After checking the box, Shad hesitated to speak, while Mr. Cameron was very happy:
"Detective, you found the interlayer of the box, right? I once suspected that this was a scam, but I am sure that there is no interlayer. This is indeed a technology that transcends the times."
He looked quite pleased with himself:
"I think your client bought a fake Victor box. Maybe someone heard about this special technology and wanted to forge it to deceive people. Detective, you should start your investigation from this aspect instead of doubting the authenticity of this technology."
That kind of convincing speech that came from the heart formed a sharp contrast with the box on the table.
Xia De pursed his lips and nodded, took out the Soul Crystal Ring from his pocket, put his hands behind his back to put on the ring, and turned to look out the window. Outside the window was a foggy city:
"Hmm? What's that?"
Shade suddenly said, and Mr. Cameron turned his head to look at the window in confusion, but saw nothing. When he turned back to look at Shade, he happened to see his eyes. The detective's eyes seemed to have a magical power at this moment, making Mr. Cameron mistakenly think that he was punched in the face.
He suddenly felt a black screen in front of his eyes:
"oh!"
He leaned back on the sofa with his head raised, but he did not faint. Instead, when he heard Xia De say, "It's just fog. The pollution has been getting worse recently," he felt like he suddenly understood something.
The factory owner sat up straight, looked at the box on the table in surprise, then shrunk his neck and scratched his hair:
"I was deceived?"
The effect of the thaumaturgical mind blast is to vibrate the mind and detonate the soul. It is used with the lowest efficiency and does not cause much harm to ordinary people. At most, it will only give them a headache for a few days. However, such an attack can also break some mental control effects. Shade's attempt was obviously successful.
But Dorothy and Princess Margaret were a little surprised. They didn't notice anything wrong with the box.
"Yes, I'm afraid you've really been fooled."
Shad reached into his pocket and pulled out a scabbarded dagger, which he had received as a gift from a gift box in the fall.
He pulled out the dagger and stabbed it hard at the box. The sharp dagger went straight through the box.
Shade pulled out the dagger again and asked Mr. Cameron to look at the pierced hole against the light:
"You see, there is no mechanism for printing inside, not even gears or pistons. If you still think this box has technology that transcends the times, I can only attribute it to... occult technology. Perhaps the church would be willing to explain its principles to you."
Mr. Cameron opened his mouth and looked at the light passing through the hole. There was indeed nothing inside the box. He scratched his hair again, then lowered his head dejectedly:
"Oh my god, how could I believe this?"
"Everyone gets cheated sometimes, and the deceived person will never understand his situation until he wakes up. Fortunately, your loss is not big."
Xia De said regretfully, and then suggested:
"I'll buy it for 2 pounds as a clue for your next investigation. But you have to tell me who sold it to you and where the other person is now."
This time, Mr. Jimmy Cameron did not refuse. He looked at the ground in a daze, still not understanding why he had fallen for such a ridiculous scam:
"Is it really because his life is too decadent that he has mental problems?"
He grabbed his hair again, revealing a very dangerous hairline. This gentleman might be lost for a while.
After getting the address of the merchant who sold the Victor Box, Shade took the box and left the textile factory with the two girls. They did not take a carriage to their destination immediately, but found a hotel nearby. Under the strange eyes of the hotel owner, Shade asked for a room with the two girls.
"There's something wrong with this thing. It's a very slight elemental reaction."
After the door was closed, Xia De told him what he had discovered. The room was very small, and although there was no special smell, the floor looked like it was covered with a layer of dust that could not be wiped clean.
He placed the box on the table in the small room. Dorothy waved the curtains shut. Neither she nor Princess Margaret noticed anything unusual.
"Shad, what did you notice?"
"I don't know what it is exactly, but it's definitely not normal. We can try to check it out."
As he spoke, he took out a small bottle from his pocket, which contained white powder:
"Visibility powder can make invisible objects visible."
This was what Shad bought from Priest Augustus. It was a powerful developing powder made by the priest using his knowledge after integrating more angel skeletons, but nothing appeared after the powder was sprinkled.
So he took the hair accessory handed to him by Dorothy. This was an alchemical item that Dorothy bought from Old John. It could make some special items that were temporarily ineffective glow.
But still nothing happened.
Princess Margaret also took out a black eyeshadow box from her handbag. She asked Shade to carefully shake the powder in the lower right corner of the eyeshadow box into the box:
"This is an alchemical powder made by one of my teachers. It works great on special items."
But still nothing happened.
Xia De thought about it, and finally took out a bottle of No. 4 holy water and sprinkled the holy water on the box.
"Oh! Back off!"
With a sizzling sound, black smoke with a foul smell came out of the box. Xia De stepped back suddenly, casting a silencing spell while asking the two princesses to move away from the table with him, watching the box burn in the black flames.
As black smoke continued to rise into the air, the burning wooden box produced green acid water. The acid water directly melted the table and even melted a dent in the ground, but fortunately it did not penetrate to the lower floor.
In the black fog and twisted smoke, a terrifying face seemed to emerge. The three people in the room heard whispers in their ears, and the voices seemed to come from the deepest part of their hearts, tempting them to show their desires together.
Shade was not affected at all. Dorothy, because of her special connection with Leicia and the mental resistance provided by the red butterfly pendant, barely resisted the voice in her heart. Only Princess Margaret suddenly gasped, and the black mist also changed into a black mist figure with only the upper body in the moment when the three hesitated:
"Mortals, show me your desires."
The black fog produced by the burning continued to expand, and all kinds of illusions appeared in front of the eyes, as if it was going to cover the entire room. The fog bypassed Shade and rolled directly towards Princess Margaret. The latter touched the ring on her right hand and pushed it forward. Under the soft white light, the black fog slowly stopped.
"Don't come near me, I'll take care of it, close your eyes!"
"Shad shouted loudly, blocking the two girls. The princess didn't understand what was going on, but Dorothy, who had learned her lesson in the "Joyful Dream Pen" incident, immediately stretched out her right hand to block her eyes and closed her own eyes.
Xia De raised his finger:
"Silver Moon!"
The bright moonlight that suddenly burst out in the small room penetrated the black fog. The light only flashed for less than a second, but the whole room seemed to be dyed with a layer of silver-white moonlight.
"This light..."
Even though Dorothy reached out in time, Margaret Anjou still felt white in front of her eyes. When she could see everything around her clearly, she felt like she was standing in a church:
"What kind of magic is this?"
"Light... Don't worry, that was just an illusion. It's very weak."
Shade said quietly as he looked at the box, still holding a hand out in front of the girls.
The box was still burning, but the black mist was just black mist. It was completely burned in half a minute. After a muffled thud, the table collapsed due to the corrosion of the green acid water. The acid water dripping onto the floor corroded the ground until it turned into a pile of white-green foam.
"Light spell?"
The princess was startled, and once again doubted Shade's level. No one had ever told her about Shade's level, and Shade had never released the Life Ring in front of her.
"Don't worry, Miss Mary. Shade is very professional in dealing with things like this."
The writer was quite relaxed:
"Shad, what liquid did you use?"
She asked while covering her mouth and nose with her right hand, and used her left hand to call upon the wind to confine the black smoke, compressing it into small black balls that fell to the ground, preventing too much smoke from floating out from the gap in the door and attracting attention.
"Holy Water No. 4."
Shad said softly, he looked at Dorothy, the blonde nodded, took the hand of the somewhat confused Princess Margaret and asked her to turn around, and before the latter asked any questions, he smiled and asked her to turn back.
At this time, everything in the room had returned to its original state. There was no sign of corrosion on the floor, the table had returned to normal, and even the blackened walls had returned to their original state.
Only the "Victor Box" that was burning because of being contaminated by holy water disappeared. Shad's Breath of Time had a poor effect on extraordinary items, and he didn't want the box to appear again.
He reached into his pocket and took out the branch he had prepared for the detoxification of the spell elves. He dug in the foam on the ground for a few times and confirmed that the box was burning very thoroughly and the foam was evaporating quickly. It seemed that soon no trace would be left.
"It's not a relic. I don't know what it is. I just know it can trigger inner desires. It seems that this investigation is not simple. I didn't expect that such a thing would happen as soon as the commission appeared after a long time."
Shade sighed:
"It seems that the other party is afraid of being caught by the church. The self-destruct function is really cautious. Do you still want to investigate with me?"
"certainly."
Dorothy nodded immediately. She was in high spirits today. Princess Margaret hesitated for a moment, then nodded as well.
"Yes, at least I can move around the city until evening. Mr. Hamilton, do you always experience things like this? When I was in Willendal City, I rarely encountered extraordinary events caused by ordinary things."
“This is the city’s identity starting this year.”
Dorothy smiled and introduced:
"But I think it's going to be an interesting day, isn't it?"
The princess with long light blond hair nodded and looked at Xia De's back again. She was becoming more and more confused about this handsome detective.
Since the box rotted and burned under the holy water No. 4, it means that the person who made the item used forbidden knowledge that should not be used. The power and elemental characteristics contained in the holy water itself are only so strongly targeted at a few forces such as the undead, demons, and relics.
Therefore, if the mastermind behind this incident is not Dr. Bill Schneider, then he is almost certainly not a good person. Although good people may use evil forces, they will definitely not make such items.
Although Shad didn't know how the box was made, he knew that it was a machine that absorbed human desires to fulfill wishes. Rather than calling it a "banknote duplicator", it was more like a wishing machine. Such alchemical items could not be made by ordinary means. The first-year alchemy course at St. Byron's repeatedly emphasized the dangers of such items.