Mystery: Start with the Reader

This mountain villa is built on a cliff, and the other three sides are cliffs. Only a wooden suspension bridge connects it to the outside road. At this time, the suspension bridge has been cut down! This place has become an 'island'.

Looking at such a scene, Abner felt inexplicably familiar, and before he could say anything, words written in Hermes script floated in front of his eyes: "Identify the murderer. (Only one chance)"

"It seems that the eighth floor of the maze this time is a crime-solving scene... The 'only one chance' means that if you make a mistake, you will immediately be judged to have failed to pass the level and exit the dream maze." Mr. Gaston seems to have Had a similar experience, and explained a little bit.

"Where is the murderer? Could it be that he is in the villa?" Xio turned his head and looked at the obviously Loen-style building behind him, and suddenly felt that it was a bit similar to the Maysong Manor on the outskirts of Backlund.

"Just go in and have a look." After finishing speaking, Abner, who had some ideas in his mind, opened the door first and walked into the villa.

There were eight people gathering together in the villa, four men and four women, and one of the men was a child who looked only six or seven years old.

I don't know what kind of identities the Dream Labyrinth arranged for the three of Abner, but their arrival did not arouse the suspicion of the people in the house.

"Conan? You met him again!" At this moment, Mr. Gaston looked at the child with a look of displeasure, and there was a rare hint of exasperation in his usual steady tone.

Conan? When Abner heard this name, he immediately thought of the famous elementary school student of death, so he looked at the child carefully.

Blue formal attire, red bow tie, wide-frame glasses... The attire is quite suitable, but this kid is obviously a Loenian, and he doesn't look like that elementary school student of Death at all. Moreover, the decorative furniture and other things in the villa do not have any modern atmosphere, and seem to be a little behind Backlund.

When Abner was full of doubts, Xio whispered beside him, "Mr. Gaston, is there anything special about this kid named Conan?"

"I was on the eighth floor twice, and even a few times when I was on the ninth floor, I encountered scenes with him. Whenever I encountered him, my clearance ended in failure! This kid named Conan always He appeared in the scene where a murder case occurred, and he is suspected to be an Extraordinary of the 'Detective' sequence. His physical strength and arm strength are far beyond ordinary people. The glasses, bow tie, belt, watch, and shoes on his body are also powerful Extraordinary items! He His reasoning ability is also very powerful, once he identifies the murderer first, our breakthrough will be judged as a failure! Really..." Mr. Gaston took a deep breath, so he didn't swear.

Mr. Gaston seems to have suffered from Conan's hands several times... While thinking about this, Xio secretly glanced at Abner.

At this time, Abner's heart is full of WTF. If he was just suspicious of this so-called Conan before, after listening to Mr. Gaston's words, he can already be sure that this Conan is the elementary school student of death in his memory. . Even if the length is not comparable!

Then he confirmed something that he had already guessed - this 'Dream Labyrinth Tower' was indeed built by Emperor Roselle!

"He wouldn't have magically transformed animations, movies, and TV dramas that he didn't have time to plagiarize into dream maze scenes, right? Speaking of the routine of heating up the fireplace in the escape room on the ninth floor, I seem to be in which film and television work I’ve seen it before... and the current scene, maybe it’s not a certain childhood shadow incident in Conan TV, right?” Abner thought of this, but suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and thought of something else, thinking, “So, many scenes I may be familiar with all the plots...Maybe I can stop at the seventh floor, and with a little understanding of the scene, the danger of the sixth floor will not be so great."

As he was thinking here, the original four men and four women in the other room were discussing about a weird man with bandages, because this man had just launched an attack on Conan's sister in the small woods outside.

Although it didn't work, it scared everyone a lot.

"This man with bandages may be the so-called murderer. He doesn't seem to have succeeded yet. Should we ambush him in advance to see if we can catch him?" Xio suggested after eavesdropping. Although she can't use extraordinary ability yet, she thinks it's not a problem to hit one or two ordinary people.

"It's not that simple... The cases involving Conan are very complicated. This kind of bandage monster who looks like a murderer is often the first to die. I think we should keep an eye on everyone except Conan and his sister, They may all be murderers!" Mr. Gaston shook his head and said with deep eyes. He seems to have Conan PTSD.

At this moment, Abner came back to his senses, he smiled at Hugh, then took a step forward, and said confidently: "Don't bother, I know who the murderer is!" Because I watched this episode!

And once the murderer's stomach is carefully examined, it is easy to see a little incongruity.

"What?" Mr. Gaston really cried out in surprise this time. He has never seen a detective solve a case like this, and lock the murderer with just two glances? No, it's targeting the murderer who hasn't committed the crime... Is this reliable?

Mr. Gaston's cry also attracted the attention of Conan and the others, and they all looked at Abner in surprise.

Abner didn't make too much of a joke, pointing directly at the 'fat man' with a big face, he said in one breath, "He's just a bandage freak, he's not actually fat, his stomach is stuffed with cotton or something like that to facilitate the crime Hiding things so that they won't be found out. And the reason why he wanted to attack this lady was because this lady had seen him changing clothes and might have discovered his secret."

Abner's words made everyone around him look at the 'fat man' in shock, and even two other adult men had already sandwiched him between him.

Immediately afterwards, when the 'fat man' showed a gloomy expression, and took out the stuffing from his stomach... At this moment, the surrounding scenes suddenly shattered, and the villa, cliff, Conan and other scenes all disappeared. Again the person falls between the rewards.

The dream maze only asks to identify the murderer, and does not need to provide evidence.

Mr. Gaston was still in a dream until now, and it took a long time before he said with emotion: "The real value of my 1,000 pounds, are all detectives that good? I thought that Conan was the best among detectives! No think……"

The detectives who have seen the plot must be so powerful! After Abner slandered, he ignored Mr. Gaston, who had gone astray in his understanding of the detective profession, and walked straight to the seat in front of the bookcase. He couldn't wait to know what the reward was.

Xio is not surprised, ever since he met Abner, he has always been so 'unexpected'.

As soon as he sat down, there was an extra note in Abner's hand -- "Aernos' Mystical Records"

"This time it seems to be giving knowledge..." Thinking in his heart, Abner opened his notebook and began to read it carefully. This is no different than novels. Abner has always treated knowledge with great respect, especially after the transfer.

After reading the last page of the notes, he pinched his chin with his fingers habitually, and thought: "This man named Ernos should be a 'wizard' of Sequence 7 of the Hermit Path. I have learned part of ritual magic and occult knowledge, only the last ritual of borrowing power from high-level Extraordinary items to make spells is a bit interesting, because this ritual magic bypasses the step of praying to the gods!"

What Abner valued was not the specific method of making the spell, but the idea of ​​making it. For the Extraordinary of the 'White Tower' pathway who is good at using ritual magic, with novel ideas, he can create a production method that is more suitable for him.

"Originally, I couldn't make items that contact Origin Castle because I didn't want to pray to the gods... But according to this idea, I can borrow power from the pure white eye to complete it! Its personality is high enough, and I The obtained knowledge of Linkian Origin Castle was originally analyzed by it, and it should be no problem to temporarily grant an item... But if you want to conduct experiments, you must be promoted to Sequence 7. The spirituality of the "reasoning student" is still too weak. Such a ceremony cannot be supported at all.”

Although it is a pity that it cannot be practiced yet, Abner is still very satisfied with the rewards on the eighth floor. This 'Dream Labyrinth Tower' is indeed very generous to those who cleared the level for the first time.

Turning his head, Abner found that Xio beside him also frowned with a smile, looking very happy.

"What did you get?" Abner asked curiously upon seeing this.

"The reward is a biography, but it mentions the name of one of the main ingredients in the potion formula of 'The Sheriff'!" Xio replied happily.

The two main materials of the sheriff seem to have been mentioned in the novel "Lord of the Mysteries"... I will find an excuse to tell Hugh reasonably in a few days. Abner thought so in his heart, but asked in his mouth: "Whose biography is it? Maybe there are other clues hidden."

"It's the biography of a Bosun of the Royal Navy named Ireland. It tells how he was promoted from an ordinary sailor to a bosun. At the end of the biography, he retired to become the captain of a passenger ship." Hugh said here and then Somewhat perplexed, he murmured to himself, "Another unfinished story...why do I always encounter this kind of writing that disappears halfway through?"

Maybe it's because you often press for Forsi? Abner made a joke in his heart.