"Bang, bang!"
Two silver-white warheads flew past Armored Crowned Ghost who was constantly dodging in the sky. The Nighthawkss in police uniforms below were chasing the looming figure while raising their guns and shooting. The precious Demon Hunter Bullets were splashed out as if they were free of money.
Leonard Mitchell was among them. He had just finished training at Winter County and became an official member of "Red Gloves". He only arrived at Backlund this afternoon. Unexpectedly, he was pulled to perform an emergency mission that night.
He squinted his eyes and aimed at the flexible figure in Spirit Vision, slowly pulled the trigger, and fired another shot of "Demon Hunter Bullet". He knew that "Purification Bullet" should be more effective against this evil ghost, but unfortunately Nighthawks generally used the former.
After accurately aiming, the bullet hit the armored ghost's head with a dark crown, but at that moment, the opponent's figure faded, revealing the scarlet Red Moon behind him, and the entire "person" disappeared without warning.
It's like he never existed.
At this moment, Leonard even thought he was hallucinating, but his teammates next to him also made confused sounds and put down their pistols one after another. His new captain, Sequence 6's "Soul Assurer" Soest, even cursed angrily, showing no trace of his usual elegant image.
"Damn it, give me one more second and I can control him!"
"Soul Assurer" can put Spirit Body into a deep sleep, which is good at dealing with the situation just now, but Soest has tried it several times, but it has never had an effect.
I'm afraid it will be the same even if I try a few more times...
Leonard secretly cursed, and then a trace of sadness arose in his heart. These new team members were very capable and rigorous in style, but they lacked a sense of humor. After leaving Tingen, no one could catch his jokes.
If captain, if Klein they are still...
"That guy looks a bit like the grand thief 'Black Emperor'..."
A Nighthawks beside him said to his companion.
Black Emperor?
Leonard, who had been conducting closed training and hadn't paid attention to the news for a long time, looked at the other party in confusion.
"Leonard, come with me. We will go to the villa that Miss mentioned to check. Others will search the location where the guy just appeared, especially sewers, alleys and other places. I suspect that he was stalling for time just now to cover up something."
Before he could think about it, Soest had already assigned the task with a serious face. Leonard had no choice but to follow the captain, walk through the messy streets and gardens, and enter the villa with the door open.
This is their mission target. Fifteen minutes ago, Earl Hall's daughter came to Saint Samuel Cathedral for help, saying that a strange incident had occurred here. Since the other party was a believer of Evernight Goddess, the Soest team who was on duty could come to this area that was not originally under their jurisdiction and intervene in the incident.
The two stepped into the living room. The tables, chairs, and furnishings in the room had been shattered by the explosion and scattered all over the floor. It was obvious that there were two explosion locations. Traces of blood were spread radially on the carpet, but strangely there was very little flesh and blood, leaving only the strong smell of blood.
Leonard took out his revolver nervously, but Soest seemed to be used to similar scenes. He walked quickly around the living room and walked along the side corridor to other rooms.
According to the Audrey Hall's description, after passing through the corridor that seemed to have been destroyed by the heavy Greatsword, and the ceiling collapsed, and they could directly see the living room on the second floor, they came to a Reception Room.
There was only a man in his thirties inside. He was wearing a gray tuxedo and his hair was neatly trimmed. His eyes were closed and he fell on the floor next to the sofa. His chest heaved and his breathing was steady.
Looking at the only survivor left in the villa, Soest sat directly on the sofa. Just about to use Dream Invasion's ability, he looked at Leonard who was holding a pistol aside as if he remembered something.
"Are you already familiar with the ability of 'Nightmare'? It's up to you this time."
He moved his chin towards the unconscious man and signaled Leonard.
The latter nodded, put away the gun, and sat directly on the sofa next to the man. He held his forehead with one hand and half-closed his eyes. A wave of Soest extremely familiar waves came centering on him.
About five minutes later, the newly promoted "Nightmare" opened his eyes, his green eyes turned clear, and he looked at his captain.
"His name is Stephen Hampres. He is a furniture merchant and a lover of mysticism and psychology. Today he invited Ms. Miss Audrey Hall and Ms. Escalante Osileska to his home to discuss psychological issues. However, after the Miss Hall left, Escalante knocked him out. Well, the last point is his own guess. He did not see the other party doing it with his own eyes."
After briefly telling Soest what he had asked about in the dream, he looked at Hampres who was lying on the ground next to him. The latter had gradually woken up after being used Beyonder Ability by Nightmare, and got up on his own while groaning.
"You are... Oh, two police officers, what happened? I seem to have had a nightmare, Ms. Escalante..."
His dark brown eyes were full of doubts, and he stood up holding the back of his head.
"It's nothing serious, Mr. Hampres," Soest stood up from the sofa and adjusted his police uniform. "Your guest today, Escalante Osileska, attacked you and your servants, and then escaped from here. Well... she may have caused a little damage to your villa along the way. Don't worry, we will bring her to justice."
Hampres, who had not yet distinguished between reality and dreams, seemed to have fallen into a nightmare again and murmured:
"Escalante? Why did she attack me? And destroy the villa?"
He staggered and fell down on the sofa, his eyelids quickly drooped, his head hung down, and he fell into sleep again.
"Let him rest for a while, and let's continue looking at other places."
Red Gloves Captain put down the right hand that was pressing his temple, turned around and walked towards the door.
Leonard was a little stunned by Soest's vigorous and resolute approach. He felt that Nighthawks and Tingen City in the big city had completely different styles, but he quickly realized and left Reception Room with the other party.
When the footsteps of the two gradually faded away, Hampres, who had fallen asleep, suddenly raised his head, opened his eyes, and grinned with a sneer.
"Humph, Nighthawks," he whispered with disdain in his tone, "Fortunately, I have a way to prevent them from having this ability, otherwise they might find something they shouldn't see..."
He changed the topic and sounded confused.
"But what happened to Escalante? No, it's probably not her... I have to report Review Council as soon as possible, but not now, they may come back at any time to continue questioning..."
The voice gradually became lower, Hampres closed his eyes again, lowered his head and fell asleep, as if it had been like this ever since the two Nighthawks left.
As soon as they walked out of the villa, Soest and Leonard met another Nighthawks who was searching outside.
"Captain, something was found in the sewer on the street."
"As expected... take me there."
The three of them quickly came to the street. Leonard passed by Nighthawks who was questioning a young couple. After saying something to Soest, he replaced the "Midnight Poet" and prepared to use Nightmare's ability to conduct a little investigation and perform corresponding performances.
He was about to speak when he suddenly froze, tilting his head to listen to something. It wasn't until the lanky man and black-haired lady in front of him looked puzzled that he came back to his senses and coughed lightly.
"Aaron Ceres? I need to ask you a few questions. Please answer them truthfully."
He did not use Dream Invasion's ability as planned. Instead, he took out a pen and paper and started taking notes like an ordinary policeman.
In the sewer, Soest was led by his subordinates to a corner not far from the exit. In addition to the faint smell of sewage, the air here was also filled with a strong burnt smell.
The source of the stench was a corpse on the ground that had no longer a human shape. It was hunched, its limbs were tightened, its appearance was charred, and there was no good piece of meat. It was covered with Tarot Cards, swords, scepters, and various big names. On top of them, "Judgment" and "Justice" were placed face-up.
Next to this "corpse", an eye-sized Beyonder Characteristic with a diamond-like appearance has been precipitated. Even in the lightless sewer, it reflects the faint light coming from nowhere, as if it is in the starry sky.
The well-informed Soest knows that this is a Beyonder Characteristic of "Astrologer".
Not only that, there was a little bit of dust gathering next to the corpse, and a few of them had a hint of orange-red light, like burning debris next to a fire, which was combining into a gradually larger, scorching ball.
Another Beyonder Characteristic?
Soest took a breath of cold air. Although he had never seen this phenomenon with his own eyes, it had long been circulated among "Red Gloves".
Only "Shepherd", which has Grazing the souls of multiple Beyonder, will continuously separate out Beyonder Characteristic after death.
"Aurora Order!"
He whispered, causing Nighthawks beside him to widen his eyes and look at his captain in surprise.