Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery

Chapter 180 Dominated by 0-08

In the suburbs of Backlund, in an ordinary-looking house.

From the outside, it looks like a regular house, but the interior is quite refined.

In the study, furnished with a solid wood desk and chairs, a middle-aged man with dark golden hair, classical sculpted features, and one blind eye is diligently writing with an ordinary quill pen.

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This middle-aged man is Ince Zangwill, the culprit who once attacked the Blackthorn Security Company in Tingen and killed Captain Dunn Smith.

And that "ordinary" quill is the "0-08" Quill of Alger Hod.

On the notebook that "0-08" is writing on, some words have already appeared: "…Triss's escape failed again. Although she did it very cleverly and wasn't discovered until today, the important clue she left behind, that address, didn't attract Haina Mille's attention. Because Haina Mille deals with too many people every day, she has basically forgotten what Triss looks like…"

"…Darren Mille is afraid that the Church will take his wife away forever, so he decided to seek help from a wizard. However, generally speaking, wizards who have some reputation but haven't been arrested by the authorities don't have much real skill…"

"…As expected, that wizard didn't notice Triss's arrangement to attract attention. He had to try little by little… Unexpectedly, the wizard Gandalf is actually a true 'Wizard'. He is very knowledgeable… Haha, this is Ince Zangwill's mistake. If he had directly sought out official Beyonders, he might have been able to delay things for a while longer…"

Ince Zangwill, with only one eye, sneered as he looked at the quill's sarcasm: Just a "Wizard".

"…The 'Wizard' Gandalf found the key clue and understood what was going on, but he was unwilling to take risks, so he plans to wait for the official Beyonders to arrive and let them capture Triss… Although Karl DeLeon, who is investigating this case, knows the wizard Gandalf, Karl DeLeon, with a serious and responsible attitude, refused the wizard Gandalf's help and conducted his own investigation…"

As he wrote this, the quill suddenly jumped up on its own and wrote on a new line: "The wizard Gandalf actually knows about the existence of the 'Quill of Alger Hod'! He has many secrets, but I didn't expect him to know so many secrets!"

Ince's one eye narrowed: "Another troublesome fellow."

This reminded him of the "Nighthawk" member he encountered in Tingen, someone who repeatedly made him revise the "story".

Fortunately, "0-08" didn't continue writing, which means that this fellow named Gandalf poses no threat to Ince. Otherwise, "0-08" would definitely seize the opportunity to put Ince Zangwill in a certain amount of danger.

He took a deep breath and looked at the clock on the wall outside. He still needed to delay for a little more time and let the people from the "Witch Sect" handle Triss's matter.

"What a nuisance," Ince said coldly.

…

Langst Street.

The charming Witch, the uniquely shaped ring inlaid with gemstones, and Captain Karl's abnormality led Odis to a terrifying guess.

Although he had a deep impression of the character "Witch" Triss, there was still a difference between the written description and seeing a real portrait, which caused him not to think of these clues in the first instance.

But the next second, Odis used the power of "Meditation" to prevent himself from continuing to think about it.

Because if he continued to think about it, that damn pen would also learn more information about himself, and might even write down what color underwear he was wearing on the paper.

So Odis continued to look at Karl and the others' investigation. Darren and his wife were somewhat nervous, but they had no choice but to cooperate with the police's investigation.

Fortunately, these policemen were still polite, and they also seemed to have mastered some magical investigative methods, except that the investigative methods didn't seem as rich as the wizard's just now.

Soon, Karl and the others were stumped by the problem in front of them. Like Odis's previous thinking, they also entered a misunderstanding, thinking that Haina's skin had disappeared.

Odis was not in a hurry. He didn't have the idea of investigating to the end or arresting that Witch. His purpose had always been only to help Darren and his wife solve the problem.

So watching the official Beyonders thinking, not only did he not remind them, but he also asked Darren to pour him a glass of water and lit his pipe again.

Suddenly, he felt that his potion was inexplicably digested a lot, which surprised Odis very much, because today his acting would definitely not digest so much potion.

Of course, he didn't know that just now when "0-08" admitted that he was "a true 'Wizard'", even if he continued to act for a month, it wouldn't be as effective as this sentence of recognition.

A "Nighthawk" glanced at the leisurely wizard and the smoke coming out of his pipe, and frowned, saying, "Don't make trouble here."

Karl seemed to suddenly come back to his senses and thought of Odis's existence. He smiled and said, "Did you find any clues?"

Odis also ended his thinking about the sudden digestion of his potion, but he didn't answer directly, but said, "Generally speaking, if I provide clues to 'Machine Hearts', I will get an intelligence fee, especially if I provide clues that can solve the case, I will get a large intelligence fee.

"In addition, we also have an agreement that I will only provide intelligence to 'Machine Hearts'."

Karl thought for a while and then said, "How about 300 pounds?"

The two "Nighthawk" team members were stunned for a moment, not expecting that the captain would really give it, and so much at once.

Odis pondered for a moment: "Although it's not much, let's just leave it at that. Consider it a discounted price for Captain Karl."

He didn't overcharge on this point. "Machine Hearts" has always been very generous in terms of giving money.

Karl added, "After the case is investigated clearly, I will submit a request for assistance to 'Machine Hearts', so you won't get into trouble."

Odis smiled and said, "That's not necessary. Next, I have to explain to my employer why his wife encountered such a strange thing, and I'm not assisting you in solving the case."

Karl nodded, so both sides would save a lot of trouble.

Odis said to Darren, "After seeing your wife Haina's appearance, the first thing I thought of was a necromantic curse that caused the skin of her body to fester and turn into a skeleton.

"But in that case, this skeleton would have no rationality, and I used powder made mainly from 'Sunflowers' and 'Golden Chamomile' from the beginning to rule out this possibility.

"The subsequent attempts were all based on this idea, but no clues were found. However, these verifications were not without discoveries. I noticed that Haina's skin is still there, it's just that we can't see it.

"I have to say, this is a very special curse, and it is a curse from a 'Witch'."

"Witch?" Darren broke out in a cold sweat on his forehead: "We haven't offended any 'Witches'… or anything like that."

He didn't know what a Witch was, but it seemed to be similar to a wizard, a person who possessed magical abilities.

"It's not necessarily that you've offended them," Odis took a deep breath: "They have always liked to bring disaster and pain to people."

Of course, there is also pleasure.

A "Nighthawk" team member said: "I remember that the 'curse' of a 'Witch' is to make people sick, or to harm their spiritual body, and there is also a 'curse' that makes people gradually disappear?"

"This 'curse' is more special," Odis still said to Darren: "It is not just a 'curse', it should also be the negative effect of a sealed artifact that has been transferred to Haina.

"Use your brains, have you forgotten that in the 'Pleasure Witch' sequence, there is the ability of 'Invisibility'!

"And Haina's current situation is slowly 'invisibilizing'. If it continues, her bones will also disappear, but she still exists, she hasn't disappeared."

In the minds of Karl and others, they all thought of such a scene: at the dining table, the food suddenly "floated" up, and then they saw the food disappearing little by little. Or suddenly being bumped into by something, but when they looked back, there was nothing there.

But there is still a problem. Karl frowned: "Are we facing a very terrible enemy?"

He didn't remember that in the information about "Witches" that he had read, they didn't have the ability to "transfer", so either his authority was not enough and he couldn't see the information of high-level Witches.

Or the other party has some strange sealed artifact, otherwise it would be impossible to complete such a strange curse.

Odis said, "She should have a very high-level sealed artifact on her."

That ring! If he remembered correctly, that ring seemed to be equivalent to a very high-level sealed artifact.

Karl nodded and looked at the portrait on the table again: "This is the appearance of the murderer."

Odis smiled: "And the address."

Karl considered for a moment and said: "We'll go back and look for helpers first, and then go to this address together."

Odis nodded: "That's a good idea. I wish you success."

The other party should be a Sequence 6, or even a Sequence 5, and also has a strange sealed artifact in her hand. Karl and the others simply can't deal with such an enemy.

No mistake, first release first, one content, one look!

Karl said, "I hope to invite you back with us, and then we can act together."

He remembered that Odyss was also a Beyonder. Of course, the main reason for this invitation was that the senior deacon of the Backlund region had once said that if there was a chance, he should try to befriend Odyss.

After all, such an ace intelligence officer was welcome wherever he went.

It was just that they might not be clear that if there was anything they needed to cooperate with Odyss on, they only needed to prepare enough gold pounds.

Odyss smiled and said, "My appearance fee is very expensive."

At Sequence 8, an arrow was already worth 10 pounds.

"You don't need to take action," Karl said with a smile. "Just provide us with some ideas or intelligence when needed."

After all, it was to befriend Odyss, not to let Odyss be cannon fodder.

Karl left a member of the "Nighthawks" team here. He took Odyss and another member back to the "Nighthawks" headquarters.

Along the way, the three people talked and talked. He didn't know why, but everyone was not very anxious, as if they were not going to arrest the murderer, but to go on an outing.

Halfway there, the carriage suddenly slowed down. The coachman said that a carriage had broken down on the street ahead.

Karl glanced out. The broken carriage had the "Saint Emblem of the Night" on it. On the other side of the street, there stood a young man with black hair and green eyes, with a very outstanding appearance, wearing a black trench coat.

Karl said, "Wait a moment, it's an acquaintance. I'll go down and ask if we should take him back with us?"

Odyss looked at the young man. He thought to himself: Could it be that I'm going to meet another "acquaintance" today?

He heard Karl's conversation with the other party from a distance and learned that this guy was really Leonard Mitchell.

Leonard's carriage broke down when he was returning to Pelsfield Street. Because there was nothing urgent, he did not take a taxi back, but waited for the coachman to repair it.

Odyss's interpretation was: The carriage broke down when he was returning from a mission.

Leonard accepted Karl's invitation because the "Red Gloves" headquarters was also on Pelsfield Street.

When he got on the carriage, Leonard glanced at Odyss: "Is this the prisoner you arrested?"

Odyss thought to himself: You are the prisoner, your whole family are prisoners!

Karl introduced with a wry smile: "This is Mr. Odyss Gehrman, an informant of the 'Heart of the Machine'. He provided important information for a very strange case."

Leonard smiled slightly, and then casually asked, "Very strange? How strange?"

Karl briefly talked about the case.

Odyss remembered that official Beyonders rarely took the initiative to learn about cases handled by colleagues unless they asked for help.

Moreover, Leonard belonged to the "Red Gloves" and Karl belonged to the "Nighthawks". Although they were both Beyonder forces of the Church of the Night Goddess, they did not belong to the same department. There was basically no exchange of case information except at some meetings.

But at this time, neither Leonard nor Karl felt that there was anything wrong with the topic they were talking about, which was very wrong.

Sure enough, after hearing about Hanna's experience, Leonard said: "I happen to have a Sealed Artifact that might be able to help her."

Then he looked at Odyss: "If you use a Sealed Artifact with the ability of a 'witch', can you remove the other party's 'invisibility' status?"

Odyss thought for a while: "Theoretically speaking, that's right."

Leonard said: "If we go back, I will have to return this Sealed Artifact. It will be very troublesome for you to apply again, and it is very likely that the lady will disappear completely.

"Why don't we go to Lance Street together, help the poor lady solve the problem first, and then return to Pelsfield Street?"

Odyss and Karl both felt that this proposal was very good. For Odyss, his purpose was to solve Hanna's problem. It didn't matter whether he found the murderer or not.

Karl felt that the murderer did not know that he had been exposed, and it would be fine to catch him later, so he also nodded in agreement.

So they went to the Daren couple's house together. As they guessed, Leonard used the Sealed Artifact corresponding to the "witch" pathway, and after ending the "invisibility" state, the skin on Hanna's body quickly reappeared.

The problem was successfully solved, and the Daren couple thanked them again and again, and asked Odyss how much reward he needed.

Odyss said: "3 pounds."

Daren breathed a sigh of relief. Their savings were enough to pay this amount of money.

Leonard looked at the scene in front of him. Obviously, Odyss's asking price was within the other party's acceptable range, and the cost of this commission was definitely more than 3 pounds.

This left him with a deep impression of this "Heart of the Machine" informant, "Mr. Wizard".

The group first went to the "Nighthawks" headquarters to report, and then went to Hailing Avenue. When they went, the person had already run away.

This case could only be investigated here. Odyss said goodbye to Karl and the others and returned to 66 Rose Street, and found nothing unusual.

It wasn't until the evening when he entered the "Knowledge Moor" to check information that he suddenly "woke up": Were Karl and I kicked in the head by a donkey? Catching criminals is as leisurely as going on an outing!