Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery

Dak was Derrick's classmate during general education, and later a teammate in the patrol squad.

However, after returning from exploring the half-destroyed temple of the "Fallen Creator" this time, Dak lost his previous enthusiasm and cheerfulness, becoming very deep and only smiling at everyone.

Derrick felt a little strange: Why did he suddenly come to me?

Suddenly, he thought of a possibility: Did Elder Lovia know that I suspected they had already undergone changes, so Dak came to test me?

Then, Derrick thought again that this was a good opportunity to clear his suspicion!

After a little excitement, Derrick became a little nervous again, after all, this was the first time he had implemented his plan, and he didn't know if it would succeed.

Taking a deep breath, Derrick steadied his mind before quickly walking to the door and opening it.

What came into view was a slightly chubby teenager with a bright smile: "Your quarantine has been lifted?"

As he spoke, he stepped aside to let Dak in, but he didn't dare expose his back to this classmate and teammate.

"Yes." Dak walked to the table and sat down: "Didn't you say before that you wanted to know about our exploration experience this time?"

Derrick "hmm"ed, he suddenly didn't want to know so much.

Dak curled the corners of his mouth: "We found some peculiar plants at the bottom of the temple. They looked like mushrooms recorded in general knowledge class, growing especially bright and making people feel full of appetite at first glance.

"After confirmation, they can be eaten directly."

As he spoke, he took out a bright red mushroom from a small cloth bag.

Just seeing it made Derrick couldn't help but swallow, as if he had been hungry for days.

Dak said enthusiastically: "Have one."

"Okay, okay…" Derrick reached out to take it, and only with extreme restraint did he not put it in his mouth on the spot.

He tried hard to restrain himself: "I'll try it tomorrow."

At the same time, he warned himself in his heart that he couldn't eat it! If he ate it, he might be contaminated by the "Fallen Creator"!

Derrick struggled to change the subject: "Were there any discoveries in this exploration?"

"Yes!" Dak said immediately: "We found some murals…"

Derrick felt his mind wandering, as if he couldn't help but pick up the mushroom and swallow it. He realized that he had to do something to get rid of the current situation.

Thinking of this, he regained some sanity, recalled his previous plan, and then said to Dak: "I'll pour you a glass of water."

Dak didn't say anything, just nodded.

Derrick got up and deliberately slowed down while pouring water, lowered his head, and chanted the honorable name of Mr. Fool: "The Fool who does not belong to this era…

"Your faithful servant requests your attention;

"Pray that you accept his offering;

"Pray that you open the gates of the kingdom."

A gust of wind suddenly blew in the room, and Dak suddenly looked at Derrick: "What's going on?"

Derrick didn't answer, picked up the "Hurricane Axe" in one hand, and reached into his pocket with the other, releasing the "spiritual wall" of the "All-Black Eye."

Faint murmurs and a feeling of evil depravity began to spread out. Dak's expression suddenly became gloomy, and the fine blood vessels inside his blue eyes bulged one by one.

At this time, the bright mushroom on the table no longer gave people a feeling of strong appetite, and suddenly turned into a blood-stained scalp with short black hair.

Derrick thought that he had almost swallowed the "mushroom" into his stomach just now, and suddenly had the urge to vomit. He resisted the churning in his stomach and opened his mouth to sing: "God, please bring the holy light here, let your believers gain courage, drive away the enemies, and drive away all evil."

The song revealed warmth and holiness, bathing Derrick in sunlight, and the discomfort in his body immediately disappeared.

Dak covered the sunlight with his hand, staring at the location of the "All-Black Eye" and kept asking: "What is that thing on you? What is that thing on you…"

Suddenly, Dak's flesh and blood were stretched open, and fleshy strips waved, making Dak like a scarlet hedgehog.

Derrick raised his arm and swung down the "Hurricane Axe" that he had been holding in his hand, and chopped it on Dak's head.

Dak was still staring at the location of the "All-Black Eye", screaming in his mouth, but his eyes were unwilling to move away.

At this time, "The Fool" responded and opened a illusory door with many strange patterns.

The shadows in the house suddenly extended over and shouted sharply at Derrick: "Stop! What are you going to do!"

He felt the power of that illusory door, but he couldn't stop anything.

Derrick took advantage of this opportunity and threw the "All-Black Eye" towards the illusory door. As the "All-Black Eye" disappeared, the door full of strange symbols and marks slammed shut, and then disappeared quickly.

Then, Derrick began his performance, deliberately twisting the muscles on his face and coughing violently, coughing so hard that he reached out to cover his mouth and fell to the ground.

The black shadow in the house first quickly controlled Dak, who had turned into a monster, and then wanted to cover Derrick. Just then, Derrick "fainted", and a strange little worm with twelve transparent rings appeared in his palm.

Klein above the gray fog slowly nodded, giving "Little Sun's" performance a high score. It seemed that most of the suspicion against him could be cleared.

Thinking of this, Klein withdrew his gaze.

…

Backlund, 51 Henry Street, the backyard of Gar's Herbal Shop.

Audis returned to the real world. He sat quietly for a while, using his spirituality to sense that there were no gazes watching here, before taking out the portable space formation and taking out the gauntlets and extraordinary characteristics seized in the Battle of Kapin from the "Knowledge Wilderness."

He touched the black gauntlet with his hand and injected spirituality, allowing him to immediately feel the level of the gauntlet.

When dividing the spoils, his spiritual perception was indeed very accurate. This gauntlet actually had the level of Sequence 5, but Audis's level was too low to determine the ability and negative impact of the gauntlet.

Also, because this gauntlet cannot be used in Backlund at all now, after roughly knowing the level of the gauntlet, he put it back.

As for the extraordinary characteristics, it is a "Interrogator" characteristic at the Sequence 7 level.

Currently, he doesn't dare to sell this characteristic and will put it away for now.

After putting away the spoils, Audis smiled slightly and said to himself: I actually profited from "The Fool."

Just that Sequence 5 gauntlet is more valuable than the three extraordinary characteristics taken away by The Fool.

Buzz buzz buzz ~

A headache-inducing noise suddenly appeared in Audis's mind, making him feel dizzy. He quickly reached out and grabbed the table.

Fortunately, this uncomfortable feeling passed in a second or two, and the dizziness quickly disappeared. It seemed that there were some messy, unfamiliar, and incomprehensible things in his mind!

Knowledge seeks its own master!

Audis felt the pain brought about by "Knowledge seeks its own master" for the first time. No wonder "Star Admiral" Cattleya almost lost control. It was so uncomfortable at Sequence 8, but at Sequence 5, wouldn't his head explode?

But now is not the time to consider this. Audis is very busy this afternoon. He came to the basement, put on Mr. Gar's attire, and then came to the third floor of the "Nanmu Ballroom" through the basement's "teleportation formation."

No one can make a mistake!

Ms. Mandy was already waiting outside. After seeing Audis wearing a mask, she immediately said: "I'm sorry, Mr. Gar, it was my negligence in work that failed to…"

Audis raised his hand to interrupt her: "Is the carriage ready?"

"It's ready!" Mandy said immediately.

Audis didn't say anything more and quickly went downstairs, and Mandy immediately followed.

After getting into the luxury carriage, Mandy asked: "Mr. Gar, where are we going?"

Audis said: "Jowood District, 15 Minsk Street."

Regardless of whether Klein knows that Mr. Gar is "The Hermit", going directly to his door will definitely catch the other party off guard, and it is currently the best response strategy.

Mandy's eyes narrowed. She hadn't had time to report the address of the private detective to Mr. Gar, but Mr. Gar already knew!

But immediately, Mandy returned to normal. Just as she had expected before, it was impossible for Mr. Gar to only have her as an intelligence channel.

…

Jowood District, 15 Minsk Street.

Klein first watched "Little Sun" clear his suspicion before returning to the real world and continuing to study the "Book of Secrets."

Ding-ling-ling ~

At around 4:30, Klein suddenly heard the sound of the doorbell.

He quickly came to the first floor. The moment he grasped the doorknob, the scene outside the door appeared in his mind.

Outside the door was a young man wearing a mask and a black trench coat…

Mr. Gar!

Klein couldn't help but take a step back. Mr. Gar, who he had been investigating for two days without any clues, actually appeared outside the door like this.

At this time, Mr. Gar outside said: "I know you're inside, open the door."

That brainwashing rhythm suddenly appeared in Klein's mind: …Don't hide inside without making a sound, I know you're home, open the door, open the door, open the door, you have the ability…

Cough cough.

Klein cleared his throat and reached out to open the door. In addition to Mr. Gar, there was also Ms. Mandy.

"Mr. Gar." Klein smiled, pretending to be a little surprised: "Why are you here?"

Audis said: "Let's go inside and talk?"

"Please come in." Klein invited them to sit on the sofa in the living room, and then went to make tea for them.

As soon as Audis sat down, he smiled meaningfully: "Detective, how were the cigars I sent you last time?"

Klein smiled helplessly. Previously, he had accepted the commission from the reporter Mike to protect this "Daily Observer" reporter when negotiating with Mr. Gale. Mr. Gale took the opportunity of offering cigars to give him a subtle warning.

Now, Mr. Gale bringing up this matter clearly had a deeper meaning.

Klein added hot water, holding the teacup as he walked towards the coffee table: "It's alright, the taste is not bad."

Audis slowly nodded: "Let's get down to business. About last year, Ashby Byrne first came to the 'N楠木 Dance Hall' and was quickly attracted by the dance hall's business model and revenue situation.

"Later, we had two pleasant exchanges. He hoped to use the police and a certain councilor to pressure me to shut down the 'N楠木 Dance Hall', and then acquire the dance hall at a low price."

"As a result, both actions were thwarted by me. Since then, he has been looking for my whereabouts."

"I think he must be hoping to visit and express his apologies for those two previous bastardly acts."

"But I can't stand others apologizing, and of course, for his own safety, I didn't tell him my address."

Klein twitched the corner of his mouth: "Pleasant exchanges" indeed! This sarcasm is too obvious! That Lord's safety is truly no longer guaranteed now.