Chapter 932 Message of Blood (Ⅰ)

Joan has long known that fountain pens are convenient, but considering the high price, she has never been willing to buy them.

The gold-plated fountain pen in his hand at the moment is a small gift from Mrs. Josephine. It writes very smoothly and feels good enough to make writing a pleasant enjoyment.

Joan had already filled the pen tube with "Deep Sea Squid Ink", unscrewed the cap of the pen, skillfully drew the No. 4 rune Ansuz on the "Mirror Chasing Mirror", and successfully analyzed the spell attached to the mirror.

This third-level spell called "Blood Message" uses a creature's blood or dried blood as the casting material, and can analyze the remaining messages in the blood with the help of magic power.

The caster can ask four questions: "The name or most widely known code name of the owner of the blood", "The gender, race, and occupation of the owner of the blood", "What caused the bleeding", and "When did the blood flow" .

If the owner of the blood is already dead when the spell is cast, in this case, the "Message of Blood" acts like a weakened version of "Spiritualism", which can extract the fragments of consciousness in the blood without hindrance, and Display the answers to the above four questions on a plane near the bloodstain, such as the ground, paper, or wall, in words that the caster can understand, or a plane designated by the caster to present text.

For example, the "Mirror Chasing Mirror" in Qiao An's hand designated the mirror as the display medium for the "Message of Blood".

In addition, the "message of blood" can also be cast on living people.

For example, if someone is injured and bleeding, but he is not dead, the spell can also be cast on the blood, and the above four questions can be queried.

In this case, the "Message of Blood" is very suitable for judging cases of violent conflict.

For example, both parties claim that the other party made the first move, and they are just self-defense. In the absence of other witnesses, the "message of blood" can play a role in revealing the truth.

Appraisal of the bloodstains, and then comparing the testimonies of the two parties in the conflict, can often restore the real situation of the fight scene, and it is clear at a glance who should bear the main responsibility.

However, there is also a hidden danger in casting spells on the blood of living people.

For example, if the "message of blood" is cast on the blood of a fugitive, if the fugitive is in a living state, he will feel it no matter how far away he is, and he can resist the "message of blood" through his own willpower.

If this person's willpower is strong enough, it may cause the spellcasting to fail, and no valuable information can be obtained. Instead, it will arouse the fugitive's vigilance and hide even more secretly, making it even more difficult to catch him.

All in all, "Message of Blood" is a very practical spell, especially in the field of criminal investigation, as long as there is a little trace of blood, a lot of key information can be analyzed.

When Mr. Pinkerton used the "Mirror Chaser" to analyze Harrell Lancashire's blood, he had fully demonstrated the irreplaceable value of this spell.

Joan carefully read the spell configuration of "Message of Blood" twice, then spread out a thick spell book on his knees, and wrote down the spell with a portable pen.

After copying the "Message of Blood", the ink in the pen tube just ran out.

Joan refilled the pen with ink, and then returned the "chaser mirror" to Mr. Detective.

Mr. Pinkerton stuffed the last sandwich into his mouth, brushed off the bread crumbs from his hands, took the "Murder Mirror", and stuffed it into his jacket pocket.

Joan took out his pocket watch and glanced at it. The time was five past three in the afternoon.

Carl had been away for almost half an hour and hadn't come back yet. He could only wait patiently under the shade of a tree for Pinkerton.

Mr. Pinkerton took out the kettle and drank a couple of sips, then lit another pipe, leaning against the tree trunk and puffing comfortably.

Joan also sat under the tree to enjoy the shade, while eating fried egg and ham sandwiches, while thinking about the clues given by the "chaser mirror".

At this time, Mr. Pinkerton turned his head and asked seemingly casually: "Joan, what do you think of the case?"

"The clues we can currently use all come from the 'chaser mirror'."

Before Mr. Detective asked, Joan had already thought deeply about this question.

"'Mirror Chase' gave answers to four questions. What I care most about is not the answers themselves, but the two details revealed in the answers."

"Tell me, what are the two details?"

"First of all, in the blood of Mr. Lancashire, there are fragments of his consciousness before and after the victimization."

"The School of Necromancy has a theory that besides the soul as the main body of the will, there are many fragments of consciousness split from the soul. These fragments are not enough to completely retain people's memories, but some memory fragments will be retained. The more It is a strong and unforgettable memory fragment, the probability of survival is higher, and the retention time is longer."

"Don't think that only the soul of the dead can split into fragments of consciousness. In fact, the same is true for the living!"

"We shed a lot of tiny skin flakes every day. We may not feel it, but these flakes do contain a lot of information about our own body, such as biological type, blood type, and even cells and genes. The skin flakes were analyzed."

"To use an analogy, the fragments of people's consciousness are actually like 'dandruff of the soul'."

"The consciousness fragments of living people are usually scattered aimlessly and randomly in the void, and they will dissipate on their own in a short time."

"However, if a deceased person's consciousness fragments are attached to his relics, they may be preserved for many years without dispersing, and may even activate the relics, turning them into monsters like 'Fusangshen', these problems I won’t go into details about foreign words.”

"Let's go back and talk about the bloodstain of Mr. Lancashire. The bloodstain is actually a kind of 'relic', which can be used as a carrier to attach fragments of consciousness, and we use the 'message of blood' to analyze the bloodstain, in fact, we are extracting these consciousnesses in a specific way. pieces."

"The information that fragments of consciousness can carry is very limited. In this limited information, if details that are irrelevant to the subject of the question are involved, it means that the deceased was deeply impressed by these details during his lifetime, and even after death, he still has a grudge."

"The two details that I care about all appear in the third answer displayed in the 'Mirror Mirror', which answers why he bleeds, in other words, who hurt him."

"The answer mentioned that 'a beautiful lady' Mr. Lancashire was having a tryst here... Mr. Pinkerton, don't you think this is suspicious?"

"It is indeed suspicious."

Mr. Detective exhaled two puffs of smoke from his nostrils, and then raised a series of doubts.