Mystery: Start with the Reader

On Thursday morning, Abner, who had been restless all night, went out early.

He had just walked to the subway station when he suddenly heard the newsboy's clear voice not far away:

"Extraordinary! Extraordinary! There is another big case in the Jorwood District, the Grant Clothing Store is bleeding, and Severus Field is helpless!"

"Grant Clothing Store? No way?!" Abner's heart skipped a beat when he heard that, and he had an extremely bad premonition. He quickly stopped the newsboy and bought a copy of "Becklund Morning Post".

Hastily flipping through the newspaper, the words "Grant's clothing store was attacked by criminals, Mrs. Grant died on the spot, Mr. Grant and his daughter's whereabouts are unknown, suspected to be kidnapped by criminals" came into Abner's eyes!

"An accident happened to Jane!" He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, and continued to read. Then it was discovered that the time when the Grant family was attacked was very consistent with the time when the demigod power broke out last night!

"The location is also roughly the same...Damn, what happened in her family, how could she provoke a demigod-level power?" Abner felt a little bit in his heart when he thought that the straightforward and lively little girl might have encountered an accident. uncomfortable.

"Maybe Mr. Grant was discovered by the authorities? Or did he cause some trouble when he went out to collect the body?" After speculating for a while while pinching his chin, Abner finally realized that random speculation without clues was meaningless, and his heart was still confused... …

After calming himself down again through meditation, Abner decided to visit Jane's house. After all, in the state of pure white eyes, he is already half a "keeper of the knowledge". And the other name of "keeper of the knowledge" is also called "detective"!

"Also, finding clues and deducing the truth of the case are also the needs of the 'reasoning student', isn't it?"

...

Under the Holy Wind Cathedral, the leader of the Punisher Squad, who had been visibly emaciated recently, asked, "Have you confirmed that the Grant Clothing Store is a battleground between the temperance faction of the Rose School of thought and the indulgence faction?"

"Yes, Captain. They escaped in a hurry, and there was no time to clean up the 'traces' of the battle. But in some places, because of the power of high-level entities, our Keeper's 'scene backtracking' cannot come out." A member of the Punisher replied. Then briefly described the content of the backtracking scene.

"What can't be traced back?" The captain asked after listening carefully.

"After that Mr. Grant summoned the power of the high-level personality, he can no longer trace any scenes. So we don't know who the master of that power is, and we don't know how they escaped in the end."

The captain pondered for a while after hearing the words, and then said: "According to His Excellency Snake, the 'Singer of God', that power should come from the 'Death God'... You don't have to think too much, this should refer to the high-sequence of the Death God pathway Strong." Seeing his subordinates nodding, he continued, "Now, you have three tasks in total. First, find the whereabouts of the Rose School of Indulgence. According to the retrospective scene, the werewolf's state should be unstable , may still be unable to control the urge to commit crimes, and look for clues from this aspect. Second, find the Grant father and daughter. Especially that Mr. Grant, he will not become a Extraordinary for no reason, and he also owns several Extraordinary items Find out who he has had close contact with, and then investigate one by one. Third, go to the church's information to find out what effect the 'Crimson Moon Crown' has, so that we won't suffer in future encounters."

"Yes, Captain"

...

It was nearly eight o'clock when Abner arrived at Grant's clothing store. The police set up a cordon outside the shop, surrounded by many people, including reporters, neighbors, people who just watched the fun, and friends like Abner who came to visit because they were worried about Jane.

A medium-sized girl with freckles in the crowd saw Abner sharply, and immediately waved to him, "Abner, you're here too?!"

Following her words, a man and a woman around her also turned their heads at the same time.

Abner saw that Jane's other friends also came here,

He was not conspicuous at all, he breathed a sigh of relief, and then nodded and said: "Susan, Roman, Custer, long time no see! I read the newspaper this morning and knew something happened to Jane, so I rushed over to read it It depends."

These three young men and women also have a good relationship with the original Abner, and they are all public school classmates. The girl with freckles, Susan, also raised money for renting a house for him. Later, the time-travel version of Abner sold the formula and got the first fund, and returned the money to her when he went back to public school to complete the graduation procedures.

"So do we! I heard that Jane was taken away, I hope she's okay!" Speaking of this, the three of them clearly showed worried expressions.

After exchanging a few words with them, Abner quietly opened his pure white eyes, and carefully observed the damaged part of the store door and some details of the part of the store that could be seen. The magic-like ability of scene retracing is not unfounded retracement, the more details and clues, the more complete the retracement scene.

At this time, when a policeman was cleaning up the rubble in the store, he quietly put a piece of melted copper into his pocket. This action was very covert, but it did not hide the truth from Abner who opened the pure white eyes.

"That's... my brass charm?" Although the copper piece had been deformed, Abner's spirituality still immediately judged that it was made by him! And some spiritual remnants and traces on this copper piece also complement the necessary conditions for "scene backtracking".

Without hesitation, Abner activated the "scene recall" in the state of pure white eyes, and then he saw Mr. Grant who was knocked into the clothes rack by being knocked into the air;

Saw him run back into the corridor and arouse the brass charm;

Saw him and Jane being chased to the door by a black-haired monster;

Seeing that Mr. Grant blew a whistle with a complex expression and summoned a large black mist;

Seeing the death of Mr. Grant and a delicate-looking female ghost wearing a small black soft hat flashed out of the broken glass and rescued Jane;

In the end, he saw an old man wearing a black soft hat and a black robe embroidered with a storm symbol, with extremely serious silver eyes descending from the sky, and took the whistle that fell on the ground.

After the backtracking ended, the pure white eyes were also closed. Abner took off his glasses, rubbed his swollen head with his hands, and returned to normal after a while.

"Abner, what's wrong with you? Are you uncomfortable?" Susan, a girl with freckles, noticed Abner's abnormality and asked with concern.

"No, I'm just worried about Jane... Hey, I'm still too useless to help you with anything!" Abner said half-truthfully. He now knows that there is a high probability that Jane's family has encountered an indiscriminate disaster, and was affected by the struggle between the temperance faction and the indulgence faction of the Rose School of Thought. And Jane should have been rescued by Miss Sharon in the end, so Abner didn't worry too much about her safety, but the sense of powerlessness that he couldn't help his friend made him clearly realize his own weakness.

Even if he has the ability of half a 'keeper of the knowledge', even if he has the fighting level of a master, he still can't get involved in this kind of battle between the mid-sequence powerhouses...

If I were like Klein in the novel, and I had the power to make even Miss Sharron look up to me, with Kaspers' connection, maybe they would ask me for help before raiding the indulgent party... And once I intervene This matter, it is possible to save Jane's family...

"Abner, it's not your fault! We know you like Jane, but the most important thing now is to pray that nothing will happen to her, and that the police and gentlemen will find her as soon as possible, don't be so depressed!" the freckled girl Susan kindly persuaded said a word.

I like Jane a little bit, but it’s not the kind of liking between men and women, but I like the clean smile on her face, and I like her cheerful and innocent personality. She is a lively girl who can make people feel relaxed and comfortable... I just don’t know I will never see such a smile again...

Abner sighed, and after comforting each other with the three friends, he was about to turn around and leave. But suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a familiar carriage turning around the corner of the street. After thinking about it for a while, Abner remembered that it belonged to Mr. Blaine, whom Mr. Grant respected very much.

The carriage did not intend to stop, and after turning around at the gate of Grant's clothing store, it drove north.

...

After returning to the teacher's home, Detective Essinger looked at his student who was obviously mentally ill, and comforted him: "Don't worry too much, since she was taken away, the little girl should be fine in a short time."

"You also know?" Abner asked in surprise. The teacher doesn't seem to have gone out today?

"I have my own source of information!" Detective Essinger replied after taking a puff of cigarette. He didn't go out today, in fact, to avoid the interrogation by the Extraordinary from the Church of the Storm. After the eruption of demigod power last night, the interrogation must be very intensive.

Abner nodded first, then looked at the teacher, gritted his teeth, and made up his mind to ask: "Teacher, I hope you can lend me '2-081' for a while every day...and at home, I'm not going to take it out."

'2-081' is the sealed item that detective Essinger Stanton relies on most. It looks like a beautiful ring, and in the center of the ring surrounded by many diamonds is a beautiful gem like a human eye. , which comes from the Runaway Sequence 6 of the Reader' pathway! This Sealed Artifact allows people to understand a lot, to understand a lot, even if the enemy has extraordinary abilities, they can quickly identify the specific situation, understand their strengths and weaknesses, and have a chance to imitate it to a certain extent.

And Abner's purpose of borrowing it is also very clear, that is, to use the pure white eyes to analyze the potion formulas of Sequence 7 and Sequence 6 of the 'Reader' pathway!

He was not in such a hurry at first, and always wanted to wait for a suitable opportunity before speaking to the teacher, but what happened to Jane made him understand that some accidents would not stop happening just because he was still weak. Just like Mr. Grant in Sequence 9, he actually performed super-level in the battle that night, but he still had to fight to 'save' his daughter's life. And this so-called 'keeping' is also because of the kindness and compassion of the strong...

Only by becoming stronger as soon as possible can we protect ourselves and protect our friends!