Chapter 24: Hugh's Findings (Part 1)

When Abner woke up again, it was late at night, and even though he had 'slept' for more than six hours this time, he still felt a throbbing pain in his head. Clearly, the dry spirituality has not yet been restored.

"What the hell have you encountered? How is spirituality so thoroughly consumed? You know, when you were sent back by the police, I almost thought you were going to lose control and become a monster on the spot! I've never seen anyone spiritually dry up like that...... No, even the dead don't have any spirituality left! Detective Issinger, who had been guarding the bedside, saw him wake up, couldn't help but be horrified in his heart, and asked repeatedly.

Everything in this world is animist, and everything is the original creation, so even dead things are spiritual! The Extraordinary will lose control when their spirituality has been reduced to a certain level.

Abner now understood this knowledge, and he knew that his state just now must be unreasonable, and he also thought to himself, "Is it the pure white eye that has protected my spirit from getting out of control?" Or is the God of Knowledge on me again? It doesn't seem to look like a ...... The spiritual body is not like the body, and the loss of control caused by spiritual exhaustion is difficult to solve from the outside...... And so on, all things are derived from the original creation, and all the madness and pollution also come from Him...... But I'm not...... My soul must be from another universe, even a higher dimension. So...... My soul has no basis for getting out of control at all? But no, if it really didn't have the initial impact, then where did my spirituality come from? Well, that's a possibility, and it needs to be verified later. ”

Thinking about it, Abner pretended to be scared on the surface, and said, "When I was observing something with an extraordinary object, I was suddenly devoured...... That thing may have something to do with a very high personal being. ”

"You dare to look at such a thing? Why didn't you turn into a monster on the spot? Detective Isenger said angrily. He hated his students who were good at death.

I didn't want to analyze such a dangerous thing...... Abner was also very aggrieved, he really didn't want to do this. As for why there is no abnormality in the body, this is probably the protection from the pure white eye, after all, his body is different from the soul, and it is the original product of the real world.

Seeing that Abner was still in poor spirits, Detective Isenger scolded him a few words and left so that he could rest better.

"The teacher must have guessed that I had some secrets...... But he doesn't ask, I'd better pretend to be stupid! Abner sighed inwardly and closed his glasses again.

But now he couldn't sleep with a headache, and after tossing and turning for a while, he sat up again, remembering the gray mist he had spied on before he fell unconscious.

"Some of the essence of that puppet is actually related to the gray mist...... What a pit! Now the great lord above the gray mist is not the gentle and kind Crane, so what was I analyzing before? Fort Source? Or even Celestial? Thinking of this, Abner couldn't help but be covered in a cold sweat, as the teacher said, it was simply the blessing of the gods that he did not die on the spot.

"I remember that in the original novel, Miss Justice's mirror, Mr. Hangman's glass bottle, and Lady Hermit's planetarium are all items related to Fort Source, representing the red stars dotted in the gray mist...... That doll should be something similar. Hehe, my reckless analysis this time is actually not completely unrewarding, at least I know the essence of this connection! ...... hiss" Abner chuckled a little distorted from the pain, but he finally felt his spirituality regain a little.

"Now that I know the nature of this connection, I can later design rituals to give special properties to certain items, so that they can associate with the gray mist and become a red star on it. Of course, this connection is only one-sided, and the connection can only be made by the response of the fool, which is essentially similar to the effect of reciting the name of the fool in ancient Hermes. ”

"So, this harvest is actually useless? Well...... Not necessarily, at least it provided me with a new path to join the Tarot Club in the future. You must know that if you want to join the Tarot Society, it is the worst choice to go directly to Klein himself in real contact, he has too many great beings on his body, and it is easy to fall into calculations if he is close to him, even if you want to exchange information with him in the future, you have to go through Source Fort! And reciting his name may not achieve the goal, with Crane's caution, how dare he respond casually when a stranger recites his name! Aren't you afraid that it was sent by the true Creator or Amun? Instead, like the Hermit Lady or Little Sun, holding the items related to the Source Fort and praying for something that interests him, it is most likely to achieve the purpose of being pulled above the gray mist......"

Abner thought about it, and the sleepiness finally overwhelmed the pain, and his eyelids gradually became unlifted, and he yawned and lay back on the bed, and soon fell asleep.

……

Meanwhile, in a dimly lit alley in the East End. Hugh, draped in a black cloak, hid behind a low wall, peeking at a pale man loading the corpses of homeless men lying dead in a garbage dump onto a cart. By this time, there were already two ragged, filthy and emaciated corpses on the cart.

"He's ...... Collect the corpses of the homeless who starved and froze to death in the Eastern District? I think this man was the owner of a clothing store, why did he do such a thankless job? Hugh's pretty eyes were full of bewilderment, but soon she remembered the 'way of playing' that Abner had mentioned. Since she herself has preliminarily determined that the 'acting method' is effective after a week of experiments, she can't help but have a thought: "This person is ...... Play? He's a corpse collector?! ”

"I heard that the way of collecting corpses is in the hands of the Night Church and the Spirit Order...... Abner once said that the extraordinaries at the bottom of the church do not know the 'playing method', so he is likely to be a member of the Spirit Order? Well, Aubner should be reminded to be careful when investigating him. ”

Hugh had just thought of this, but the man who had collected the body suddenly turned to look, apparently finding her hiding behind the wall.

Hugh was taken aback, she didn't know how she had been exposed, but her good sense of battle allowed her to respond quickly, not only taking the three-edged thorn with an unknown toxin in her hand, but also taking out the brass charm that Abner had given her.

Then she saw that the man opposite had also taken out a brass charm, exactly the same as the one in her hand......

For a while, there was an awkward atmosphere in the air.

The two confronted each other for a few seconds, and the man who collected the corpse couldn't help it, and he lowered his voice and said, "Who are you?" Why are you snooping on me? ”

Hugh certainly couldn't have exposed Abner, so after a moment of silence, he replied, "I'm the 'arbiter', a bounty hunter in the Eastern District, and someone has commissioned me to investigate why you smuggled the body. "She's not very good at lying, but that doesn't mean she can't. And her words are essentially true.

"You're an official Extraordinary?" The man asked, a little alarmed.

"Heh, it seems that you rarely come to the Eastern End, and you don't even know about the 'arbiter'." Hugh pursed his lips, a little concerned that his name didn't have an effect.

Although Hugh did not answer directly, the man probably understood that the lady in front of him was also a wild and extraordinary person like him, so he relaxed his guard a little, and explained, "I'm not smuggling corpses, I just want to collect and bury them!" ”

"You're not a cemetery mortuary, why are you doing that?" Hugh asked directly.

"I'm sorry, I have my reasons...... I can only guarantee that I didn't steal the body and that I wasn't doing anything bad! The man hesitated for a moment, then said, "I'll preside over the requiem ceremony later, and you can watch from the sidelines!" ”

"This man doesn't seem to be wary of other extraordinary...... Standard rookie! Just like I was at the beginning...... If it weren't for the fact that he had met Furth...... Hugh sighed, knowing that this man should have substituted his usual ordinary life habits into the world of the extraordinary. How dangerous is ritual magic? Generally, only people who absolutely trust will be allowed to sit by, otherwise they will be manipulated and the end will be miserable.

"Let's go!" Hugh rarely felt a little compassion, and planned to help this man take care of one or two tonight, and then remind him vaguely after the ceremony was over.

……

The next morning, Abner slept until eight o'clock before he opened his eyes, and after a while of meditation, he was relieved to find that his spirit had fully recovered.

"It's good that there are no after-effects!"

With this in mind, he walked out of the bedroom and learned through the servant that Detective Isenger had gone out to investigate, and then remembered that they had taken over the investigation of the 11 disappearances they had commissioned from the West Villas Field yesterday.

"It seems that I don't have time to go to the public library to read books today, and when I meet Hugh, I have to go to the police station in Jowood District to report. One of the two cases handed over to me by the teacher has not been solved. ”

After a little planning of action, Abner immediately went out to the East End, where he successfully met with Miss Hugh in the small restaurant.

"Your face is not very good! Sick? Hugh looked at Abner, who was obviously a little sluggish on the other side, and said with concern.

"It's just a supernatural item...... "Abner didn't want to talk too much about it, and instead asked, "Did you get anything out there?" ”

Hugh Wenyan thought about it for a while, and finally asked euphemistically: "Your classmate's father, is he a little stupid?" ”

Abner was stunned for a moment, recalling Mr. Grant's proper manners, and asked puzzledly, "Why do you ask?" ”

"His occult knowledge is quite rich, but he is naΓ―ve in many places!" Hugh recounted the ins and outs of her encounter with Abner in detail the previous night.

"He has my brass charm in his hand?" Abner was at first puzzled by the news, but then remembered the 'newcomer' who had bought his last talisman at the extraordinary gathering the day before.

"That person must be Mr. Grant! No wonder I thought his figure was a little familiar when I followed him later......"