Mystery: Start with the Reader

Suddenly, the red-haired girl stopped teasing the baboon, raised her chin slightly, and said loudly:

"Your Excellency, since you are here, please show up...peeping on a girl bathing is not what a gentleman should do."

After hearing these words, Abner's heart moved slightly, but he did not remove the triple "invisibility" effect on his body. Instead, he withdrew his gaze, temporarily held back his breathing, and tried to reduce his sense of presence as much as possible.

This girl didn't realize her specific location when they were almost face to face last time. Now she is at least twenty meters away from the pool. She doesn't carry any obvious magical items with her, so she shouldn't be able to find her...

As time passed, the girl lost her guard and started teasing the baboons again.

However, Abner did not act rashly, but continued to observe her every move...

About 5 minutes later, the red-haired girl raised her head again and repeated her previous words, her tone was exactly the same as last time...

Is this a bluff? Want to fool possible peepers? But this efficiency is too low, right? !

Moreover, what is she planning? Even if I can't help it and go out, she can't deal with me...

Huh? etc! Maybe it was a trick within a trick and she was probably just trying to make me think she was bluffing...

Is there really someone ambushing around here? But I didn't find it?

Someone who can do this must be at least a demigod!

With this thought in his mind, Abner opened the "Pure White Eyes" and then looked intently into the hot spring pool...

Then, he discovered that among the baboons stood a tall lady wearing a silver coral velvet bathrobe, with long blond hair and green eyes.

She obviously used her abilities to cover her image with a layer of "psychological cognition" of a "baboon".

Psychological "invisibility" or "suggestion" has much less effect on high-level existences.

In the original work, Klein's "real vision" above the gray fog can even directly see through Adam's "psychological invisibility".

That's why the lady who hid herself in the baboon was directly seen through Xingzang by her "pure white eyes".

Speaking of which, before Abner entered the hotel, he actually checked it with his "Pure White Eyes", but because he "analyzed" that the bathtub with the ladies bathing in it was too obscene, he skipped the area around the red-haired girl...

If he hadn't been suspicious of the girl's superfluous behavior, he might have taken advantage of it!

"A demigod from the 'audience' path? Well, this tall lady gives me a very similar feeling to Ms. Crossfia... I guess that's right.

"There is actually a demigod waiting for me here... But she has obviously never seen my face, and she can't even be sure if I was just passing by before... As for that?"

While feeling confused in his heart, Abner slowly exited the area where the bathhouse was, and then left this place of right and wrong without looking back.

Since there might be demigods, he naturally chose to stay away from them.

If you can't beat me, why don't you hide?

Even if you really want to figure out what they want to do, you still have to wait for the thigh... No, Mr. Azik is here, right?

When he changed his mind, Abner had quietly returned to the hidden cave on another mountain. Then he took Miss Plant and walked down another road into the city of Indo Port.

Due to the activity of "Iron Man" and "Doctor Strange" last week, the security of Indo Port has become very good. At least Abner and Miss Plant arrived at No. 16 Docklands Avenue, Crossfield very smoothly. In the villa rented by Ms. Ya.

Miss "Lazy" is still the same as before, lazily leaning on the sofa and reading a book, but Dunn is not there, apparently going out to "do chivalry" again.

As soon as Crossfia saw Miss Plant, she waved to her and called her closer to take a look. Then, she cast her eyes on Abner and said with a smile:

"I already know Judy's request...

"As for the thank you gift... In this case, that 'cloak' is my husband's proud work. It was originally lent to you for 'performance'... I will make the decision to give it to you as a thank you. Li, what do you think?"

Abner naturally accepted such a gift of thanks. He had already considered how to abduct the "cloak", and now he got what he wanted.

Next, after Abner thought about it for a while, he told Crossfia what happened to the hot spring hotel, and finally asked: "Do you know who that is?"

After hearing this, Crossfia sneered and replied: "From your description of their appearance and their gambling-like behavior, they are probably Greedy and her students.

"Haha, it's not easy to take off the persona after wearing it for a long time. Even the spirit is affected... The condition of 'greed' is probably as serious as 'arrogance'!"

"greedy"? The "greedy" lady of "Psychological Alchemy"?

I see... No wonder she ordered her students to soak in the hot springs as bait even though she was not sure whether I knew what secrets were hidden in the hot spring hotel, or even whether I would appear there again...

As Ms. Crossfia said, her gambling habit is too heavy...it is really "greed" that causes trouble!

There was a look of surprise on Abner's face, and he suddenly understood why Crossfia had been traveling with Captain Dunn...

Firstly, it should be to prepare for some kind of ceremony; secondly, I am afraid that this action is also used to resist the influence of the "lazy" mask.

…

On Wednesday morning, Abner, who stayed at the Trier Golf Club branch in Indoport with a gold card, had just gotten up and was about to go to the restaurant to eat the free breakfast. But at this moment, he suddenly saw the colors around him change. Extremely clear.

The white sheets are whiter, the brown floor is more brown, and the dark red curtains are like blood...

In a scene where various color blocks are superimposed, Azik Eggers walked out of the suddenly rippling void water waves.

He still dressed up in shirt, tie, tailcoat, and top hat, with a bronze complexion and soft facial features.

I'm so envious... I also want this ability to travel through the spirit world... Abner expressed the same emotion as Crane in the original novel, and then greeted with a smile:

"Good morning, Mr. Azik."

I wonder if you have the "breath of Calderon City" that you promised to give me?

Azik took off his hat, glanced at Abner with a strange face, and laughed:

"Every time I see you, I seem to have to get to know you all over again..."

When you receive letters from Klein frequently in the future, you will become more accustomed to this state... Abner asked him to sit down while complaining, but saw the other party wave his hand. He seemed a little embarrassed and said:

"Lend me your Necronomicon. I need it to locate Calderon City..."

It turns out that the boss has "rolled over"? He hasn't remembered the location of Calderon City yet? That's right, that city in the spiritual world actually has little to do with the underworld. Most of the things Mr. Azik can remember are related to the underworld...

While the above thoughts flashed through his mind, Abner made an excuse to go to the bathroom, opened the "Gateway between Dreams and Reality", and took out the "Necronomicon" he had placed there from the lounge of the "Dream Labyrinth Tower". 》.

Regarding such a suspicious move, Mr. Azik did not explore it. He directly took the book, which was as black as ink, and just looked at it as if it could suck people's soul into it. He took one step and disappeared in Ai. In Buna's room.

Abner took advantage of this time to go to the restaurant and come back with a sumptuous breakfast.

Then, while eating, he waited for Mr. Azik's return.

About twenty minutes later, as the colors in the room became vivid again, Mr. Azik appeared in front of Abner holding half a tombstone in his hand.

Abner glanced at the half of the tombstone and found that it was written in the "Language of the Dead":

"...a man who was easily angered died by comparing the hardness of his mind with another's hammer."

Isn't this the blacksmith's tombstone that Klein saw when he first explored Calderon City? How did Mr. Azik bring it back?

"The aura of Calderon City is difficult to preserve, so I directly selected something with a strong aura and brought it back... I have simply made a seal so that the aura on it will not escape for at least two or three months.

"Well, I will teach you how to remove the seal. When you need to use the breath, you can extract it at any time."

After Mr. Azik explained a few words, he handed the "Necronomicon" and half of the tombstone to Abner.

After putting everything away, Abner invited the other party to share breakfast and asked Mr. Azik about his experience in Calderon City.

Mr. Azik hesitated for a moment and said in a somewhat uncertain tone:

"Through your "Necronomicon", when I was in Calderon City, I could vaguely sense that someone was 'sleeping' deep in the city... It should be the ancestor of your little girl friend.

"He... no, it might be Him. He feels dead, but seems to retain 'life'... I have never seen that state...

“In addition, I have a ‘blood connection’ with Him, even though He has been dead for many years!

"He may be my closest relative...probably my brother...

"But I don't remember having a younger brother with such a close bloodline...

"It's a pity that the city is too dangerous, and I don't have the ability to go deeper into it now..."