Secrets: Priestess

Chapter 52 Mrs. Sharon
"The scene has been sealed off, and no one is left alive."

"Miss Mazuhe, who was affected, is in serious condition. The people involved in the stolen goods and the Mazuhe family's bodyguards also have varying degrees of injuries..."

Dunn negotiated the case with the police officers at the precinct.

Under the awed gazes of many policemen, Claire, who had not yet changed out of her work clothes stained with black and red blood, sat leaning on a reception chair in the hall.

The entire police station was silent.

Especially seeing Claire dragging a bloody man to the police station with one hand, while holding up a special certificate of "Ahowa County Police Department Special Operations Division Team 7" with the other hand, her cold expression made people feel creepy at night.

The news that the police officers who went out to block the scene kept sending back was even more terrifying.

Nearly a hundred casualties involved different groups of people, including homeless people, gang members dealing in stolen goods, and some rich kids, making the case quite complicated and difficult.

But in front of the signboard of "Special Group 7", it can't cause any big waves.

Tris, who was only breathing his last, was carried onto the carriage by Leonard and Xijia.

Dunn held up his unlit pipe and whispered to Claire, "All those homeless people are dead. Even if you didn't shoot them, the drugs have unleashed their full potential, and they wouldn't survive until dawn."

Claire nodded while holding the hot water cup. No emotion could be seen in her dark red eyes. "Amina Mazuh's family didn't come to cause trouble?"

Dunn handed the signed document to Leonard and said, "Amina's injury is a bit serious. It's a bit troublesome, but it's still within the scope of management."

Turning back, Dunn hesitated for a moment, then looked at Claire and whispered, "Did you deliberately lead the remaining homeless people to that stolen goods den?"

Claire took a sip of hot water and replied, "This is an opportunity to test whether Amina Mazuhe is a Beyonder. When Amina was bitten by the wanderer, I confirmed that she couldn't be a member of the Witch Cult."

According to the Nighthawks' investigation, Amina, who loves collecting jewelry, has dirty hands. So after Claire led the wanderer to the black market where stolen goods were sold, she just stood by and watched. She didn't take any action even when Amina was in danger.

Therefore, Claire was now certain that Amiya Mazuch could be excluded from the investigation list.

Dunn nodded and added, "Don't admit this to anyone. Let's go, get in the car."

Tris was imprisoned in the underground prison cell. This was the second Beyonder that Claire had captured, and both happened to be from the "Assassin" path.

Xijia, who had been chasing the Spiritual Knowledge Society, looked at Claire and said with emotion, "You've captured two alive in such a short period of time. Your arrest efficiency is really terrifying."

Claire said slowly, "They all came to attack me. It was hard for me to hold back back then. I was lucky to catch them alive."

Xiga glanced at Claire and felt that this new member was being pretentious.

She usually looks quiet and elegant when on duty at the base, but unexpectedly she is ruthless when on duty in the field, and is even more ruthless than some old foxes.

Xijia wanted to talk to Claire for a few more words, but Claire turned into the office.

"Why don't you take a break? What are you going to do?"

"Write a report."

Writing a report is something that deserves serious attention. It not only helps sort out events, but also allows other Night Watchmen to gain a better understanding of strange events and other Beyonders through reports.

Claire gained a lot of useful information from the Nighthawk's report, and naturally did not hesitate to write down the key points of this incident.

The "Instigator" Extraordinary has weak frontal combat capabilities, but the instigation ability combined with the Extraordinary drugs that stimulate potential creates irrational "Berserkers" with great power. Even the "Midnight Poets" at night will be in danger if they are besieged.

The "Instigator"'s methods primarily focus on stimulating a single emotion, such as lust, rage, or gluttony. When confronted, no mercy is spared; those whose potential has been unleashed by these sinister methods are beyond redemption.

The Instigator retains the Assassin's ability to strike with all his might. By dodging the opponent's attack as they emerge from the shadows, they eliminate most of the danger. However, it's worth noting that if an Assassin misses their strike, they may be a transcendent being, simply retreating temporarily, wary of enemies lurking nearby, waiting for an opportunity to strike.

The "instigator's" ability to deceive with words is very subtle...

After appending the key points to the incident report, Claire bound the report into a book.

Writing the entire report did not take up too much of Claire's energy.

At dawn, Claire took out all the relevant information about the Jesse and Ermo cases and reorganized them.

Ermo's assassination could be a coincidence, but Tris's second assassination was difficult for Claire to regard as a coincidence.

"Has he been targeted by the Gnosis Society or the witch behind it?"

Claire frowned slightly. The information she had on hand didn't provide much.

While she ruled out Amiya, Xiga and Dunn also ruled out their respective suspects.

There are currently three other women suspected of being involved with Jie Shi:

Mrs. Sharon, the widow of the previous Baron Hoy, Miss Jerry, the mistress of Mayor Dennis, and Dima, the daughter of Baron Ogure. Claire's next person to contact was Mrs. Sharon.

He took out a stack of Sharon's portraits, which showed a mature woman in her thirties with delicate features, long brown hair, and watery eyes, giving her a feeling of innocence and a charming demeanor.

However, many portraits focus on Mrs. Sharon's fair and plump figure...

More detailed information showed that Madam Sharon had extensive connections in Tingen City and even in Backlund. Especially after the death of old Baron Hoy, she became the most sought-after lady in Tingen City.

He has quite ambiguous relationships with some of Backlund's nobles and high-ranking officials in Tingen City.

Her relationship with her stepson, the current Baron Hoy, was almost public.

Claire rubbed her forehead. The more she looked at her, the more she felt that this Mrs. Sharon was not simple.

His connection to Jeshi was that he had once entrusted Jeshi to deliver personal belongings to Backlund. Due to Jeshi's "door-opening" ability, it has not been possible to find out who the recipient in Backlund was, nor what the personal belongings were.

"He's a troublesome person." Claire sighed.

Luxurious female bedroom interior.

Mrs. Sharon was the first to learn of Tris's arrest.

"He was obviously a promising young talent, but he failed... I feel like it would be dangerous to stay in Tingen any longer."

Mrs. Sharon, wearing a translucent nightgown, sat in front of the full-length mirror and had the idea of ​​hiding outside Tingen City for a while.

At this time, a maid came in to help her dress and change her clothes.

The maid took out an antique wooden comb and combed Mrs. Sharon's long brown hair.

Mrs. Sharon had never seen that wooden comb before.

But before Mrs. Sharon could react, the hair that had been combed by the wooden comb seemed to come alive, and like little snakes, it drilled into her translucent pajamas and entangled her fair and plump body.

The hair entangled in Madam Sharon's body misted into yellow-green rot, causing large patches of mold to appear on Madam Sharon's fair skin.

Just as the mold spots covered Mrs. Sharon's entire body, the full-length mirror in front of Mrs. Sharon suddenly shattered.

An intact Mrs. Sharon appeared in the corner of the room. When she raised her hand, countless thin lines shot towards the maid. At the same time, huge ice spikes rose from the ground, piercing directly into the maid's lower abdomen and exiting from the back of her neck.

The "maid's" figure also shattered.

The black flames ignited the invisible thread controlled by Madam Sharon.

A long purple whip coiled up from under Madam Sharon's feet. With every inch it coiled, Madam Sharon began to turn into stone from her ankles.

A woman with black hair and black eyes, wearing a tight-fitting dress, stood closely behind Madam Sharon, holding a dull dagger in her hand.

When the dagger pierced Sharon's lower back, it sucked away all of Mrs. Sharon's strength.

Sharon's eyelids were heavy, and she seemed about to fall into a deep sleep. But at this moment, a quiet black flame burned from inside to outside, as if to drive away something.

But a strange piece of flesh was thrown out, and the blood clot dissolved and attached to the black flame, contaminating the black flame.

The outermost layer of the black flame formed into frost, which contained the polluted and mutated black flame.

Countless silk threads emerged from Mrs. Sharon's pajamas, wrapping the frost layer by layer.

Then the silk thread wrapped with frost surrounded Mrs. Sharon's entire body, forming a huge cocoon that wrapped Mrs. Sharon.

But when the cocoon was about to take shape, the black-haired woman threw a small round ball with the holy emblem of the sun printed on it.

The ball falls into the cocoon.

A strangely bright light erupted from within the ice coffin.

The cocoon burst, and Mrs. Sharon, with a pale face, was exposed again. She reached out to touch the mirror fragments beside her feet.

But the black-haired woman had already pierced her throat from the back of her neck with another emerald dagger in her hand.

The emerald green dagger glowed with a strange green light.

Sharon ultimately failed to touch the mirror and fell stiffly to the ground.

The black-haired woman put away her daggers, took out a brass zipper buckle, and pressed it against the back of Madam Sharon's neck...

(End of this chapter)