Mystery: Start with the Reader

"Southern Continent?" Xio heard about this for the first time, and looked at Vera puzzled.

"I received a mission a few days ago to escort a valuable item to the colony of the Southern Continent...the road might be dangerous, so I didn't intend to take you with me...but the case of 'Carpin' is more complicated ...If I'm not in Backlund, it's hard to guarantee that no one will attack you..." Vera stopped here, without further explanation, and said instead,

"You can rest in the dormitory at the headquarters for one night today, and say goodbye to your friends tomorrow morning, and pack your luggage by the way...Take the train to Pritz Harbor at 1 o'clock tomorrow afternoon."

Xio could feel His Royal Highness Vera's concern for her, and she was a little moved, but after pursing her lips, she still asked: "Behind Kapin...is there someone from our MI9? Or...Kingdom the upper echelon?"

All the planning was done in Mister Fool's kingdom of God, and it was Mister Fool's "favored one" who directly made the move. There should be no suspicion on me... But even so, Her Highness Vera still felt that "they" might Attack me... Could it be because of my father?

Is this huge force entrenched in SI9, and even the high-level of the kingdom, the real culprit who framed his father? Xio inevitably had associations.

"Now you... are not qualified to know that much." Vera shook her head, but did not answer Xio's question.

It's similar to what Abner has always said... What did Father find out back then? Why did Capin abduct the girl? Could it be to "sacrifice" to the evil god?

Xio was silent for a few seconds, nodded and said, "I understand."

"After this escort mission, you should be able to accumulate enough contributions for the other main material of 'Judge'." Seeing that she was not in a high mood, Vera made a slight mention.

After Xio left the office, Vera stood up, stood by the window of the office, looked at the layers of gorgeous palaces and the towering Gothic clock tower in the center of Queens, and sighed slightly:

"The Black Emperor? Does this kind of sneaky, treacherous behavior deserve to be called the 'Black Emperor'?

"Let's not talk about His Majesty Solomon... Even Roselle's courage is inferior to you..."

...

After coming out of the office, Xio followed His Royal Highness Vera's warning, and instead of going home, went to the dormitory of MI9 to rest. She often stayed overnight when interrogating prisoners all night before, so she was no stranger there.

After a brief wash, Xio lay on the bed, thinking about what happened outside the Kapin villa before.

The two saints descended suddenly, and Mr. Fool's "favored one" reappeared on the nearby roof as if provocative, and disappeared suddenly under the eyes of the saints.

The bombed to pieces corpses in the villa, and the tarot cards covering the corpses.

Mister Fool's subsequent "angel" blessing, and the "interrogation" that he and Hazel almost accepted.

If Her Highness Vera hadn't personally brought me back, I'm afraid I'm still being interrogated by the saint of the Augustus family right now?

Xio gradually fell asleep while thinking about it. After an unknown period of time, she suddenly saw a sacred and clear light, which instantly condensed into a human figure, and twelve pairs of pitch-black wings grew from behind.

Layers of wings closed together, wrapping Xio up.

Xio suddenly became sober, clearly aware that she was dreaming, and she immediately understood that this was the blessing of the "angel" and there was a stressful change...someone invaded her dreamland!

Immediately afterwards, she felt shadowy things wandering in the gray sky, and all kinds of thoughts deep in her heart surged out, forming a dream.

Among these thoughts, the things that impressed her the most some time ago were the main ones, including receiving the commission from Mr. Scudder to take Hazel and Freya to investigate, and to capture Kapin's subordinates who attacked Hazel.

In East Chester, Xio, who had been invaded by a dragon in his dreams, quickly calmed down and tried to control those thoughts, only to find that it was not difficult.

So, she hid those memories involving the Tarot Society, leaving only those parts she did in reality.

Of course, in order to cover up the flaws that he might have exposed in front of the saint at that time, Xio adapted the process of killing the man with red spots on his face, so that he wanted to break through the restriction in the other party's spirit but failed, and ended up killing him because of venting his anger. Killed, and pretended to commit suicide in fear of crime...

At this time, Xio suddenly heard a familiar cold snort, and then her dream began to be scattered, as if she had lost some kind of guidance.

She knew it was a sign that the infiltrator had left.

After forcibly escaping from the dream, although Xio was fully awake, he did not open his eyes, and still maintained his usual sleeping position, bewildering possible enemies, just thinking in his heart:

"The last voice...was His Royal Highness Vera?

"The 'Retribution Knight' can also discover the dream invasion?"

...

In a villa not far from Caping's house in the Jowood District, a mature middle-aged man with a pair of golden eyes looked at the embarrassed figure emerging from the void, and asked with a smile: "What? Enter a sequence 7's dreams are in danger?"

"Her Highness Vera is really just a 'Punishment Knight'? If she hadn't recognized who I am, I would have been almost killed by her..." the embarrassed figure said in a low voice.

"Vera is His Majesty's youngest sister...and the most favored sister. It's normal to have some powerful magical items or spells on her body." The middle-aged man first smiled and shook his head before asking, "Is there any evidence?" Got any information?"

"No... that little girl from the Dill family actually doesn't know anything, and even Kapin's men took the initiative to provoke them... The strange thing she saw when she saw you should be because she just accidentally killed someone before that. ..."

The embarrassed figure repeated what he saw in Xiu's dream to the middle-aged man, and finally said, "I have also verified these in the dream of the girl named Hazel...It is basically the same...However, There is a very powerful spirit beside that Hazel... It should be the creation of the Church of the Mother Earth God, I am in such a mess now, and it has a share of the credit..."

"A powerful spirit? What is it like?" The middle-aged man thought of the black figure that suddenly disappeared, and asked with a twitch in his heart.

The person who sneaked into Xio's dream obviously knew what the other party was thinking, shook his head and said: "It can't be it, it doesn't have the power of the 'Dark Emperor'.

"You should be clear that the ghost that attacked Capin has the feeling of a real 'Dark Emperor'. This is why His Majesty ordered a strict investigation."

The middle-aged man nodded silently, then sighed:

"That ghost's anti-divination ability is very strong. Neither I nor Snake, nor even the other lords in the military who are good at divination, have been able to get useful clues...even with the lost 'Rosell's Grip' as a The goal, also failed...

"So, the only clues so far are the 'Joker' who also sprinkled tarot cards in the Lanerus case and the 'Iron Man' who also appeared in that case?

"'Grand Thief Dark Emperor', 'Iron Man', 'Joker'... Is this a new organization symbolized by Tarot cards and appearing as a so-called 'hero'?"

...

Bayam, after interrogating the drug seller, Abner generally understood why he was being targeted... To put it simply, his deterrence was not enough, and he took possession of a manor that others coveted. coveted.

I originally wanted to keep a low profile during this time in Bayam... Why do you have to force me to do it?

Abner sighed, imitating the ability of "Nightmare" to make the drug seller fall into a deep sleep, and then he lifted the spiritual blockade and pushed open the car door.

Seeing this, Elaine, who had been watching the interrogation process, also got out of the car and couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Blaine, where are you going?"

"Naturally to 'solve' the problem!" Abner turned his head and showed a "kind" smile.