Mystery: Start with the Reader

In the living room, Abner saw Jane. A completely different Jane from the one he had known before!

Her otherwise beautiful shoulder-length blond hair had grown extremely dull, from brilliant to sombre. The fair and rosy skin on her face in the past has also turned pale...

Of course, these are not the biggest changes. What made Abner most unbelievable was that Jane's eyes no longer had the sunshine, innocence and liveliness of the past, and instead there was only an indelible coldness left.

Abner didn't need to open his pure white eyes to know that the opponent had just become a Extraordinary, and the power of the potion overflowed and appeared! And the obvious signs are so great, it shows that there may be some problems in Jane's advanced process.

After a brief reasoning in his mind, Abner guessed the general truth, he couldn't help frowning and said: "Jane, you became a 'corpse collector' and directly used Mr. Grant's Extraordinary characteristics? This advanced It's very dangerous, didn't those two people warn you?"

On the other hand, Jane was actually very happy to see Abner coming over, and she still had a desire to tell him her grievances and vent her pain, but affected by the remnants of the potion, she couldn't do these intimate behaviors at all. , I just instinctively rushed to Abner, and said with a tone and expression that was not so gloomy as possible: "Abner...you really know that my father is a Extraordinary! You still lied to me that my father was in the Volunteer...you are also a Extraordinary, right?"

Seeing Jane running towards him with a 'gloomy' expression, Abner almost took a step back and raised his gun to defend himself when he saw Jane's expression was 'gloomy'... Fortunately, he realized in time that the other party did not show any signs of attack, and managed himself Only then did she stretch out her hand to support her body a little stiffly as usual.

"It's obviously the same person, and the movements are the same as before. The former Jane can give me a relaxed and comfortable mood, but now she makes me feel like an enemy!"

I sighed in my heart, but on the surface Abner seemed to be completely unaware of Jane's changes, and said helplessly: "Jane, you have to learn to control your behavior. Now you are a 'corpse collector', and you are as arbitrary as usual. If you hit me, with your potion-enhanced physical fitness, you might be able to knock me a meter or two away."

"I'm sorry...Abner, you changed the subject again, and you haven't answered my question yet!" Jane first apologized guiltyly, and then it seemed that because of Abner's unchanging attitude, she found some old feelings, just the eyes Still cold.

It seems that her personality has not been greatly affected, which is not bad... Abner quietly breathed a sigh of relief, as long as the spirit is not polluted, the residual effects of the potion will be digested sooner or later, at least there will be no danger of losing control .

"Didn't you also answer my question? Hehe, yes, I am an Extraordinary. And I did find out that your father has embarked on the extraordinary path, but he has never hurt others, and I don't want you to have anything to do with the Extraordinary After all, extraordinary means danger and madness... That's why I chose to conceal part of your truth. Well, I didn't lie to you, strictly speaking, Mr. Grant really went to volunteer, didn't he?" Abner pulled out a smile , said.

Jane nodded with a cold face, but the words she said were too weak to match the indifference: "Abner...you, don't you want me to become a Extraordinary? But, if I don't become an Extraordinary, I won't be able to revenge……"

Abner sighed, and said: "I just don't want you to be in danger... Hey, it's meaningless to say these things now. And I won't persuade you to give up revenge, although I can't understand the hatred in your heart , but I can understand your pain and sorrow... I just want to remind you that the extraordinary path is doomed to be crazy and dangerous, you have to have this awareness!"

"Miss Sharron and Mr. Maliqi have both told me this knowledge... and don't blame Mr. Maliqi, he has repeatedly emphasized to me the danger of directly taking Beyonder properties, but I have already made up my mind, no matter what I will I want revenge! I want to kill the werewolf who killed my parents! I want to completely destroy the Rose School!" Jane said,

His already pale face became even more gloomy, and the temperature in the room seemed to drop a little.

"I only hope that after taking revenge, the innocent smile can return to your face." Abner didn't comment on her declaration, but said this solemnly.

"Thank you! Abner!" Jane's eyes seemed to soften a little, but she thought in her heart that it might be difficult for her to go back to the way she used to be.

Maturity is often only in an instant. But the price is not everyone is willing to pay.

Abner also knew that this was just his wishful thinking, so he didn't bother with this topic, and instead asked, "By the way, why did you call me here today? Before I came, I thought it was Maric."

Jane wanted to smile, but she couldn't complete the action, and said with a distorted expression: "Miss Sharron and Mr. Maric need to avoid enemies and officials recently, and they often change their residences. It is inconvenient to take me with them, so they arranged for me to go to Enmat Hong Kong temporarily, and asked others to teach me mystical knowledge... I heard them say that Extraordinary people need a lot of money to buy materials for promotion..."

"I can lend you some..." Abner said directly when he heard this.

Jane shook her head and said, "I don't want to borrow money. My father whispered to me before that if there was any change in the family, he would let me go to the basement of a house in St. George's District to find the money he secretly hid. The belongings... Now that I think about it, my father might have had a premonition at that time."

This may be because he became a Extraordinary at that time and realized the danger of this road, so he prepared the back road in advance? Abner habitually analyzed a wave.

At this time, Jane looked at Abner seriously, and said, "Abner, it's not convenient for me to go out now, I want you to help me bring me the things my father left behind!"

"There is no problem, but why not entrust Maric and the others? You know, the less people know about your situation, the safer! The punishers are trying their best to find you!" Abner warned Jane tactfully, telling her Can recognize their own situation.

"Because I don't believe in Maric and Sharon. Although they saved me...although they repaid me kindly...but they are also members of the so-called Rose School! I know I'm a little unreasonable, But I can't restrain my anger at them!" At this point, Jane looked at Abner nervously and said, "Abner, do you think I'm bad?"

"No, this is only human nature! But I believe you can think clearly and restrain your anger after all. After all, this matter really has nothing to do with them." Abner comforted with a smile. This is also true, no matter whether Sharon went to attack the indulgent faction that night, that werewolf would not be able to control his desire to attack the Grant family.

"I will work hard. After all, even though my attitude is very bad, they have always been very patient with me... But now I only trust you, Abner! That's why I took the risk to meet you!" Jane said, while He handed a piece of paper with the address already written on it to Abner's hand.

Abner weighed it quickly, and felt that there were at most some arrangements reserved by Mr. Grant, and there should not be much danger, so he nodded solemnly and said: "Don't worry, I will not live up to this trust!"

...

At 1 o'clock in the middle of the night, because the steam subway had stopped operating, it took Abner twice as long as usual to arrive in the St. George area. That's all, it's because of a short cut!

Walking ashore from the Tussock River, Abner helped the thousand-pound hat on his head, turning off its extraordinary ability. After checking his belongings again, he couldn't help but think of a joke he saw in the newspaper:

"A gentleman who had just arrived in Backlund lost his way in the thick smog, so he had to ask the wet gentleman who passed by, and asked him 'how to get to the Tussock River', and the gentleman was very friendly. Replied: 'Go straight on, don't stop, I just swam up from there.'

"Although I'm not a swimmer, and I'm not wet, I've just come up!" Abner smiled self-deprecatingly, and then walked straight to the address Jane gave.

No. 16 Chapel Street is an independent house with a small garden. The rent is about 2 pounds per week. It is not bad for Mr. Grant to rent such a house to hide his backhand!

Looking at the target house from a distance, Abner complained a few words in his heart, but he didn't rush in.

He cautiously walked around the house a few times, then opened his pure white eyes to observe many details, and performed a "scene backtracking". He dug out the key, opened the door and walked in.

As soon as he entered the door, Abner, who had already activated his spirit vision, saw a hideous-looking terrifying ghost, which sensed his breath, and rushed towards him quickly. Abner had expected this for a long time, and while reciting "unsheath" in ancient Hermes, he transformed the cane sword into the posture of a long sword, and at the same time retreated calmly outside the door at the speed blessed by the cane sword.

And the ghost only jumped a few steps away from the door, and was restrained by some force, unable to move forward.

"Sure enough, there are guards. Are you able to identify the person who enters by breath? If Jane came over, she shouldn't be attacked. Well, it's just an earth-bound spirit of unknown species, and it's a living target." I made a quick assessment in my heart. Finally, Abner raised his hat, and several wind blades appeared out of thin air, instantly drawing several obvious scars on the ghost.

The ghost's intelligence was not very high. After being really hurt, it immediately became furious and scratched at Abner indiscriminately. Unfortunately, it was bound in the house and couldn't get close at all.

"The wind blade is not a pure energy attack after all, it can hurt it, but its power is greatly reduced... To deal with ghosts and the like, the teacher's sun brooch is better!" After sighing, Abner went on Relying on the hat, let out a few 'wind ropes' to restrain the ghost, and then raised the sword, cutting the ghost in half with a horizontal slash!

This 'cane sword' has part of the ability of the 'Twilight Giant' pathway Sequence 8. In addition to boosting physical fitness, it can also help the holder weaken some extraordinary effects of opponents, such as the 'physical immunity' of ghosts.

"After all, it's just a weak ghost that can even be driven by Sequence 9!" Abner checked carefully, and after confirming that the ghost was indeed killed, he turned the long sword back into a walking stick, and then followed the prompt on the note to find Entrance to the basement.

The basement area is not large, only about a dozen square meters, and there is nothing else in it except a box.

Abner carefully opened the box, and while confirming that there was no problem, he also counted and evaluated the contents inside.

"500 gold pounds in cash, gems and jewelry worth about 300 gold pounds, potion formulas for Sequence 9 'Corpse Collector' and Sequence 8 'Gravedigger', and a fake identity document for 'Bayam'... all of this It can be counted as a treasure!"

See what Mr. Grant left behind. Abner was a little surprised, and couldn't help thinking about where the other party got so much property. That Mr. Blaine gave it? But what did he do to make that demigod so generous?

After thinking for a long time and still not having any idea, Abner secretly mocked himself for another occupational disease, and put the contents of the box into the bag he had prepared earlier.

After doing this, Abner quickly returned to Jane's temporary residence in the bridge area after carefully cleaning up the traces left by him, and handed over all the things to Jane.

"Jane, when will you leave Backlund?" Abner asked with concern, looking at the girl who had already packed all her belongings.

"I'm afraid I have to leave this afternoon...Mr. Maric said he doesn't know if the authorities will use some extraordinary means to find my whereabouts. The sooner I leave, the safer I am. Moreover, I also want to become stronger as soon as possible!" Jane said in silence .

"That's true!" Abner felt that it was a pity that the punisher was investigating this matter. If the mechanical heart was replaced, if he was determined to ask the dog mirror, he might have to be exposed.

Of course, if the mechanical heart is changed, the teacher will be able to speak.

"We...will we never see each other again?" At this moment, Jane's cold face showed a look of the past.

"No, I will go to Enmat Port to see you!" Abner comforted her with a smile.

...

In the afternoon, Abner did not personally send Jane away from Backlund, after all, that would be of no benefit to him or Jane. Although Jane as a friend temporarily stayed away from him, since the other party has found a goal and is willing to work hard for it, there is nothing else he can do except bless him.

Therefore, Abner quickly calmed down, and devoted himself wholeheartedly to the work and learning tasks given by the teacher, as well as the analysis of '2-081'.

More than ten days later, because Abner helped the teacher successfully complete some commissions such as losing cats and dogs, finding objects and catching rapes, he gradually gained a little reputation in the nearby neighborhoods.

This day, Monday, June 25. A charming and beautiful woman walks into the office of Detective Isengard Stanton.