Dorothy's Forbidden Tome

'Good guy...the heat of this case hasn't gone away...it's been a few days and the newspapers are still reporting it. Don't you have any other news? 'Looking at the newspaper in her hand, Dorothy complained in her heart.

And at this moment, suddenly, Dorothy's eyes lit up as if she had thought of something.

"Hiss... Maybe... I can use it a little..."

While thinking, Dorothy opened her bag, rummaged through it for a while, and took out a worn pocket watch.

Dorothy opened the pocket watch, and a word was engraved on the inside of the cover.

"Burton Vail."

This was obtained by Dorothy when she collected the scraps at Burton’s house. In addition to cash and secret information, Dorothy also took a small amount of valuable-looking sundries at Burton’s house, such as this Dorothy found the pocket watch in the desk drawer. Originally, Dorothy thought that she could pawn them to get some money when she had a chance, but she felt that this was too ostentatious, so she never carried it out.

"Looks like now...you can show off for a while..."

Looking at the pocket watch in her hand, Dorothy thought so in her heart.

……

Eagle Winter at noon, Lower Town, White Pearl Street.

White Pearl Street, where opportunists gather, has many pawnshops. In order to satisfy some people's desire for money as much as possible, these pawnshops are often loan sharks besides pawn business. People at the bottom of society who can't control their desires squeeze money and do gray business.

This is exactly the case for Corey. The Corey Pawn Shop he opened has a considerable scale on White Pearl Street. Due to abundant funds and fast withdrawal of money, many desperate people come to him to pawn things or borrow money.

Unlike some other colleagues on the same street, for him, the fastest-paying usury is the main business, and the pawn business is just for window dressing.

In Corey's pawn shop, Corey, a middle-aged man with a medium build, bald hair, and wearing a shirt and trousers, is sitting behind the counter, smoking a cigarette while looking at the bill in his hand, and examining his customers one by one The amount owed at present, stood beside him a well-built fellow.

"Hmph... Has this poor guy, Tang En, already rolled to 12 pounds? There is no movement yet, and I might lose the bet. It seems that I have to hurry up. I hope that guy can voluntarily enter the mine. I don't want to do it again." Take a few extra fingers.

"Brooke...Go and inquire about Tang En's current situation. If it doesn't work, we will organize someone to go to his house to collect the money in two days."

"Yes, boss."

Looking at the unlucky guy who was booked in the bill, Corey said with a cold snort, and the clerk next to him was also ordered to push open the door and walked out of the store. bill.

And not long after the clerk left, there was a door opening sound in the house, Corey put down the bill in his hand and looked towards the store door, and then he saw a man wearing a windbreaker, a hat, and a thick scarf covering the lower half of his face Slowly walked into the store.

After entering the store, the man in the windbreaker glanced at the various displays around him, then walked step by step to Corey's counter, took out an object from his pocket and put it on the counter, and said indifferently Speaking of.

"I want to pawn this thing, please make a price."

"Hehe... so it's a guest, please wait a moment..."

Looking at the scene in front of him, Corey squinted his eyes, then he put on his own glasses, picked up something on the counter and began to examine it, and found that it was a pocket watch.

Then, Corey took the pocket watch in his hand and began to observe, thinking while observing.

'From the outside, it's fairly well made, on time, in good working order, although it's a bit old, it's generally in good condition...it's worth about £3...'

Although Corey thought so, what he said was really different.

"Well...guest, this watch of yours is a bit worn out, and the dial is scratched, so it's not very good for sale. I think it's worth about 1 pound, and it's a little bit hanging... wait a minute, there are still engravings here. mark, if there is a mark, maybe the price will be reduced a little? No... this is..."

While talking, Corey finally found the imprint on the cover of the watch, and began to examine it carefully, and found that the engraved name was actually a name.

"Burton Well... Burton Well!?"

Suddenly, Corey thought of the name he had been seeing in the newspaper these days, the name of the gentry who was killed in his home along with all his servants. Corey was shocked, and immediately raised his head Look to the guests ahead.

However, what he saw was indeed a black hole muzzle pointing at him, and a pair of cold eyes.

Chapter 59 Heard

In Eagle Winter at noon, the sun shines on the streets of White Pearl Avenue, but the warmth brought by the sun is difficult to spread to the house, especially Corey's store.

Looking at the muzzle of the black hole pointing at him, Corey felt a chill all around him, and his heart tightened, and he froze completely in place. However, he didn't panic at the first time after seeing the storm, but laughed.

"Hehe...Guest, this is..."

"I think 1 pound is a bit small, and I decided to add your life to it. Let me estimate the price, boss."

Pointing a gun at Corey, the masked man in the windbreaker said slowly in an indifferent tone, while Corey said it with a smile.

"Oh... That's it, I did make some mistakes in my previous valuation, please wait a moment... I will help you re-evaluate one now..." Facing the threat in front of him, Corey said with a smile while slowly Put your hand under the counter, where there is a mechanism.

This is the mechanism that Corey prepared when facing a crisis situation. The floor where the customers in front of his counter are standing is actually a camouflaged trap door. As long as he triggers the mechanism here, the trap door panel will open, and the people standing on it People will fall into the trap below, and at the same time, the bell alarm will be triggered to call the guys at the back of the shop to come.

As a well-known loan shark on White Pearl Street, it is impossible for Corey to be prepared. He has been threatened once or twice in the past, but those who dare to threaten him are either working in the dark in the mines or already It was sunk to the bottom of the iron mud river.

Corey reached under the counter and was about to pull the mechanism while playing sloppy eyes. His movements were very cautious, and it was difficult to detect when standing in front of the counter. Then, on the wall behind the counter, the gecko that had been observing from the rear was Get a panoramic view of Corey's little moves.

Then, when Corey was about to touch the mechanism, the man in the windbreaker suddenly turned his eyes hard. Holding the pistol in his hand, he suddenly stretched forward and stabbed the muzzle of the gun directly into Corey's mouth, forcing him to take two steps back. , so that it cannot reach the organ.

"Woo! Woohoo!"

The mouth was blocked by the barrel of the gun, which was more intimidating than simply being pointed at by the gun. Corey, who was calm at the beginning, immediately lost his composure after being touched like this. His eyes widened in panic and his mouth let out a whimper The sound, the expression is full of panic.

"I almost forgot to tell you, don't try to play any tricks with me, I can see clearly, give me a good estimate now, you don't have another chance, understand?"

Covering Corey's mouth with a gun, the man in the windbreaker continued to speak indifferently. Corey was so frightened that he nodded repeatedly, and then the man in the windbreaker pulled the muzzle out of his mouth and continued to point at him.

"Cough, cough, cough..."

After coughing several times, Corey began to pick up the pocket watch again with trembling hands, and after a glance, he looked at the man in the windbreaker in front of him with fearful eyes.

"This... this pocket watch is very finely crafted... on time... I, I think it's worth... 10 pounds!" Corey said in a nervous tone, while the man in the windbreaker continued to look at him coldly in silence , The gun in his hand didn't mean to put it down at all.

"No, no! Ten pounds is still too low. Let me reassess... I see... how about thirty pounds?"

Corey continued to talk, but the man in the windbreaker still did not express his opinion, and the gun in his hand was still held firmly.

"Yes, or 60 pounds! 60 pounds is fine!"

The tone of the loan shark Corey began to tremble, but the man in front of him remained unmoved for a long time, and finally Corey could not help but speak again.

"112 pounds! 112 pounds! This is all the cash I have here now! Please spare my life!" Corey said in panic, and at this time the man in the windbreaker also responded silently.

"Then, take the money..."

Hearing the reply from the man in the windbreaker, Corey nodded quickly, then hurriedly opened the safe beside him, took out banknotes from it and handed them to the man in the windbreaker in front of him. After receiving the money, the man in the windbreaker put it away, and then Pointing at Corey like this, he slowly exited the store, then opened the door and went out.

Seeing this situation, Corey gritted his teeth and hurriedly rang the bell hanging on the wall. After a while, two sturdy guys opened the door from the back of the house and came in.

"What's the matter? Boss?"

"I was robbed! A man in a black windbreaker just went out! Hurry up and chase two idiots! Tie that guy back to me! By the way, call more people, that guy has a gun!"

"Yes boss!"

……

While Corey's pawnshop was in chaos, Dorothy was standing on the roof of the building opposite the pawnshop at this moment, looking down at the storefront below, and nodded slightly satisfied.

"112 pounds...not bad...

"Sure enough... Tuition is earned through work-study."

While talking, Dorothy continued to manipulate the corpse puppet Edric to throw off the pawnbroker who was following behind him. With the help of the crow corpse's aerial vision, this was an easy task. It didn't take long. Rosie shook off all those dog legs.

After manipulating Edric to the predetermined hiding place, Dorothy temporarily came into contact with the corpse doll control, and then recovered other animal corpses one after another. Then he looked at Corey who was angrily reprimanding his staff at the door, how much Rosie continued to murmur slowly.

"Heh... There are so many shady scenes in your own business, you definitely dare not call the police... Then, it's time to proceed to the next step..."

While talking about Dorothy activated the corpse puppet ring again, behind her, two figures stood up slowly.

One is a bald middle-aged man wearing overalls, and the other is a young man wearing a cap and a plaid jacket.

There were seven Holy Communion members who attacked and kidnapped Dorothy. In the end, there were seven corpses. Except for two mummified and two beaten to death in Burton House, Dorothy still had three corpses available. This is two of them.

Controlling the two corpses of the bald-headed middle-aged man and the hated young man, Dorothy let them go downstairs respectively, and then began to wander on the streets of White Pearl Street. Among them, Dorothy manipulated the young man into a tavern, a noisy bar There are people drinking everywhere.

Dorothy manipulated the young man in the hat to order a glass of beer on the bar counter of the pub, and then let the young man wander around the pub with the beer, carefully listening to the various conversations around her, and soon she found her goal , It was a few guys who got together to brag.

"Hey... have you heard, what happened in Corey's store just now? Someone saw him throwing a fit!"

"Cory? Who dares to mess with that guy? Don't die..."

"It seems so... Someone saw him saying that Corey ordered his buddies to chase someone, but after chasing him for a long time, he didn't seem to be able to catch up. Do you think Corey was taken care of by the thief..."

In a corner of the tavern, a few alcoholics who were a little bit drunk were talking to each other. At this moment, a figure came to them and spoke.

"It's not a little thief... That guy Corey suffered a lot just now..."

Hearing this voice, several drunkards turned their heads and saw a young man with a hat and beer standing by their table, and he was showing a mysterious expression at this time.

"Heavy? This brother... what do you mean by that? Are you saying that guy Corey met something terrible?" Hearing the young man's words, an alcoholic said curiously, and the young man looked around After a while, he leaned down and slowly lowered his voice to speak.

"Let me tell you, I heard from my cousin that my cousin is a clerk in Corey's store. I heard from him that at noon, I saw a strange person outside Corey's store. When I pawned some things, Corey took them away at first, and then when he found something wrong, he hurriedly asked someone to chase after it.”

"Pawned something, did Corey accept the fake product by mistake? That's really satisfying..." Hearing the young man's words, an alcoholic said, but the young man smiled slightly, and then continued to speak.

"Hehe... This is far from being as simple as a fake. It's stolen goods, which originally belonged to Burton Weir!"

"It's that Burton Weir that was reported in the newspaper all day long these days!? The Burton Weir who was killed at home together with many servants? That purple shirt dog landlord?"

Hearing the young man's words, a drunk almost jumped up in shock, while the young man nodded slowly, then patted the table and said.

"That's right... that's him. Let me tell you, the murderer who killed Burton Weir may be on White Pearl Street right now! Right beside us!"

Chapter 60 Tail

In the afternoon, Eagle Winter, Lower Town, White Pearl Street.

In an alley, four or five street gangsters are sitting casually on a ladder at this time. They have nothing to do all day, they are bragging to each other as usual, and at this moment among them The one who spoke was a middle-aged man in overalls.

"Really? That must be true. My cousin saw it with his own eyes and heard it with his own ears. He was outside Corey's store at the time. The man who gave Corey was definitely the one in the Burton Weir case." Corey didn't notice the stolen goods at first, but he was taken aback later, and directly called out Burton Weir's name!"

Sitting in the middle of a group, the bald man spoke braggingly. Listening to his words, the people on the side chatted in amazement.

"That's true... So the murderer who killed Burton Weir might be on White Pearl Street right now?"

"Another ruthless character has come here... It is said that he killed seven or eight of them by himself. If it is really on our side, those bosses would not dare to provoke them..."

"Then Corey is willing to sell the stolen goods for the murderer. Could it be that they are a gang?"

The bastards at the scene started talking with each other. Originally, the Burton case had been very popular in Eagle Winter recently, and such a topic was naturally discussed. As the discussion deepened and Intensely, the initiator of the original topic, the bald man in overalls, quietly left the scene.

Standing on the roof of a building, Dorothy manipulated her corpse doll to roam around the White Pearl Street, spreading similar rumors everywhere.

Under Dorothy's deliberate manipulation, "Cory, a loan shark, received the stolen goods from the Burton case in his pawn shop, and had contact with the suspected murderer of the Burton case." Such news gradually spread in White Pearl. Word spread on the street, and according to Dorothy's prediction, it would not take long for such news to spread throughout the street, and then reach the ears of those who needed to hear it.

"So... when are you going to act?"

Watching the sun gradually setting in the sky, Dorothy murmured that Greg told her that she needed to work overtime tonight when she went out this morning, and it happened that Dorothy was going to work a little overtime tonight.

……

The day is fading away, and the night is coming.

The dark shadow gradually enveloped Igwent, and also enveloped White Pearl Street.

Due to the unexpected situation that happened today, Corey was in a very bad mood. After reprimanding the guys who got nothing, he announced that the door would be closed early today and told the guys to go home first.

"Damn it...Damn it...So many people can be lost, what a bunch of useless idiots!"

Inside the shop, Corey locked the door and complained, he was full of anger and had nowhere to vent, he could only complain non-stop.

"Phew... wait until tomorrow, wait until tomorrow to see Hackson, and let your subordinates come to help, I don't believe that I can't find that guy out!

"When I catch that guy, I will chop off his hands and feet, put them in a coffin and sink them to the bottom of the iron mud river! Just like I did to those guys who don't know what to do!"

Complaining, Corey made a plan to use his underworld contacts to find help. Just as he locked the door and turned around to do other things, a black glove stuck out from behind him, holding a dagger in his hand. down his throat.

"Don't move, Corey Close..."

Hearing the whispers coming from behind, Corey's heart tightened suddenly, his eyes widened, and the anger in his heart turned into uneasy panic.

What, why come again!When did this come to my store!

Corey, who was threatened for the second time today, felt his heart churning rapidly. In the end, he forced himself to calm down and said to the threater behind him with a smile.

"Here, sir, we have something to talk about. If you want money, I don't have it now. Please let me go first, and I will get it for you."

"I don't need money, I just want to ask you, did you receive the stolen goods from the Burton Weir case at noon today?"

Standing behind Corey, a tall, black-clothed man with a hood and a mask threatened Corey with a knife and said slowly. Corey nodded quickly after listening.

"Yes, yes yes yes! I have received something from Burton Well!"

"What is it? Where is it?" The man in black continued to ask threateningly, and Corey didn't dare to slack off in his response.

"In my right pocket is a pocket watch, let me give it to you..."