The Mystery:The Witch and the Scourge

"You look really beautiful today!"

Osman looked at the woman in front of him, his eyes brightened slightly, and he commented sincerely.

Louise bowed slightly, gave a simple salute, and said with a smile:

"Is there any day when I am not beautiful?"

As if he was used to Louise's way of speaking, Osman was not much surprised. He just chuckled twice and corrected:

"Every day is more beautiful than the day before."

"Thank you for your compliment." Louise took a step forward, and through the orange light of the street lights, she could more clearly notice Osman's smart clothes and his ready state, and said deliberately jokingly

:

"However, that doesn't excuse you from inviting a woman out on a date late at night."

"Would you mind if I called you out tonight for reasons other than a date?" Osman straightened his back, stood with his hands behind his back, and said calmly.

Louise responded nonchalantly: "I think I have made my attitude clear by standing here at this moment."

"Okay." Osman smiled, took a step back, stretched out his right hand, and then explained the truth:

"I invited Miss Louise here tonight just to watch a show."

"Watching a show?" Louise asked doubtfully, but she didn't get an answer from Osman. She thought to herself for a second, and then followed him into the darkness in front of her.

…………

The two of them were traveling very fast. After a while, they arrived at an unknown single-family villa. Most of the rooms had lights on, and they could vaguely hear continuous scoldings and cowardly cries coming from inside.

.

"What is this place?" Louise asked, but in fact she already had a guess in her heart.

"A transfer point." Osman said. He did not hide his arrival, but walked in without any obstruction. As he walked, he added:

"It's just a transfer point that is about to be abandoned."

Sure enough... This answer was consistent with Louise's guess, but she didn't understand why she was brought here. Just as she was about to continue asking something, she suddenly saw a familiar figure running out of the villa in front of her.

It was a man with obvious Southern Continent ancestry, with brown-red skin and featureless facial features. The only feature was a gold tooth in his mouth, which shone with a faint golden light in the darkness.

Barron... Louise had appeared in Enmat Port when she and Bright were performing a population transfer mission. Unexpectedly, they had not seen each other for a few days, and the latter had stopped running errands with the ship and started to take charge of Backlund.

Already.

"Mr. Osman, you are here."

Barron ran up to the two of them and greeted them warmly. After that, he spotted Louise. He was stunned for a second and then quickly recalled, saying respectfully:

"Miss Louise, I didn't expect you to be here too?"

Osman looked a little surprised: "Oh, have you seen it?"

Barron glanced at Louise, saw her expression was calm, then lowered his head and replied:

"When I was on a previous mission, I was fortunate enough to work under the leadership of Miss Louise."

"Is that so..." Osman pondered for two seconds, then returned to the topic and asked: "Has the transfer work been done?"

Barron straightened his body and said seriously: "Most of the work has been completed, and there is only a small amount of 'goods' left. The transfer is guaranteed to be completed within ten minutes."

Osman was quite satisfied with this and praised: "Well done, the timing is just right. You will leave with everyone in a while, so as not to leave any additional flaws."

Barron patted his chest and said confidently: "Understood, make sure everything goes according to plan."

"Go." Osman nodded slightly, waved away Barron, then turned to Louise, who had been silent, and said with a smile:

"I realize that I am still very unfamiliar with you. If there is a chance in the future, maybe we can get to know each other better."

Louise was thinking about the purpose of the conversation between the two of them, and simply responded:

"Maybe there will be this opportunity."

In just ten minutes, the entire villa became empty, and all the lights suddenly went out, creating an indescribable sense of desolation and loneliness.

After standing in the darkness and waiting patiently for a few minutes, Louise seemed to lose her temper and asked:

"Where is the play you invited me to watch? Isn't Barron the star just now?"

Osman chuckled and retorted in disbelief: "How is that possible?"

"I put all my efforts into inviting Miss Louise here. If I only let Barron sing a play, wouldn't it be too perfunctory? The real actor hasn't even appeared on the stage yet!"

"Calculating the time, they should have received the news and have probably already set off and are on their way here."

They... Louise asked curiously: "Who are they?"

Perhaps because he felt that a good show was about to begin, Osman did not choose to hide it, but gave a sincere answer:

"The 'punishers' of the Church of Storms, and some members of MI9."

Louise frowned quietly and thought to herself: "Aren't you an officer of MI9? Or a devout believer of the Storm Lord... Of course, with the noble status of people like Osman, their loyalty will only be sacrificed.

To King George III.”

So she asked, knowingly: "What are you here for?"

"Of course it's to track down clues about population transfer." Osman seemed to open up his heart at this moment and answered all Louise's questions. He sneered and then added:

"Since Bright was exposed in Byam, although the Church of Storms has accepted our compromise on the surface, in fact it is still secretly investigating the entire incident... I have no choice but to accompany them and have some fun!"

If I remember correctly, you just said that the people who came to investigate tonight are the combined team of "Punisher" and MI9... Louise glanced at Osman next to her, thinking in her heart that "Punisher"

"They sweated a lot, and then asked:

"Then why do we two stay here?"

Osman tilted his head and responded: "I think I have made it very clear. Watch the show."

"But I don't think I should be in this place at this time." Louise retorted calmly: "If I am discovered by the 'Punisher' or MI9, I will be regarded as a wild Extraordinary and be wanted."

After saying that, she glanced at Osman and said, "Even if I stay with you, the lieutenant colonel of MI9."

Osman laughed a little strangely, raised his right hand, shook his fingers and said:

"You are wrong about one thing. I am not a participant in tonight's action. Like you, I am just a spectator."

Then, he put his index finger to his lips, made a "shush" sound, and said:

"Someone is coming."