Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 21 Aftermath and Invitations

Zouterand Street, Blackthorn Security Company.

After several out-going night watchmen came back, the commotion downstairs stopped quickly. Dunn Smith showed his ID, and several police officers at the scene immediately began to disperse the surrounding people. They learned that it was just the security company's staff who forgot to take soundproof measures during training. The residents of the northern district who were eager to report the crime gradually left, and the street returned to tranquility at night.

"So, the three of you killed Madam Sharon?" Looking at the messy reception room, Dunn Smith asked slowly.

Behind him, Frye and the others who returned to the Blackthorn Security Company couldn't believe it, seeing the place they left an hour ago.

In the room filled with the smell of gunpowder, the scattered bullet casings and broken glass on the carpet make people have nowhere to stay. The decorative mirror on the wall only has a copper frame and a residual mirror that has been chewed by a dog. The original smooth wall is full of bullet holes.

The warm and familiar reception room in the past is displayed in front of everyone like the ruins after the war.

In the center of the ruins is a corpse lying on its back on the carpet. The upper body is covered by a tablecloth. From the perfect curve of the chest, it can be seen that it is a woman. People can't help but imagine the wonderful scene under the tablecloth.

It's a pity that the dried blood that penetrated the tablecloth made Sika and the others quickly dismiss this idea. Only Dunn approached the corpse with a sullen face, squatted down and lifted the tablecloth to take a look.

"Yes, thanks to Ms. Daly's being here, her psychic spell successfully restricted Mrs. Sharon, otherwise we would not have had a chance." Leonard said standing by the window. At this time, the only intact sofa in the reception room had been given to Daly. He was too embarrassed to compete with the tired Angel for the remaining armchair, so he had to maintain a gentlemanly demeanor and lean against the wall to rest.

"Ms. Daly is only spiritually exhausted and resting. Other than that, we can be said to be unharmed." Seeing Dunn looking at Daly lying on the sofa from time to time, Leonard explained intimately.

"Ah? Well... I'm just glad that Daly wasn't allowed to go with me, otherwise there are only the two of you here, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to fight Madam Sharon... By the way, where is Cornley? He didn't come out from Chanis Gate to support him?"

Hearing the captain's abrupt change of subject, Leonard winked at Angel who was sitting beside him, and the meaning was obvious: "Look, I just said it."

Under the oppression of Dunn's eyes, he quickly put away his hippie smile, and replied seriously: "Of course not, I guess the gunfire has passed on, but everyone knows that Chanismen is more important than anyone else, and he won't come out to support."

"Well, very good, now let me report what happened here. Sika, you go to the police station across the street and ask Inspector Victor to come over. He said that there was a burglary murder case here, and the intruder had been shot dead. It could imply that he involved many dignitaries in Tingen. Luo Yao, you go to the arsenal to replace Brett, and ask him to come out and clean the reception room. Frye, send the 'Vessel Thief' back to Chanis Gate."

Several people received the order and left the reception room one after another.

Dunn stood beside the sofa where Daly was resting, listening to Leonard's detailed description of the battle just now, his eyes swept over Mrs. Sharon's body, the sleeping Daly, and Angel who was resting beside him from time to time, his brows sometimes furrowed and sometimes relaxed.

During the period, Brett and Frye, who were replaced, returned to the reception hall together. After sighing—"My God, what happened here? The robbers can't destroy it so thoroughly!"—began to clean up the broken glass on the floor with a broom.Sika also returned to the reception room with a middle-aged policeman.

The person who came was wearing a standard police uniform with two stars on his shoulders. He was tall but thin, with a short black beard.

When Dunn saw him enter the door, he took the initiative to say hello: "Sorry, Victor, I have to trouble you again today."

"It's as if you didn't bother me...God, what happened here?" The inspector named Victor stepped into the door of the reception room, and immediately sighed the same as Brett.

"It's like this. We received a case from the police station late last night. Cole Granger, who lives on Daffodil Street, is suspected to be involved in more than a dozen murders and abetting murders..."

Dunn introduced the whole incident to Inspector Victor, and led him to the corpse of Mrs. Sharon to "open his eyes".

Seeing Mrs. Sharon with only half of her head left under the tablecloth, Victor's face of pretending to be calm finally couldn't hold back, and he looked like he had seen a ghost.

"It's really Mrs. Sharon, that Sharon Hoy... I saw her at the mayor's charity gala. At that time, she was the focus of the whole banquet. I didn't expect that she was related to a cult. Those old guys would have nightmares if they found out."

"Then I hope that Madam Sharon, who only has a half-head left, doesn't bother them in their nightmares."

Dunn joked indifferently.

"Victor, you are the first to know besides the person involved. I think you understand what this means. Later, I will let two team members accompany you to Mrs. Sharon's house to search for evidence of her crimes, and hand over the ones involving extraordinary power to them. You can write all the rest in the report."

Listening to Dunn Smith's words, Inspector Victor's pale face quickly returned to rosy. Perhaps only the feat and power at hand can make a person overcome his fear so quickly.

Angel watched coldly from the side. This Inspector Victor obviously often cooperated with the Nighthawks and knew a lot of things that ordinary people shouldn't know. But it was beyond his imagination that a socialite like Mrs. Sharon was an Extraordinary with a high rank. Dunn used this to quickly grasp the situation and obtain the result he wanted.

It seems that you are more suitable to be an instigator...

After discussing everything quickly, Inspector Victor couldn't wait to leave. He wanted to rush back to the police station to organize the police force, and take any "evidence" that might exist in her home into his hands before the news of Mrs. Sharon's death spread.

Sika and Frye followed Victor, and they will follow the police back to Mrs. Sharon's house to collect all items related to extraordinary power, so as to prevent the police who rummaged through boxes from coming into contact with these items, causing new casualties.

"This corpse... Madam Sharon's remains, what should I do with it?"

Back at the gate of the reception room, Inspector Victor seemed to have just remembered this, stopped and turned to ask.

"According to the usual practice, we will inspect it to ensure that the mysterious power will not pose a threat to ordinary people, and then hand it over to the police." Dunn replied without turning his head. He was squatting beside Mrs. Sharon carefully observing the corpse.

"Okay, okay, then I'll go first, I'm afraid I'm busy tonight..."

Victor froze when he heard the "mysterious power". After saying hello, he quickly left the security company. The image behind him showed someone chasing him.

Dunn ignored Inspector Victor who left in a hurry, but continued to stare at Mrs. Sharon on the ground. The focused expression made Angel almost think that the one lying on the ground was Ms. Daly.

"Brett, don't clean up for now, help the captain and us make a cup of tea, everyone is thirsty after a busy night."

Seeing this, Leonard said to Bright who was still cleaning the reception room.

Your excuses are too clumsy...

Angel knew that there must be something that ordinary people can't see next, so Leonard found a reason to dismiss Bright, but this did not prevent her from giving a bad review of the poor performance.

After Brett left, Leonard also stood next to Mrs. Sharon's body, crossed his arms and lowered his head to observe.

Although Angel didn't follow, his eyes focused on Mrs. Sharon, and his curiosity gradually arose.

Under the gaze of the three of them, a black light gradually appeared next to Mrs. Sharon's body, floating in the air like dust, automatically without wind.

The black "dust" gradually became thicker, gradually covering the corpse, and then seemed to be gathered together by an invisible hand, forming a round object the size of an eyeball.

No, this is the eyeball. The milky white sclera on its outer layer is covered with bloodshot eyes, and the pupils are not covered by the eyelids.

Fortunately, this is not a living evil thing. After the "eyeball" rotated a few times in the air, it lost its buoyancy, and fell directly on Mrs. Sharon's graceful body. It slid to the ground and rolled on the carpet for a certain distance. Dunn, who was squatting aside and waiting for a long time, grabbed it through his gloves.

He took out a delicate wooden box from the inner pocket of the windbreaker, and carefully put the "eyeball" in it. The moment he closed the box, Angel's chill all over his body disappeared.

This reminded her of the jelly-like mysterious object left in the basement of Cole's house the night she just woke up in this world.Undoubtedly, this is the extraordinary characteristic left after the death of Mrs. Sharon in Sequence 6.

Unlike Cole's "death", what Madam Sharon expelled was not a gel-like Extraordinary characteristic without a complete form, but formed an "eyeball" that seemed to have life. Angel didn't know which situation was normal, so he had to temporarily bury this doubt in his heart.

She also plays the role of a newly promoted Extraordinary, asking questions at the right time: "What is this? Is it some kind of creature?"

"It's an Extraordinary item left after the death of an Extraordinary... Well, if an ordinary person comes into contact with it by accident, they may go crazy or even die on the spot. That's why I didn't let the police take away her body immediately."

After putting away the wooden box, Dunn seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, his body relaxed, stood up from Madam Sharon, turned his head and said.

"I asked Frye and the others to go to Madam Sharon's house with Victor to search, because I was afraid that the police would come into contact with Extraordinary items when they were looking for evidence or other items of interest, which would cause additional incidents."

"Over the past year, most of the mysterious incidents we solved were unintentionally triggered by ordinary people. There are actually very few extraordinary people who actively attack like tonight, at least we haven't encountered them this year."

Leonard added on the side.

Dunn got up from Mrs. Sharon's body and returned to the sofa in the middle of the reception room. Seeing that there was no place to sit, he simply stood and said to Angel with a serious expression:

"Mrs. Sharon is dead, but Cole Granger's whereabouts are currently unknown. Tomorrow, I will contact the Holy Church, contact the 'Punisher' and 'Mechanical Heart' in Tingen City, and issue a joint arrest warrant. Now let's talk about your future choices."

choose?

Angel felt a little puzzled, she raised her eyebrows, waiting for Dunn's next words.

"For a 'survivor' of an extraordinary event like you, especially if this incident is likely to involve the 'Witch Sect', we generally recommend that you remain anonymous, cut off contact with your relatives and friends, leave Tingen City under the arrangement of the church, and live in other cities to have a new, safe and worry-free life.

"There will be some anti-divination and anti-tracking measures in the church's arrangement, but this protection is not absolutely safe in front of Extraordinary with various means. There have also been examples of protected persons being found and killed by cult avengers before."

Angel licked her dry lips, which was what worried her the most.

Dunn seemed satisfied with her reaction. He smiled, spoke slowly, and continued: "Another option, join us and become a Nighthawk."

Ok?
Angel was stunned.

It has been less than a week since she came into this world, and the subsequent events left her no time to think about the long-term arrangements, especially Madam Sharon's "invitation", which once made her try to give up her identity and residence and flee to other places.

Although she finally made up her mind to confront it head-on and got a good ending, Angel was still a little confused about the rest of her life.

He spent forty pounds to forge his own identity, and Hagrid of "Wild Heart" swore that there would be no problem, but he might not be able to stand the inspection of the Nighthawks.Once he joins the Nighthawks, he will inevitably face stricter scrutiny. If his identity is accidentally exposed, he will be imprisoned at the least, and will end up with Mrs. Sharon at worst.

On the other hand, as long as one can become an official Extraordinary, not only can he have the protection of the official organization, so that the Witch Sect behind Madam Sharon will be wary, but he can also learn a lot of knowledge about the mysterious world that is not passed on to the outside world, which will help him return to his original world.

Besides, even if I don't agree to join the Nighthawks, will I really not face official scrutiny?After Mrs. Sharon's incident, I must be on the list of the Evernight Goddess Church. Even if I move to live in another city, what awaits me is endless surveillance and restrictions. Maybe they still hope that the Witch Sect will come to trouble me, so I can continue to investigate.

Thinking about it, Angel glanced at Leonard, who was watching the excitement, and remembered the "joining the Nighthawks" he had communicated with him intentionally or unintentionally this afternoon. It seemed that this guy had already received the news.

Indeed, from the perspective of others, joining the Nighthawks is undoubtedly the best choice. It is better to have official status, legal income, and the protection of Extraordinary people than to spend the rest of your life incognito.Unfortunately, for me, running away may be the only answer.

Just as she was about to decline, she recalled the words of the mysterious visitor in the confession room of St. Selina Church that night after nightfall.

"Those who dare to move forward in the face of fear will be rewarded."

Did he or she anticipate the choices he or she now faces?

After hesitating for a moment, Angel spoke under the expectant eyes of Dunn and Leonard.

"that……

"What about the salary and benefits?"

(End of this chapter)