"Huh——"
Angel, who was waiting on the side, saw Klein sitting on the head of the bed shaking his body, exhaling a breath, then opened his eyes and stood up from the bed.
"He did die of heart disease. I saw the moment he got sick..."
The name "Seer" briefly described the scene seen in Dream Divination to the other two people.
"... But before he died, he was patted by a woman, probably a woman's hand. Can Beyonder use this method to cause a heart attack and death in his own home?"
Without waiting for Angel and Leonard to answer, Klein had already taken out a penny of copper coins and performed a quick divination.
"Val Ellison's death was influenced by extraordinary factors."
Reciting this sentence silently, he tossed the coin, followed the coin flying up and down with his eyes, and caught it with both hands with a "pop" sound.
Opening his palms, as expected, the embossed carvings of George III were shining in the dusk sunlight.
"But this is inconsistent with the five previous Instigation cases. I remember that 'Instigator' does not have the ability to make people sick or die, right?"
Leonard looked at "George III" with a confused expression, and then looked sideways at Angel.
"'Instigator' really can't do it. They only have the ability to confuse with language."
But what if it wasn't Instigator, but...
"Then we have to consider the possibility of cooperation between multiple Beyonders. They asked 'Instigator' to search for people who are fragile and resentful of others and instigate them to commit crimes; other companions look for ordinary people who are frail and sick, and use Beyonder Ability to curse them and accelerate their death..."
Klein sat back on the bedside and joined their minds Storm to put forward his own opinions.
"It's not necessarily that multiple people committed the crime. Maybe there was only one person Beyonder who committed the crime..."
Due to his familiarity with "assassin" Pathway, when Angel heard the keywords "female", "Instigation" and "curse", the first thought in his mind was completely different from the other two.
"The next Sequence of 'Instigator', 'Witch', has the ability to curse others. You can use other people's blood, hair, or direct contact to curse them."
"You mean, it's the same person who committed these crimes? She alone killed nearly a hundred people all over Tingen City in less than half a month?"
Leonard took a breath of air and seemed to want to retort, but after he paused for a moment with his head sideways, he changed his mind.
"Maybe it's true. This 'Witch' doesn't need to go to every crime scene to commit crimes. He only needs to find targets in the crowd, exert a slight influence, push their inner thoughts, or aggravate their original diseases, so that he can have time to kill many people in a short period of time."
"But why did she do this? To hide the people she really wanted to kill among the dead? But that would have made the noise too big. If she had only killed a few of them, the police would not have informed the official Beyonder of the large increase in the number of dead."
Angel After thinking about it, I still can't figure out the reason why this murderous maniac did this. Did he just enjoy killing?
"No, maybe there is another reason." Leonard's expression became serious, his brows furrowed, and he restrained his lazier demeanor without wearing a top hat. "Just imagine, what would have happened to Lawrence who committed suicide on the street if he hadn't been 'Instigation'?"
"His factory went bankrupt, he was heavily in debt, and even his house was taken away by his creditors. Even if he didn't commit suicide in the street because of being Provocation ed, he would probably pick up a pistol and end his own life out of impulse one day after being drunk, and even endanger the people around him."
Angel conducts deductions based on existing information.
Leonard nodded and mentioned another victim. "What about Magnum who burned himself to death?"
Klein thought for a moment and replied, "According to the police investigation, Magnum has deep grudges with his neighbors. He has repeatedly threatened to 'use some ruthless means' to deal with his neighbors. Even if he does not set fire this time, sooner or later there will be a murder. And even if he does not kill himself, the law will give him due sanctions."
"Next is Val Ellison who died on this bed. According to his daughter's description, Val had suffered from heart disease. Recently, he suffered from frequent chest pain due to high-intensity labor. As far as I know, once high-frequency chest pain occurs due to heart disease, death is not too far away."
This time Leonard answered it himself.
"You mean, these victims, even without the intervention of extraordinary powers, are already approaching their own death, and this Beyonder just artificially shortened their already short lives?"
"A more accurate description is that the life they should have been destroyed by this Beyonder'Stealing'."
Speaking of "Stealing", he used an emphatic tone.
"In order to prolong her own life, she Stealing killed the lives of these victims?"
Klein widened his eyes and asked in a low voice, as if he was afraid that his surprised voice would be heard by Tromi outside the door.
"No, Stealing's life can be used for herself. Only High Sequence's Beyonder can do it. Her purpose is probably more complicated, such as using the life obtained by Stealing to summon some evil gods, sacrifice to Devil, or use it as the material for some kind of large-scale curse. What these evil beings like most is fresh life."
His tone was calm and devoid of emotion, as if he was stating a fact that he had already confirmed in his heart.
But Angel's heart is not as peaceful as Leonard's.
Summon the evil god, Devil sacrifice, large curse.
Behind every word may be dozens or hundreds of lives.
It is necessary to use the lives of nearly a hundred people as materials. Even if these people only have a few weeks or months left to live, the ones summoned may not be simple beings. Even if it is just to curse some targets that she is inconvenient to attack, there will be a staggering number of dead.
Klein's face was also very ugly. Seeing that Leonard didn't seem to be in a hurry, he quickly asked, "Then how are we going to find her? To carry out such a large-scale Sacrifice Ritual, we need to build specially built altars and venues, prepare complex rituals, and may even require multiple people to participate."
"This is your business, Seer." Leonard squeezed out a smile on his face, "Besides, isn't it easy to imagine the surrounding environment of an altar for such a large-scale ceremony, an altar for sacrificing life?"
"Stay away from the downtown area and avoid busy streets. It is best to have a single-family building. The surrounding area is full of death. No life can get close to it except the person who is conducting the ceremony." He was confident and said without waiting for Klein's answer. "Because we need to store the acquired life, we need to use Wall of Spirituality to seal the site and restrain these ghosts. The temperature of the environment where the undead gather will be much lower than nearby, and even sunlight will be difficult to penetrate."
"Bring the belongings of the deceased. You can easily use divination to connect them with the life taken by the deceased and find the ritual venue. I believe you can do it."
"I'll try my best."
Klein is still hesitant.
"There are no outsiders here, let's just talk openly and honestly."
Leonard shook his head, a little dissatisfied with Klein's attitude.
"Even as 'Seer', your divination efficiency and accuracy are terrifying. Look at Old Neil. He has been doing this for decades, and he can't compare to you in divination. And the time I was chasing Antigonus Notebook and you were controlled by Sealed Artifact '2-049', I learned afterwards that you did not rely on notes to remove negative effects."
Does he know?
Angel was listening to the conversation between Leonard and Klein, and suddenly he suddenly made a surprising statement, saying something about "no outsiders" and then began to reveal Klein's secrets. He subconsciously moved his steps and moved closer to Klein, staying away from this crazy "Midnight Poet" who didn't know what to do.
Klein was also stiff and stood beside the bed, not knowing what to say.
"And you," Leonard's gaze moved to Angel, "I'm afraid your rich combat experience cannot be explained by the improvement of 'Assassin' Potion? I even doubt that it does not rely on 'Z Nightmare's ability, even the captain is no match for you in close combat. In less than a month, I can't count the number of Beyonder who have been defeated by you. You are even Sequence 9!"
Sorry, I have been promoted to Sequence 8 now...
Seeing Leonard being aggressive, Angel frowned and did not rush to refute.
"And I also have some little secrets of my own." The conversation changed, and the bohemian poet actually started to talk about his own secrets, "There are some Mystical Item and extraordinary powers of this or that kind in this world. There will always be people who get them and become the protagonists on the world stage. There won't be too many such people, but there will definitely be more than one or two."
"You are, so am I."
"This does not mean that such people should be imprisoned in Chanis Gate and detained in Tribunal. As long as your actions will not harm me, Nighthawks or even the entire Tingen City, then we will still be teammates, closer teammates. I hope you will treat me the same way."
His eyes were frank and sincere, looking at Angel and Klein in turn.
So this is what you meant by "being open and honest"? The Luck son who thinks that Klein and I are the same as you and possess certain Mystical Item or mysterious powers, are you talking about it here to form a private alliance?
Angel did not answer in a hurry, but first looked at Klein beside him, only to find that the other party was also looking over with a solemn expression.
It seems like this guy has a lot of secrets...
However, Leonard is willing to take the initiative to tell the secret and extend an olive branch, so he might as well agree first. If he is true as he said and is not going to use these powers to do evil, then the three of them might as well become allies and help each other; if this guy is hiding inside Nighthawks for some vicious purpose, then if he has more contact with him, he can discover the problem in time and report it...
After weighing the pros and cons, Angel took the initiative to extend his right hand. "I agree, as long as you do not harm us and do not commit criminal acts in a broad sense, we will always be allies."
A smile formed on Leonard's lips, and he stretched out his right hand, but instead of holding it, he put it on the back of Angel's hand and turned to Klein, who had not expressed his stance yet.
"The premise is that we promise each other not to pry into each other's secrets. And it's best not to let the higher-ups know about our special nature. They may not have this attitude."
After emphasizing this point, Klein also stretched out his right hand and placed it on their hands.
"That's exactly what I want to say. I'm glad we have reached a consensus." Leonard smiled even more and retracted his arm.
"Let's get back to the mission. You guessed it right. I can use divination to find the location of the altar, as long as it is located within Tingen City, or in a nearby area."
After being "open and honest", Klein seemed to be more relaxed and no longer hesitated to speak.
"I need to bring as many belongings of the deceased as possible, and I need an absolutely quiet environment. This is not far from Daffodil Street, so just go to my house."
"Very well, just do this and move faster, it will be dark soon."
Leonard snapped his fingers, swung the hem of his windbreaker behind him, walked to the door first, and put on the doorknob...
"... Please unblock Wall of Spirituality."
After twisting the door handle a few times, he turned back and whispered.