Mystery: Start with the Reader

After returning to Backlund, I will ask Fanny about the specific situation of her family... As for the reason, it is also very simple. Before dealing with the enemy, you must always understand your own strength... Russell should have said "Know yourself and the enemy." That famous saying, right?

After Abner thought for a moment, he took out a "Courage" badge and handed it to Daniz as a "tip" to him for coming all the way to deliver the message.

After all, he is Edwina's subordinate, so he can't be too stingy, right?

This badge is actually an accessory of the extraordinary item called "Irresistible Fear" that he sold in Bayam before, and is used to resist the negative effects of that item.

Abner made three in total at that time. Only two were sold, and the remaining one is always on hand.

At that time, he was still at Sequence 6, and items made with the power given by "Pure White Eyes" were only valid for three months...

In other words, this badge will expire in less than a week, and it will definitely not be sold, so it is perfectly suitable to use it as a "tip".

On the other side, Daniz puffed up his chest and declined politely: "I am a brave person, and I don't need to use items to increase my 'courage'... What's more, this is the captain's task... It's best to be the captain." Come and give me a reward..." He said the last two sentences very quietly.

By "brave" you mean working as a servant for Klein and then hanging outside the cabin to scare off pirates?

After complaining in his heart, Abner smiled and said deliberately: "Since you don't like this badge, then I will teach you a 'secret technique' to replace the item... Well, I wonder how your foundation is? Ed What has Wenna taught you? Let me make a list of books. If you haven't learned anything yet, I can give you free tutoring..."

Before he finished speaking, Daniz had a bitter look on his face, then grabbed the "Courage" badge and said repeatedly: "I think this thing is very good, no need to bother...

"Besides, I still have some things to deal with. If you don't have any instructions, I'll take my leave now."

Now he finally understood why this pretty boy detective attracted the attention of the captain. His style, hobbies, and tone were just like the captain... What was Russell's famous saying? Hmm, "Like the tracks of wheels. Coming from the same rut"?

In fact, I'm doing it for your own good. At least with this badge, you won't be so frightened by "creeping hunger" that you almost wet your pants today... After Abner muttered a few words silently in his heart, he stopped being "embarrassed". Danitz said goodbye to him politely and watched him leave Mr. Gaston's house as if he was "escaped for his life."

After Daniz left the only school on the island, he was blown away by the icy sea breeze and immediately shivered. Some overlooked details from the previous conversation with Abner also came to his mind:

"I seemed to be led by his nose the whole time... No, this metaphor is not good. It should be said that he was controlling the rhythm of the conversation the whole time, but I didn't feel anything was wrong?

"Besides, this detective seems to know me, otherwise he wouldn't ask me what the captain wants from him right away...Have we met somewhere? But I can't remember...

“Or… the captain showed him my photo?

"The captain actually has a photo of me in his hand?"

Thinking of this, Daniz had a silly smile on his face, but he quickly came to his senses, sighed, and said to himself somewhat tangledly:

"This is all my guess...but the captain actually had a photo of the detective in his hand and showed it to me, otherwise I wouldn't have known that he was Abner Brain.

"No, we need to find someone to get information about this detective!"

Although rumors of "heroic detectives" were widely circulated on the sea, Daniz, who had just taken his first vacation in half a year, had only heard some superficial stories and never really understood them.

On the other side, after Daniz left, Abner once again picked up the metal box that the third officer Littorio of the "Black Emperor" had traded to Mr. Gaston, and opened it smoothly.

Inside the box is a piece of parchment with the top corner "burning". Due to the influence of the high-sequence extraordinary ability of the "Black Emperor" pathway, it "burns" very slowly.

Ignoring the nearly solidified flames, Abner carefully read the contents on the parchment:

"1. 'Vice Admiral of the Deep' Hal Constantine was born in a seaside town in the west of the Republic of Intis. He was the illegitimate son of a playboy from the Delien family. His father used various means to obtain his mother. After that, he abandoned him, so his childhood was not good, and he was even bullied by other families in the town.

"When he was 18 years old, he accidentally got a occult book called 'Segust's Sleep' and instinctively understood the strange words on it, which was related to the sea monster 'Segust' Established a connection, became its dependent, obtained its bloodline...it also became the 'Sea Dependent' from then on.

“And after he became an Extraordinary, he immediately sacrificed the entire town’s residents to please the sea monster.

"2. After Hal Constantine grew up, he decided to take revenge on his father, the Delien family. However, he was disappointed to discover that the 'Segust' he believed in was actually a member of the Delien family. Together!

"From his birth, to his growth, to getting that occult book and becoming a sea monster's relative, it was all arranged by the Delien family...

"3. It's about the secret I discovered... That is the so-called 'Deep Sea Vice Admiral' Hal Constantine. He has lost himself long ago and became the puppet of the sea monster... and control him and let him know clearly Very sober, very angry, but still wholeheartedly serving the power of the sea monster. I didn't know it at first... But when the count cleaned up some of the 'pollution' on my body, he told me that it was the 'God of Lost Hearts' 'the power of."

Delien...isn't this the family behind the Intis envoy Owen? I remember that when I was helping Fanny think of a solution a few days ago, I also learned about this family. They were originally nobles when Sauron ruled Intis, and later played an important role in overthrowing the Gustavus dynasty...

Like the Fulais family behind Johnson, Delien is also one of the big families currently ranked at the forefront of Intis, with very strong strength and political influence!

Their family may not have given birth to an angel yet, but there must be a demigod, probably more than one.

Delien's collusion with the sea monster should be to protect his family's maritime trade and also to attack his competitors.

And the sea monster "Segost" is willing to sign an agreement with Delien, perhaps in order to accept the "sacrifice" safely... After all, according to the information obtained from the Elf Temple on the fifth floor of the "Dream Labyrinth Tower", its In fact, his condition is not good, and he needs to regularly use living beings as "sacrifice" rituals to maintain his sanity.

Finally, the "Prophet" does not have the ability to control others to be its own puppets... Is this a secret technique it developed by itself, or is it a mutation brought about by indiscriminately swallowing the characteristics of other channels? And what is the "God of Lost Hearts"?

This term 1 feels familiar, but I can't remember it... It should be the knowledge that "Pure White Eyes" helped me shield...

As his thoughts flashed, Abner had decided to go to Intis and try his best to cause some trouble for the Delien family. If possible, he would even let this family fall completely!

Yu Gong, they colluded with the sea monster and helped him kidnap countless people as sacrifices over the years. This crime is no less serious than the Loen royal family, and even more disgusting than George III.

Privately, if I want to obtain the "prophet" characteristics of the "Seguste" sea monster, I must first weaken its allies to avoid accidents; in addition, it is difficult to say whether the death of Fanny's grandfather was caused by the involvement of special envoy Owen. , if he had a hand in it, he would have one more reason to cause trouble for this family.

…

Backlund, in the basement of the house at No. 8 Williams Street.

"White Saint" Katarina finally found the opportunity to come here again. She glanced at the empty ground and waited for a while.

After about ten minutes, she finally felt that the power that controlled her began to "fading" slightly, so she immediately spoke in a soft female voice:

"I have already identified a 'gatekeeper' from the 'Spiritual Religion Group' and can bring him at any time...

"But you always have to tell me some information about the control on me...for example, what is the 'God of Lost Hearts'?"

As her voice fell, there was silence in the room for a while. Then Catalina's finger was pricked by something unknown, and a stream of donated blood spurted out, forming a line of ancient Fusac language text on the ground:

"Are you sure you want to know? Even if you will turn into a 'monster' if you know?"

Even if it was just text, Catalina could see the meaning of "sarcasm" in it, and she was sure that the thing she was talking to was probably a "hunter".

But she was also frightened by the information revealed by the words in blood. After all, as an immortal witch who had lived for nearly two thousand years, she vaguely knew what "knowing is pollution" meant.

Catalina thought for a while and asked tentatively: "There is always something I can know. I can tell you that part first."

"As the 'Shame of the Witch', it seems that you haven't spent more than a thousand years sleeping with men. You still know something." The text changed again, but the irony remained unchanged.

Catalina's expression remained unchanged, as if she was not the one being laughed at.

"You should have heard the saying: 'The body is the cage of the mind'... The desires in your body are used by others to form a cage, imprisoning your heart, and you naturally become the opponent's puppet.

"Generally speaking, you can get out of trouble as long as you defeat your own desires... But the person who controls you should have used an item containing the aura of the 'Lost God', which has some power... Therefore, there is no angel level You can't get rid of it no matter what!

“Only authority can counter authority.”

The words "blood" changed continuously, and the above three paragraphs were written in three different fonts.

"'The body is the prison of the mind'... This is the concept of the 'Rose School', but it is different from the Temperance School and the Indulgence School... It turns out that it can be understood this way...

"So, who will be the 'God of Lost Hearts'? 'The Sin' Si'a? 'The Bound God'? Or...'The Mother Tree of Desire'?" Katarina murmured, as if to herself, It seemed like he was asking.