Mystery: Start with the Reader

In a house without lights at No. 12 Winster Street in Jowood District.

A slender man stood in front of the second-floor window, looking down at a carriage that had just passed by the door.

"Why, are you a little unwilling?" A mesmerizing female voice like the call of a nightingale came from behind him.

"That's not true...after all, I didn't want to kill the detective." The man shook his head slowly, watching the carriage go away, and said, "I was just guessing who the extraordinary person from the 'spectator' path who happened to be arrived was. How come it contains so many powerful magical items?"

"I can only confirm that he is not a member of the 'Psychological Alchemy Society'...and he may not be a real 'audience'." The female voice was silent for a few seconds before speaking again.

The man nodded and asked again: "Any guesses?"

"No... you should have investigated the detective beforehand. You should know that he has a wide circle of friends. Even if the bishop of the Church of Night or the Church of Steam comes to rescue him with a sealed artifact, I won't be surprised." The voice paused. , then asked, "Are you still planning to scare those detectives as planned to conceal your true purpose?"

"Of course I want to go, otherwise how can I make those fools believe that I am really avenging that dog? But if the person tonight is here, I won't show up..." The man said with a contemptuous smile. Smiling, "As for whether the authorities want to use this to ambush me? You know, that is impossible!"

"Don't be so conceited! According to the agreement, I will not provide you with any more help before you actually take action." Although the female voice was reminding her, her tone was like a coquettish one.

"Oh, don't worry, if I want to escape, even ordinary demigods can't track me." The man replied arrogantly.

"Confident men... I like them!" The woman's voice was full of temptation, "Do you want to study with me how the first 'succubus' was born?"

Hearing this, the man's breathing became a little heavier, but he still shook his head firmly and said: "I am the apostle of 'Desire', the one who controls 'Desire', and I will not be controlled by 'Desire'!"

"Oh, this is really disappointing."

…

Leverage Church, even though it was midnight, was still brightly lit and crowded.

Because most of the believers here are not rich, they may not have time to rest on weekends, and they are even busier during the day. Therefore, even if it is close to the early morning, many believers still come here to pray and repent.

Abner, who had transformed into a valet named Kenny, supported Detective Essinger, who had an injured shoulder. As soon as he entered the church, he was spotted by a priest on duty. He had a look of surprise on his face and called a clergyman. After giving some instructions, he came straight up and asked with concern: "Detective Stanton, what's wrong with you?"

"We encountered an accident..." Detective Stanton answered vaguely, then asked, "Pastor Oakens, is Alyssa here?"

The priest named Oakens nodded and said: "I have sent someone to call Bishop Linton over..."

Before he could finish speaking, Detective Stanton interrupted: "I'll go see her directly... There are some things that are not convenient to say in the prayer hall..."

Pastor Oakens thought for a while after hearing this, and finally nodded: "Then you can go to the bishop's room by yourself, I can't get away from here..."

After listening to their conversation, Abner, who was supporting the teacher, instantly came to a conclusion: the teacher was very familiar with this place and should be a regular visitor. After all, Pastor Oakens didn’t treat him as an outsider at all... just go with me. The same as when the Mother Earth Church was here.

But who are the teacher and the Bishop Alisa Linton mentioned just now? Judging from the fact that she was the first one to come to see her after the teacher was attacked, the relationship seems unusual.

On the way to the room behind the Leverage Church, he seemed to have seen Abner's thoughts. Detective Essinger chuckled and said: "I have told you before that your teacher has a wide circle of friends. In addition to the Church of Storms, I have a lot of friends." Backlund has good relations with other official organizations...and Alyssa is my best friend."

At this time, a slightly resentful voice came from the front: "I'm just one of my best friends... In addition to me, there are Britney from the Church of the Night, Kesia from MI9, and Fior, the North District Sheriff." Na, the original Bishop Mia of the Mother Earth at the Harvest Church..."

Why are they all women’s names? And North District Sheriff Fiona, I remember that’s Susan’s mother’s name, right?

Teacher, you have a bad relationship with the Church of Storms, could it be because they don’t have female clergy there?

While Abner was complaining in his heart, a woman in the attire of a Bishop of the Church of Steam, who looked to be only about forty years old, came forward.

She wanted to say something else, but when she saw Detective Essinger's injury, her eyes widened in surprise. She immediately took Abner's place to support the teacher and said solemnly: "This is a desire that has been detonated." '?"

"Yes...I was not careful..." Essinger nodded slightly.

"The injury is not too serious, but there is still some demonic 'fallen' aura inside...it may be dangerous if it is not removed." Bishop Alyssa said after inspecting it.

"So, didn't I come to you for help?" Essinger responded with a smile.

"There's no need to look for me when you're just trying to get rid of the demon's 'fallen' aura? You want me to seal this aura with a scroll, right? Do you want revenge?" Alyssa Linton seemed to know Detective Essinger very well, but However, while asking the question, he glanced at Abner who was silent on the side.

Detective Essinger immediately understood and said with a smile: "Kenny is my assistant, he is trustworthy."

Bishop Linton then stopped looking at Abner and led the master and apprentice into her own room.

"I informed the 'Mechanical Heart' team and they will be here soon." Bishop Linton said while preparing some kind of ceremony.

"Yes, I happen to need official help." Essinger said with an unchanged expression.

He came to Alyssa with the idea of ​​informing the "Machine Heart" about this matter.

"Why didn't you go find Britney and Kesia?" Bishop Linton rolled his eyes at him.

"MI9 seems to be very busy recently, so I'm afraid they don't have time to pay attention to me... and apart from Kesia, I don't have much trust in the people in MI9.

"As for Britney, she has been transferred out of Backlund Parish."

While Detective Essinger and Bishop Linton were joking, the ceremony had been prepared, and soon a faint trace of black energy was "extracted" and sealed into a scroll placed on the altar.

Bishop Linton is a "Scroll Professor" with the "Peeper" path? However, the effect of "extracting" the aura in this ritual is not as good as directly extracting it with the "Pure White Eye"...

After watching the ceremony, Abner was deep in thought. With the sound of messy footsteps, the door was pushed open. Immediately afterwards, a team of "Machine Heart" was holding an ancient silver mirror with a pattern. Under the leadership of Deacon Yikanser, he walked in.

The moment he saw the silver mirror, Abner's eyes suddenly became dazed, suggesting that his forgotten memories were instantly recalled.

Meeting "Arrodes" was one of the "trigger points" he set to regain his memory.