Shadow Apostle

Horst looked back at Jessica, who nodded to him.

It seems that the second scene has arrived.

This time it was in the room.

The floor was made of shiny marble, and bloodstains lay on the floor.

The area was larger than one person, and it was shockingly dark.

As if it was just a random spill, a lot of blood was splashed on the sofas, tables and chairs within the blood stain area. Horst carefully stared at the blood stain pattern for a long time but found nothing.

In the end, I could only stretch out my hand again. This time I didn't put it under my nose to smell it. I just touched the blood through my gloves, and my spiritual sense appeared again.

Even weirder than the previous two times.

The surroundings seemed to be filled with blood-red mist.

Everything around you has a network of blood vessels tangled on its surface, just like buildings and furniture have become flesh.

These cyan blood vessels were winding and twisted, and wherever they passed, countless sarcomas and pieces of flesh grew like mushrooms, with thick mucus exuding from the surface.

Especially in this pool of blood, the sarcoma was even denser. Horst could even feel the granulations on the surface of the sarcoma moving.

Withdrawing his hand as if he had been pricked by a needle, Horst breathed heavily and nodded in response to Jessica's questioning gaze.

"It's also mysteriously related."

With that said, Horst picked up his cane and left the bloodstained area. Jessica immediately followed behind holding a folding fan, consciously took the lantern and illuminated it from the side and behind.

Horst took off one of his gloves, stretched out two fingers of his free hand, avoided the blood stains, and roughly stroked the furnishings in the room with his fingers.

everything is normal.

The blood stains were there, and Horst could detect strange phenomena by touching them.

But less than one meter apart, the coffee table, floor, decorations, everything was normal.

Horst's face became serious. This was not in line with his understanding of the mysterious events. Everything that was normal around him was already abnormal, and he was almost completely unaffected by the powerful and mysterious bloodstains next to him.

This shows that the mystery in these blood is probably not contaminated, but they themselves are part of the mystery.

The sample is too small to be sure.

Horst frowned, silently pointed to the door, and the two of them left quickly, heading towards the next room.

One room, two rooms...

It's always the same situation.

As the number of samples increased, Horst became more and more confused. Until he finally investigated the entire first floor, he finally stopped in the corridor where the blood stain was first found and stared at the blood stain in a daze.

unreasonable.

If it is a blood problem, it means that Miss Jessica Berndt...

"How's it going, Mr. Horst, this blood..." Jessica's tone was a little weird, but there was also a bit of expectation, and she said in a dry voice, "Is there anything strange?"

"Huh?" Horst was stunned, looked at her thoughtfully, and gradually showed a smile, "I see, that's it."

"Is that so, I want to ask you what your plan is?" Jessica immediately returned to her expressionless state, "How to investigate specifically? Keep looking at each room like this?"

"There is indeed a plan. To explore mysterious events, we must first find all the items related to the mystery, and then speculate on the nature of the event based on their commonalities, and then further formulate countermeasures."

"A very solid plan." Jessica nodded, "I will fully cooperate."

"Well, but before executing it, there is one more important thing to do." Horst turned his head and sneered, "Should we tell the truth clearly first?"

"What the truth." Miss Berndt's voice became shrill for a moment, "I, I don't understand what you are talking about, Mr. Horst, it is too late, you should hurry up and continue the investigation."

"It's not a bad thing. I have already mentioned it. It would be too boring for you to continue to pretend not to know." Horst sighed and said, "Although I can understand your concealment behavior, and I don't think you It’s wrong, but this matter is your family’s business after all, and keeping it hidden like this is not good for everyone.”

Jessica's original arrogance and strength were gone. She was helpless and stood awkwardly in front of Horst. Her lips moved but she didn't speak for a long time.

"If you don't want to say it, I'll tell you for you. I heard in the carriage just now that you had something to hide. Your reason for finding someone to solve the problem in private is not sufficient, and some of it is very blunt. But I don't care. On the one hand, there is Mr. White Guarantee, you are quite trustworthy. On the other hand, you are the employer. You are not obligated or necessary to explain everything to me. I only know what I need to know. It is enough."

Horst did not look at Jessica and said to himself:

"But it's different now. The current situation is very strange. If you continue to hide it, it will make my work more difficult. This is unnecessary. You see, after entering the door, my spiritual sense can only be detected within the blood stain area. Except for Outside of the blood stains, the rest of the area is as clean as white paper."

"It doesn't matter how you do it. There are not many similar methods but there are still some. The key is that this means that these blood are not mysterious products, but mysterious carriers. In other words, these blood are the mystery itself. Only in this way can similar things be produced. phenomenon. Do you still need me to continue talking?"

Jessica's shoulders slumped a little, and she whispered self-deprecatingly: "Sure enough..."

"Well, as soon as you asked about the blood stains in detail, I understood that you are an awakened person and have a more systematic understanding of the mysteries than I do. How could you not know the characteristics of blood? It seems that you have already made a guess. You can't ask me. Just for verification." Horst's eyes were a little sympathetic, but he continued, "In the mysterious realm, blood..."

"Although human blood is a good carrier, it is limited by its own characteristics and is generally only used in temporary rituals. There is only one exception, because it has another special attribute." Jessica smiled bitterly, "Bloodline, inheritance .The effect it produces will be transferred to people with similar bloodlines through the invisible connection of bloodlines. I didn’t expect you to be able to detect it so quickly. I admire you very much, Mr. Horst.”

"Admired? It's too early for you to say that." Horst smiled thoughtfully, "Then I realized that this was the reason why you refused to call the police."

A bitter smile froze on her face, and Jessica's face became even uglier than when she was afraid of the dark.

He looked at Horst warily, but with a hint of expectation.

"On the surface, it's just a special case where there are no corpses and only blood stains. Ordinary people will most likely think that someone with a grudge is playing a prank. But from the perspective of the mysterious world... Well, you said you tested it and it was human blood. In fact, you didn't even change it. Have you done some in-depth testing, Miss Burnt?"

Jessica hesitated for a moment and nodded with a stiff expression: "I have tested it and found that the blood contains the blood of the Burnt family and some bloodlines directly related to the Burnt family, but I don't know where it came from."

"That's right. Therefore, once the nature of the blood is determined, the whole thing is likely to be an indiscriminate attack on the blood of the Burnt family. Ordinarily, it is more appropriate to call the police, but before calling the police, Rather than finding out the truth first, what we need to find out more is who did it, right, Miss Berndt."

Horst smiled, his smile was gentle, but it made Jessica breath a little short:

"Compared with the possibility that the murderer is an external enemy, from various angles, it is more likely that the murderer is hidden within the family. Of course, this must be found out before calling the police, otherwise it will eventually be traced to one's own branch. , that would be a huge scandal. Oh, it turns out you didn’t lie about the scandal at that time, but I didn’t understand it in time, right, Miss Berndt.”

Miss Jessica Berndt took a half step back, put her hands on her chest, and looked at Horst as if she was seeing a ghost.

"Don't look at me like that, it's just some trivial associations. I think normal people can do it."

Horst's tone was indifferent, as if he really thought so. In fact, he had experienced the era of information explosion in his previous life, and had never watched any conspiracy dramas on the Internet. Moreover, he had played countless decryption and detective games because of his personal hobbies. This incredible association has long become instinctive:

"So I understand your caution. No one in the family is trustworthy. You can only go to the Tongue of Fire in person to seek help from a specialized bounty hunter. For this reason, you are not only embarrassed by the ordinary gatekeepers, but also A money-hungry scoundrel defrauded a Luca, what a despicable man.”

"No wonder Uncle Swain said that you are particularly sensitive to lies and conspiracies. I admit that I have always underestimated your ability before. I must apologize to you for my previous rudeness." After saying that, Miss Jessica Berndt lightly He lifted up his skirt, curtsied, and said sincerely, "Actually, it's not that there is no one who is trustworthy. My brother, the next Earl of Bernt, has no suspicion, but he is just ten years old. My mother's interest is to be tied to her brother. They are together, so there is no suspicion, but..."

"Um?"

"She is sick. To be precise, many people in the family are sick. They are in very bad spirits and sometimes their minds are unclear. It started this month and then became more serious since yesterday. Oh, no. , I should say since the day before yesterday. I am the only awakened person who has not yet become 'sick', so I am the only one who can ask for help."

Jessica said sadly:

"The Berndt family is really in urgent need of a friend who has no interests involved, has rich experience in mysterious contacts, is capable enough to see through the truth, and is willing to help us solve the biggest problem at hand, but so far we have not met one. , are you?"

"No wonder, it seems that you didn't even tell the truth, Mr. White. If I hadn't thought of this from the blood stains..."

"It would be best to find out everything without knowing it, but it is unlikely. I originally planned that if you didn't find anything tonight, you would have nothing to do with the Berndt family tomorrow."

"That's not bad." Horst touched his neck, "At least you don't have to know too much and worry about something going wrong here."

"Don't think that our Burnt family is so shameless." Miss Burnt protested, "After the incident is over, there will be no evidence for what you say. We don't need to silence you at all. Moreover, at least I personally want to believe you, Huo Mr. Ste."

"Huh? You finally have a correct understanding of my character?"

"Haha... I believe that you still want to visit my reading room. Since this is a life-long matter, I will naturally have a way to make you agree to keep it secret. Mr. Horst, with that said, are you willing to accept the sincerity of my apology? ?”

"Accepted, then the cooperation will continue. I need the structural diagram of this villa now. There should be one." Horst stared at the blood stains and said, "I have some ideas that need to be verified. The other is the notes on the photos that cannot be read clearly. You should be able to let me take a look now."

"Okay, they are all in the small library on the third floor. If you want to continue checking the blood stains later, you can keep checking up on the way." Jessica's eyes lit up and she said in surprise, "You just said you already have an idea? So fast?"

"hehe……"

Horst smiled noncommittally, slowly took off his gloves, balled them up, and threw them towards the large blood stain on the ground.

I'm coming for you, Mystery.