Chapter 3277: Pink Mist and Followers

Although the bullet that achieved the murder target entered the temple, it didn't penetrate the man's head, so the bullet head should still be in his head. Later, it would probably require an autopsy to find the bullet head.

But after the revolver fired, the shell would be retained in the chamber of the cylinder and must be cleared through manual operation, so it was still possible to determine some things by looking for the shell.

It was just very unfortunate that the cylinder of that revolver, which no one had touched after the murder, had nothing after inspection, but traces of recent firing could be found at the muzzle.

So the police suspected that there was actually a second revolver in the room at the time, but the status of the ladies present was not ordinary, and no one was willing to accept a full-body search.

The only good news was that due to proper control, most people in the banquet hall downstairs didn't know that such a serious death case had occurred upstairs. And because Baron Jensen was just a small figure, even if he died, it wouldn't cause too much political impact, so the first accident of the Karsenrik and Delarion talks was temporarily calmed down.

The police would inspect the crime scene overnight, and the handgun and the corpse would also be sent to professional institutions for inspection after the banquet. Baron Jensen's death wouldn't be reported in the newspaper early tomorrow morning, but would wait until there were results before issuing an obituary to the outside world.

As for the ladies of the "Sisterhood," they naturally received permission to leave on their own after recording their statements on the spot. Although they weren't searched, they would investigate the interpersonal relationships of everyone here afterward. If anyone was investigated and found to be related to Baron Jensen, they would still be asked to investigate.

The lively banquet was still going on. When the case investigation came to an end, the dance party in the banquet hall downstairs had already begun. The long tables were removed, and most of the area in the banquet hall had been divided into dance floor areas, and people dancing were swaying their bodies with the music.

Xia De held Miss Reinhardt's hand and walked down from the stairs. He looked at it from afar, Major Lades was still playing cards with others, so Xia De didn't go to disturb him. He entered the dance floor together with the somewhat shy Miss Reinhardt, and then gently hugged her waist.

The witch originally wanted to ask about him calling her name directly just now, but Xia De frowned and asked:

"Who was the lady with the pink earrings who was with you just now?"

"Hmm? What?"

She was a bit hesitant, but she still recalled while dancing with Xia De:

"That was... Countess Waldeck. She was three grades higher than me, and it seems she was a literature major. I'm not very familiar with her. I just heard that she is a famous socialite in Wilndale. This is not a good reputation."

She looked at the face that was very close to her, and found that Xia De's expression was very ugly.

"What's wrong? Did you find something? Is she the culprit?"

Xia De shook his head:

"Whether she is the culprit, I don't know. I'm not even sure if she is related to the shooting just now.

But I saw that the two pink earrings she was wearing had problems. You haven't seen similar things, so you didn't notice, but I... saw similar things not long ago. Is it such a coincidence? Or is it that its power has already spread so widely?"

"Is the problem very serious?"

So the witch asked softly. Xia De wasn't sure how to express it:

"I still need to confirm it. In a while, I want to follow that Countess. Now the only thing I can determine is that she is indeed an ordinary person."

"I'll go with you."

Miss Reinhardt said in a low voice. Xia De thought about it and didn't refuse, but still felt he should tell her what he might encounter first:

"I suspect the earrings on her ears have the power of some Unknown-level evil object."

The witch dancing with him wasn't surprised at all:

"It really appeared. Yesterday I was thinking that only Unknown-level relics hadn't appeared on this island yet."

But if the 【Base of Fate】 that the Prophet Association was looking for was also here, in fact, the Unknown level had long existed.

Because of the accident just now, many members of the "Sisterhood" didn't stay at the banquet but left directly. Xia De and Miss Reinhardt originally thought Countess Waldeck would also leave with that Count soon, but she had been upstairs and hadn't come down.

The two patiently continued to dance downstairs. Xia De was full of worries, but the great witch of the sun was enjoying it. They stayed behind, which was right, because soon there was a disturbance upstairs again. The police were still surveying the scene, but an important piece of evidence had disappeared.

Although Xia De and Miss Reinhardt didn't get involved, that evidence sounded like that revolver.

At 9:30 in the evening, the banquet ended hastily. Most of the people who came to the banquet had more or less heard about the second floor, so they were very understanding of Grand Duke Lagson's frowning when he sent the guests away at the end.

Count Waldeck was invited to participate in other activities, and the representatives of the two countries at the banquet had already made initial contact, so the delegation still had to discuss some things internally. Countess Waldeck went to her residence alone by carriage, which was also arranged by Lagson Principality. Although the accommodation conditions were definitely not as good as in big cities, the basic living standard could still be guaranteed.

Xia De and Miss Reinhardt followed far behind that carriage.

There was not much nightlife in the City of Time at night, and most of the ladies who accompanied them had already left early, so there were many opportunities for Xia De and Miss Reinhardt to take action on the road, but Xia De didn't take action:

"The things tonight are too strange. First it was that gun, then it was the power of the familiar evil object. Let's wait patiently."

His premonition was right, because the carriage soon turned into a nameless street in the west of the city. It was clear that it had deviated from its original direction. Then the carriage went further and further, and finally stopped on a rocky beach outside the city after crossing the city from north to south.

From here, one could see the lights of the pier of the City of Time, and also the tall ships of the Delarion and Karsenrik fleets.

This place was chosen quite well. The sound of waves hitting the rocks was crashing, while the snowy mountain in the north stood in the darkness, and the moon could only illuminate its slight outline.

The coachman jumped off the carriage and gathered with his companions who had been lying in ambush here long ago. The coachman himself was naturally an ordinary person, but his three companions wearing jester masks were all ring mages.

The style of the jester masks was very familiar. Not only was it similar to the "Jester Card" in Xia De's pocket, but it was also similar to the mask of "Mr. Mortis" who first entrusted Xia De to find his friend's whereabouts.

Or rather, Xia De, who was lurking in the surroundings after invisibility, was very sure that among the three ring mages wearing masks, the one with the lowest level was Mr. Mortis.

"Mr. Mortis turned out to be a member of the 【Jester Troupe】... The mystery is in the mystery itself."

He told Miss Reinhardt, who was lurking on the side, about the 【Jester Troupe】 through telepathy. The witch had only heard of this organization before and didn't know that there were their people in her hometown.

And at this time, the carriage door stopped on the beach had already opened. Countess Waldeck walked out of it unhurriedly. She looked at the three people surrounding her, not panicked at all, but raised her hand to touch the pink earring on her left ear.

That earring emitted a charming light, but it was a pity that the three were prepared. The ordinary coachman had already run far away along the beach.

"This earring might be useful for charming and controlling ordinary people, but it's useless for ring mages."

Among the three people wearing jester masks, only Mr. Mortis was third-level, while the other two were one fifth-level and one seventh-level. The leader was that seventh-level ring mage:

"Madam, tell us the origin of your earrings and tell us who corrupted you. You don't have to open your mouth, but we already know you were ordered to use this opportunity to come to Fatumunster Island to expand your forces on this island."

"You think this is corruption?"

The beautiful woman smiled quite beautifully:

"Although you are supernatural beings, you are still shallow in knowledge. You don't know what is true... happiness."

She reached out and took off her hair accessory, letting her long hair hang down:

"Three men are making things difficult for a woman here, you really aren't ashamed. How about this, whoever is willing to accept a kiss from me, I will tell you what you want to know."

The three took a step back in unison, and then the leading seventh-level ring mage continued to say:

"Then I'm sorry, we generally won't do this, but next we will control you, and then use some means to make you have to open your mouth."

Even when facing an ordinary person, the three were still very cautious, first surrounding the woman, and then approaching little by little.

The sound of waves perfectly covered the footsteps of the three, but Countess Waldeck just smiled and looked at them.

Pink mist surged from under her skirt at this moment. The three ring mages wearing jester masks retreated immediately without thinking, and didn't even try to attack the woman in the pink mist. Precisely because they knew what the source of this ordinary person's power was, they were so cautious.

Countess Waldeck behind the pink mist opened the fan in her hand, covering her lower face and smiling charmingly:

"【Jester Troupe】 is indeed a group of jesters. They are clearly acting as jesters, but they think they are heroes."

After saying this sentence, the mist had already wrapped the carriage. In the mist, she seemed to throw something at the horse, and then in the roar in the mist, the upper body of the horse actually squirmed and began to transform into a human appearance, and heavy whisper elements appeared on the horse's body.

?? PS: Picture of this chapter "Mermaid's Followers"

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