"According to the hospital's diagnosis and treatment records, Browning is close to sixty years old this year, but he looks very young. Although it can be explained by spending money on maintenance, it is more likely to be the influence of extraordinary power."
Stone explained.
"In fact, Browning has never aged since he lived in the Stormwater Villas at the age of fifty, and he has become younger and younger as he lives, even though he has lived in seclusion since then, and many of his former partners have disappeared.
It’s too communicative, but people still somewhat discovered this fact.”
"You mean that Browning may have touched some part of the foreign contamination?"
Shia knew very well that rejuvenation was rare, but it was not impossible.
After receiving extraordinary power, at least on the surface, human beings can temporarily achieve a state of eternal youth and ageless appearance. However, this appearance is accompanied by serious pollution. It can be said that beneath the bright appearance is a rotten interior.
, no different from monsters.
Just like the picture of Dorian Gray, it looks young and beautiful, but in fact it is rotten and withered.
"There must be pollution left by Taoist Heming in this Rainstorm Villa. This pollution may be combined with the pollution brought by Master Byron, allowing Taoist Heming to return to this world again."
Stone speculated.
"Browning commissioned me to find the things left behind by the real Taoist Heming in the mansion. I don't know if he just accidentally lived here and was exposed to the pollution, or if he has already mastered some of the secrets. In short, he hopes that I can search the entire building.
Mansion, find the secrets buried here, but unfortunately he died before I could make the trip."
"He should just find that he will become younger if he lives here. He will not come to you to bother you after he has already found Taoist Heming's legacy. That is completely unnecessary."
Shia judged.
"really."
Stone nodded and said, he thought so too.
"Is there a possibility that Taoist Heming left part of his soul in something, thus bewitching Browning unknowingly and keeping him young? If Taoist Heming
If my remains are close to something like this, will it increase his power?"
Lu Tan said suddenly.
"It's like, uh, a Horcrux."
He was referring to a concept in a certain children's literature, where the soul is divided into several parts and injected into objects. As long as all the objects are not destroyed, the souls in the fragments can be resurrected.
"It makes sense."
When Stone heard Lu Jian's words, he felt suddenly enlightened.
"Since Taoist Heming's ascension did not really leave this world, but just transformed his own form, then if he is cautious enough, he will set up a clone or a back-up, which has Taoist Heming's will and knowledge, and bewitched Brown
Ning is also very normal."
"In other words, if we don't find the... Horcrux hidden here by Taoist Heming on the night of summoning souls, then Byron will use the remains of Taoist Heming to enhance the power of the ancestor, and we will all
Sanity was taken away by the strong pollution."
Shia speculated.
This is currently the most likely to happen.
"Fortunately, Master Byron is not here yet?"
Lu Tan sighed with emotion.
"There are two possibilities. Byron knows what Horcruxes are in Storm Mountain Villa, and his arrival will cause pollution to leak out, or he doesn't know what Horcruxes are and needs to look for them like us."
Stone offered his own opinion.
"Based on the circumstances of the mission, I think the latter is more likely. Otherwise, as long as he arrives in the next two days, Taoist Heming will be resurrected."
"There is another possibility. As long as the thing is near Taoist Heming's remains for more than a certain period of time, such as nine days, it will be absorbed by Taoist Heming's will."
Lu Tian added, another sudden thought occurred to him.
"If we just kill Byron halfway and snatch the remains he is carrying, can we complete the mission quickly?"
"???"
Stone glanced at Lu Jian.
"Good idea."
Shia agreed.
"No, wait, is this how you usually complete your tasks in foreign lands?"
Stone choked on his cigarette and asked.
"You used to be able to kill those doctors and call girls to achieve your goals, why are you still unwilling to do it now?"
Shia looked at Stone in confusion.
"I have repented!"
Stone was mentioned in the dark history, and suddenly became a little impatient.
"Moreover, I am also helping her get revenge...Killing is a means of destroying everything. Once you kill someone, something irreversible will happen. We can't just rely on inference to kill Byron. Maybe he is just a human being." You are a gangster, or you may not know anything about the remains of Taoist Heming..."
He presents a contradictory state. On the one hand, in order to achieve his own goals, Stone brutally killed those gang-related members in order to help the call girl he met by chance take revenge.
On the other hand, after so many years of growth, Stone also understood the meaning of killing, and he became "cowardly", just like the boy who crouched defensively on the bus during the arrogant night.
Of course, Lu Jian was also very sure that if the other party threatened Stone's life, then the detective would not hesitate to take action and crush the other party to ashes.
"Well, the problem now is that Byron may not come through normal channels, and we don't know when or how he will come. While we are waiting for his arrival, we can search the mansion."
Lu Tan said, then thought about it and added a few words.
"Also, Browning's family, I don't think they are completely ignorant or don't care about this place. They may also use various means to explore the heritage of Taoist Heming."
According to Lu Jian's experience, no insignificant characters would appear in this kind of mission. Browning's children, his business partners, including his lover, must have existence significance.
Not only did he have to contend with Taoist Heming's disciples, but he might also have to contend with these Browning family members.
After all, if they knew that there was Taoist Heming's legacy here, maybe they would also become greedy and try to murder Lu Jian and others.
Moreover, just because Heming Taoist can bewitch Browning, it does not necessarily mean that he cannot bewitch his family.
Thinking of this, Lu Jian had an idea.
"Since you are a detective and have accepted Browning's commission, then we may be able to use the name of investigation to understand Browning's usual movements, see what he will come into contact with, and find clues from them."
"That's exactly what I planned."
Stone stood up.
At this moment, a scream of panic and fear came from outside the house.
The scream was heartbreaking, as if he had seen the most terrifying thing in the world.