Chapter 9 Chapter nine

Jermyn of Wheeling thought about his wife and was worried. Jermin's wife had been in a trance of late, perhaps because the events of the past had frightened her, and although Jermin had suspected that she ate dinner before he came to the table, he couldn't be sure. Germin was convinced that his wife was only momentarily confused, and that her insanity was only temporary, after all, there were no facts to prove that she was not a gentleman.Only people like Gala can come up with tricks, tricks, stealing chickens and dogs, eating more and taking more.It is impossible for a man to live with wolves for many years without picking up some of their vices.But Mrs. Germin was not like that.

Suddenly, "Duk! Duck! Duck!" There were three knocks on the door. It was Gala who came.She came in, her head bowed, her face dark and haggard—of course she was still beautiful. Germin said solemnly: "With regards to you, ma'am—" "Here they are!" Gala said eagerly, interrupting the greeting.Jermyn blinked, feeling a little bewildered. "Please," she begged, "help me, the wolf is coming!" "Just leave them, ma'am," Germin told her so curtly, thinking how to refute her, but didn't say it out, "Well, what's the news about wolves?"

In a daze, Gala sat down in the hostess's chair. "We escaped," she mumbled. "Glenn asked me to go with him after he escaped Five Rings. We walked for a day, and we stopped to rest at a place far from Wheeling. Just There we saw the craft, sir." "Aircraft!" Jermyn frowned, "Ma'am, if you have one thing to say, and if there's another thing to say, you can't lie." "I saw it, sir! There are people in there, and one of them is here again. He came looking for me with another guy, and I almost couldn't escape.I am afraid! "

"There's nothing to be afraid of, just let us have a look." Jermyn said every single word, as if lecturing a child.But his heart is actually hard to calm down. The word "wolf" aroused his fear and resentment, making him restless.He still had vivid memories of the Troppel incident.There is no doubt that Troppel is a wolf through and through.Because he had already suspected, the Troppel incident double confirmed his suspicion.It was he who delayed exposing this enemy of humanity.Whenever he thinks about it, he feels guilty and remorseful. "Tell me everything that happened," said Jermyn eagerly, with unease palpable in his words.He no longer cares about decency.

Galla began obediently: "I was going home after supper, Mrs. Puffin—you know, Mrs. Puffin has kept me at her house since Mr. Troppel—my husband went away—" "I know, you live with her." "Yes. Mrs. Puffin told me that two people came to me and said that they spoke fiercely. I became alert. When I got home, I hid behind the window and looked out. Sure enough, I found the two guys. One of them It's the people I've seen on the aircraft! They took my husband and flew away." "This is a serious matter," Jermyn was full of doubts, and truthfully expressed his concern, "Is this why you came here?"

"Yes. But they've seen me, sir! I think they'll come after me. You have to protect me, no one else can save me except you! " "If they really are wolves," said Germin calmly, "we'll shout for wolves. Well, please stay here, madam. I'll go out and meet them." Suddenly there was an unceremonious knock on the door. "It's late!" Gala yelled in horror. "They're coming!" Jieermin was very polite, said some polite words about "the poor house is dilapidated and poor, I am ashamed", and took out all the food in the house to entertain the visitors.In short, it is the etiquette for receiving strangers.

The visitors were abrupt and lacking in humor, but they still exchanged a few words according to the rules.It's not easy for them to do this, and Germin should really praise them.Of course that made Jermyn more wary than their growling and roaring. Germin also knew one of them. He finally searched out the man's name from the corner of his memory, it was Handel.On the day Troppel was about to sacrifice his marrow but escaped, the man showed up in Wheeling.He asked many people, including Germin himself, about Troppel.There were many accidents that day, killing people, catching wolves, and saving lives, which made Jermyn dizzy, but he still noticed Handel's vulgarity and lack of education, and was puzzled by it.

Now he no longer wondered. Since this person hadn't acted as blatantly and horribly as Troppel stole the bread, Germin held back for the time being and didn't cry out to catch the wolf.How to deal with these two guys seems to be quite tricky. "Gara is hiding in this house," said Handel's companion stiffly. Jermyn managed a humble, vague smile, but said nothing. "We wanted to see her, Germin, about her husband. He—well, he lived with us for a while, and then something happened." "Ah, that's right, collusion." Handel's companion blushed and looked at Handel.Handel said loudly: "You can say that, because he is indeed a wolf, but he has disappeared. Now you don't have to worry about it anymore."

"He disappeared?" Handel said angrily: "Not only him, four or five of us are missing. One, Inison, also disappeared.We need help, Germin.We're going to investigate what happened to Tropile - although we don't know exactly what happened to this series of disappearances, it started with Tropile.We want to talk to his wife and find some clues.So please tell her not to hide behind the house and let her come out for a while? " Germin was shaking.He buried his head in his fingers and played with the bracelet that once belonged to ex-Pacific Fleet Marine Joe Hartman to hide his momentary bewilderment.

After a while he finally said: "Perhaps you are right, perhaps Gala is with my wife. If so, she is not afraid of her husband's old acquaintance?" Handel laughed bitterly: "We are more afraid than she is, Germin. Let me tell you something. I told you that a man named Inison was also missing, and that Inison was also the son of the wolf. A wolf through and through. See what I mean? From this point of view-" He stopped suddenly, glanced at his companion, smacked his lips, swallowed the last part of the sentence, and then changed his words, "He It's a wolf, have you ever heard that wolves are also saved?"

"Liberation?" Jermyn threw down the bracelet, "but that's impossible!" he exclaimed, totally out of control, "Oh, no. Liberation can only come to those who have entered into a state of meditation and are completely detached, which you Should it be clear? I know it, I've seen it with my own eyes. There's no way a wolf—" "But at least five wolves have been rescued," Handel said sullenly. "Now you should know the seriousness of the problem. This is a catastrophe! Tropel was rescued, and I saw it with my own eyes. The next day, Innesson was saved. Within a week, two or three others were also saved. We are here, Germin, not because we like you people, or because we want to be here, but It's because we've been horrified by this sequence of events. All we want to do is talk to Troppel's wife -- and I think you, too -- and everybody who knew him, and hopefully find some Clues, or clues of clues, to see if we can uncover the secrets. Transcendence may be the highest goal of your life, but for us, it is tantamount to death in disguise, and we don't want to die of." Jermyn stooped to pick up his beloved bracelet and tossed it carelessly on the table.At this moment, he was preoccupied. At last he said, "It's a strange thing. I'll tell you a strange thing, too." Handel nodded, looking a little frustrated and angry. Germin said: "Since the wolf Troppel escaped, we haven't had any overruns here. But there are always angry eyes. I have seen it with my own eyes. This phenomenon——" He hesitated and shrugged , "This phenomenon has caused great panic in the city. Some of our best gentlemen have stopped sitting meditation. They are worried and don't know what to do. It is counterintuitive that there are so many breaths and no one is relieved." .Our moral code of conduct has also been impacted, society has become less and less prosperous, and even my family has—” He coughed and continued, "Of course the things in my family are irrelevant. The angry eyes visited every house and appeared everywhere, but no one was saved. Why? Is it related to the salvation of wolves?" He looked at the visitor helplessly , as if hoping to get a satisfactory answer, "The only thing I know is that this phenomenon is very strange, so I also feel anxious." Handel said in a deep voice: "Then take us to see Gala and see if we can find out something." Germin nodded in agreement, cleared his throat, raised his voice, and called out to the neighbors, "Ma'am!" In a moment Mrs. Germin came out, looking worried. "Call Mrs. Troppel out?" Germine said to her. Her wife nodded and said, "She's resting, I'll call her right now." She turned around—"Crack!" Suddenly there was a muffled thunder in the room. The four jumped up at the same time, their eyes widened in shock, and they all ran towards the back room. It was muffled thunder.The air filled a void, a void left by Gala's disappearance. This woman who had the characteristics of a wolf and did not meditate was also liberated.