The Mystery:The Witch and the Scourge

Sophia found that something was wrong with Mr. Baron today.

After he came back from the Rorsted Club, he locked himself in the study and did not allow anyone to disturb him... Also, Mr. Baron went to bed very early today and looked very tired...

Thinking about it carefully, this change can be traced back to Tuesday of this week. He was nervous that day and made a mess in the room, which made me wonder if he was suffering from mania. But in the following days, Mr. Baron

They all behave normally...

Don't think too much, Sophia, do your job well... She wrapped herself in a warm quilt, patted her soft cheeks, and fell asleep slowly.

The night was dark, and the whole city was shrouded in the dim crimson moonlight. The gas lamps on the roadside flickered non-stop, seeming to scare pedestrians walking at night.

Joyce was wearing black clothes, carrying a revolver on his waist, and the "Oath-Breaking Blade" in the form of a dagger on the other side. He walked in the shadow of the night, as if he was back home.

If it weren't for the sake of being low-key, he would even want to wear a cloak.

He was going to visit Crowe's house on Pulitzer Street... Bah, what kind of location, he's not a thief... He planned to observe the terrain and confirm the authenticity of the survey results given by "The Balance". After all, there is a saying in the big foodie empire.

As the old saying goes: Only when you know yourself and the enemy can you win a hundred battles without danger.

Although tonight was just a reconnaissance operation, he still carefully armed himself. After all, he could only output output if he was alive.

The most exciting thing he had done in his previous life was to break into a haunted house, but now it was directly upgraded to an assassination. It was inevitable that Joyce, who was a little nervous, began to think divergently. While walking in the shadows, he thought about the problems he discovered when making plans in the afternoon.

"Witch" Emily said that Crowe once lived on Enmat Street, and the investigation report obtained from "The Balance" also proves this, but he has now moved to Pulitzer Street. Why did he move?

Moreover, Enmatt Street and Pulitzer Street are not far apart... In addition, the very detailed report did not mention Emily at all, which made Joyce even more unable to understand the purpose of the "Witch"...

No. 52 Pulitzer Street... Found it. It is impossible for people with dark vision to get lost in the dark.

The house was dark and there were no lights, which was in line with his guess... Joyce thought about what was mentioned in the report. Crowe had a morbid pursuit of girls and boys. He had harmed many children during his pirate career and only restrained himself after retirement.

Many of them usually spend money to solve their needs and often stay up all night.

It seems I'm lucky... Joyce said thankfully, still keeping vigilant, looking into the house through the glass windows, there was no one in the living room, bedroom, kitchen, bathroom... there was no one there.

He opened the window carefully, controlling not to make any noise, and while concentrating on it, he noticed a playing card falling from the crack of the window.

There is an agency! Is there an ambush?

This was Joyce's first reaction, but he immediately thought that there was no one in the room. He then kicked hard with his toes, jumped up to the window edge, and reached out to grab the falling card.

There is a figure dressed as a clown painted on it.

A ghost card in poker.

It's not a trap, just a warning method... Joyce breathed a sigh of relief, jumped lightly, landed lightly on the ground, turned over the ghost card, and found nothing special... But if someone is careless,

Or without dark vision, it is likely to be ignored, leaving traces of someone's presence.

He was quite cautious, but unfortunately he met me, a more attentive "assassin"... Joyce observed the layout of the living room and analyzed where he could hide.

The assassination place he planned was in this living room. After all, no matter how cautious a person is, he would always subconsciously relax his vigilance when he returns home. That would be the best time to take action.

This is all useless knowledge I learned while reading novels in my previous life, but I didn’t expect to use it now.

There is a gas lamp installed in the room, and the switch is on the left side of the door... The lighting in the living room is not very good. You can hide on the stairs, but it is too far from the door. The railing at the boundary between the first and second floors can bear its own weight.

But time cannot last.

After simulating the scene in his head, Joyce felt that the plan would work. When he was about to leave, he keenly heard unreal footsteps coming from outside the door.

Looking out from the crack in the door, a middle-aged man wearing silver-rimmed glasses was walking towards this side, it was Chloe.

At this time, there are two ways in front of Joyce. The safest option is to leave immediately. Even if he is discovered by Crowe, there is a high probability that he can successfully escape with the help of darkness, but subsequent assassinations will be more difficult.

The other way is to cut it off and do it now, but Crowe went against the norm and didn't stay out overnight. Maybe he discovered something?

After a brief hesitation, Joyce made a decision.

…………

Crowe is a "clown".

His past has been clearly described in the "Lean Ping" investigation report.

The difference is that his survival to this day is not dependent on luck, but on divination and caution.

After discovering that he was famous, he decided to quit the pirate industry and used a magical item to escape tracking.

After retiring, he lived a good life in Bayam relying on the wealth accumulated from his pirate career, until he was forced to join a secret organization: the Witch Cult.

He gained the hope of promotion, but also lost his freedom... If he hadn't known that someone in the organization could curse from a distance, Crowe would have run away long ago... Even a pirate would not be ignorant of the consequences of believing in the evil god.

Today, as usual, he passed on the news he received and went to the "Red Theater" to have fun.

After having a chat with a familiar girl, the girl suddenly mentioned that someone came to ask her about herself. Crowe suddenly became alert. He thought of the assassination a few days ago. Although he was safe and sound and severely injured the assassin, but

He still moved his residence cautiously.

That assassination was not an accident? Someone was targeting me?

He immediately took out the crystal and started divination:

"I will be in danger today."

"I will be in danger today."

…

After seven consecutive times, the crystal rotates clockwise, neither fast nor slow, indicating that there is no danger today.

After seeing the satisfactory results, Crowe felt relieved, but his natural caution prompted him to ignore the girl's persistence, get up and leave, and decided to move to another residence immediately.

Along the way, he was always careful and alert to dangers that might arise at any time. Fortunately, he arrived at his residence safely.

The house is dark inside, exuding the tranquility of home.

Divination saved me once again... Crowe turned the key to open the door, stepped half a step into the door, turned on the gas light switch, and quickly looked around and found that all the small devices he left behind remained the same, and then he felt truly relieved.

The moment he turned around and closed the door, the light flickered twice, then went out, and the room became pitch black again.