Mystery: Lucky

That's... what's the sound?

Alice's eyes flashed blankly, and before she had time to think, she heard a harsh sound.

"Stab-"

Alice's attention was drawn to it, and she realized that the demon dog had, for some reason, clenched its front paws on the ground, braking suddenly for her unfinished attack.

The devil dog's claws made a deep scratch on the ground, and its forward body almost fell under the momentum, but in any case, it stopped the car narrowly.

Then, it turned around and ran away before Alice and Evelyn could react. It moved so quickly, as if some terrible monster was chasing it.

Alice got up from the ground in confusion and watched the devil dog leave.

She looked at Evelin who was still sitting on the ground, and Evelin happened to catch her eye and asked in a frightened tone: "What was that... just now?"

"...Go to the Church of the Night and say that you met the 'devil'," Alice glanced at her, lowered her eyelashes, and said in a calm voice, "Someone will explain it to you."

"Are you from the church?" Evelin asked.

Alice did not answer Evelin's question, she walked closer to Evelin, touched her body regardless of Evelin's shivering and trembling, and checked the wounds on her body - fortunately, it looked like just a superficial wound.

Alice raised her head and looked at Evelin's slightly calmer expression than before, and muttered: "It used to be."

"Was it?" Evelin repeated, her eyes blank.

"Can you still stand up?" Alice did not answer Evelin's question. She stood up with her hands on the floor, and then reached out a hand to Evelin condescendingly.

Evelin hesitated and then held Alice's hand. Alice noticed that Evelin's palm was sticky and cold, and she was obviously very frightened.

After watching Evelin support the wall with her other hand, Alice pulled Evelin up with force.

Evelin staggered when she just stood up. She was obviously still a little weak due to the fright, but Alice who had just saved her gave her a sense of security, and she regained a little strength.

Alice watched Evelin adjust her body while holding on to the wall. After she stood firm, she repeated again: "Go to the Church of the Night."

"伱...can you accompany me?" Evelin looked at Alice nervously, "I, I'm afraid of meeting the monster like just now..."

Alice stared at her face and said meaningfully: "Don't worry, that bad luck has been basically consumed. You only need to fall a few times to solve the problem."

"Huh?" Evelin obviously didn't understand the meaning of this sentence.

"It's not convenient for me to go to church with you," Alice curled her lips and continued without answering Evelin's question, "Besides, if I go to church with you, you will be more likely to be in danger. ”

Before Evelin asked again, Alice withdrew her hand, took two steps back, and said to her: "The people in the church will explain it to you."

Then, without waiting for Evelin's answer, Alice left without looking back.

…

"How about it?"

"The good news is that she provided an important clue to the serial murder case - the 'demon' who committed the crime was actually a dog."

"Where's the bad news?"

"The guy who was suspected of being a wild Beyonder did not hide his appearance, nor did he seem to deliberately deal with his traces. The remaining fragments of her clothing were even found at the scene, but the worst thing is that all divination failed without exception. "

"Forget it if you can't find her. At least judging from the results of the inquiry, she shouldn't have any malicious intent."

"But I care very much... What did she mean when she said she was a member of the church?"

"Maybe I don't know who the informant is."

"Maybe, but I always feel that things are not that simple...Why do you think that 'demon' suddenly escaped?"

"I have a guess about this."

"What?"

"Extraordinaries of the 'Devil' path have one common characteristic. They have an extremely keen intuition of danger."

"You mean, it sensed danger from that girl?"

"I guess so."

"Then why didn't it notice it at first? Instead...it failed twice in the attack and suddenly stopped in the middle of the third attack?"

"..."

…

Alice, who spent the night in a hotel, wrote "people who influence Evelyn's fate" on a piece of paper, and then stared at the paper with an unclear expression.

——Even if she can't do anything with the mercury snake, she certainly doesn't mind killing a few of the other party's men when the other party has already targeted her.

This decision has little to do with Evelin.

The relationship between Alice and Evelin has not reached the point where she would want to avenge Evelin. What Alice cannot accept is that the other party actually tries to threaten her.

It's not that I want revenge, but I just feel that I have been offended, so I want to kill the other person.

She understood that this mentality was wrong, and it must be related to that arrogance, but Alice still couldn't control the murderous intention rising in her heart.

In fact, it is not appropriate to say that it is murderous intent. It is more accurate to say that it is a desire for destruction.

...If the culprit behind it is not killed, then smashing a few buildings or massacring a few ordinary people might have a similar effect.

"I can't do that," Alice warned herself. "If I do that, what's the difference between me and a monster?"

For a moment, Alice remembered the words of the girl in her dream, "a natural monster".

How could she not be a "monster" if she tried so hard to restrain her desire for destruction and remind herself that she was a human being?

After closing her eyes, Alice cleared her mind and began to tell fortunes.

Alice saw the joyful Evelyn.

Evelyn was hopping on the road, looking back and greeting the person behind her - she couldn't see clearly, probably one of her friends.

Suddenly, Evelyn bumped into a man, and the picture shook twice, but it was still stable. Alice saw the face of the man who was bumped by Evelyn.

——It was Charlie King!

Alice suddenly exited the dream and sat up in astonishment.

She clearly remembered that Charlie King was a "disaster priest" not long ago.

And if Charlie King didn't lie to her - there seemed to be no need to lie to her about this matter. In short, the "disaster priest" should not have the ability to bestow bad luck on others.

"Is it the 'winner' of Sequence 5?" Alice said to herself, "He was promoted during this period? Giving others bad luck... Is this the ability of the 'winner'?"

Alice thought of the stiff collage. If this was done by a winner who had just been promoted, it would be easy to explain.

Devil Dog: I was scared to death. Fortunately, I ran fast.