"Esther, I think you need to explain to me what happened yesterday. ”

"What is your relationship with the human-faced spider, how did you get involved with the witch hunter, why can't you speak out?"

He looked at the distracted Esther with his hands on his shoulders, his eyes full of thought, maybe Bill should have picked up this woman first at this moment, but he didn't plan to do so.

"I'm going back, and when you're completely calm and willing to tell me what's going on, come back to the study to find me. ”

Bill returned to the villa in this way, and the setting sun shone on the towering villa, drawing the shadows into a narrow one, and he was not anyone's dependent, for even he could disappear at any moment.

The smell of coffee was still in the study, and Bill picked up a book and began to read, and about two hours later, there was a knock on the door.

Bang bang bang......

"Come in. ”

The door creaked open, and Bill sighed when he saw Estheran standing outside the door, and took out a charcoal pen and drawing board from the bookshelf, which contained a lot of creamy yellow calculus paper used to deduce the concept of witchcraft on the Book of Shadows.

Not in a mathematical sense, but probably in a philosophical category.

"Write it down or draw it, and I'll see if there's a way to get your voice back. ”

Esther nodded and sat in her chair, not sure if she had figured anything out, but the expression on her face seemed to have all vanished.

She doesn't write many words, and the explanations are presented in the form of pictures and texts, and Bill bends over to watch, finally fully understanding what is happening on the day.

The calculation paper slipped to the ground one by one, and the more it was drawn, the more chaotic it became, the thick lines jumped on the paper, the charcoal suddenly scratched the calculation paper, and the pen barrel trembled from the clenching in Esther's hand!

"Help me kill him!"

The five words appeared crookedly on the paper, and Esther raised her eyes and pleaded, like an angry rabbit, revealing the fierce appearance of a white rabbit that would bite people.

Bill picked up the murderous piece of paper, folded it in half as Esther watched, and ......

Tear pull –

Without any struggle, the paper was all crumbled in Bill's hands, scattered like snowflakes, and stuck like a cold knife in Esther's heart.

"I'm not going to kill anyone for you, you probably don't know how much money I'll make on the black market for a witch hunter's bounty, at least five thousand gold pounds. ”

"And you have to know who we are, if I kill a random witch hunter, a group of witch hunters will kill me again tomorrow. ”

"By the way, the human-faced spider was injured by me because it came out to look for you, and it was killed by the witch hunters, although I don't want to comment on whether the choice you made was right or wrong, but I will not be responsible for other people's decisions. ”

"You killed it. ”

Bill said lightly, his dark golden eyes were full of indifference and coldness, and when all the confetti was scattered on the ground, Bill slapped his palms and left the study.

When he opened the door, he didn't forget to look back and add a word.

"By the way, I just attended the plumber's funeral this morning, and he was killed by you. ”

Without looking at the expression on Esther's face at this moment, Bill's door was slammed shut, and he left the study and returned to the bedroom, he was a little irritated.

Lighting the candle, he quickly lay on the ground when the shadow appeared in front of him, trying to wake up the shadow Bill.

"Don't sleep when you're not!"

"I have something to ask you, what is the matter with our ability, didn't you say that the ability is sealed, why can you still use it?"

Struggling to slap the shadow, but at this moment Bill can't enter the shadow world, he can only try to communicate with the shadow, and this feeling of everything being completely controlled by others makes Bill very unhappy.

He had to find a way to get his abilities back.

Bill once thought that the shadow was another version of himself, but now he can confirm that even the shadow can have an independent mind.

"If this continues, and the shadow gets more information than I do, I may fall asleep forever, and the shadow controls Williams' body. 」

"Very bad idea. 」

Even though he was the only one in the bedroom, Bill didn't say anything about it, he didn't want the shadow to hear it, but since he couldn't know what the shadow was thinking, it wouldn't know what was going on in his mind.

The candle shook suddenly, and the cold chill instantly spread from the soles of the feet to the brain, and the outline of the dark shadow became clearer, and three gaps appeared on the shadow, slowly opening.

"Good morning, Bill. ”

Shadow Bill stretched lazily and yawned again at the sight of the familiar surroundings.

"Didn't I tell you, don't call me in such a dangerous way, if there are sentient beings nearby, we're all doomed. ”

After seeing the shadow appear, Bill's forehead began to heat up unconsciously, and he felt a little drowsy in his brain, his eyes were fixed on the shadow Bill, and he slowly spoke.

"I saw the witch hunter today, when will we be able to recover our abilities, do we need to find a witch for help?"

“...... Witch hunters?"

Shadow Bill scratched his head, obviously surprised, not knowing what had just happened.

"When the shadow was asleep, I didn't know what I did during the day, but I couldn't be sure when the shadow fell asleep. 」

"It was Esther who met her outside, she was in some trouble and wanted me to help her kill the witch hunter, but I refused. ”

"I don't have any ability right now, I can't kill the witch hunter imp silently, so I can only drag this matter for now. ”

"But I still hope she can learn to solve these problems on her own. ”

Bill briefly explained to Shadow, who suddenly reached out a hand from the ground and slammed Bill's head with a quick force.

"Damn Bill, I told you 10,000 times, don't you have nothing to do!"

"Is the Witch Hunter Association so easy to mess with, they are an organization on the same level as the Oude Holy See, and their brains are more terrifying than the cultists!"

"I will never allow you to make a move against the Witch Hunter Society, now I will kick that woman out and let her stay as far away from you as possible!"

As he spoke, Bill rolled up his sleeves and stretched out of the bedroom door, recklessly full of Bill's concern.

Bill's brow furrowed slightly, the soles of Shadow's feet were still connected to the soles of Bill's feet, and it could not survive on its own from its body, or even far from where Bill was.

"Did I misunderstand it?"

"If you look at it for a while, you can't let your guard down. 」

"Don't get excited, now I don't have the ability to make a move against the people of the Witch Hunter Association, and I don't plan to make enemies of them, you don't have to worry. ”

Bill sat back on the European sofa, and the shadow struggled for a long time but couldn't get the body out of the bedroom, so he could only return to Bill's feet in despair.

"You tell me when I will be able to recover my abilities first, there has always been a bounty on the black market for our heads, and if a killer appears during this time, I don't have any ability to protect myself. ”

Shadow Bill still looked depressed, and although he didn't have delicate features, his eyes and downward-curvy face betrayed him.

"As long as we wait for the people with sentient abilities of the Ode Holy See to leave Brittus, we can restore our abilities, and as for those boring killers, don't worry for the time being. ”

"There are sentient beings in Brittus, and the streets of the dark streets will not send a killer to assassinate a wizard, because the Holy See of Ode will recover the body of a wizard, and the killers will not be paid if they don't get a head. ”

Shadow Bill sighed and drew a few black dots with the shadow to show how bad it was at the moment.

"So what about the way to restore your abilities, you shouldn't hide it from me, accidents can happen at any time, just like the witch hunter we met today, which we can't predict at all. ”

"And don't forget, there are people in ordinary society who want to kill us, even if the black street will not send capable people out, those who want to kill us will find other ways to do it. ”

Seriously communicating with the shadow, Bill spread his feet, palms crossed, arms above knees, no expression on his face, as serious as an emperor in charge of himself.

The shadow seemed to be very uncomfortable with such a bill, and it still slowly tilted its head back, and spread its hands out to show helplessness.

"I'm so sorry, Bill, I can't tell you. ”

"You are safe during this time, provided that you do not actively contact the mysterious world, trust me, the perceiver of the Ode Holy See will leave Brittus soon, and ...... then"

"Everything will be back to normal then. ”

In the face of the shadow that refused to speak, many questions rose in Bill's mind again, why was he so sure that no good people would come to the door during this time?

And there really hasn't been a killer on the door lately, so peaceful that Bill seems to wonder if his bounty has been withdrawn, and even if Shadow Bill says that there is a Perceiver in charge, he can't be sure if this is the case.

"Where the hell did Shadow know so many things I didn't know, why didn't he want to tell me about it?"

"Is it hidden for my sake, or is there something else going on?"

"Looks like I can't ask for anything else tonight. 」

The palm of his hand clenched slightly, and two green tendons burst out on the back of Bill's hand, and he quickly relaxed, allowing himself to regain his calm again.

"You're another me, so I trust you. ”

"Since you said that there may be sentient beings around here, let's go back first, and I won't ask you to appear casually in the future, for the safety of the two of us. ”

“......”

The shadow looked at Bill, as if he was still nostalgic for the world with its fire and temperature, but it nodded obediently, and the outline of the shadow gradually became blurred.

"Bill, don't provoke the Witch Hunter Association, our strength is still too weak, the red-haired woman should get out as soon as possible, I hate women who love to cause trouble the most!"

When the shadow gradually moved away from the world, he did not forget to continue to tell the man sitting on the sofa, and finally disappeared into this world completely.

After a brief conversation with Shadow, Bill still can't confirm what Shadow is doing, and everything it does seems to be protecting itself.

"It will take some time to observe that we are one, and we cannot just doubt ourselves. 」

Bill blew out the candle with his head on his lean, and the symptoms of the hot head seemed to lessen somewhat, but the residual pain did not go away for a long time.

"It seems that it is time to sleep, and when you lose your ability, your body becomes an ordinary person, and you must sleep and eat on time. ”

Slumping down on the bed, Bill quickly falls into a deep slumber.

Tonight, the mountain villa was unusually calm, and Esther returned to her room with her sketchpad, her eyes seemed to have lost color, and only a cold silence and desolation remained......

While Brittus was still indulging in the laughter and singing of the night, the Church of Ode uncharacteristically sent many missionaries to search the city, not knowing what they were looking for.

The police station was also dispatched at the same time, because it was rare for the Holy See to ask the police department for help in finding someone.

Mr. Hackton, who had been recorded missing by the police not long ago, disappeared without a trace the day after the mutilation of a corpse as a victim of a corpse mutilation.

As the search continued tonight, the sound of a match striking a small wooden box suddenly sounded, and the light of the fire appeared in a dark and uninhabited alley, followed by a misty white smoke.

The man in the black trench coat with a beard on his face was observing the search of the Holy See in the shadows, his face full of vigilance and thought.

Behind him was a young man, nervously looking out into the street.

"Sheriff Shawey, are we going to follow the people of the Holy See of Ode tonight, their senses are so acute, I was almost discovered by the missionaries yesterday......"

"There's nothing to be afraid of, Erwin, the Holy See of Ode will never make a move against ordinary people, and you are not a wizard, so there is no need to be afraid of them. ”

Shawe took a hard drag on his cigar, and the smoke came out of his mouth, as large as the white mist coming from the vent of a steam car.

Then there was a violent cough.

"Sheriff, smoking is bad for your health, it's time for you to quit. ”

Erwin frowned, and persuaded him a little helplessly.

The young sergeant, who had been fired from the new sergeant, had been in Brittus from Gitch Lancey for some time, and although he had come to the capital because of Savoy, he had no hope of continuing to work beside Savoy.

And on the day of the corpse mutilation, Erwin, who was temporarily working in the detective agency, happened to meet Sha Wei who went to the scene of the crime, and he rekindled his hope.

Through the experience he learned at the detective agency, he investigates Shawei's travel habits, and eventually creates a chance encounter and asks Shawei if he needs help.

Shawei, who had been driven home by the police chief, had no more officers to work with, and Erwin's presence helped him solve the problem of lack of manpower.

“...... The cough wasn't caused by smoking, I just accidentally choked on saliva. ”

"Concentrate a little, I have a hunch that the Holy See of Ode will find Keton tonight, and I must find out why the people of the Holy See are looking for him. ”

"Don't be afraid, you will do what I tell you when the time comes. ”

At the end of this unattended alley, Shawe kept an eye on the Holy See's every move, telling him to keep an eye on him, but ignoring Erwin's advice to him.

"Well, Sheriff Shawey, I'll listen to your ......"

Erwin was still helpless to answer, this strange way of handling the case and the eccentric Sheriff Shawei were different from what he imagined, and it was also a little inexplicable.

Shawei suddenly made a silent movement, covering his mouth and nose with his thick calloused hands as fast as he could, and stared warily at the end of the street, and his eyes widened.

Because he saw a familiar figure.