Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery.

Chapter 167: Collaborating with the Great Detectives to Attack the Apostle of Desire

In the past, Derrick would have happily accepted the award and sincerely thanked the Chief.

But Derrick, who had matured considerably, noticed that something was wrong with the Chief's tone, as he emphasized the words "reward" and "keep it safe."

At that moment, Derrick suddenly recalled the scene when he reported to the Chief that he had found the Sealed Artifact in the swamp. At that time, the Chief seemed to have already known that the Sealed Artifact was not discovered by him.

Then a bold guess emerged in Derrick's mind: The Chief might mean for me to give this seal to the person who truly discovered the demigod-level seal, as a token of Silver City's gratitude!

Yes, that must be the case.

Derrick quickly confirmed his idea, because the merits he had earned could be exchanged for a Sequence 7 level main material, and there was still some left over.

For an exploration mission, this is already a very high reward, and it is impossible to give myself any other rewards.

Chief Colin didn't urge him, but waited quietly for Derrick to ponder.

After a long pause, Derrick considered and said, "Thank you, Chief. I will... I will keep it."

Colin nodded with satisfaction: "Go ahead."

Derrick put away the seal and quickly left the round tower.

However, to be on the safe side, he planned to wait a few days at the Tarot Club to ask Mr. "The Hanged Man" or Mr. "The Hermit" for their opinions before taking further action.

……

Backlund, Minsk Street 15.

In the carriage, Odysseus touched the soil and grape branches in his pocket again. He had collected them in the afternoon specifically for use in finding the demon.

Of course, ordinary fortune tellers couldn't use just these cursed objects to find the demon that cast the curse, but Klein, who possessed the Sefirah Castle, could.

After opening the door and getting off the carriage, Odysseus suddenly felt that the atmosphere around him seemed a little wrong, but he was spiritually alert and did not sense any danger.

Odysseus didn't care too much. He walked to the door and rang the doorbell.

Ding ding ding ding~
Odysseus waited for a few seconds. The light in the room was on and there were sounds inside, but no one opened the door.

Just as Odysseus was about to ring the doorbell again, the door was suddenly opened. The person who opened the door was a strange man with a beard and a thin build.

He asked warily, "Who are you? Who are you looking for?"

Especially after seeing that the visitor was wearing a mask, the man took a step back and put one hand on his waist, as if he was ready to draw his gun at any time.

"I'm looking for Detective Sherlock." Odysseus suddenly had a bad feeling: "If he's not here, I'll come to see him tomorrow."

"Mr. Gall!" Just as Odysseus turned to leave, Detective Sherlock Moriarty, also known as Klein, came out of the living room and said to the man at the door, "Stuart, please come in, Mr. Gall."

Odysseus had no choice but to go in. He saw several people in the living room, both men and women, all looking at him with vigilance.

Odysseus seemed to have guessed something, and a wry smile appeared under his mask: "Are you having a party today?"

"No," Klein, who had also reached the door, did not hide anything. "We investigated a serial murder case before and helped the police find the murderer.

"But what no one expected was that there was a mastermind behind the murderer. We all received threatening letters from that mastermind, so we gathered together to discuss countermeasures."

Odysseus smiled and said, "Sorry, I have something else to do. See you tomorrow."

Klein, however, was blocking the doorway, showing no intention of giving way. He smiled and said, "Things aren't as dangerous as you think. Please come with me to the living room. We desperately need your help."

Odysseus took a deep breath and said, "Okay then."

He remembered that there were many official extraordinary people waiting around here today, so there was indeed no danger.

Then Odysseus realized: No wonder he felt the atmosphere outside was weird when he got off the carriage. It turned out that he was surrounded by official Beyonders.

Coming to the living room inside the living room, there were two people there, a man and a woman.

The man was an old man with gray hair and a thin face. He was wearing a black windbreaker, and his left shoulder was bulging high, as if it was wrapped in a thick bandage.

The woman had thick eyebrows, was wearing a gray wool coat, and her facial muscles were slightly sagging.

Odysseus lifted his hat slightly and said, "Hello."

The old man with gray hair smiled and said, "Mr. Gar! I've heard of your great name for a long time."

The woman also praised him sincerely, saying, "The protector of streetwalkers."

Odysseus sighed, "I never thought I had such a nickname."

Klein closed the door and introduced, "This lady is Detective Kaslana, and this is Master Detective Isengard Stanton."

Odysseus nodded slightly and said again: "Hello."

"Maybe we don't have time for small talk," Klein said. "Please take a seat. I'll briefly explain the current situation to Mr. Gar."

After everyone was seated, Klein said, "We are all Beyonders, so there's no need to explain common sense.

"The serial killer is a 'demon.' Mr. Gal, do you know anything about Beyonders of this path?"

Isengard and Kaslana were slightly surprised when they heard "Detective Sherlock" say that "Mr. Gall" was a Beyonder, but they felt that it didn't seem surprising at all.

"Indeed, I had this guess before." Odysseus said pretentiously, and then he replied: "I know some knowledge about this path.

"What impressed me most was their 'malice perception' ability. As long as they were planning to put a 'demon' in danger, they could sense the threat."

To be precise, he came to Klein today because he was looking for the trace of a "demon".

To save time, Odysseus continued, "Is the person behind the scenes a 'devil' or an 'apostle of desire'?"

Hearing Mr. Gar's answer, Klein knew that this gentleman was quite knowledgeable about "demons." He replied, "It should be the 'Apostle of Desire.'"

He then said, "We are currently discussing how to hold back this 'Apostle of Desire', and then notify the official Beyonders waiting outside to eliminate him." At this time, Isengard said, "Let's continue our previous conversation. The 'Apostle of Desire' can exploit and manipulate everyone's emotions and desires, tempting them to fall.

"So when facing such an enemy, you must not have overly strong emotions or overly obvious desires. Otherwise, you'll be immediately controlled by him remotely, or he'll plant seeds that will explode at a critical moment."

Kaslana seemed to have figured out a lot of things: "So that's how it is."

Isengard took out his pipe, but did not fill it with tobacco: "I have fought against the 'Apostle of Desire' head-on, and witnessed his extraordinary ability to foresee danger. I have initially figured out his strengths and weaknesses.

"Although the 'demon' can sense danger in advance, even long periods of time in advance, the flaw in this ability is that it can only sense who the danger is coming from and where it's coming from, but has no way of knowing the specific details.

"That gives us an opportunity we can exploit."

Kaslana immediately asked, "What opportunity?"

"I have a ring that comes from a runaway Sequence 6 of the 'Reader' pathway." Isengard said calmly, "It allows me to identify, see clearly, remember, and simulate the extraordinary abilities I have seen.

"Of course, the stronger the Beyonder Power, the higher the probability of failure."

As he spoke, Isengard took out a bright and beautiful ring. The ring was inlaid with many tiny diamonds, which together surrounded a beautiful gem as green as a human eye.

Seeing this sealed object, the others didn't react in a surprising way, but Klein, standing nearby, immediately recognized it: Isn't this the ring of the old man, the Eye of Wisdom? Is Isengard Stanton the Eye of Wisdom?
However, Klein used the Joker's ability to control his expression and did not show any surprise.

Kaslana looked at the ring with some envy and asked, "What ability do you want to simulate to counter the 'Apostle of Desire''s' foresight of danger?"

Isengard raised his lips: "The devil's ability to foresee danger."

The great detective was like a grizzled fox at this moment: "The first step, which is what we are doing, is to devise a plan that can actually harm the 'Apostle of Desire' and put it into action.

"The second step is that the 'Apostle of Desire' senses the danger and knows it's coming from us, from here.

"Step three. As a 'demon,' he has some instincts he can't change. His first reaction is definitely to eliminate the danger. After all, even if the four of us were combined, we wouldn't be able to take him down.

"Step four: As long as he has such a thought, regardless of whether he puts it into action or not, the ability I simulated will be able to detect the threat of the 'Apostle of Desire' and grasp his location."

Odysseus couldn't help but sigh: "This plan is amazing."

Klein also sighed in his heart: This is simply a magical operation!
Ai Xin glanced at the three people in front of him and smiled, "According to my judgment, he just caused Stuart and others to lose control of their emotions, so he must be hiding nearby. After all, the ability to remotely control other people's emotions must have a distance limit.

"As soon as I determine his location, I can immediately notify the official Beyonders. They will quickly seal off the corresponding area and surround it layer by layer."

Odysseus thought about it and of course he remembered where the "Apostle of Desire" was now.

In fact, as soon as the other party appeared, he could hold the "Apostle of Desire" back for more than ten seconds by himself.

As soon as he thought of this, he stopped thinking about it, because if he thought about it again, the "Apostle of Desire" would sense the danger that he could not solve, and thus he would not dare to take action.

Although he didn't think about it further, while listening to Isengard telling his plan, Odysseus reached into his pocket and grabbed a corner of the "Space Array" sub-array drawn on a piece of cloth.

At this time, Klein said, "But the problem is, how do we notify the official Beyonders?
"If this isn't done within a few seconds, the 'Apostle of Desire' will escape."

Isengard took out a palm-sized golden object, which looked like a miniature telegraph, but also had a speaker.

"This is a seal that allows my voice to be heard simultaneously within a five-kilometer radius." Isengard smiled and said, "For this roundup, the Mechanical Heart, the Nightwatchers, and the military each sent a senior deacon or colonel, as well as two or three teams of Beyonders. They are all lying in ambush within a five-kilometer radius.

"I can use it to tell the Beyonders outside the location of the 'Apostle of Desire'."

Kaslana listened carefully, frowned slightly, and said, "Since you have an official Beyonder, it seems unnecessary for you to seek cooperation with us."

Isengard carefully put on the jeweled ring and said sincerely, "In order not to alert the 'Apostle of Desire' in advance, the area closest to us is powerless. If the target is nearby, we need to help each other and try to delay him."

The great detective laughed and said, "It would have been a stretch for the three of us, but with Mr. Gar joining us, I believe we can hold them off for seven or eight seconds."

Klein thought for a moment and said, "I have no problem."

"I hate that serial killer, too." Odysseus smiled. "My abilities aren't good for direct combat, but I do have a few that are perfect for holding the enemy back."

Kaslana nodded and said, "Mr. Stanton, you don't need to explain so much. We will cooperate for our own sake."

"Haha, explanation is part of the plan, and reaching an agreement means the action is about to begin." After saying this, Isengard half closed his eyes.

The emerald green gem on the ring on his right hand sparkled with a faint blue light.

Suddenly, Isengard stood up abruptly: "He is here, upstairs."

Klein and the other three also stood up and ran towards the door.

Except for Odysseus, none of them had expected that the "Apostle of Desire" would be so bold as to watch their plans from upstairs!
At this moment, Kaslana's eyes suddenly turned red, and she clenched her right fist and hit Isengard's vest.

Both Klein and Isengard immediately realized that the "Apostle of Desire" had, at some point, planted the seeds of corruption in Kaslana's heart.

But Kaslana was too close to Isengard and there was no time to dodge.

boom!
Kaslana punched and hit Isengard's back.

Click!

Klein even heard the sound of bones breaking and watched Isengard fall to the ground.

Kaslana also fell to the ground, gasping for breath, as if she had lost all her strength.

Klein rushed to Isengard's side, half-crouched down, and tried to support him.

Isengard, lying there, cried out in pain: "Run away! Leave me alone!"

Klein's face showed hesitation. Just as he was about to make a decision, he saw a sticky "liquid" flowing down from the ceiling and quickly condensing into a dark figure.

Odysseus, who had been watching everything, suddenly pulled out the sub-array of the "Space Array". When the array was half-expanded, he grabbed a grape leaf emitting pure light from it with his other hand.

(End of this chapter)