Mystery: Start with the Reader

At eight o'clock in the evening, wearing a hooded coat and an iron mask, Abner entered the apartment where Detective Isinger on Iron Gate Street used to organize parties.

Since he came late, the room was already full of people.

Abner glanced briefly, and found that Ms. "Poison Rose", Ms. "Artisan's Agent", "Black Snake", "Spider" and other acquaintances were all there, and there were some other people who were very strange, at least when he left. Backlund hadn't seen it in the few gatherings he participated in before.

Detective Essinger's "Eye of Wisdom" looked at the wall clock in the room, saw that the time was almost there, and said with a smile: "Today, everyone is here, so we can start."

As soon as he finished speaking, the "artisan agent" lady stood up first and said:

"I want to sell an Extraordinary item. Its name is 'Confession', and it looks like a black revolver. It can add two effects of 'Frost' and 'Black Flame' to the bullets it shoots. When not in use , this revolver can also be in an autonomous invisible state, making it invisible to ordinary people. The negative effect is that you will be cursed by it every time you use it, and the effect is very slight at first, and you can hardly notice it, but if you don't hold the 'purification' ceremony, As you continue to use this revolver, the curse will become deeper and deeper, and in the end it will be hard to return."

"It can still be used for two years, and the price is 550 pounds, or it can be exchanged for the potion formula of 'Barbarian'."

Confession? Seeing this effect is the witch's confession, right? Just thinking about it is scary. Abner muttered to himself, and thought again: Almost all the items brought out by this "craftsman agent" lady are time-sensitive, which means that they are not made of Extraordinary properties or Extraordinary materials, but more like she owns them. It can provide a variety of means to be contaminated with "extraordinary breath" materials, and then let "craftsmen" use these materials with extraordinary breath to create items.

"What is the effect of the curse? Look at the name of this gun. Could it be that it curses me to 'fall in love' with it?" Just as Abner was thinking wildly, a slightly familiar voice sounded not far from him.

Abner looked around, and saw a chubby man raising his hand.

Listen to the tone... Darkwill? He sneaked into the teacher's party so quickly?

Due to the obvious features, Abner recognized the fat pharmacist he had just seen yesterday at a glance. He didn't dare to look any further, so as not to be found out that he knew him, so he turned his attention back to the "craftsman's agent" lady.

"You guessed it, the effect of the curse is to make you more and more inseparable from this revolver. When the curse breaks out, the cursed person will devote himself to it and kill himself. If you use it frequently , I suggest that it is best to do a 'purification' once a month, and it is best to be supervised by others, because it will affect your judgment and make you not want to 'purify' at all." The lady affirmed the pharmacist's words.

"Ah? Is that really the case? I... I said it casually." The pharmacist was a little stunned when he heard it.

"I want it, 560 pounds."

"580 pounds."

"I'll pay 590 pounds!"

...

Since this revolver is really powerful and can save the cost of hunting bullets, many people participated in the bidding. In the end, it was bought by "Black Snake" at a price of 625 pounds.

Next, some people begged for goods, and some people sold goods and news. Although there were requests and sales, there were not many deals that could be reached. Even the "eye of wisdom" pretended by the teacher asked for a premium of 500 pounds to buy the "tree of the elders". "Heart" and no one answered. Obviously, at this level of gatherings, the materials of the Sequence 6 level are still too scarce.

Soon, it was the turn of "Black Snake" who had just bought the "Confession" revolver, and he said in a low voice: "I have a commission, someone in the dock area is instigating the workers to strike, I need someone who will not alarm the official Extraordinary Next, solve the five representatives who are the leaders of the workers. For this, I am willing to pay 100 pounds. Witnessed by Mr. 'Eye of Wisdom'.

"

Detective Essinger frowned. He didn't want to witness a murder, but just as he was about to refuse, he heard someone ask.

"Are those five representatives Extraordinary?"

"No, those are just five ordinary people." "Black Snake" shook his head.

"Give 100 pounds for killing five ordinary people? Are you really kidding me?" The man sneered.

"Maybe you have misunderstood something. What I mean by 'solve' is not to kill those five people, but to let them 'naturally' change their minds. If I just kill them, can't I do it myself?" "Black Snake "He replied, emphasizing the tone of "natural".

If that's the case, then it's okay to witness... Detective Essinger swallowed the words he was going to refuse after hearing this.

"If it's to make a few ordinary people change their minds, then I can do it." At this time, Ms. "Poison Rose" who was sitting in the corner said.

Abner also took advantage of the opportunity to look at the lady who bought his "Seer" formula and sold the teacher a copy of the "Joker" Extraordinary Characteristics, and found that she was still slightly panting when she spoke, as if breathing was difficult generally.

The teacher did say that she seemed to be injured... But after more than a week, she still hasn't recovered? I'm afraid this injury is not simple.

Abner glanced at "Poison Rose" thoughtfully, and saw that she had signed a contract with "Black Snake" under the notarization of the teacher, and felt that if he had other matters to investigate, he could appoint them these few days. It is not advisable to stop and watch around the dock area. And among the Extraordinary present here, I am afraid that many people will be moved by this thought.

Ms. "Poison Rose" doesn't seem to be afraid of being exposed at all. I don't know which path of Extraordinary she is, and what sequence she is.

After the "Black Snake" incident, the pharmacist suspected of being Darkwill stood up. He opened his hood to reveal a face wearing an iron black mask, but the mask only covered the part above the bridge of the nose, allowing his two The fat on the cheeks is clearly visible, and seems to be shaking.

"I have four bottles of precious potions for sale, two of which can effectively stop bleeding and promote wound healing. Believe me, this is better than going to the clinic for a suturing operation, and it will work within six months." The pharmacist took out several bottles A bottle filled with liquid, introduced eloquently, and continued:

"The other two bottles, with a validity period of one and a half months, can allow men to regain the impulse they had when they were seventeen or eighteen years old, and become an extraordinary person on the bed. Hehe, you understand what I mean, even after the expiration date, it can still produce effects. It's just that it will spread to the whole body from there, and the user will become extremely violent, with a substantial increase in strength, speed, and agility, uh, and will fall into weakness after half an hour."

After he finished speaking, the whole room fell into a brief silence. It was not until half a minute later that Ms. "Poison Rose" said: "I want those two bottles of healing potions, please make a price."

"Don't you want these two bottles of 'Rage' potion? If you buy them together, I'll give you a discount!" The pharmacist asked with a smile.

"No! If you talk nonsense, I won't even buy those two bottles of healing potions." Ms. "Poison Rose" snorted.

"Okay, okay. A bottle of 20 pounds." The pharmacist said helplessly.

Then, after a few more transactions, it was finally Abner's turn. He took out 3 low-level spells, namely Sleeping Charm, Water Breathing Charm and Courage Charm. This brought him £60 in total.

Speaking of which, these three spells were not made by him praying to the gods, but by praying to the pure white eye for the power through the prayers pointing to the "unknown place". The difference is that there is almost no cost to do so, because there is no need to sacrifice the corresponding spiritual materials to please the gods.

Of course, the shortcomings are also obvious. First of all, the ability given to the spell must be completely analyzed by the pure white eye; secondly, the power of the spell is also much worse than the spell made by praying to the corresponding god, and it can only be regarded as a low-end version. Among the abilities that Abner has analyzed so far, the power of the skills of the sun and tyrant paths is relatively small, and the rest are far behind.

Finally, the higher the level of ability, the shorter the time it can be retained after granting the spell. For example, the "notarization" at the Sequence 6 level can only last for less than an hour, which cannot be sold at all, so Abner only sells it I bought three Sequence 9 level spells, at least they can last for about 2 months.

The sale of charms this time was just to test the waters, and the result did not satisfy Abner. Although they were all sold, he clearly felt that the Extraordinary in the party disliked the fact that the validity period was too short. If it is used, I am afraid that he will fail this time.

"It seems that in the short term, we still have to sell the charms made by praying to the god of 'knowledge and wisdom'..."

...

Turn the other day, July 27, Friday.

Abner saw Hugh, who had come for an appointment, again in his rented house in the East District, but he was startled as soon as he met. Because Xio's face was pale at this time, without any blood at all!

"How did this happen?" Abner asked in surprise and concern.

Xio handed over the gold coin from the Solomon Empire period, and said with lingering fear: "Don't use its 'lucky' effect continuously! It only needs one drop of blood on the first day..."

"But the next day...was really scary!"