Chapter 272 Desire
"Miss Adele?"
Dorothy was slightly surprised to see Adele appear at the door. Then she asked Ed, who was still in the theater management office, to stop divination and put the crystal pendant on his body. Then she looked at Adele and spoke again.
"As an important suspect, you should be under the strict supervision of the police at this time, right? Do you plan to escape?"
"If I run away, I'll be guilty of a crime and fall into the hands of those guys. I'm not that stupid. Now I'm just using some small tricks to move around freely for a while. I can still handle mortal policemen." Looking at Ed in the room, Adele said slowly. While she was talking, she took a puff of a thin cigarette in her hand. After she exhaled the smoke, she looked at Ed with interest and continued to speak.
"Besides, Mr. Ed, you are a wise and extraordinary detective who is clearing my name. How can I run away? The case is the detective's stage. I can't ruin the stage for the dancers dancing on it."
Adele continued to say yes to Ed. Listening to Adele's words, Ed raised his eyebrows slightly and continued to speak.
"Miss Adele, how do you know that this is not an ordinary mortal?"
"Hehe... this is a woman's secret."
"Secret..." Ed murmured repeatedly, and Adele nodded and continued speaking.
"Yes, secrets. Just like you, detective, have your own secrets. I don't think you would tell me for no reason why you want to get involved in something that has nothing to do with you. You even resorted to divination at a high cost. You know, the price of Tivian's 'revelation' is ridiculously high now."
"I know that. I'm the one who raised the price." Dorothy thought to herself, while Adele continued to speak.
"You've paid such a high price to catch the real culprit in this case that should have nothing to do with you, Detective. I think your identity and even your motives are more interesting mysteries."
Holding a thin cigarette between her fingers, Adele said with a lazy look on her face. Listening to Adele's words, Dorothy thought in her heart.
"Well, for me, this price is not that high. As long as I find that guy and kill him, I can get the things back with interest. This is my main purpose."
Dorothy thought so in her heart, while holding Ed in her hands, she smiled and said to Adele.
"If I say that as a detective, my goal is simply to find out the truth and clear the innocent lady's name, would you believe me?"
Listening to Ed's words, Adele was slightly startled, then chuckled and said.
"You sound so good. I almost thought you had some kind of method to accumulate spiritual power by solving cases, detective."
"Why not?" Ed shrugged. Ed responded, and Adele waved her hand and spoke.
"That's enough. Whatever you say, no matter what your purpose is, since you don't want to find those people, then we are allies with common interests for the time being. Although I don't know if you have any other means of tracking down after the divination is ineffective, if you can continue to track down, perhaps I can provide you with some help."
"Is that so? That would be great. Miss Adele, I was just about to ask, do you know how many anti-divination resources they have?"
Ed asked Adele, who glanced at Ed and spoke directly.
"No one knows about the divination resources, but I can tell you that those guys are backed by the Afterbirth Wolf Blood Society. If the Wolf Blood Society provides anti-divination protection, then don't even think about divining anything about them. Unless you have a similarly sized alliance to support you, and are willing to fight a full-scale divination battle with the Afterbirth, then don't even think about it."
Adele revealed to Ed that Dorothy finally began to understand what kind of opponent she was facing this time.
'The Afterbirth Cult... the Wolf Blood Society, so they are old acquaintances... But this is also a bit troublesome. If those people are really like Adele said, with the anti-divination protection of the Afterbirth Wolf Blood Society, then they are not just divination. The Eight-Pointed Nest alone has spent tens of thousands of pounds to buy more than ten "Inspirations" in one go. The Afterbirth Cult's level of organization must have more than enough "Inspirations", and there are also high-level Beyonders in charge. It is really not wise for me to divine the Afterbirth Cult while facing the penalty of crossing the level.
Although I have a lot of "openings" and can do it, it is not used in this way. Besides, the "light" is also limited. If there is no need, it will be wasted...
"This time... maybe I can't rely solely on divination to solve the problem..."
Dorothy thought so in her heart, but she also controlled Ed and said to Adele.
"Thank you for your reminder, Miss Adele. I know my limits, but I'm very curious. Miss Adele, do you have a grudge against the Wolfblood Society? Do I know what's going on between you two?"
"As for this, let's talk about it after you solve the case. If you can really solve this case and save my reputation, then I can not only tell you what you want to know about the relationship between us and the Wolf Blood Society, but also gain our friendship and gratitude."
Adele took another puff of the cigarette in her hand and murmured, and Dorothy also keenly grasped the meaning of Adele's words.
'Adele calls herself "we"... This means that she is not alone, she is also a member of a group, and a group that is hostile to the Afterbirth Cult and the Wolf Blood Society.
'Compared to the secular judgment she might face, Adele cares more about her reputation. Yes, the Wolfblood Society's false accusation cannot harm Adele herself. The mortal police cannot keep a extraordinary person like her, but Adele's reputation in the secular world can indeed be ruined by this false accusation.
'After the Wolfblood Society failed to assassinate Adele, they decided to fabricate this false accusation to destroy Adele's reputation as a secular dancer. It seems... this reputation has some special meaning to Adele, a Beyonder.'
Dorothy quickly figured out some other meanings in Adele's words, and then she forced Ed to speak to Adele with a smile.
"I'll do my best, Miss Adele."
"Then I'll wait and see, Detective. I'll be waiting for your news at the police station. If you need anything, come find me there.
"Oh, by the way, let me give you a final hint. Maria had died before she performed the fourth show of 'The Scarlet Queen' with me. The one dancing with me was a flesh puppet."
"So it's a meat puppet?" Ed said in surprise, while Adele responded with a mysterious smile.
"I thought you had figured it out, detective."
After winking at Ed, Adele threw the cigarette butt into the trash can, then opened the door and walked out. For a moment, Ed was left alone in the room.
"This woman..."
Dorothy thought so in her heart, and then she controlled Ed to sit on a sofa, put on a contemplative posture, and fell into thought herself.
'Well, let's try to find the murderer from other clues.
'What needs to be confirmed now is Maria's real cause of death and time of death. Maria was still alive during the second performance, but she was a corpse when she came up in the fourth performance. So... her actual time of death was between the end of the second performance and the beginning of the fourth performance... If I remember correctly, it was between 6:32 and 6:55.
'He had controlled Maria's body before, and there were no external injuries on his body. He might have died of poisoning or suffocation.
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