Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 724 Analysis of Both Sides

Not like the original me?

Audrey was stunned, swallowing back the words that were about to come out of her mouth. She looked at Susie, the golden retriever who had become a Mid-Sequence Beyonder and for whom she provided the potion, with a strange look.

You are a dog, can you understand human behavior? She wanted to ask Susie this question, to the pet who refused her before she even asked.

But, isn’t this sentence a bit too hurtful to people? No, it’s too hurtful to dogs… a weak voice in my mind retorted.

That was her own voice.

Audrey shuddered as if a basin of ice water was poured over her head. She slowly stood up and looked down at Susie, but she felt that she was being looked down upon.

After a moment, she squatted in front of Susie again and asked hesitantly:
"why would you say so?"

She tried to force out a smile, but the muscles on her face were so stiff that she could hardly control them.

"You asked Mr. Howard to help you find the information of those people, and wanted to find out everything about them. Then, just now you planned to let me follow one of them and tell you everything I saw, right?"

It seemed that Susie seldom vibrated her vocal cords so continuously to utter human words. After she finished speaking, she stuck out her tongue, took a breath in an inelegant posture, and waited for her master's reply.

The latter was silent for a moment and nodded:

"Is there anything wrong with this? As long as it does not violate the law and does not put them in harm's way, I think this is the best way."

"But you weren't like this before, Audrey," Susie continued, frowning, which made the skin on her face squeezed. "You said that you should give your friends enough privacy and not enter their lives at will, especially after becoming an 'audience'. You shared Grallint's romantic affairs with me, but never treated him differently because of it. You discussed with me some of Mr. Hibbert's illegal things, but still thought he was the best brother."

"Becoming an Extraordinary Person means more responsibility than power. This is what you told me, Audrey."

Looking at Susie, who looked a little worried, Audrey fell silent again.

She still believed that her thoughts were not wrong, and that they were just a series of actions caused by her curiosity about her friend and Miss Queen. However, she recalled the conversation she had with Susie after she treated her as a close friend and a fellow "audience" of Extraordinary People, and confirmed what she said.

Emotion and rationality formed a fierce conflict in the brain, causing the "hypnotist" to remain in a squatting position and not move.

Seeing this, Susie gently raised her front paws and pressed the back of Audrey's hand on her knees, activating her "comfort" ability.

If it had tried to "comfort" Audrey when it first noticed that something was wrong with her, it would most likely be seen as hostile by the other party in that state. But now, when Audrey was confused, "comfort" could play the right role.

That's what you told me, Audrey... Susie pressed her paw down.

The warmth on the back of her hand and her gradually calming thoughts woke Audrey up. She looked at her golden retriever in a daze, with an unknown emotion in her emerald eyes.

"Thank you, Susie, I know what the problem is now."

She said with a smile, first hugged it in the other party's surprised expression, then stretched out her right hand to her left wrist and took off the inconspicuous silver bracelet that had been worn there.

The moment the bracelet left her body, the strong desire in her mind to know all the information about Miss "Queen" obviously subsided. Although some strange impulses still remained, overall, it was within the controllable range of the "audience".

Audrey put her hand on her chest to "comfort" herself, and then she completely relaxed. She stood up tiredly, returned to the chair in front of the desk, looked at the various documents and information piled on the desk, and sighed.

She couldn't believe that she had almost dug out all the privacy that Miss "Queen" didn't want others to know, as well as her possible relatives, during this week.

Bang! Audrey put the silver bracelet in her hand on the table. This magical item, which she named "Lie", made a crisp sound, and the surface reflected the sunlight from the window, making her feel a little blinded.

This week, in order to cooperate with the work of the Loen Charity Student Aid Fund, I wore simple clothes when I went out and took off almost all the jewelry. But in order to have a certain self-protection ability, I wore the "lie" that can change its appearance on my hand. I didn't expect that its negative effects quietly magnified my various emotions, especially those towards Miss "Queen"... Audrey thought shyly, shrank back, and moved away from this magical item.

But I used to take off this magical object before going to bed every day, look inward, and eliminate the negative emotions amplified by it. What happened during this period?

After gradually calming down, Audrey's mind began to become sharper. She noticed the abnormality in her behavior. After thinking for a moment, she looked at Susie and asked:

"Have I taken down this magical object in the past few days?"

Fortunately, I always share my affairs with Susie, and she knows that I have an accessory that can change my appearance... This thought popped into Audrey's mind.

"Sometimes you turn it into a necklace, sometimes as earrings, but most of the time you wear it on your wrist. I haven't seen you take it off in this week, woof."

Susie thought for a moment and replied. Sure enough, this is an abnormal behavior. Ever since Baron Sindras was tricked by a certain "audience", I have been very careful and always pay attention to my abnormal behavior. I also reminded Susie of this. Otherwise, it would not have hesitated to remind me that my behavior was inconsistent with the past...

Thinking of this, Audrey looked around with some fear, as if there was a "spectator" hiding in a corner of this spacious study, watching her with a smile, and appreciating the confusion and troubles her casual actions brought to others.

The audience is horrible...

This was the only thought left in her mind.

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In the boundless gray fog, inside the towering palace, "Queen" Angel and "World" Klein sat on their own high-backed chairs.

Apart from the two of them, Mr. Fool, who hid himself behind the gray fog, was the only one left in the Tarot Club's gathering place.

Just now, Angel received the message that Klein conveyed through the Fool. Then, just like when they were in Bayam, the two of them came to the gray fog with the help of this mysterious and powerful being. With the help of the Fool's status, they blocked all possible interference and prying eyes and communicated privately.

"You guys start."

Klein announced in a low voice, and then leaned back, allowing The Fool to almost blend into the gray mist and disappear. He then manipulated The World to look at Angel and said:
"I found traces of Ince Zangwill."

Straight to the point, that's his style...Angel's mouth twitched, wanting to smile, but he fell into some kind of emotion because of this message.

After a moment, she asked back:

"Did he find you?"

"I don't think so. Otherwise, he who owns '0-08' and is a demigod would never let me go..."

Klein answered, and told Angel about how he spotted a suspicious person boarding the ship, how the "Hunter" demigod tracked him to the dock, how extreme weather occurred, and how the "Hunter" was doubly misled.

"...It's deeper than I thought. Ince Zangwill hired a local to pretend to be him and board the ship. When the 'hunter' found out that he had found the wrong person, he naturally excluded the passenger ship from suspicion. But he actually hid on the ship a long time ago, using this to get rid of the pursuit and continue to head south... I think his destination is most likely the southern continent."

Analyzing the reason why Ince Zangwill appeared on the route of the Raging Sea, Klein placed both hands on the long bronze table, his index fingers trembling constantly as he fell into deep thought.

Only in the gray fog could he confidently speak out the information, and even talk about the "0" level sealed object without the other party knowing.

Therefore, he prayed to himself, pulled Angel up into the gray fog, and discussed the next countermeasures.

After expressing his gratitude to The Fool, Angel quickly got into the state and analyzed the reason why Ince Zangwill appeared.

"This should be his first appearance since the Great Smog Incident... No, maybe he has appeared before, but he was not hunted down by other Beyonders, or he used a Sealed Object to cover himself up..."

She analyzed the situation by herself, then frowned after a moment and looked at Klein and said:

"Have you reported it to the Goddess Church?"

Ince Zangwill was not their personal prey. He stole the seal and defected, killed the captain, caused many incidents, and even took advantage of the plan for the arrival of the offspring of the "True Creator". He was also the top wanted criminal of the Church of the Goddess of Evernight, and his importance was even higher than that of many high-ranking officials of evil sects.

Klein shook his head and said helplessly:
"There is no church of the goddess on the Raging Sea, and reporting it to the Storm Church might take up more time, so I immediately wrote to Leonard, saying in Klein's name that 'Dawn Dantes' had discovered Ince Zangwill's whereabouts."

Using internal personnel to report is a good idea. Although it may endanger Leonard's own secrets, he should be able to avoid it... Angel also thinks this is a good idea, but looking at Klein's expression and actions, it is obvious that the result is not satisfactory.

Feeling her gaze, Klein continued:

"He didn't report it either. Instead, he reminded me cryptically, 'If you know it, it will know you.' I think Leonard is also aware of the horror of '0-08'. He knows that informing the church now will only alert Ince Zangwill and make him flee before the pursuit begins. Once he changes his itinerary, it will be extremely difficult for us to find his whereabouts again."

"That doesn't seem like what he was thinking. He would immediately report to the church and join the capture team regardless of the consequences, even though he is only Sequence 6 now... Was it the Parasite angel in his body who reminded him?"

Angel chuckled and guessed.

"That should be the case, but this also means that unless it reaches the final stage, we will have to rely on ourselves to track down Ince Zangwill."

Speaking in a low voice, Klein looked at the Queen Angel who was standing beside The Fool. She was the de facto strongest fighter of the Tarot Club.

(End of this chapter)