Chapter 26 The third trigger mechanism of the panel
"Is this because I couldn't find the smell?"
Felin asked Ivy, who obviously also noticed something strange about these stray cats.
"Um."
Ivy's delicate face furrowed her brows slightly and nodded.
The reason why monsters can be searched for through these stray cats is because most monsters have a unique smell, which is like a tiger or leopard that can scare other creatures.
With the help of this, animals with strong sense of smell can be used to search.
However, not all monsters have scents that frighten other creatures.
There are even some monsters that can eliminate their own smell or even disguise their own smell.
I am afraid that what I encountered this time was such a monster.
“If we can’t use stray cats to search, what should we do next?”
Feiling suddenly felt troubled.
Ivy's search methods have failed, and his own secret skill, the mysterious gun, is good at combat and has powerful destructive power, but there is no search method at all.
"We can only suspend the operation tonight. We will go to the Security Bureau early tomorrow morning and apply to the Security Bureau to borrow a cursed object we are searching for."
Ivy thought for a while and said.
"Could a cursed object be an item contaminated with mystery and possessing extraordinary power?"
Feline asked.
"Yes, it is this kind of item."
Ivy nodded.
"The ring on your hand must be a cursed object, right?"
Felin looked at the ring on Ivy's hand.
He felt the change in Ivy's attitude towards him, so he asked the question that he had been curious about before.
"No, this is an alchemical item."
Ivy shook her head.
"Alchemy item, this is not a cursed item but an alchemy item? What is the difference between the two?"
Felin was surprised. He didn't expect that among the items with extraordinary power, besides cursed items, there were also alchemical items.
"Cursed objects are items that are tainted with mystery and possess extraordinary power under special circumstances. Alchemical items are refined by mystics with corresponding secret skills."
"Although they all possess extraordinary power, cursed objects require a price, but there is no price to pay for using alchemical items."
"It's just that alchemical items are extremely difficult to refine, are rarer than cursed items, and are generally several times more expensive than cursed items of the same level."
Ivy explained.
"How many times more expensive?"
Feilin was stunned and couldn't help but sigh secretly about how rich he was.
He had guessed before that the ring on Ivy's hand was worth at least several thousand gold pounds, maybe even tens of thousands of gold pounds.
It seems now that the value of this ring may have been underestimated.
As an alchemical item that is more expensive than cursed objects of the same level, this ring costs tens of thousands of gold pounds, and may even reach tens of thousands of gold pounds.
"Could it be...?"
A flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and Felin understood why the gun in the initiation ceremony could cause the panel to react, but Ivy's ring could not cause the panel to react.
Because one is an object contaminated with mysterious curses, while the other is an alchemical item refined with secret techniques. Only the former can cause the panel to react, but the latter cannot.
The third triggering mechanism of the panel is finally fully understood.
Snap!
Ivy snapped her fingers, and all the wild cats controlled by her released their control and fled the house in panic.
She looked at Felin and said.
"Go back to rest tonight and go to the Security Bureau tomorrow to borrow a mysterious object with search capabilities."
"Um."
Felin nodded, that was all he could do tonight.
The next day, Felin and Ivy appeared in Lindy's office.
"Deputy Director, for this mission, we tried a scent search but failed. We would like to apply to borrow a search-type cursed object."
Felin and Ivy said to Lindy.
"Application for searching for cursed objects?"
Lindy behind the desk is wearing a purple dress and has a beautiful figure. She is both beautiful and charming.
After hearing what Felin and Ivy said, she raised her eyebrows slightly and said with a slightly serious expression.
"Yes, but cursed objects have side effects. Although the Security Bureau only allows the use of cursed objects with mild side effects, they must be used with caution."
Both Ivy and Felin are the talents she likes, and she does not want them to be irreparably harmed by using cursed objects.
"yes."
Felin and Ivy both nodded in response.
"You guys wait here for a moment."
Leaving Felin and Ivy to stay in the office, Lindy stood up, put on her coat, and left the office.
After a long while, he turned back and found a flat object covered with cloth, one foot wide and more than one foot long in his hand.
Walking up to Felin and Ivy, she lifted the cloth covering it.
A flat, square thin wooden board with a black iron clamp on one side was exposed.
This is a drawing board.
"Contact mystery, mystery points increase by 1.1."
And when he saw this drawing board, words quickly appeared and disappeared in front of Felin's eyes.
"This is the doom drawing board. Use this drawing board as a guide based on the object that the target you want to search for has contacted, and clues for the target you want to search for will appear on the drawing board."
"As a price, the person who uses the doom panel will be in doom for the next few hours."
She introduced.
"doom?"
Looking at this drawing board, Felin was very afraid.
Although bad luck cannot cause direct harm to the body, it must not be underestimated.
If you are unlucky, all kinds of bad things will happen one after another, and the damage caused may not be less than the direct damage to the body.
"The reason why the Security Bureau allows the use of the Doom Board is because the bad luck brought by the Doom Board is not too strong."
"So far, nine people have used the Doom Panel, and no one has died. The worst one was only seriously injured."
Seeing Felin's worry, Lindy said.
"No one died? That's okay."
Hearing this, Felin breathed a sigh of relief.
It seems that the misfortune of the Doom Board is not fatal enough, otherwise, he would not have the courage to use this Doom Board.
"The Doom Sketchpad is left to you. Although no one has died from using the Doom Sketchpad so far, you should use it with caution."
"It's best not to use it continuously. So far, no one has verified whether this kind of bad luck will stack up."
Lindy handed the doom drawing board to Ivy and Felin and said.
"yes."
Felin and Ivy both nodded.
With the sketchpad of doom, Felin and Ivy left the security bureau and headed towards the security department.
The use of the Doom Panel requires searching for items that the target has come into contact with. The corpses of a family of three who died mysteriously should be able to meet this condition.
Halfway through the carriage, a carriage with the logo of the Security Department rushed towards them.
Upon seeing their carriage, the curtains on the carriage with the logo of the Ministry of Security were opened, and someone stuck out his head and shouted.
"Miss Ivy, Mr. Sox."
When they heard someone calling them, Felin and Ivy opened the curtains of the carriage and looked outside.
In the carriage opposite with the logo of the Security Department, a woman of some age raised her head. It was Zhumana they had seen yesterday.
"Miss Ivy, Mr. Sox, someone died again!"
Zhumana shouted in a panic.
Someone died again. She was just about to go to the Security Bureau to find Ivy and Felin, but she didn't expect to meet them halfway.
"Someone died again?!"
Felin and Ivy both had expressions of concentration on their faces, asked the coachman to stop the carriage, and jumped out of the carriage.
At this time, Zhumana had also jumped off the carriage, came to Felin and Ivy, and said quickly.
"Another family member died today, and the death condition was exactly the same as the family member yesterday."
"That monster is active so frequently."
Felin and Ivy both looked ugly.
Although the new victims were not killed by them, they were related to them. If they could search and find the monster last night, the family would not have died.
However, they had no choice but to search through stray cats last night. Even if they wanted to borrow cursed objects from the Security Bureau to search, they could only do so today.
Because at that time last night, the director was already off work, and only the director knew the password to the warehouse where the cursed objects were stored.
"Moreover, the people who died this time were Nick Demps and his family who were the first to discover the body."
Speaking of this, Zhumana couldn't help but look flustered.
The monster seemed to be targeting the people who had touched the corpses of that family, and she was also one of the people who had touched the corpses.
That said, she might also be a target.
Maybe after tonight, she and her family will become new victims.
"The ones who died were Nick Demps and his family who first discovered the body?"
Felin and Ivy were both shocked, and thoughts flashed through them quickly.
This is no coincidence, there must be some connection.
People who have come into contact with the corpse are likely to be contaminated with a special aura, and the monster is likely to be able to search through the special aura and select a target to hunt.
"Miss Ivy, Mr. Sokes, that monster is probably targeting us, please save us."
Zhumana begged in panic.
"Take us to where Nick Dempsey's family is, and have everyone who has come into contact with the body be summoned to that place. We will provide you with protection."
Ivy thought for a while and made a decision.
"Okay, I'll have someone notify them right now."
Jumana Stray responded quickly. She ran to her carriage and gave instructions to the police officer driving the car.
After receiving the order, the police officer driving the car quickly turned the carriage around and left quickly.
And she herself walked back to Felin and Ivy and said.
"I'll show you the way."
In this situation, only Felin and Ivy can protect her, and she doesn't want to leave Felin and Ivy at all.
As a commander-level figure in the security force, it was a bit embarrassing to behave like this, but she didn't care so much now.
Compared with life, shame is nothing.
"good."
Felin and Ivy nodded in agreement.
They could naturally guess Zhumana's thoughts, but they had no contempt for her.
Being in a different place, their performance might not be much better than Jumana's.
The carriage stopped at the residence of Nick Demps and his family, and Felin and Ivy examined the bodies of Nick Demps and his family.
Just like the corpses of the family yesterday, they died in their sleep while lying on the bed. There were no external wounds, only a creepy smile on their faces that could make people feel chilled.
Moreover, Felin once again gained 0.4 mystery points.