Mystery: Start with the Reader

"Failed again..."

With a sigh, Mr. Sarri, in a straight white shirt and a tight-fitting brown vest, appeared near the dark figure and casually removed his disguise.

It was actually a mechanical doll with an extremely smooth surface.

Different from the similar ones with six-barreled machine guns around, this doll has a very special material. Just looking at the color, it looks like obsidian, and the bubble-like structure inside creates a "snowflake" effect.

Abner was not surprised by this. Through the "magic mirror", he knew early on that the black figure was not a "person"!

"Is this made from the fragments of the 'Shadow Stone'? As far as I know, the 'Stone Heart of the Shadow Stone' is one of the main ingredients of the 'Hermit' potion... The fragments of this stone are indeed Excellent material for hosting 'Shadow' type spells.

"Mr. Surrey is trying to make a 'stealth' type mechanical doll?"

While speculating in his mind, Abner watched with interest as Mr. Surrey removed the puppet's head to check what was wrong.

After watching it for a while, Abner roughly guessed the problem: the detection capabilities of those defensive mechanical dolls mainly come from thermal induction and sound waves, while the other doll that can "hide in the shadows" relies on " The characteristics of the "shadow stone" material itself can isolate heat and sound waves... but its shape is too irregular, with sharp corners and flat surfaces everywhere. This should be the main reason why it can be "discovered" by its kind...

This doll is not a real "hermit" after all.

Seeing that Mr. Surrey couldn't find the key for a while, Abner thought for a while, lifted the "invisibility" effect on the "psychological" level in "Evans' Secret Barrier", and pointed with a smile:

"Why does it have to keep its 'human' shape? Those arms, legs, feet, and even the head are just for decoration, aren't they?"

He came here just to remind Mr. Surrey and Fanny. Now that they met and there were no outsiders present, he simply showed up.

Hearing the sudden words, Mr. Sarri was suddenly startled. All three extraordinary items on his body entered the state of being activated. At the same time, the "ritual" alert level of the villa was also raised to the highest level.

But what surprised him was that the dolls carrying six barrels turned a blind eye to the intruder and seemed not to notice him at all.

"Don't get excited, Mr. Surrey..." Abner used the "psychiatrist" method while speaking, so that the other party's emotions calmed down unconsciously.

Cotton Surrey calmed down, looked at the intruder carefully, frowned and said, "Mr. Abner Brain?"

"It's my...presumptuousness to come here, please forgive me..." Abner said as he took out the Roselle's diary booklet that he had prepared before taking it out - it was given to him at the dinner party a few months ago. His, he took it out at this time to prove that he was not pretending.

Mr. Surrey took a few glances and confirmed that it was the brochure he had sent. He was slightly relieved, but he still said cautiously: "Mr. Blaine, you really gave me a big surprise..."

After a pause, he asked again, "You sneaked in like this and then showed up on your own initiative. Is there anything important that you have to do?"

Abner nodded, and just as he was about to respond, a voice full of surprise came to his ears: "Abner? Are you going back to Backlund?"

Looking around, I saw a lady with long chestnut hair appearing at the top of the stairs, it was Miss Fanny.

She wore tight breeches made of muslin under a spacious beige dress and a pair of black boots. This outfit did not affect her movement, but also highlighted her good figure, making her look charming and capable.

Apparently she noticed that the villa's ritual alert level had been raised, so she came down to help her grandfather without thinking...

Should he be called a "barbarian"? If you can't rely on laws and rules, just use force to solve it? Abner's eyes were unconsciously attracted for a moment. He thought about it and did not shy away. He looked at Fanny openly before saying hello with a smile: "Fanny, long time no see."

——For an Intis girl, it is an insult to look away from her.

"Long time no see." After Fanny responded, she wanted to get in front of Abner, but she soon realized that the scene seemed a bit subtle, so she couldn't help but stop again, frowned and asked:

"Grandpa, what happened?"

"You have to ask Mr. Detective... His visit was not very formal. He broke into the villa illegally..." Mr. Surrey laughed "haha". At this time, he also saw that Abner did not have any The malice also slightly relieved the atmosphere, but the alert level of the "ritual" was still in a state of being activated at any time.

Trespassing? This is somewhat similar to the dream that day... Fanny didn't know what she thought of when she heard this, her face turned a little red, and she asked somewhat reservedly: "Abner, why didn't you send a 'notice' of your visit first? "

Miss... I know what you are thinking, and the "magic mirror" of your dream that day was played back to me... However, I did not come here today to reenact the scene in the dream...

Abner, who was simulating the ability to "read minds," complained a few words, but explained on the surface: "Emma wrote to me saying that you might be in danger, so I came to confirm the source of the danger. .”

After speaking, he threw Emma's letter to Fanny and taught her how to interpret it.

"It is indeed Emma's handwriting... Moreover, this 'encryption' method is also what she is accustomed to using." Fanny confirmed that the letter was authentic, but then she fell into confusion, "But I am not in danger..."

At this time, Mr. Surrey, who was watching on the side, suddenly said, "This is not a place to entertain guests... Come with me."

After saying that, he picked up the dark puppet, then controlled other machines to faintly surround Abner and Fanny, and then led the way.

They crossed the corridor and quickly entered a room with a heavy metal door at the back of the villa.

"That's the steam workshop built by my grandfather." Fanny introduced in a low voice. She and Abner kept a certain distance due to the mechanical puppets.

Abner nodded, turned on his "Pure White Eyes" and looked around, and found that compared to Mr. Gaston's and his own, Mr. Surrey's workshop was not as sophisticated in structure, but its scale was far greater... its power core The power is also much stronger than theirs.

When the three of them entered the workshop, Mr. Surrey opened the surrounding barriers again. At this time, he seemed to be really relieved about Abner. He asked the mechanical dolls to step aside and said after considering:

“Recently, our Surrey family has encountered a lot of inexplicable difficulties in Trier, and it seems that some people have deliberately targeted it...

"I suppose that's where the 'Danger of Fanny' that Miss Emma mentioned probably came from."

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