In the afternoon of the next day, I was on the bus from Tidan Elementary School to Rice Flower Central Hospital.

"Yes, it was because they discovered the cannibalism of the Franklin Expedition that they made Shinichi Fujimura and Henry Ito famous all over the world." Leaning on Qianyu's body, Gray Yuan said this. "Hmm...... I'm not going to hang my book bag, you should have a lot to tell me, right? ”

"When I was studying there (at Imperial College) before, I actually saw people arguing about this," Qian Yu said, hugging Gray Plains. "There was probably an Inuit student who was called by the insulting name Eskimo (Indian for eating raw meat) when he had a quarrel with a white Canadian student, and then there were native English students who participated, and finally the conversation was quoted to Dickens. I thought...... 'These barbarians will kill the whites when they see that they are weaker than them, maybe they killed the members of the expedition.'"

"Sarcastic John Rae, right? Dickens's classic, "Gray Plain Mourning is no stranger to this matter. "For those bold reports of John Rae."

"Yes, pathetic public." Qian Yu pursed his lips.

In 1848, more than two years after the Franklin Expedition set out, the British Admiralty embarked on a series of explorations. And in 1854, Dr. John Ray, who was employed by the Hudson's Bay Company, which oversaw more than 5 million square kilometers of land in British Canada. John Rae) conducted a search, and the Inuit indicated that they could provide the whereabouts of a survival party of about 40 men led by the captain of one of the ships of the expedition in the winter of 1850 — and when the Inuit encountered them again in the spring of 1851, the Inuit had found only about 30 bodies rather than a single living person. At the same time, they received a large amount of supplies belonging to the expedition. The Inuit also told John Ray that they had found traces of cutting and cooking on the body's body.

[Judging by the many mutilated bodies and the contents of the jugs, it is clear that our poor fellow citizens have been compelled to resort to the last resort – cannibalism – as a means of gaining time for survival] – Report of Dr. John Ray to the Admiralty of the British Empire, October 23, 1854, The Times of London.

But ironically, because Franklin had been portrayed as a tragic hero by Britain at that time, and was even posthumously named rear admiral, John Ray's report caused an uproar, and also led to John Ray's final shouting and disrepute in the British, and this topic also became an insurmountable national emotional taboo at that time.

But the truth is not something that can be buried by popular anger, and subsequent explorers continue to bring back similar news.

[[(The boots) are as tall as the knee, and some of them have boiled human flesh in them—yes, human flesh that has been cooked]—Charles Francis Hall, Recording the Inuit Description in Field Notes Volume 26, 1869.

[One man's body was found by the Inuit with only two hands sawed off by the wrists, but most of the others had their flesh cut off, just as someone had cut them off and eaten them before]—Same Field Notes, Vol. 34

[(An Inuit) saw bones that appeared to have been sawn off from their legs and arms...... The condition of the bones led the Inuit to speculate that these whites had been cannibalistic...... The reason for his judgment was that the bones had been cut with a knife or a saw, or something like that.—Captain Frederick Schwaka, 1879

Although such second-hand evidence continues to be discovered, it was Fujimura Shinichi who smashed the hammer that finally put an end to these disputes: in June 1974, the Ito team found the body of a member of the Franklin Expedition on King William Island, and claimed that the body had indeed been cut through vague but still relevant photographs.

But in order to find this precious discovery, Ito paid with his own life, and his body has not been transported back until now.

"But then again, I've talked so much, do you want to talk about some too?" When he said this, Qian Yu suddenly rubbed his face against the gray plain mourning who was leaning against his neck. "Why are you so positive about this?"

"I ...... Have it? "Gray Yuan Wai was a little dazed at first, but finally admitted it calmly." Yes...... Well, it looks like I'm really not very good at hiding something. All in all, he has something to do with my family. ”

"Huh?" Qianyu was stunned. "And at your house?"

"Well, White Dove Pharmaceutical, you know the name, right?" Gray Plains said slowly. "And this Henry Ito ......"

"The main patron of Shirahato Pharmaceutical, and the lack of uniformity in the direction of investment among the heirs brought about by his sudden death is considered to be the ultimate reason for the eventual collapse of Shirahato Pharmaceutical, which is why my father finally joined the organization." Gray Plains said this. "So...... I'd definitely like to see the old man, after all, according to the tapes that the organization gave me before, my mother seems to say that the old man is very nice and has helped my father a lot. ”

"So, it's really just to meet?" Qianyu asked. "After all...... If you die in that kind of place, you will obviously freeze to death. Therefore, the only point is to confirm the identity, and there is little room for other identification work. And most importantly, the corpse doesn't have to be Henry Ito, if it weren't, we might have come in vain. ”

With that, the bus arrived at the nearest station at the Rice Flower Central Hospital.

It's time for them to get out of the car.

……

When they arrived at Gregory's identification station, they found that the body had arrived, but only at the point of removing it from the mobile freezer used to preserve it.

"You're here?" Grigory glanced at Chiba and Gray Plains, who were dressed in warm clothes. "Hmm...... Now that you're here, we're not going to be short of men. ”

Beside him, it was Fujiwara and Hotaru, and none of the other staff members were here.

"What about the others, can't they come?" Chiba and Ash Yuan each sat down on a chair equipped with spinner wheels, and used the device to go to the dissecting table, carefully observing the corpse wearing a cold suit that appeared higher than normal due to the bottom of the coffin.