Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 356 "Reunion"

Why did this guy shave his beard? How do you go out to meet people tomorrow?

——This is Angel's first reaction.

When her brain truly understood the meaning of the appearance of the person in front of her, she subconsciously took two steps forward, blinked her sour eyes, pursed her lips and carefully observed Klein's face.

"It feels weird without a beard..." After a moment, Angel suppressed his inner joy and frowned and commented, "Are you a 'Faceless Man' now?"

"I was promoted at noon."

Klein spoke with a strange tone, first loud and then suppressed, as if the voices of several different people were strung together, while the flesh and skin on his face squirmed as if they were dissolving, undergoing subtle changes, and his cheeks were slightly bulging. , the chin drooped slightly, and small thorns quickly grew out around the mouth, quickly forming a thick beard.

In less than a second or two, Klein transformed back into Sherlock Moriarty. Compared with the Nighthawks a few months ago, Backlund's private detective pays attention to nutrition, but lacks regular exercise and inevitably loses weight. Got a little fatter.

"What about the body? Can I only change the face?"

He had also used the Beyonder characteristics of the "Faceless Man" to disguise himself, so he was not surprised by such a change. However, Angel was a little curious: Could the real Sequence 6 "Faceless Man" only be able to do this?
  Hearing her question, Sherlock's smile grew wider. He took two steps back, took off his hat and bent down to the sofa. When he raised his lowered head again, it had changed into a different look.

Delicate fair skin, perfectly proportioned facial features, a slightly pointed chin, tightly pursed thin lips, and a hint of curiosity in his purple eyes.

If it weren't for the fact that his pale blond hair was still growing longer, Angel would have almost thought he was looking in the mirror, looking at another version of himself.

He can even imitate his expression...but his height is still a little different.

As soon as he came up with this idea, Angel heard the snapping sound of bones and ligaments being stretched. Sherlock Angel's height arched up a little, making up for the missing few centimeters.

At the same time, his figure also changed accordingly. The chest of the shirt under the tuxedo became tighter, the waist became looser, and his hips also changed in shape.

"This is the limit. The body shape cannot be changed too much, and the gender cannot be actually changed..."

After explaining in Angel's voice, Sherlock took a few seconds to change back to himself - Backlund's self.

Looking at his shirt that was a little loose due to the two body changes, Angel was about to laugh when he suddenly realized:
  "Didn't your tuxedo and shirt become a magician's illusion?"

"Of course it's specially prepared, so it has a, um, ceremonial feel?"

After adjusting his wrinkled clothes and shaking the hem of his tuxedo, Sherlock smiled and answered.

He spent 10 pounds on this costume, which was slightly more expensive than the one in Tingen, but the effect at this time made him extremely satisfied.

But before the deliberately handsome gesture lasted for a second, Sherlock was pulled by Angel's hand to the guest room next to him.

"wait wait wait……"

He guessed what was going to happen, but was completely unprepared. He panicked and shouted twice subconsciously, but felt a sense of astonishment in his heart.

Why does it feel like the roles are reversed!
  But when he saw Angel taking off the "Crazy Ring" and turning back into long pale blond hair, he finally closed his mouth.

"Change back."

After pushing Sherlock to sit up on the bed, Angel pretended to be vicious and ordered.

"What...okay..."

After being stunned for a moment, Sherlock quickly used the ability of the faceless man to transform back into his beardless self. Just as he was about to continue saying something, he was pushed back by a strong force and fell directly to the face that he had been wearing these days. A very familiar bed.

Why is it the same as the first time...

Such an idea popped into his mind uncontrollably.

Then, soft lips covered his mouth, and smooth but comfortable arms wrapped around his neck.

For a long time, the lips are divided.

"Welcome back, (Kline)."

A thin whisper came from his ears, as if he was worried about being heard by someone. The last name was expressed only by the movement of his lips, and no sound came out.

But this almost inaudible call brought endless temptation, which made him recover from his surprise, and he was immediately ready to deal with the next "battle". The complacency of the newly promoted Faceless Man, as well as the unexpected initiative of the other party, gave Klein inexplicable confidence. He suddenly wrapped his arms around Angel's slender waist, rolled over and exchanged positions, looking at her where tears were accumulating. With his eyes and smiling mouth, he smelled the faint body fragrance on her body and slowly moved closer to her body.

During this period, Angel had some crazy behaviors caused by the desire accumulated in her body, and some coquettishness that was forced to be covered up by "acting", but only today, she completely and actively demonstrated the ultimate temptation of the "Pleasure Witch".

Klein knew that this was her response to "reuniting" with him.

So today, he's going to be on top!
  ----

Worried that Klein had just been promoted to Sequence 6 and his spirituality was not stable enough, Angel did not continue after releasing his joy. And when she finished washing, put on the home clothes that had been left here for a long time, and walked out of the bathroom, the joy of "seeing" Klein again gradually faded away.

Sherlock, who also changed his shirt and waistcoat after taking a shower, wore the gold-rimmed glasses and grew a thick beard again. He sat on the coffee table next to the bay window and poured coffee, leaving the best seat to Angel.

Seeing this, Angel sat down on the single sofa with a smile on his face, took the coffee and took a sip, then frowned because of the burn.

"Isn't this what you asked me to do?"

After Sherlock also took a sip of coffee, Angel asked about the reason for today's meeting.

"Ahem, you didn't even give me a chance to speak..." The energetic detective responded with a dry cough, but quickly regained his composure under Angel's sharp gaze, "The most important thing is of course my promotion, the newly acquired My abilities have been shown to you before, and in addition, the extraordinary abilities that originally belonged to the 'Magician' have been improved."

"So, the most important improvement is the ability represented by the name 'Faceless Man'?"

Angel asked curiously, the improvement brought by her Sequence 6 was more than that, but in terms of practicality, the faceless man did surpass most of the extraordinary abilities she had seen, and the "magician" could change clothes through illusion. , which is countless times more convenient than the "Ring of Madness".

"Yes, divination, clown, magician, and now I can change faces. I feel like I am a whole circus by myself..."

Sherlock smiled helplessly and asked:
  "What about you? Joy...I mean, how's it going?"

Talking about this just after getting out of bed always feels a little weird, as if there is a factor of interest mixed in the relationship... Angel cursed.

But she was able to distinguish her priorities. Her top priority now was to digest the potion as quickly as possible and improve her control over her extraordinary abilities. Therefore, she did not hesitate, but nodded directly and answered:
  "After these few days of acting, I feel that the only thing left to fully digest the magic potion is to summarize the key points of the acting. I asked another pleasure witch, and this progress is far beyond normal. She believes that the higher the sequence of the person being played, , the feedback effect will be better..."

After listening to Angel relaying Laura's analysis, Sherlock also frowned, thinking about this problem, but quickly gave up his efforts - he was indeed only a Sequence 6, and had just been promoted.

You can't say that you have special characteristics because of that mysterious gray mist, right?

After decisively skipping this topic, Sherlock quickly thought of another thing:

"Do you remember the friend I talked about last time who was cursed to death? Talim Dumont, at that time we thought it was the work of the Witch Cult and the royal family, but just three days ago, Prince Edsac , the prince whom we suspected to be related to the Witch Cult found me and asked me to investigate his death as a friend of Talim, and even provided his personal belongings, hair, and flesh. Using them, I conducted After excluding interference from divination, it turned out that he died of a certain witch's curse, but I couldn't see her appearance, I could only see that she was wearing a sapphire ring."

Sapphire ring?
  Angel's brain, which was a little groggy from drinking hot coffee, woke up like an electric shock.

Witch, sapphire ring...

She immediately thought of Triss, the pleasure witch who was unable to break away from the arrangement of the witch sect.

After describing the appearance of the ring worn by Triss in detail, Sherlock's expression became serious.

"It looks like this is the one. The murderer I saw in the divination should be Triss, and she is with Prince Edsac. The latter actually asked me to investigate the cause of Talim's death... In the end, he shouted "Catch the thief" , or do you simply not know that there is such a dangerous person hiding around you?"

"The cause of Talim's death is also clear. He should have fallen in love with Triss and tried to take her away from the prince. This is in line with Triss's own thoughts, but it goes against the arrangements of the Witch Sect and 'that' , so under the control of these forces, Triss killed her only hope of escape with her own hands, which is really ironic."

Angel took over the conversation and analyzed.

"Whether the prince is kept in the dark or he himself is involved in these conspiracies, please don't get involved anymore," she looked at the worried Sherlock and warned carefully, "After your contact with the prince, you may even He is under the sight of the people behind the scenes. If he doesn't get out as soon as possible, he will be 'arranged' again soon."

"Don't worry, I have no intention of doing my best to investigate this prince in depth. But I can't be overly aggressive, otherwise it will make people suspicious that there is a bigger secret in my ineffective detective," Xia Locke forced out a smile and replied, "The prince has arranged manpower next to my house. It's called protection, but it's actually surveillance. And I will pretend to conduct corresponding investigations in the past few days, and finally submit a report on Talim's normal death. Anyway, The royal family also told Prince Edsac that he can’t shoot me because of my incompetence and cowardice.”

Although they both had different anti-divination methods, the two of them still did not dare to mention "0-08", and they were even less willing to communicate in depth about Prince Edsac's commission. Instead, they quickly changed the topic.

“Finally, let’s talk about ‘Lady Desperate’.”

Looking at Sherlock's serious face, Angel realized that the other man had put the most important things last.

(End of this chapter)