Chapter 285 Ebony and Ivory

Chapter 285 Ebony and Ivory

Chapter 285 Ebony and Ivory

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The heavy iron door covered with copper was suddenly pulled open. The investigation team in the warehouse all turned their heads and looked in the direction of the sound. They saw Sheriff Ebonick standing at the door with a beer belly.

"You'd better give us a reasonable explanation, Sheriff." A man in straight jeans and a brown leather jacket said gloomily, "Did I say that this place is off-limits to outsiders?"

"Ah, this..." Sheriff Ebonick suddenly stopped talking, and his previous momentum disappeared instantly. He was only thinking about investigating the case, and he had to go to the warehouse to investigate, so I had to go to the warehouse, I had to go to the warehouse, I had to go to the warehouse no matter what...

This stubbornness that could not be pulled back by ten oxen disappeared the moment he stepped into the warehouse door. Only at this moment did he realize what he had just done. Sheriff Ebonike stood at the door, and everyone in the warehouse focused their eyes on him. Ning Zhe seemed to see a certain Tiger Brother who did not want to reveal his name standing on the street in Shenyang, loudly announcing to the passers-by that he was an idiot.

"This... a clue, yes, a clue." Sheriff Ebnik hurriedly put down his hands and said repeatedly: "We found some messy black footprints in the reservoir behind the stable. The intruder seemed to have stepped on coal, so..."

While the sheriff was retelling the whole story, Ning Zhe glanced over and quickly observed the situation on the scene.

There were six people in the warehouse, four men and two women, standing on the left and right sides of a small wooden table. It was a folding table, which was obviously not an original piece of furniture in Vanissa Castle, but one they brought in from the outside world.

There seemed to be something placed on the folding table, but because the warehouse was dim and lacked lighting, Ning Zhe could hardly see what it was, so he had to turn to observe the several investigation team members standing on both sides of the small table.

The four men were all in their prime, including the man in the brown leather jacket, all tall and strong. The two women standing on the other side of the table seemed out of place.

The older woman was wearing straight trousers, a slim white shirt, a black corset, a pair of thick-heeled boots, and a tie. She was dressed in a very heroic professional outfit, with flaxen short hair that barely reached her shoulders. Her overall temperament seemed very capable, like a housekeeper or something like that.

The housekeeper was also holding a large black umbrella of the same style as the police officer's, which was already opened. Under the black umbrella, there was a slender teenage girl with long wavy black hair like seaweed and a golden iris on her side.

Bones cut from ice, skin cut from jade, this was the first time Ning Zhe had seen someone who could be described as "skin as white as ice and as fine as jade" in reality without beauty filters. Her complexion was as white as snow, and her graceful figure was covered only by a pleated black skirt embroidered with delicate iris patterns, and a loose black suit jacket draped over her shoulders, which seemed to have been taken off the housekeeper.

The pure black clothes made the cold pale little face, which was only the size of a palm, even more eye-catching, like the first snow of winter falling in the ruins of a forest burned by a fire in late autumn, so white and fragile.

The moment his eyes met those of the girl in the black dress, Ning Zhe instinctively looked away. An unspeakable intuition was throbbing at his forehead, foreshadowing deadly danger.

It seems that she is the promoted person sent here by the Flimmisret family.

Ning Zhe silently looked at the other people in the warehouse, wondering if there would be a second upgraded person among them.

At this time, Sheriff Ebonick explained the reason why he broke in here by force, and then said: "I have asked two police officers to climb into the bell tower along the drainage pipe. If you need it, I can connect their radio now, or take you to the scene to check the situation..."

"What did you say?!"

The people in the investigation team obviously knew the inside story of Vanessa Castle, and their expressions suddenly became different. However, Ning Zhe noticed that the expression on the face of the girl in the black dress did not change at all. She stood quietly under the umbrella, her eyes slightly lowered, as if she was thinking about something.

"Connect the radio immediately. I want to know where they are now." The man in leather jacket walked up quickly. Sheriff Ebonick connected the radio with trembling hands, but it was immediately snatched away.

When the radio was connected, officers Carmack and John had already entered the intricate network of secret passages in Fort Vanessa. Although he was furious, the leather-clad man from the investigation team did not blame the two officers. He quickly asked a few questions, quickly determined their location based on the environmental characteristics described by the two officers, and ordered them to come out immediately.

Taking advantage of this time, the six members of the investigation team put away the folding table and left the warehouse one after another. Sheriff Ebonick followed closely with a smile on his face, and everyone prepared to leave the underground area together.

Ning Zhe finally had a chance to see clearly that what was on the table before was a chess box. It was an ebony box with the Chu River and Han River engraved on the lid.

The white ivory chess pieces are engraved with Chinese characters in black and red official script.

There is no doubt that this is a Chinese chess piece, held in the arms of the girl in a black dress and a suit jacket.

"A group of foreigners, playing chess in a warehouse?" Ning Zhe was puzzled, but he was somewhat confident that this chess set might be some special prop brought here by the investigation team.

Perhaps because the identity of 'Van Dyke' was not complete, Ning Zhe had no impression of any chess-like props, and had no idea of ​​their specific functions.

The anxious Sheriff Ebonick, the six members of the investigation team with different thoughts and feelings, and Ning Zhe who had ulterior motives, all walked out of the passage together and returned to the first floor of the castle.

In the reception hall on the first floor of the clock tower, the man in leather jacket unfolded the folding table and placed it in the center of the hall. The housekeeper holding an umbrella and the girl in black skirt holding a chess box walked to the table and rearranged the chess pieces.

At this time, two police officers appeared at the door of the hall, covered in dust. They were Carmack and John who had just emerged from the secret passage.

"Stop."

Just as they were about to enter the room, they heard the housekeeper speak coldly. The four men in the investigation team all pulled out their guns. The two could only stop where they were and stood at the door, looking at each other.

The girl in the black dress raised her hand and held the red piece, pushing the pawn in the center of the chessboard forward one square. Then, the housekeeper nodded and said, "You can come in."

Carmack and John looked at each other and walked into the door with their hands and feet tied. The man in leather jacket pointed his gun at Sheriff Ebonick and Ningzhe and said, "You, go over and take off their gloves for inspection."

Although Sheriff Ebonick was confused and angry, he had no choice but to do as he was told. Ning Zhe walked to the door without any psychological burden and said to Officer Carmack with a smile, "Please cooperate with the investigation." As he said that, he took off the pair of white gloves on Carmack's hands that were already stained with a lot of coal dust.

Both of Carmack's hands were intact, without any obvious scars, except for a small shallow abrasion on the wrist, which was probably caused by an accidental scratch while climbing the drainage pipe.

"Sheriff, what's going on?" Officer John took off his gloves and asked in confusion, "Why are all the members of the investigation team here? Have you found any clues about the intruder?"

"Don't ask questions that you shouldn't ask." Sheriff Ebonick said perfunctorily and took off the glove on Officer John's right hand, which was also intact. But when the sheriff began to reach out to John's left hand, something strange happened.

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Officer John suddenly exerted force with his left arm, locked the sheriff's throat, and pointed the gun at Ebnik's temple with his right hand, yelling, "Don't move!"

At the same time, the four guns of the investigation team were all pointed at him.

Ning Zhe showed a look of shock and fear at the right time, raised his hands, took two steps back, and urged loudly: "Calm down, John, don't be impulsive!"

John is already a ghost.

(End of this chapter)