Demon Sage

Three intact locks were hung on the iron pieces extending from the bolts outside. Donald stood outside the warehouse and glanced at the jeweler’s family standing in the vicinity. In addition to the husband and wife, they also had a pair of children.

The boy’s body shape follows the father’s, round stature, of course, it may also be that he has not yet reached the height of the age, Donald’s eyes stop on his hands on his sides.

The fingers are like little carrots, unable to do delicate work. As for the girl and the woman, one is young, the other is sad, not like a fake, while the jeweler wipes the sweat on the side. The movement has not stopped, and his eyes have been looking at the warehouse, looking forward to any good news.

Although it cannot be ruled out that this family is all the actor’s probability, but apart from this, judging from the details of all aspects, the probability of guarding and stealing is extremely small.

Where did the jewelry go?

Looking at the warehouse, there are three wooden racks nearly two meters high and divided into five layers. When the jewelry is not missing, it is packed in various boxes and placed on the wooden racks. vacancy.

The current state of the wooden frame is that the jewelry on the upper two floors is intact, and when I glance over, there is no sign that any box has been opened, but the jewelry box on the lower three floors has been opened for nearly 30 box.

The lock is intact, eliminating the possibility of violent breaking the door. The key is always in the hands of the jeweler. According to him, they are inseparable. Even when sleeping, he and his wife take turns to take care of the key. To do this, then rule out someone stealing keys and committing crimes late at night.

How did the thief get into the warehouse? This became a key issue, as the three locks on the outside of the door were all locked before Abel opened the door, and one of them even had a thin wire attached to the bell at the top of the stairs, which was hung every night when he went to bed. , which is a commonly used traditional anti-theft method in the folk.

Anything that touches the lock will set off the bell, and the couple above are alternately vigilant, and the probability of discovery is very high.

“Mr. Abel, are the two layers of jewelry on the wooden shelf worthless?”

Only the bottom three layers were stolen, and none of the jewelry boxes on the top two layers were left untouched. According to normal thinking, the thief must think that the upper two floors are worthless and occupy space. Sherlock asked this question to confirm.

“Of course not. I don’t have the habit of placing things according to their heights. The gold and silver jewelry here are all in short supply on the market recently.”

Abel’s response made Sherlock inside fell silent, stretched out his hand and gestured for the height. Sherlock was not tall, about 170, about the position of Donald’s earlobe, his arms could reach the top of the wooden frame, and his figure slowly sank. , palm down the shelf and pause at the base of the Second Layer.

At this time, Sherlock bent his legs, and his height was not even 1.5 meters. Could the thief be a dwarf? Or is it just a child?

Due to the urgency of time, Donald, an assistant on the first day of work, was assigned to inquire about the jeweler’s family.

Ten minutes of inquiry, and finally got the information: Abel’s jewelry store is about to open. Because of the invitation letter, many people know the news, but the warehouse where the jewelry is stored is rarely disclosed to others. , In addition to Abel’s family, there are a few people who know who are very close friends or partners. Abel himself said that they were impossible to steal jewelry.

There are many people who have entered Abel’s house in recent days, most of them are relatives. After all, it is a jewelry store, which symbolizes wealth and assets, and there are certainly many people who talk about friendship. It is impossible to say that these people are not suspected, but the places where they live are basically distributed in various urban areas of Preston City. If they investigate and verify one by one, it is almost impossible to solve the case before tomorrow morning.

There were also three outsiders, a maid who came to clean the house three days ago, a plumber who repaired the pipes in the house, and a rat catcher.

“The Ratcatcher?”

Donald has some doubts about this profession.

“I don’t know what’s going on recently. There are a lot of mice in the house, especially in the kitchen and living room. Usually, not only the furniture, but also the curtains in the living room are gnawed a small piece.”

Able’s description reminded Donald involuntarily of the swarm of rats he encountered on his platform yesterday afternoon.

“Tell me about the rat catcher you know about.”

“It’s an old man with a brown top hat and a hunchback, not paying attention What it looks like, I just remember that he always has a bell in his hand, speaking of which his methods are really powerful. We have placed several mouse cages in our house. In just two days, all the mice in our house entered the cages. “

“I see…”

Donald inevitably thought of a certain situation. Before yesterday, he would never believe his current thoughts, only It can be said that the mutant mouse has subverted his three views.

Resolutely got up and walked to the warehouse, where Sherlock was still looking for clues with a magnifying glass.

“The basic inquiry is almost done. I want to come in and help you find clues, okay?”

“Of course, you are my assistant.”

With permission, Donald walked into the warehouse. Compared to Sherlock’s exploration around the wooden shelves, his eyes from the very beginning were concentrated on the corners around the warehouse. This place is not a dedicated treasure room. Judging from some sacks and sundries around, it should be a temporary modification of the grocery room.

Squatting on the ground, moving along the wall at the door, paying attention to the gaps between the clutter, and occasionally pulling out some baskets.

“Donald, what are you looking for?”

What clues can be found in the corner of the wall at this time, will the thief still run to the corner of the wall when stealing gold and silver jewelry A basket or two for stuff?

“I’m looking for… this!”

Ripping open a sack, a hole in the back wall that is a circle bigger than a fist appeared in front of him, Donald leaned down, holding his breath, not to blow away the dust that had built up around the walls, which were marked with rat paws and some drag marks.

“The mouse hole? You wouldn’t think it was stolen by a mouse… do you really think so?”

“Sherlock, you’ve seen a big mouse Is it? It’s about…so big.”

The size of the mutant mouse I saw yesterday was drawn with both hands. Sherlock looked back with astonishment. This size can be called a mouse. ?

“I know this may be unbelievable, but I saw it with my own eyes, right on the balcony of my house, and if I had a camera at the time, I think I would have taken a picture.”

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Donald knew that his idea might seem a bit nonsense in the eyes of others. A group of mice rushed into the treasure house in the middle of the night and stole dozens of pieces of jewelry. According to this kind of thinking, don’t you have to believe that ghosts stole things?

Whether others are believing or not, Bad Abel is sure to roll his eyes.

“I believe it!”

“That’s it, I…you believe me?”

“Donald, I didn’t As I told you, I’ve seen even more outrageous things, but that time was accidental, and this time it’s a personal experience, you go and close the warehouse door, and you’ll know later if your thoughts are true.”

According to Sherlock’s words, he closed the door. When he came back, he found that there was a glass bottle in his hand, which contained some silver-gray powder, and he was pouring some of them on the index finger of his right hand. Thumbs were attached next to each other, twirling the pinch of powder.

“I bought this vial of tracking powder for 5 gold pounds. With the blessing of spell, as long as a little is sprinkled on the ground, the footprints of all creatures passing through this area in the past few days will be lost. Reappear.”

“Pursing the powder?”

What did you waste so much time looking at with a magnifying glass, pretending?

Watching Sherlock pour the powder several times in a row, sprinkle it on the mouse hole and in front of the wooden frame, and then squatted aside and waited for the result.

One minute…two minutes…

“What are you doing in there, can I open the door?”

Abel, who was waiting outside, became impatient and started knocking on the door, but the atmosphere in the warehouse was awkward at this time.

“That bastard actually lied to me, huh, I’m not finished with him!”

On the unaltered warehouse floor, Sherlock threw the tracking powder on the ground, the bottle happened to be Roll to Donald’s feet.

You are a detective, okay? You can also believe in tracing powder this thing. Shouldn’t you rely on your own wisdom to solve the case?

“Assistant! Are you thinking of something bad right now?”

Sherlock stared at Donald, if he dared to nodded, the past few days must find a chance to deduct his salary.

“I’m wondering if I’m using the wrong method. This kind of tracing powder is very difficult to deal with just by its name, and I bought it for 5 gold pounds, so it can’t be useless at all.”

Aware of the danger, Donald hurriedly changed the subject, and bent down to pick up the Pursuit powder bottle on the ground. The glass bottle was quite hard, with a white label on it, which read the name: Pursuit powder.

There seems to be a line of small characters below, go to the small window next to it, and take advantage of the sunlight.

“Needs Spirit Vision ability…Sherlock, did the person who sold your bottle of powder mentioned Spirit Vision ability to you? Look at the label below.”

“Don’t think about it, the Spirit Vision ability is simply impossible for most people, then it needs… Anyway, this bottle of powder is useless!”

Sherlock seems to know some special secrets, just Like this bottle of tracking powder, if it really works, it simply shouldn’t be something the ordinary person should have.

This guy has a lot of secrets.

Donald glanced at Sherlock, who was squatting with his back to him, closed his eyes, and recalled the state of the previous two times. At that time, he saw all the strange things. Is that the Spirit Vision ability? ?

According to his guess, this ability is likely to come from the demon in the body. Since it is a demon ability, it will not only be able to see some inexplicable fog, right?

Would you like to try it?

Due to the influence of religion, demons are synonymous with filth and evil in the eyes of the aboriginal people of this world. Even if they get some of them, they can’t avoid it. Except for those evil people, how can they take the initiative to contact the power of demons?

It can only be said that Donald is an outlier. The education in his previous life made him more practical. As long as it can be used, he doesn’t care about the source of his ability. Anyway, he has not found any other disadvantages except the pain in his eyes.

I can see the trail on the ground, I want to see the trail on the ground!

If you want to discover your own abilities, giving yourself strong psychological hints is a very useful method.

A heat flow suddenly came out of the brain, uncontrollably, and poured straight into the eyes.

The light twists around him, as if the space here is being interfered with by some force.

With his back to the window, Donald opened his eyes, the emerald green pupils glowed with red luster, and the two colors were intertwined, as if red crystal powder was embedded in an emerald agate, making his eyes bewitching and magnificent .

You never know how powerful you are if you don’t force yourself!