Chapter 20: Aftermath and Invitation

Zotland Street, Black Thorn Security.

After several night watchmen returned, the commotion downstairs quickly stopped, Dunn Smith showed his ID, and several police officers at the scene immediately began to disperse the surrounding people, learning that it was just the staff of the security company who forgot about the soundproofing measures during training, and the residents of the North District, who were eager to report the crime, gradually left, and the streets returned to the quiet of the night.

"So, just the three of you, killed Lady Sharon?" Looking at the messy reception room, Dunn Smith asked slowly.

Behind him, Frye and the others, who had returned to Blackthorn Security, couldn't believe it, and in front of him was the same place they had left an hour earlier.

In the smoke-filled room, bullet casings and broken glass scattered on the carpet make it impossible to stay, the decorative mirrors on the walls are only the remnants of the copper frame and the edges of the frames gnawed by dogs, the originally smooth walls are full of bullet holes, the frost spears stuck to the sofa and the overturned tea table have not yet melted, and the chill sweeps in with the breeze outside the window, making everyone feel like they are in winter.

The warm and familiar reception room of the past is displayed in front of everyone's eyes like a post-war ruin.

In the center of the ruins is a corpse lying on its back on the carpet, its upper body covered by a tablecloth, and it is a woman who can be seen from the perfect curve of her breasts, and one cannot help but imagine the wonderful scene under the tablecloth.

It's a pity that the blood that has dried up that penetrated the tablecloth made Xijia and the others quickly dispel this idea, only Dunn approached the corpse with a calm face, squatted down and lifted the tablecloth to take a look.

"Yes, thanks to Lady Daly being here, her spiritism has succeeded in restricting Lady Sharon, otherwise we wouldn't have had a chance." Leonard stood by the window and said, at this time the only intact sofa in the reception room had been given to Dalie, and he was embarrassed to compete with the tired Angel for the rest of the chair, so he had to maintain a gentlemanly demeanor and rest against the wall.

"Ms. Dai Li is just spiritually exhausted and resting, but other than that, a few of us can be said to be unharmed." Seeing Dunn's eyes looking at Dali lying on the sofa from time to time, Leonard explained intimately.

"Huh? Well...... I'm just glad I didn't let Dalie go with me, otherwise there would be only the two of you left here, and I'm afraid it would be difficult to fight against Mrs. Sharon...... By the way, what about Kornli? He didn't run out of Chanismans to help, did he? ”

Hearing the captain change the subject stiffly, Leonard squeezed his eyes at Angel, who was sitting on the side, and the meaning was obvious: "Look, I just said it." ”

Under the pressure of Dunn's eyes, he quickly put away the expression of his hippie smile and replied seriously: "Of course not, I guess the gunshots have gone down, but everyone knows that Chanis Gate is more important than anyone else, and he will not come out to help." ”

"Well, good, now a debrief, what's going on here. Siga, you go to the police station across the street and ask Inspector Victor to come over, and say that there has been a burglary murder here, and that the intruder's attempted murder has been killed, which can imply that he is involved in many dignitaries in Tingen. Luo Yao, you go to the arsenal to replace Bright and ask him to come out and clean up the reception room. Fry, you send the 'vascular thief' back to Chanisman. ”

Several people received the order and left the reception room one after another.

Dunn stood beside the couch where Daly was resting, listening to Leonard's detailed description of the battle just now, his eyes swept over Mrs. Sharon's corpse, the sleeping Dalie, and Angel who was sitting next to him, his brow furrowed and sometimes stretched.

During this time, Bright and Frye, who had been replaced, returned to the reception hall together, and Bright sighed - "Oh my God, what the hell is going on here?" The robbers can't destroy it so completely! β€”begins to clean up broken glass from the floor with a broom. Siga also returned to the reception room with a middle-aged policeman.

The visitor was dressed in a standard police uniform, with two stars on his shoulders, tall but thin, and with a short black beard.

When Dunn saw him enter the door, he took the initiative to say hello: "Sorry, Victor, I'm going to be in trouble again today." ”

"It seems like you didn't bother me one time...... Oh my God, what the hell is going on here? The Inspector, known as Victor, stepped through the door of the reception room and immediately let out the same exclamation as Bright.

"That's right, late last night we received a case from the police station, Cole Granger, who lives on Daffodil Street, is suspected of being involved in more than a dozen murders, abetment and homicide cases......

Dunn briefed Inspector Victor on the whole thing, and led him to Mrs. Sharon's corpse to "open his eyes".

Seeing Mrs. Sharron, who had only half a head left under the tablecloth, Victor's pretended to be calm finally couldn't hold back, and he looked like he had seen a ghost.

"It's really Mrs. Sharon, that Sharon Hoy...... I saw her at the mayor's charity gala, and she was the center of the whole party at that time, but I didn't expect her to have something to do with cults, and those old guys would have nightmares when they found out. ”

"I hope their nightmare isn't bothered by Mrs. Sharon, who has only half a head left."

Dunn grimaced with a terrifying joke on his face.

"Victor, you are the first person to know besides the person concerned, I think you know what this means, and later I will ask two members of the team to accompany you to Madame Sharron's house to search for her incriminating evidence, and hand over to them those involving extraordinary powers, and you can write the rest into the report."

Inspector Victor listened to Dunn Smith's words, his pale face quickly regained its rosiness, perhaps only the merit and power that was about to come could make a man overcome his fear so quickly.

Angel watched coldly from the sidelines, this Inspector Victor obviously often cooperates with the night watchmen, and knows a lot of things that ordinary people shouldn't know, but a socialite like Mrs. Sharon is actually an extraordinary person with no low sequence, which is still beyond his imagination, and Dunn quickly grasped the situation and obtained the result he wanted.

It seems that you are better suited to be an instigator......

After quickly discussing everything, Inspector Victor couldn't wait to leave, he was going back to the police station to organize the police force, and take any "incriminating evidence" that might exist in her home in his hands while the news of Mrs. Sharon's death had not spread.

Victor is followed by Victor, who will follow the police back to Mrs. Sharon's house to collect all the items that involve extraordinary powers, so that they don't come into contact with the rummaging cops and cause new casualties.

"This corpse ...... What should be done with Mrs. Sharon's body? ”

Back at the door of the reception room, Inspector Victor seemed to remember this, and stopped and turned his head to ask.

"As is customary, we will check it to ensure that the mysterious forces do not pose a threat to ordinary people, and then hand it over to the police." Dunn replied without looking back, and he was half-crouching beside Mrs. Sharon, carefully examining the corpse.

"Okay, okay, then I'll go first, I'm afraid I'll be busy tonight......"

Victor's body stiffened when he heard the "mysterious power", and he quickly left the security company after saying hello, and the image on his back was someone chasing him.

Dunn ignored Inspector Victor, who had left in a hurry, and continued to stare at Mrs. Sharon on the ground, her attentive expression making Angel almost think that it was Ms. Daly lying on the ground.

"Bright, don't clean up yet, help the captain make a cup of tea with us, we've been busy all night, and we're all thirsty."

Seeing this, Leonard said to Bright, who was still cleaning in the reception room.

Your excuses are too clumsy......

Angel knew that there must be something that could not be seen by ordinary people, so Leonard found a reason to support Bright, but this did not prevent her from giving bad reviews to her inferior performances.

After Bright left, Leonard also stood beside Mrs. Sharron's body, clasped his hands on his chest, and looked down.

Although Angel didn't follow, her eyes were also focused on Mrs. Sharon, and her curiosity grew.

Under the gaze of the three of them, a black light gradually appeared next to Mrs. Sharon's corpse, floating in the air like dust, and there was no wind.

The black "dust" gradually thickened, gradually obscuring the corpse, and then as if gathered together by an invisible hand, forming a round object the size of an eyeball.

No, this is the eyeball, its outer layer of milky white sclera is covered with bloodshots, the pupils are not covered by eyelids, the eyes are round, and the gaze sweeps over Angel as she slowly turns, making her feel cold.

Fortunately, it was not a living creature, and after a few spins in the air, the "eyeball" lost its buoyancy and fell straight onto Mrs. Sharon's wonderful body, slid to the ground, rolled on the carpet for some distance, and was grabbed by Dunn, who had been crouching and waiting for a long time, through his gloves.

He took out a delicate wooden box from the inner pocket of his trench coat, carefully put the "eyeballs" into it, and the moment he closed the box, Angel's chill all over his body disappeared.

It reminded her of the jelly-like mysterious mass left behind in the basement of Cole's house the night she had just woken up in this world. Undoubtedly, this is the extraordinary trait left behind by the death of Lady Sharon in Sequence 6.

Unlike when Cole "died", Mrs. Sharon did not expel the extraordinary gelatinous property of not having a complete form, but formed an "eyeball" as if it had life, and Angel did not know which situation was normal, so she had to bury this doubt in her heart for the time being.

She also plays the role of a newcomer, asking the question, "What is this?" Is it some kind of creature? ”

"It is an extraordinary item left behind by the Extraordinary after death...... Well, if an ordinary person accidentally touches it, there is a high chance that they will go crazy or even die on the spot, which is why I didn't ask the police to take away her body in the first place. ”

After putting away the wooden box, Dunn seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, his body relaxed, stood up from Mrs. Sharon, turned his head and said.

"I asked Frye and the others to go with Victor to Mrs. Sharon's house to search, also because I was afraid that the police would come into contact with extraordinary objects while looking for incriminating evidence or other items of interest, which would cause additional incidents."

"Over the past year, most of the mysterious events we have solved have been inadvertently triggered by ordinary people, and there are actually very few active attacks by extraordinary people like tonight, at least this year, we haven't encountered them yet."

Leonard added on the sidelines.

Dunn stood up from Mrs. Sharon's corpse, returned to the sofa in the middle of the reception room, and seeing that there was nowhere to sit, he simply stood, and said to Angel with a serious expression:

"Mrs. Sharon is dead, but Cole Granger's whereabouts are unknown at the moment, and tomorrow I will contact the Templars and the 'Substitute Punishers' and 'Machine Heart' in Tingen City to issue a joint wanted warrant. Now let's talk about your options for the future. ”

Choose?

Angel was a little confused, and she raised her eyebrows, waiting for Dunn's next words.

"For the 'survivors' of extraordinary events like yours, especially if this matter is likely to involve the 'Witch Sect', we would generally advise you to go incognito, cut off contact with your family and friends, and leave Tingen City under the arrangement of the Church to live in other cities and have a new, safe and secure life.

"There will be some anti-divination and anti-tracking measures in the church's arrangement, but this protection is not absolutely safe in the face of extraordinary people who have all kinds of means, and there have been cases of protected people being found and killed by cult avengers before."

Angel licked her dry lips, which was exactly what she feared the most.

Dunn seemed pleased with her reaction, smiled, slowed down, and continued, "Another option, join us and become a night watchman. ”

Well?

Angel was stunned.

She had been in this world for less than a week, and the ensuing events left her no time to think about long-term arrangements, especially Mrs. Sharon's "invitation", which once made her try to abandon her identity and residence and flee to other places.

Although she finally made up her mind to confront it head-on and got a good ending, Angel was still a little confused about the rest of her life.

His identity had been forged for forty pounds, and Hagrid, of Wild Heart, promised that there would be no problem, but that he might not stand up to the night watch. Once you join the night watch, you will inevitably face stricter scrutiny, and if your identity is accidentally exposed, you will be imprisoned at least and end up with Mrs. Sharon.

On the other hand, as long as you can become an official extraordinary, you can not only have the protection of the official organization, so that the witch sect behind Mrs. Sharon can also learn a lot of mysterious world knowledge that is not spread outside, which will help you return to the original world.

Besides, even if you don't agree to join the night watch, will you really not face official censorship? After the incident of Mrs. Sharon, he must be on the list of the Church of the Night Goddess, even if he moves to live in other cities, what awaits him is endless surveillance and restrictions, maybe they are still looking forward to the witch sect to trouble them, so they can continue to investigate.

As his thoughts flowed, Angel glanced at Leonard, who was watching the excitement on the side, and remembered the "Join the Night Watch" that he had communicated with him this afternoon, intentionally or unintentionally, and it seemed that this guy had already gotten the news.

Indeed, from the perspective of others, joining the night watch is undoubtedly the best choice, and it is better to have an official status, a legal income, and the protection of extraordinary people than to spend the rest of your life incognito. It's a pity that for myself, running away may be the only answer.

She was about to say no, when she remembered the words of the mysterious visitor in the confessional room of St. Selena's Church that night.

"Those who face fear and have the courage to move forward will be rewarded."

Did he or she anticipate the choices he or she was facing?

After a moment's hesitation, Angel spoke under the expectant gazes of Dunn and Leonard.

"That......

"What about compensation and benefits?"