Chapter 19: Mera
Agnes thanked Mr. Claude, carefully put away her list, and left the office.
She followed Mr. Claude's instructions to the lab, and met Rhaenys in the booth outside the lab.
Rhaenys was taking off her white coat, revealing her off-white shirt underneath, her gray hair tied up, and she looked very capable.
"Little Angnes? Ah, wait a minute. Renyce picked up a large, finger-thick brown paper notebook that had been opened, on which pages of data had been recorded, and she picked up the pen and calculated something.
After about ten minutes or so, Rhaenys finished the calculus, and she put down her pen and closed her notebook in satisfaction.
"Alright, let's go." Rhaenys picked up her coat from the hanger in the cubicle and put it on, as well as a completed form.
"Captain and Alyssa have already told me about you. Shortly after I arrived this morning, I received news that the evil spirit had appeared on Gross Street, so come with us. In addition to you and me, Damo and Zag will also go together. ”
"Actually, to be honest, our church is not very good at dealing with evil spirits, and the Night Goddess Church is even better at this. While the Medic has the ability to stitch souls together, we lack it when it comes to attack. We must use the power of some seals and spells. ”
"By the way, do you still have demon hunting bullets?" Rhaenys asked.
"Before the operation with Alyssa yesterday, I went to get ten rounds, but they didn't work, and they are still with me." Agnes replied.
"Okay, ten rounds is enough." Rhaenys nodded, and then said, "You go to the hall and wait for me, I'll go to the captain and hand in the application form for '3-1024', Damo and Zag should have already arrived in the hall." ”
Rhaenys went to Captain Claude's office, and Agnes went downstairs to meet Damo and Zag in the hall below.
"Good morning, Agnes." Zag smiled and greeted Agnes.
Dammer smiled and nodded to Agnes.
"Good morning, Zag, and Damo." Agnes greeted with a smile as well.
Agnes and Zag chatted casually with Damo, and Rhaenys stepped down with a veil.
"Let's go, said the car." Rhaenys and the three of them boarded a large carriage at the entrance of the Institute.
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"Agnes doesn't know much about this evil spirit, so I'll talk about this evil spirit again."
"This evil spirit actually comes from the crimes committed by a 'cold-blooded person'." Rhaenys' voice was calm and serious.
"There should have been a case that caused a sensation in the city last year, Agnes, you probably know."
"The tragedy that happened on Pink Street in Shallow Harbor?" Agnes asked, recalling for a moment.
"Yes, that's it." Rhaenys nodded.
In September last year, someone found the body of a little girl who had just died in an idle hut on Pink Street in the Shallow Port District, because the girl's body was so tragic that after a reporter who secretly photographed the scene of the crime posted the photos to the newspaper, it caused a sensation in the city of Fenerport, and even triggered a major rectification of law and order in the Shallow Port District. It was not until the perpetrator was sentenced to death soon after he was caught, that the voice of condemnation of the National Police Agency gradually decreased.
"At that time, this murderer was captured by Nature's Heart?" Agnes asked.
"Yes, the captain personally led the team, and almost all the team members participated." Zag said from the side.
"Based on the situation at the scene, we suspect that Mera, the little girl, may have turned into an evil spirit. However, the body was found a little too late, and by the time the Heart of Nature arrived at the scene, Mera's spirit had already left the scene. When we captured the 'cold-blooded one', although we felt the aura of the evil spirit she had turned into, because the focus was on the 'cold-blooded one', after the 'cold-blooded' was arrested, her aura also disappeared. ”
"She didn't reappear for months after that, as if she had disappeared from this world, and the divination only showed that she was wandering on both sides of the Essur River, so we sent some informants in the streets on both sides of the Essur River to monitor the news of evil spirits."
"This morning, an informant spotted the breath of evil spirits on the other side of the Esul River, on the Rue Gross. And Mera's home is on Gross Street, and Damo's divination also shows that the evil spirit found today is Mera. ”
Agnes understood the cause and effect, and she nodded, casting her eyes on the veil in Rhaenys' hand.
"Seal '3-1024', the Veil of Tranquility, is designed to calm all living beings within 10 meters of each other, allowing normal people to fall asleep while ghosts enter the underworld, with the disadvantage that holding them for too long will drag spirits into the underworld. Ordinary people will fall asleep in 1 minute, and the spirit body will be pulled into the underworld for 1 hour, while the extraordinary will not fall asleep, but after 2 hours, they will feel the pull of the underworld, and this pull will gradually become stronger with the extension of the holding time, the extraordinary person in Sequence 9 will not be able to resist this pull at 3 hours, and the extraordinary person in Sequence 8 can be extended to 4 hours. After testing, ordinary ghosts will be sent into the underworld within 2 minutes, and the longer it takes as the ghost intensifies. Rhaenys explained the purpose of the seal.
"This seal is perfect for today's mission, and it can help us put this innocent little girl to rest in peace." Rhaenys spoke, her words lowering.
Agnes remembered the picture she had seen. The girl was like a broken doll, lying silently in a pool of blood, with a rose next to it. Her limbs were placed at a twisted angle, an angle that was definitely not within the reach of a normal human body, unless the person's limbs were all twisted and limp to be manipulated. Her mouth seemed to have been cut open by a knife and sewn together with black threads, all the way to the bottom of her ears, giving her an eerie and terrifying smile. One of her eyes was gouged out, black hole. On top of that, her clothes were tattered, revealing bruises and purple scars.
Agnes remembers that the photo was so eerie and gory that most of the first newspapers were urgently recalled shortly after they were delivered. She remembers that even though she was indulging in the pain of the illness and her emotions were fading due to the effects of the illness, she could still feel the anger when she saw the photo.
"So, our main task today is just to stall for time so that Mera's evil spirit does not leave the area of effect of '3-1024'. According to previous investigations, Mera's evil spirit is not very strong. ”
"Well, I remember." Agnes replied as she retracted her somewhat distant thoughts.