Secrets: Priestess

Chapter 9 "Witch"

Jiang Zhe stayed in the armory until very late. When Captain Dunn and Ms. Daly came back, they still hadn't seen the "secret peeper" Old Neil.

"Oh, goddess! Claire! You can actually stay here and read boring information for a whole day!" Luo Shan came down from the ground, reminding Jiang Zhe that Daley, who was on field work, had returned, and marveled at Jiang Zhe's patience.

"And Mrs. Orianna is back too. I'll take you to get the money first!"

Being pulled away by Luo Shan, Luo Shan told Jiang Zhe along the way about the newspapers she read today and the interesting stories she learned, and said that as a beautiful girl, she should look like a beautiful girl.

"You are so quiet! Forgive me for using this word to describe the environment to describe you. I really can't think of any other words to describe people."

Jiang Zhe just laughed at Luo Shan's slightly exaggerated attitude.

Luo Shan's straightforward nature is not offensive.

"You should take advantage of your free time to get a beauty treatment, get your hair done, go shopping, and enjoy life. Broaden your horizons and don't just focus on the dangerous things that Beyonders do."

Back to the ground floor office, one of the six offices in the corridor is Mrs. Orianna's accounting office.

Mrs. Orianna had fashionable curly hair and was gentle and generous.

When helping Jiang Zhe collect his advance salary, Luo Shan mentioned that Jiang Zhe wanted to become an extraordinary person.

Mrs. Orianna smiled gently, took out the banknotes from the safe, and methodically counted out two five-pound notes and two one-pound notes, handing them to Jiang Zhe: "Miss Claire, aren't you afraid? You are also exposed to the evil events..."

"Fear?"

At that time, when he was imprisoned in the darkness by Claire, he felt fear and terror, so Jiang Zhe wanted to pursue Feifan even more.

As Orianna took out the advance receipt and asked Jiang Zhe to press his fingerprint, she recalled, "Sixteen years ago, before I came here to become an accountant for the Nighthawks, I was almost killed by a serial killer. That person was a Beyonder, who was hunting young girls to remove their organs for a demonic ritual..."

"Although I'm no longer afraid of those memories, and although I've come into contact with secretive and great Beyonders like the Captain,... like Roxanne, I don't recommend that Miss Claire get any deeper into Beyonders."

Luo Shan leaned over the table, nodding rapidly. "Yes, just like my father, who said that madness and death were the ultimate fate of Extraordinary people... and died the following week after he said that."

Although both of them could easily talk about their painful memories, the haze in their words was difficult to conceal.

"Have more respect for that power... Claire." Roxanne lowered her voice.

Mrs. Orianna was also smiling at her.

"Okay, it's time for us to go find Ms. Daly!" Roxanne immediately regained her energy, said goodbye to Mrs. Orianna, and pulled Claire away.

Mrs. Orianna smiled and waved to them.

In the outer office, Dunn and Daly were chatting.

When Jiang Zhe met Ms. Daly again, he noticed that the psychic had a look of fatigue between her brows, and her clothes were torn. She was wearing the coat that Captain Dunn had left in the office.

Jiang Zhe looked at Dunn standing beside him. The captain looked even more disheveled than Ms. Daly, and even had many minor wounds on his body.

After staying here for a whole day and communicating with Luo Shan and Brett, Jiang Zhe learned that Captain Dunn was the strongest Beyonder in Tingen, and Ms. Daly was a talented Beyonder who was receiving attention from the Holy Temple.

Both of them encountered a powerful enemy at the same time?

"Captain, Sister Dai Li, is today's field case very dangerous?" Jiang Zhe asked in surprise.

Luo Shan was tidying up her desk and listening to the noise here.

Dunn didn't hide anything. He looked at Jiang Zhe with deep eyes and said, "We encountered Tai Perslan."

"Tai..." Jiang Zhe frowned and murmured, his expression becoming complicated.

Dunn sighed. "He didn't leave Tingen, but was rescued by a mysterious individual just as we were about to arrest him. That mysterious individual was very powerful. Daly and I both suspect he might be a Sequence 6..."

Daly didn't look particularly disappointed. Yawning, she said, "It's a shame we didn't catch Ty Poslan, but this confirms that he has accomplices of higher order, so this is a new development in the case."

"Let's not talk about this anymore. I'm not someone who can't sleep. I've been exhausted all day, and all I want now is to cuddle up to a cold corpse and fall asleep peacefully." Daly put her arm around Jiang Zhe's shoulders. "Claire, do you have any corpses in stock?"

Dai Li's joking words interrupted Jiang Zhe's complicated emotions.

Dunn chuckled and coughed, then glanced at Dai Li helplessly. He said to Jiang Zhe gently, "Let Dai Li accompany you tonight. Don't be fooled by her unreliable appearance. After getting to know her, you'll find that she is strong and reliable."

Being praised, Daly put on the hood of her black robe and said, "Let's go home and rest."

Even with the blue blush covering it up, Jiang Zhe noticed that Dai Li seemed shy.

Family.

In fact, it can hardly be called home.

Jiang Zhe currently lives in a one-bedroom townhouse on the edge of the university district. It was rented by Claire when she was about to graduate. It was just a place to stay.

Now the real owner of this place has abandoned it.

After taking the bus back here, Jiang Zhe almost thought he had taken the wrong road.

The entrance courtyard has been renovated, and the fences, doors and windows all look brand new.

"It's quite elegant." Daly praised.

Jiang Zhe was silent, guessing that these changes came from Jessica.

Some people abandoned it and left.

Some people also repaired it.

Standing by the road, Daly suddenly asked, "Do you know why Dunn arranged for me to follow you?"

Jiang Zhe said calmly, "Protection, supervision, and probably also using me as bait."

Dai Li looked at Jiang Zhe with appreciation: "You are very perceptive."

"But don't blame Dunn. He asked me to send a letter to the Holy Temple today, reporting your situation. He also requested that the Holy Temple list you as a candidate for consideration as a formal member of the professional team, claiming that you were in danger." "Huh?" Jiang Zhe suddenly turned his head to look at Dai Li.

Daly chuckled softly. "Actually... even if Dunn hadn't applied this time, because of your noble status and your desire to become extraordinary, someone from the Holy Temple would have extended an invitation to you sooner or later."

"But Dunn and I still hope you can be cautious."

……

The skinny boy stabbed the dagger into the heart of the ferocious gang leader, and blood dripped from his fingertips.

He slowly bent down while panting heavily.

The black hair, black eyes, and the blood-stained young face all belonged to Tai Poslan.

There was someone on his back.

A large group of women with dry and terrifying faces.

Only a small area of ​​the right eye remained smooth and clean, vaguely reminiscent of its former beauty.

The woman rolled off his exhausted body, her wide robe falling off, revealing countless sharp and penetrating eyes on her chest and back.

"This is Hyena's safe house. He's a ruthless and cautious guy... We can hide here for a night. We're safe for now."

"Ty Perslan" struggled to get up and tidied the woman's clothes. The murderous look in his eyes gradually faded.

The woman struggled to stretch out her hand and greedily touched the face of "Ty Perslan".

The boy's eyes flickered slightly, but he still leaned his face towards the woman.

The woman's only remaining right eye revealed the fiery emotions of a fanatic.

Caressing the boy's face was like holding a priceless treasure.

The woman smiled crazily, "Tai, you don't have to try to please me like this... I'm dying, and those things will definitely be yours, and our will will definitely be inherited by you!"

"Just drink the 'Witch' again and you'll have everything we have!"

Ty Poslan started coughing violently. When he stood up and met the woman's expectant gaze...

He narrowed his eyes and fumbled to pull out a bottle of potion from his arms.

It was a magical potion made with the extraordinary characteristics separated from "her" body as the main ingredient.

He re-bottled and sealed the potion several times, hesitating to give it up.

"Witch" potion.

Holding the bottle of potion, "Tai Perslan"'s expression suddenly became ferocious. He stuffed the potion and the bottle into his mouth and directly broke the potion package with his teeth!

The sticky potion mixed with blood squeezed into his throat like a living thing!

"Ty Perslan" curled up and trembled, holding his throat in pain.

His body gradually changed under the effect of the potion.

Even in this painful situation, "Tai" still tried his best to keep his eyes open and look at the woman!

The woman looked directly into those crazy and tough black pupils, groping with all her might to pick up the dagger that had fallen at her feet.

There is hope, tenderness, passion, and shame in his eyes...

Under Tai's gaze, the woman moved slowly in front of him.

Her voice was already hoarse:
"Not only that inheritance! The Beyonder characteristics I leave behind after my death are all yours too!"

"You are the first person to survive and succeed in the 'Reincarnation Ritual'!"

"I have already given you the 'key' to the inheritance!"

Her voice was still hot:

"You are our hope!"

"You are our dagger!"

“You have to live!”

"You have to climb step by step to the highest point of those 'men'!"

"Stab... Him!"

"besides!"

A tear fell from the woman's right eye. It was the only remaining trace of her humanity as a female witch struggling in a nightmarish world.
With her last bit of strength, she shouted a warning to Tai:

"Beware of the Hidden Sage!"

Suddenly, the woman opened her eyes all over her body from head to toe!

But as the woman screamed, the dagger in her hand steadily pierced into her forehead...

All the crowded eyes suddenly closed.

Everything came to a sudden halt——

The woman's body fell heavily beside the mutated "Tai".

(End of this chapter)