Angel was secretly stunned. He was surprised in his heart that the Great Pirate, who was being followed by Tarot Club, died inexplicably at the hands of the bodyguards. He was not at all as "close to High Sequence" as Mr. Hanged Man described.
And doesn't he also have a Mystical Item with the "Shepherd" ability, called "Creeping Hunger"?
Turning back to the front page of "Tingen Daily", she reread the report word for word, but found nothing new.
But then I thought about it. The report said that Qilingus failed in an assassination attempt at Duke Negan's dinner last night. He appeared on the front page of Tingen City's local newspaper hundreds of kilometers away early this morning. The period could be used to verify the news. The time for follow-up interviews was very limited. It is even possible that the entire news was delivered through telegrams between the two cities.
Such a hasty report must have the possibility of errors and omissions, and a Beyonder who is close to High Sequence attacks the top nobles of the kingdom, which will inevitably attract the attention of the police and attract the intervention of official organizations such as "Nighthawks". Once they block the news, even these news reports may not be credible.
Maybe "Vice Admiral Hurricane" did not simply die at the hands of "Duke's bodyguard" as the newspaper said. Maybe there was an official Beyonder who took action, or even Mr. Fool's favorite High Sequence!
Angel decided to ask Mr. Hanged Man and Miss Justice during Tarot Club next week, especially the latter. She has lived in Backlund for a long time and is well-informed. She also hired Detective to investigate Qilingus, so she should have some knowledge of the inside story of this matter.
Thinking of this, she stopped reading useless newspapers and started chatting with Rozanne sentence by sentence.
In the afternoon, Angel and Klein went to the suburbs of Tingen City separately as usual. According to the location of the "dark red chimney" houses investigated by Jules Detective Agency, they checked the locations of the buildings divined by Klein one by one.
Unsurprisingly, there was no gain.
Coupled with the location in the city, they have explored thousands of buildings with dark red chimneys. At this rate, they may be able to confirm similar buildings around Tingen by mid-September. Even if they are unlucky and the last building is the target, they can still find it by then.
After folding the list of buildings filled with crosses, Angel moved his eyes to the scenery outside the car window, adjusting the focus of his eyes to give his sore eyes a proper rest.
At this time, the hired carriage was driving past Red Moon Street at North Borough. By bypassing Street Park, you could return to Blackthorn Security Company at Zouteland Street. This park, which was still under construction some time ago, has now removed its work sheds and scaffolding, and the construction waste accumulated on the roadside has also been cleared away, making the renovated park look brand new.
The new park is not only half the size of the previous one, but also has a new park square, a spacious stage, a pavilion for Spectator to stay, and even luxuriously arranged running water and tree-lined trails. In comparison, the park before the renovation was like a wild lawn.
There are many workers decorating the venue next to the stage. It can be seen from the hanging banners that this is preparation for Councilor Maynard, who is presiding over the construction of the park, to deliver a speech.
Angel recalls the recent intensive news reports that the leader of New Party in Tingen City is about to run for Tingen City mayor. It can be seen that the investment in renovating North Borough's park and giving a speech at the celebration are all political shows to build momentum for the election.
But no matter what, renovating the park will be a good thing for nearby residents.
It would be great if West Borough also had a park like this...
Angel sighed with regret. Even if it was just a political show, these congressmen would not target ordinary people in West Borough and South District. North Borough and Golden Wutong District where the rich live are their base camps.
The hired carriage went around the corner, and the building that reappeared by the window blocked the setting sun and the park on the other side.
Walking into the living room, closing the door and locking it, Angel hung his windbreaker on the coat rack nearby. He didn't even bother to turn on the light, then pushed open the study door, opened the secret door on the floor, and came to the smoke-filled basement.
It was already evening. The fire in the basement had been burning for twelve hours since she left in the morning. In the large pot on the fire, the viscous liquid had almost dried up. A short stick about 20 centimeters long with a blackened surface was emitting wisps of green smoke in the pot.
Put out the fire, take out the short stick made of solid sandalwood from the pot, wipe the liquid on the surface clean, Angel immediately felt a faint Spirituality overflowing, wrapping around the hot short stick in his hand.
This is a wand she made using medicinal liquid containing her own blood. It is a wand unique to her name "Witch".
Using this wand that has a mystical connection with him, Witch can not only perform Dowsing Rod to easily find targets, but can also withstand a fatal injury on his behalf at a critical moment in the battle.
Unlike Mirror Substitution, which can only escape where it is, even if it is injured at the moment of using Staff Substitution, these injuries will be transferred to the wand, which is not inferior to Magician's "Paper Figurine Substitute".
But making a wand is complicated. In order to make this wand, Angel has been dizzy from blood loss all day long. It will take ten and a half months to make the next wand.
Even if it was just this one, it would be quite inconvenient to carry it. She thought about it and decided to tie the wand and dagger sheath together so as not to cause a strange bulge under the windbreaker and attract curious eyes from others.
After cleaning the remaining medicine in the cauldron that had turned dark red, and putting away the stove, Angel cleared the table, took out the various materials purchased from Evil Dragon Bar's Underground Market after returning from Morse Town on Tuesday, and placed the revolver and bullets he received today in preparation for making a new special bullet - Shattered Light Ray.
Different from the two bullets Storm Convergence and Phantom Phosphor Eruption, the production difficulty and material requirements of Shattered Light Ray are more than one level higher, and the demand for Spirituality from the manufacturer is very high.
If she had not been promoted to "Witch" and learned during the test that her Spirituality was higher than expected, she would not have been able to make "Shattered Light Ray" even if she understood the production process and had the production materials.
Each large-caliber pistol bullet was disassembled into warheads, cartridge cases and gunpowder. After preliminary processing of the cartridge cases by soaking and applying base materials, Angel picked up the engraving knife and began to engrave complex and dense Charm on the first cartridge case.
There was a soft sound, and the tip of the knife scratched the smooth surface of the bullet case, leaving a deep scratch.
This is the last pattern of Charm.
Looking at the five completed shell casings on the table and more scrapped shell casings next to them, Angel moved his already sore wrists and closed his eyes to take a rest.
These cartridge cases are just for practice and do not consume Spirituality, nor do they use any materials rich in Spirituality. In this way, even if the cartridge case is accidentally carved, it will only be a waste of an ordinary pistol bullet.
From the successive failures of Oldest One to the success of three consecutive engravings just now, she was already sure of making the real "Shattered Light Ray".
Taking a deep breath, Angel picked up the carving knife again, used it as a ceremonial dagger to cut out Wall of Spirituality that surrounded the production table and seats, and then took out the "Flaring Sun Charm" given to her by Klein.
This Charm, which contains powerful power, will be the core material for her to make special ammunition.
Prior to this, Magic Mirror Divination and Angel had confirmed that the power of Charm indeed came from "Mutated Sun Holy Emblem".
At this time, she will use a similar method to draw out the power sealed in Charm and make it into ammunition.
There is only one chance, and once any error occurs during the production, even if there is a pause, the production will fail and this precious Charm will be wasted.
She believes that if this fails, there will be no other opportunities in the short term.
Place the candles representing yourself and Evernight Goddess in Wall of Spirituality, light the candles with Spirituality, and establish a connection through essential oils. Angel closes his eyes and recites the prayer silently:
"Evernight Goddess, which is nobler than the starry sky and longer than eternity.
"...
"Give me the strength to complete this Beyonder Item."
After the incantation ended, Angel saw the candlelight in front of him swaying slightly, as if an invisible object was passing by, and the candlelight reflected by the carving knife in his hand seemed to dim.
"Praise Goddess."
She muttered something silently, picked up the knife, and stabbed "Flaring Sun Charm" hard on the table.
Optimized the names of ammunition as suggested