"How could you — how could you?!"
Sven, who was yelled at by Harry with his wand, felt that he was innocent.
All he did was throw a bomb at a place where he sensed danger! Didn't that solve the problem? Although the leaking black fog had caused the streets to suddenly be filled with many pale-faced people with frightened expressions, they were still able to escape.
The building was indeed no longer dangerous.
He asked Mulde and Scali, who had recovered, to look after Sven and search him again.
No one dared to imagine where he hid the bomb and brought it into the attic. Harry entered the building again after the black fog dissipated. As expected, there were no corpses of Ugly Girl and Poison Ivy. They should have been taken away by their hidden companions, but there was a huge and scary smiling face of a clown left on the wall of the attic. He checked again with the Backtrack spell.
Harry didn't find any traces of magic.
Snape, who followed him, saw that Harry seemed to be defeated.
He said, "The women downstairs should be under the Soul Seizing Spell."
Harry nodded. He also noticed it, so when he noticed that something was wrong with Martha, he slipped out in the form of an Animagus under the cover of Snape's Ignore Spell. But this matter was still strange. "So, what is the purpose of Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy controlling Martha Ross?" Harry felt that these two should not be here to block them. This was not the treatment of a protagonist.
And it had only been 24 hours since Professor X contacted Mulde and they entered the City of Sin.
They couldn't have taken down March Queen so quickly.
"They didn't control me." Martha suddenly appeared at the door of the attic.
She said softly.
She had already put on a rose gray dress, her red hair was tied up, and there was a sharpness in her eyes. "They didn't control me, we are cooperating."
Martha looked back at Scully. "Miss.
"Miss, are you the FBI?"
Scali was stunned.
She neither admitted nor denied it.
Instead, she asked seriously, "What's wrong?"
"If you are the FBI … or anyone else related to PC.
In that case, I'd like to make a report. " Martha smiled and a cold light flashed in her eyes. "It's not convenient to talk here. Come with me."
The small explosion had obviously caused a commotion, but Martha had already taken control of the scene in these ten minutes. At least when Harry and the others went downstairs again, the surrounding streets were empty, and the doors and windows of the buildings on both sides were closed. Only Martha's girls were waiting around a car with solemn expressions.
This car could fit Harry and the others. Martha didn't talk about what happened in the car. Instead, she contacted her subordinates on the phone and ordered them to go by the names "Gail" and "Nancy".
Sure enough, when everyone followed Martha into her other house, Gail and Nancy were already waiting there.
Jessica, with short black hair, came forward. "They were locked in the basement of the manor, and there were signs of torture …"
After listening to Jessica's report, Martha looked at Gail and Nancy, who were obviously in a sorry state. When she saw their exposed arms, she frowned slightly and stopped Jessica from venting her emotions. "Okay, Jess, you and the sisters guard the front door and the backyard. I'll take care of this. Also, the girls who came back with me today, give them a break. They don't have to work hard for the next few days."
Jessica wanted to say something but stopped. She lowered her head and left, closing the door behind her.
Martha smiled and gestured for everyone to sit down. Then, she personally poured coffee for Harry and the others, as if this was just an ordinary party. But the first thing she said was, "We recently lost seven girls. That's why I'm cooperating with them."
Mulde and Scali immediately frowned. "What do you mean?"
Martha winked at the real Gail and explained, "The City of Sin has never lacked death, but here in the old city … To be honest, the girls won't give in so easily. We have our own methods and our own army of women. We are willing to violate their laws to avenge every sister who died unjustly. Until two months ago, we found Liz dead on the street. "
Gail brought over a stack of photos, and Martha spread out a few in front of everyone. Harry saw that the co-lead of the photos was a petite young girl with a pretty face. Although there were no scars, it was obvious that this was not a normal death.
Sven immediately pointed out the problem. "She froze to death?"
Although it wasn't very clear, the surface of the body seemed to be covered with a thin layer of frost.
Martha glanced at Sven and then frowned slightly. "That's the weird part. It was only the end of August, but Liz's body looked like it had frozen to death in the snow. It was cold, stiff, and covered with frost. We spent a lot of effort to find the cause of Liz's death, but there were no clues. And, in less than half a month, another body appeared on the street. "
She spread out a few similar photos. "For a time, the people in the old city were in a panic. The girls almost didn't dare to go out. We had to report the case to the police, but like before, no one cared about the lives of the prostitutes. The death of Isabella and Pauline made the panic reach its peak. We had to put pressure on the police, and then … "
Harry saw a photo. "A police officer died in the old city?"
A cold smile appeared on Martha's face. "Yes, this almost broke our agreement with the police. They withdrew that day and kept sending people to negotiate, trying to blame this idiot's death on us." But the dignity that the girls had exchanged with blood and life was not so easy to trample on. It was nothing more than another small battle.
Without mentioning the tense atmosphere that week, Martha looked at Gail and Nancy. "Then … they appeared, in the appearance of Gail and Nancy. I knew from the beginning that they were fake, but they told me that some kind of monster was threatening the residents of the old city, and they knew what it was … "
"You believe in monsters?" Sven suddenly laughed.
Martha's smile didn't change. Her eyes swept up and down Sven. "I have no reason not to believe." When Sven turned his head uncomfortably, she continued, "Their arrival did reduce the number of accidental deaths, and the panic of the girls gradually subsided. I had to trust them."
"So what kind of monster is it?" Harry suddenly interrupted.
"They didn't tell me." Martha said. "They never told me, nor did they let me know how they solved the problem, but I just believed them." She smiled bitterly. "So much so that one day, I suddenly realized that all of this was so absurd."
The Poison Ivy's mind control toxin was taking effect. Harry roughly knew how this happened, but the key question was, "Then … if this was a deal, what did you give up?"
"That's my question too. From my personal point of view, they didn't infringe on the interests of the old city, and they did reduce the number of deaths. " Martha supported her chin with one hand. "So much so that I feel that the answer actually lies with you — they want something from you."
Harry's heart skipped a beat. Before he could think about it, he heard Martha say, "And …" The seven photos were singled out. "The cause of death of the seven sisters, perhaps it also lies with you?"
Harry didn't move for a moment, so Mulde picked up the photos and looked at them carefully. Of course, he couldn't find any problems, but he remembered what Professor X wanted him to investigate, so he asked, "Miss Rose, is there any place in the City of Sin that is especially cold and unusual?"
Martha thought for a moment and didn't dare to say anything. She only said, "The City of Sin has always had low temperatures and a lot of rain. If you want to talk about something special …"
"The church." Harry interrupted Martha's frown and looked up. "It's in the church."
In the short period of time when he sneaked out in his Animagus form, Harry had already discovered the unusual location. Around the high spire of the church, there were thick black clouds.
Martha, Gail, and Nancy's expressions immediately became serious. Scali couldn't help but ask softly, "Is there anything special about the church?"
"No …" After a while, Martha finally spoke softly, "It's just that, we suddenly realized that we've almost forgotten about the existence of the church."
This wasn't a rhetorical statement about the lack of faith. Martha and the others had really forgotten about the existence of the church. When Harry asked to look at the map of the City of Sin, Martha gradually remembered the outline of the evil building and its owner. Her heart became heavier and heavier.
Harry was still asking, "When did the forgetting start?"
"Other than the old city, is there anything unusual in the City of Sin?"
"Gail, Nancy, did you hear anything from the ugly girl and Poison Ivy?"
The response they received was not intense, but Harry and Snape were more and more certain that the church was the gathering place of the Dementors. Meanwhile, Martha slowly realized something. "So those two women — they were in cahoots with the monsters that attacked Liz and the rest? Then why did they come to help us? "
Harry was still looking at the map and frowning. He casually answered, "They weren't helping. They were just guarding the monsters to prevent them from eating too much."
Martha crossed her arms and sneered. "Sounds like you know a lot. Then what are these monsters? And who are you people? "The terrible experience of losing her memory made March Queen feel like she had been fooled.
"I can't tell you what they are." Harry put the map back into his sleeve and answered, "I can only tell you that they live by sucking people's happiness. Who we are is probably confidential, but … Martha, how much time can you buy for us to solve this problem? "
There had just been a fierce conflict with the police in the old city. The explosion just now should have alerted them, so the police officers should be on their way here.
Martha raised her eyebrows and did not answer immediately. Instead, she took out her phone. "… Rebecca, go to March Bar and get Muff. Tell him that we are going to fight Spade J again." After putting down the phone, she turned to Nancy and Gail. "You two go and meet Rebecca. If I'm not wrong, Dwight should be there too."
The two beautiful girls looked at each other and then at Martha. "What about you?"
Martha walked to the wine cabinet and took out two guns from the hidden compartment. She threw one to Gail and Nancy, and then took one for herself. She smiled and stroked the giant snake coiled around her. "Me? Of course I'm going to avenge Liz and the others. "
Sven suddenly said, "Did I mention that other than March Queen, she also has a crazy queen?
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