A week ago in the Second Ring Road, behind a villa on Walnut Street, the notorious Whistle Gang knocked on the gray-painted pine door with debt collectors. There were the sounds of quarreling and pushing in the night, and the branches of purple-leaf privet clustering around the roadside were falling. Perhaps drunkenness gave Bowman the courage to talk nonsense in a hot-headed manner. Or maybe Bertha was tortured and had intense emotions... The desire to escape the nightmare took over her, and the rush of blood in her heart encouraged her. Gaia can't offer her comfort, and things get crazy. The venting of despair, the rebound of depression - evaporating under the night as the slowly flowing source of life.
"How could Bertha open the door for him?" Uriel came back from his endless fantasy and heard the narration of the inquiry from detective Agatha Poirot.
"She didn't close the door at all," Hobson taunted. "She's waiting for someone. You know who she's waiting for."
It's Gunther. How dare this bastard call himself a follower of the goddess, Uriel thought angrily. I was deceived by him, he saved a prostitute he didn't want to fuck, and I was blinded by his kindness wrapped in timidity. He is a coward, from beginning to end. At the end of the day, I never really saw through this guy.
"Now I don't understand what's going on between these people," Wittek said quietly, "but that woman is really powerful."
I've seen worse ones. Uriel thought of the fairy lady Aurora. They were all women who loved to lie. In other words, women love to lie. It's just that Lady Bertha has passed away...could her death be related to this matter?
The apprentice accepted the fact, for he had known Bertha less than a month. Yet Hobson was a sibling to Bertha, and he knew her as he knew his own arm. He was deeply impressed by Bertha. "What do you know, you idiot? If you weren't born with a big body, an idiot like you would never be able to wear this black leather until you die." The gambler caught the Sheriff's words and poured out all the vicious words he had accumulated on him. . "Compared to Andrew Verner, Gunther is useless, but at least he won't be caught by you." His eyes scanned everyone and paused for a moment on the seven-pointed star on the messenger's shoulder.
Hobson declared: "Andrew is absolutely lying. As for the woman, who knew she was so stupid that she couldn't tell who it was? She's good at dealing with broken bones and dislocated bones, not so happy with bedfellows."
No one cared about his rebuttal. Uriel wanted to know how Andrew and Bertha were connected to Gardner Reynolds. Their only connection is Hobson, but the gambler looks more like a wild dog wandering outside Verner's house. Not to mention the vampire profiteer, even Bowman has no reason to come to the door in the middle of the night - The Whistle Gang He dares to chase down a gambler who owes a lot of debt, but he never dares to be reckless with the members of the tower.
"Father Fielding is associated with the Whistle Gang." In fact, Andrew didn't know much about Hobson's little moves, but Agatha Poirot, the detective queen's method of solving crimes is obviously not limited to the "compulsion" of the truth potion. interrogation". "He was actually the actual leader of the gang, which is why he let those gangsters chase Hobson all day long to collect debts. Of course the latter had to run away, because these people wanted more than just money."
"Gardner Reynolds' actions gave Dunbar Fielding a reason to break the contract. At the same time, since the vampire's target was these homeless children, he could directly contact the buyer without Hobson as the middleman. "
buyer. "Those kids...?"
"The whereabouts are unknown. Gardner Reynolds was just a postman. He sorted the children who had received formal adoption procedures to the mailboxes where they were placed, and then left them alone. The only thing we can be sure of is that most of them are related to the new tobacco leaves. Related to the sale of children. Okay, I also have guesses about their whereabouts. Please keep quiet now. After you finish listening to this story, you will also think about where the children went."
Agatha continued her story.
"Bertha killed Bowman, but it was actually an unpremeditated killing of passion. She was stimulated by despair and completely ignored her beliefs. Her despair stemmed from many things, and Andrew's abuse was only part of it. She was forced to give up her little daughter ten years ago in exchange for a better life. This kind of thing will take root in people's hearts and shake her will at all times... But in my opinion, Lady Bertha's sudden collapse was due to recent events. "A lot of things have happened recently, and it's not easy to sort out the truth, but it's not something that would make Agatha Poirot feel embarrassed - I think she should be trapped in the torture of 'Sovero'" , because the amount of magic potions stored in the villa is too staggering."
"But isn't that Hobson and Andrew's savings?" asked Whittaker. Agatha didn't ask the maintenance engineer this question just now.
"Of course not. Bertha Furner hid the potion in the cosmetic bottle. Her profession was related to the preparation of medicines. She was the only one who could extract special ingredients from tobacco leaves. Hobson and Father Dunbar Fielding worked well together. , why would he go to a blind alley to grab business?"
Only then did Uriel remember that Hobson had admitted that he had been coerced by Gardner Reynolds into breaking the contract. With the lessons learned from Gunther and the Starless Night, he now turns on the identification magic of the Scroll of Oath at all times. As long as the goddess has not betrayed him, Uriel believes that the gambler is not lying.
"Then why did Andrew Furner lie?" As soon as Sheriff Picol asked this question, he knew the answer. "For Bertha Verner?"
"Andrew and Bertha are married after all. I can imagine this kind of person's way of thinking: it's his own business to beat his wife..." The detective lady frowned when she said this, "...because she is his personal Property. Likewise, no one will sit back and watch their property being threatened or violated. Enough, don't interrupt! If you still have a little respect between superiors and subordinates." She ordered.
"Bowman broke into the villa, but Bertha didn't dare to tell it. She was suffering from cigarette addiction and had to deal with the bad guests who came to her door. If Bowman had politely asked Mrs. Verner to pay off her debt, maybe things would not have happened; unfortunately he Searching for Hobson's traces under the orders of the priest gave him inexplicable confidence...but I guess the direct cause of Mrs. Verner's collapse was that he let her know about Hobson's 'business'."
"She gave up her flesh and blood for her family, but her younger brother became a pimp selling young children."
Uriel shuddered. For a moment, he actually felt that his mood after learning the truth about the monastery was somewhat similar to that of Lady Bertha. "She was desperate."
"From her dying prayers, I reconstructed the scene. She took him upstairs and made him search for money in the cupboard. Bowman would ask some questions about Hobson, which would facilitate his tracking. And Ms. Bertha, who was suffering from addiction, subconsciously chose her cabinet full of Sovereaux to explore. Unfortunately, there was a lamp on the table...the candle was inserted on the heavy metal tray. In the desperate man In her eyes, it had more uses than just holding wax. So she quickly turned around and hit him on the head with the candlestick. Bowman fell on the dresser. The wax mixed with blood and flowed down, making the wood stained with blood and difficult to see. Clear.”
Uriel immediately thought of the dresser in Lady Bertha's bedroom. He had thought it was from Andrew's beating of Bertha, but the truth was different.
The detective paused. "There is a loophole in my reasoning here: Mrs. Verner is just a nurse. Even if she is a mysterious creature, it will be difficult to kill the debt collectors of the Whistle Gang. You know, these villains are professional enough in fighting. Mystics who have never touched a sword. Sneak attacks are ineffective against them, because dirty tricks are their mainstream method of fighting."
"She used her drug knowledge?" Wittek guessed.
"It is impossible for her to prepare drugs such as sedatives in a hurry." Miss Poirot denied, "If I have to give an explanation, I would rather believe that it is related to Sovereaux potion." She waved her hand. "We'll discuss these details later."
"Although Bertha killed Bowman by mistake, it was difficult for her to hide the fact from her husband Andrew. We all know why. Bertha was a woman with no independent opinions--I must say, most women are like this--and she obeyed her husband. . You would never have thought that she didn’t even hide anything about Gunther! Verna told me this personally, it’s simply unbelievable.”
The gambler twisted and struggled. "Button Gunther is a coward, and after Andrew found out about this, he basically didn't look for that stupid woman. You know the guy, don't deny it, you met him. Damn it, he didn't join my poor sister for love Going to heaven?"
"There is something wrong with Lady Bertha." Agatha coughed and stopped expressing her opinion. "But she's dead, what else can I ask of her?" the detective said of the maintenance man's treatment of the dead, and the gambler kept his mouth shut. "Andrew hid the body and ordered Bertha not to tell anyone. He knew that his wife had a habit of talking nonsense. Originally, the matter should have ended there. If no one had brought Bowman's case to my eyes, his disappearance would have been just a matter of fact. Part of a number on the division table. There are several times more mysterious creatures in Brumnot than there are mortals, and more than double digits of people go missing every day.”
No one in Yotsuba City keeps statistics on the number of missing persons... Uriel feels that he is really lucky to be alive till now. To be honest, Andrew's actions were enough to cover up the truth, but then Bowman's body was hung in the church. He didn't know what happened in the middle.
When the apprentice questioned her, the detective lady was very unhappy. "Bowman is a member of the Whistle Gang, and the Whistle Gang is Father Fielding's dog. When the dog is beaten, the owner will be alert. Fielding is not an ignorant guy like Bowman. If he can steal under the Bishop's nose, There is no reason to be ignorant of the gap between the Church of Gaia and Croita. What's more, the business he runs takes huge risks, and only a fool will ask for it. Gardner's tobacco business is at odds with the Church. No, aren’t you still being noticed by the Crusaders?”
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