Peng Morong, Zhong Feiying, Qiu Yiyun, Zhu You.
The remaining two demons came from Lu Ning, Yi Luo, Qingtaro Asayama and Luo Nan.
Fujii Yukine coughed twice and opened her eyes. She almost thought she was dead. The sniper attack from an unknown distance was too terrifying, and she had been holding back until now...
It was impossible for the first blow to miss. Even she herself had no defense at that time. The only explanation was that the other party held back a little. And in that situation, he actually had enough time to spare his hand instead of killing himself, which shows that the opponent's advantage no longer cares about the opinions of humans.
"you're awake?"
A calm voice sounded in his ears, but Fujii almost sat up from the bed.
"Don't get excited. The wound needs to rest. Even if I am not a doctor, I am very experienced in injuries."
Lu Ning gently held down Fujii Yukiyin, her tone was like an ordinary doctor treating a patient.
"Why is it you? Where is Ye Chuqing?"
"After guarding you all night, I have to give you some rest. I happened to come back early in the morning. I am more qualified than her in practicing medicine, right?"
It's reasonable, but Fujii doesn't believe it.
"You came back early in the morning? Where did you go?"
"You told me to go to the lake house to complete the task now. I thought it was feasible and came back immediately to pack my bags and set off. I stayed there for eight hours and then rushed back. Who knew so much happened in one night? thing?"
Lu Ning stood up and opened the curtains to let the sunlight shine in the room, but Fujii could only feel a chill.
"You guys are pretty good at hiding it, but even if you deal with a demon, even though you have to pay a certain price... it's still tolerable."
"Can we talk?"
"Okay." Lu Ning immediately pulled up the chair smoothly, sat down on Fujii Yukine's bedside, and took out a bottle from his pocket.
"You should have been informed, right? Of those potions I invented, now I have prepared another bottle, a painless potion. This thing can suppress pain and injuries in a short time. Robert has used it, but after the effect of the potion passed, he It hurt all night, but fortunately he had some other means of treatment, otherwise the re-opening of the wound alone would have killed him."
She put the medicine bottle in Fujii's hand and said with a smile: "This is made from the witch's heart leaf you gave me. The medicine should be stronger, but not enough to make it a therapeutic medicine. You You can use it at your own discretion.”
"you……"
"Shh." Lu Ning raised her finger and motioned to Fujii Yukine to be quiet, "I originally planned that it would be best for you to lie down until the end of the scene, but then I estimated that if you weren't there, the unexpected situation would have happened at the end of the scene. My plan may have bad results, so I’ll leave a little guarantee."
"What are you going to do? A means to protect yourself?" Fujii couldn't understand what Lu Ning said for a moment, "You admit that you are a demon? You -"
"The game of guessing the identity happened in the first half, and you did a good job, Fujii." Lu Ning leaned back in her chair, "But you spent so much time on it that you didn't realize that we were already filming. The part where the knife screams to kill. In fact, I knew that Qiu Yiyun had exposed her identity in front of you since the first day we checked her body without any injuries, but I didn’t expect that you would actually use the strategy of hiding and fishing. It leaves me a lot of room for maneuver.”
"You and Qiu Yiyun joined forces... No, no, since she was exposed, you used her to create confusion. I always thought it was Qiu Yiyun who killed Sally the second night, but the three of you were actually Can you do it?"
"Yes, by the way, before Qiu Yiyun, I had already completed the alliance with Zhu You. Sally would die if she went out with the three demons, but it just happened to be my turn to take action. I want to do the next actions You probably guessed it, so let me tell you... I gave one of my car keys to Zhu You. She naturally knew that every time I left the RV, she would find a time when no one was around to go in and check on me. The notes left behind, and then my own message. Our communication has been like this these days, so there is almost no direct dialogue at all. For this reason, I have to specifically control the time range of traveling and coming back every day to leave Enough time, but you don’t seem to be paying much attention?”
"..."
"Of course, Zhu You can also use the weapons in my car at will. She was the one who shot at the window of the lake house. She used my spare pistol. Although I don't know the reason for her shooting, I don't need to know. There is no need to question the actions of the single-line contact intermediary, especially since Zhu You is a person I feel very reassured about."
Lu Ning looked at Fujii Yukiyin and found that her expression had returned to its previous indifference.
"Okay, now that you know our previous action plans, you also know that these are completely useless, right? The things mentioned are all invalid plans. As for what I want to do... it is the return of the witch. What is going on here? It contains so many secrets, please use this short time to solve it."
She stretched out her hand and touched the top of Fujii's head.
"A gunshot wound has damaged internal organs. It is inevitable that symptoms such as fever will appear during the self-healing process. Try to wake up, Miss Detective."
Along with a feeling of weakness, Fujii's consciousness began to become blurred, and his mind gradually became chaotic.
"Inahara... Qu Siyuan..."
"It's been dealt with. From now on, just treat them as if they don't exist and carry out your follow-up plans. I'm looking forward to it."
Fujii lost consciousness again. Lu Ning stood up, walked to the door, opened the door, and knocked on the door next door.
Carl opened the door with a stubble on his face. When he saw Lu Ning, he rubbed his face hurriedly, and then asked: "Doctor, how is Miss Fujii?"
"A fever has started, which proves that her immune system is working. It's best to make her sweat as much as possible. The medicine should be changed every eight hours. I believe Miss Ye and Suiyama can handle this problem."
"Qiu Yiyun and Zhu You have disappeared this morning. They must have realized that their identity as demons has been exposed. Doctor, you must be careful in your next actions."
"You are actually wary of me, right? You called me by my name at first...forget it, that's it at this time." Lu Ning shook her head, "Anyway, I still have something to do, so don't be careless. See you later."
Karl nodded and watched Lu Ning go downstairs.
Lu Ning still has some things to do, and this is not a lie. She needs to go to the Herman family to get the witch's bones stored there, and she also needs to find Mi Nan who is hiding and kill him within these two days. After that, the Witch's Eyes had almost been restored, but the only thing missing was the Witch's Clothes... which could be made using recently deceased humans, and the Witch had told her the method.
If nothing else goes wrong, she can try the witch's return ritual on the tenth day.
Soon, she arrived outside the gate of Herman's house.
Unlike the Turner family's seemingly special residential complex, the Herman family fits Lu Ning's impression of the old-fashioned aristocratic lifestyle. Behind the front door is a wide, clean courtyard, and even a sculpture pool built in the center. Looking at the huge house across the courtyard, one can still feel how much manpower and material resources were spent on its original construction. There are some vines climbing on the dark brown walls, and the roof that has been eroded by time seems to tell what this house has experienced. Such a past.
When Lu Ning walked into the courtyard, an old man who was a little hunched but still energetic walked out of the big house. He was wearing a black loose robe. There was not much hair on his head. His eyes were bright and energetic. Lu Ning stopped and looked at the old man from a distance, waiting for him to speak.
"You may have heard of my name, distant visitor. I am Edgar Herman, the former patriarch of this family."
Lu Ning recalled it for a moment, then vaguely remembered that she had heard this name from a carpenter in the town.
"Mr. Herman, since you spoke to me in this tone, you probably know something."
Edgar smiled, leaned toward the door and stretched out his hand: "It's time for us to have a good talk. I think outside is not a good place, is it?"
Without hesitation, Lu Ning accepted Edgar's invitation.
The hospitality of the Herman family is different from that of the Turner family. All the actions of this family have a sense of unhurried slowness. The reception room where the two of them sit is not large, and it does not even look like a reception room. It is a showroom filled with various antiques.
Edgar leaned on one of the only two red velvet chairs in the room, and put his hands on the armrests naturally. Lu Ning also followed his example and sat on the other one.
"Our family doesn't have many rules. The good thing is that we don't have to discipline our children and grandchildren. The bad thing is that in this atmosphere now, no one will serve us tea." Edgar chuckled, "Miss Majin, please don't do it because of this. It's not worth it to strangle an old man to death for something like this."
"How much do you really know?"
"Quite a few." Edgar slowly stroked his beard, "As the only family in the town that has preserved the witch's torture tools, we have done a lot of research on this, and we have detailed records of all previous events. , every head of the family must remember those things... Although Fisher was a bit stupid, he remembered them all, so he became the head of this family."
At this moment, a woman with a cold expression and wearing very ominous white clothes finally walked in carrying a pot of tea. She looked very unhappy, and seemed to know that Lu Ning was a demon, but she didn't have the slightest fear.
After the two cups of tea were poured, she placed the teacups in their hands, turned around and left the room, as if she had completed some task. Edgar smiled helplessly: "That's how Kadrina is, please don't be offended."
"Has she always been like this?"
"If nothing else happens, she will be the next head of the family, but she is unwilling to accept it. This will be very difficult." Edgar took a sip from the teacup and then put it aside, "There is no doubt that this girl is both talented and talented. Her imagination is far beyond that of her mediocre father, which also allowed her to read all the records about witches as early as around the age of sixteen, and use her imagination to construct the true appearance of the world."
Lu Ning glanced at the door in surprise. If so, this young girl is really a genius.
"She completely denied the plans we proposed to escape from the witch's control, and then wrote down all her conjectures. In order not to cause panic, we did not publish it or even tell anyone outside the family. Kadri Na tried to commit suicide several times after that. She said that in countless deductions, she could not see any hope for the future. We cannot even reach the end of time, it is just a projection from a more untouchable level of existence."
Now Lu Ning was sure that her research had really touched upon the essence of the witch. However, the more she glimpsed, the more powerless she became. It was no wonder that she had no fear of herself.
"I wonder what the purpose of Miss Majin's coming here is?"
"I think it's better to end your topic first, Mr. Edgar, how did you stop her?"
"I told her... If what you deduced at that time was destined to be the future, then it would be a worthwhile life if you had to see it with your own eyes. As for the more intangible existence, there is no need to think about it, and there is no need to think about it."
"In fact, you have prevented the witch from returning many times." Lu Ning said, "This is already an achievement."
"You are wrong." Edgar said politely, "It is not that we prevented the witch from returning, but because the witch failed to return, we can still exist."
"Okay, then...about your question, my purpose." Lu Ning took a sip of tea. It was not a very sweet black tea. It had a slightly astringent taste, but the aroma could cover it up.
"Speaking."
"First of all, who are the custodians and executioners?"
"There are three custodians." Edgar raised three fingers, "Old Man, Fisher, and Kadrina. Only those who memorize all the information can become custodians. We are responsible for the original information and prototypes of torture instruments. Preserve. The executioner is the first-generation Herman patriarch whom we planted deep in the prison."
"Planting?" Lu Ning felt a little uncomfortable hearing this word.
"Ah... Witch's Heart, you must have obtained that magical plant. In addition to the cemetery, we also have a private planting area. The growth of this plant only requires corpses, so there is no need to ensure light and water. Something like that. Of course, using that life-sustaining ability, we maintained his brain there according to the original patriarch's request."
"Is he crazy or are you crazy?"
"This is an emergency report, Miss Majin. When uncontrollable situations arise, we need an 'ancient man' who understands execution to make the final decision for us. The first generation patriarch of the Herman family was a great man. He has collected the knowledge of most witches... It was during that era when resonance was most prosperous that a large amount of forbidden knowledge circulated in the town, and he was the only one who mastered it."
"Wait a minute...the executioner is a brain preserved with a witch's heart? Can I ask why the police department and the hunter organization can also become an important part of the town's decision-making?"
"Of course because it's not just the Hermann family that has retained something from those days."
