Dorothy's Forbidden Tome

Suddenly, Dorothy thought of what Aldrich said before.

"Whether it's Dorothea or Methhouse, your first and last name are rare in this country, but it has some taste of oriental countries..."

'Yeah...Greg and my name are rare in this country. According to what Aunt Hannah said in memory, our father is not well educated. Our mother may have given our name, and this The suspected Extraordinary's mother might also be a foreigner...from a certain country in the east? '

Sitting cross-legged on the sofa, Dorothy thought about it in confusion, but after thinking for a long time, she couldn't come up with any reason, so she decided not to care about the mother's affairs for the time being.

'Phew... I can't think of anything like this, so let's identify this ring first, maybe there is corresponding information on this ring? '

Then, Dorothy stared at the one decorated with the crescent moon in her hand, concentrated her attention, and began to use the identification technique for identification. Since her Kane identification technique was incomplete, she needed to pay a price to consume spirituality, and the type of spirituality that needed to be consumed was... …"lamp".

"Heh... The identification requires a 'lamp'... From this point of view, does the 'lamp' have the meaning of insight and observation to dispel puzzles..."

While thinking about it, Dorothy consumed her only "light" to appraise the ring in her hand, and then the information of the ring appeared directly in front of her eyes.

"The Ring of Obscurity"

"Effect: After endowing the spirituality of 'Shadow', it can shield the holder and other Extraordinary items from revealing their spirituality, and block the detection ability of the holder. When blocking the detection ability, an additional '' "Shadow" to counteract the spirituality of detection, the higher the personality of the detection ability or the spirituality provided, the more "shadow" that needs to be provided."

After reading the appraisal results in front of her, Dorothy pondered for a while, and after carefully savoring the ability of this ring, she immediately began to think about it.

'Being able to shield me and other Extraordinary items from revealing my spirituality also means that if other Extraordinary people have passive skills similar to identification that can see spirituality, I can be protected by this ring, right?If someone actively and forcibly detects me with detection skills, can I also consume the spirit of 'shadow' to make the other party unable to detect anything? ''This is a good thing that can hide your own extraordinary. Although the Holy Communion is an association of 'cups' and lacks the detection means of 'lights', it may be useless at present, but if you face other detection abilities in the future When it comes to other Extraordinary, this thing is estimated to be useful. '

Carefully examining the ring in her hand, Dorothy thought in her heart that she was more afraid of such things as information leakage, and having this thing would provide an extra guarantee.

'This can be regarded as a gift from my mother...but then again, is there any use for her to leave this kind of thing to the original Dorothy?If you don’t become an Extraordinary, it’s completely meaningless...’

Lazily leaning on the sofa, Dorothy was thinking about this, when suddenly, in her mind, the voice of the system suddenly sounded.

'Warning...Information retrieval for self detected.Warning... The retrieval of self-information has been detected... The estimated completion time of the retrieval is 124 seconds. It is recommended to prepare accordingly. '

Hearing this voice, Dorothy was startled, she jumped up from the sofa, and immediately asked the system.

'Information retrieval?What information retrieval system? ' Dorothy asked hastily, and the system continued to answer.

'Composite use of 'lamp' and 'start', use 'start' to open the information channel, use 'light' to retrieve specific information, after the retrieval is completed, specific information will be obtained, it is recommended to implement symmetry, and the expected retrieval completion time is 112 seconds. '

The system continued to respond coldly. Listening to the system's words, Dorothy couldn't help but wrinkle slightly.

'Retrieve specific information spiritually?Does that mean using spirituality to get some kind of information you want to know?This feels like fortune-telling... or in more mystical terms... divination?

'Maybe I'm being divined?Someone wants to use occult methods to get my information? '

Immediately, Dorothy had a rough guess about her current situation, and then she immediately responded to the system.

'What method should I use to counter-retrieve? '

Dorothy continued to ask, since the system can monitor the information retrieval, accurately predict the time when the retrieval will be completed, and even remind itself to prepare for it, then there should be any countermeasures.

Sure enough, the system quickly answered Dorothy.

'Scheme [-]. Corresponding to the 'light' and 'Qi' of the search party, provide the same amount of 'shadow' and 'Qi' to perform search shielding.

'Scheme [-]. Provide the 'light' and 'enable' higher than the search party, and reverse search can be performed.

'Scheme [-]. Provide the 'Ji' corresponding to the retrieved information, and delete the information.

'Proposal [-]. In the case of obtaining the address of the searcher after the reverse search is successful, provide 'enlightenment' that is not less than three times the searcher's, and feedback can be given.

'It has been detected that the retrieval intelligence provided by the retrieval party is 1 o'clock'light'1 o'clock'open', and the retrieval completion time is expected to be 90 seconds. '

After listening to the system reporting four plans in one go, Dorothy was a little confused. After shaking her head, she began to think carefully about what these four plans meant. After thinking that she only had 90 seconds left, she realized that when she was not thinking about anything, she had to quickly choose a plan.

In fact, after Dorothy roughly listened to the spiritual requirements of these plans, she realized that she had no choice now. She had already used up the only "light" just now, so she passed the second plan.Now the ghost knows how many points of 'Ji' the monitored information corresponds to, and there is only one point of 'Ji' now, and she doesn't want to use it, so plan three is also passed.Don’t even think about plan [-]. It is based on the success of plan [-], and I don’t have so many "enlightenments" to give feedback, so it is a pass.

Then the only option is option one.

Corresponding to the searcher's "lamp" and "enlightenment", providing the same amount of "shadow" and "enlightenment" can block the search.

The "light" provided by the retrieval party is 1 point, and the "enlightenment" is 1 point, and Dorothy has all of these now.

'System, I want to perform a search mask. '

Chapter 54 Countermeasures

In the dim secret room, Buck and Clifford, the core members of the Crimson Communion, were standing at the table attentively. Under the candlelight, Buck was earnestly performing divination.

In the magic circle that draws the standards of "lamp" and "enlightenment", there is a city map of Igwent placed upright, and on this map, a white crystal suspended by a chain is swinging back and forth .

"I want to know where the person who killed Burton Weir today is."

Holding the head of the swinging crystal pendant in his hand, Barker uttered his divination language like a declaration, and then stared at the swinging crystal in his hand like this. Both he and Clifford's eyes were fixed on the crystal's movement across the map. track.

"Is this pendulum divination... the most practical method of divination for divination, this swinging pendulum will eventually be pulled by an invisible mysterious force, and will point to the location of the divination target..."

Looking at the scene in front of him, Clifford murmured, as a Extraordinary who has a certain understanding of mysticism, he naturally also knows what pendulum divination is, but this is the first time he has seen the reality.

Due to the scarcity of "Enlightenment" spirituality, divination ceremonies are actually very rare. Many extraordinary people with low ranks have only heard of them, and have never seen them, let alone held them by themselves.

At this time, Buck and Clifford were performing such a mysterious and rare ritual for the first time. Their eyes were fixed on the swinging crystal, looking forward to the moment when it would stop and point to the divination target position.

One second, two seconds, three seconds... Time is slowly passing by, but the crystal that is the pendulum still shows no sign of stopping. As the pendulum swings smaller and smaller, the atmosphere in the air is getting more and more anxious up.

In the end, the crystal pendulum completely stopped swinging, and under the action of gravity, it was completely vertical to the top of the map.

"This... stopped? The place it points to...is the hiding place of those people?" Looking at the scene in front of him, Clifford said in a bit of astonishment. He felt that the performance of this pendulum was no different from that of an ordinary pendulum. what.

The pendulum crystal does not seem to be pulled by any mysterious force, and it points to other points on the map against physics, just hanging perpendicular to the map. This is a very normal phenomenon, and it is the same as what Buck and Clifford expected before. They are all different, is this the result of divination?

"Well... Logically speaking... the position that this pendulum is pointing to is where those people are..." Buck looked at the place where the vertical pendulum was pointing in front of him, Buck frowned and said in a low voice, while Clifford Also an indeterminate opening.

"So... the hiding place of that group of people is on the Tiemu River?"

"Hmm... maybe, maybe those guys' bases are on a certain ship. If the bases are set up on a ship, they can be easily moved at any time. Hmph... a good idea."

Buck continued to speak silently and seriously, while Clifford blinked his eyes twice and continued to confirm the position on the map where the pendulum was pointing vertically, before speaking again.

"No, Buck, the Iron Mud River at this location seems to be a silt beach. It looks like there is no water. It is impossible for the boat to stop here..."

"This... maybe they built something on the mud flat? Or something under the mud flat? All in all... since the pendulum points here, I have to take a look..."

Buck continued to say with a strange expression, he actually felt in his heart that the pendulum in his hand seemed to be naturally vertical, without any mysterious power in it, but what if... what if the divination object happened to be here?Is the direction of this divination exactly where the vertical pendulum is pointing?It's also possible, isn't it?

Although this naturally vertical pendulum looks the same as an ordinary pendulum, and there is no mysterious force involved at all, but... But if the position of the divination result is the point where the pendulum can be perpendicular to the map, then It can only act like this, can't it?

Neither Buck nor Clifford believed that the mysterious divination rituals left by the distinguished mentors that consumed precious spirituality would be invalid.So this seemingly natural vertical orientation should be the result of divination, even if it is a mud flat.

This is the result of divination using precious spirituality. Even if it looks suspicious, it must be taken seriously anyway, right?

"Clifford, bring enough people, let's go to this place now to have a look..."

With that said, Buck put the pendulum crystal on the table, and quickly walked out towards the exit of the secret room, and Clifford followed behind.

"I know, I have to go and see it all the time..."

Following Buck, Clifford also quickly left the secret room.

After a few hours.

The door of the secret room was suddenly pushed open again, and Buck, with a gloomy expression, walked into the secret room without saying a word, his trouser legs were covered with mud.Behind him, Clifford also rushed in quickly. His eyes were wide open, his face was full of anger, half of his body was covered with mud, as if he had fallen in the mud.

Buck and Clifford, who obviously returned in vain, walked to the desk in a hurry, while Clifford chanted while walking.

"The pendulum...the pendulum...what a fart! Nothing is displayed! It is covered in mud!"

While talking, the angry Clifford grabbed the pendulum crystal on the table with his hand, and threw it to the side to vent his anger. The pendulum crystal was thrown on the table and bounced to one side, but unfortunately, it just hit the side of the table The glass bottle with lime was overturned, and the lime inside was poured out and piled on the table. The ashes in the air splashed on the faces of Clifford and Buck, and Clifford coughed. But Buck silently erased it.

"We underestimated them too much. We really didn't expect that those guys actually have anti-divination methods."

While wiping the ashes from his face, Buck said coldly that although he didn't show much on his face, there was already anger in his eyes.

"Cough cough cough...you, what are you talking about Buck? Counter divination? Our divination has been countered?"

Coughing, Clifford said to Buck in a surprised tone, and Buck nodded coldly.

"Yes, the teacher said... There is divination and anti-divination in this world. As long as the corresponding spirituality can be collected and the ceremony is held, divination can also be countered...and this spirituality must also contain A cherished 'Kai'.

"Hmph... I underestimated them, but they were able to obtain the rare spirituality of 'Enlightenment'. Their background is deeper than I thought..."

Putting his hands behind his back, Buck said seriously, while Clifford spoke in doubt.

"Then, what should we do now? If we can't find the positions of those guys, we won't be able to talk about counterattack!"

Listening to Clifford's words, Buck took a deep breath, and then continued to answer slowly.

"I'll talk to Bill again and find a way to meet the mentor. If I still can't see him, then I can only visit his old man in my dream..."

……

At night, on the upper floor of the apartment on the side of Nanyanghua Road.

'Information retrieval blocked...'

Lying on the sofa, Dorothy breathed a sigh of relief as she felt the decrease in her accumulated spirituality and the improvement of her system. She was still a little palpitating that she was almost found by some inexplicable method.

"Phew... It's finally settled, I was almost divined out of nowhere, in this weird world, I still need to be more careful..."

Dorothy said with emotion in her heart that after this incident, besides emotion, she was more curious.

'This world actually has such a means of obtaining information from a distance?It's interesting, according to the system's prompt, this method of divination also uses spirituality, and requires the use of 'light' and 'enlightenment'. I am an extraordinary person of 'enlightenment', and I don't lack 'enlightenment', so in the future If I can get more 'lamps', can I also perform divination?With divination, you can efficiently obtain information! '

"Also, various spiritual properties are also interesting. 'Light' has the meaning of insight... and 'Shadow' can block the insight of 'Light'. Combined with the effect of the previous ring of obstacles, 'Shadow' this This kind of spirituality seems to have the meaning of hiding and covering up, which is the opposite of the lamp...

’ And there is that ‘Ji’...can actually delete the information, what will happen if it is deleted? What is the specific meaning of the spirituality of "Sabi"? '

Thinking about these questions, Dorothy suddenly felt that her understanding of the world and mysticism was far from enough.

"It seems that I need to ask Aldrich for more advice when I have time... But..." Dorothy murmured, and then she frowned and took out her wallet that had just bulged for a long time.

"It's just that my tuition fee is not enough?"

Chapter 55 News

In the morning, the west suburb of Eagle Winter, St. Amanda's School.

On the campus in the morning, the teachers in many classrooms were teaching the students, and now it was the time for class, except for the classrooms, other places were empty and quiet.

In the library room of the school, the sunlight poured into the room lined up with bookshelves through the windows. The girl with white hair sat in front of the desk, flipping through the books in front of her in every possible way, yawning from time to time.

"Well~~ You have to pay a price for always asking for leave..."

While yawning, Dorothy murmured that due to the actions against the Holy Communion, Dorothy had been on leave for a long time in a row. Self-study here.

Although it is difficult for ordinary people to rely on self-study alone, it is extremely simple for Dorothy, who is a proficient person. It is very difficult for her to make up all the lessons. Easy stuff, but boring to read books with little spirituality.

"Sure enough... No matter in the previous life or now, going to school is a boring thing. The main reason is that there are too few spiritual things to read, so it is difficult to motivate..."

Dorothy thought about it in every possible way, and then she decided to read something else for a change, so she grabbed a few Igwent Today newspapers on the other side of the table, and began to prepare to see what news there was. It is also a way for her to understand this strange world.

Next, Dorothy began to complain internally while reading the newspaper.

"Jones Aircraft Company has received a large number of orders from the government. Is it a sign of the further development of the Kingdom's air transport industry? Or is it a prelude to the establishment of the Kingdom's Sky Force?"

"Airship... It's a pity that I don't have enough knowledge of mechanics for the time being, otherwise it would be great to copy the design of a plane someday, and be a wave of Wright Brothers in another world..."

"The situation in the New World is becoming more and more tense, and there are constant frictions with the Farano colonial dominion. The violence caused by the barbaric natives has reached a new high. The authorities are considering tougher suppression measures. In addition, pirates are still not banned, which is affected by many factors. The New World The freight will inevitably be affected, and the price increase of many commodities is foreseeable..."

'Indigenous riots in the New World?Colonial friction?pirate?How does it feel that technology has reached the 78th century at this time... But the situation in the world still has a taste of the [-]th ​​century...'

Then, Dorothy quickly turned the page, flipped through the domestic and world news, and looked at the local news.

"A bloody tragedy! The gentry of Zishan Town was brutally murdered in the mansion of Igwent! All the servants in the family were killed, and the neighbors heard fierce gunshots!"

'Yo ho, it's in the newspaper. 'Seeing the content on this board, Dorothy's eyes lit up, and then she continued to read.

"It is reported that Mr. Burton Weir is usually gentle and friendly. The person who committed such a murderous crime is simply heinous. Sergeant Jack reminded the citizens that the criminal is still at large and must pay attention to safety when traveling at night. They will do their best to arrest the criminal and bring him to justice." Take it according to the law."

"Hehe...you really are a 'gentle and friendly' Mr. Burton, and these policemen dare to say that it's not their turn to handle this case..."

Dorothy smiled contemptuously, then continued to turn the pages, focusing on another piece of local news.

"Viscount Field once again accused the Eagle Winter police of ignoring the poor people at the bottom of the city.

"Viscount Field claimed that many poor people in Igwent, especially those who are lonely, are being threatened by unknown criminal groups. Many people have disappeared, because most of the missing people are lonely and no one calls the police. The police just sit back and watch the crime spread... It is reported that Viscount Field is a social philanthropist who is very concerned about the living conditions of the people at the bottom. He often goes to the lower city to carry out charity activities and is deeply loved. Since he came to Igwen six years ago Since…”

'Disappearance incident?criminal gang?It can't be the Holy Communion... If it is really the Holy Communion, the police can't control it... And if those guys are really from the Holy Communion, wouldn't it be very dangerous for Viscount Field to say these things publicly. '

Looking at the newspaper in her hand, Dorothy thought a little pensively, but at this moment, she heard a familiar voice.

"Hey, isn't this Miss Messhouse? It's rare that you came to school today."

Hearing this voice, Dorothy turned her head and saw Aldrich dressed as a janitor standing in the middle of the bookshelves, sweeping the dust on the bookshelves with a chicken feather blanket.

"I'll come back after I'm done with the matter for the time being. I still have to study if I have to. I don't want to wait until the final report card for my brother will be full of C's and D's. Then he will be pissed off." The newspaper was closed, and Dorothy continued to speak to Aldridge.