Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 20 Failed Night Attack

An hour ago--

The two-wheeled carriage of the "Nighthawks" was driving on the quiet streets of the eastern district of Tingen City.

Because it was fighting against the Extraordinary, Dunn Smith did not let César, who usually drove the carriage, follow the team, but let Frye sit in the driver's seat. He sat quietly in the carriage with Luoyao Redding and Sika Ton, and took turns holding the sealed item to disperse its negative effects.

2-105, "Vessel Thief", is the name of this sealed item.The "2" in the code means that this is a Level 2 Sealed Artifact, which is dangerous and needs to be used cautiously and sparingly. The secrecy level is above that of the Bishop and the Nighthawk Squad Leader. The "Nighthawks" in Tingen City only have three Sealed Artifacts of this level. To deal with Mrs. Sharon, this "Vessel Thief" is the most suitable.

It looks like a thick, rigid blood vessel. It allows the wearer to have the opportunity to steal an ability of the target. Even a high-sequence powerhouse has a chance to be recruited. It is used by Sequence 8 "Midnight Poet" Sika Toon, and it has a high probability of success in stealing the invisibility ability of Madam Sharon from Sequence 7 or Sequence 6.Once the steal is successful, Madam Sharon will lose this ability within 10 minutes, and the holder of "Vessel Thief" can use it as if well-trained. The "Midnight Poet" who has a strong melee ability and can be invisible will become Madam Sharon's difficult opponent.

Of course, on the other side of the powerful ability of the sealed object, it must correspond to the same dangerous negative effect. No matter whether you wear gloves or other protection, people who touch it will gradually have their lives stolen.It wasn't obvious at first, but if you don't break contact, after half an hour, there will be corresponding external manifestations. Even if it is close to the demigod Sequence 5, it can't last for two hours under continuous contact.

However, under repeated use tests by the church, as long as there are three or more holders, the negative effects can be greatly slowed down.

In the carriage, several people took turns holding the thick blood vessel, and each held on for 3 minutes before handing it over to another person.

Under such an exchange of rotations, even Sequence 9 will not experience fatigue enough to affect the battle within two hours, let alone the signs of aging reflected in the body.

Dunn took the "blood vessel thief" from Luo Yao. Even though he was wearing gloves, his skin felt numb when he touched the sealed object. There seemed to be a weak electric current flowing all over his body, but it was not obvious, and it was almost impossible to detect it if he didn't feel it carefully.

He looked out of the window. On the dark road, gas lamps kept moving backwards. Compared with the noisy and chaotic docks, the bustling but well-ordered North District, the East District of Tingen City looked peaceful and tranquil. Rich businessmen and politicians in Tingen lived here. Most of them were villas with gardens. The population density was low, but their status was not low at all.

Go around the intersection ahead and you're on Olsnerstrasse...

Dunn knocked on the movable partition behind him, and the deep voice of Frye who was driving came: "Captain, what's the matter?"

"Stop at the intersection, don't get too close to the target."

"clear."

In the sound of Frye's "wow", the horse pulling the cart stopped meekly, and the two-wheeled carriage stopped at a corner of the intersection.

Dunn stepped out of the carriage first, and observed Olsner Street by the dim gas light.Luo Yao and Xi Jia also got out of the car one after another. Seeing that there was no one around, Frye tied the horse rope to the lamp post beside him.

Not far from them was Mrs. Sharon's residence, a small two-story building hidden in the garden.

According to the plan, Dunn Smith should use the "Nightmare" ability to pull Mrs. Sharon into a dream first. Even if she is not sleeping at this time, "Nightmare" will make the unsuspecting her doze off and fall asleep quickly, just like coaxing a baby to sleep.If there were other servants in the house, Dunn could also make these ordinary people fall asleep quickly, so as to avoid involving them in the battle.

Once Dunn succeeds, the rest of the "Nighthawks" will quickly enter the residence, go to Madam Sharon's location, or arrest or kill them, depending on the situation on the spot.

It's better to kill... Dunn Smith thought to himself.

When the strength is similar, or even weaker than the other party, it is unrealistic to try to capture an experienced Beyonder alive.For Extraordinary, binding hands and feet is not an intractable problem, and it is possible to counterattack even when unconscious. If she takes chances and tries to capture Madam Sharon alive, she may use her unknown ability to escape, and even counterattack to kill the teammates present.

This is also the reason why he was unwilling to let Daly come together. Even though Daly expressed his willingness to follow in the battle many times, he decisively rejected the other party, so that Daly's mood was always a little depressed during the battle meeting.

Dunn looked around at the team members, Frye, Luo Yao, and Sika all looked at him, waiting for his instructions.

My team members trust me so much, I must protect them...

To get rid of some confused thoughts, he gave Frye the "blood vessel thief" that he had been holding for 3 minutes, and whispered: "Get ready to start action."

The Nighthawks nodded in unison, expressing their understanding.

Dunn bent over and sat on the step beside the carriage door, clasped his hands and closed his eyes, the surrounding night seemed to be a little darker.

This is his extraordinary ability of "Nightmare". The effective range is within a hundred meters. It only takes a little time, a period of undisturbed foreshadowing, to make the target fall into a deep sleep and enter the dreamland set for him by "Nightmare".

The other three nighthawks stood aside and waited patiently. Based on their experience, the captain could silently pull a Beyonder into a dream in about 5 minutes, and then he would bring one of his teammates into the dream, indicating that they could start attacking.

This is also the biggest limitation of "Nightmare"'s ability. If you pull an Extraordinary with similar strength into the dream, you must also enter the dream. If "Nightmare" interrupts the dream and wakes up, the target will also wake up, and thus get a spiritual warning.

But this time, in less than a minute, Dunn Smith opened his eyes amidst the surprised gazes of several people, and stood up.

Facing the puzzled eyes of his teammates, Dunn also looked strange. He frowned and explained: "There are only two maids in the house, both of whom are ordinary people. I have already put them into a deep sleep, but Mrs. Sharon is not at home. I asked the servant in my dream, and she hurried out half an hour ago."

"Could Ms. Granger be lying, Madam Sharon didn't invite her here tonight?"

The black-haired, blue-eyed, and slender-browed Luoyao Leiding's first reaction was that they had been deceived by the so-called whistleblower, Angel Granger.

"Probably not. In my dream, there was also Daly using the 'wine glass that spoke the truth'. If she lied, it is unlikely that she would escape the test of the two of us." Dunn rejected this possibility.

"Then Madam Sharon is out on a temporary basis? It may be a banquet of some dignitary, or an invitation from a lover. After all, this is the busiest weekend night in the social world." The white-haired lady Sika Troon, who is good at conceiving novel plots, proposed another possibility.

This does make some sense... Dunn heard that, and felt that with Madam Sharon's status in Tingen City, it was not a small possibility that she would be temporarily invited to participate in some important "events".

What now?
Several people's eyes were focused on the face of captain Dunn Smith.

Dunn rubbed his temples with his gloved right hand, lost in thought.

……

"I just said, it's all here, so why don't you just go back empty-handed?"

Several people helped each other, climbed over the wall, climbed up to the balcony from the back of the small building, and entered Mrs. Sharon's residence from the second floor. Xijia said softly while pulling Frye, the only one of the four who did not belong to the "sleepless" path, to the balcony.

"Your speech is like a burglar." Luo Yao followed Frye up to the second floor and replied in a low voice.

Knowing that Mrs. Sharon was not at home and that the servants were already sound asleep, the four night watchmen did not hide their figures, but strode forward as if they were at home.According to the information obtained from asking the servant in the dream, Dunn took the lead and walked straight to Madam Sharon's bedroom door.

Glancing left and right, his teammates around him were ready. He turned the doorknob and opened the bedroom door.

The curtains in the bedroom were closed, but the gas lamp was not turned off. Under the light, the decoration of the bedroom was extraordinarily luxurious, which did not match the simple appearance of the small building at all.In the center of the spacious space is a large bed, with velvet bedding piled up messily on one side, the dressing table by the wall is filled with various cosmetics, the jewelry box is randomly opened, revealing the jewelries with different brilliance inside, the imaginative light clothes and silk stockings are randomly thrown on the rocking chair, and different styles of skirts are hung in the half-hidden cloakroom.

The air is filled with an aroma that makes people's blood rush.

The most eye-catching thing in the whole room was a full-length mirror placed in the center of the carpet. Some unknown crimson liquid was smeared on the mirror. There was an extinguished candle in front of the mirror, and some flower petals that Dunn didn't recognize were scattered around.

"It looks like magic mirror divination."

"Corpse Collector" Frye's hoarse voice came. He had the same path as "Psychic" Daly, and he knew a lot about psychic and divination.

Several people immediately became tense, stood back to back, and looked around cautiously.

Divination is a method that Extraordinary people love and hate.

The divination of teammates can help them understand the danger ahead, find missing items, and even talk to the dead like a psychic. However, the attacks on enemies who can divination are often not sudden. The divination can see through their ambush or surprise attack in advance, and even set up an ambush in reverse, so that the actions of the official Extraordinary fall short.

Could it be that Mrs. Sharon had predicted the actions of the Nighthawks tonight and ran away early?

It's fine to run away, I'm afraid that she will use divination to gain an intelligence advantage, and in turn set up an ambush to make everyone a prey.

Fry pressed his forehead, entered Spirit Vision, and carefully checked his surroundings.

"No spiritual light was found, she should have run away."

Only then did everyone relax. Luo Yao frowned and said to himself, "Mrs. Xue Lun won't use the magic mirror for divination for no reason. Who reminded her?"

"It should be when the captain brought Ms. Angel Granger back in the morning. Many people around witnessed this incident. If Mrs. Sharon has a news channel, it is not difficult to find out about this incident." Sika analyzed.

Dunn opened his mouth, trying to explain that he had informed the people around him that he was only investigating Cole Granger's disappearance, but thinking about it now, he also felt that he shouldn't be wearing a police uniform and using a police carriage to go to Granger's house. According to his usual habits, he should bring Angel Granger back to the Blackthorn Security Company for protection in the middle of the night, and he would try to keep a low profile on the way.

But at that time, the "Nighthawk" was going out in his own carriage, and he also wanted to use his identity as a policeman to intimidate Angel Granger... No, these reasons are all untenable. How could he think that his behavior was reasonable at that time?
No matter what, this operation can be regarded as a failure, and now we can only collect as much evidence as possible against Mrs. Sharon, and notify the church and the Tingen police after returning to issue a wanted warrant.

"... Then she must have asked the magic mirror, 'Did Angel Granger betray me', 'Where is she now' and other questions, we were naturally exposed to her." Sika imitated the tone of divination, gesturing with both hands in front of the mirror, and continued.

The expression on Dunn's face froze.

(End of this chapter)