Black air!
Upon hearing these two words, Ma Wei immediately had several guesses in his mind.
but...
Before making an inference, he felt that he needed to collect more information, so he squatted in front of a pile of dead rats and asked Levin to prick the soft belly of one rat.
The sharp blade cut through the skin easily, but only a small amount of blood flowed out.
There's nothing dark about it.
"Huh?"
Levin said in surprise: "I did see a black energy just now! I'm not lying!"
"Cut a few more."
"good."
The blade broke the skin of one mouse after another. At first everything was normal until the skin of the seventh mouse broke...
A wisp of black energy that was so thin that it couldn't be any thinner rose slowly, then dissipated in an instant, unable to maintain its shape.
"That's it!" Levin shouted.
"I've seen it."
Ma Wei pondered: "Before you came to New Ross City, a plague broke out in New Ross City because of the rats carrying these black gases, and many people died. Yunia said that this is a curse. "
"curse?"
"Well, because there were very few clues at the time, and there were no similar situations in other cities, I couldn't determine the source of the curse. Now, rats carrying the curse have also appeared in Wexford..."
A full 10 days have passed since the outbreak of the plague, but the curse has just appeared in Wexford City. Does this mean that Wexford City is not the birthplace of the curse?
Not only that, the curse is probably spread from other places.
"The number of rats carrying the curse is very small. Based on the size of the rats in this apartment, they only account for about 10% of the total rats in Wexford City." Mawei said: "The curse is very thin and can almost be ignored. I'm afraid this This is also the reason why rats haven’t attacked humans yet... Map!”
After subconsciously shouting, Ma Wei remembered that this was not at sea, and he was not the deputy commander. He knocked on his forehead, stood up and took out a rolled-up blueprint from the bag on the sofa.
A complete map of County Wexford was spread out on the floor. Mavey pointed to the location of New Ross City on the far left, then suddenly slid to Wexford City on the far right of the map and clicked twice. ,explain:
"The straight-line distance between New Ross City and Wexford City is about 30 kilometers. Assuming that the birthplace of the curse is near New Ross City, that means that with New Ross City as the center, all cities within a radius of 30 kilometers , there will basically be a curse.”
"What do you want to say?"
"I want to say... if the curse is a man-made factor, then the identity of the other party is probably related to the church. Their purpose is to use holy water to lift the curse and gain prestige from the people." Ma Wei pondered: "But this is just me My personal guess is that using the curse to gain prestige is too crazy, and their speed is too fast. You know, the gods just arrived the day before the curse happened!"
"Do you suspect that the curse is not man-made?"
With a raised eyebrow, Levin's eyes became suspicious.
Ma Wei's guess is really shocking.
There are only two ways in which the curse is born:
1. Man-made
2. Inhumane
If not human factors, then who placed the curse on the rats?
Levin thinks the first inference is more likely than the second.
The source of the curse is related to magic and must be taken seriously.
Ma Wei thought for a moment, shook his head and said: "The curse appears in Wexford City, which is not good news for us. The rats in New Ross City have almost been killed, and the few remaining ones cannot cross within 10 days." Other cities and villages came to Wexford City in a targeted manner. Since a curse has appeared here, it means that the same situation has occurred in other cities."
"But we didn't receive any reports about the curse, and it wasn't in the newspapers," Levine said. "That's not normal."
"Isn't it just abnormal?" Ma Wei narrowed his eyes and said loudly: "I suspect...that someone deliberately concealed the facts and refused to report it!"
"That's not true... This is too courageous! The curse is not a plague. It can be suppressed just by concealing the news and sealing off the infected area!"
"But most people think the curse is the plague!"
Taking a deep breath, Ma Wei stood up: "I hope no one will hide the news, otherwise something big will happen... Let's go and have a look at the back houses."
After finding a sack and putting all the dead mouse bodies in it, Mawei and Levin cleaned up the fallen cat hair in the house and eliminated all traces. After careful inspection to make sure there were no flaws, they opened the windows for ventilation and came upstairs. Down.
"Father!"
Mrs. Ant, who had been waiting for a long time, saw Ma Wei and others coming downstairs, and immediately came up to greet her. Her eyes stayed on the sack in Levin's hand: "Is the work over?"
"it's over."
Ma Wei winked at Levin and motioned for him to open the sack for Mrs. Ant to check: "All the mice in your house have been killed, but when I was catching the mice, I found that there were many small holes and gaps in the house. Following these holes, Rats can come and go at will, but just in case, I have a good remedy that will ensure that there won't be any rats in your home for a month or two."
Although Mrs. Ant did not speak, the sudden tense expression on her face had already given away herself.
Needless to say, she must have thought that Ma Wei's trick was coming. It was free to catch mice, but the 'good medicine' behind it was charged. Isn't this also a kind of marketing method?
However...
"Don't worry, I said, everything is free, and there is no charge for this good medicine."
"Really?"
Mrs. Ant was slightly startled, suspecting that she heard wrongly: "Actually, it doesn't matter even if you charge..."
Waving his hand, Ma Wei was still thinking about the next few invitations and didn't want to talk nonsense: "Do you have a handkerchief?"
"have..."
Mrs. Ant took out her white handkerchief and handed it over, wondering what Mavey wanted with it.
"Wait a mininute."
Ma Wei lifted Xiao Hei's collar, returned to the corridor, spread the handkerchief in front of it: "Quick, move quickly."
"Meow?"
Xiao Hei looked confused: "Master, what do you want me to do?"
"Pee a little on the handkerchief, not too much, use it sparingly."
"?"
"I don't have time to explain to you, hurry up and pee!"
"Oh...I know, nya..."
Xiao Hei nodded and squatted on the handkerchief, holding back his beard until his beard was trembling. After a while...
It suddenly said: "Master, don't look at me, I can't pee if you look at me."
Resisting the thought of slapping it on the head, Ma Wei turned his back. Soon, he smelled a strong smell of urine.
Much stronger smell than human urine.
Xiao Hei shivered, swung his hind legs twice, stretched out his paws, and started pawing instinctively.
Ma Wei pushed it away, twisted the corner of the handkerchief, and carefully folded it, determined not to touch the stain in the middle.
"Mrs. Ant, this is the best anti-rat medicine."
After leaving the corridor, Ma Wei returned the handkerchief to its original owner: "Although the smell is a bit strong, as long as you put it in the hole, the mouse will escape of its own accord."
"oh..."
Mrs. Ant nodded as if she understood: "How long can it last?"
"About a month."
"What about one month from now?"
"Get a cat, Mrs. Ant." Ma Wei said softly: "As long as you raise a cat, there will be no mice in the house."
"I understand, thank you, Father."
"You're welcome. If you are satisfied with our rat removal work, please spread the word."
"No problem!" Mrs. Ant finally showed a smile on her face: "I have never seen a priest like you..."
"I'll take this as a compliment from you."
Mawei raised his hat slightly, smiled at Mrs. Ant, picked up Yunia, turned around and left with Levin and the Catman team.
Mrs. Ant kept watching them go away with a complicated expression.
"The Church of Truth...is this a church that belongs to our nation...what does it smell like?"
A strange smell suddenly entered her nostrils. Mrs. Ant looked left and right, and finally discovered that the strange smell came from her handkerchief.
After hesitating for a while, she still couldn't restrain her curiosity, lowered her head and smelled the smell on the handkerchief.
"vomit...."
