Start with the Readers Chapter 108: Prom Invitation (1/7)

In the captain's room of the "Blue Avenger", after the ceremony of accepting the "gift", "The Hanged Man" Alger looked at the extra brass charms on the altar, and sat down with a complicated expression , silently said to himself:

"In the beginning, people could only be pulled into the world above the gray mist...After a while, they could listen to prayers and respond...Now they can accept sacrifices for gifts...Mr. Going deep into the real world bit by bit with the predicament?"

This conjecture and conclusion made Alger fearful and worried, but also a little fortunately looking forward to it.

At least I am a member of the Tarot Society, the earliest member... He sighed.

Maybe... I should learn from the attitude of "Tower" towards "The Fool"?

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In the magnificent palace above the gray mist, Klein sat at the top of the ancient long table. Following the method taught by Mr. Azik, he drove the gray mist to gather around the "clown" mask, and then spread his spirituality over it, trying to to communicate with it.

After a while, Klein retracted his spirituality with a strange expression, and thought:

"It's smoother than expected... Not only did I promise not to interfere with the user's mind, but I also shortened the interval between setting and changing the face to 20 days... and the condition is only that gray can come every week Stay in the fog for a while? Maybe the 'tower' is right, this space is really the apex of the path where the 'clown' mask is."

Thinking of this, Klein suddenly became very interested in this mask, and had the idea of ​​divination about its origin and source. So he made the yellow-brown parchment and black round-bellied fountain pen appear in front of him.

After thinking for a while, I wrote down the divination statement

"The source of the 'clown mask' in my hand."

After reading it silently seven times, he took the parchment and the clown mask, leaned back, and entered the dreamland.

In the gray and illusory world, Klein saw a black giant dragon surrounded by a dozen strong men dressed roughly like savages, and was quickly beheaded by a red-haired man at the head. The head was lowered, and the yellow-brown tissue in the head was dug out.

This mass of yellow-brown tissue is constantly changing its shape in the hands of the red-haired man. Sometimes it is gray and white with wrinkles, sometimes it is dark brown and extremely smooth, and sometimes the two colors intermingle, outlining a "face" without facial features.

At this time, an old man dressed as a wizard with colorful paint on his face put the dug-out tissue together with a mask with weird patterns that had been prepared earlier, and used simple but effective techniques to They are integrated into one.

Seeing this, Klein's dream quickly faded and he woke up.

"It looks like a creation of human beings in the age of ignorance... Can this mask be kept for so long? Hehe, but it's not necessarily true. It seems that the indigenous tribes on the southern continent and some islands still maintain this kind of life."

"What is that giant dragon? It seems to be much weaker than the legendary dragon... The tissue in its head is a extraordinary material? The main material of potion? I don't know the sequence..."

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In the detective agency in Hillston District, after Abner held another ceremony to receive the "gift", he took back the honest "clown mask", and obtained it from Mr. Fool's description , Knowing that it needs to board the gray fog once a week, it will continue to be "honest".

The combined cost of the "sacrifice" and the "blessing" ceremony materials exceeds 30 pounds. If it is once a week... it will cost at least 120 pounds a month. This cost is a bit high... Fortunately, Klein has another one Yue can become a "clown", and then he can push open the "summoning door" with his own strength, so there is no need to waste so much.

While planning in his mind, Abner packed up the other materials for the ceremony one by one, and then he lifted the spiritual wall and walked out of the room.

As soon as he went out, he saw the teacher's servant Kenny walking over.

Seeing him, Abner suddenly said helplessly: "Has another reporter come over?" day. As for the newspaper reporters? Of course he was open to interviews.

"Mr. Blaine, this is an invitation letter from your friend reporter Mike. He invited you to the dance party held at the "Daily Observer" headquarters building on Friday night." The servant Kenny held his hand respectfully The invitation letter from here was handed over.

He originally respected Abner only because the other party was a student of Detective Essinger, but because of Abner's fame, this respect has become real.

"Reporter Mike? He still has to give his face... Well, the "Daily Observer" is the leader of Backlund's second-tier newspapers. The standard of the dance is not low, and there should be quite a few people participating High-quality customers." Abner said to himself after receiving the invitation, and kept this matter in his heart.

After the servant Kenny left, Abner came to his office, and while reviewing the various materials collected by the teacher before, he thought to himself:

"How can I tell Xio the name of the Fool without revealing myself?"

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At night, Hugh had just finished adjudicating a robbery case. Because the suspect was not desperate, but wanted more money to buy cigarettes and alcohol before entering and robbing, Hugh judged him guilty for disturbing the order in his "jurisdiction". And ordered the robber to repay the loss of the victim's family within seven days, otherwise he would be sent to the black prison of MI9.

Of course, the last sentence is just a threat, MI9 has no time for such trivial matters. If the other party really refuses to implement it, Hugh should carry out "physical" persuasion when the time comes.

After seeing off the grateful family of the victim, Hugh walked to a nearby bar. An informant she developed left a message for her, saying that she had an interesting discovery to tell her.

"Hey, Hugh...you're here just in time, let's have a few drinks together." The drunken Gene grinned when he saw the girl walking towards him.

"Drinking is not good." Xio shook his head first, then looked at the drunk in front of him, and asked seriously, "What do you want me to do?"

Frightened by the majesty, Jin's smile froze, and all he could think about was nodding. He thought about it carefully with his brain paralyzed by alcohol, and then organized his words and said:

"Old Thor seemed to have had a stroke yesterday, and he was in a daze. He was found drowned in the Tussock River this morning!"

"Sangji, the thief who was active on Dister Street, seemed to have become an idiot the day before yesterday. He only knew how to giggle, and finally fell off the bridge and died."

"Aunt Tasso's eight-year-old granddaughter also suffered from hysteria the morning before yesterday, and she kept talking nonsense. Many doctors failed to cure her. As a result, this afternoon, her granddaughter took advantage of her going to work and was not at home. Shi suddenly went crazy and stabbed himself to death with scissors."

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Jin talked about seven or eight cases in one breath, all of which were real tragedies or accidents that took place in the Eastern District in the past two or three days.

Hugh didn't pay much attention to it at first, because there were too many similar cases in the Eastern District, and she couldn't handle it at all, but when she heard the fourth similar case, she was sure that it was not an accident, so her expression became serious stand up.

"These dead people... seem to be of all ages and genders..." After thinking for a while, Xio asked Gene, "Do they have anything in common? What do the police investigation results say?"

Even in the East District, so many people died due to similar reasons, it is impossible for the police not to investigate.

"The police? The police only said that it was an accident caused by a sudden illness." Gene sneered, then looked around and saw that no one was paying attention to him, so he whispered to Xio: "If you want to talk about something in common, it is true There are also... that is, they are all believers of the Lord of Storms! So some people are already spreading rumors that the cultists cursed the believers in order to avenge the Lord of Storms."

It is so obvious that the "Punisher" should have been involved in the investigation against the believers of the Lord of Storms... The police's rhetoric is most likely just perfunctory to the public and cover up the truth. Hugh thought thoughtfully.

After giving Gene 5 Soule the information fee, it was already very late, Xio didn't delay any longer, and went all the way back to the apartment shared with Forsi in the North District. After taking today's letter from the mailbox at the door, he opened the door with the key.

As soon as she entered the door, she saw her friend in dressing gown sitting on the sofa reading a magazine while stuffing snacks into her mouth.

"Why do you look like this every time I walk in?" Xio rested his hand on his forehead, looking helpless.

Speaking of which, this movement was learned from Abner during the trip.

"Then it must be because you opened the door in the wrong way! On this point, apprentices have more say than the arbitrator." Fors wiped the food residue from the corner of her mouth and forcefully argued.

"I can't say no to you... But forget it, although this is not a healthy habit, it is better than smoking and drinking too much." Xio shook his head, then handed a large stack of mails in his hand to Forsi, He added, "It should all be sent by your readers. I just checked with my ability and found no dangerous items."

"Why do you think my readers will send me dangerous items?" Fors made some speechless complaints after receiving the letter.

Hugh didn't speak, just looked at her quietly.

Fors looked away with some guilt, and casually said while flipping through the mail: "By the way, I received an invitation at the Literature Salon today, inviting me to a dance party on Friday night. I You can bring a companion to participate, do you want to go?"

"Friday night...was the dance party held by the "Daily Observer"?" Xio was taken aback and asked~IndoMTL.com~Yes...how did you know? "Forsi was a little surprised when she heard that, Hugh has never been very keen on similar activities.

"Because there will be a big person attending and giving a speech at that ball, so I was assigned the security job of the ball by that 'golden mask'."

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West District, in the garden villa on Williams Street.

Rey was holding a pot of unopened flowers, sitting on the bed in the bedroom in only his pajamas, his white and slender thighs were exposed, and Lieutenant Bernard, who was clearly determined not to touch the witch again, couldn't move his eyes.

"That is to say, His Royal Highness Prince Edsack will give a speech at the ball on Friday night? Hehe, why would such a big man like him participate in a ball of this size?"

"However, Lina seems to be under the protection of Prince Edsaac. I don't know if she will follow this ball...Well, if that's the case, I should go and see it too."

"Bernar, can you get the invitation letter?"