Krafft's Notes on Anomalies

"The environment in Dunling has not been much better since the church tightened the noose." Willen followed Kraft leisurely and walked side by side among the salt pillar-like obelisks. "After most of the deaths were discovered, they were eventually The first to be notified are the relatives of the deceased, and the second is the church. For those who have no relatives, the church is mentioned first.”

"Identified people will be buried in the church cemetery. Ordinary cemeteries also have tombkeepers hired by the church to patrol to ensure that there will be no desecration of tomb robbery by peeking at the deceased's grave goods."

"I'm curious how you got the 'research object'." Kraft disconnected his mental senses and stopped holding on to the nearest tombstone to maintain balance.

Dun Ling's colleagues twirled their fingers meaningfully, "There is no research subject, at least no one has admitted that there is a research subject. All our results are obtained through the interpretation of the great works of our ancestors and physical observation. There is no research. object."

"Of course, there is no such thing as paying someone to pay for the tomb keeper and eight silver coins for tea. Sometimes when followers of Heavenly Father come to visit, they happen to encounter tomb robbers who run away in panic after being discovered and abandon the body. It makes sense to be nearby.”

"Very reasonable."

"It's great that you think so too. We have been troubled by the inability to reach a settlement with the Inquisition. The recent situation has been particularly difficult."

"It's always difficult for people to understand each other. Let's go take a look at the college's equipment." It's still early in the day, which is a good time to strike while the iron is hot to find more information, lest the other party reacts and discovers that the motives are impure after a long time.

This was not difficult. Viren made a "this way please" gesture and brought several Rivers VIPs into the instrument storage room without thinking too much. Because they behaved so naturally, the students who managed the warehouse did not even ask who these new teachers they had never met before were.

Many metal instruments and glass instruments are stored on huge solid wood cabinets fixed to the wall. The upper floors need to step on a special ladder whose appearance is suspected to be inspired by a siege ladder to access.

It is almost a glass pavilion, concentrating several generations of technological changes. From thick, clumsy, translucent round bottles to new instruments with thin walls and solid colors, there is a place for creations of all levels, including small pieces that are extremely transparent and incompatible with their peers.

Seeing Kraft's curiosity, Viren took one off and handed it to him. The tiny ice cracks running through it showed that it was a finished product made from a whole piece of natural crystal hollowed out and ground.

"It's very luxurious, right? You may not see something like this anywhere else, and you won't see it again in the future."

They came to the latest white glass instrument storage cabinet, which should have been the product of the unlucky alchemist before he was buried in the mine. At this time, there are many vacancies on this shelf, like the gums of children during the teething period. The deceased have passed away but the new batch has not yet been replenished.

"The previous shortage of raw materials prevented us from replenishing it for a long time. We only got news this year, but there was another fire and a lot of damage was done. Since it was customized in Professor Morrison's private name, there were some delivery problems. The rest are currently available, just register here.”

"That's great." His eyes scanned the various containers on the shelf. The standard of glass craftsmanship can be seen from the church windows. The craftsmen here are not far behind those in Solace Harbor. He saw many challenges. A play of imagination and skill.

Some bottles with strange shapes simply have the fittings and container melted together due to the lack of rubber connections that are airtight enough. It includes a condenser tube, which is made of a bead-shaped inner tube placed inside an outer tube, sealed at both ends, and directly welded to the flask. God knows how they clean it.

"Can I see the list?" He actually didn't care much about what was left here, but what was more important was what was missing.

The student took out a thick book from the drawer. There were half of the book with items entry and exit records and signatures in different handwriting. Kraft couldn't believe that this book may reflect most of the recent experimental activities of the medical school. The thing is in your hands.

Things come so quickly and easily, it feels unreal.

Kraft calmly turned sideways to cover the pages of the book. The date separation carefully marked by the administrator provided a great help for reference, and it was easy to go back to more than half a year ago.

However, a new difficulty arose. He saw a lot of unfamiliar names. Some people even used cursive scripts and abbreviations to replace them. The fonts reflected the historical writing tradition of medical staff. For real internal documents, no one except internal staff Don't even try to understand what is written. It is difficult to say that it does not have a role in preventing audits.

The idea at the beginning was too simple, and there was another problem. As a professor at the college, Morrison might not necessarily have to condescend to come to the warehouse to borrow signatures. The investigation was completely blind.

After turning a few pages, when Kraft was about to spend time memorizing the second half of the book and slowly comparing it, he was saved by a gorgeous signature that stood out from the crowd.

【Kalman】

There may be people named Kalman all over the world, but there probably won't be another one of them who happens to be good at calligraphy and will appear here.

The capital letter of the first letter leads to a long and sharp serif like a branch, and the other letters are arranged like fallen birds, leaning against each other. The smooth continuous strokes make people feel that they are carefully designed and signed at the end of a formal letter, rather than an everyday signature.

According to the date of this record, about half a year ago, when Kraft was thinking about the origin of ore in Solace Port, Professor Kalman arrived in Dunling as scheduled.

Maybe even earlier. After all, he came as quickly as possible after receiving the news. When he signed, he had already taken on the task of helping Morrison handle experimental affairs, and borrowed several knives, pliers, tweezers, and several more. measuring cup.

The starting and ending of the signature are coherent and completed in one go.

【He seems to be in good condition】

There was no trace of the same person who left a box of difficult and difficult experimental records. It was as if he had returned to a time of high spirits and was willing to devote his energy to everything the instructor ordered.

After turning two pages down, he saw Professor Kalman's loan record again. Instead of returning it, they borrowed several rationing containers, as well as pharmaceuticals that seemed to be used for surgery far more than drug processing.

Half a month later, after signing the same signature, Li Ming's laboratory returned the original glass containers and surgical equipment - in the form of funds, and instructed the equipment room to find the original craftsman's shop to replenish them in the name of the college.

The reason was that the equipment that came into contact with patients with severe infectious diseases could not be reused. Kalman's own handwriting even carefully supplemented the report, calling it mercury therapy and syphilis patients who had failed to apply honey had tumors removed.

Probably because he realized that the disappearance of batches of instruments was a bit unusual, he restrained his behavior a lot. Only a few items were missing in the batch, such as two knives that were reimbursed for incision and drainage of abscesses and fever patients.

Over the past few months, only a few pieces of precision glass instruments used for distillation, boiling, and extraction have been temporarily borrowed. The ones with complex structures have basically remained in Kalman's loan name forever, and none of them have been returned due to compensation for damage. , until a fire sent everything into a permanent loss list.

From the beginning to the end, each beautiful signature was never written carelessly, neatly copied and pasted on a lamppost on a deserted road at midnight, finally ending up in the middle of the wasteland.

"Professor Kraft, did you find what you needed?"