Before the smoke of the muzzle of the gun had cleared, Gilbert, who was sitting opposite, fell to the ground with a bang.

"Fat Orange, check to see if he's dead."

Fat Orange, who was squatting on the side, stepped forward and tested his snort and heartbeat.

"Dead."

The projectile is shot into the skull from the right eye, and the chance of survival will not exceed 1 in 10,000, obviously...

Gilbert Wilkin wasn't the lucky one.

Mavi released his palm that was clenching Yunia, the strength receded like a tide, the familiar feeling returned, all kinds of complex emotions surged into his heart, and the noisy prayers of the believers quickly moved away....

He rubbed his brow and took a deep breath.

"Daddy," Yunia blinked, and took out the tin box containing honey candy, "Eat sugar." ”

"Hmm."

With the honey candy in his mouth, the sweet and greasy taste diluted the weakness of the loss of strength, Ma Wei knocked off the gunpowder embers from the barrel of the gun, and tucked the flintlock pistol back into his waist and hid it under the robes.

"The methods used by the Witch God Cult are too weird, since they can refine living babies into spirit puppets, maybe they can also bring corpses back to life..."

Ma Wei thought for a moment and said, "Just in case, let's burn Gilbert Wilkin's body, so as not to cause follow-up trouble." ”

"What if the Witch God Cult can bring the ashes back to life?" Xiao Hei asked.

“...... It makes sense, then Xiao Hei, you are responsible for scattering his ashes into the river to feed the fish. ”

"What about the fish that swallowed his ashes?"

"Why don't you just eat it?"

"Meow! Xiao Hei don't eat this kind of fish! ”

"Then don't talk so much nonsense, the ashes will be reborn.... If the Witch God Cult can do such a thing, I admit it. ”

"There's one more trouble."

Fat Orange jumped on the table: "Those few people outside know the ins and outs of the matter, once it leaks out, it will not be good for us, I suggest..."

The claw waved in the air, and the meaning was self-evident.

"We are the church, not the gangsters." Ma Wei shook his head: "Gilbert refined the living baby into a spirit puppet, damn it, but Inspector Macmillan and Sherlock Holmes are innocent." ”

"But you're right, at the moment we don't have the power to confront the big church, and it's best not to leak what happened today."

Marvey got up and walked out of the kitchen, and by the time he was talking to Gilbert, the flames had spread through most of the room, and thick black smoke was entrenched from the roof, and Superintendent Macmillan, Sherlock Holmes, Jacob, and Giuseppe had already taken advantage of the chaos to escape.

"Priest!"

Seeing Ma Wei come out, Jacob was the first to rush up and said excitedly, "It's really good that you're okay!" ”

"What about monsters?"

Macmillan asked vigilantly, "I've asked for reinforcements, and reinforcements will be there soon." ”

"No, the monster has been solved." Mavey looked behind him and found that there were very few survivors, all of Macmillan's men were killed, and only when the witch puppet appeared, Sherlock Holmes and the others who stayed in the living room were unharmed.

"What about Gilbert Wilkin?"

"He's dead."

Inspector Macmillan was stunned and did not continue to ask questions.

The fire is getting bigger and bigger, and the neighbors and even the fire squad are fighting the fire, carrying buckets to run past Ma Wei and the others, and the streets are lively at night.

"Superintendent Macmillan, Mr. Holmes.... There's something I want to ask you for. ”

"The news can't be hidden, and sooner or later it will get out."

Sherlock Holmes, with his pipe, clearly knew what Mavey was trying to say: "The police have lost so many men, it's useless to make excuses, but I agree with Macmillan that some small changes can be made in the course of the case." ”

"For example..."

"The culprit who summoned the monster, Gilbert Wilkin escaped, and several of us survived, and the monster was nowhere to be found."

Flames will annihilate all evidence.

In other words, as long as the survivors' confessions are agreed, then what they say is the truth.

"As for Giuseppe Dias, you don't have to worry either." "I've told him about the seriousness of the matter, and Macmillan will be staring at him," Holmes said. ”

"I... I won't say it! I swear! ”

Giuseppe Díaz nodded heavily, raised three fingers, and looked determined, and his arrogance was gone.

Although he is an idiot, his head is still very bright when his life is at stake.

There are only a few people who know that they have passed through tonight, and Jacob naturally goes without saying that he will definitely not leak the secret, and Macmillan, Holmes and the little girl have also reached an agreement, if the secret is leaked, the prisoner will definitely be Giuseppe Dias.

Even if it weren't for him, Ma Wei wouldn't let him continue to live.

This is a typical transfer of responsibility, just like in some two countries, whether the person who beat me is you or not, I will drop a few bombs at your house.

It's a bit unreasonable, but...

The results are surprisingly good.

Giuseppe Díaz, who knew this, immediately became the strongest guardian of the secret.

"That's how good it is."

Ma Wei breathed a sigh of relief: "But I still have one more question, I would like to ask Mr. Holmes to answer it for me." ”

"Please."

"What is the purpose of your visit to New Ross? Don't tell a lie like sightseeing that you don't even believe. ”

"Oh." Sherlock Holmes smiled slightly: "I'm not here to travel, but to investigate the case.... Priest, have you ever heard of the nickname Rose Thief? ”

"I've heard that he's coming to New Ross?"

Ma Wei raised his eyebrows, the Rose Thief is the star who appears most often in the newspaper, this person is treacherous, elusive, and specializes in stealing from the noble gentry, and every time he commits a crime, he will send a warning letter, telling you that I am coming, and the notice letter will explain the time and the items to be stolen, no matter how tight the owner's defense, it cannot prevent the treasure from being stolen.

On one occasion he even stole the pigeon-egg-sized sapphire from King Rhodes IV's crown in full view of the public, and even more exaggeratedly, he was molesting the queen in the king's bedroom while the guards were looking for his traces!

When the aristocratic gentry heard the words "Rose Monster Thief", they were all shocked and frightened.

If you can catch him....

Ma Wei's thoughts were fluttering, he had discussed with Fat Orange before, if the Church of Truth wants to develop rapidly, it must be supported by the city lord Prince Arthur, and in order to connect with Prince Arthur, there must be a middleman, the gray wolf Dino is just a businessman, and he can't attract the attention of the four princes, in contrast....

If a nobleman is willing to introduce him, then the matter is much easier.

How do you get the friendship of the nobles?

There seems to be a shortcut right now.

"Not yet, I'm waiting for him." Holmes said, "He's coming to New Ross City, and soon." ”