Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 764 Doubts
In the East District of Backlund, in front of a three-story villa that was not commensurate with the poverty of this place.

A sheriff in a black and white checkered uniform slowly pushed open the door of the villa. The strong stench that hit him in the face made him squint his eyes.

"Sirs, this is it."

He did not step into the door, but looked behind him, where stood two men wearing uniforms similar to his, but with three silver six-pointed stars on their shoulder straps, which meant they were both senior inspectors.

The one with brown hair and black eyes nodded slightly and ordered:
"You stand guard at the door and don't let anyone in, including yourself."

"understand!"

The sheriff agreed hurriedly, stepped aside to let the two inspectors enter the hall filled with strange smells, and then closed the door for them.

There was a click, and the sound of a door closing was heard. The two night watchmen looked at each other and quickly took action.

One of them set up a simple spiritual ceremony on the spot, used holy night powder to build a spiritual wall, lit candles, sprinkled essential oils and hydrosols, and prayed to the goddess. The other one came to the center of the hall and looked at a corpse kneeling there.

The corpse was charred all over and its skin had carbonized, but its head remained strangely intact, hanging down above its clasped hands, as if praying or begging for mercy from some existence.

The strange thing was that there were no signs of burns on his clothes or the carpet under him. The high temperature only burned his flesh and spared everything else.

Wearing gloves, the brown-haired Nighthawk searched the body, but found no more clues except a revolver, a dagger and some change.

The local police even skipped the body search. It seems that after the heavy smog, the police have become more and more dependent on official Beyonders in these strange cases...

He complained inwardly, and relevant information about the case emerged in his mind:
The deceased was the "boss" of the East District Salin Gang. He disappeared two days ago and was found dead in this property three hours ago. It was initially determined that he was burned to death, but the scene was strange. The police handed the case over to the night watchman in charge of this area...

When he finished his initial search, another night watchman also completed the spiritual ceremony, removed the candles, shook his head and said to him:
"Just like before, it was done very cleanly."

For this "psychic", "clean" does not refer to the number of clues at the crime scene, but to the fact that the naturally existing spirits in the surroundings have been dispersed by some force, and divination has not obtained any more answers.

This is the third similar case in June. The similarities are that some important gang figures were burned to death at home, posing in various strange postures, and even leaving some mystical nature at the scene. Apart from that, no money or valuables were stolen. It is obvious that the murderer came only to kill people.

In addition, the spirits at the scene were driven away and divination was hindered, which allowed the Night Watchers to confirm that the murderer was a Beyonder who had reached the middle sequence.

They have summarized some characteristics of the murderer, such as the possibility that he is a "hunter", "assassin", "criminal" or "fortune teller" who can use fire abilities. The extraordinary people of these paths are also proficient in anti-divination and anti-tracking. For example, since the deceased are all gang members in the East District, the murderer is likely to be hired by some gangs to kill competitors, or he himself belongs to a gang.

But there were no more clues. The other party was extremely cautious and only took action when the deceased was alone. They left no witnesses or evidence and cleaned up the scene with confidence to eliminate any possibility of divination, spiritualism or tracking.

"If we can't find any more clues, the case may be handed over to 'them'." The younger-looking psychic said, but he was not too depressed. Instead, he sighed softly as if relieved. "To be honest, the death of these people is probably a good thing. At least it has purified the underground environment in the East District, leaving those gangs with no time to harass the people or do anything earth-shattering..."

"We just need to solve the case, don't discuss this."

The brown-haired Night Watchman warned, then cleaned up the scene and walked out the door while giving instructions:
"Sort out the case files and include this latest murder. We may need the help of the Red Gloves."

Ever since the Backlund serial murder case last year, official Beyonders have become more cautious when encountering similar cases, striving to stop the murderer at the beginning of this "ritual" to avoid causing a large number of casualties.

Handing it over to the "Red Gloves" is the right choice.

Thinking of this, the "psychic" finally turned around and looked at the deceased, his gaze lingering for a moment on his prayer-like posture.

He did feel like it was some kind of "ritual".

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"Once a witch encounters love, she will appear blind. Haha, this is not some kind of discrimination against the path of magic potions, but my summary of experience. I think after this period of time, you should have some insights?"

"……Yes."

"Then you should know that you need to be very cautious when interacting with him, so as not to get caught up in the process of lacking attention but craving it, and eventually being unable to escape."

"……clear."

"If he said he wanted to marry you and even prepared an engagement ring for you, how would you respond?"

"…pretend to agree, and then be more vigilant." "Really?"

"Of course, how could I possibly like him? Getting close to him is just an arrangement, a task!"

"Oh, I hope so."

In a rented house in the East District, Triss, who was wearing a black dress and had a melancholy face and a curvy figure that made people unable to take their eyes off her, chuckled and played with the dagger in her hand.

Sitting opposite her was Sherman, who was wearing a beige long dress with her brown hair tied behind her head, revealing her delicate collarbone and white arms. She was a little confused by Triss's continuous questioning, and her eyes stayed on the other's face for a short time before shyly looking away.

Oh, if I hadn't known that you had recently decisively killed several gang leaders and used them to digest the "witch" potion, I would have almost thought that you were really an ignorant girl... Triss muttered in her heart, and threw the dagger casually, which was accurately caught by Sherman, who asked hesitantly:

"So, after approaching Viscount Stratford, what should I do next?"

"If you ask him about any secrets now, he will be wary and notice something is wrong, so just be yourself... By the way, if you get to that point, will you resist physically or mentally?"

At the end of her speech, Triss smiled with a hint of malice, which made her beautiful face look a little eerie.

“That step…” Sherman was stunned, and immediately understood what the other party meant, with a real blush on her face, “…I’m already mentally prepared.”

Looking at Sherman's still somewhat awkward face, Triss's malice faded away, and a feeling of sadness spread instead. She was stunned for a moment, and suddenly said:

"Perhaps after you are promoted to 'Joy', you will be more accepting of this kind of thing... How is your 'Witch' digestion progress?"

Sherman looked at the other party in surprise. She could clearly feel the changes in Triss's emotions when she was talking to her. It was like a collection of extreme emotions such as joy, excitement, sadness, and despair. It was complex and changeable and could get out of control at any time.

Should I tell Miss Irene secretly about this... She lowered her eyes and thought secretly.

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When Angel crossed the still turbulent sea and returned to Backlund in the northern continent, the sky outside the window had already turned slightly white, and the streets were as lively as they were every morning.

After completing the preliminary sealing of the magical items on her body, she finally had the leisure to sit on the sofa in her bedroom and summarize everything that happened last night.

Of course, receiving the engagement ring from Klein came first...

Touching the maple leaf-shaped ring on her ring finger that matched the pendant on her chest, Angel couldn't help but smile.

But the ensuing worry quickly pierced through this sweetness, making her expression indifferent and serious.

First, in Kukwa Castle in West Balam, she had a not-so-intense battle with the "Red Angel" evil spirit. After all, the other party only had the Beyonder characteristic of Sequence 5 "Reaper", and could only barely reach the level of Sequence 4 because of the "Red Priest" card and its own former "Angel King" status. Therefore, under Angel's coordinated attack using the mirror curse and the "disaster" spell, it quickly fled and disappeared without a trace.

Although this evil spirit had lost the Card of Blasphemy and "0-08", it had existed for more than 2000 years. The Angel King, who had almost touched the throne of God, would surely be able to recover his strength in some way and make a comeback. However, he had already had a grudge with him, which was equivalent to having one more enemy hidden in the dark.

Fortunately, we don't have to worry about this problem in the short term... Angel sighed and looked at the palm-sized card on the coffee table.

It was a "Red Priest" card that was a little burnt on the outside but not damaged at all.

There is no doubt that after the personal experience of the "Red Angel" Medici, it can be proved that this card was also made by Emperor Roselle, and it contains the formula of the "Hunter" path potion, as well as the blasphemous card that can sense and gather the extraordinary characteristics of the same path.

Just like the one still in Mr. Fool's hands.

So, the Emperor actually made the same two sets of "Demons of Blasphemy"?
It is not impossible that he might have left one set to his children, and hidden the other set in various places as a "creation" to prove his existence, waiting to be discovered... This is consistent with his style, but is this really the case?

With doubts, Angel thought of another question:
"City of Disaster".

This was the name Adam got from the "Red Angel" evil spirit, which was called "Soren Einhorn Medici". Obviously, the other party was referring to the strange city that polluted Bansy Harbor and gave Angel the power of "disaster" and "betrayal", and even allowed her to be resurrected after death.

There, on a modern street, Angel sees the body of his past life, Angel Gray.

This means that she most likely did not "travel" to this world, but... has always been in this world?
(End of this chapter)