A young man with dark circles under his eyes opened the door for Lu Ning.
"You are... Oh, I remember." The young man braced himself and faced Lu Ning, "What's the matter?"
"I think you should have heard about what happened this morning." Lu Ning said, "I heard that the Turner family is actually doing things in the town, so I came here to ask you about the situation."
The young man was stunned for a moment: "What happened this morning?"
"You're referring to the doctor's car being attacked by crows, right?"
A middle-aged black-haired man who looked more calm and steady walked out of the room. He raised his hand to tell the young man to step back. Then he put one hand on his chest and leaned slightly towards Lu Ning: "I am Leo Yorke Turner, a member of the family. The general manager, I will receive you next, Doctor Lu."
Another cunning character.
Lu Ning had no choice but to follow Liyoke to the reception room. The two sat down separately, and refreshments were quickly served. Leo York sat upright, and the first thing he said was a very formal apology: "I apologize for what happened this morning. Originally, we should have dispersed such a gathering of townspeople quickly. However, due to the busy schedule of many people, it has been delayed for a while. We apologize for the inconvenience caused to you."
"Can I ask a question?" Lu Ning said.
Leo made a "please" gesture.
"Whether it's you or the mayor, everyone is very concerned about the impression this town gives to outsiders, but they don't solve the actual problem - the witch. Why is this?"
"Before answering, could you please answer a few questions for me?"
"Within the best of your ability."
"It's very simple. What is your first impression of White Lake Town?"
“It’s a beautiful and peaceful town.”
"What do you think of the traffic?"
"Although there is a section of mountain road, the road to the town is not difficult."
“Even if such a place cannot attract others to move here, what do you think of it as a tourist destination?”
"There should be many people who would like to come here for vacation, if there is no witch incident here." Lu Ning frowned, "So don't tell me..."
"Actually, there are only a handful of people who have come to the town over the years." Liyock shook his head. "During that shameful history, our attitude towards outsiders was quite bad, but that is all old news. According to common sense For example, since our town has developed to be in line with the civilization of the outside world, not only do people come to the town every day, but there should be at least some passers-by, right?"
"So you think there's a problem? You want to leave a good impression on the visitor?"
"This is a method. On the other hand, in all legends, witches are outsiders." Liyock explained seriously, "Unlike what most people think, we don't think that witches came to the town from outside. It was the cruel treatment in the town that led to the emergence of the witch. So on the one hand, we hope that someone will come to the town to promote communication, and on the other hand, we will be careful not to make tourists feel unhappy."
"But it still hasn't solved the fundamental problem, right? In fact, the witch is in your town."
"The witch is immortal." Ryork smiled helplessly, "We don't know how to drive her out of White Lake Town. Maybe the witch has become one with White Lake Town. There is no way to escape this. The solution you mentioned The fundamental question…that answer doesn’t exist.”
"Really? So what's going on with the cemetery to the west of the town?" Lu Ning suddenly switched to another topic.
"Cemetery? Uh..." Ryork was caught off guard and the topic was changed. He was speechless for a moment, but his expression already revealed that he knew about it.
Lu Ning laughed.
"You are really a shrewd person. Well... the cemetery... it was the most enthusiastic area for witch executions in the past, but as they sent more and more 'witches' to the execution ground, more and more strange things happened there. The more. While abandoning the past, some key members of the town jointly decided to wall it off, and the weird things didn't spread to the town after that."
"Isolated? Isn't it completely..."
"You are a doctor, so you want to solve the problem, I understand." Ryork did not wait for Lu Ning to finish speaking, "But you also have to understand that these things that happened in the town have never been solved at all, and no one has It can be solved, we just try to isolate those things from the daily lives of the townspeople and bring life back to stability."
"You should have another option."
"Relocation of the town? Doctor Lu, do you know the Taylor family?"
Lu Ning nodded.
"Their family all died about four kilometers outside the town. The bodies were piled together and burned. We can only identify their identities from some broken steps and jewelry and other things left at the scene. Although they look very similar. Someone robbed her of her wealth and killed her, but we all know that it was because the witch didn't want to give up her prey."
"The consequences of moving away?"
"Yes, if you just go out to do errands, there is no problem, but as long as you think about moving, no one can make it out of the five kilometers around the town alive."
"I understand..." Lu Ning curled her lips, "So you want to find a traveler and hope that an outsider will settle here."
Ryork's expression changed slightly.
"You want to know whether an outsider can leave after settling down, and you also want to know whether the children of the outsider and the locals can leave. This is the most fundamental reason why you want to get rid of the witch. Those things are A superficial cover-up. And for this reason, you did not hesitate to use several generations to plan this escape plan. In order for the plan to go smoothly, the appearance of peace in the town is necessary, so after our accident, what you are most concerned about is our mood... "
"you……"
"We are not the purpose. What you are interested in is the publicity effect after we leave. This is really a long-term plan. If you are just a casual tourist, I am afraid you won't notice it at all, right? Sooner or later, some people will accept it. Your proposal is to settle here, and then the second stage will be... Am I right?"
Leo was completely dejected.
"but……"
Lu Ning grinned, stood up and approached Liyoke's ear.
"The witch is immortal, you know it in your heart. This plan... is meaningless at all. You can't escape. It is an entanglement that cannot be erased from history. I hope outsiders can take you out of the curse? This is simply wrong. , a Turner."
When he said the last sentence, Ryork's eyes suddenly widened.
Fear suddenly surged into his heart, and he turned his head tremblingly, but found nothing unusual about Lu Ning.
"The witch, the curse, has been carried by outsiders since they entered this town. Rethink your future, use this simple and ridiculous method to escape the witch, and you will laugh when she comes back."
After Lu Ning said this in his ear, she straightened up suddenly, turned around and walked out of the reception room with a faint smile.
"Wait! Who are you..."
"An outsider."
Lu Ning turned the corner and disappeared. Ryouk, on the other hand, sat there, dripping with cold sweat.
After leaving the Turner family's house and walking for a while, Lu Ning took out the notebook with the crow mark from her arms and opened the page of her mission.
The second item, [Complete the threat to the core members of Baihu Town and convey the witch’s will. 】
After that there was already the words "Turner Family", along with an additional line.
[Witch's reward: You can also use shock during the day to add a certain deterrent effect to people who have mental flaws. There is no need to become a demon. This is the witch's reward for those who work diligently and diligently. 】
"It's disrespectful." Lu Ning closed her notebook with satisfaction. Now she was a little sure about how her camp set the intensity.
In addition, another gain she gained was the so-called "aftercare" work after confirming that the Turner family really had this purpose.
Just giving tourists a good experience is not enough. Since the mayor and Turner have both tried to retain them to a certain extent, they must also have means to make tourists forget their unpleasant experiences.
Lu Ning just happened to know that there was something related to forgetting.
"Lima's research on the Witch's Heart was intentionally guided by the people in the town. They wanted him to touch that medicinal material. In this case, the potion with the Witch's Heart as the core mentioned in the mission is not You have to rely on your own research and discover the drug that actually exists in the local area..."
However, the development of the situation seems to be a little unexpected. Lima really studied some of the effects of the Witch's Heart, and then disappeared after leaving a few clues.
This potion should undoubtedly be owned by the powerful people in Baihu Town, but Lu Ning didn't mind asking a doctor first.
There is only one regular doctor in the entire Baihu Town.
This young man is a local. After studying medicine here, he decided to return to his hometown to work in the medical industry. This spirit is admirable and probably saved his life.
When Lu Ning approached the clinic, the young doctor stood up excitedly.
Unlike the people in the town who usually have little information, he has heard of Lu Ning's name since he went out to study medicine. He can even be regarded as an admirer?
All in all, he started talking incoherently about a lot of things he said about his student days. It took Lu Ning some effort to bring the topic back to the topic.
But the young doctor didn't know what the witch's heart was. He had only heard about the rumors about witches in the town.
"I have collected all the common herbs in the town, but I have never heard of things like Witch's Heart." He said in a daze, then opened his medicine cabinet and showed it to Lu Ning.
Of course she could tell what these medicinal materials were. At first glance, they were indeed commonly used medicinal materials. However, when her eyes fell on the corner of the medicine cabinet, there was a package of something unknown wrapped in paper. It was very small and inconspicuous. .
"About a month ago, a man named Lima came to town. I wonder if he has visited you?"
He really remembers it.
"That gentleman... he did come here. He asked a lot of questions and said a lot of things that I couldn't understand. He also bought some medicine from me. Because he insisted on choosing it himself, I was very impressed."
"Do you still remember what medicine he picked?" Lu Ning pretended to look through it, took out the paper bag and put it into his cuff.
"Money grass, snakeweed, Lianhu..."
He counted about ten kinds of medicinal materials, and then said that he couldn't remember clearly. While Lu Ning was a little surprised by his memory, she also went through the uses of these medicinal materials in her mind.
There are almost no overlapping medicinal properties, and three of them contain toxins if not handled properly.
"This is not a recipe."
"Yeah, I think he might have used it for research..."
Lu Ning walked out of the clinic and looked up at the sky. It was just noon.
But it can be regarded as obtaining a key item.
She really almost ignored the fact that Lima might come to the clinic to hide something, and the background of this thing was not small. The paper package is nothing more than a shriveled seed. The focus is on the paper package itself.
[A demon is a monster born under the influence of a witch. Its appearance is the same as that of an ordinary person, but at night, it can transform into a powerful monster. I can't hide anymore, I have to hide with the heart of a witch. If anyone can see this letter, please pray for me... I hope I can spend the last night. They are coming, and the only way to destroy them is]
The letter was roughly torn open, and the content on it was cut off in the middle. However, just a few lines contained a lot of information, and the person who wrote this letter did not know how it would end.
Yes, this is not Lima's handwriting.
Has there ever been a demon incident in town? And no one in the town noticed? Lu Ning thinks this is impossible. So far, she has not heard that anyone has actually found any clues related to the devil, which means that these clues are hidden somewhere like the one in her hand, or have been concealed by someone. However, she, a demon, knew very well how to destroy the demon, and there was no single method—probably because the previous attempts failed to cause extensive trauma to the harmless demon, which was why she fell into that situation.
Witch Heart...hide.
Lu Ning took out a lighter, lit the note, slowly watched it burn to ashes, then threw it to the ground and stepped into the soil.
If Lima obtains all the contents of the letter, then he may also find the seeds that can be planted in the Witch's Heart. Once the possibilities increase, the things that need to be verified become more complicated.
For people like Lu Ning who make sure every step is planned, this is simply bad news.
"There are so many disadvantages..."
She murmured and walked towards the direction of the hotel.
Apart from the clinic, there was another thing she also ignored.
If all demons are transformed by outsiders, then at least there must be outsiders. As the only hotel in the town, the guest register there must have recorded the names, check-in time, rooms and other information of all guests from the previous few years or even more than ten years.
