Chapter 609: Tarot Club without "Tower".
As several "decrees" were issued by Her Highness Vera, the black-clad "recorder" man's escape methods were all ineffective, and he looked at the tall woman who had been standing at the entrance in horror, completely unable to believe that he could be pursued by a demigod.
However, even in front of the demigods, he was not ready to be captured, and the only possible and slim chance of escape was to use the ordinary people present to cause chaos...... After all, the official General Directorate of the Extraordinary cares about the lives of these innocent people.
As soon as he thought of this, just when he was about to release the "disease" of the "Pain Witch" of the "record", an inexplicable sigh came from his ears:
"Have the people of the Tamara family also degenerated like this?"
Before the words fell, the man saw the tall woman at the door clenching her right hand into a fist and waving it violently!
"Execution!"
With the sound of glass shattering, the man's original body suddenly shattered, and he staggered to appear beside Hugh, and was easily restrained by the latter who had been prepared for a long time with "imprisonment".
Although he once again relied on the "Mirror Stand-in Method" to escape the catastrophe, this time he failed to completely avoid the damage, and received injuries that were enough to make him lose his ability to fight!
At this time, Her Royal Highness Vera casually removed the protection of the ordinary people in the market, and then stepped forward and strengthened the prohibition on the "Recorder", which only then did the other two assassins also "imprison".
It was only at this point that the others present came to their senses, but most of them, except for a few extraordinary, did not understand what had just happened.
Speaking of which, this battle seems to be very long, but in fact, from the outbreak of Baron Larry to the imprisonment of the "recorder" in black, there are only ten seconds in total, and a large part of the stall owners and customers in the market are isolated by Vera with a "barrier", and the battle on the "arbiter" route has almost no "special effects"......
Therefore, in the eyes of ordinary people, the movement of only two assassins flying upside down and knocking down the stall is relatively large.
Except, of course, the dark-haired, brown-eyed girl who was almost pulled by Baron Larry to block the knife......
She saw with her own eyes that the man who hid his face with a hood sank into the ground as if he had fallen into the sea!
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In Baron Hoy's manor, Caterina, the "White Saintess" dressed as a girl, easily blended into the ball, and with her charm, almost every man present was invited to dance.
From Baron Hoy, Sir de Ville, to Lord Hibbert, she did not refuse, and even some of the low-ranking members of the New Party, who lacked courage, danced with her with the encouragement of her eyes.
"This isn't ......
"This isn't ...... either"
After Caterina once again used the opportunity to dance to rule out a lawyer at the firm, she couldn't help but be a little skeptical about the results she had obtained through "mirror divination".
"Could it be that Baron Larry came in disguised as a woman?"
A new idea came to her mind, and Caterina was about to wait for the end of the song to go to the little girl with whom she had been talking speculatively before the ball began, under the pretext of rest, and ask her to take her to meet the ladies and ladies of Tingen......
But at this moment, her trimmed delicate eyebrows suddenly wrinkled, and quickly calmed down...... Because she felt that the means she had planted in the men she had brought with her were touched.
"Forget about the rest...... But Lipez, as the 'recorder', didn't even escape?
"Was there an ambush? Or did a demigod intervene?
"Although the means I have reserved are triggered, there is no guarantee that they will be extinguished......
"It's safer to get out of here first."
Thinking of this, Caterina did not dare to delay any longer, politely ended the dance with the young lawyer in front of her, and then flew away.
The young lawyer looked at her back, his eyes were full of regret, and it took a long time to adjust his mood, but his interest was still not high.
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In the secret trading market of the "Evil Dragon Bar", at this time, both customers and stall owners had already fled from this place when they saw the bad situation, and only a young man with a pale face and a terrible madness in his eyes was hiding alone in the corner, and his eyes were full of horror when he looked at His Highness Vera.
As soon as he revealed his identity to the local "substitute punisher" who had arrived after receiving the news, Hugh saw black flames suddenly rise from the bodies of the two assassins, and almost instantly, their spirits were burned out.
And the black-clothed "recorder" also had black flames in his eyes!
Fortunately, as an extraordinary person in the middle sequence, he was not as fragile as an assassin, and when His Royal Highness Vera rescued him, he was able to save his life.
But even so, he had a big mental problem, and he felt that he could get out of control at any time.
"'Ageless Witch'? Katerina? ”
Her Royal Highness Vera observed the black flame that had been "imprisoned" by herself, frowning, not quite sure about the authenticity.
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Bianca, who had just finished the ball, turned down an invitation from a gentleman to get to know each other better and returned to the carriage with the Panis family crest.
Then, she was startled by the scene before her.
Not only was Baron Larry covered in mud and disgusting sewage, but his face was unusually bloated, and his lips were blue and purple.
His hand reached into his coat pocket, as if trying to touch something, but barely touched.
In desperation, he saw Bianca, and immediately felt a little excited, and used the last bit of strength to signal his lover to put the charm in his pocket into his hand.
Bianca hurriedly complied, and then a bright light rose in the carriage, and Baron Larry's symptoms improved visibly.
"What's going on? My dear...... You just seem to be out of oxygen? Bianca asked in a hurried tone, feigning concern.
"It's nothing, I just used an extraordinary item, and the side effect is that I can't breathe properly and can only recover in a sunny place......
"I had prepared the relevant charms, but I didn't want to be so unlucky, and the negative effects of the items broke out in advance for some reason...... Good thing you came just in time, dear. ”
During his time in Port Enmat, Baron Larry had already told his lover some common knowledge about the extraordinary world, so that she would not inadvertently expose herself, so he was not afraid that the other party would not understand at this time.
Bianca glanced at the spell he activated, but there was a little strange in her heart, after all, the other party's item with part of the ability of "Druid" was obtained when he was fighting against the pursuers in Nmatt Harbor, and his injuries had not healed after that, so he definitely didn't have time to prepare a charm that could alleviate the negative effects.
So, he just went to the market and bought it? Or did you have it in your hands before? Either way, it's a bit too much of a coincidence......
Extraordinaries of the "Sun" path are not common in Rune.
However, Bianca soon stopped dwelling on the matter, after all, coincidences are not unnatural, and Baron Larry in front of him may just be lucky......
Of course, after meeting yourself, your luck may not always be good.
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At No. 2 Daffodil Street, a frightened Melissa ran all the way home, and after perfunctory greetings from her brother's concern, she locked herself in the bedroom, recalling the incredible scene she had seen before.
Before today, Melissa had never thought that there was really extraordinary power in this world, even for the goddess, she only had a respectful and consoling attitude, but she didn't think that the other party really existed.
But what she had just seen in that bar market had completely changed Melissa's perception of the world!
She also went out of her way to check the floor of the market to make sure there were absolutely no institutions there!
Aside from her extraordinary powers, she simply couldn't explain what she was seeing.
There really is extraordinary power in this world! Is everything Elizabeth told me true?
Klein...... Klein: What else is hidden in his death?
Melissa thought about it a lot, and thought about it until the next day, Saturday morning, when she was interrupted by Elizabeth's knock at the door.
At this time, Benson noticed that his sister was abnormal, and also saw that she was perfunctory to himself, so out of worry, he called her little sister.
Hearing Elizabeth's voice, Melissa hesitated for a moment, but opened the door anyway.
Speaking of which, the reason why she went to the trading market hidden in the bar yesterday was also because of Elizabeth.
Benson has decided to move to Beckland at the end of the year, both to prepare for the civil service exam and to help her find a college to improve herself.
Melissa told her good sister Elizabeth about it.
Facing her friend who is about to leave, Elizabeth, who is a little sad, suddenly remembers the secrets she once kept for Klein when she recalls the bits and pieces of the past between the two.
Considering that Klein had passed away and Melissa would be far away, and those secrets could really become secrets forever if she didn't tell them, she still told Melissa about what kind of amazing person Klein she knew.
The underground market picks out the amulet, Selena removes the "devil" in the mirror on her birthday, and the soothsayer club drives away the evil spirits in her dreams......
Melissa was amazed by all of this, because she had never realized that Crane would do such things...... It's like she'd never noticed his talent for cooking.
But before, she didn't believe that she really had extraordinary powers, and only thought that her brother was using magic to attract Elizabeth's attention, but when she heard the other party say so swearing, Melissa was a little shaken.
That's why she went to the Fortune Tellers' Club yesterday and entered the "Dragon Bar" in the evening, hoping to follow in Klein's footsteps and explore the side of her brother that she didn't understand.
Thinking back to the present, Melissa looked at Elizabeth who appeared in front of her, and couldn't help but complain a little...... complained that Klein didn't tell himself and Benson about the extraordinary, but revealed it to Elizabeth......
If Benson and I knew, I wouldn't let him touch such a dangerous thing!
On the other hand, Elizabeth probably guessed what Melissa might have encountered yesterday at the "Dragon Bar", so she stepped forward and comforted her softly.
Melissa couldn't help but ask her about another side of Klein again, this time more seriously than the last time.
After the two little girls had discussed it, Elizabeth asked thoughtfully, "Do you still want to find out the truth about Klein's death?" ”
"Of course! I didn't know it before...... Now that I know, how can I accept such an unclear explanation? Melissa pursed her lips and said.
"Is there something wrong with that Black Thorn security company?" Elizabeth asked in a whisper.
"Judging by the hefty pensions they gave me and Benson, this company should be a formal organization that deals with extraordinary affairs...... Klein has also said before that their company and the police department have a partnership...... And the reason why they hide it should be that they don't want ordinary people to know about the existence of the extraordinary. ”
After a night of thinking, Melissa had already thought about many things very clearly, "So, there is a high probability that the truth about Klein's death will not be asked from them...... They'll just use the same rhetoric as before......
"The only breakthrough was Klein's colleague named Leonard, who had been trying to help my family for a while...... Perhaps, he felt guilty about Klein's death......
"And the last time he came to my house, he said he might go to Beckland."
And, if it takes to be extraordinary to figure out the truth...... Beckland also certainly has more opportunities than Tingen.
Melissa had been a little confused about whether or not to go to Beckland, but now she just wanted to get there a day earlier.
After the amusement decision, Melissa also relaxed, and turned to gossip about Elizabeth's attendance at the ball of Baron Hoy last night, and the latter's mother was the daughter of a Baron of the New Party, and her father was also a sponsor of the New Party, so she was invited.
"I heard from Aunt Mace that the partner she helped you look at, the barrister Rawls who had her own law firm, was also at last night's ball...... What do you think? ”
Aunt Mace is Elizabeth's mother.
"Don't mention it...... That gentleman lawyer doesn't even look at me now...... I've told my mother not to ask what he thinks. Elizabeth pouted.
"How so?" Melissa was surprised, and although Elizabeth was still a little ungrown, her face was very beautiful.
It was a young lady named Karina who attracted her...... Speaking of which, I didn't see her at the social scene in Tingen, but I met her before the ball...... I had a great conversation with her, 'at first sight', in the words of Russell the Great...... At that time, I even wanted to introduce her to you.
"It was the presence of Lord Hibbert that interrupted my imminent invitation to her......
"Now that I think about it, it's a blessing that I wasn't invited, otherwise it would have been embarrassing."
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On Monday, at 2:55 p.m., the sun shone brightly, but not scorching, on the window of the townhouse at 15 Minsk Street.
It was a rare good weather for the residents of Beckland, but the tenant of House 15 was a guy who didn't understand the "style" and even hung the curtains at this time.
Seeing that the room was darkened, Crane sealed the room with spirituality, and then walked four steps backwards into the mysterious hall above the gray mist.
At three o'clock, as he spread his spirituality to the stars, a crimson light lit up on both sides of the mottled long table, solidifying into vague, different figures.
Audrey, who was still in a bright mood, took the lead in getting up and leading everyone to greet Mr. "Fool" according to the custom:
"Good afternoon, Mr. Fool~"
After doing this, she looked around the sides of the long table, and was about to say hello to the members of the Tarot Society one by one, but her eyes suddenly froze when her eyes touched the seats diagonally opposite.
Because in the past, Mr. "Tower's seat" is now empty!
"This ...... Could it be that something happened to Mr. 'Tower'? ”
"Justice" subconsciously looked at Miss "Judgment", and then set his eyes on Mr. "Fool" above.
Crane recalled the words of the "Tower" when he asked for leave before, and said calmly in the tone of a "fool":
"There are some things in the 'Tower' that I am not happy about, and I will miss the next few Tarot meetings.
"He has a word that he asks me to convey to you......
"His identity as 'Doctor Strange' has been 'transferred' to someone else."