Chapter 115 The Riddler (Part 11) tushumi.cc

Waldo's house has a spacious living room with sliding doors between the rooms and the living room, where a floor lamp is flashing red light.

This house was originally slated for demolition, but it was put on hold for some reason. The basement is a unique feature of this place.

You can see a chair leaning there vaguely, as if it had been pulled out of deep water.

There were several brief, mysterious voices, possibly coming from deeper underground, starting with a few light coughs followed by a rumbling sound, with the door shaking as well.

If someone were sitting in that chair, they would probably be scared half to death by that sound.

However, it only appeared briefly and subtly, like a gift specially prepared for the detective.

Lisa guessed that Waldo was sitting in this chair when his head was eaten.

There were dark shadows on the wall and shimmering golden wrinkles on the glass. Both of these things were very eerie, as if something might crawl out of the basement in the middle of the night and scurry around on the wall and glass.

White stamped his foot impatiently: "I told you there was nothing to investigate here. The furniture has all been moved out, and no one wants to move in. The wall had planned to demolish the house months ago."

Lisa ignored what White said.

At this moment, Elsa, who loves treasure hunting, found a 'cloak' from somewhere, put it on, and twirled around, shouting, "I found treasure! I found treasure!"

Lisa didn't notice at first and thought it was really a cloak, but later she realized that it was actually part of a curtain.

The curtains also have scratches similar to those on the wall and glass.

White, as if afraid of being discovered, urged again: "Don't waste time in a pointless house. There's no way Ilenshere will hand things over to Waldo."

Where did he go after he retired?

"How would I know? Why don't you use this time to check Luna's information?"

"I think she and Irenschl are just ordinary friends."

"So what exactly made you think that the relationship between Waldo and Irenshere was unusual?"

"If you don't want to stay, you can leave first, I have no objection."

White was so angry his jaw was trembling. Ryan had told him to keep an eye on this group, implying that he was worried about them finding out something else.

There was a broken heating pipe in the basement. Later, a brick was used to fill the gap. Even if there was a slight difference in color, the agent would check it carefully.

The inspection revealed that the basement was designed for disaster preparedness.

Why is it disaster-resistant? Because it has two emergency evacuation exits, a cable system for installing emergency communication equipment, and the walls are a sturdy concrete structure. Even after the doors were removed, the steel walls remained inside.

Ordinary basements are for rest and entertainment and do not have the aforementioned conditions.

So why did Waldo build a secure basement inside the building? It's probably because he already knew that living in the fortress wasn't safe.

If the investigation continues, they might actually find something.

White pretended to remember someone and said, "The Dorman family also has a basement like this. Lord Raine also planned to build one, but the engineer in charge of building the fortress told Raine that the geological conditions here were not suitable for building a basement. Oh, right, the archives were originally located underground, and the tavern also has a wine cellar."

"You just said that the Fortress is not suitable for building a basement? Then let me ask you, why did the Alliance set up its headquarters in the Fortress in the first place?"

"How many places can you find that fly in the sky?"

"Why must we look for something that flies in the sky?"

Are you questioning the founder's abilities?

"In my opinion, the wall was originally part of the land. You think Waldo dug this basement himself? I've seen many basements like this in Molière, without rest areas or entertainment facilities, only used for security. I was wondering then what happened in the north before the Great Reboot, an earthquake? A volcano?"

White underestimated this agent.

In fact, Lisa also realized that it wasn't the house that came first and then the basement, but rather the basement that came first and then the house; Waldo built the house on top of the basement.

Billy found a mark resembling a manhole cover in the corner. The mark had originally been covered by a table. After the table was removed, the sound of water flowing from underground could be heard.

A sewer?

The manhole cover had clearly been treated, deliberately coated with white lime, and the joints had not been further processed. It was pressed into four marks by the table leg and sank in.

The wall behind it was covered in a thick layer of slime, and although it had been treated, you could still tell that countless snails had once crawled all over it.

Lisa thought of snails, but Billis thought of something else entirely.

"Honey, could this be... a tentacle?"

"Thank you so much, this is another major discovery."

White couldn't hear what the couple was talking about in the corner.

"What do you think Richie wanted us to find by leaving that note? The murderer of Waldo?"

"Regardless of whether it's related to the lost confidential documents, those in high positions must be hiding some huge secret from us."

"Was it someone in a high position who killed him?"

"No, but it's definitely related to something that crawled out of the sewer."

Speaking of which, every town has a sewer system, so why did it specifically target Waldo's basement?

At this point, Mia also made a new discovery.

An electrical outlet installed in the corner went unnoticed at first because of its ordinary appearance.

This socket doesn't have any metal contacts; it just looks like a socket!

Tap the two holes, pull it out, and a small storage space appears.

White, unaware of the storage space, also leaned his head closer.

The space is very small; people can't fit inside. It can only hold books and documents, and it's even smaller than a normal safe.

However, it has a very special feature: although it is not high or deep, it is extremely wide, like stretching an eraser to both sides. Even if you put your whole hand in, you can't reach the edge.

It's not storage space! Because such storage space is completely meaningless.

Next, they found many strange things in Waldo's basement. It was a basement, but windows were installed. The thickness of the cement underfoot was different. There were obvious cracks in the corners and ceiling, which were the best evidence of the house sinking.

Lisa's final conclusion was that there was a very large cave-like sewer under the house. Waldo was unaware of this at first and only discovered it after living there for several years. In the end, his brain was eaten by something that crawled out of the sewer.

The Barrier established an investigation team, and Richie participated in the investigation, but was obstructed by the high-ranking members. So there must be someone in the high-ranking members who knows what that thing is and is preventing people from investigating further.

After some time, the confidential documents were stolen. Although they seemed to be two unrelated documents, they were essentially about the same thing.

The demonic pillar has been resurrected, and some people are unhappy about the satellite launch.

Lisa suddenly thought of the mastermind mentioned in the letter, and combined with Richie's statement that someone was controlling the minds of those in high positions, she came up with a few key words.

Demon Pillars, Brain Eaters, Judgment.

The resurrection of Leviathan means that the other pillars will also be resurrected. The mastermind behind the scenes is secretly controlling the high seats and using them to eliminate anyone who is against him.

Whether the mastermind behind this is the Demon Pillar is still lacking evidence. By faking his death, Richie tries to let the agents see everything he already knows.

As the puzzle in his mind became more and more complete, White banged hard on the wide-open door.

“There’s something I need to make clear to you. Lord Rein didn’t grant you access so you could cause trouble. After all that investigation, what did you find? Nothing! Just deductions and more deductions. Use your brains. How could Irenshere possibly keep a secret document in an uninhabited house? Isn’t he afraid someone will find it?”

White is right, Irenshere would never do that, because the secret document was hidden by Lisa and the others, but since Richie wrote the name Waldo, there must be something else in Waldo's room.

Something else!

In a flash of inspiration, Lisa conjured a ball of hellfire in her hand, startling White into thinking she was going to burn the house down.

The temperature inside the room rose rapidly, and the chair in the middle, which was both the most conspicuous and the least noticeable, actually began to melt.

It was actually made of plastic ice, and was deliberately placed here to conceal something.

The sculpted ice sculpture quickly turned into a pool of riddles.

Behind the stage, the bats' dwelling.

White couldn't understand it at all, but Lisa understood it immediately.

The mastermind and the cave.