Dorothy's Forbidden Tome

Dorothy was thinking like this in her heart, and then she manipulated Ed to ask the dancing girl in front of her a few more questions, but she didn't get any useful information.

Afterwards, Ed thanked the dancer for her cooperation, and then got up and left the stage. In the process, because she didn't get enough useful information, Dorothy also started to think about it.

'It seems... It is still impossible to figure out what happened to Maria between the second and fourth scenes... Maybe now we can deduce this case from some other angles.

'First of all, Maria happily left the backstage alone immediately after the second scene. I don't know where she went, but since this was a premeditated assassination, Maria's departure must be It was arranged, and she left so happily, if it wasn't for the influence of some extraordinary ability, then maybe she was called out by someone, or she had an appointment with someone else.

'It is also worth noting that Maria participated in the fourth "Mother Scarlet" dance immediately after her return. At that time, she was already a corpse puppet, but in the period before "Mother Scarlet" , she can still barely dance with other people. Although her movements are stiff, she can keep up. As a backup dancer, there is no problem in the eyes of ordinary audiences...

'This is very strange. As a corpse, Maria was already dead on the level of spirit and soul at the time, but she could still dance, and she could still dance for Adele, which means... Manipulating Mary Leah’s manipulator may be the murderer, he can also dance this dance, at least he knows how to dance with the backup dancer, so he can follow the overall dance as soon as he comes up, and the audience will find out without any mistakes...'

At this time, Dorothy finally realized a very important point, that is, Mary the puppet was able to dance with other people at the beginning. Although the movements were stiff, the rhythm was not slow at all. At that time, Mary Ya is dead, she can't dance by herself, so her manipulator manipulates her to dance.

So the manipulator who manipulates Maria will also dance this dance, he will be the backup dancer of "Mother Scarlet"!

"The manipulator also knows how to dance with Adele, and this dance seems to be Adele's new work, which has not been performed before... So the murderer, the manipulator's backing dance means... Adele My secret dance rehearsal leaked out, maybe there is a ghost in the theater? '

Having come to this conclusion, Dorothy was stunned immediately, and then she immediately manipulated Ed into the room where the police were guarding Adele. After saying hello, she walked in and found the room that was being sealed. In the middle, Adele is lying on the sofa and reading a magazine.

"What's the matter~ Detective, have you made any progress?" Adele said as she closed the magazine with her legs crossed, her white legs exposed in the red dress, while Ed sat beside her. Open your mouth.

"Almost, now I have some guesses, and I want to come to you to confirm it." Pressing the brim of his hat, Ed said, and then he told Adele about the ghost, and Adele After frowning, he shook his head.

"Impossible, it shouldn't be possible that something went wrong with the people in the theater."

Adele spoke firmly, while Ed asked directly.

"Why are you sure it's okay? Since Maria who danced at the beginning was a meat puppet, it means that Maria's manipulator will definitely dance this dance, and this dance was your latest work as previously advertised. , then it is possible that the ghost in the theater has secretly learned your dance."

"No, in order to prevent those paparazzi, in order to maintain absolute secrecy, we are not in this courtyard when arranging this dance, but my personal private place, so even the people in the theater will not know about "The Crimson Mother" "What is it like." Adele continued to speak affirmatively, and Dorothy's expression froze after he finished speaking, the possibility was unlikely.

"Then... how can your private space be infiltrated?"

"It's unlikely, although the girls don't know, but I have a full range of anti-detection measures, whether it's invisibility, small meat puppets, ghosts, or swimming walls... If those guys can infiltrate there, I'm done. .”

Adele said seriously, listening to Adele's words, Dorothy was also a little speechless.

'Using this kind of place like the headquarters of a secret association to organize dance arrangements, how ambitious is it...Is it so necessary to prevent paparazzi?Using so many extraordinary anti-reconnaissance methods...'

Dorothy complained in her heart, and then she manipulated Ed to continue asking Adele.

"Then it's impossible. The girls in your dance troupe are the ghosts themselves?"

"This is even more impossible. These girls are all people who have passed my investigation, and some of them are directly my 'students'. I trust them."

Adele responded and said, listening to her words, Dorothy was stunned, she knew what a "student" meant by an Extraordinary, and it usually refers to being led by this Extraordinary Other low-level Extraordinary, which shows that Adele's Extraordinary level may not be very low, and other people in the dance troupe include other Extraordinary who she led the way.

"Trust can sometimes become an illusion." Dorothy asked Ed to remind Adele that she believed that a simple trust could not explain the problem, and the ghost could still appear in the dance troupe or among the other dancers.

However, Adele's response was somewhat beyond Dorothy's expectations.

"Trust may become an illusion, but desire does not."

"Desire?" Listening to Adele's words, Ed's words were a little puzzled, and after Adele glanced at Ed, she continued to speak with a smile.

"Do you know why...those guys want to use meat puppets to assassinate me? That's because...my ability, I can feel the inner desires of others around me, especially...others' desires for me.

"Whether it's love or appetite... I can feel the desire of everyone around me, and killing intent is also a kind of desire to some extent, the desire to kill others...

"I can feel the desires of the flesh and spirits around me, and when there are desires focused on me, the range of my perception will be wider and the perception will be more accurate, so when someone within the range of my perception moves towards me with killing intent, I'll know where he is right away."

Adele explained slowly, and after hearing her words, Dorothy sank for a while, and she manipulated Ed to speak.

"So, it is very difficult to assassinate you, and meat puppets have no desire and no killing intent, so they choose to use meat puppets to assassinate you..."

"Yeah, even if the meat puppet approaches me with a knife from behind, it won't have any killing intent. I won't feel it, because the meat puppet doesn't have any desire..."

Adele spoke with a languid breath, and while she was talking, she approached Ed, put her body against Ed's body, and put Ed's hand on her exposed thigh.

Then he brought his mouth to Ed's ear, and whispered in a charming voice.

"It's just like you, you don't have any desire for me...Mr. Detective..."

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In the private and small room, on the soft sofa, Adele leaned against Ed's side, and exhaled into Ed's ear in a charming tone. Dorothy couldn't help being stunned when she saw this scene Now, she understood why Adele could tell that Ed was abnormal at a glance, because she didn't feel Ed's desire.

"Hehe, I admit that Miss Adele is indeed very attractive, and I appreciate your charm very much, but I have my own measure." Dorothy controlled Ed's body to tremble slightly, and then replied with a light smile Speaking of which, after hearing this, Adele moved her body away a little, stared at Ed, and then spoke.

"You mean, my charm is not enough to tempt you, Mr. Detective. Or are you just a meat puppet like Maria at that time?" Adele said to Ed , and Ed also responded immediately.

"Have you ever seen a meat puppet like me who can talk and perform rituals?"

"Indeed, a meat puppet that can speak and perform rituals is beyond common sense even in the hidden world, but even if it is extraordinary, there are infinite possibilities, and there is no rule that he cannot have it~" Adele said lightly , Then she changed the topic and continued to speak, and Ed also answered immediately.

"Since there are infinite possibilities, is there a possibility that I blocked your perception with some extraordinary means?"

"Well... there are indeed, maybe it's more likely than a meat puppet that can divination... Maybe you just have some kind of extraordinary item or sigil that can block emotions, 'shadow', although such items Rarely, but not completely, I'd be in for a headache if those guys got one of these."

Adele went on to say that although the extraordinary items and abilities of "Shadow" can have hidden effects, the scope of things that can be hidden is different, just like Dorothy's ring of obscurity, what it can hide There are only Extraordinary features, which can prevent one's own Extraordinary features, Extraordinary items, and spiritual traces from being discovered, but it is impossible to hide voice, body shape, and emotions, because these things that everyone has are not Not defined as extraordinary.

"So, you want to find out the truth about me now? Miss Adele?" Dorothy controlled Ed and asked Adele. She can now see that Adele is actually not very capable. Determine if Ed is a meat puppet.

"No, no, absolutely not. Under such circumstances, how can I inquire about the details of my allies first? It's just a question after the conversation has reached this point. After all, I have taken the initiative to cooperate with your case. I explained some of my abilities, so I just want to know more about your abilities.

"But time is running out now, so let's return to the case itself, Mr. Detective."

Adele continued talking, and she really brought the topic back to the case.

"As I said just now, within my range of perception, once someone has a killing intent towards me, I can perceive it, and the entire stage and even most of the auditorium are within my range of perception. When I was dancing, there were only all kinds of common lust and love for my desires, without any desire to kill.

"If you manipulate a puppet to kill someone, you must also have killing intent in your heart. I don't feel the desire to kill, so the murderer who manipulated Maria will not be those other girls."

Adele continued to talk to Ed, listening to Adele's words, Dorothy couldn't help frowning slightly.

"Most half of the auditorium was within Adele's passive perception range. Adele didn't feel the killing intent. It was obvious that the puppeteer was not on the stage or among the other dancers.

'That's strange, since the other backup dancers are not the murderer, how did the murderer learn to be the backup dancer of "The Scarlet Mother"? '

Dorothy thought thoughtfully, Ed in Adele's room also showed a thoughtful look, and Adele was sitting beside him, looking at Ed's face silently.

Suddenly, Dorothy thought of something, and she controlled Ed to ask again.

"Miss Adele, although the murderer is not in the dance troupe, is it possible that the dance troupe leaked the dance you secretly taught, and then the murderer learned it?"

"Well, this doesn't quite fit..." Adele was about to say something when she suddenly thought of something, then she frowned slightly, and then continued to mutter.

"No... Maybe there is such a possibility. Among the girls in the dance troupe, there are often people who dance privately outside the theater."

"Private dance?"

"These girls who work in the theater dance troupe don't just get theater salaries. Sometimes they go to other pubs or dance halls to dance after get off work for extra salary. The girls trained by me personally , because they are more outstanding, and because of my fame, there will be sponsors who will come to ask them to dance for them alone. These sponsors are often very rich, and the tips for them will be surprisingly high. Many girls in China have their own benefactors, and some even have more than one."

Adele said this, and Dorothy was taken aback when she heard Adele's words.

'Love is taking private jobs, and there are special financial backers?So it turns out that the dance troupe under Adele is also so popular? '

"I see, but Miss Adele, don't you care about this kind of private dancing?" Ed nodded and said clearly, and Adele responded immediately.

"No matter what, these are their hard-earned money, as long as it does not affect normal work, there is no need to care about it.

"Anyway, these benefactors are rich. If the relationship between them develops smoothly, after they don't want to dance and leave the theater, they can just find a good home."

Adele said this, and Dorothy could tell from these words that Adele still seemed to care about the girls in the other dance troupes.

"Many of these girls have patrons outside, and they will dance private dances to the patrons in their personal time, so at this time, they may also leak the new dance you taught to those patrons at this time? "Understanding Adele's meaning, Ed spoke, and Adele also nodded and spoke.

"Yes... Although I have repeatedly asked not to show the dance I taught to others before the performance, but if those patrons use money or even love as an offensive, some people may not be able to resist... …

"Flowers, jewels, sweet talk, vows of eternal love... Heh, the old-fashioned tricks of men are really very effective for little girls.

"It's fine if these dances are leaked to ordinary people, but if there happen to be those guys among those patrons, then it's terrible..."

Pointing her finger on her chin, Adele said with a hint of anxiety.And her words also made Dorothy think of what she said when she asked Maria's friend before.

According to her words, after the end of the second show, Maria was very happy and went out with full expectations. So why is she so happy and why is she looking forward to it?

"Miss Adele, do you know if Maria has a patron outside?"

Dorothy controlled Ed to ask Adele. Hearing Ed's words, Adele froze for a moment, then looked at Ed to answer.

"You mean...Maybe it was Maria who leaked the dance? Her benefactor...could be one of those guys, the murderer?"

"Yeah, according to the information I gathered before, Maria left the backstage immediately after the second performance. According to other dancers in the company, she left very happy and looking forward to it, feeling like It's the same as being called out by someone.

"Let's make a hypothesis now, assuming that Maria's benefactor is a member of the Wolf Blood Society. They use the identity of the benefactor to get close to Maria, cheat Maria's trust with money and love, and let her leak your dance. After learning how to dance, the benefactor made an appointment with Maria to have a private meeting with Maria somewhere in the theater after the second performance today, and in the process, he killed Maria, and turned her into a corpse, came back to assassinate you."

Dorothy used Ed to describe her thoughts. This hypothesis can explain how Adele's dance was leaked, and why Maria was happy alone after the second scene. Excited and went out.

"This... is indeed very possible. This assassination and frame-up has obviously been planned for a long time. Maria, who is the key prop of the plan, must have been selected long ago, so Maria went out in the second scene. can't be a coincidence...

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"These guys approached Maria as a benefactor, and used her as a medium to target me. Heh... It's been planned for a long time."

Listening to Ed's words, Adele also nodded, and said thoughtfully, after hearing Adele's words, Dorothy continued to ask Ed.

"Then Miss Adele, do you know the situation of Maria's patron?"

"Their benefactor... I've never actually asked about it. For this, you can go to Lufu in the theater. He is my direct subordinate and an Extraordinary. One of the tasks in the theater is to help out with emails and contacts. Send and receive letters from other people in the theater.

"The dance troupe often lives in the theater. If a letter is sent to the theater, it will go directly to Rufu, and then he will distribute it to other people. They have correspondence with their respective patrons. You can go to Ask him if he has often delivered letters to Maria, and if he has, has he ever seen who the sender is."

Adele suggested to Ed, and Dorothy didn't stop after hearing this, and immediately controlled Ed to stand up.

"Thank you for your suggestion, Miss Adele, so time is running out, so I will continue to investigate the case."

"Okay~ I'm waiting for your good news, Mr. Detective."

After bidding farewell to Adele, Ed walked out of the room and went to find Rufu in the theater. He asked the police to help him find it. Soon, the police brought the target to him. It was a waiter wearing a middle-aged man in costume.

"Hello, Mr. Roof, I heard that you work in the theater, and one of your jobs is to help other people in the theater send and receive letters?"

Ed spoke to the man in front of him with a top hat, and the other party replied respectfully.

"Yes, sir, if there is anything I can do to help you, I will do my best."

"Thank you, I just want to ask you now...does anyone usually send letters to Maria?" Ed continued to ask Luffy, and Luffy answered after thinking about it.

"Maria... Poor child... She is indeed given by someone at ordinary times, and there seems to be more than one person. She seems to have correspondence with many people."

Luffy answered like this, listening to Luffy's words, Dorothy's expression lifted, and then continued to control Ed and said.

"Then do you know where Maria's letters are usually kept?"

"This... I think she should put it in her own room. Maria entered the city from other rural areas to make a living. She has only been here for two years. She has not rented or bought a house yet. So I usually live directly in the theater, and her letters should be hidden in her room."

Luffy continued to talk, and Dorothy, who got an important clue, immediately asked Ed to talk.

"Thank you for the clue, Mr. Roof, it helped me a lot."

Afterwards, Ed said goodbye to Luffy, and then went to find the theater management. From him, Dorothy got the key to Maria's room. At Ed's request, the theater management asked a waiter to take him Go to Maria's room.

At the back of the theater, the living area of ​​the staff, led by the waiter, Ed stopped in front of a wooden door in a dim corridor.

"Thank you, I'll do it myself next time."

Ed spoke to the waiter who led the way, and the other party left immediately after a simple response. Then, Dorothy asked Ed to use the key from the management to open the door in front of him and enter a single bedroom. .

This is a small bedroom. There is only a table, a bed, and a wardrobe in the bedroom. It is simple and clean, and there are no other decorations except for a few small ornaments on the table.

Arriving in Maria's room, Dorothy did not blindly spend time looking for the whereabouts of the letter, but closed the door and walked to the center of the room, stood her cane in the center of the room, and then read silently.

'The location of the letter hidden by Maria Docana. '

After meditating, Ed let go of the cane and let it fall naturally. With the rapid dimming of a gold coin inside the decoration on the top of the cane, the whole cane fell in one direction, and the tip of the cane pointed under the bed.

Seeing this situation, Dorothy immediately asked Ed to put away the cane, and then let him get under the bed. After searching carefully for a while, she finally found a small wooden box.

Dorothy took out the wooden box and put it on the table. After opening it, there was a thick stack of letters inside, at least thirty or forty letters, which surprised Dorothy.

'so much? !This Maria is pretty good at talking. '

After that, Dorothy took out all the letters, and used the ability of the polymath to quickly read the letter's handwriting. After two or three clicks, all the letters were screened out, and the four longest letter handwritings were selected. , that is, the four most frequently communicated letters with Maria, and each of them sent several letters to Maria.

'Now, just look at who among the four of them is Maria's benefactor. '

Thinking in this way, Dorothy asked Ed to start to pick out one letter from each of the four people and read it separately, hoping to judge who is Maria's benefactor based on the contents, but Dorothy couldn't After a quick glance at all the four letters, she immediately started lying in her heart.

"Damn...this Maria is a sea king..."

Dorothy said this in her heart.That's right, judging from the contents of the letters, the four letters were all written by Maria's benefactors, and her colleagues have four benefactors!Dancing with four people, and having affairs with all four of them!

'Damn... is this life so indulgent?At the same time, there are four benefactors who have an ambiguous relationship. Judging from the lines, one of them is a woman.This man and woman take it all belongs to yes. '

Dorothy complained in her heart that although she had heard from Adele that some dancers had multiple benefactors, she never thought that Maria would be one, and there were four of them in one breath. The work of handling the case suddenly added a lot of difficulty.