The Mystery:The Witch and the Scourge

How to make up Russell's diary is a question.

If she only made up Russell's love-hunting history, Louise could write a 10,000-word novel, but that would be meaningless except to fool Klein...

The same seems to be true when it comes to higher-level occult knowledge. It won't be of much help to his current situation. It can only provide Klein with the opportunity to "appear as a saint in front of others"... Well, this is probably what he hopes for now.

Louise thought for a long time and wrote the first page of her diary: "On September 2nd, I participated again..."

After she finished writing, she switched to her left hand, copied it again, making the handwriting clumsy and difficult to read, burned the manuscript, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

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On Friday morning, he asked the maid to deliver the diary to Earl Hall's house. This was something agreed with Audrey.

After enjoying breakfast, Louise opened the newspaper that was delivered early in the morning, "Backlund Morning News". This was one of the many newspapers she ordered, but it was the only one she read every day.

She flipped to the fifth page and saw an advertisement, an advertisement for the purchase of goods by Ernst Trading Company!

The quotations are: flour 6 pence/liter, butter 2 soles/pound, lard 5 pence/pound, butter 1 sole 5 pence/pound, Marquis black tea 8 soles/pound...

This means that the extraordinary party hosted by Mr. "Eye of Wisdom" will be held at eight o'clock tomorrow night.

You took my money and didn't go to investigate the commission. Instead, you came here to hold an extraordinary party. You really belong to me, Detective Essinger... Louise teased in her heart.

However, what she didn't expect was that around two o'clock in the afternoon, Detective Essinger's assistant, Abu, came to No. 59 Egram Street and informed him that the investigation had been completed.

The efficiency is so fast, but this probably means that there is no Beyonder involved in this matter... Louise guessed, and at the same time apologized in her heart, Mr. Detective is still very dedicated, and only starts side tasks after completing his own work...

Well, as a member of the "Church of Knowledge and Wisdom", Essinger's main task may be to hold extraordinary gatherings...

Louise didn't want to delay, so she invited Abu to ride in her carriage. As a result, the latter sat upright in the carriage, not squinting, and seemed quite nervous.

"Has Mr. Abu participated in this investigation?" she asked softly, trying to ease the other person's nervousness.

"I'm just helping Mr. Detective to find information and do some simple investigation work." Abu said meticulously.

Louise continued to ask: "The investigation went well, right? What was the result?"

"I only know that the whole thing is related to the Beria gang. Please communicate with Mr. Detective in detail about the specific results." Abu replied seriously.

The Belial gang... I remember that the name of a certain demon family was called Belial, and they belonged to the "Blood Worship Cult"... Louise quickly thought of it, but the matter was investigated so quickly, and it didn't seem that complicated...

…

She smiled and said, "I believe Mr. Abu will become an excellent detective."

"Thank you for your compliment, I will work hard." Abu responded, finally showing a little restrained joy in his eyebrows.

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Detective Essinger still looked the same, with an old but energetic face, holding the shining pipe in his hand, and warmly invited Louise to sit down.

He pointed to a pile of neatly bound documents on the table and said: "This is the entire commissioned investigation report. The process and results are all recorded here."

"Based on your description, madam, I started with Baron Cliff to investigate..."

That is, the "friend" who invited Bartley to participate in the gambling game in which he lost most of his family fortune... Louise added in her mind, picking up the documents on the table and flipping through them while listening to Detective Essinger describe the investigation process in detail.

"Baron Cliff likes to squander money and even owes a lot of foreign debts, including loan sharks lent by the Beria gang."

Essinger's voice is calm and magnetic, and he can always arouse the interest of the audience when he speaks. This may be the professional skill of a detective.

"The Beria Gang is one of the larger gangs in Backlund. Their 'main business' is loan sharking, and of course casinos. They have caused the death of many families and are notorious."

"They found Baron Cliff... Logically speaking, a baron would not be afraid of gangsters, even if he owed money, but Baron Cliff obviously had his own ideas and chose to accept Beria

Gangster threats and demands.”

Detective Essinger paused here for two seconds, glanced slightly, and found that Louise seemed to be watching the report seriously. There was nothing unusual, so he continued:

"The Beria gang designed a scam to use Baron Cliff to attract Mr. Baron Bartley, causing the latter to lose a large sum of money and owe a high loan amount."

"Coincidentally, Mr. Bartley's daughter was ill at this time, so he sold everything he could, but the Beria gang had no intention of stopping because their target was the property held by Mr. Bartley.

shares, it was a small bank.”

"Bank?" Louise asked again, looking surprised. She remembered Bartley's hatred of banks...

"Yes, a bank." Essinger answered in the affirmative and continued: "Mr. Bartley sold his shares before leaving Backlund. Now that bank has been merged and acquired and no longer exists."

Louise became increasingly puzzled: "Since the purpose of this Beria gang has been achieved, why did they still send me that package?"

"Maybe it's for the house you are currently living in, or maybe it's for other reasons. We don't know anything other than the commission at this time." Detective Essinger replied.

Understand, it means you have to add more money... Louise took out forty pounds in cash and handed it to the other party, praising: "I am very satisfied with the results of the investigation. You are worthy of being Backlund's famous detective."

She had probably guessed the whole story. It probably wasn't because of the house. This incident might have been a test.

Beria, the bank, the pentagram formed by the curse...

Essinger accepted the commission and said modestly: "That's a lot of praise. I hope the investigation results will be helpful to you."

Then, he added: "Friendly reminder, in the face of such an unreasonable disaster, calling the police is the most correct choice. I believe Silveras Field will protect your rights."

Louise smiled bitterly and said: "I didn't expect that I would encounter such an unfortunate thing when I first came to Backlund. It seems that I am not welcome here."

"This is just an accident, don't be too upset." Detective Essinger comforted him: "If you have any questions later, you can come to me at any time."

"Oh, no!" He shook his head, smiled, and said, "We should just pray that this matter ends here!"

Louise regained her composure, smiled politely and said:

"hope so."