Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 509 Human Transaction
After nightfall, Bayam, the "City of Generosity", seems more lively than during the day. This largest city in the Rhoad Islands and even the five seas has become a gathering place for tourists, adventurers and pirates from all over the world, even if there is a reward announcement Just posted at the entrance of the Red Theater, there are many famous pirates on the list who put on makeup and walked in grandly to enjoy a night of warmth.

Angel waited quietly at the window until late at night, when the noisy "Red Theater" gradually quieted down. A thin figure left the side door under the protection of two local guards and walked toward the pier.

Without needing to be reminded by William beside him, Angel used his dark vision and excellent eyesight to see clearly that the man's left hand only had two fingers, the thumb and index finger, and the remaining three were only the small bumps on the palm.

That was "Crazy Captain"'s contact in Bayam, Maduni nicknamed "Finger".

"Follow quietly, I'm behind you."

Angel ordered William, who nodded, quietly jumped down from the second-floor window, and followed "Finger" and the other three people from a distance.

After passing through alleys and avoiding the counter-tracking of "Finger" Maduni and his guards, William, who is tall but good at hiding, soon arrived at a low-rise residence near the dock area. It is close to the coast and has convenient transportation. It is also far away from the surrounding primitive deep forests and is very popular with residents who settle here. The residential areas are continuous.

In front of a two-story house on Beldan Street, Maduni stopped. Two of his guards opened the door and entered first, turning on the lights in the living room, and then the short connector returned to his home.

Seeing that he was so cautious, William did not approach, but hid in a nearby alley. When he looked around, looking for Angel "behind him", the latter released his invisibility and his figure emerged from the sky.

After taking out the magic mirror and doing detailed divination beforehand, Angel looked at William and said:

"Give me two minutes."

"I mean quietly, leaving no traces afterwards." Angel reminded that she was just here to get information today, not to directly kill the "Zhizou" family and alert others.

"What kind of bad taste is this? His "sweet dream" is to bully people who are weaker than him?"

"Snapped--"

A moment later, her figure appeared in Maduni's bedroom.

The efficiency is quite high... Angel chuckled and spread his spirituality to "Finger" Maduni, entering his deep dream.

The bronze-skinned man chuckled lightly and replied.

"Two servants and two guards. If I leave it to you, can you solve it?"

The illusory darkness gradually spread from before her eyes, covering Maduni who was lying on the bed in front of her, turning him into a hazy human-shaped ball of light. At the same time, in the next room and the downstairs lounge, two servants and two The figures of the guards also appeared in the darkness, and they all fell asleep with William's "help".

She first activated a "Sleep" spell to put Maduni, who had just fallen asleep, into a deeper sleep. Then she took out the "Nightmare" extraordinary characteristic borrowed from Klein and used this dark and deep gem-like The characteristics are held in the hand, spreading out of its own spirituality, surrounding it.

Klein has tried this simple method before and successfully invaded the dream of "Vice Admiral Disease". Today, Angel will make a similar attempt.

Ok?
At this moment, she almost thought that the "Nightmare" ability had failed, but after looking around, Angel realized that this bedroom was the scene in Maduni's dream.

"That's what I meant."

Seeing how skillfully he moved, Angel nodded with satisfaction, used "invisibility" again, and disappeared into the street.

She has short brown hair and a thin body, as if her malnourished "fingers" have been washed and she is lying on her bed. According to Dominic's intelligence, his wife and daughter were not in Bayam, and no relevant information could be found. He was the only one in the bedroom at this time, which was convenient for Angel's movements.

The surrounding bedroom scene was momentarily shrouded in darkness, and then the darkness faded, and Angel returned to the bedroom.

William replied hoarsely.

Then, he hunched his body and walked silently out of the alley, approached "Finger" Maduni's house, stretched out his hands, and easily climbed up to the balcony on the second floor with the help of his tall body, used a dagger to pry open the window, and slipped in .

Maduni, who was lying on the bed and falling asleep just now, had a fierce look on his face. He was standing by the window, holding a thick leather whip in his right hand, and whipped a thin body on the bed hard.

Amidst the crisp sound of the whip contacting flesh, the thin girl on the bed cried.

She brought "Lucky" William into action this time, largely because she wanted to test his abilities. The other party was introduced by Dominic and joined Elaine's "Redhead" account. He will receive a large salary in the future, and as an extraordinary person, he will receive a proportional commission after participating in the battle. If you use it as a rookie, you will become a "payroll thief".

Angel cursed, hiding in the hazy and fuzzy corner at the edge of the dream, he looked at the "finger" Maduni again and found that the three fingers of his left hand had been restored in the dream.

"He didn't want to face his injury in his heart, so his fingers returned to normal in the dream, and he felt inferior to his body, so he bullied thinner women?"

Analyzing the dream of this contact, Angel continued to spread his spirituality, touching the "nightmare" ability, reversing Maduni's dream, turning the bedroom scene into a basement full of blood and torture tools. He was holding a whip just now, Maduni, who had taken the initiative, was also tied up with his limbs and hung up on a wooden frame.

During this period, Angel has helped Dominic solve his local troubles many times. Angel, who has interrogated many pirates and evil adventurers, is already familiar with the relevant procedures. She uses her control over dreams to transform herself into a person that the other party is likely to have seen. , and even the rather feared "Lieutenant General Disease" Tracy, appeared in the center of the basement. Sure enough, as soon as "Tracy" appeared, Maduni's face turned pale and he struggled violently.

"Maduni, I'm very disappointed in you," pretending to be Tracy's slightly seductive but heroic tone, Angel took a few steps, stood in front of the wooden frame where Maduni was tied, and took a The scissors stained with blood, "Because of your mistake, a shipment of 'Crazy Captain' arrived in Bayam, but no one accepted it, causing huge losses."

"No, what? It's impossible..." The fear amplified by the dream made Maduni's voice sharp, "That guy Victor is very cautious. There is no way he would come to Bayam before he contacted me!"

Angel sneered silently, but the scissors leaned on Maduni's right hand and rested on his fingers.

"wait wait wait!"

The fear in his heart was awakened, and Maduni's whole body began to twitch.

"Yes, yes! I remembered! I, I may have indeed forgotten to pick up the shipment on the afternoon of March 3... My finger, no!"

Angel cut off Maduni's little finger with satisfaction and let the others go.

Amid the other party's half-panic, half-rejoicing roar, her figure disappeared into the nightmare created and returned to reality.

On the bed, Maduni's thin figure curled up into a ball, covering his good right hand with his left arm, holding his precious fingers tightly in his arms.

After getting the information she needed, Angel didn't stay too long. She packed up the "Sleep" charm on the ground, lit up the black curse flame, and eliminated the surrounding traces. Then she returned to the first floor, found William guarding the door, and left. Got here.

Tomorrow is March 3, the day when "Finger" and "Crazy Captain" meet.

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In the evening, there is a hidden pier not far from Bayam, the "City of Generosity".

As the tide surges in, a pirate ship with the "One-Eyed Skull" logo quietly approaches. If this is the dock in Bayam City, any ship with a pirate flag that dares to approach within five nautical miles will be set. Found at a high lookout and received a "warm welcome" from coastal defense artillery.

But this is a private port, a "pirate trading place" that Bayam is semi-open to the public but no one will expose.

The city needs the items they smuggled, and the pirates need to go ashore for consumption. Some big shots also look forward to the "necessities" they send. Therefore, every time they attack the local resistance, they always bypass these small docks tacitly. Leave a way for pirates to enter the island.

On the deck of the pirate ship, stood a middle-aged man wearing a three-cornered hat and a black eye patch covering his single eye. His single eye was crowded on a monocular telescope, looking towards the dock.

After discovering someone waving a pennant and playing the agreed semaphore, "Crazy Captain" Connors Victor did not let his men approach immediately. Instead, he carefully ordered them to wave the corresponding semaphore, confirm it, and then put it away after double-checking that it was correct. Mainsail, taking advantage of the waves and tide to slowly approach the dock.

On the shore, after having a nightmare last night, "Finger" Maduni was still frightened until the "One-Eyed Skull" boarded the dock and lowered the gangway. The sailors tied their hands behind their backs and wore simple linen clothes. After the girl was escorted down, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

He was really afraid that last night's nightmare would come true, and three fingers of his intact right hand would be cut off by Tracy, the "Lieutenant General of Disease"!
As the girls who were escorted off the ship came from the dock, his mind returned from the nightmare and gradually became more active. With the help of the lanterns held by the sailors, his eyes observed the faces and figures of the slave girls one by one.

"Most of them will be sent to the Red Theater. The blond girl has delicate skin and tender flesh. She is well-maintained. She doesn't look like a civilian at first glance. She will be left with the Governor's Mansion. The military will also have to keep a few, especially the navy. Hey, there are He's short, no one would want him..."

Before the pile of slave girls connected by hemp ropes came near, Maduni had distributed them in his mind, those sold to the Red Theater, those distributed to the big shots above, and those left to himself...

It wasn't until his eyes left the string of prey and rested on the "Crazy Captain" at the end of the team that his expression became serious.

"Mr. Victor," he nodded slightly as a greeting. The two of them had already become familiar with each other through many transactions, so there was no excessive politeness. "The last 'payment', a total of 1400 pounds, is all here."

He handed over a thick envelope, waited for the other person to count it casually, and handed it to a tall guard behind him with slightly longer arms and a hooded cloak.

This kind of "business" happens every two months, and it is also the main reason why "Crazy Captain" Connors has a reward of 3300 pounds. Of course, compared to the vicious pirates that roam the five seas, Connors's human trafficking is basically nothing. It is nothing, so it has never been taken seriously by the military and the Church of Storms. Even the upper echelons of Bayam have enjoyed a lot of benefits and have acquiesced in this "gray transaction".

Only "Finger" himself knows that the actual scale of Connors' human trafficking is dozens of times greater than what is revealed!
With the help of these carefully selected girls, Connors was able to travel around the world under the name "Slave Trader". Secretly, more slaves were quietly transported to secret locations and then disappeared without a trace.

Of course, all this has nothing to do with me. As long as I take care of my own business, I can sit back and relax... Maduni understands the principle of "the more you know, the more unfortunate you are", even if he accidentally learned about it during many years of cooperation He pretended not to know some of the truth and just thought he was a broker who traded beautiful girls.

Just when he was daydreaming about the "wonderful night" with the girl he chose, the hooded man behind "Crazy Captain" Connors seemed to be alert, took a step forward, and unceremoniously reached out to hold Connors down. shoulder, pulling him back.

"Someone is spying!"

His voice was hoarse and low, as if disguised.

(End of this chapter)