[Comprehensive British and American] Almighty Witch

Burke looked at the insignias that Rolleck and Adeline were discussing, and Adeline zoomed out a bit, and looked at the booklet that was pressed down on the low table that Burke pointed out. Impurities covered most of it, and a small part of the exposed cover could vaguely be seen as a fashionable Caucasian model, wearing a black silk skirt and high heels that were at least 12cm tall. She seemed to have a good figure, but she couldn't see her face.

Josh, who was watching together with his head, looked at the model's slender thighs up and down several times, but still didn't see anything wrong. He just thought silently: Who is this Madou?How come I have no impression of such a good figure?

However, Adeline noticed the lower right corner of the cover, where there was a small stamp, the color was very light, and she would not notice anything there at first glance.

Adeline pointed to the shallow stamp mark and raised her head to ask Burke, "Is this the thing you mean? It's too small and too faint to see clearly."

Burke nodded in agreement and said: "I'm not sure, but ordinary magazines don't have this kind of stamp like a postmark, so I went to the archives specially for this reason, unfortunately, after the case was closed last year, the pictures on the photos Everything was returned as a relic to Miss Mary's only relative in the town, her older sister Becky Bell."

"By the way, how did 'One-Eyed William' get convicted? I just moved here last year. After I settled everything down, the case was over. I still don't know what happened to William Carter. What about the one who was identified as the murderer of Teacher Mary?"

Adeline finally raised the question in her heart. In fact, as early as the time William's mother, Jennifer, tried to steal her wallet outside the supermarket, Adeline had this question in her heart. She is a minor and a disabled person. What exactly did he do to make the whole town change his face?

The case of "One-Eyed William" was not heard in public at the beginning, so the people in the town only knew that the evidence that he killed Teacher Mary was solid, so they all believed that he was a murderous maniac. As for the specific evidence, ordinary people like Josh and his son What people know is not clear, at most it is some rumors that spread rumors.

Although Burke only came to Andrew Township this year, he had access to first-hand files after all, so this question still had to be answered by him.

"William Carter was caught on the spot at the scene of the murder. At that time, Mary Bell's neighbor, Mrs. Sarah Griffin, called the police and said that there were screams coming from her neighbor, Teacher Mary's house. She felt very scared. I hope the police can come to protect her as soon as possible. It happened that there was a patrol car near the block they were in. When the car drove past, it was only two or three minutes before the police were called. At that time, there were two patrol officers in the car. At home, another policeman, Bauer, went to Mrs. Mary’s house and knocked on the door, only to find that the door of her house was ajar. Bauer yelled a few times outside the door, but no one answered. He found that something was wrong. Quickly called Bobby back, and then the two of them entered the building where Teacher Mary lived alone with guns. As soon as they walked into the living room, they found Mary Bell lying on the carpet covered in blood, with two blood holes still flowing on her face. Blood was pouring out continuously, and William Carter was kneeling beside her holding a dagger that was said to look very simple."

"Yes, I saw the photo of the dagger in the newspaper. It looked very simple, but after some experts studied it, they issued a statement saying that the dagger was a handicraft made in recent years, not a real antique. It's not worth much. At the beginning, I guessed that the truth was that 'One-Eyed William' was discovered by Teacher Mary, and then killed her cruelly?"

It was also the first time Josh had heard of the details of Mr. Mary's case. Now it seems that "One-Eyed William" appeared at Mrs. Mary's house in the middle of the night, holding the murder weapon that killed Mrs. Mary. Wronged.

"I specifically read the testimony of William Carter in court. He argued that he was looking for a badge that was lost in the park in the middle of the street for his brother Carl that night. Something was buried under the big tree, and he even picked up the badge that his younger brother Carl loved the most, so he wanted to ask her for it back, but at that time, Teacher Mary left in a hurry, and he yelled several times and she couldn't help it. I didn’t hear it, so he followed her back home. According to William, the door of Mrs. Mary’s house was not locked at all. He didn’t want to go home empty-handed after knocking on the door, so he pushed the door open Yes. The jurors in the subsequent testimonies all decided that he was lying, but I think there is a bit of truth. He said that he felt like he was groping around in the dark room for two times, and then he was caught by someone on the ground. Something stumbled, and then his eyes lit up. Two policemen were yelling at him with their hands and guns raised. On one side of his face, two eyes had been gouged out, and the two big blood holes just stared at him blankly, while he himself was kneeling in front of her covered in blood, holding a fistful of blood in his hand. A knife he's never seen before!"

"Oh my god, this testimony sounds like a fake. How can there be any truth? No wonder the jury voted unanimously that he was guilty!" Josh felt that even if it had been a year, he heard the death of Teacher Mary. I still feel a little cold behind my back.

At this time, Luo Luke's excited voice came from beside him: "Great, I finally found it. Look, do the badges on the photo look like this?"

It turned out that after hearing Adeline's words, Rowler immediately took the Green Encyclopedia of Biological Sciences over the sofa and searched for it. In the morning, Adeline had read too much, so Rowler took advantage of the other people's memories of "One-Eyed William" I simply flipped through the book from the beginning to the end, and finally saw the familiar emblem pattern in the second half of the book.

Burke, Josh, Adeline, and even Lilith curiously looked at the page that Rowler had opened, and saw a hexagonal zigzag clearly drawn with a pen on the upper left corner of the page. The emblem pattern, in the middle of the pattern is a head portrait of a woman wearing a black turban, the turban is tightly covered, the woman's face is completely sunk in the shadow, and she can't see clearly, only a pair of eyes are emitting a strange light, which looks particularly eerie and weird in the shadow.

Burke immediately recalled the photos on the phone, and after zooming in, he found one of the badges and compared it with the one painted on the book. However, the badges are very worn, and the black headscarves are almost worn out, so it can be seen that they should be often held and played by people.

"What kind of book is this? Why is it painted with this badge?" Burke asked strangely.

However, Luo Luke changed the topic to popularize science for everyone: "The book is not important, what is important is that the background of this badge is not small."

He pointed to the large piece of unknown words next to the picture and continued: "This is Hungarian text, and the translation means that my ancestor, Green Aiden Hall, who lived in Hungary, his wife accidentally discovered that the local high society Many ladies and ladies are suddenly keen to participate in a salon party similar to a masquerade. Mrs. Hall was lucky enough to participate once, and found that the ladies and ladies attending the meeting had to hide their true identities and wear black veils on their heads. Only one pair of eyes is exposed. The party invitations are all women, and each person will wear a unique and special badge on their chest, with different colors and patterns. At the end of the party, the lady who initiated the party will draw a lucky woman. Lucky women will be invited to participate in a blessing ceremony held by a mysterious lady, who is said to have inherited her heritage from ancient Rome, and the blessed object will realize her most desired wish."

"Are the badges worn by the women attending the meeting the ones painted on it?" Josh couldn't help interjecting.

Rowler nodded and said, "Yes, this badge is the one Mrs. Hall got at the beginning. It is said that women who are selected to participate in the blessing ceremony can get more delicate badges. Unfortunately, Mrs. Hall was not awarded that time. For this reason, Mrs. Hall regretfully whispered in Mr. Hall's ear for a long time, which made Mr. Hall very tired. Because of this, he paid attention to this matter. Soon, news spread in the upper class , the wishes of the ladies who were selected to participate in the blessing ceremony were fulfilled one by one. Some became beautiful, some got promoted and got rich, and some married royal families who were not at all high... .. For a while, the blessing ceremony of the mysterious lady was in the limelight, and foreigners like Mrs. Hall would never have the opportunity to be invited to this kind of salon gathering, let alone the mysterious blessing ceremony."

At this moment, Burke smiled and guessed: "I guess, Mr. Hall must have been talked about even more? What happened later? There will be a big reversal later, right?"

Rolek nodded solemnly and continued: "Just when the badge of the salon party was hard to find, that mysterious lady suddenly disappeared and never appeared again. The ladies and ladies of the upper class in Hungary regretted it for a long time. , Gradually, life also returned to calm. But at this moment, unfortunate things happened. Those lucky ladies who were selected had accidents one after another. It is death. Mr. Hall found a relationship to find out some inside information. It is said that those who died, wives and ladies, died in a tragic way, and those who survived were not sober. It seems to have been greatly stimulated. Mr. Hall felt that this incident was extremely strange, and he extremely suspected that the mysterious lady was actually a special kind of Wison. Unfortunately, when he was alert, the mysterious lady had disappeared without a trace Without a trace, Mr. Hall had no choice but to draw the badge that was later discarded by Mrs. Hall, reminding future generations to pay attention. Mr. Hall called this badge a 'badge of bad luck'! "