Chapter 96: The Approaching Truth
"George III" flew through the air, and the convex engraved heads and numbers quickly appeared and disappeared.
Angel's eyes chased the tumbling coin, trying to see what magical power affected the divination props from the divination process, but unfortunately the ordinary coin just rotated and fell normally, and then was caught by Klein steadily.
His palms were spread out, the big "1" on the coin facing up.
"The numbers mean no, and there was no otherworldly element involved in Lawrence's death."
Klein explained slowly, with a hint of regret in his tone.
"I didn't expect the first case to be ruled out as a normal incident."
Leonard's expression was not surprised or disappointed, perhaps he had been mentally prepared for a long time and knew that the process of tracking down would not be so smooth.
"Let's go to the next location, we need to speed up."
He put the revolver and banner back in the carton, closed the lid, and prepared to beckon Dean in.
"Wait a minute," Angel stepped forward and pressed the cardboard box, "it doesn't have to be extraordinary, at least I know a way to do it without using extraordinary abilities." ”
"What? How? ”
Leonard looked a little surprised, he put down the cardboard box and looked sideways at Angel.
"For example, if an extraordinary person, an extraordinary person whose body has been strengthened, directly uses his physical strength beyond ordinary people to kill a victim with one punch and one kick, then will divination indicate that the deceased is affected by extraordinary factors?"
Angel asked, looking at Klein.
The latter thought for a moment and shook his head: "The incident does not involve extraordinary abilities and extraordinary items, and the divination will give a negative answer. ”
He frowned and asked, "You mean, Lawrence did come into contact with the Extraordinary, but this person did not use the Extraordinary Ability, but used threats, sow discord, or instigate ......"
As soon as the word came out, he was stunned.
"That's right, in sequence 8 of the 'Assassin' path, the 'Instigator' can do this by just talking, and most of the time, without the need to use extraordinary abilities."
Angel continued with his words.
Given the hint, Crane pulled out the one-pence copper coin, but after a moment of thought, he slipped it back into his pocket. He ripped open the sleeve of his left hand and shook the silver chain from his wrist, the citrine at the end slowly swaying, refracting the gas light in the room, emitting a flickering light.
"Lawrence's death is related to the extraordinary."
Angel reminded.
This will target the divination at the actions of the "Extraordinary One" rather than the influence of certain "Extraordinary Abilities".
Crane nodded, first looking at Angel with scrutinizing eyes for a few seconds, then re-entering a meditative state, holding the citrine pendant firmly in his left hand and half-closing his eyes.
"Lawrence's death is related to the extraordinary."
After reciting it seven times, he opened his eyes.
The crystal pendant is slowly rotating clockwise.
"This means that there are indeed extraordinary people who instigated him to commit suicide in the streets just by words."
Leonard preemptively spoke, his expression a little excited, the excitement of finding a valuable clue in the fog.
"Can you find this instigator through divination?"
Angel asked curiously.
At this time, Klein had already put away the citrine pendant again, wrapped the silver chain around his left wrist, and when he heard her question, he directly shook his head in denial,
"Dream divination may be possible, but it needs to have enough information for divination to give a definite answer, and I don't think it's enough to rely on this evidence alone, and I can only consume spirituality in vain."
"Then let's move on to the next location, collect more clues, and prepare more items related to it."
Leonard made his decision immediately.
He called Dean, who was waiting outside the door, and used his identity as an inspector and a signed IOU to lend out the pistol used by Lawrence to commit suicide and the banner used to denounce the former mayor.
The carton was put on the hired carriage, and the three of them got into the carriage together, beckoning the coachman to the next location.
The time-based driver obeyed the shouting and drove unhurriedly to the next crime scene.
……
"On the afternoon of July 22, Wells, a paper mill porter, jumped from a six-story building in the West End and landed on the street, hitting his head on the ground and dying instantly. Before his death, he had beaten the foreman who had deducted his wages, and even threatened to make him unable to get along in Tingen, who was still hospitalized and was not lightly injured, this is the iron rod he used. ”
"It's confirmed, Wells' death has an extraordinary's effect."
……
"On the afternoon of July 22, a deceased person was found in a fire on Sapphire Street, and he identified him as a resident next to the fire scene by his belongings, named McGham. Ironically, it was the deceased who set the fire. According to the investigation, he has a long-standing grudge with his neighbor, and this time he tried to set fire to the other party's house and burn the neighbor's family while the other party was at home on the weekend, but when he set the fire, he ignited the oil he was carrying and set himself on fire. ”
"It's some pieces of clothing, and the lighter he used to set it on fire."
"Someone influenced him and induced resentment in his heart."
……
After finding the correct way of divination, the three of them visited several crime locations in the West Side and the police station where the evidence was kept.
"Of the seven deaths so far, five are confirmed to be related to the extraordinary, all of them were abetted crimes, and all ended their lives in the end."
In the carriage, Angel spread the map on her lap, and the western district of Tingen was marked with four bright red dots as blood, and Leonard held a death report and instructed her to mark another location on the map.
"In this way, the West District will be almost checked, and then we will go to Iron Cross Street, where there is a group of concentrated deceased, most of them are in the lower street, unlike the previous deceased, many of them died of sudden illness."
Looking through the follow-up report, Leonard confirmed the location, knocked on the small window at the front of the carriage, and asked the driver to change direction and head to the Iron Cross Lower Street.
Crane sat beside him, his eyes closed, and entered a meditative state, exhausted from many divination along the way, and now regaining his strength and spirit through the process.
"Need a break?"
Seeing that the soothsayers in the team seemed to be unable to hold on, Angel asked.
"Hmm...... We can get to ......."
"Thanks, no."
Leonard's hesitant words were interrupted by Crane, who opened his eyes, glanced at the sun setting in the west outside the window, and shook his head.
"Find the murderer as soon as possible, don't worry about me, I'll rest in the car for a while."
“…… Okay, then let's move on. ”
"Midnight Poet" Leonard lifted his head to remember that he was not wearing a top hat today, moved his hand to his chest in embarrassment, pulled the buttons, and muttered.
The carriage crossed Iron Cross East Street, turned a corner, and headed for its destination in the dim sunlight.
(End of chapter)