Mystery: The Ultimate Tarot

Chapter 225 Completely Digesting the "Living Corpse" Potion

Chapter 225 Completely Digesting the "Living Corpse" Potion

Raphael chatted with Hugh and Fors about their goals for the new year at their rented apartment.

With his adorable baby fat, Hugh said, "I'm going home in a few days to tell my mother and brother that there's been a breakthrough in Father's case. If the war ends, I'll bring them to live in Backlund."

As Hugh said this, her face was full of anticipation. This was her goal in coming to Backlund, and now she was finally about to achieve it.

Fors, with her long brown hair, said, "I hope to get promoted soon so I won't have to worry about that damn curse anymore. I also hope that the novels I've been planning and every other manuscript can be completed on time—"

Hugh quickly interrupted his friend, saying, "We're talking about goals, not wishes."

Fors was taken aback: "I was talking about the target."

"Completing the manuscript on time is like making a wish for you."

Fors chuckled and said, "No wonder you didn't say you wished you could grow taller."

Hugh reached under the table and pinched Fors' thigh.

Fors chuckled and reached out to pinch it back, but it felt hard and unsteady, something seemed off.

Raphael said helplessly, "You pinched my leg."

"Sorry, sorry." Fors apologized while rubbing her fingers with her other hand. No wonder the other person's leg didn't seem to hurt, but her hand hurt when she reached out to pinch it. It turned out she had pinched a zombie.

Then the two ladies looked at Raphael.

Raphael took a sip of beer; his goal for the coming year was simply to survive.

Given his situation, as long as he survives, he will definitely be able to advance to demigod next year, at which point he will be able to take greater control.

So for him, simply surviving was a major victory.

However, saying such things to the two ladies at this time would spoil the atmosphere, so Raphael said, "Of course, we should lead the Aurora Society to become bigger and stronger, defeat all the other secret organizations in Backlund, and strive to become a branch of the number one secret organization in Backlund."

Hugh and Fors were both amused and exasperated. They didn't dare to say whether Raphael's participation in the Aurora Society was a good thing or a bad thing for this secretive organization.

In the villa of grain merchant Besip in the northern part of Backlund.

While directing the Night Watchers to conduct further investigations, Leonard discovered two new leads. One of them was that the police station had received a letter about a week earlier.

The letter reads: The devil will take away an ugly soul who has committed the sin of "gluttony." He has eaten far too much and now wants to eat even more, which will cause him to die from overeating.

However, the letter was not taken seriously at all, and it wasn't until after the case occurred that the police remembered it.

Leonard looked at the letter and sneered, "Too arrogant."

The killer even made a warning!

Cases with prior notice are rare. First, not every murderer is so arrogant, and second, not every murderer is so meticulous that if they say they'll kill their target, they really will.

The second clue is that a painting titled "Greed" has been added to the art collection of the deceased grain merchant Beelzebub.

Oil paintings.

The painting clearly depicts the scene of the previous case, essentially declaring to the investigators that he was also responsible for that murder.

According to the housekeeper's recollection, the painting wasn't there yesterday, so it's highly likely the murderer deliberately placed it there, as if to demonstrate the connection between the two cases.

However, divination yielded no results.

If Raphael had captured the area two or three months ago, he could have captured the gray fog, but now he can't capture anything.

Because Klein gained further control of the "Source Castle," its influence on Raphael also changed.

These seem to be two clues, but neither of them leads to anything.

Leonard considered for a moment before saying to his subordinate Cliff, "Go to the newspapers first and intercept the relevant reports. Don't let them report this case like last time."

The last case didn't cause much panic, given that murders are common in Backlund. But this time is different; it's a "serial murder case," and it's bound to cause some public panic!

Hugh and Fors' rental house in the Joewood district of Backland.

Raphael drank three beers and then got up to leave, as he had other things to do.

He used "travel" to reach a secret hideout, changed his clothes and appearance, and then left with five zombies.

Each zombie carried a backpack containing a pre-printed description of the Beelzebub case.

Raphael estimated that the official Extraordinary Ones would definitely try to cover this up, so he made preparations in advance and printed the relevant materials.

Even though it was New Year's Eve, there were still people on the streets.

Many young people gathered in the square to welcome the New Year's bells, and the documents Raphael held were meant to be distributed to them.

Raphael rode in a carriage and first arrived at a nearby square.

Although the square is not large, several thousand people are waiting here, hoping for the bell to ring.

Raphael disembarked from the carriage with a zombie and had the zombie climb the bell tower by hand.

This action quickly attracted everyone's attention, and before the police could stop it, the zombie began scattering leaflets around.

After scattering all the flyers in the bag, the police were already standing under the clock tower, shouting for people not to pick up the flyers while preparing to arrest the guy.

puff~

To everyone's surprise, the people on the clock tower exploded like a rotten tomato.

But before the pieces of flesh and blood could even hit the ground, Raphael immediately used "Wriggling Hunger," employing his fire control abilities to summon "Fire Ravens" to burn the flesh and blood, leaving no trace behind.

The crowd fell into an eerie silence, then screams erupted!

Then a commotion broke out among the crowd, and people scattered in all directions. Many people kept the leaflets they had picked up earlier in their hands, and only remembered to take them out and read them when they got home.

As soon as the commotion broke out in the crowd, Raphael quickly broke away from the crowd and hurried to the street outside the square.

The coachman waiting there asked, "Sir, what's happening inside? Is there a fireworks display?"

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"I think so," Raphael said after getting into the car. "To Memorial Day Square."

Thanks to the slow speed of information dissemination in this era, Raphael was able to use up the remaining four zombies and distribute the leaflets at a relatively leisurely pace.

However, for the coachman, Raphael only went to three squares, because during the journey, he also used "travel" to take a living corpse to another square.

After the fifth zombie "self-destructed," Raphael suddenly felt a long-lost sense of shattering; the zombie's potion had been completely digested.

Raphael was in high spirits and paid the driver a full 10 pounds for the fare.

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