The detective is dead, I did it.

Chapter 5: Did the Detective Girl Come Back to Life?

"I see."

Li Ang barely suppressed the urge to stab the woman in front of him to death, trying his best to keep his words from giving away any clues.

Simultaneously activating her ability, prompts appeared on the woman's body:

[A follower of the Primal Lord, a criminal by nature, possessing the ability to redirect clues.]

Li Ang was glad he hadn't made a move earlier. This woman was indeed a superhuman; it seemed she had the ability to transfer clues left at a murder scene to someone else.

Damn it! This ability is practically unstoppable when used by criminals!

The woman nodded in satisfaction. "In that case, I will bestow upon you a special reward."

She took something out of her pocket and handed it to Li Ang.

It was a palm-sized seal with an eye without a pupil engraved on it, and below the eye were countless twisted tentacles.

"What is this?" Li Ang asked, though he already had a vague idea of ​​the answer.

"The mark of the Primordial Lord." The woman's tone became solemn, her eyes shining with piety. "He can transform the mark within you into the insignia of a full member."

"Today you personally killed that detective, proving your loyalty to the Primal Lord!" She stepped forward, rolling up the sleeve of Leon's left arm. "Before, you were an unofficial member; from today onward, you are one of us."

Li Ang quickly spoke up: "Actually, I don't think I'm qualified yet. I quite like being an unofficial member. Although being a full member would be a step further for me, being an unofficial member allows me to better serve the Primal Lord!"

Although the reasoning was somewhat strange, the woman still agreed with Li Ang's statement and showed an expression that suggested he was a promising young man.

"I never expected you to be so devout to the great being, the Primal Lord."

Seeing the woman take the seal back, Li Ang breathed a sigh of relief.

He had no desire to be a rune warrior, especially since this rune was connected to some unspeakable church.

If someone saw this, it would be practically announcing to them that you are a heretic.

"In that case, come downstairs and meet us after you've disposed of the body."

"I will activate my ability later to transfer all the remaining evidence at the scene to that foolish, down-on-her-luck noblewoman."

A fallen aristocratic woman? Could it be Conniesa?

So Li Ang tentatively asked, "Then what about the evidence at the scene of Noven's death...?"

"Of course I transferred it to that woman too!" The woman looked at Li Ang with an idiotic gaze. "Anyway, for that stupid woman, carrying the blame for one person's murder is no different from carrying the blame for two."

Poor Mrs. Connie was completely manipulated by them.

"We'll wait for you downstairs. Just clean up the scene quickly; it doesn't need to be too clean."

After the woman finished speaking, she left the room.

Li Ang closed the door, pressed his face against it, and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead after the footsteps had completely faded away.

Finally, they managed to fool this woman.

He couldn't just run away like that, since his sister was still in the other party's hands.

Li Ang couldn't tell whether he had truly transmigrated or had awakened memories of his past life after losing his memory.

In short, that feeling did not disappear; on the contrary, it became even stronger.

He turned around to dispose of the detective's body, then slowly raised his hands in a French military salute.

Because Charlotte Holmes, who was originally completely dead, was now sitting on the bed.

Her long white hair cascaded over her shoulders, her blue eyes stared straight at him, and she held an old-fashioned pistol in her hand, the muzzle pointed directly at his chest.

If it weren't for the dark red bloodstains still visible on her chest, Li Ang would have thought she had never died.

Could this detective possess the ability to resurrect? Does this world even have such a bug-like ability?

"Hello, Mr. Heretic."

Charlotte spoke first, her voice pleasant and tinged with a smile.

"I can explain," Li Ang said sincerely.

"An explanation?" Charlotte's gun remained unmoved. "Absolutely none. It's just a typical scenario where your family is kidnapped and you're forced to obey orders. It's nothing unusual."

How did she know? Could it be that the other person was actually faking death and could sense what was happening outside, and heard her conversation just now?

But that shouldn't be the case. I explored her body for so long before, and she didn't show any signs of resistance.

If it weren't for that note stuffed in the top of my sock, I might have done something even more outrageous.

"Actually, I've always wanted to be a good person," Li Ang continued sincerely.

"I've heard that sentence before." Charlotte lowered her head and began to examine herself.

"The note is gone." She reached for the edge of her stockings again, then stopped, looked up at Li Ang, and her eyes became subtle.

"Looks like I need to change my address, you perverted heretic."

Clearly, the detective discovered that the note on her sock was missing, and the only person who could do something like that to her in such a short time was Li Ang.

"Actually... I'm also looking for some clues." He was telling the truth; it was up to the detective to see if she was willing to listen to his detailed explanation.

"A clue?" Charlotte's eyes narrowed slightly. "What is your ability?"

Li Ang became somewhat nervous.

He can indeed see text prompts that others can't, but is that really considered a power? And how did the other party know this?

"What are you saying? I don't understand." Li Ang chose to play dumb.

"You don't need to put on an act for me; you should even thank me. Because if it weren't for me, you wouldn't have been able to awaken your sequence abilities."

"What do you mean?" Li Ang asked tentatively.

Charlotte looked Li Ang up and down. "Why are you acting like you've lost your memory?" she asked suspiciously. "Is it a side effect of awakening your abilities?"

"But generally speaking, that's not the case... However, it's possible that dual-sequence ability users experience greater aftereffects after awakening than ordinary ability users."

A dual-sequence ability user?

Before Li Ang could process the word, he suddenly saw the prompt on Charlotte's body automatically update and pop up:

Charlotte Holmes, resurrected, senses the aura of Sequence abilities on Leon and willingly sacrifices herself to help him awaken his powers, while also removing the demonic mark from his body.

Willing to sacrifice one's own life? What does that mean?

At this moment, fragmented memories resurfaced.

He saw his past self standing in this room, holding a fruit knife, saying to the detective in front of him, "Actually, I want to be a good person."

The detective looked at him, as if sensing something, and slowly said, "I've finally waited for you."

Charlotte took a step forward.

"Don't come any closer!" Li Ang raised the fruit knife in his hand, trying to stop the detective.

But the detective deliberately continued to get closer to the two, even pointing the knife tip directly at herself, and then crashed into it!

The moment the blood gushed out, she went a step further, laughing, "Come on. Let's begin our deduction."

He remembered everything.