Mystery: Start with the Reader

Early on Tuesday morning, because the news about a lone hero bravely rushing into the tiger's den to save people gradually became obsolete and was replaced by some new shocking news, Abner was finally not surrounded by tabloid reporters and left the office quite comfortably.

After arriving at the police station in the Bridge District, many police officers greeted him after seeing him, which made Abner a little flattered, and he truly experienced the feeling of being a celebrity.

However, after he checked the latest case files of the police station, the relaxed expression disappeared from his face. Because from last Friday to today, in just two or three days, there have been sixteen deaths in the bridge area caused by sudden dementia or sudden stroke and madness.

"And all the parties involved in the incident are believers of the Lord of Storms... Is this someone provoking the 'Punisher'?"

While Abner was thinking, there was a knock on the door outside the file room, and then Sergeant Eli of the Bridge District Police Station walked in accompanied by a gray-haired elderly gentleman who looked to be in his sixties or seventies .

"Detective Bryan, this is Inspector Reid of the thirteenth team of the Special Operations Department of the Police Department. He wants to ask you something." Sergeant Eli saw Abner stand up and introduced with a smile.

Abner took a peek at the old man in front of him, and saw that he had a high nose bridge, deep eye sockets, blue eyes, and a beard. His body was full of wrinkles, as if he hadn't taken care of it for many days. It doesn't look like an inspector at all.

And, the Department of Special Operations? This is the vest of the official extraordinary team, right? Punisher or Nighthawk?

Abner was on guard secretly, but on the surface he shook hands with Inspector Red enthusiastically, and said politely: "It's an honor to meet you, Inspector Red."

"I'm also glad to meet you, Mr. Hero of our Backlund." Inspector Reid responded with a half-smile.

I'll take you as a provocation... Others don't know what's going on, but as an official Extraordinary, they must have obtained detailed information from the "Desolate One". After all, their transnational law enforcement is to report to the Church of Storms and the Church of Steam of.

After a few polite words between the two, Reid explained the purpose of his visit. He wanted to find the case files of sudden onset of dementia or madness in the past few days.

Fortunately, I just sorted out the information, otherwise it would be bad if my employer found out that I was a salary thief. Abner secretly rejoiced after handing over the previously selected cases to Inspector Rhett.

Although this Rhett did not reveal his identity, but his identity as a special operations team, coupled with his concern for these cases against the believers of the Lord of Storms,

All let Abner confirm that he is a member of "Punisher".

Like Abner, after a quick scan of the file, Inspector Reid no longer smiled, and left the police station with only a serious expression on his face.

Seeing that the Punisher took over the case, Abner decided not to intervene any further. He looked at his watch and it was almost noon, so he said goodbye to Sergeant Eli and wanted to go to a nearby restaurant for lunch.

Who would have thought that as soon as he went out, he saw the "Desolate Man" Miss Judy in a blue dress walking towards him with a cup of sweet iced tea, and when she saw Abner, she waved her hand from a distance .

Seeing that she seemed to be here for himself, Abner asked in surprise: "How do you know I'm here?" Obviously the silver-white feathered ghost bird did not follow.

Judy pointed to the vegetation on the side of the road, and said with a smile: "I went to the detective agency, because I couldn't find you, so I could only rely on the guidance of my partners to find you all the way."

Ma'am, you can actually ask the manservant of the teacher's house, he probably won't hide my whereabouts... Abner glanced at this young lady who was born an Extraordinary, and wisely didn't say these words out of her mouth.

"By the way, I almost forgot the business. Karen found some key information and asked me to come and discuss with you... Do you have time now?" Judy said after taking a sip of sweet iced tea.

Seeing your leisurely attitude all the way here, I know that this matter is not in a hurry... Abner sneered, looked at his pocket watch, and then said: "I have time... But can I buy two Dixie first?" pie?"

"sure."

...

In the south area of ​​the bridge, on Rose Street, Abner pulled down his top hat, left the rental carriage, and walked towards the Harvest Church, listening to Ms. Judy beside him muttering:

"The Dixie pies are not as good as Servia's meringue pies..."

"Abner, when you come to Feneport in the future, I will definitely ask you to try it."

Because it is not a Sunday, the church is still exceptionally clean. As soon as Abner opened the door, he saw two "giants" praying in front of the holy emblem, while Karen, the Viscount of the blood clan, was sitting in the first row of seats reading a novel.

"Captain, Father, Karen, I brought Abner back." After greeting Judy, she ran straight to Karen and sat down, then took out a few flowers of different colors from her pocket and handed them to him. , "Here are the night herbs, deep sleep flowers, and chamomile you want. I almost got into a fight with the owner of the herb shop because of them today."

"Thanks, Judy. Silica likes the taste of 'Amanda' hydrosol the most, and now the preparation ingredients are finally complete." Karen first thanked with a smile, and then asked curiously, "With your personality Can even quarrel with people? It's really rare."

"You don't know how irritating that shopkeeper's words are! I only had a few words with him, and he called me 'Silly girl'." Judy was still a little angry in retrospect.

"So you punished him?" Karen asked with a smile, sympathizing with the shopkeeper.

"He won't be able to speak for at least three days! Hmph, the medicine I prescribed is not something he, a 'pharmacist', can cure." Judy snorted and said with a smirk.

The owner of the herb shop you are talking about is Darkwill, right? Well, if Judy found the bridge police station all the way from the detective agency, she happened to pass by Fat Pharmacist's shop... Abner was dumbfounded when he heard it, and he felt that he must have guessed right.

At this time, Bishop Utravsky and Captain Arsenov stood up, and the shadows of the two giants directly enveloped Judy and Karen in the first row, making them shut up at the same time.

Captain Arsenov waited for the bishop to greet Abner before saying sincerely to him:

"Mr. Blaine, I'm sorry to disturb your normal life, but we have a tricky matter that needs your help..."

"What is it?" Abner asked cautiously without immediately agreeing. Although he also wanted to catch that witch as soon as possible, but if it was too dangerous, he would definitely not agree.

Captain Arsenov looked at Karen in the first row at this time, and said, "My Loenian grammar is not good, and most of the descriptions are too blunt. You should introduce the situation to Mr. Bryan."

"Okay, captain." Karen nodded, then turned to face Abner, and smiled gracefully:

"Mr. Blaine, let me explain it to you in detail."

"Please tell me." Abner said politely.

Karen said in a magnetic and beautiful voice:

"Because the previous company's warehouse was completely destroyed, and Leonardo's family has no more clues, our investigation has reached a deadlock. We can only passively wait for the witch who raised the 'alienated monster' to show up."

"So the captain and I decided to change the direction of the investigation and plan to find out where the bottle of heretical perfume came from."

"Through the relationship of the local blood clan, I investigated Dr. Leonardo's interpersonal relationship during the period before he became a 'Harvest Sacrifice'... After a series of investigations, I identified a very suspicious lady."

"Her name is Windsor Belling. She is the wife of a coal merchant and the mistress of Viscount Loveland."

"We found out that Leonardo had a very close relationship with her, and was even warned by Viscount Loveland. Even after Leonardo became a 'Harvest Priest', he still did not stop communicating with her...I have a vampire The younger generation also saw the two of them go to a secret circle party together last month."

"To sum up, we plan to control this Ms. Windsor Belling first, and get some important information from her mouth."

Windsor Behring... This name is somewhat familiar... Abner frowned, and seriously recalled the content of the original work. Generally, those he has never seen but sounds familiar are characters that appeared in the original novel.

That's right, Windsor Behring was the first "primordial moon" believer that Emlyn killed when he participated in the blood race's "hunting competition"! It turns out that the one I almost saw when I was backtracking was the original moon...

Although Abner didn't remember the knowledge of the Outer Gods, the "primordial moon" as the vest of the Outer Gods was also a widely circulated name among low- and middle-level Beyonders, and Abner could still remember the plots related to it.

After recalling the origin of Windsor, Abner had new doubts again, and said to himself: Aren't all your official Extraordinary people reckless in doing things? Why not just go and arrest people for interrogation? Also, what's wrong with me here?

As if seeing the doubt in Abner's heart, Karen explained:

"Whether it is Windsor Belling's husband or her lover, they are believers of the Goddess of the Night on the surface, and their residence is not far from St. Samuel's Church... It is impossible for us to break into the law in such a place... it will be Attracting the intervention of the Nighthawks."

"And that Ms. Windsor also lives reclusively, she won't leave the North District easily, and even if she comes out, she will always follow Viscount Loveland, so it's very difficult to get her hands on her."

Also, although the Mother Earth and the Goddess of the Night are secretly allied, they still have to show hostility on the surface, otherwise the God of War will see the flaws...

But what does this have to do with me? Can you still ask me to lure that lady out? Abner slandered, and asked superficially, "Please tell me, what do you need me to do?"

"We found out that Windsor will go to the "Daily Observer" ball with Viscount Loveland this Friday night..."

"We hope that you can get me or Judy a chance to enter the ball venue through Detective Essinger's contacts."