At three o'clock in the afternoon, in Detective Issinger's house in Hilston, Abner was sitting on his knees, listening intently to his teacher's explanation of the occult:

"The reader has little to do to confront the enemy in the lower ranks, but our vast reading and knowledge have made almost every reader an expert in ritual magic. Now I'm going to teach you some of the basics and dos and don'ts of ritual magic. ”

"The low-sequencer itself is not strong enough, and almost all the ritual magic that can be performed is to pray for strength and help from the outside, so only orthodox gods can be considered. Never try to communicate unknown and unpredictable existences, even if there are people who believe in them, even if the promises are full of temptation! ”

"And for you and me, the best thing is to pray to the God of Knowledge and Wisdom, if you pray to the Lord of the Storm or the Eternal Sun, it will not come to a good end."

"Well, in the occult, the god of knowledge and wisdom corresponds to the Blue Star, which requires mercury, brass, lavender, pepper, and mint as materials......

"The blue star corresponds to Saturday, and the blue star has 0:00 to 1:00 on Friday, and 11 to 12 noon on Saturday......"

"It's Saturday, but unfortunately the best time has passed...... But for us extraordinary, especially those who are good at ritual magic, these are not needed, our vigorous spirituality, our powerful astral spirits, are the most important elements......"

Observing the ritual magic demonstrated by Detective Issinger himself, Abner carefully recorded the key points in his notebook, and secretly sighed: It is a lucky thing to have a reliable teacher in the occult! If he relied entirely on his own reading and groping, even if he had pure white eyes to help analyze it, it would definitely take a long time to master the relevant knowledge.

After completing a basic ritual magic for healing, Isenger looked at his watch and saw that it was half past four, so he stopped explaining and said to Abner, "That's all for today...... I see that you haven't brought your luggage yet, so now go back to the East End to pack up and try to come back before dinner. After the meal, I will arrange for you to continue your study of Guphosak. ”

"Okay, teacher!" Abner replied politely.

However, instead of going back to the East End as Detective Issinger had hoped, he made a detour along the road and bought a lot of ceremonial items and a pair of bronze and silver-encrusted glasses.

He planned to preside over a ceremony himself while the iron was hot, giving the glasses the ability to obscure the vision of his pure white eyes. Not only does this allow him to use Goldfinger without having to worry so much, but it is also a surrender to the god of knowledge and wisdom.

Abner thought very simply, since the god had most likely noticed him and had made a well-intentioned 'investment' in him, why not just take the initiative to recite His name and see if he could get a few more handfuls of wool......

When he returned to his residence in the East End, Abner first prepared the ceremonial symbols out of the things he had bought, then set up the spiritual wall, and according to what he had learned in the afternoon, he skillfully depicted the emblem of the "God of Knowledge and Wisdom"—an all-knowing eye on an open book, and made the corresponding altar.

Inside the spiritual wall, he lit a candle, picked up the prepared lavender and peppermint hydrosol, and dripped it on the quietly burning flame.

The fresh and pleasant fragrance spread, and Abner burned several kinds of herbal powders in succession.

Then he took a pen and drew a special symbol on a piece of parchment in front of the glasses he bought

After doing all this, he took a step back and said in Hermeth's language:

"I pray for the power of knowledge;"

"I pray for the power of reason;"

"I pray for the favor of the God of Wisdom;"

"Pray that you will give these glasses the power to hide visions."

"Lavender, herbs that belong to the Blue Star, please pass on the power to my incantation!"

"Peppermint grass, herbs belonging to the Blue Star, please pass on the power to my spell!"

……

Woo!

As the incantation echoed, the atmosphere inside the altar suddenly became extremely mysterious, except for the three candles, the remaining brass daggers, refined salt saucers, hydrosol vials, and paper pens all trembled slightly.

Abner waited a little nervously, he had seen such a situation in the afternoon, so it was not surprising, but there were some gains and losses.

After more than ten seconds, the flames of the three candles also shook in unison, dyed with a pale light green!

Then, a series of intricate symbols flashed on the lenses of the brass glasses, and after a few seconds, they disappeared again!

At this time, Abner felt a tingling in his eyebrows, which was the sequelae of too much spiritual extraction. His strength was still too weak, and even just using a ritual to create a temporary extraordinary item would drain about half of his spirituality.

When the ceremony was completely over, Abner put his glasses on the bridge of his nose, opened his pure white eyes in front of the half-length mirror in the room and scanned them for a second, then nodded with satisfaction and said to himself, "The change in the pupils is almost invisible on the surface, and the effect is good!" Well, according to the results of the analysis, its ability to obscure the vision was effective for three days, which was much better than the one or two days I expected. "You can save a lot of money, but it's too expensive to do it once a day.

Of course, the most important thing is that the God of Knowledge and Wisdom answered this prayer, and this is the best news for Abner! At least it shows that He really has no ill will for the time being......

After packing up the room, Abner didn't quit the one-bedroom apartment, after all, he had to come here to perform some ceremonies that had to be carried on his teacher's back.

After returning to Hilston, after seeing Abner with an extra pair of glasses, Detective Isenger didn't suspect anything, but just smiled and teased: "Wearing glasses looks more knowledgeable and temperamental, but your worker's casual clothes don't match it, it seems that you have to buy formal clothes." ”

"A full suit in Beckland costs 10 gold pounds...... "Abner muttered to himself, but he had to admit that he had a point. His pair of glasses is worth 1 gold pound and 8 souls, and now the whole outfit is about the same price, which is indeed very incompatible, and it is easy to arouse suspicion.

For the rest of the night, Abner spent the rest of his time learning the Gufsak, and because the ritual consumed so much of his spirituality, he didn't open the Pure White Eye to cheat this time. But his progress was still not slow, and such a focused and careful study only consolidated the knowledge he had learned before.

"Review the old and learn the new, sure enough!" Before the break, Abner sighed with emotion.

……

In the middle of the night, in the abandoned manor of the Deere family in the northern suburbs, a man in a white shirt and black vest with an unusually pale face walked slowly on the stone path of the garden. However, the caretaker, who was supposed to be keeping vigil, seemed to sleep very soundly, and did not notice that there were uninvited guests in the manor.

Suddenly, the man, who looked to be twenty-eight or nineteen years old, seemed to sense that something was wrong, stopped, looked in the direction of the shooting range and frowned.

At this moment, a figure suddenly appeared beside him, wearing a long black court dress and a small soft hat of the same color, it was the beautiful young lady with pale blonde hair and blue eyes who had watched the two of Abner leave in the window glass in the morning.

The man was not at all surprised by the way the female ghost appeared, and said calmly, "Sharon, someone has been here again?" Do you want to transfer immediately? ”

"No, it's just an unrelated person who secretly came to practice shooting." Sharon said succinctly.

The man nodded, didn't ask any more questions, and turned to another thing: "There is news about the previous matter, Gore and Rea have been solved by the punister, only Jason took the opportunity to escape, and he should be hiding in the south of the bridge or Joe Wood to recuperate." ”

"Marić, we need to find him as soon as possible, or he'll soon call another group of men to hunt us down......," Sharon said succinctly.

"Indeed, it is not a fool to bring the penisher to war with them, and the punishers are not fools, although they are irritable." The man named Marić nodded.

"You can quote Russell?" Miss Sharon looked sideways.

The corners of Marić's eyes twitched, and finally he said, "I can also read......"

……

In the early morning of June 3, after an hour of training according to Professor Hugh's method of knightly exercise, Abner wiped the sweat from his head and went straight to the small restaurant he frequented in the East End, where he had made an appointment with Hugh yesterday.

Speaking of which, after learning about Abner's physical fitness and gun sense, Hugh felt that he didn't need to go to the suburban manor every day, and it was enough to guide the exercises alone twice a week. Although Abner speculated that it might be an excuse for Miss Hugh not to be able to afford to practice bullets every day, after all, she was not reimbursed like Klein.

All in all, they agreed to go to the manor only on Wednesday and Saturday mornings, and to meet each other in this small restaurant the rest of the day if they had something to do.

As soon as he opened the door of the restaurant, Abner saw Mr. Ryan, the skilled worker he had seen before, saluting respectfully to Hugh, and then stuffing a paper bag into Miss Hugh's hand, muttering a poor compliment.

Hugh seemed to have seen too much of this, and only let go of his majesty a little, and the gentleman opposite had to stop his words, and obeyed Hugh's orders, and left the dining room in awe and gratitude.

At this time, Hugh quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and after putting away the paper bag, he walked to the seat opposite Abner and sat down.

"Looks like Mr. Ryan's matter has been settled?" Abner said with a sip of coffee.

"Yes, I went to the 'two-faced' Rosen last night, and he cooperated with my persuasion and forgave most of the unreasonable interest this morning." Hugh also ordered a breakfast and ate it.

Hugh didn't go to jail for this...... As soon as Abner sighed in his heart, he heard Hugh say again:

"By the way, I have a friend who wants to meet you, do you have time for noon today?"

"Well, why noon?" Not now? Abner asked subconsciously.

"Because she might not be able to get up until noon...... No, if it weren't necessary, she might not be able to live a day......" Hugh thought weakly in his heart.