Mystery: Start with the Reader

Seeing Xio's subtle look, Abner coughed dryly and explained: "I used the white robe left by Panatia for the main body of this dress. It was made from the Spider of the Witch of Despair. Woven from silk. It is so tough that even a small-caliber high-pressure steam rifle cannot penetrate...

“With these advantages, minor cosmetic flaws are no longer a problem.”

Xio was silent for a moment, looking at Abner inexplicably a few times, then silently picked up the white robe, turned around and entered the bedroom inside...

Is this satisfaction or dissatisfaction? Speaking of which, if Xio deliberately hides her thoughts, even "mind reading" can hide it... She must have used extraordinary mental abilities to interfere... Is this trained in front of Miss Justice?

As soon as Abner thought of this, he heard the sound of the bedroom door opening. He looked around and saw "Audrey" wearing a complicated skirt and dress walking out of it.

——Abner had met Audrey once at a ball held by Duke Negan, so he recognized her appearance.

"Hugh? Well, I have to say, they have become very similar, even their temperaments are very similar." Abner looked at him with an "appreciative" eye and praised.

Xio rolled her eyes at him, then looked at the full-length mirror in the living room, and said with some frustration: "The legs are still not as long as Miss Audrey... and the height can only be raised to 1.62 meters..."

In fact, as a "Faceless Man" item, it is already very good... Abner complained in his mind, but changed the topic on the surface and said: "Have you tested other abilities?"

Hearing this, Xio turned around, her appearance had changed back to her original appearance, but her figure still maintained the "template" of "Audrey".

"The negative effect of 'fear of fire' is more serious than what you said. Not only will it become a weakness, but it will also prevent me from maintaining the ability of the 'Faceless Man' and showing my true appearance when I am 'burned' by fire.

"'Damage Transfer' is consistent with the corresponding ability of the 'Magician' I learned about in MI9. As long as there is no direct death and the hands can still move, wounds in vital locations can be transferred to less important places such as the arms to turn fatal The injury was minor.

"The two abilities of 'Fire Control' and 'Fire Jump' are not very easy to use because of the weakness of fire... After all, a slight burn may cause the disguise to fail.

"But overall, apart from the shameful style, it is a very good item... But if you take it to a Tarot Club for sale, I'm afraid Mr. Tarot's image of erudition and wisdom will be lost." Justice, Temperance, and Forsi collapsed in front of them."

Xio organized his language and analyzed it seriously.

"Isn't this what you 'booked'? Of course I won't get the 'Tarot Society' for sale again." Abner brushed off Xio's teasing words and asked in a slightly ambiguous tone, " Speaking of which, what are you going to pay for this item with?”

As he said this, he also deliberately looked at Xio's "new figure" with malicious eyes.

His original intention was to make Xio feel shy and take the opportunity to seize the initiative in the topic, but who expected Xio to pick up a stack of documents from the table on one side without changing his expression, handed it to Abner and said, "'Baimai The price of the silk dress should be between 3,000 and 4,000 pounds...these are roughly equivalent in total."

"'Hundred Silk Clothes'?" Abner subconsciously repeated the term before taking the documents.

"This is the name I just gave it." Xio replied briefly, then pointed to the document in Abner's hand and said, "This is the reward I got during the Great Smog Incident, a real estate... It originally belonged to Prince Edsac.”

"Is it Edsac's property?" Abner opened the document and took a rough look at it, and found that the property was a stage theater located in the Hillston District... However, it had long been abandoned due to poor management. It can be said that it was The lowest value of Edsac's many properties.

But even without the added value of the theater, due to the good location, based on its area, the value of the property alone is definitely around 4,000 pounds.

I was originally worried that my "film and television company" would not have theaters... wouldn't this happen?

Abner's heart moved, and he looked at Xio's outfit with pretense of pity, and then put the real estate documents into the card.

Xio didn't panic at all. She had known that Abner was joking... and even felt a little bit of unexplainable regret.

After the topic came to an end, Abner took the opportunity to mention Fanny's grandfather again. After hearing this, Hugh frowned and said thoughtfully: "I haven't received any news about this matter yet. I'll go find the informant later." , there should be preliminary results in the evening...I will go to your place then...well, ask Mrs. Scudder to help me prepare an extra dinner."

…

West End, in Mr. Surrey's villa.

With the help of Leonard's several "accidental collisions", the members of the Nighthawks finally cracked the villa's fully activated ceremony, arrived near the stairway on the first floor, and saw the two bodies from the Fulais family. Corpses of Elite Squad members.

“There were no signs of fighting and the two men died by taking poison themselves.

"One of them was a 'Decryption Scholar' of Sequence 7, and the other was an 'Instigator' of Sequence 8... They did not carry any items that could indicate their identity... It is very likely that they were killed... but the murderer cannot be ruled out. Possibility of deliberately falsifying the scene.

"They must have encountered a power far beyond their level, and were restrained in an instant."

After Captain Sost listened to his men's report, he looked at Ms. Dai Li, who was a little absent-minded, and asked in a higher voice: "Dai Li, did you find anything?"

Dai Li came back to her senses after hearing the words, but shook her head and said: "We arrived too late, their spirits have long since dissipated, and we can only see that the power of 'notarization' remains."

After Sost heard what she said, he looked at Dai Li with a strange expression and felt that she was very abnormal today.

"It stands to reason... that rhetoric like 'They have been hollowed out long ago, leaving only the white residue of the notary' is Dai Li's normal style, right? I am a little uncomfortable with her serious explanation..." Sost muttered a few words in his heart, but on the surface he said thoughtfully:

"The owner of this house, Mr. Surrey, believes in the God of Steam and Machinery... He was assassinated by followers of the 'Eternal Blazing Sun' and then killed him?

"Is this a political dispute within Intis?"

The other Red Glove who was in charge of the autopsy nodded and said, "That's probably the case... Captain, what should we do?"

Sost thought for a while and felt that although this case occurred in the West District, it was really not suitable for Nighthawks to handle, so he ordered someone to notify the embassy and "Machine Heart" and shared the preliminary investigation results with the latter.

While he was arranging the task, Ms. Dai Li recalled the scene that had just appeared in her mind, her face suddenly flushed, and she couldn't help but murmured:

"If you want to see me, why don't you meet me directly and secretly take photos... You are as courageous as ever!"

Then she thought of the tall mysterious figure behind the fog before the picture was formed, and she couldn't help but sigh in her heart: "Fool!"

At the same time, Leonard’s ears also heard Pales’ old voice:

"I sensed the aura of the 'Sun Chaser'...

"He seems to be an acquaintance of mine!

"I remember that he died in the chaotic years after the Four Emperors' War..."