The Whispering Verses Chapter 985: The power of crowds
"I can't find it directly now. I am a character in the story now, and I have no subjective initiative. Moreover, if I directly open the cabinet or lift the bed to face the thief, he will choose to escape and force himself when he is strong. Under the circumstances, even if I can use my own strength, I may not be able to catch it."
[So what are you going to do? 】
"I want it to come to me, and then I will launch a shameless sneak attack."
"She" chuckled lightly and did not ask Shade how to do it.
Xia De tore out the page from the notebook, then tore it into three parts, and wrote on each part who it was for.
He stood up from the sofa and said in an exaggerated tone:
"Oh, it looks like I'm going to go see the police for help. It's too dangerous to be in a stolen home."
As he spoke, he raised his right hand towards the door, and the three notes flew silently towards the stairs. Dr. Schneider didn't even use a spell. The powerful mental power of the six-ring warlock directly led the three notes to fly over. He saw the names written on the folded notes, so he divided the notes and the three of them looked at them separately. , each took action.
"I need to go to the bedroom and change some clothes first. It's really cold tonight."
With that said, Shade walked into his master bedroom and closed the door.
The living room with the gas light on returned to silence, while the sound of the wardrobe being opened was heard in the master bedroom. Then there was the muffled sound of hangers clinking against each other and clothes being thrown onto the bed.
The kitchen cupboard opened silently at this moment, and a short, medium-sized man wearing a black windbreaker stepped out of it without making a sound. He was wearing a hat, and his face was shadowed from every angle. After landing, he listened carefully and confirmed that the owner of the house in the bedroom was still changing clothes. He carried Shade's antique knight sword to the living room, looked at the master bedroom with the door closed, and then walked out of the room while holding his breath.
Entering the corridor on the second floor, he did not go down the stairs. Instead, he walked to the third floor. Apparently he thought it was not safe to leave through the main entrance. But as soon as he stepped onto the fifth step, he suddenly stopped. It raised its head and clearly saw the old man standing in the darkness on the corner platform of the stairs leading to the third floor, with burnt wings spread out behind him.
Although "Jack the Thief" becomes stronger when faced with the strong, he also has his own limits, otherwise he would not be drawn into the story by the angelic relic [Dice Story Collection]. When it encounters a strong enemy, it usually does not tend to attack but flee, so after seeing Priest August, it turned around and fled back to the second floor.
Still did not choose to escape to the first floor, but tried to go along the corridor to Room 2 on the second floor. But just as he passed the door of Room 1, he saw a man standing at the end of the corridor with his hands behind his back. Dr. Schneider stood at the boundary between light and shadow, half of his face illuminated by the gas lamp, and his eyes revealed a strange scarlet light.
Darkness squirmed behind the doctor, as if there was something more terrifying lurking in the thick darkness. [Jack Thief] turned around again, unable to move on the second floor and unable to go to the third floor. This time it finally chose to go to the first floor.
The sound of going downstairs was quiet, but there were still people on the stairs going down.
Lesia's life ring was spinning at high speed behind her. On her left side stood the match girl holding a bamboo basket, and on her right side stood the sleeping princess holding a spindle.
Little Mia stood on the shoulder of the blonde girl. The princess held the [Night Watch] in both hands and looked at the strange humanoid creature coming down the stairs as if facing an enemy.
Rao had already anticipated the horror of a sage-level humanoid relic, but when this thing that clearly looked like a human being but whose intuition kept reminding it that it was definitely not a human appeared in front of her, Lesia cautiously backed away. step.
The night watchman in her hand did not glow, which proved that the other party could not be judged as an evil creature. Lesia bit her lip and pointed her sword at it, trying to force it to return to the second floor.
But unlike just now when he was directly forced back by Priest August and Dr. Schneider, this time the thief did not turn around directly, but stood at the top of the stairs and hesitated.
"Sure enough, we still need to show strength to force it back."
With Shade's cat on her back, the Cavendish princess prepares for a head-on battle with a sage-level humanoid relic. The flow of spirit made the body of the summoned fairy tale character around her become more solid. She stepped up a step. The angel-level relic in her hand made the sage-level relic in front of her move back one step, but she still did not turn around and return to the second floor. .
At this moment, Lesia faintly heard footsteps coming from behind her. Before she could turn around to confirm who was coming, a hand stretched out from behind Lesia, and then held it with her. 【Night Watch】：
"[My heart is clear and my sword kills demons]."
The standard Fourth Age common language was spoken by Luvia, and the girl with brown shawl and short hair and purple eyes came to Lesia. The silver sword light shines on the surface of the silver sword, and the runes on the sword body are lit up in a bright yellow color.
Luvia and Lesia stood side by side. As the sharp light seemed to be cutting upwards, [Jack the Thief] was finally forced back to the second floor.
"Louvia, you...oh, thank you so much, my condition is a little bad, otherwise I can do it myself."
The princess made the sleeping princess and the stick girl disappear, and was gasping for air while being held by Luvia. The female fortune teller glanced at Mia on her shoulder:
"Stop being brave, what did you just do? Why did you lose so much mental energy? I have magic potion here...and do you need to thank me? In this house, we They can also be considered sisters."
Lecia's face turned slightly red, not knowing what she was thinking of. She took the mint-flavored potion and drank it in small sips. Luvia said again:
"Has Shade not finished this matter yet? I have been waiting at the Prophet's Association for a long time, so I rushed here."
She walked up with the blonde girl. At the top of the stairs, they met Priest August and Dr. Schneider coming from upstairs and from the other side of the corridor.
The old priest and the middle-aged doctor were both surprised by Luvia's appearance, but then they were not particularly surprised. After all, theoretically, no one here should be here tonight.
The Thief Jack, wearing a black windbreaker, was originally standing at the door of Room 1. When he saw four people surrounding him, he decisively retreated to Room 1 on the second floor. His footsteps still made no sound.
But when it re-entered the room and turned to look at the window, what greeted it was a fist and an angry scolding:
"Oh, you **** thief! How dare you show up!"
[Mortal Luck] Shad Hamilton, entering the final stage of battle.
"[Mortal Luck] Shad Hamilton returned home and immediately discovered the theft in his home. Throw the dice to determine whether the stolen items were found. If the points exceed 90 points, the next step will be When making any judgment related to [Jack the Thief], you will receive a 20-point bonus.”
"I want to declare!"
Prophet Association, Iluna looked at the parchment in her hand under the light:
"Due to Hamilton's characteristics [I love my family], any decision made in No. 6 St. Teresa Square will have a 1.2 times coefficient on the total value."
The people around him took a breath and thought of the rumors about that house.
Danglanglang~
Iluna read out the number:
"55 points. The token points are increased by 20 points..."
Since you are enjoying a coefficient of 1.2 at this time, there are still eight points left. Iluna's eyes quickly scanned the contents on the parchment. After Shade returned to No. 6 Saint Teresa Square, she had half as much information in her hands. For example, the trait "I love my home" only appeared after Shade entered the house. From this, the seventeen-year-old girl understood what Luvia often said about Shade's obsession with that house:
"Special scene bonus - Hamilton Detective Agency, because it is performing detective-like work, provides an additional inspiration bonus of 20 points. The total points are 95×1.2=114."
Although they knew that this simple judgment could not be passed, people still breathed a sigh of relief. After all, someone just rolled three 1 points in a row, which shows that everything in the story is possible.
"The detective who returned home keenly discovered that the stolen item was the knight's sword of 'Hamilton of Reged'. Although the detective was angry that he had been stolen, this anger did not give him a sharper Perception, to find the top criminal hiding in the home, what will Shad Hamilton do next? ”
Eluna frowned and thought for a moment:
"Don't give instructions and let him act randomly according to his own ideas."
After saying that he was worried about being suspected, he added:
"The thief is definitely in the house, but based on Hamilton's investigation, he cannot be found. Rather than giving him invalid instructions, it is better to wait for the thief to take the initiative. I don't believe he can hide all night."
After saying that, he waited for a moment and breathed a sigh of relief when he didn't hear his companions behind him questioning the decision. The voice in the dark continues to tell the story of the detective and the thief, and this story is coming to an end:
“Looking around, pacing, suppressing his complicated emotions of panic, guilt, anger and uneasiness, [Mortal Luck] Shade Hamilton could not understand his misfortune, and was even more angry at losing a precious symbol of identity. He suppressed his inner thoughts, sat on the sofa and tried to calm down. After writing and drawing, he finally decided to go to Ridwich Field to call the police on his own."
Everyone is looking at the tablescape. After Shade entered No. 6 St. Teresa Square, the original large area setting disappeared, and now the tabletop blocks were piled up to look like Shade's home.
"The detective entered the bedroom and closed the door with his backhand, which will increase his sense of security. If an additional lucky check is performed, if it is higher than 350 points, the sound of the thief walking in the living room will be found."
Danglanglang~
"The judgment was successful. The detective who was changing clothes was keenly aware of the footsteps outside the door. He decided to walk out of the bedroom to take a look. Note that because the gun bag was left on the desk, it could not be used in the next session. weapon."
There was a sigh from behind Iluna, but the seventeen-year-old girl knew that it was Shade who did not take it on purpose.
"The night was slightly cold, and panic occupied the young detective's heart. He didn't know that the faint footsteps outside at this time were just his hallucinations, or maybe they were criminals who had not yet left. At this moment, what he had heard in the long past, The strange and evil monster image that haunts urban legends on winter nights seems to flash behind that door."
Eluna thinks this kind of psychological description is funny.
" He stretched out his hand and pushed open the bedroom door. The familiar and warm home seemed extremely strange at the moment. Even though the light of the gas lamp shone here, he still had a hard time convincing himself that this was the first step he took. Everything is very normal."
"Have Thief Jack been discovered? Should a judgment be made?"
Eluna asked, and the hoarse voice telling the story responded:
"Shad Hamilton came to the living room and checked the living room, which actually had no clues. He found nothing, and then carefully came to the door of Room 1 on the second floor."
The voice paused for a moment, then immediately said:
"Shad Hamilton and [Jack the Thief] met head-on, and the battle began."
Almost everyone held their breath, only Iluna let out a long sigh, and the story finally came to an end.
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ps: In fact, the five people in the group don't have many opportunities to take action together. After all, the five people combined have almost no weaknesses. This is the only occasion where five people can appear together in one event.
Of course, at the end of this volume, after Shade enters the Central Ring, he will face more dangerous things. By then, the five people in the group will act together more frequently.
At the end of this volume, I am considering who will participate in the final battle at the end of the volume. By the way, you can guess where the decisive battle in this volume will be without prizes.
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