"No problem, what's the strange thing?" Annick asked.

Arthur hurriedly explained: "The secret room. When Cobrain was discovered, he was in a secret room. The single-family villa where he lived was considered a pretty good gathering place for rich people in the North District. Not only did they pay for it together, but

He had a full-time patrol team, and even had a full-time doorman and servants in his own home. Just like that, he died in his bedroom on the second floor."

"Secret room?"

It is indeed a nerve-wracking thing to create a secret room on Earth, but in Taigai, it is almost not difficult.

"Mr. Wilbur, can you ask your assistants to go out? We need to keep the next words confidential."

"Okay, you two can go have a cup of tea and rest now. I have something to talk to some police officers."

After waiting for the people to leave, Annick continued: "The secret room is not a problem at all for extraordinary people. For an extraordinary person who can use invisibility skills, or deformation skills, or teleportation skills, the secret room is a joke.

Either an ordinary person used certain techniques to create a secret room, or an extraordinary person or extraordinary creature killed him, and was the murder weapon found?"

Arthur replied: "The murder weapon should be his own collection of stiletto swords, one of which was kept at the scene. Mr. Cobryan has a private weapons arsenal where he stores many cold weapons."

Merlin, who had remained silent, said: "Everyone, maybe I can help in some way. This gentleman died less than twelve hours ago."

Arthur replied: "No, Mr. Merlin, what can you do?"

"We are extraordinary beings, so naturally we have to use some unusual methods. Mr. Cobrian will show me his file, and then I will hold a ceremony. I hope the conditions are met."

Listening to Merlin's words, Annick was a little confused. After all, he didn't know anything about ritual magic. At most, he only knew a different world summoning ritual.

Merlin quickly looked at the file, turned to the column of birthday and place of birth, and then said,

"Is your birthday in November? The location is in the northwest."

After confirming the information, Merlin took out a small tablecloth, spread it on the floor in the northwest corner of the room, then took out five candles,

Use chalk to draw the shape of a scorpion on the tablecloth, and then place five blue candles according to the vertices of the five-pointed star. After lighting them, Merlin took out a straw man and wrote "Cobrain" on white paper.

Name, birthday, and then pinned on the scarecrow’s forehead with thumbtacks.

Arthur asked hurriedly: "Mr. Merlin, what is this?"

"The spirit summoning ritual is a simple version. Generally, people who die unjustly and are angry and unwilling to die will have part of their spirit body remaining in this world. What we need to do is let him attach himself to this scarecrow to assist in the investigation."

Oh my god, this is a super useful ritual. Annick regrets not getting to know this guy earlier, so that he wouldn't have to think too hard to solve the case.

Wilbur was not too surprised and asked directly: "It's not that simple. If every case is that simple, then more than half of us will be laid off."

"Yes, it is difficult to combine the elements of this ritual. Firstly, the time cannot be too long. Secondly, the victim will die an untimely death. Thirdly, there is enough unwillingness in the heart to generate enough resentment."

Merlin's explanation made Annick feel relieved, "Then continue, there is nothing else you need."

"Quickly, let me light the requiem and we can get started."

Merlin found a small plate of purple incense and lit it with a match, which emitted a light and calming aroma similar to lavender. Then he took out a silver knife, surrounded the ritual circle, and drew four air walls in the air.

After Merlin finished doing this, he began to chant: "The Kingdom of Heaven on Earth has been established. O innocent soul of Cobryan, are you unwilling to give up and have the desire for revenge? Come here, come here, and we will help you fulfill your desire for revenge.

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After doing this, the scarecrow didn't respond. Merlin scratched his head, took out a gold coin, and some essential oil, poured the essential oil into a small stove, and lit it to heat. The aroma of lemon came out, and Merlin closed his eyes.

, put the gold coin in his left hand, held a knife in his right hand and drew a complex pattern in the air with very fast hand speed. Annick only recognized that he had drawn a twelve-pointed star.

"I, Merlin, summon the ferryman of the underworld in my name, and ask you to help bring the soul of Cobryan, who died yesterday, here."

Merlin's words were very slow, but very powerful. The key was that he was not speaking Brugge or the common language of the Western Continent. He was speaking ancient Elvish. Annick could hear this clearly. Arthur and Will

Bo Ze looked at Merlin intently.

The brightness of the room suddenly dropped, and a gust of cold wind blew in the morgue with closed doors and windows.

With the change, Annick's own spirituality told him that an incorporeal extraordinary creature was about to arrive.

After a while, ripples began to appear on the ground, like a stone hitting the water, and layers of concentric circles appeared in the air. After a while, a canoe appeared and disappeared on the ground, a three-yard-high,

A translucent giant made of white bones stood on a canoe while shaking an oar.

The giant took the gold coins from Merlin's hand with his hand, and then opened the lampshade of an oil lamp with blue flames on the bow of the ship. A gray spirit emerged from the oil lamp and floated aimlessly in the air.

Until it saw the ritual circle and scarecrow on the ground, it swooped in.

After the ferry giant got the gold coin, he continued to rock the oar. The canoe did not move forward, but slowly became more and more transparent, and disappeared completely after a while. The brightness in the room was restored, and the warmth of the fireplace also returned.

inside the room.

Only then, after confirming that the gold coins in his hand had disappeared, did Merlin open his eyes. He smiled and said, "It will take more money to succeed. Mr. Cobrain's home is probably a bit far away from here."

Arthur was a little confused. As an ordinary person, he naturally didn't know what happened. He could only ask: "What happened? Did Mr. Merlin succeed?"

On the contrary, the old forensic doctor said calmly: "The creature from the underworld is here. It should not be the god of death. It is not so gentle."

It seems that after being exposed to death too much, this old forensic doctor has developed a sixth sense.

Merlin said nonchalantly: "The ferryman is responsible for throwing people's spirits into the River Styx for washing. Of course, it is not easy to control them. Either you are of high enough status and can directly leave the body and use the mythical state of a demigod to crush them.

Squeeze them or pay them honestly. They like our Bruguet gold coins the most because they have the highest gold content."
Chapter completed!