Mary's Nineteenth Century

In the face of doubts, you can't just keep silent.

How could Mycroft dare not speak, only because he did not want to complicate the last two months of American life.

The inexplicable sight behind the banquet and the sudden fire near the house, are they related?Is it aimed at Mrs. Roman, who is traveling to the United States to relax?Or another identity to spy on Mrs. Roman?

"Just a little coincidence."

Mycroft wasn't sure if the strangeness he felt had anything to do with Bernie and Kenan's madness and death.

At the moment, he mentioned the antecedent lightly, "Maybe I'm thinking too much, but anyway, if I have free time, why don't I take the initiative to look it up."

Mary: To put it bluntly, this person is suffering from paranoia.As for the so-called idle life, just listen to it, don't take it seriously.

Mary doesn't think it's bad to be suspicious. In chaotic times, being suspicious can protect oneself.She asked seriously, "Besides these two points, have you encountered any other strange things?"

"No."

Mycroft was always vigilant, but vigilance did not mean paranoia.

In fact, he also felt that it might just be a coincidence, because there was no strong emotion in the eyes at the banquet.Not hating, not liking, just watching him calmly for a while.

"It's fine if you don't have one."

Mary will not be in trouble, and it is good news that there is no abnormality to a certain extent.

While talking, the two arrived at the New York Daily newspaper office and registered the announcement of a reward clue for Kenan's death.Don't worry about timeliness, as long as you are willing to add money, you can expedite the publication tonight.

Weasley happened to be in the newspaper office, so he naturally invited the two of them to sit in his office.

With the global popularity of "Factual Analysis of Wall Street in the Nineteenth Century", Weasley, as the plenipotentiary agent, has also seen a rise in his worth.

However, he did not change jobs because of this. Although being a social news reporter is very busy and tiring, he also enjoys it.

"The two are really fighting for the truth as always."

Weasley opened his mouth to praise.The reason for the praise couldn't be more sufficient. There is no relationship or reason with Kenan, and the two are willing to offer a reward out of their own pockets. Isn't it the pursuit of the truth?It is precisely because of this spirit of helping others that the two rescued him from the coffin in the wild forest in Boston.

"Reporter Weasley, let's save the ceremony."

Mary got straight to the point, "I'm afraid you also think Kenan's jump is a bit strange, have there been other weird incidents in New York recently?"

If there is no weird event in New York, it will be really weird.

"It's too broad."

Weasley smiled wryly, "Can you be more specific?"

Mycroft: "Maybe something to do with death, madness, of any gender or species; maybe something to do with doctors, mental illness."

There are unnatural deaths every day in New York.

People die, stray dogs die, that is a helpless normal.

Reporter Weasley also knew that this was to find clues related to Kenan's death, and he reported all the news that he had learned recently but had not been published in the newspaper.After talking for more than an hour, he said that there was only one last piece left.

"Another piece of news that has not yet been verified. Strangely enough, there was a pork slaughterhouse in Brooklyn where leftover pig heads were stolen."

Pig head, most Americans do not eat.

Of course, if you are poor to a certain extent, there is nothing you can’t eat.After being slaughtered, fattened pigs are separated from their heads, and the heads are piled together and transported to another processing location.

"Those pig heads were found in a few kilometers of woods, and their ears were pierced. Have you ever heard of the famous oriental dish of pig's ears? It's not the way of cutting the ears, but a knife pierced through the ear hole, It stuck into the pig's head, as if it was going to smash the pig's head."

Weasley said and shook his head, strange things happen every day, and he doesn't know why there are so many abnormal people in the world. "The identity of the perpetrator is unknown. Because the pig's head is worthless, I have not heard of anyone following up the investigation."

Every day, Weasley received some submissions.

The reason why he paid attention to the pig's head was not because the way the pig's ear carcass was abused was too weird, but because there was similar news from another cattle slaughterhouse.

"Coincidentally, the cow's head was not spared. Also in Brooklyn, the cow's head was stolen, and someone pierced the cow's ear with a knife, as if to smash the inside of the cow's head."

Weasley wasn't sure whether the pig's head to the bull's head was done by the same person, "Do you two think it's necessary to follow up on this news?"

This question is very high level.

Both Mary and Mycroft were silent for three seconds, and they only picked out the dead animals in the slaughterhouse to stab their heads and ears with knives. This behavior is definitely not normal, but does it have anything to do with the matter of Bernie and Kenan?

Right now, Brooklyn is across the river from Manhattan.

The construction of the Brooklyn Bridge connecting the two just started last year, and it is estimated that it will take more than ten years to complete. If you want to follow up and investigate, you need to take a ferry.

"Are there any reports of human corpses being destroyed in churches or cemeteries?"

Mary didn't want the phenomenon of stabbing pigs' heads and cows' heads to stab people's heads, "Is there any corpse whose ears were pierced?"

Weasley couldn't be 100% sure, New York was so big that the newspapers wouldn't get all the abnormal news. "nothing now."

Not currently, doesn't mean there won't be in the future.

Weasley said that he would pay attention to the follow-up, but he couldn't guarantee that he could grasp the dynamics of New York. If he had this ability, he would sell information.

Fortunately, more than one person is trying to mediate this matter.

Bai Ni went crazy, and Kenan, who summoned Bai Ni's spirit, jumped off the building and died.

This makes Bailey feel that the crisis is approaching. Will his sister follow in Kenan's footsteps and face death threats?For this reason, in any case, it is necessary to find out whether there is any secret in it, and whether there is a secret perpetrator.

In this regard, it is necessary to list all the people that Bernie has come into contact with. Among them, there may be someone who has an intersection with Kennan-this person may have some connection with "Shakespeare".

Bailey was wondering if there was something wrong with one of the Shakespeare actors?Benny went to Broadway to watch the show, and Kenan also went to the show, so the possibility of the two being targeted?

On this point, Mary has a different opinion.The scope of the prompt word "Shakespeare" is too large, because the number of Shakespeare's works and the number of times on stage are innumerable.

It should be noted that the spelling did not choose the common Shakspeare, but chose the remote Shaxberd. Does this mean that Bernie subconsciously wants to express a meaning-a certain clue is related to Shakespeare's remote knowledge.

Even so, no clue yet.

As for whether the man behind the scenes may be a doctor?

At this point, Bailey thinks basically not.

Bernie had never been to a doctor for a cure for her fear of spiders, and she thought it would be better if she stayed away from the spiders.

After all, if you find a so-called doctor who treats phobias, the treatment methods such as hydrotherapy and electric shock are much more cruel than spiders.

Mycroft provided Bailey with a direction to track down, whether the spider swarm that appeared at Bailey's house that night would be attracted by smells, such as some scented candle products.

Although Bailey has already asked someone to investigate all the furnishings in his sister's room, he might as well check it again.

Time passed little by little.

The results of Kenan's blood test came first. There is no excessive hallucinogenic toxicity in the blood, just like the amount of Mexican sage contained in scented candles is not enough to make people lose their minds.

This kind of "not enough" has a limited scope, which means that normal people with stable mental state will not be affected.

Assuming that Kennan is indeed suffering from megalomania, his mental state is far more fragile than normal people, and it is unknown whether he will be easily affected by hallucinogenic substances.

The cases are all dead, but it is impossible to conduct experiments, and no conclusion can be drawn.

Death does not tell, is fully verified in Kenan.

But fortunately, the law of people taking photos did not completely fail on the night of Kenan's death.

After the reward announcement was issued, among the messy messages received, there was finally an interesting clue.One homeless man claimed to have seen a ghostly figure near the luxury hotel 10 minutes before Kenan jumped off the building.

"Not once, but for three consecutive days, I have seen ghosts in the middle of the night, and each time they appeared for about 5 minutes."

The homeless man pointed to the building that was being repaired. The outside of the building was covered with a large piece of sackcloth, so that people could not see the specific construction situation inside.

The repair site is across the road from Kenan's guest room, exactly opposite each other.From the window of Kenan's room, you can see the situation of the construction site.

"There are ghosts on the linen cloth. The ghosts are big and small, and they are on the first floor."

After the homeless man finished speaking, he rubbed his hands expectantly, and asked eagerly, "Is this news worth anything? Can you give me ten dollars? Or give me a bottle of wine."

Mycroft looked at the face of the homeless man, the brows were dark red, the tongue was purple, and he looked like he had smoked alcohol for a long time. It was hard not to doubt the reliability of this man's testimony. "Are you sure you saw a ghost? Didn't you make up a ghost after being drunk?"

This is not an unfounded suspicion.

Kennan's death was widely circulated, and speculation arose that he was murdered by the undead because of the Ouija board.

The tramp claims to have seen a ghost, maybe he made up a story to cheat money, or maybe he made up a memory after hearing the rumors.

"Oh no! Ma'am, how could I lie."

After the tramp said this, he touched his nose guiltily. He had told a lot of lies. "Of course I am an honest and good person, and I will never lie."

Mary didn't bother to talk about it, "The reward said that the reward can only be obtained if it is verified, so you should give up the idea of ​​talking nonsense. You said that there was a ghost on the linen cloth outside the repair building. What does it look like? What color is it? ?”

The road near the hotel is very dark, only the moonlight spreads across the ground.

Assuming that the ghost is a black shadow, how can a homeless man stand 30 meters away to see a darker shadow in the dim midnight?

The next moment, the homeless man unexpectedly said, "That ghost is light yellow. His appearance is very vague, but I remember his hairstyle. His head is half bald, and he has curly hair with a shawl."

A ghost with luminous, semi-bald curly hair?

What kind of ghost can scare people to death by appearing in such a creative way?

Not to mention, this hairstyle looks a bit like Shakespeare.

Mary and Mycroft suddenly thought of a possibility, gave the homeless ten dollars, and walked quickly to the repairing construction site without saying a word.

Previously, the night watchmen at the construction site claimed to have found nothing unusual, but the truth is hard to say.

"We really haven't seen weird people coming in and out."

The worker on duty repeatedly emphasized, "The police have not only come to question, but also let them come in to check, and nothing unusual was found in the night four days ago."

"Where is it?"

Mary pointed to the haunting location that the homeless man said, "Did you find any traces of burning candles on the inside of the sackcloth?"

The worker on duty still looked impatient, but when he heard the word candle, his expression became unnatural for a moment.

Kerosene lamps are used for lighting when repairing houses. Why are there traces of wax tears on the ground?They couldn't figure this out, but they didn't tell outsiders.

Now, how could anyone say exactly where the Wax Tears fell?

The worker on duty stiffened his neck and asked, "Eh, so what if there were wax tears on the ground?"

Mycroft didn't want to explain, and just threw out a sentence, "Have you heard of pinhole imaging?"

Worker on duty: ?What the hell is that?

Why can I understand every word, but I am confused when they are connected together?