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Chapter 227 Candles
"Anyone see Spike?"

Washington, BSI headquarters.

Amanda frowned and asked everyone in the office.

Facing Amanda's question, Angela and the others looked at each other, and finally Agent Phil shook his head.

"Speaking of which, I haven't seen Spike for several days. I thought the boss you arranged for him to do some mission."

Hearing Agent Phil's answer, Amanda's frown deepened.

"what happened?"

Noticing the expression on Amanda's face, Detective Zhou asked a question immediately.

"A few days ago, after Spike asked me for the file of Father Merlin's case, he suddenly disappeared."

"You are worried that Spike will leave without saying goodbye after getting the file."

Hearing Amanda's words, Detective Zhou reacted immediately.

After all, the purpose of Spike joining BSI before was to investigate the case of Father Merlin.

"I don't think Spike should be like this without saying anything, just leave without saying anything."

On the side, Angela immediately spoke after hearing the conversation between Amanda and Detective Zhou.

"How can you be so sure."

In this regard, Agent Phil on the other side immediately spoke up and sang the opposite tune.

"The case of Father Merlin was originally the reason for Spike to join BSI. Now that he has got what he wants, it is not normal for him to leave."

"Even if he is leaving, he will at least say hello to us."

"why?"

"After so much, we and Spike, aren't we friends?"

"My friend, it's just that you think that maybe Spike himself just regards us as the object of cooperation."

"You seem to have a problem with Spike, Phil?"

"I have no problem with Spike, I know you are too emotional, Angela..."

"Okay, you two, don't say a word."

Seeing that, the voices of Agent Phil and Angela in the office became louder and louder.

Amanda said a little impetuously.

"what happened?"

Just at this time, a hoarse and slightly magnetic voice suddenly sounded.

Hearing this familiar voice, Amanda turned her head.

I saw Spike holding an old-looking wooden box in his hand and appearing at BSI with a curious expression on his face.

"Look, I'm right!"

Seeing Spike who reappeared in the office, Angela snorted at Detective Phil on the opposite side, with a victorious gesture on her face, as if she was saying that she was right about Spike.

The latter, on the other hand, opened his mouth, but said nothing.

After all, facts speak louder than words.

Carrying the wooden box, he came to the office and sat down on his own sofa. Spike glanced at the people in front of him and finally stopped on Amanda's face, and asked with a smile.

"When I got out of the elevator, I could hear you arguing. What case are you talking about?"

"..."

Looking up at Spike's gaze, Amanda felt a little guilty for some reason, and subconsciously moved her eyes to avoid Spike's gaze.

"It's the boss..."

But Detective Zhou, who was at the side, gave the answer calmly.

"She couldn't find you, and thought you left without saying goodbye after getting the file of Father Merlin's case."

Seeing that Detective Zhou pointed out the reason without hesitation, Amanda couldn't help but get a little annoyed, but she had to nod to admit that she really thought so.

With Detective Zhou's clarification, Amanda's inexplicable guilt in her heart was reduced a lot.

"That's what happened."

Hearing Detective Zhou's explanation, Spike nodded with a clear face.

"Although I don't have the idea of ​​leaving without saying goodbye, the reason for my disappearance these days is indeed related to the case of Father Merlin..."

Following Spike's explanation, in the office, whether it was Amanda or Agent Phil, they all forgot the argument they had just had, and involuntarily turned their attention to Spike who was making the sound of the sofa.

"BSI has too few records of Father Merlin's death, and part of it comes from the testimonies of the surviving children in Chunmu Town. It is difficult to piece together a complete clue."

"There's nothing we can do about it. When we learned of Father Merlin's death, it was already the day after his death."

In this regard, Amanda gave her own explanation.

"I'm not blaming BSI for anything."

Facing Amanda's reaction, Spike just nodded calmly.

"In fact, given the danger that Father Molin faced at that time, even if you were there, you would not be able to change anything. You might even become one with Father Molin and one of the victims."

"There is a detailed report on the death of Father Molin in the case file. It is obvious that the existence of killing Father Molin is extremely dangerous and weird. Even the pious Father Molin is powerless to resist its power. However, if we only rely on the dossier provided by BSI , apart from having a certain degree of understanding of the target of the attack that Father Merlin encountered at that time, it did not help the investigation of the entire case. Therefore, in order to understand all this, I spent a few days and finally found someone who can assist me. Something to investigate..."

"What you call should be in this wooden box, right?"

Hearing Spike's words, Detective Zhou in front of him subconsciously landed on the wooden box.

"bingo."

Nodding his head, he gave an accurate answer.

Immediately afterwards, under the watchful eyes of Amanda and others, Spike reached out and opened the old wooden box in front of him.

"Cough cough~"

With a burst of dust, Spike waved the dust in front of him.

The contents of the wooden box were also revealed to everyone.

"A candle?"

However, looking at the things contained in the wooden box, Agent Phil raised his eyebrows subconsciously, with a puzzled expression on his face.

What appeared in the wooden box that Spike opened was not the mysterious item they expected, but a half-burned candle that looked ugly.

"This is the item that can help investigate Father Merlin's death?!"

To be honest, if Spike hadn't shown enough ability to be convincing as a psychic before.

Taking out such a candle that does not seem to have any mysterious atmosphere has already been booed.

"That's right, candles."

In the office, Spike nodded lightly to the probing gazes cast by everyone, and then slowly opened his mouth to make supplements.

"Of course, it's not just an ordinary candle, although it looks like..."

"It's Harry Houdini's candle."

　Thanks to Tan Hao for the 500 starting point coin reward.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)