After gently touching the surface of the silver mirror three times, Sherlock Moriarty licked his lips and hesitated for a moment before asking:

"Dear Arodes, my question is, the current situation of Jason Beria."

He carefully uttered his question word by word, without using the apparently pseudonymous "Patrick Jason", nor directing the question to the "Apostle of Desire", because in this world, even within Beckland alone, there may be more than one extraordinary being of the same order.

The flames in the fireplace suddenly dimmed and almost went out, and the sunlight outside the window gradually dimmed, and the surface of the silver mirror rippled, and then a scene appeared from above:

Next to the dock, a sailboat raised its sails in the wind and prepared to set sail, and a man wearing a peaked cap and a black coat hurriedly squeezed through the crowd and entered the cabin with a suitcase. His cheekbones were high and his blue eyes were cold, exactly what he had seen in the portrait he had seen in Jason's house that morning.

"It's like the lower reaches of the Tasok River, near the dockyard in the docklands, and you can see in the distance, it's already on the outskirts."

Isinger, who was watching carefully, immediately recognized the location in the scene.

"He must have wanted to leave Beckland and head south along the river to Port Prietz."

Kaslana also squeezed over to watch the clues provided by Arodes, and a relaxed smile appeared on the corner of her mouth when she saw the "Apostle of Desire" fleeing.

It seems that the demigod of the Storm Church, Ace Snake, has put considerable pressure on this Sequence 5 Extraordinary, he has been tossing in Beckland for so long, attracting the common attention of the Night Watch and the Machine Heart, but he has been refusing to stop, but as soon as the High Sequence powerhouse appeared, he gave up decisively and prepared to leave Beckland, and even leave the Northern Continent......

Angel sighed at the actions of the apostle of desire, his eyes continued to stay on the silver mirror, and he saw Jason Beria disappear in the picture, and the next line of upright small words emerged:

"Based on the principle of reciprocity, you can choose to answer a question or complete a task."

"Huh?"

The first to speak was Iconser Bernard, who was watching the use of the seal, grabbing some unkempt hair under his top hat, his face full of bewilderment.

"I choose to answer the questions."

Sherlock didn't hesitate to choose the former.

The white letters on the mirror surface quickly decompose and reassemble into a new line of statements:

"What's your favorite color, brown or purple?"

What's this weird question? Based on the last time Iconser used the mirror, it is clear that it tends to reveal some secrets or hesitant thoughts in the user's heart, such as the deacon of the "Heart of the Machine", although he promised not to pursue my identity in this incident, but as an official extraordinary, he wants to bring me to justice......

Could it be that Sherlock has some unspeakable secret about color hidden inside him, which is why Silver Mirror asks such a question?

Angel looked at "Arodes" in amazement, whose question seemed to freeze in a rippling mirror, patiently waiting for the user's response.

"Purple."

"Correct answer."

As the line turned purple vanished, the surface of the silver mirror returned to normal.

"Well, this seal might have some restraint today, well, restraint." Iconser took Arodes and stroked it twice on its surface curiously, but did not have the courage to touch it a third time, "Let's get back to the point, it's clear that Jason Beria tried to escape by boat, but it wasn't a wise choice, the 'Singer of the Gods' can fly against the wind, no matter how fast the ship is, it will be a matter of time before he is overtaken." ”

"But that's all the more strange, if I were him, and I'd have been locked up by the substitutes, it would be better to blend in with the crowd and play hide and seek with them in the five million-person Beckland, where there might be a chance to escape. Going out of the city, especially by boat, is a dead end in front of the demigod powerhouse. ”

The gray-eyed Issinger held his pipe close to the tip of his nose, gently inhaled the smoke that helped him think, and slowly uttered his analysis.

"There is no way for him to escape, and if he stays in the city, he will soon be locked by us and the Night Watch through the seal, and if he leaves Beckland along the waterway, he will only face Ace Snake's pursuit, and maybe survive."

Iconse looked as usual, clearly convinced of "Arodes'" answer.

"But perhaps, we have all been misled, or fallen into a misunderstanding," Sherlock frowned in thought, his gaze swept over several people, and paused slightly as he looked into Angel's eyes, "He first sent a threatening letter, attacking the detectives who assisted in the investigation of the 'Demon Dog', attracting the attention of the official extraordinary, and then his own residence in the West End, his identity on the surface would inevitably be locked, so that everyone would be convinced that the 'Apostle of Desire' and 'Jason Beria' were the same person." Under this premise, everyone's eyes will be attracted to Jason, follow him around the city, and even leave the city, and no one cares about the corner, the real conspiracy may have just begun. ”

"What are you trying to express?"

Iconse, who was about to put away the silver mirror, stopped his movements and looked at the detective.

"Is the 'Jason Beria' we saw just now really the 'Apostle of Desire' we are looking for?"

After listening to Sherlock's question, everyone in the living room fell into a brief silence, and everyone was thinking, recalling the similarities and differences between yesterday's "Apostle of Desire" and today's "Jason Beria", as well as the incongruous parts of their actions.

"Your words sound like sophistry in court, Mr. Sherlock," Iconse, chuckling for a long time, put down the silver mirror in his hand, "but my intuition tells me that you may be right, and that we can ask the honorable Arodes. ”

"But not here, if there really is another 'Apostle of Desire', the divination and any action directed at him will alarm him and let him know that his purpose has been revealed." Angel pressed the silver mirror on the table, stirring up a water streak on the mirror, "You follow the original plan and go to the 'Night Watcher' and let them use the power of another seal to block the demon's dangerous intuition, and then use it......"

As she spoke, she saw a gloomy word emerge from the surface of the silver mirror pressed under her finger:

"Dear Miss Angel Granger, your most reliable companion ...... Arrow"

She immediately let go of her fingers to calm the seal, and then quickly looked at the people at the table, and saw that they didn't react as if they hadn't seen it, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

What just happened?

Because the seal has been activated, the question-and-answer process continues? Or is there some kind of uncontrollable change?

Angel suddenly remembered Sherlock's reaction after touching the silver mirror just now, and was a little curious if the other party had also seen the strange performance of "Arodes".

……

Accepting Angel's suggestion, Iconse quickly left with the unusually behaving seal, and as the sound of the carriage outside the door pressing against the stone pavement faded away, several of the people who remained stood in the living room, thinking about what to do.

Since the arrest had already begun, Iconse had taken most of the members of the Heart of the Machines, so that the House of Issinger, who had been under surveillance and protection, was no longer safe, and the deacon kindly suggested before leaving that a few people go to the nearest Church of Steam and the Mechanical God to avoid the danger and come out after the "Apostle of Desire" was caught.

As a "supernumerary" who had dealt with the Steam Church a lot, Isinger quickly made a decision, he asked several others if they would go to the church with him, and the powerful Kaslana and her assistant Lydia, who had seen the "Apostle of Desire", were willing to go along, while Angel was a little hesitant.

It wasn't until Sherlock, who had gone to the bathroom, returned and shook his head at her at the door that she expressed her opinion:

"I'm sorry, Mr. Stanton, I'm not going to church," she smiled apologetically, rejecting the offer, "I have anti-divination to avoid being tracked by the 'Apostles of Desire', and I don't want to have much to do with the Church of Steam." ”

"I can understand your concerns, so please stay safe and wait for their good news when you leave," Issinger did not dissuade, but looked at the last person, "Sherlock, what about you?" Come to church with us? Believe me, compared to the Church of the Storm, they're a very reasonable kind. ”

"I can tell from Mr. Iconser's approach, but I need to go home and get some things first, and maybe I'll go to church on my own later."

Sherlock declined Issinger's invitation as well, causing the latter to look at Angel and Sherlock repeatedly before smiling knowingly.

(End of chapter)