Mystery: Start with the Reader

"Name: Irresistible Fear

——Whether it is the enemy or yourself.

"Appearance: A pair of crystal glasses with a metal frame.

"Function: The wearer of this glasses can gain convincing charm and sufficient authority, be able to detect abnormal factors within a certain range, and grasp unobvious traces; when the distance is close enough, it can detect and sense Unmasked things related to evil, chaos, madness;

"Press and hold the button on the edge of the right frame of the glasses with your finger, and you can cast a 'whip of pain' on the target reflected by the pupil, which can cause great unstoppable mental damage to the target; hold the button on the edge of the left frame with your finger button, you can cast a 'spiritual piercing' on the target reflected in the pupil, piercing the target's spirit body and directly attacking the target's spirit.

"Negative effect: The wearer will have unreasonable fear of 'toxin' and violent 'explosion', and as the wearing time prolongs, the fear will become more serious. If you wear it for more than half an hour, even if you hear the balloon The 'explosion' or the slight smell of gas will cause you to lose your ability to move due to fear, and you can only tremble.

"If you just wear it, the above-mentioned negative effects will gradually recover after you take off the glasses; if you press the button on the edge of the frame to actively activate the 'spiritual piercing' or 'whip of pain', even if you take off the glasses, the fear will not change." It will disappear, and it must be recovered with supplementary 'psychotherapy' or 'immunity to fear'."

"How to use: When wearing glasses, apply the 'Immune Fear' of the 'Sun Priest' to oneself, which can effectively weaken the negative effects.

"Sealing method: put it in a metal container and seal it with spirituality."

Abner, who was sitting at his desk, was playing with the glasses in his hand while listening to the report given by Elaine on the opposite sofa.

It was already Wednesday afternoon, and there were less than six hours before the extraordinary party at the "Fragrant Leaf Bar" at night, and the puppet "Sea Serpent" Weaver he had fostered before also reported the latest news.

This Weaver is very smart. In order not to expose the relationship between him and Abner, he sent a list to every faction invited to the meeting, which fully listed some of the items that may appear at the party.

On the one sent to Abner, there was one more document written in code language than others.

This kind of code word was agreed upon by Weaver and Elaine when he came here last time - she helped Vice Admiral Tracy deal with similar things when she was on the "Black Death", so she is no stranger to it.

"Weaver reported that there are three types of people who may provoke and make trouble at night parties.

"The first is not being invited,

Just the pirate or adventurer who happens to be. They might be provocative for disobedience to the established order of the bar party, or simply for the purpose of probing... This is the norm at every new party, and Weaver said he has arrangements in place to deal with such people.

"Second, there are 'troublemakers' invited by competitors. They often pose some 'difficulties' to the party organizers and suppress the prestige of the party... In this regard, Weaver is not fully sure how to solve it.

"The third, and the most unpredictable, is that those who lost the competition with Weaver will come back to take revenge. Once they come back, they must have the confidence, maybe they have something dangerous with them, or they have found some dangerous people. "

After speaking, Elaine handed over the document she "translated" to the desk.

Abner didn't take the document, just imitating the "fool", tapped the edge of the desk lightly with his finger, and said: "I will personally take over the latter two types of people at that time... you write in code words Give a ciphertext to someone sent by Weaver, and tell him not to worry."

"Yes, sir." Elaine nodded, wrote a reply letter in front of Abner, and then left the office and went to the living room on the first floor to find the messenger sent by Weaver.

At this moment, Winter, the manservant whom Abner accepted after coming to Bayam, knocked on the door and came in, and reported respectfully: "Sir, a gentleman named Leonard Mitchell is visiting. , he said he was visiting on behalf of your friend Creste Secima."

Leonard? How did he come to visit me? Greetings instead of Cecima... Do I know that well with the guy who skipped meals?

Abner slandered, and roughly guessed what Cesima sent Leonard over...

This is a little suspicious to me... That's right, after all, the places where "Detective Hero" and "Doctor Strange" almost coincided before, even if there were only two times, it may be a coincidence, and it is worth investigating.

Thinking this way in his heart, Abner nodded with a smile and said:

"Sésima is indeed my friend... well, it's almost tea time, let's make it a little earlier."

"Okay, I will invite that Mr. Leonard to the living room on the second floor." Winter understood the meaning of the employer without difficulty.

Abner nodded lightly, and didn't say any more. After Wente went down to make arrangements, he changed into slightly more formal clothes, walked downstairs, and came to the living room.

Leonard has black hair and green eyes. He wears tight trousers that are easy to move, and a black windbreaker. He has an obvious poetic romantic temperament. He was sitting on the sofa in the living room in a daze, and he returned when he saw Abner walk in. Overwhelmed, he hurriedly stood up and greeted:

"Are you the 'Hero Detective' Mr. Abner Brian? Nice to meet you. I am Leonard, a subordinate of Deacon Sesima."

"Welcome, Mr. Mitchell." Abner also shook hands with the future Mr. "Star" enthusiastically, and then enjoyed the afternoon tea in the manor while "commercial exchange".

After getting a little familiar with some local customs and customs, Abner took the opportunity to praise Leonard's poetic temperament, and asked him to improvise a few songs with anticipation.

Regarding this, Leonard was so embarrassed that he wanted to dig out a hole and jump down... After all, he didn't know why Sesima asked him to visit Abner, and he didn't have any friendship with the other party. When it comes to writing poetry, it is even more difficult for him...

Therefore, even though Leonard liked the desserts at Fragrance Manor, he still made an excuse to leave on the pretext of business.

After Mr. Steward personally sent him out of the gate, the corners of Abner's mouth curled up slightly.

Seeing this, Elaine, who was returning after finishing her work, couldn't help trembling, wondering who her employer was planning to plot again... After all, he had shown such an expression to himself and Weaver back then.

...

On the other side, Leonard, who had just gotten into the carriage, was about to go to the telegraph office to send a message to His Excellency Sesima who was in the Church of Winter County, when he suddenly heard a slightly old voice in his mind:

"This 'heroic detective' reminds me of an acquaintance from Solomon's time..."

"You mean...'Detective Hero' was some old monster from the Fourth Epoch in disguise?!" Leonard was startled when he heard that, lowered his head, and asked in a low voice.

"I just said that he reminded me of an acquaintance, and I didn't say that he was an acquaintance..." The slightly old voice, that is, Pallez Zarathustra, replied.

"Phew... old man, you almost scared me..." Leonard let out a long breath, and resumed his previous slightly sloppy posture.

"However, he may have some relationship with my acquaintance...the temperament is five or six points similar; the way of speaking, aside from the difference in language, is also seven or eight points similar...

"The most important thing is that I can't steal anything from him... This is the same feeling that my acquaintance gave me..." Pallez Zarathustra seemed to be in a state of confusion as he spoke. remember.

"Things other than foreign things... what is that?" Leonard asked puzzled.

"Many...such as memory, such as ability, and such as...destiny." Pales Zarathustra sighed, and continued, "He may have inherited something from my acquaintance, so he has this characteristics."

Leonard took a deep breath, and almost blurted out the question "Can fate also steal?", before asking again after a while: "Old man, what is the name of your acquaintance? Maybe, I can help you investigate that 'hero detective' relationship with him."

"His name is Rhine Calendia, and he is a Duke of blood."