Immediately afterwards, police found blood in the basement.

Olivi and Charles hurried to the entrance of the basement, and Olivi saw several muddy footprints on the carpet.

"Charles," Has it rained in the Sword Castle in recent days?

Charles shook his head, "No, the weather has been very good in recent days."

Olivi followed the footprint to the basement. He saw a chair and some blood stains on the ground, a piece of blood-stained white cloth, and a black cloak on the hanger with some suspicious black dirt. He rubbed it with his hands, as if it was some kind of dry mud, and even a wisp of dry water plants.

He immediately connected this discovery with the terrifying evil god in the painting.

It seems that Little Lanster must be in danger. Alhaz performed some evil ritual and sacrificed Little Lanster. Did he please his evil master? Or did he have other more terrifying purposes?

Olivi was immersed in his inner thoughts and reasoning, and Charles's angry shout suddenly came from outside.

"Hehehe, who are you? This is the crime scene..."

He rushed out quickly, and as soon as he climbed the stairs, he saw several mysterious men wearing black suits and bowler hats driving away the police. The person who led the lead looked cold and expressionless, and his eyes with golden silk edges were cold and wise, like an owl. Olivi's detective instinct told him that this man was not simple.

"Good afternoon, gentlemen, I think you can leave, we will take over here now." The man said casually, and his white gloved palm took over the painting of Cthulhu from his subordinates. Seeing the portrait, his expression immediately became serious.

"Old Dominator? How is this possible..."

Olivi said in a deep voice, "Who are you? I have been commissioned by the Duke."

The man showed his ID without raising his head - a special investigator of the Rational Society.

Olivei was stunned. Unexpectedly, the rational learning also took action. He looked at the police officers beside him with some annoyance. Needless to ask, there must be someone among the police officers who learned rational learning.

"Under the Rational Security Management Law, Mystery Law and related bills, such cases involving superstitious groups or cult organizations must be investigated by special personnel of the Rational Society. You can choose to leave. If you want to join the investigation, you can apply with your direct superior. Please leave now.

Oh yes, before everyone leaves, please sign this confidentiality agreement first. If any consequences caused by your leaks, rationally learn to reserve the right to hold the responsibility."

A few minutes later, a group of people were driven out in anger. The other party left several uniformed police officers as coolies, responsible for blocking the scene.

But apart from this, the police in Sword Castle are destined to have nothing to do with this matter, unless the rational society needs to recruit local police officers.

Charles was open-minded. He had heard a lot of rumors about the rational society. In his opinion, since rationality learned to take action, at least he would not bear the responsibility.

Olivi was a little angry. He could feel that he was about to find the answer. He must have been approaching the truth of a huge secret. The appearance of rational learning proved this indirectly. He drove himself away before he was about to discover the truth. This feeling was as uncomfortable as if he had to sleep with a woman and was forced to withdraw.

He looked at the black mud rubbed on his hands and the dried aquatic plants, and had made up his mind that the place where Alhaz performed the ceremony and his residence should not be too far away, and there must be a source of water.

He called out to the vice principal who was about to leave.

"Is there a river or lake near Jianbao University?"

"Yes, there is a lake in the forest east of the school. If you want to check it out in the lake, you can find Old John, who is a forest guard. The boathouse by the lake is managed by him. Do I need someone to send you there?"

“No need.”

Without hesitation, Olivi set out directly, but this time he did not call Charles. He planned to figure things out by himself before talking about it, so as not to leak the news and end up having nothing to do with him.

Following the Vice-President's guidance, Olivi easily found the lake.

He saw the boathouse in the mouth of the vice principal. The door of the boathouse was closed tightly. He pulled it hard and did not open it.

He didn't see Old John either, maybe he was patrolling the forest.

He didn't think much about it, and walked to the shore of the lake and looked towards the lake. The weather was very good today, and the lake looked extremely calm, like a mirror reflecting the blue sky and white clouds. The surrounding forest was silent. This quiet atmosphere made him feel relaxed when he was on an outing.

If he wasn't investigating a murder case, he even wanted to swim around the lake. Speaking of which, water sources as clean as the lake in front of him are rare near Jianbao. He is a swimmer. When he was a child, he often swims in the river near his home. However, in recent years, except for the experience of going down the river to find stolen goods half a year ago, he hasn't been in the water for a long time.

Olivi found a dead branch and walked up the pier. He used the branches to catch the lake water. A few aquatic plants were caught and compared with what he found this morning. Yes, it was this kind of aquatic plants. After looking at the silt on the branches, even the color of the silt matched, which made him feel more and more confident.

His brain was running rapidly, and he reasoned that Alhaz brought Little Lanster to the lake. What must have happened to them. Little Lanster was missing. Could it be that Alhaz had sunk the lake?

He looked around and saw nothing, but unfortunately there was no boat, otherwise he could have searched in the lake, and now he could only go back and call for someone.

He hesitated and prepared to leave, but suddenly he saw something flashing in the water. Is it a fish? He rubbed his eyes and carefully wanted to identify what the thing was.

The sunlight reflected from the water surface made him unable to see clearly. He had to lean down and want to look carefully. He saw the reflection of the scales, the strange body squirming like a snake on the bottom of the water, and saw...

A huge tentacle covered with suction cup suddenly bounced out of the water and wrapped around his neck. Olivi was leaning over to look at the lake, so he had no center of gravity and was dragged into the lake in an instant.

With a thud, his whole body was soaked in the cold lake water, and the splashes that rushed towards him made him unable to open his eyes.

Damn it! He was shocked and struggled to get out of the water. However, the power of the tentacle was extremely huge and dragged him into the depths of the lake. He reached out to take out his gun or take the knife hidden in his trouser legs. However, more tentacles wrapped around him, making him unable to move. Then the tentacle tightened suddenly, and his mouth was widened. The cold lake water poured into his mouth, causing Olivi's nose and lungs to cause severe pain.

He widened his eyes and swallowed the lake in vain.

Save me! He shouted silently, but no one could hear it. He felt a severe pain coming from his limbs, his bones must have been twisted. In the dark lake, he finally found the outline of the monster. At that moment, he seemed to see the evil monster in the painting come alive and enter reality.

Fear and despair almost fell into madness, but he still maintained his rationality, watching the monster's vortex-like dense teeth bit his face, and then he was swallowed by the darkness.

A few minutes later, the lake surface returned to tranquility again, and the lake water reflected the blue sky and white clouds like a mirror, as if nothing had happened.
Chapter completed!