The detective is dead, I did it.

Chapter 117 Why is there a witch here?

However, Alice's focus quickly shifted to Helena, specifically, why Helena had been removed from the dock and why she wasn't under any restraints.

Thinking of this, she immediately summoned her longsword, her gaze fixed intently on Helena, as if she were about to charge at any moment.

Upon seeing this, the latter quickly hid behind Li Ang.

"Hey! Stop her!" Seeing Alice crouch down as if gathering her strength, Helena became visibly anxious, shrinking behind Li Ang and only revealing half of her head.

She didn't want to be locked up in jail again right after escaping from the game, especially after betraying the guild leader.

If I'm going to be locked up in jail before the president arrives, and I'm going to be locked up in jail after the president arrives, then wouldn't my betrayal have been for nothing?

The thought raced through her mind, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt she had lost out.

Alice held her longsword horizontally in front of her, her deep blue eyes reflecting Helena and Li Ang, who was forced to stand in front of her. She pondered how to subdue Helena without hurting the man.

At the same time, she leaned forward slightly, already prepared for battle.

"Why did she step down from the dock?" She paused, the tip of her longsword slightly raised, aimed at Helena. "She's a member of the Witch's Guild. She's a criminal, she should be in prison."

A subtle tension filled the air, causing the detectives nearby to fall silent.

The detectives who know the truth are considering what reason they can use to convince Alice, while the detectives who do not know the truth are waiting for Li Ang's answer.

Li Ang stepped aside, making room for Helena behind him. "She helped. If it weren't for her, we probably wouldn't have won."

Alice's gaze remained fixed on him. "Help? Someone from the Witch's Guild helped us?"

"Yes." Li Ang didn't offer any further explanation, simply stating the facts, "She told me the voting information. She changed the vote count. If it weren't for her, I would have been the only one eliminated."

Alice frowned. She had absolutely no idea what Leon was talking about.

So she looked at the other people.

She completely ignored the nods from Fibel and Caltacia; these two were detectives and were not to be trusted at all.

But when she saw Boudica and Isabella give her the same reassuring look, she began to hesitate.

Although my relationship with these two people is just so-so, they shouldn't be showing favoritism towards a witch.

Her gaze darted back and forth between Helena and Leon several times, as if weighing something, before she lowered the tip of her sword slightly by an inch.

"I don't believe it." Her voice remained cold, but the murderous intent in her tone had weakened somewhat. "Why would someone from the Witch's Guild help us?"

"Because she didn't want to be locked up in the Ministry of Public Security's jail," Li Ang continued. "She chose the other side."

"Trying to atone for my sins with good deeds..." Alice murmured to herself.

"Alice," Charlotte's voice came from the side, "she really helped us. If it weren't for her, Leon's plan wouldn't have succeeded, and you wouldn't have survived that life-or-death game."

Alice remained silent for a long time.

Although she still doesn't understand what that witch game is, judging from the reactions of others, it is definitely a supernatural disaster caused by a high-sequence individual.

If even what Holmes said is true... She turned her head, her gaze sweeping over Helena from head to toe, as if to confirm that she wasn't hiding any weapons.

"I see."

She sheathed her sword, and the silver blade flowed back into the air like water, dissipating completely in the afternoon light.

"I won't arrest her," she paused, "but that doesn't mean others won't."

She turned around, walked back to the gallery, and sat down next to Bridget, her back still ramrod straight, without looking back at Helena once more.

Helena slowly peeked out from behind Li Ang, and after confirming that Alice was no longer staring at her, she let out a long sigh of relief.

She released her grip on Li Ang's clothes, took two steps back, and her tone shifted from panic to a forced composure. "So—I'm free now, right?"

"Probably. We'll have to convince that chairman first," Li Ang said.

Shirley leaned closer, her golden eyes filled with undisguised curiosity. "What are you planning to do next? Go back to the Witch's Guild? Or come with us?"

Helena shook her head repeatedly. "How could I possibly dare to go back! I helped you, and the president won't let me off the hook."

After she finished speaking, she looked at Li Ang and said, "You promised me, so don't go back on your word!"

As a witch, she naturally dared not face the leader of the Detective Association, so this arduous task could only be entrusted to the man in front of her.

"I see."

As Li Ang finished speaking, the door to the courtroom was kicked open from the outside.

The door slammed against the wall with a dull thud, the hinges creaking under the strain. Sunlight streamed in from outside, so bright it was almost blinding.

"Don't move!"

"Everyone, stay where you are!"

"Keep your hands where we can see them!"

Detectives in dark combat suits filed in through the door, their movements synchronized and swift, as if they had rehearsed beforehand.

Surrounded by so many detectives and facing their warnings, no one reacted except Helena. She had already obediently raised her hands above her head.

"You only show up after everything's over? You're really useless!" Isabella said coldly.

She sat leisurely in the chair, showing no intention of moving at all.

Are you kidding me?! I'm a detective myself, okay? Besides, I just need to accumulate some more experience to advance to Sequence 6. There's absolutely no need for me to follow these people's orders.

On the other side, Li Ang stood still and watched all this, his gaze passing over the detectives who were pouring in and landing on a figure at the door.

I can't pretend I didn't hear that.

As the voice faded, the detectives paused for a moment, then immediately parted to make way for the speaker to slowly walk into the courtroom.

When Isabella saw who it was, she was so frightened that she jumped up from her chair.

Because the person who came was the association's vice president—Viola Ashworth.

"Looks like they're all still alive, that's good." Viola glanced at everyone and nodded, her gaze pausing slightly when she saw Helena. "Why is there a witch here?"

As a powerful being of Sequence 3, she could naturally see through Helena's true identity as a mere Sequence 7 witch at a glance, since all witches were more or less tainted with the aura of evil gods.

Otherwise, why do you think that in the eyes of detectives, witches are considered to be on the same level as cultists?

Because, in the detective's eyes, these people also worship an evil god!

"Forget it! Let's catch them first."

After Viola finished speaking, she darted around and lifted Helena up like a chick.