Mystery: Start with the Reader

Copusti? If Susan didn’t tell me, I would have forgotten about him... Abner thought for a moment, and decided to take care of this matter. Although Roman didn’t know him very well, he was also a friend of the original owner. He still doesn't mind doing things that can be solved.

Abner organized his language, told Susan again what he had said to scare Jane at the beginning, and finally said seriously: "In short, whether Mr. Kapusti intended it or not, his behavior is likely to violate the law. You can't do it again. Let Roman follow him around."

"Then what should I do?" Susan asked in a panic, shocked by Abner's tone.

"You just need to repeat what I just said to your mother. I believe Sheriff Fiona can handle the matter well." Abner replied with a smile. It's better to report this to the police.

Susan nodded thoughtfully. She deeply felt that after Senior Abner became a detective, his demeanor, way of thinking about problems and handling things had changed a lot from before... In contrast, no matter whether it was her or Roman, and even Custer, who was admitted to college, still seemed a little naive.

After that, reporter Mike also came by appointment, and Abner took the initiative to greet him and expressed his thanks to him.

Reporter Mike waved his hand and said, "This is something we have agreed on a long time ago, so you don't have to be so polite. Maybe I will need your help when I go to some special places for interviews and investigations in the future."

After the two chatted for a while, it was almost eight o'clock. Detective Essinger stopped waiting in the foyer, and took Abner to the second floor of the public dance hall, stood behind the railing facing the door, and signaled the invited band to stop playing.

After all the guests looked over, Backlund's leading detective said loudly:

"I am very glad that you can participate in this dance, thank you for coming..."

"I have prepared some Dixie-style music and food for everyone, I hope you will like it..."

Having said that, he asked Abner to take another step forward, and continued:

"In addition, here, I will officially introduce my student Abner Bryan to everyone. He is already a detective who can play his own role, and his cracked cases even appeared on the second page of the "Daily Observer"... "

"He is still very young, and needs the support of friends and colleagues..."

Next, after Abner also gave a brief speech and speech, they went down the stairs to the dance floor in the hall on the first floor, preparing to invite the ladies to dance the opening dance.

Because he was pushed to the front of the stage, Abner had already become the protagonist of the ball at this time, and he had to start the opening dance naturally.

Generally speaking, in the opening dance, married hosts must be looking for their spouses, while unmarried men and women either dance with their relatives of the opposite sex, or invite their favorite objects, which is an alternative blind date.

But Abner had neither a suitable target nor relatives, so he seemed a little embarrassed in this matter.

Fortunately, Ms. Fiona, the female police chief of the North District, rescued him in time. As the mother of Abner's classmate, she can be regarded as an elder, and it would be appropriate to dance the opening dance with her. As for why not Susan? She has not yet reached the age of formal socializing, and on such occasions, she cannot dance.

The two entered the dance floor and danced to country tunes. It wasn't until the end of the opening dance that Ms. Fiona suddenly lowered her voice and said:

"Susan has already told me the matter... You are very sensitive to this kind of illegal incidents, and you handle them properly. You are indeed a detective who can be published in mainstream newspapers at such a young age. I am very relieved that Susan will associate with you."

Why does this sound wrong? It's as if I have an affair with your daughter... Abner complained in his heart, but on the surface he pretended to be modest and said: "You're too proud."

After the opening dance, Abner followed the teacher and visited the invited detectives one by one. When he came to Detective Zuriel,

The Fosac spy suddenly smiled and said to Abner: "Young man, I have a commission in my hand. Because it is very cumbersome, so there is not enough manpower. Would you like to help me share some? I am willing to pay a deposit of 5 pounds. , if the employer is satisfied, I will pay you another £5."

"Hello, Detective Zreal." Abner greeted first, and then asked with some vigilance, "I wonder what kind of commission it is?"

The detective's request of 5 pounds was not easy to accept. After all, one of his assistants hired Klein for 5 pounds. In the end, because of the 5 pounds, Klein had to plan to kill an ambassador.

And at this moment, Abner has already remembered why he found Mr. Zuriel familiar. When he was just promoted to "reader", it was this gentleman who followed Kaspers with a "blind look" as his To deal with Extraordinary who might get out of control.

"This commission actually came from the Church of the Storms. They asked the Bridge District to be the center, and investigate in the Bridge District, East District, South District, Wharf District, and Factory District for anyone who suddenly went crazy or suddenly became demented in the past one or two months, and because Those who died accidentally due to the two reasons before should also be investigated.” Detective Zuriel glanced at Detective Isinger, and then explained to Abner with a smile.

"Isn't the population of these districts combined to be millions? It really is a cumbersome commission." Detective Essinger glanced at his students after speaking, and he roughly guessed that the Church of the Storm, or the Punisher, was looking for what. It's just that he doesn't like this kind of rough investigation method. If it wasn't for the wrong occasion, he would definitely make a few words of ridicule.

Sudden madness...dementia...is this a symptom of being polluted by the extraordinary? In the past one or two months...Thinking of this, Abner also has a vague guess at this time: the extraordinary characteristic of the "reasoning student" that the original owner picked up at the beginning could not be taken from a dead punisher, right? ? The Punishers have never been able to find the missing features, and they have to be busy with other cases, so they just hired someone to investigate? It's a pity that the direction is wrong.

At this time, after hearing what Detective Essinger said, Mr. Zuriel smiled and said: "So for this commission, no matter whether there is anyone in the list we found that the Church of Storms is looking for, they will pay 100 pounds. If they find them, they will pay 100 pounds. Those who are looking for it will pay another 100 pounds." Having said that, he looked at Abner again, and continued:

"Don't think that I only give you 5 pounds as a commission fee. After all, I just need you to help me check the bridge area. Compared with other places, the population there is much smaller."

Abner thought about it for a while, and decided to accept this commission. After all, it was likely that he was investigating himself. Instead of passively expecting the punishment-delegates to keep exploring in the wrong direction, it is better to take the initiative to join in. Maybe some misleading can be done at the right time.

...

At the same time, in a dark apartment bedroom in the West End, two figures were entangled with each other, and intoxicating crooning wafted in the room.

Just when the man below was about to reach the peak, the woman galloping above took out a glass bottle out of nowhere, and the bottle was filled with dark viscous liquid.

The lady looked at the man with a distorted expression below her, took a deep breath and poured the liquid in the bottle into her mouth.

Immediately afterwards, terrible changes began to take place on the lady's beautiful body. Countless pustules and black sores surged on the skin, and her beautiful face also became a bit scary because of this.

But at this moment, the man under him suddenly started to twitch, and the inexplicable force left his body and entered the other's body along the junction with the lady, constantly repairing those terrible abscesses.

As a result, the lady regained a little sanity. She took out a needle tube with a container from a mirror with great difficulty, and then injected the blood in the container into her own blood vessels with all her strength.

...

Monday, July 23.

In the morning, because he accepted the commission of Detective Zuriel to investigate the bridge area, Abner went out after lunch.

He was not in a hurry to investigate immediately. After all, he really wanted the result, so he just handed himself over...

He wanted to take this opportunity to check some files from the police station in Bridge District to see if there was any sign of the witch. Because of the entrustment, the Church of the Storm had already greeted the police stations in all districts in advance, and tried to provide convenience to the detectives who received the entrustment.

Therefore, Abner, who had read the files all morning, did not come to the single-family house he rented in the East District until after two o'clock in the afternoon. There were many people entrusted by the teacher's house, and it was not convenient for him to participate in the Tarot without being disturbed. meeting.

Three o'clock sharp, above the gray fog.

Abner, who had just recovered his vision, saw the majestic temple again, saw Mr. Fool sitting upright and shrouded in thick gray-white mist, and saw the still indistinct Justice and the Hanged Man appearing in their fixed seats place.