Returning from the abyss

Chapter 1109 Dimitri's Device

Now it's not Jack who has a numb scalp, but Zhai Jingqiu.

As a detective, Zhai Jingqiu had also cooperated with the police and had the honor to see the remains at the scene of the crime. However, it was the first time in his life that he saw the operation of cutting open the scalp of a real person and pouring potion on it.

Especially seeing Lista's familiar appearance, Zhai Jingqiu couldn't help but wonder how many people she had scalped.

"Are you scared? Compared to what happened in the restaurant, this is nothing at all." Lista poured the potion at a slow speed, and she could still feel Zhai Jingqiu's state.

"A little... curious?" Zhai Jingqiu tried to be euphemistic.

"Most magic is like this in essence. And the potion for awakening superpowers is also a product of potion science-it is not a system with that Mr. Wizard. Although the relationship between the two has not been studied yet, magic There should be some internal connection with superpowers. This determines that, for certain situations, specific magicians are required to awaken them to increase the success rate."

"Are you that particular magician?"

"I'm not, I'm just talented." Lista finally poured out the potion in her hand, put the bottle back into the box, took out another tube of ointment, and began to spray on Jack's skull like decorating a cake. Squeeze up, this action made Zhai Jingqiu's eyes twitch.

"My magic type can be adapted to any kind of ritual, so I can universally undertake the magic needs of various special situations. Or in terms you can understand better, my magic belongs to type O blood according to blood type. "

As she said that, she squeezed out the small tube of ointment, closed Jack's scalp, and pressed her five fingers on his head.

"Of course, you can go back on your word now."

A faint mist rose from the top of Jack's head, and at the same time some of the gas gushed out of his nose and ears.About half a minute later, Lista let go of her hand and snapped her fingers in front of Jack: "You can wake up, Mr. Jack."

"-Drunk?"

With a flick of Jack's body, he finally spoke out what he hadn't finished speaking before.Then he looked around in surprise, raised his hand and touched his head: "Why does my scalp feel cold?"

Your skull is getting cold... After Zhai Jingqiu said something in his heart, he lay down on the other side of the operating bed.

"Mr. Jack, your awakening has been completed. Do you want to watch Mr. Zhai Jingqiu here? Or go out?"

"Look! I need to know what happened just now!"

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Facts have proved that Mr. Adventurer is indeed more courageous than Mr. Detective.

When seeing the scalp being peeled off, Jack touched his head with interest, trying to find the gap left after it was closed.And he watched the process of applying the medicine even more attentively. If it wasn't for the fear of disturbing Lista's work, he probably would have to ask what the effects of these medicines are.

"How do you see it?" Lista asked after closing Zhai Jingqiu's scalp.

"Great." Jack gave a thumbs up, "I have seen other magicians use magic, but to be honest, the power is not much different from guns and grenades. It is your painless scalp and instant healing wounds. It's more like magic."

Zhai Jingqiu supported his head and sat up, as if he was afraid that his scalp would fall off, but looking at Jack, he knew that this worry was unnecessary.

"Then we should be awakened now?" He asked quickly.

"Yes, you can use it now and try it out. I don't know what your superpower is, so go out and try it, don't damage this room."

After leaving, restore the underground passage wall, and then follow the original direction to the end. After leaving, you can walk out of the garden.Not far away is the gardener's cottage.

"So this is still a secret passage," Zhai Jingqiu murmured as he watched Lista close the exit.

"The authentication system here can only be used by members of the Howard family, and outsiders cannot open it." Lista replied, "It can help you rule out some suspects, Mr. Detective."

"Okay, how to use superpowers? This is the first time for me." Jack said.

"Your brains are now in a relatively active state, and superpowers are easy to activate, for example..." Lista suddenly bent down, picked up a stone from the side of the flower bed, and threw it directly at Jack's face with her backhand!
Jack's pupils shrank slightly, and he instinctively raised his hands to block himself, but something was faster than his hand, and before he could block himself, it shattered the stone in the air, and rushed towards Lista.Lista turned her head slightly, and the sound of the wind passed by her ears.

"It's an automatic reflection protection shield." Lista nodded and said, "You said you wanted to take risks, but you didn't want to die without knowing why, so your heart gave you such a response, Mr. Jack."

"Ah, that sounds really good." Jack clenched his fist and grinned, "I'm quite satisfied."

"As for Mr. Zhai Jingqiu, obviously, you only need to protect yourself, and your ability is not so aggressive."

Lista turned her head and looked at the place where Zhai Jingqiu was next to. It had turned into a tree, and Zhai Jingqiu had disappeared.

"It's a substitute technique." Zhai Jingqiu came out from another direction of the garden, "To be precise, it's an instant change of position. It's not that aggressive, but its mobility is pretty good."

"Congratulations, both of you." Lista said expressionlessly.

Jack and Zhai Jingqiu looked at each other, each of them suppressed the joy on their faces, and also bowed to Lista: "Thank you, Miss Lista."

"It's nothing, let's go back, mother should have returned to the hall, and is probably dealing with follow-up matters."

Lista led the two through the garden, but Lu Ning could actually feel that there was some joy in her heart, no matter what the reason was.

"Actually... I can almost guess what's going on in the hall now." Jack's mood was obviously higher than before. "It's not like Dimitri has no backs."

Lu Ning also knew this.

The useless device left by Dimitri in the first two rounds should have finally played its due role this time.

When I returned to the hall, it turned out that Dr. Lu Ning was talking about the device, and repeated what Dimitri said yesterday.

"If that's the case, please ask the doctor to fetch that device. We can take a look at what's on it. It just so happens that Mr. Jack and Mr. Zhai Jingqiu have already returned." Miria said.

"No problem." Lu Ning got up, went back to her room, and quickly brought back the box-like thing.

"That's it?" Kagabo looked at the device suspiciously.

"This is it, give it to me, and I'll open it," Jack said.

Thankfully, whatever odd circumstances Dimitri encountered last night, at least he knew he had activated his own transmitter.

Soon, the data recorded in it was read out, and Jack connected the box to a computer so that anyone who wanted to see it could see the records on it.

"At ten past three, there was a rustling sound, and it was also the time to turn on the transmitter. He should have gotten up. It took about 10 minutes to get dressed? He really went out by himself." Jack analyzed while looking at the record , "Although the sound of walking is very soft, this device will monitor his walking... He should be walking out of the viewing gallery now. Listen, there are some noisy rain sounds around."

After walking in the sound of rain for about a minute, Dimitri stopped and started talking to people, and the transmitter faithfully recorded the content of the conversation.

【I'm really sleepy...I'm asked to come out in the middle of the night, and I don't know what's important.Um?Why are you here to pick me up? 】

[This is the master's order. 】

When they heard the voice of the person who answered, everyone immediately turned their heads and turned their attention to Escher who was standing beside him.

"Escher, you didn't say that you would pick someone up at night." Miria said.

"Master Patriarch, whether you believe it or not, I must say - I have never done this."

"But it's your voice coming from here." Orlando stared at Escher, "You won't say that someone can make your voice so lifelike?"

"You may not know much about magic, but magic can do this kind of thing." Escher explained, "Just to imitate a person, as far as I know, there are two or three methods."

"We won't rule you out," Lista said, "but now, go on, we need to know what happened last night."

Jack nodded and continued playing.

[Ha... I think I'd better inform Jack, otherwise if something happens to me, he will have to laugh at me tomorrow morning in addition to avenging me. 】

[This violates the principle of confidentiality, Master Dimitri. 】

[I know, I know, it's really annoying.So let's go, go and go back. 】

Then, there was the sound of getting on the car.

Dimitri did not speak to "Escher" in the car, and the monitoring data such as heart rate and pace did not change significantly. After about 10 minutes, the car stopped.

[Ah, have you arrived at the main hall? 】

【Did you just fall asleep?Yes, we are here. 】

【Ha... I'm so sleepy, I'm really not used to getting up at this time...】

The sound of footsteps, and then the sound of the door opening, everyone recognized the amplified sound, simulating the situation at that time in their minds.

[Where is father now? ] asked Dimitri.

[Master is waiting for you in the restaurant. 】

【Dining room? 】

Everyone noticed that there was an element of suspicion in Dimitri's tone at this moment.

[Father is not in good health, Escher.If he has something urgent, I can understand that he wants to see me in the middle of the night, but why is it a restaurant?Except for family dinners, he never sees us in his room. 】

[I dare not speculate on the master's intentions at will. 】

[You dare not, do you?Escher, why are you acting weird today?you……】

【Huh?Dimitri, why are you standing at the door? 】

Another voice suddenly joined the conversation, and everyone immediately recognized this voice—it was Cynthia.

[I have something to do with my father, why, could it be... wait?What about Escher? 】

[Escher?He was behind me, looking for a parking space.Wait, you mean you brought Escher too? 】

【No, Cynthia, this is a trap! 】

【Father told us to come here, we should go to father!And that Escher—tsk, the one outside is gone too. 】

[Come over a little bit!Otherwise my singing cannot cover you!Hmph, fortunately, I was already prepared. 】

[If you have any means, use them quickly!I feel bad! 】

[Wait, I will open the messenger first, and then——]

drop.

The information ended here, and when hearing the last information, neither Jack nor the people next to him looked very good.

"It seems the truth has been truncated," Gustav said.

"That's not right! That is to say, what we heard before is what Dimitri thought he encountered when he turned off the transmitter, but later he pressed the button and thought he had turned on the transmitter? "Jack carefully checked the information in the receiving device, and confirmed that the records last night only ended here. "He didn't even know that he had activated the transmitter? Impossible!"

"Maybe he fell asleep and forgot to turn on the transmitter? After all, he slept in the car for a while." Saotome Arisa said.

"Impossible." Jack fumbled in a small bag on his belt and took out a hemispherical device, "This is a transmitter of the same type. Something that can’t be done, once the transmitter is activated, it will bounce slightly every two seconds, as long as the clothes are not very thick, it can be clearly detected.”

"You mean, under this circumstance, he didn't realize that the transmitter had been activated?" Zhai Jingqiu pondered, "Can it be understood that his perception was disturbed, so he saw the fake Escher , and did not detect the activation of the transmitter."

"Then who activated the transmitter for the first time? With the transmitter on him, Dimitri won't have such a bad memory." Jack said.

"So obviously, he was disturbed from the very beginning, and he activated the transmitter unconsciously. Jack, who else knows that he still has the transmitter?" Tsuburani Terakura suddenly spoke.

"It's just me, Dimitri, and the doctor. If others can know, they probably used some abnormal means."

"I just kept this device, and Dimitri didn't even show me the transmitter." Lu Ning said, "Mr. Jack should know."

"Okay, it's pointless to argue about this. Even if he doesn't know, some mind control techniques can still make him unconsciously activate the transmitter." Lista ended the meaningless conversation, "Don't we also have a way to verify it?"

She pointed out the door.

"Since they all came by car, the recorder on the car will leave relevant information. I remember that every car here is equipped with an internal and external monitoring system to prevent people from tampering with the car."

"Okay, there aren't too many vehicles anyway, let's check them one by one." Miria glanced at Escher, "Since Mr. Steward is under suspicion, please don't wander around, Lista, you and I will go. Take the car keys from the maid's room."

(End of this chapter)