"Failed again......"

As a sigh sounded, Mr. Surrey, in a crisp white shirt and tight brown vest, appeared near the dark figure, and casually removed the disguise from his body.

It turned out to be a mechanical puppet with an extremely smooth surface.

Unlike the surrounding people with six-barreled machine guns, this puppet is very special in terms of material, just looking at the color, it looks like obsidian, and the bubble-like structure inside forms a "snowflake" effect.

Abner was not surprised by this, he knew early on through the "magic mirror" that the black figure was not a "person"!

"It's made from scraps of the 'Shadow Stone', right? As far as I know, the 'Stone Heart of the Shadow Stone' is one of the main ingredients of the 'Hermit' potion...... The detritus of this stone is indeed an excellent material for carrying 'shadow' type spells.

"Mr. Surrey is trying to make a 'stealth' type of robotic figure?"

While speculating, Abner watched with interest as Mr. Surrey removed the doll's head to see what was wrong.

After looking at it for a while, Abner roughly guessed the problem: those mechanical puppets used for defense mainly have detection capabilities from two aspects: heat induction and sound waves, while the other puppet that can "hide in the shadows" can rely on the characteristics of the "shadow stone" material itself to isolate heat and sound waves...... But its shape is too irregular, full of sharp corners and flat planes, which should be the main reason why it can be "discovered" by its kind......

This puppet is not a real "hermit" after all.

Seeing that Mr. Surrey couldn't find the essentials for a while, Abner thought about it, lifted the "stealth" effect at the "psychological" level in "Evans' Hidden Barrier", and pointed out with a smile:

"Why do you have to keep it 'human' shape? Those arms. Legs. Even the head, it's just a decorative effect, isn't it? ”

He had come to remind Mr. Surrey and Fanny, and now that they had met and there was no outsider present, he simply showed up.

Hearing the sudden words, Mr. Surrey was startled, and all three extraordinary items on his body entered a state of imminent activation, and at the same time, the "ritual" alert level of the villa was also raised to the highest.

To his astonishment, the puppets with the six barrels of the guns turned a blind eye to the intruder, as if they hadn't noticed him at all.

"Don't get excited, Mr. Sarry......" Abner used the means of a "psychiatrist" as he spoke, so that the other party's emotions were unconsciously eased.

Kirton Sarry froze, looked at the intruder carefully, and said with a frown, "Mr. Abner Blaine? ”

"It's me...... I beg your pardon for your presumptuousness......" Abner said as he took out the Rosell's diary book, which had been given to him at the dinner party a few months earlier, to prove that he was not pretending.

Mr. Surrey glanced at it a few times and confirmed that it was the booklet he had given out, and breathed a sigh of relief, but he still said quite guardedly: "Mr. Blaine, you really gave me a big surprise......

After a pause, he asked again, "Is there something important about you sneaking in and showing up so actively?" ”

Abner nodded, and just as he wanted to respond, a voice full of surprise came from his ear: "Abner? Are you back in Beckland? ”

Following the prestige, I saw a lady with long chestnut hair appearing at the top of the stairs, it was Miss Fanny.

She wore tight breeches made of muslin and a pair of black boots in a spacious beige dress, which not only did not affect her movements, but also highlighted her good figure, looking charming and capable.

Apparently sensing the heightened level of ritual vigilance in the villa, she came down to help her grandfather without thinking......

Should it be said that he is worthy of a "barbarian"? If you can't rely on laws and rules, solve it with force? Abner's gaze was unconsciously attracted for a moment, he thought about it, and did not shy away from it, and looked at Fanny generously before greeting with a smile: "Fanny, long time no see." ”

- For an Indisian girl, it would be an insult to look away from her.

"Long time no see." After Fanny responded, she wanted to get in front of Abner, but she immediately noticed that the scene seemed to be a little delicate, and she couldn't help but stop again, frowning her eyebrows, and asked:

"Grandfather, what happened?"

"You're going to ask Mr. Detective...... His visit was not very formal, it was an illegal trespass on the villa...... "Mr. Surrey" laughed, he could see that Abner was indeed not malicious, and he eased the atmosphere a little, but the alert level of the "ceremony" was still in a state of activation at any time.

Trespassing? It's a bit like the dream of that day...... Fanny didn't know what to think of when she heard this, her face crept up a little red, and she asked a little reservedly, "Abner, why didn't you send a 'notice' to visit first?" ”

Miss...... I know what you're thinking, and I've replayed your dream "Magic Mirror" that day...... However, I'm not here today to recreate the scene in my dreams......

Abnaneri, who simulated the ability to "read minds", complained a few words, but on the surface explained: "It was Emma who wrote to me saying that you may be in danger, so I will confirm the source of the danger." ”

With that, he threw Emma's letter to Fanny and taught her how to read it.

"It's Emma's handwriting...... Moreover, this 'encryption' method is also what she is used to. Fanny confirmed that the letter was genuine, but then fell into confusion, "But I'm not in danger......

At this time, Mr. Surrey, who was watching from the sidelines, suddenly said: "This is not the place to entertain guests...... Come with me. ”

With that, he picked up the pitch-black doll and manipulated the other machines to loom around Abner and Fanny before leading the way.

They stepped down the hallway and quickly entered a room at the back of the villa with a heavy metal door.

"That's the steam workshop my grandfather built." Fanny whispered. Due to the mechanical puppet space, she and Abner kept a certain distance.

Abner nodded, opened the "Pure White Eye" and took a look, and found that Mr. Surrey's workshop was not very elaborate compared to Mr. Gaston and his own, but it was far larger than ...... Its powertrain core is also much more powerful than theirs.

After the three of them entered the workshop, Mr. Surrey opened the barrier around him again, and only then did he seem to be really relieved of Abner, let the mechanical puppets retreat to the side, and said thoughtfully:

"Recently, our Surrey family has been subjected to a lot of inexplicable harassment in Trier, and it seems that some people have deliberately targeted it......

"I guess that's probably where Miss Emma's 'Fanny's danger' comes from."