Chapter 2572: Files and Cowardly People

That night, they first received the news from Miss Belindell: "Flora is so easy to fool," "Reversed · Great Tree," and "She hasn't discovered other things." Then Galina glanced at Luvia before standing up to say goodbye.

The witch of the earth didn't have any thoughts about being with Galina... at least she claimed she didn't, but if it were with Luvia, she actually still had some small anxiety:

"Luvia is the first one; everyone knows her special status in the family. So Siris, stay with me tonight!"

She was standing in the foyer at this time, pulling her friend's hand, and looking up at the high stairs behind her:

"Your relationship with Xia De has long been in place, what are you waiting for? Why not tonight? After all, it will be busy next week."

Siris, who knew what she was thinking, smiled and pried her hand away:

"You have to learn how to get along with Luvia. Luvia is a very easy person to get along with. Don't persuade me to stay because of this kind of thing. I want to choose a suitable opportunity myself."

"But no one has taught me how to get along with my lover's fiancée in... bed."

Siris turned and pushed open the door. Galina's carriage was still waiting for her outside:

"Vanessa, I think I am luckier than you because I have a place to learn this knowledge. Remember to concentrate tonight, let your eyes see more, your ears hear more, and share the memory with me after you go back... Oh, remember to inform Luvia in advance, we cannot violate her privacy."

She patted her friend on the shoulder and walked out of the door in a good mood.

So when Galina brought Siris and Tifa to visit again on Saturday morning, she indeed saw Vanessa and Luvia sitting at the dining table chatting and laughing.

The Duchess glanced at Xia De's figure taking a bath in the washroom:

"This kind of thing can really deepen everyone's friendship. Our knight has means."

"Galina, were you such an unladylike person who often put this kind of thing on your lips before?"

Vanessa, whose face was still a little flushed, asked, but she actually agreed with Galina's point of view... Xia De did have the means to let them get along harmoniously:

"And today is Saturday. Don't you dislike getting up early? Why are you here now?"

"This is just on the way. Who made Xia De's house so close to Yodel Palace and the Kingdom Council? Even if it's Saturday, I have things to do as a member of the royal family. This is the responsibility of a Duchess."

Galina said in a good mood. Of course, she also had other things to do this morning. For example, the "cowardly person" she found for Xia De already had a target.

Xia De had no concept of how to find a "cowardly person," and Galina, who received Xia De's request, easily thought of Military Intelligence 5.

Compared to the prestigious Military Intelligence 6 where Xia De worked, although 5 also had a great reputation domestically, it was not well-known on the international stage because it was specifically in charge of domestic spies, crimes, and major cases.

And the Duchess directly asked for a batch of investigation records of specific cases, which no one could oppose. And compared to Miss Winslet's meager followers, the Duchess's manpower was too sufficient.

They spent two days organizing the files and picking out suitable candidates, which was why Galina came this morning:

"The most suitable candidate is not a criminal but a victim's family member, currently staying in a sanitarium. The police suspect that the other party's spirit has problems, so they don't intend to let him out before the case is sentenced."

She handed the file to Xia De, who had just finished washing up, and described the general situation of the case to others during breakfast:

"The cause of this matter is at the 'Tobesk Northern Industrial School.' I know you must have never heard of this place. This is a school for the poor and orphans, aiming to teach practical skills for future employment. The quality of education in such schools is not high; the focus is on practical skills rather than comprehensive education."

Actually, Xia De had heard of this school. The map left by Detective Sparrow marked this place as a key point. This was the place where underground spies in Tobesk frequented the most, and it also reflected the chaos of this school.

"The victim, Donald Gunn, was a student at this school, bullied and robbed by classmates in the school all year round, but never resisted."

"The two murderers in the file were his classmates. According to the investigation by Ridgewich Field, on the day of the case, Donald Gunn was threatened to hand over a large sum of money, and the murderers later asked to go to his house to take a look."

"I won't go into detail about what happened later; it will affect the appetite for breakfast. In short, Donald Gunn's grandparents, disabled father, two younger brothers, and one younger sister all died tragically, and the house was burned down to destroy the evidence."

"And according to the confession, all of this happened in front of Donald Gunn, and he didn't even dare to resist."

The girls at the table all shook their heads, and Siris even asked:

"Did the police get it wrong? For example, according to the stunning reversal in Miss Louisa's novel, Donald Gunn is actually the murderer, and he just guided the two murderers to commit evil through excellent psychological suggestion."

The red-haired Duchess shook her head regretfully:

"Ridgewich Field and 5 spent a lot of effort investigating such a major case of extermination. And after I got the file, I let Tifa take people to confirm it again. The details and truth of the case are fine. That Donald Gunn is really just a victim's family member, so he perfectly meets Xia De's requirements."

So everyone didn't continue to talk about this matter at the dining table, because this matter was indeed disgusting. Donald Gunn was a victim; they couldn't say he was also an evil person, but it was also a fact that he didn't dare to resist. Whether his behavior led to the cruelty of the murderers was hard to say.

So it was better not to evaluate this matter; after all, it had nothing to do with them.

Donald Gunn now lived in a sanitarium by the Oser River in the north of the city. But that was not the abandoned sanitarium where Xia De and the doctor first went to collect the relics that killed Detective Sparrow, but the "Tobesk First Sanitarium" specifically for political prisoners and a small number of prisoners with mental problems.

With the pass document given by Galina and the identity of "Great Detective Hamilton," Xia De's visit this morning went smoothly.

Considering that there was a meeting in the afternoon, Xia De planned to end this visit as early as possible and take time to go to Vesta City in the morning. But he didn't expect that just as he walked into the corridor on the second floor of the west building of the sanitarium, he saw Dr. Schneider with a clinical assistant head-on.

The doctor was talking to the doctor of the sanitarium at this time, and he was also surprised when he caught a glimpse of Xia De.

In short, after ending the conversation after a while, he let his two assistants go to the patient's ward to make preparations in advance, and only then did he talk to Xia De.

However, the doctor's goal was not Donald Gunn. His patient this time was in another ward. As for why the semi-official mental sanitarium still needed doctors from outside to see a doctor, this could only be attributed to the doctor's supernatural powers.

Xia De then briefly introduced Donald Gunn's matter and his purpose to the doctor. Hearing that Xia De wanted to use his set of alchemical equipment, the doctor proposed to go with him.

Because Donald Gunn himself was not a prisoner but a victim's family member, he was arranged in a separate room. When Xia De and Dr. Schneider pushed the door into the room, he had been injected with a sedative after breakfast and was sleeping on the bed at this moment.

After checking the room slightly, Xia De took out the syringe and paper man, went to take his hair, and wrote his name on the paper man. The doctor went to see the patient information card at the end of the bed with interest.

Before performing "Sin Extraction," Xia De also checked the other party's physical condition, confirming that there were no traces of relics or other elements:

"I extracted the sin, won't he be cowardly anymore?"

Xia De finally confirmed, and the doctor shook his head:

"Of course not. The 'Sin Mansion' you mentioned trades in 'upper limits,' and the equipment I gave you can only extract 'internal content.' You extracted the sin, which will only make his personality slightly stronger and delay the expansion of sin in a short time. In fact, it has little effect on him."

Xia De nodded, the needle pierced the other party's wrist. After the demon runes on the surface of the needle lit up one by one, he pulled slowly, watching black things like silt appear in the glass tube.

But the amount extracted after the operation was also very small. After injecting it into the paper man according to the operation steps, the paper man was immediately stained with color.

And the originally thin paper man also became thick, until it turned into a doll that was 50% similar to Donald Gunn in Xia De's hand. The feel of that "doll" was very strange because it felt like touching a dead person's skin when pinched.

【Outsider, you have gained insight into "cowardice."】

"She" reminded softly, and Dr. Schneider took the "paper man" and checked it:

"It's 【Ordinary】 quality... 0.9 units of cowardice, which is worse than the 1.1 units you wanted, but it should be easy to make up."

According to the classification of "Flaw," "Ordinary," "Perfect," and "Treasure," this was the second to last grade. Considering that the other party was just an ordinary person, Xia De was not surprised by this rating.

Xia De just looked at the person lying on the bed with some puzzlement:

"He is like this, and it's only 0.9 units? I originally thought it would be at least 3 units."

This was, after all, a case selected from hundreds of files.

"It's not that easy, but the amount is indeed a bit small, which is inconsistent with his actual performance."

The doctor said, placing his slightly glowing hand on Donald Gunn's forehead:

"So it is."

"It seems you came a few days late. The sin he committed will not fade because of his own thoughts, but he atoned for his sins, so the sin of 'cowardice' became much less."

So Dr. Schneider spent two minutes entering Donald Gunn's dream. When he opened his eyes again, he asked Xia De with some surprise:

"You did come a day late. Guess what he did?"

Xia De was suspicious because of his recent encounter in Vesta City:

"Don't tell me he traveled through time, returned to the night of the case, and made a different choice." ===== CHAPTER 2573 =====