The Whispering Verses Chapter 72: Antique revolver

"Yes, it is indeed a man."

While speaking, Priest August also showed an awkward expression:

"The six-ring warlock, whose original name is Jack De'ang, is male. The ring that can achieve gender conversion, according to the intelligence, comes from the [Blood Spirit School] you mentioned. They are always good at flesh and blood. Thaumaturgy, with a lot of strange relics. Damn it, those crazy people have gone to the New World and they haven’t forgotten to cause trouble for us.”

The professors of St. Byrons once said that the ancient organization [Blood Spirit School] was hunted down by the Five Gods Church.

"The church has known about his sneaking into Tobesk City for a long time. Some time ago, it has been suspected that he was hiding in the Lark Club, which is the place you mentioned. However, he did not expect that he could completely change his appearance, so the church has been Can't find it. As for him and Mr. Lawrence, it's unclear whether their orientation was distorted by the [relic] ring or for other reasons."

"Relics can also distort... orientation?"

Xia De asked, the old priest showed a regretful expression:

"Relics may distort any human personality and thoughts, depending on the function of the relic itself. For example, if the function of a [relic] is to use excrement to make food, then it is possible... ..Forget it, I can’t say it anymore.”

He and Shade adjusted their expressions together, and then the priest warned the detective:

"Since Mrs. Lasoya and the Zhengshen Church team have appeared, tonight is probably the time when the church will make the arrest. You must not get involved in this matter, it is very dangerous."

"But it's possible that the doctor doesn't know that the church's ring warlock team has appeared. Should we tell him?"

At this point, the chatter and laughter of young girls came from the garden path opposite the statue. The old priest and the young detective immediately went around to another path behind the statue:

"It's possible that Bill doesn't know."

Priest Augustus pondered, and then looked at Shade:

"I also saw Louisa just now. I thought she was invited by chance just like me, and she must be here to help the doctor. Now that Lasoya has entered the mansion of Lakeview Manor, don't get close, go I went to find Louisa in the front yard and told her the current situation. I went to the mansion to find the doctor. Since he couldn't be seen in the garden, he should have been inside ready to take action."

"Okay, no problem."

Shad nodded solemnly, and Priest August asked again:

"Do you have any [relics] or casting materials on you?"

"Yes."

He patted his pocket.

"That's fine, but as a last resort, don't use the power of a ring warlock in front of ordinary people. Detective Hamilton, be careful."

"Priest August, please pay attention to your safety. Speaking of which, my luck seems to be very good tonight."

He wanted to get inspiration from the old man, but apparently Priest Augustus failed to understand how good Shade's luck was:

"The gifts of fate have a price. Detectives and ring warlocks cannot rely on luck."

So the two of them acted separately. Because they didn't know where things were going now, they were all in a hurry.

After Shade walked out of the garden maze, he turned around the end of the path and followed the shadow of the mansion to the courtyard in front of the manor. Before he had time to look around, he was grabbed by the strong drunkard next to him:

"I've seen you! Tell them, am I a deserter?"

The burly middle-aged man, smelling of alcohol, forced Shade to the long table. Under the light, Shade saw that the drunk man was Captain Rades. The last time he met him at the Lucky Southern Cross Club, he was "shooting eight times in the head and trying to commit suicide to show his loyalty to the king." Being laughed at by peers.

The situation this time seemed to be similar. The drunk captain somehow recognized Shade. It was more likely that he just grabbed a person casually and pulled him into the crowd in a daze.

"Rades, what you did is ridiculous enough, do you still want to embarrass yourself at the banquet?"

Captain Rades’ friend, a brown-haired man in his thirties holding a wine glass, said. He was very tall and wore a black formal suit. He smiled apologetically at Shade while speaking. Others wanted to help the innocent passer-by leave from Captain Rades, but they were pushed away by the drunken officer. He was already somewhat unconscious, and his big tongue when speaking made it difficult to distinguish the words he spat out:

"I'm not a coward. I really didn't want to suffer the humiliation of being captured, so I shot myself in the head! That gun, that gun was an antique I bought some time ago. I originally brought it as a decoration. I don’t want to use it.”

"But did you successfully activate that antique pistol?"

The man holding the wine glass asked.

"Of course, the model of bullet happens to be the same as the one in my hand."

The drunken captain replied. Under the dim light of the candlestick, Shade noticed that his front was soaked:

"Since the bullet triggered it, how could you still be alive?"

"How did I know! Is this God playing a joke on me? I held it against my head and shot, eight shots! Eight shots! The bullets actually hit the people next to me! I collapsed! I really collapsed ! Oh, God, don’t you want to look at me anymore?”

The captain finally let go of Shade and cried while holding on to the table. Shade wanted to leave, but suddenly saw the captain put his hand into his arms, and then took out a completely black revolver. This looks like an antique. Although it has been well maintained, the power of time will not be diminished by mortal efforts.

[You have come into contact with ‘Whispers’. 】

"Huh? Is this really a [relic]?"

Xia De thought in surprise.

"Oh, why did you bring this thing to the banquet!"

Captain Rades's friends hurriedly came over, worried that the captain waving the antique gun indiscriminately would disturb other guests. But they were not worried about the muzzle pointing. There should be no bullets in the revolver.

"Take it back quickly!"

People persuaded, and the captain stumbled to grab the people next to him, and then grabbed Shade who had no time to leave:

"Sir, look, it's this thing, not me! I really shot! I pointed it at my head, but I couldn't commit suicide. The enemy grabbed the gun and pointed it at me, but he shot himself Give..."

The drunk captain used force and with a stabbing sound, he completely tore off the right sleeve of Shade's formal suit.

Shad was originally immersed in Captain Rades' magical story, but now he couldn't react for a moment, and kept thinking about how expensive this dress could be. Captain Rades' friends finally couldn't bear it anymore. They worked together to control the drunk captain and seized his antique revolver.

"Sir, I'm so sorry."

One of them apologized to Shade, popped up the bullet chamber to confirm that there were indeed no bullets inside, and then handed the cold antique to Shade:

"Rades is really drunk. Take this gun as compensation for your clothes. Sir, don't refuse in a hurry. We think that by keeping this gun away from Rades, maybe he can Come out as soon as possible. We were not laughing at him just now. He talked about it when he was drunk... Who can explain this kind of thing?"