Whispering Poems

Chapter 2617 Files and Cowardly People (Additional Updates Requesting Votes)

That night they first received the messages from Miss Belindel, "Flora is so easy to deceive", "Reversed Big Tree" and "She hasn't discovered anything else yet". Then Carina looked at Luvia before getting up and leaving.

The Witch of the Earth didn't have any thoughts about being with Carina. At least she claimed that she didn't have any thoughts, but if she were to be with Luvia, she would actually be a little uneasy:
"Luvia is the first one, and everyone knows that she has a special position in the family. So Sirius, stay with me tonight!"

She was standing in the hallway, holding her friend's hand, and glancing up at the top of the stairs behind her:
"You and Shade's relationship is already there, what are you waiting for? Why not do it tonight? After all, you'll be busy next week."

Knowing what she was thinking, Hillis smiled and pried her hands apart:

"You have to learn to get along with Luvia. Luvia is a very easy person to get along with. Don't try to persuade me to stay because of this kind of thing. I want to choose the right opportunity myself."

"But no one has ever taught me how to get along with my lover's fiancée in bed."

Sirius turned and opened the door. Carina's carriage was still waiting for her outside:
"Vanessa, I think I'm luckier than you because I have a place to learn this kind of knowledge. Remember to concentrate tonight, let your eyes see more and your ears listen more. Share your memories with me when you go back. Remember to inform Luvia in advance. We can't invade her privacy."

She patted her friend's shoulder and walked out of the room in a good mood.

So when Carina came again with Sirius and Tifa on Saturday morning, they saw Vanessa and Luvia sitting at the dining table, talking and laughing.

The Duchess glanced at Shard bathing in the bathroom:

"This kind of thing really helps to deepen our friendship. Our knights are quite capable."

"Carina, have you ever been such an unladylike person who always talks about such things?"

Vanessa asked, her face still a little blushing, but she actually agreed with Carina's point of view. Shade did have a way to make them live in harmony:

"Besides, today is Saturday. Don't you dislike getting up early? Why are you here now?"

"It's just a side trip. Who made the Shade family so close to the Yodel Palace and the Kingdom Parliament? Even if it's Saturday, I have things to do as a member of the royal family. This is the Duke's responsibility."

Karina said in a good mood. Of course, she came here this morning for other things, such as the "cowardly person" she had been looking for for Xia De already had a target.

There was no idea about how to find the "cowardly man" Shad, and when Carina received Shad's request, she easily thought of MI5.

Compared to the prestigious MI6 where Xia De worked, MI5 also has a great reputation in the country, but because MI5 is responsible for domestic espionage, crime and major cases, it is not well-known on the international stage.

The Duchess asked for a batch of investigation records of specific cases directly, which no one could object to. Compared with Miss Winslet's limited followers, the Duchess had too many people.

They spent two days sorting out the files and picking out the right candidates, which led to Karina's arrival that morning:

"The most suitable candidate is not the criminal but the victim's family member, who is currently staying in a nursing home. The police suspect that he has mental problems, so they don't plan to release him before the verdict of the case."

She handed the file to Xia De, who had just finished washing up, and described the general situation of the case to others during breakfast:

"This incident started at the 'Tobesk Northern Industrial School'. I know you haven't heard of it. It is a school for poor people and orphans, which aims to teach practical skills for future employment. The quality of education in such schools is not high, and the focus is on practical skills rather than a comprehensive education."

In fact, Shad had heard of this school. It was highlighted on the map left by Detective Sparrow. It was the place where Tobesk underground spies most often appeared, which also reflected the chaos of this school.

“The victim, Donald Gunn, was a student of this school. He was bullied and robbed by his classmates for many years, but he never resisted.

The two murderers in the file were his classmates. According to the investigation at the Redwich Field, Donald Gunn was threatened to hand over a large sum of money on the day of the case, and the murderers later asked to visit his home.

I won't go into detail about what happened afterwards, as it would spoil my appetite for breakfast. Anyway, Donald Gunn's grandparents, disabled father, two brothers and a sister all died tragically, and the house was burned down to destroy the evidence.

And according to the confession, all this happened in front of Donald Gunn, and he didn’t even dare to resist.”

The girls at the table all shook their heads. Hillis even asked:

"Did the police make a mistake? For example, according to the amazing twist in Miss Louisa's novel, Donald Gunn was actually the murderer. He just used excellent psychological suggestion to guide the two murderers to do the evil deeds."

The red-haired Duchess shook her head regretfully:
"For a case of this magnitude that could wipe out an entire family, the Redwich Field Office and the Fifth Division worked very hard to investigate. After I got the files, I asked Tifa to take someone to confirm the details and the truth of the case. Donald Gunn is really just a relative of the victim, so he perfectly meets Shade's requirements."

So no one at the dinner table continued to talk about this matter, because it was indeed disgusting. Donald Gunn was a victim, and they could not say that he was also a bad person, but it was also a fact that he did not dare to resist, and it was hard to say whether his behavior led to the brutality of the murderers.

So it’s better not to comment on this matter, after all, it has nothing to do with them.

Donald Gunn now lives in a sanatorium on the banks of the Ausel River in the north of the city, but that is not the first time that Shad and the doctor have visited the abandoned sanatorium that housed the remains of Detective Sparrow's death. It is the "Tobesk First Sanatorium" which specializes in holding political prisoners and a small number of prisoners with mental problems.

With the pass given by Carina and the identity of "Detective Hamilton", Shad's visit that morning went smoothly.

Considering that he had a meeting this afternoon, Xia De planned to end this visit as soon as possible and take advantage of the time in the morning to go to Vista City. However, he did not expect that as soon as he walked into the corridor on the second floor of the building on the west side of the sanatorium, he saw Dr. Schneider with his medical assistant.

The doctor was talking to the doctor from the nursing home at the moment, and he caught a glimpse of Xia De out of the corner of his eye and was a little surprised.

In short, after waiting for a while to finish the conversation, he asked his two assistants to go to the patient's ward to make advance preparations, and then started talking to Xia De.

However, the doctor's target was not Donald Gunn, as his patient this time was in another ward. As for why a semi-official mental hospital still needed doctors from outside to come for treatment, it could only be attributed to the doctor's great powers.

Shad then briefly introduced the doctor to Donald Gunn's affairs and his own purpose. Hearing that Shad wanted to use his own alchemical equipment, the doctor suggested going with him.

Because Donald Gunn was not a criminal but a family member of the victim, he was placed in a separate room. When Dr. Shade and Dr. Schneider pushed the door into the room, he had eaten breakfast and was injected with a sedative, and was now lying on the bed sleeping.

After a quick inspection of the room, Xia De took out the syringe and paper man, took his hair and wrote his name on the paper man. The doctor looked at the patient information card at the end of the bed with great interest.

Before performing the "Sin Extraction", Xia De also checked the other party's physical condition and confirmed that there were no traces of relics or other elements:

"If I take away the sin, will he no longer be a coward?"

Xia De finally confirmed, and the doctor shook his head:

"Of course not. The [Mansion of Sin] you mentioned trades the 'upper limit'. The equipment I gave you can only extract the 'internal content'. If you extract the sin, it will only make his character slightly stronger and delay the expansion of the sin in a short period of time. It actually has little effect on him."

Xia De nodded, and pierced the other party's wrist with the needle. After the demon runes on the surface of the needle lit up one by one, he slowly pulled it out and watched as black, mud-like substance appeared in the glass tube.

However, the amount extracted after the operation was very small. After injecting it into the paper figure according to the operating procedures, the paper figure was immediately dyed with color.

Moreover, the originally thin paper figure became thicker, until in Shade's hand it turned into a doll that looked 50% like Donald Gunn. The "doll" felt very strange, because pinching it felt like touching the skin of a dead person.

[Stranger, you have some understanding of "cowardice".]

"She" reminded softly, and Dr. Schneider took the "paper man" and examined it:
"It's [Normal] quality. 0.9 ticks of cowardice, a little short of the 1.1 ticks you wanted, but it should be easy to make up."

According to the classification of "flawed", "ordinary", "perfect" and "treasure", this is the second to last level. Considering that the other party is just an ordinary person, Xia De is not surprised by this rating.

Xia De just looked at the person lying on the bed with some confusion:

"He's like this, and it's only 0.9 ke? I thought it would be at least 3 ke."

After all, this is a case selected from hundreds of files.

"It's not that easy. However, the amount is indeed a little less, which is inconsistent with his actual performance."

The doctor said, placing his slightly glowing hand on Donald Gunn's forehead:
"Oh I see.

It seems that you are a few days late. The sins he committed will not be eliminated by his own thoughts, but he has redeemed himself, so the sin of "cowardice" is much less."

So Dr. Schneider spent two minutes entering Donald Gunn's dream. When he opened his eyes again, he asked Shade with some surprise:
"You were indeed a day late, guess what he did?"

Shad was confused by his recent experience in Vista City:
"Don't say he traveled through time and went back to the night of the crime and made a different choice."

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