Chapter 158: Qi Lingos Makes the Headlines
Angel walked in the underground passage of Blackthorn Security Company with somewhat frivolous steps.
The light from the elegant gas lamps on the walls on both sides seemed a bit dazzling to her, and the holy emblem of the Goddess of Night was also a bit blurry.
Alas, the side effects of excessive blood loss are indeed too severe...
Angel wiped the sweat from his forehead, turned right at the intersection and walked towards the armory.
Last night, she used medical tools to drain a lot of blood from herself, which not only absorbed some of the "thirsty blood" that had not been used for a long time and restored it to its best condition, but also through the "witch's" mystical knowledge, she used her own blood as spiritual material to make a "magic mirror" that had a closer mystical connection with herself.
This mirror can not only be used as a magic mirror divination tool to provide certain warnings in critical moments, but it can also be used as a disposable mirror substitute, replacing ordinary mirrors that have more stringent size requirements.
The whole pot of medicinal herbs now simmering in her basement also contained a lot of blood. In addition, these days were the inevitable cycle after becoming a woman, causing her body, which was strengthened by the "witch" potion, to be unable to cope with it.
Patient Angel stood at the door of the armory, took a few deep breaths, and after returning to normal, he pushed the door open and walked in.
The armory still had the old set of tables and chairs, Old Neil's used coffee cans were piled in the corner, and a young woman with long black hair was sitting on the chair.
Oh, that's not Luo Shan? Is it the new civilian staff?
Angel was stunned.
The black-haired woman seemed to know Angel. She immediately stood up and greeted him with a straight posture.
After a brief exchange with the neatly-standing woman, Angel learned that she was a civilian staff member who had been transferred from the Tingen City Police Department yesterday.
With the death of Old Neil, the already tight staff became even more stretched. Although Roxanne and Brett did not complain, their expressions became visibly tired.
Dunn had said after old Neil's funeral on Monday that he wanted to transfer two police officers from the police station who had been exposed to occult events and had a devout faith in the Goddess. The woman in front was one of them. The other civilian staff member who came with her would also take turns on duty in the armory and help receive and send documents and write expense reports.
It is said that the Holy Temple will soon send a "secret peeper" to Tingen City to replace Old Neil's other position, so as to avoid Klein being the only one in the entire Nighthawk team who can do divination and spiritual communication.
Oh, Old Neil...
Looking at the newcomer in front of him who looked a little nervous, Angel forced a smile, handed over the note signed by Dunn, received a new large-caliber revolver, handed in his old weapon that was replaced by "Thirsty Blood", and also received a batch of ordinary pistol bullets.
"Don't you need to collect those... demon hunting bullets, Miss Granger?"
The newcomer asked cautiously.
"No, just replenishing some energy consumed during daily training."
Angel replied.
She even did less daily firearms training. Firstly, there was little room for improvement in her firearms skills, and secondly, after being promoted to a mid-sequence extraordinary person, she would rely more on extraordinary abilities to fight, and the opportunities to use firearms would become fewer and fewer.
However, no one knew about his becoming a "witch" yet, so for the time being, he would probably be considered an "instigator"... Otherwise, advancing from Sequence 9 to Sequence 7 in just a few months would be too shocking, and he would be taken to the temple by the senior deacons for investigation.
Angel took the pistol and bullets, thinking about how to "promote" to Sequence 7 within the church, and slowly walked out of the basement.
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"...After Hood Eugen's death, the clues to Lanevus have been cut off again. What are your thoughts?"
Angel returned to the second floor of Blackthorn Security Company by the stairs. Just as she was about to push open the door and go to the corridor, she heard Dunn Smith's low voice coming from outside the door. She subconsciously slowed down her pace and listened carefully.
"Since Klein learned from his psychic communication that Lanevus was related to the Aurora Society member he killed earlier, why not start from that angle? I plan to go back to the police station to review the files and see who Sirius had contact with and where he had been."
This was Leonard's voice. Unlike his usual frivolous voice, the "Midnight Poet" spoke in a serious tone when discussing the case, without any affectation.
So they were discussing Lanevus's whereabouts... I haven't been following this case for a while.
Angel recalled the fraudster and suspected member of the "Aurora Society" in his mind, coughed lightly on purpose, and then pushed open the door and walked out.
The two night watchmen outside the door turned their heads and looked over.
"Good morning, Captain."
Angel greeted them and saw that the two were chatting happily, so he did not disturb them. Instead, he walked around them, crossed the corridor and came to the reception hall.
Roxanne was boiling water by the stove in the corner of the hall. Seeing Angel come in, she took the initiative to say hello. Compared to the past few days, her mood was no longer as low as before. Her dress began to have some colors other than black, and her face showed a little smile.
After adjusting her mood, the gossip-loving woman finally discovered that Angel did not become more beautiful after putting on makeup, but her skin was miraculously "whitened".
"Angel, tell me the truth. What...um, skincare products do you use? Why can't you share them with your colleagues?"
She offered Angel a cup of hot coffee and asked for advice.
Can I say it's the effect of the potion?
Angel hesitated to speak. She remembered that at Old Neil's funeral, Roxanne had cried and complained about why Old Neil took the potion to become a Beyonder. She didn't want to continue to irritate this sensitive girl, so she said:
"Applying cucumber to your face before going to bed can whiten your skin. You can try it."
She casually mentioned a folk remedy she had seen on the Internet in her previous life, but she had no idea whether it would work.
"I saw it in a magazine. It was proposed by Emperor Roselle in his early years, but it has been disproven."
Roxanne bluntly exposed Angel's lies.
“Ah, this…”
Angel was stunned. She didn't expect that the senior time traveler had set a trap for her here.
Her eyes wandered, trying to change the subject to get around the issue, when she happened to see the newspaper on the table, and the headline instantly caught her attention.
The Great Pirate Qilingos was Killed by the Duke's Bodyguards in Backlund!
Huh? "Vice Admiral Hurricane" Qilingos was shot dead by his bodyguards?
Without bothering to answer Luo Shan, she quickly grabbed the Saturday edition of the Tingen Daily, which had just been published today, and confirmed the title again.
"Ah, you saw the headline too," Roxanne, who was frustrated at not being able to find out the whitening secret, said as she saw Angel pick up the newspaper. "I never thought the famous 'Vice Admiral Hurricane' would die in Backlund. Why would a pirate like him come ashore?"
This is also the question that Mr. Hanged Man of the Tarot Society—well, perhaps also the forces behind him—has always wanted to figure out...
Angel thought secretly, and suddenly realized that Admiral Hurricane's death was most likely caused by the Hanged Man or Justice. She lowered her eyes from the title and read the content carefully.
But she soon discovered that the headline was clearly added at the last minute. Not only did it lack the large photo that a typical headline would have, but the news itself was also very brief and vague. It simply stated in large font that Qilingos had attempted to assassinate Duke Negan in Backlund the previous night, but was shot dead by the Duke's bodyguards while fleeing after his failure.
"For details of the incident and interviews with relevant personnel, please pay attention to this newspaper's special report tomorrow."
The news ended with the sentence "To be continued".
Ah, is that all?
Angel turned to the second page and found another press release about a celebration to be held at the weekend for the opening of North District Park.
Wasn't the death of "Lieutenant General Hurricane" Qilingos, who claimed to be a High-Sequence Beyonder, too hasty?
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