Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 12

It turned out that I was too tired and fell asleep directly on the stone table in the basement.

Angel remained awake for nearly a minute in a daze before recovering.The dream just now was so real that she still felt chills on her back and covered in cold sweat after waking up.

Thinking back now, isn't the middle-aged police officer with gray eyes in the dream the police officer in the police carriage that he met at Iron Cross Lower Street at midnight the day before yesterday?

Thinking about it every day and dreaming at night, it seems that I really hope that the authorities will intervene in this matter, so I dreamed that the Extraordinary police broke into my home, and even said everything in my heart.

Even if this is not a modern society, the "Nighthawks" representing the official power will not pry open other people's doors early in the morning, sit on the sofa and say "please sit" like they are the master, right?

Looking at the row of prepared special bullets on the stone table, Angel carefully put them into the box as in the dream before, and took them out of the basement.

Fortunately, the bullets made are real. If this also happened in the dream, wouldn't it be necessary to make it again?
Angel thought with some trepidation, she put the bullet box into the desk drawer, looked at the white sky outside the window, and was going to wash her face first, sober up, and then go to St. Selina Church to ask yesterday's bishop if he had informed the Extraordinary organization.

If the Church of the Goddess of the Night is unresponsive, she is going to go to the "River and Sea Church" of the Church of the Lord of Storms to try to report.

Pushing open the door of the living room, Angel froze again.

The "Officer Dunn Smith" I saw in my dream was wearing the same black and white checked police uniform and police cap as before, sitting on the sofa by the oriel window with his legs crossed, holding the same notebook in his hand.Seeing Angel walk out of the study, he gently threw the notebook onto the square table, put on his police cap, and stood up from the sofa.

"Get to know Dunn Smith again, Nighthawk." He bowed slightly, like a gentleman introducing himself at a ball.

"You... hello, I'm Angel Granger, but I think you should already know." After a brief shock, Angel quickly realized that the "Dunn Smith" in the dream just now was obviously the same person in front of him, and he probably "invaded" his dream.

This reminded her of an extraordinary creature called "Nightmare" in her previous life.

Currently, the person in front of him has normal facial features and sound limbs. He doesn’t look like a “Nightmare” who looks like an abstract painting. Another explanation is that the potion Dunn Smith took gave him the ability to invade and manipulate dreams.Thinking of this, Angel asked:
"Is this your extraordinary ability? Every Nighthawk?"

"Not all, everyone has a different sequence path, I'm in the 'Sleepless' sequence." The brown-haired and gray-eyed police officer replied with a smile, completely different from the gloomy and serious look in the dream.

"Sleepless" sounds like a pathway related to night and sleep.Dunn Smith didn't mention the sequence number of the Sleepless Path, and Angel didn't ask, but just secretly noted that this sequence has the ability to manipulate dreams.

"In dreams, people tend to release their suppressed emotions in reality, magnify the dark psychology, and make all the absurdity and confusion in the dream. But no matter how chaotic the dream is, it will also reflect the real self. For Extraordinary people like me, the real you in the dream is more credible than the waking you in reality."

No wonder I answered whatever was asked, as if communicating with an old friend for many years. So it was because I lost control of myself in the dream?Angel suddenly realized.

Dunn Smith continued to explain his abilities.

"It may sound scary, but I just gave some guidance to your dream and got the answers I need. Although you should not remember the specific content, I can guarantee that we had a good conversation in the dream, and your personal privacy was not involved."

He winked at Angel with mock humor.

But I remember it quite clearly, even when you laughed at me for trying to challenge Mrs. Sharon... Angel was a little dazed, should he forget the dream just now?
Most importantly, his answer in the dream was completely evasive, deliberately blurring the concepts of "Cole Granger" and "Angel Gray". Although he hardly lied, he used language art to cover up his identity under the rest of the truth.

This is far from the "reality in dreams" mentioned by Dunn Smith. According to him, after being dreamed by him, he should become a high-quality questioner who has questions and answers.

Because I am also a Extraordinary, so I have a certain resistance to manipulating dreams?Angel secretly guessed, but quickly denied the answer. As a senior Extraordinary, Dunn Smith couldn't have imagined this.

Is that because of my personal particularity, for example, am I a soul that does not belong to this world?or……

A few guesses flashed through Angel's mind, but there was no way to confirm it, so he had to put the question aside for the time being.

But she knew that the advantages of this "speciality" were obvious.

"I... I seem to remember a little bit. You asked me a lot of questions..." She pretended to remember, raised her hand to press her forehead, and said intermittently with a painful expression on her face, "Ms. Sharon... By the way, you have seen the report letter?"

"That's right, we received a letter from the police station last night, and your confession to the bishop in St. Selena's Church is the same. By reviewing the files of the police station and adding your testimony in your dream, it is basically confirmed that there have been eleven murders in Tingen City in the past year. The seven deaths or disappearances caused by the three mass incidents are all related to Cole Granger, and the culprit behind the scenes is Sharon Hoy, Mrs. Sharon." Dunn Smith said, pointing to the documents spread out on the table. "When my companions come down, you can go back to the 'Nighthawks' branch in Tingen with us. I dare not say that it is the safest place in Tingen City, but it is definitely more suitable than here."

The result is still the same as in the dream, he doesn't seem to intend to let me participate in the battle with Mrs. Sharon... Wait, companion?down?
Angel was about to fight for it again, but suddenly realized something was wrong.

"Ah, they're already here." Dunn Smith looked over Angel's shoulder and looked behind her.Angel looked back, at the corner of the stairs leading to the second floor, two people walked out of the shadows.

Angel suddenly felt ridiculous. When I woke up, there were three more strangers at home. Did you "Nighthawks" come to my house for group building?
Walking in front is a young lady, wearing a hooded black gown. The hood is taken off at this time, revealing blue eyeshadow and blush on her face, holding a candlestick in one hand and a copper wine glass in the other.

Followed by a male police officer, in his early 20s, wearing a black police uniform of the same style as Smith's, with all the buttons unbuttoned, revealing the vest and tight-fitting shirt underneath, no hat, short black hair, and green eyes showing unruly.

"Daly Simone, Leonard Mitchell, they are all 'Nighthawks'." Dunn Smith briefly introduced the people to Angel, "You guys came down so soon?"

"Let you be alone with this beautiful lady for too long, Leonard and I will be jealous." Daly Simone walked into the living room, found a sofa and sat down, put down the candlestick in her hand, but still held the wine glass in her hand.

"Ahem..." The young male police officer Leonard Mitchell followed into the living room, stood in the corner of the room next to Angel, coughed awkwardly but politely, and then replied:
"Captain, there is nothing unusual upstairs. They are all ordinary furniture and clothes. There is a hidden grid on the floor of the master bedroom, but it is empty, and Ms. Daly's 'psychic' has not found it."

"To be precise, even the normal 'spirit' has disappeared in this house, as if walking with something, and the new 'spirit' is unwilling to come near here. I tried divination, but there was no gain. Hehe, I am getting more and more curious about this Cole Granger." Ms. Daly said softly.

The empty space is the secret compartment where Cole Granger used to keep his notebook, which is now on the table in front of us... and he said "spirit"?Is it the soul, or does it refer to something else?Does this mysterious lady have the ability to communicate with spirits?
Angel thought of what Dunn Smith said just now that "everyone has their own sequence pathway", and speculated that this lady might be a Beyonder of another pathway, possessing some extraordinary abilities that were more "extraordinary" than the assassin's dark vision and lightness like a swallow.

Then this person should also be an Extraordinary, but he doesn't know what abilities he possesses... She turned her head, glanced at the young police officer at the side out of the corner of her eye, noticed her sight, and the black-haired young man whom Dunn called "Leonard Mitchell" looked back and bowed slightly to say hello.

The three Beyonders dispatched together, and among them was the "Sleepless" Dunn Smith, who could directly invade dreams and make people unable to distinguish between illusion and reality. If Cole Granger was still alive, only "Sleepless" held him in his dreams, and the rest swaggered into the house. He couldn't even fly.

It seems that this is the fighting method of the "Nighthawks". Facing a single target, it can be said that they are invincible.

Angel is thinking about how to crack this fighting style, and Dunn Smith has already spoken again: "Since there is nothing found here, let's take this lady back to the 'Blackthorn Security Company' first. On the one hand, it is to protect her, and on the other hand, we must also avoid leaking secrets before taking action."

"Action", Angel captured this key word. It seems that before he woke up, several "Nighthawks" had reached a consensus that they were going to take action against Mrs. Sharon.

She originally wanted to participate in it, and use the memory of Cole she had to increase the success rate of the battle against Madam Sharon. It would be best to kill her on the spot, not only to solve this Extraordinary who didn't know what conspiracy was brewing, but also to prevent her true identity from being leaked.

But seeing their fighting methods, especially the ability of Dunn Smith, the "sleepless man" to invade dreams, Angel felt that his participation was meaningless. Although he didn't know the fighting power of "psychic" Daly Simone and young police officer Leonard Mitchell, it must be no novice to be able to act with Dunn Smith.

Then there is no need for me to forcefully ask for help, not to mention these people may not trust me.

Angel looked at the casual positions of the three people but vaguely surrounded him, and came to a conclusion.

(End of this chapter)