846: Old Donald, the bone-chopping knife

"Captain, same as usual, help me bring a breakfast from Ms. Evangeline's place. I love their hot dogs."

"That's it, I'm going back to sleep."

A young man's voice came from the walkie-talkie, followed by a yawn after he finished speaking.

Mo De raised an eyebrow when he heard this.

With only two people in the Police station, things were really casual.

This police walkie-talkie could be used as a chatting tool.

Just by listening to the voice coming from the other person, Mo De understood some information.

Corey speaking to him so naturally through the walkie-talkie indicated that he was sure Mo De was in the police car at this time.

They were in a superior-subordinate relationship, so it was basically impossible for Mo De to be monitored by Corey.

And the reason he could be sure Mo De would be in the police car at this point was definitely because Mo De left home and came to the car at this time every day – a fixed impression!

This point was completely clear from the three words 'same as usual' that Corey said!

He took out his watch from his body.

6:30

Did his original self start work at 6:30 every day?

This place was just a Town, and the equipment of the two Police officers showed that there wasn't actually much Police work.

Starting work at eight or nine o'clock was considered early, so why did he get up and go to work so early every day?

Was there really a lot of work, or did his original self sense the abnormality at home and want to leave home early? Or was there another reason?

His identity's unreasonable working hours made Mo De's heart sink slightly, and he thought more.

Spreading out the Town map he found in the room last night, Mo De turned the steering wheel and drove towards the only breakfast restaurant in Town.

While driving, Mo De also looked at the Western-style buildings in the Town.

At this time, some people in Town had already woken up.

"Sheriff Mo De, good morning."

When he arrived at the old-fashioned breakfast restaurant, as soon as Mo De got out of the car, a woman with a headscarf who was busy making breakfast greeted him very casually.

"Is it the same as usual?" The woman asked without waiting for Mo De to speak.

Hearing this, Mo De nodded with a normal expression.

It seemed that Corey often asked him, the Sheriff, to bring him breakfast, and the woman knew what he wanted without him having to say it.

However, it also showed from the side that his relationship with Corey was quite good.

Shifting his gaze from the busy woman, Mo De looked at the storefront.

The two glass doors framed by thick door frames were open, and the counter for making breakfast was relatively clean, but some oil stains left by the passage of time could still be seen.

There were also two fixed dining tables in the store, but they were filled with many seasonings and could not be sat at.

"Yo, isn't this our Sheriff Mo De? Has Bosen's case been solved? Didn't you say you were so busy looking for the murderer that you couldn't eat? Why are you still here at this breakfast place so punctually today?"

Behind him, a teasing tone emerged.

Mo De frowned and turned his head to look behind him.

This was an Old man at least fifty years old.

He was wearing a burlap hood on his head, wrapped in a coat with several holes, and had a pipe with white smoke coming out of his mouth.

His face was relatively clean.

However, when his gaze moved to the other person's hands, the dark dirt between his fingers remained obvious.

After seeing the other person, Mo De basically guessed his identity.

The only Blacksmith in Town, Old Tang Na.

He was also the primary suspect in the Bosen dismemberment case!

Of course, the reason Mo De was so sure of the other person's identity was not because of the dirt under his fingernails.

Combined with the knives and farm tools he was carrying on his back, and the way this guy spoke to him, that was the reason for determining the other person's identity.

In the case file from last night, the personalities of the suspects were described.

Among them, Old Tang Na was someone who had no good feelings for the Police.

The reason was that when he and Bosen had a conflict before, the Police did not give him a satisfactory outcome.

Mo De ignored him, only showing the gloomy expression he should have when being mocked.

"Old Tang Na, you should be staying at the Police station! I really don't know why Sheriff Mo De didn't arrest you, the murderer, after finding you before!" Evangeline, who was making breakfast, shouted at Old Tang Na.

Mo De glanced at the woman making breakfast, then looked at Old Tang Na.

It seemed that this Old Blacksmith was not popular in Town either.

"Hmph! I didn't kill the person, I was forging iron at home at the time, I made it very clear!"

"I pray that you bitch will meet the real murderer one day! When you're dismembered, I'll be very happy!"

Old Tang Na's temper was very fiery, and his language was also vulgar.

"Old Tang Na, is this a threat? If Mrs. Evangeline really has an accident, can I arrest you based on what you just said?!"

Mo De finally spoke at this time.

His attitude towards Old Tang Na was very stern.

Since the people in Town didn't like this guy, coupled with the tone he used towards him before, Mo De also understood that his relationship with him was definitely not friendly.

Therefore, a harsher tone was the normal behavior for his role!

Mo De still clearly remembered the first rule in Rule Wu A.

[1. You are the dismemberment murderer, but no one knows this. You should maintain your original enthusiasm in interacting with the residents of the Town.]

The first half, true or false unknown, but the second half, interacting with the residents of the Town in the original manner, is likely correct.

As Mo De's words came out, Old Tang Na's mouth moved slightly, and then no more words came out.

Carrying the iron tools on his back, Old Tang Na spoke as he was leaving: "Today I'm going to the Big City to sell iron tools, don't look for me again, and... don't think about secretly going to my house to look for anything! I know that the Police must have a search warrant to enter a resident's house!"

"If I find that someone has been in my house, I will go to the Big City and tell the Police officer there about this!"

Leaving these words, Old Tang Na walked towards the outskirts of Town with the iron tools on his back.

Mo De's gaze followed him into the distance.

In the dense Wu, Old Tang Na, wearing his best clothes, stood at a small station platform at the intersection on the edge of the Town.

That was a train station platform.

"Rumble, rumble, rumble..."

In the distance, a Coal Fire train emitting steam slowly arrived next to the Town.

This train was obviously the only public transportation tool for the residents of the Town to go out.

And along the way, this train should also pass through many similar Towns or small cities like this one.

"Big City."

Chewing on this word, Mo De's thoughts drifted a little.

But it was only for a moment before he pulled them back.

He was now in a precarious situation in Town, what was he thinking about a broader World.

"Sheriff Mo De, Old Tang Na is definitely problematic."

Evangeline put the two packaged hot dogs into Mo De's hand, lowering her voice significantly: "A few days before Bosen disappeared, I personally saw Old Tang Na forging a Gu knife in his Blacksmith shop!"

"He must have wanted to sell such a good knife, but you just saw that Old Tang Na didn't bring that knife with him. He must have used that knife to kill Bosen, and only a Gu knife can cut a person's body into pieces!"

Evangeline's voice even trembled as she said this.

It seemed she wished Mo De would go and arrest Old Tang Na at the Police station right now.

After all, what Old Tang Na said to her before had given her a great fright.

Mo De raised an eyebrow slightly.

This seemed to be very important information.

Gu knife, this kind of thing is generally not needed by ordinary people.

Old Tang Na forging this thing, not to mention it's hard to sell, he himself wouldn't be able to use it.

In the case file, in the description of Old Tang Na's personal information, it was mentioned that this person was an Old man who lived alone and was also very lazy.

Eating was basically whatever was easiest.

Gu knife is mainly used to process ingredients like ribs, and Old Tang Na wouldn't be so particular as to eat ribs.

So he could only forge the Gu knife to sell to people in the Big City who could use it.

But he left this trip without taking it with him!

Although he didn't know how often Old Tang Na went to the Big City, he could roughly estimate it from the farm tools and knives he was carrying on his back.

Forging these things with the original method of hammering iron would take at least ten days of hard work.

Plus, the other person was very lazy.

The time Old Tang Na spent going to the Big City to sell things would also be extended.

In other words, the other person would only go to the Big City at least every twenty days or even a month.

He would definitely not forget the Gu knife on such a rare opportunity!

What could be the reason for leaving a Gu knife that can dismember a person in the Town?