hasta and Lecturer Foren, she finally concluded that Professor Wayne was very likely still in the poorhouse.

This conclusion was consistent with Hasta's guess.

Lecturer Foren said with a little doubt: "The poorhouse has been searched more than once, but no one was found."

"That's why it is the most suitable hiding place."

"We have to trust the judgment of professionals." Hasta also added.

"Okay." Lecturer Foren said nothing more.

"Let's go to the poorhouse now."

"No hurry, wait until the police department intervenes."

Hasta stopped Xiu's move. He didn't want to find Professor Wayne now.

Everything should wait until the police department intervenes, otherwise it will be very embarrassing.

Xiu is obviously very smart and understands the implication of Hasta's words.

This is not trusting the poorhouse!

That's right, a living person can't suddenly disappear in front of everyone. The workhouse is indeed the biggest suspect.

At about 1:00 p.m., six police officers arrived at the place where Hasta and others were. After a simple verification and explanation, they went to the Sunrise Workhouse together.

Hasta was a little reluctant about this decision. He didn't want to step into the workhouse again, but as a noble who cared about the whereabouts of his teacher, he naturally couldn't leave at this time.

With the intervention of the police, Dean Daen gave the green light all the way, opened all the rooms in the workhouse, and gathered people to facilitate the police to question and search.

The six police officers were divided into three teams, each with two police officers. One team was responsible for questioning the staff of the workhouse, one team searched every room under the leadership of several workhouse staff, and the last team followed Hasta and the other two, accompanied by two workhouse staff.

"There should be some basement or something like that in the workhouse, right?"

Xio decisively put forward her own opinion. She didn't think that a normal search could find Professor Wayne.

"This is not something we can decide. We need to consult Dean Daen."

"I believe Dean Daen will not miss any possible opportunity."

Hasta spoke, and a staff member hurried to consult Dean Daen.

Soon, the staff member returned again, and Dean Daen came with him.

Hasta refused to do so.

It was like a boss following him before the fight even started.

Of course, Dean Daen might be innocent, but the possibility was very low.

Xiu also frowned slightly, obviously not wanting to go with Dean Daen.

"Dean Daen, aren't you busy dealing with other things?" Lecturer Folen asked in confusion.

Dean Daen explained: "The basement has always been a place for some people with bad tempers to reflect. Those people have bad tempers. It's better for me to lead you in to search."

Hasta's heart was ringing alarm bells. Such words sounded a bit wrong.

Xio also realized that there might be some other accidents, and smiled and said, "There should be more than one basement here, right?"

"There are three in total, two of which are connected to each other, separated by an iron door in the middle, and the other basement is directly under the clock tower."

"Then let's search separately, so it will be faster."

Dean Dahn nodded and said, "Okay, I will be in a group of three with you, and let Vice Dean Bad and others be in a group with two police officers."

There are eight people in total, so there are exactly four people in two groups.

"Well, then I'll trouble Dean Dahn."

Xiu nodded in agreement. She was very confident in herself. Dean Dahn looked quite old, and even if he did something bad, he would not be her opponent.

Hey, this arrangement is even worse!

Hasta didn't want to be in a group with Dean Dahn at all.

He was already thinking about what decent reason he should use to leave first.

"No trouble, this is what we should do. It's because we didn't take good care of Professor Wayne that this regrettable thing happened."

Dean Dahn's tone sounded very self-blaming, and Lecturer Folen comforted him a few words.

The basement that the four of them were responsible for was located directly below the bell tower, and the entrance was on the first floor of the bell tower.

The door here was closed, and there was a string of iron locks hanging on it, which were mottled with rust.

The bell ringers who were responsible for ringing the bell on time usually climbed up to the top floor through the ladder outside to ring the bell, and did not enter the first floor at the bottom of the bell tower.

Dean Daen went forward to open the iron lock and pushed open the door. It was pitch black inside, and it was difficult to see specific things.

"The sun rarely shines here, so it will be darker."

Dean Daen walked in front with a kerosene lamp, illuminating a large area in front, and also allowing Hasta and the other three behind him to see the specific situation inside.

It was very empty, with only a table near the wall, and no other debris.

There was obviously a closed secret door on the ground.

Hugh and Lecturer Foren, who was also holding a kerosene lamp, walked in and observed a circle, but did not find anything unusual.

"Since this place is locked, Professor Wayne is probably not here." Hasta stood at the door and forced a smile.

He didn't want to go in at all.