I'm an antique shop owner, so it's reasonable for me to know some magic

Chapter 332: Humans and Dolls; The Treated Caregiver

A hint of surprise flashed across Su Fan's face as he stood at the door.

He did suspect that Ted's ideas would be shaken or even changed by outside intelligence.

I just didn't expect that the other party would accept it so quickly.

【He is quite a character.】

The more successful a person is, the more difficult it is for him to accept other people's ideas.

They will glorify everything they experience and even regard their shortcomings as personal characteristics.

Ted's ability to change his mindset and take action instantly makes him an outlier even among outliers.

However, he should have driven the caregiver to do this.

Intelligent criminals who are obsessed with money and social status do not leave themselves vulnerable.

Just as Su Fan was thinking, a voice came from below.

"Can you put me down first?"

There was a hint of displeasure in Darcy's voice.

Su Fan then remembered that he had someone on his hands, so he put Daisy on the ground.

The latter straightened his somewhat messy clothes, let out a breath, and finally frankly thanked Su Fan for saving his life.

"Thank you for saving my life."

She had guessed what had happened from the brief conversation between Sufan and Tom. She was frightened by Ted's viciousness and insidiousness, but also felt lucky to have escaped death.

"Ah."

Su Fan didn't react, just answered casually.

During their brief exchange, Tom had finished checking for potential safety hazards in the house and arrived at the door.

"There shouldn't be any problems inside, come in."

He walked in front, paving the way for Su Fan and Daisy.

"Judging from the adhesive used to fix them, it should have taken no more than two hours to set up these traps."

"Ted knows that you went to the police station, right?"

Daisy answered Tom's questions truthfully.

"Yes, I invited him to go with me, but he refused because he was busy with his sister's funeral."

"Obviously, he had already decided to kill you at that time."

Su Fan took a look at the bookshelves that had been ransacked and the many collections inside.

"He also premeditatedly robbed your store of everything. I wonder if your revenge plan was also included in that plan."

Daisy's face was expressionless, but in fact she had already prepared for the worst.

"...Can you help me check if the box under the bookshelf is intact?"

"It's empty. There's nothing there."

Su Fan answered directly.

With that previous glance, he had already taken in all the scenery here, so there was no need to look a second time.

"It's not just the box. There are only a few coins left in the drawer where you keep your money."

Hearing this, Daisy lowered her head and pressed her eyebrows.

[It seems so. ]

Tom saw this and thought to himself.

Needless to say, the blind female medium's dejected and sad look says it all.

However, this also aroused his strong curiosity.

"So, what's in the box?"

"It's a puppet."

Darcy replied in a low voice.

"The doll came from a witch my mother knew. She saw that I had talent in the supernatural, so she gave it to me as a birthday present when I was young."

"You can manipulate it to do what you want, right?"

Tom continued to ask.

And Darcy also revealed the many functions of the doll.

There are five holes at the back of its head. You only need to put in the operator's blood, hair, teeth, and objects with the operator's important memories to drive it for your own use.

The puppet can move and jump like a normal person, is invulnerable to swords and guns, has infinite strength, and can even share vision with Darcy.

Hearing this, Su Fan also became a little interested in the doll.

If the doll is really as convenient as Darcy described, it would indeed be the perfect choice for murder and robbery.

No wonder the former was so confident that the murderer of his sister would get the punishment he deserved.

Who would believe such an outrageous truth that a blind woman controlled a puppet to chase and kill people?
"It's no use saying anything now..."

The doll was taken away, and Darcy looked decadent and pessimistic.

"Ted got the puppet I had, maybe now he knows how to control it..."

"We had no evidence to bring him to justice...

There is almost no chance of winning against a murderer and a puppeteer who controls the puppets."

Not only that, given Ted's ruthless nature, he would most likely use the puppet to kill himself who knew everything.

"What should we do now?"

Looking at Darcy with a look of despair, Tom didn't know what to do and could only turn to look at Su Fan.

Sasha's problem was almost solved, and revenge for Darcy was beyond his ability.

Whether to help or not depends on what Su Fan thinks.

"Of course I will continue to help. I will help people till the end, and I will help them till the end."

A slight smile appeared on Su Fan's lips.

This answer surprised Darcy, who was feeling hopeless.

"you……"

But soon, her tone returned to its previous low tone.

"The puppets are very powerful. Unless you can get hot weapons like automatic rifles, it will be useless no matter how many people you have."

"Thank you for your kindness, but I have received too much help from you. I can't let you die again."

"Let's go, get out of here before Ted does anything to us."

There was a hint of emotion in Daisy's tone, and her tone of persuasion was very sincere.

I thought the other party would immediately back down after hearing this, but I didn't expect that all I got was a chuckle.

"Do you know what the one motivation for action in the country where I lived a long time ago was that no one could resist?"

"what?"

"It's all here."

Because of the incident between Daisy and her sister and brother-in-law, Su Fan left the house and went to the police station, and then went to this store from the police station.

How can I go through so much trouble and still get nothing?

"But...but the store has been robbed, and I don't have any money or items to pay you as a reward..."

Daisy was stunned when she understood Su Fan's intention. She didn't understand why this young man was so stubborn, but she didn't give up persuading him and explained the difficulties from another perspective.

"That's easy. After the task is completed, the puppet will be mine."

Darcy said nothing.

She turned her face towards Su Fan and nodded slowly.

"it is good."

Daisy finally understood the other party's true intentions.

But there was no displeasure in his heart.

The puppet no longer belongs to her and is controlled by Ted.

Using something that you have lost control of in exchange for help from others is never a loss.

Besides, the other party is so confident, he must have some outstanding qualities.

Darcy also wanted to see how Su Fan defeated Ted.

"Since it's settled, let's go." Su Fan turned around and walked out the door.

"Where?"

"The house where your sister was murdered, of course."
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"Is this the treasure you call?"

Ivan, the nurse, had already changed into his normal clothes and was staring at the doll placed on a chair next to the dining table, trying to find out what was special about it.

But after looking at it for a long time, I just felt that this thing was crudely made. Apart from its slightly weird and hideous appearance, there was nothing special about it.

"Appearances of truly valuable things are always deceptive, otherwise they would have been discovered by others long ago, right?"

The voice came from behind Ivan.

The latter turned his head and saw the other person flipping through a book with a black cover.

"Did I get this from my ex-wife's sister's antique shop, too?"

"Yes."

"Damn it, I don't even have any impression of it. But she is a blind person reading it, so it should be Braille, can you understand it?"

"No, these are all words."

Ted held the book upright and showed it to Ivan. Ivan couldn't see the contents clearly, but he could roughly make out the lines of black lines on it, which were printed English letters.

"What a freak. Just like her sister."

Ivan smiled.

He didn't mind at all insulting the innocent people he had killed at the crime scene he had created, and he could even laugh out loud without any psychological burden.

"Before she died, she seemed to have discovered that I had sneaked into this place through a time-lapse camera... Who would do this?"

"This is also Darcy's suggestion."

Ted continued to flip through the book in his hands while giving his answer.

"At the time, Dani was worried that there might be ghosts in her house, so Darcy told her this method could record those things."

"Well, it does help, but not much."

So what if he was discovered? He would still beat him to death with a hammer.

"Watch how you talk, Ivan."

Ted suddenly spoke up.

"Have some respect for the dead."

Ivan listened to this without making any comment.

There were some things about Ted's behavior and thoughts that even he couldn't understand.

For example, he suggested that in order to make the crime scene look more like a random crime of passion, Dany could be raped and then killed.

But Ted rejected the idea, arguing that they had been married for so long and he didn't want Dany to suffer such an insult before her death.

This reason is really ridiculous.

However, Ivan would not object.

After all, Ted has almost complete control over his life and can send himself back to the dark treatment center at any time.

"With the trap I set, she should have died. The only remaining hidden danger is the one-eyed man who was in the way at the time."

Ivan sat in the chair and naturally led the topic to the murder.

"He appeared there at that time, probably because he heard our conversation as you guessed."

"But no one will believe what that guy says. Do you think we need to take action?"

Ivan was fiddling with the vase on the table. Although he was asking a question, he already had the answer in his mind.

The man he was talking to was very meticulous and would never allow anyone to affect his interests.

Only the dead can keep secrets forever, right?

But the other party gave a different answer.

"No, you don't need to do it this time."

Ted closed the book, came to the back of the dining table, leaned against the wall and talked face to face with Ivan.

"why?"

Did he change his gender?

Ivan was a little confused.

"You've helped me deal with enough troubles over such a long time, so this time, I plan to give you a break."

Ted smiled.

"The one-eyed man named Sasha will naturally be dealt with by others."

"Who?"

Ivan suddenly became alert.

Could it be that the other party has other white gloves besides him?
But why didn't he know anything about this?

From this information, he smelled a strong scent of danger.

At the same time, Ted, who was opposite him, made a strange gesture.

Ivan immediately jumped up from his chair and looked around vigilantly to prevent the assassin lurking in the dark from making an attack, but after looking around, he did not see a single figure.

wrong!

Ivan felt a strange panic in his heart.

The surrounding environment has changed, and some details are different.

In an instant, he understood everything!
Doll!

The doll that should still be on the seat is gone!

At this moment, a pair of inhuman hands suddenly stretched out from the darkness behind him, grabbed Ivan's head, and lifted his strong body up effortlessly.

"There is such mysterious and fascinating knowledge in this world... Thank you for helping me obtain it. And goodbye, Ivan."

Ivan could no longer listen to what Ted said because his head was under terrible pressure.

With a muffled sound, blood splattered, and the shattered skull and brain tissue scattered all over the ground...

……

A car was speeding along the forest road.

The green trees on both sides are like a barrier, separating the road from the outside world.

In the car, Tom was driving and concentrating on driving.

In the back seat, Darcy's fingers were entwined tightly together, and finally she couldn't help but ask.

"Will he really kill the caregiver in the villa? He is his accomplice."

Although the inference came from Su Fan's mouth, she still found it a little hard to believe.

He conspired with others to kill his wife in her own home, and continued to live in the house with a clear conscience.

Not only that, he also killed his accomplices shortly afterwards.

This is really a bit too much...

"That's the house where two murders happened in succession..."

"so what?"

Su Fan didn't turn his head, but just chuckled and asked back.

"With his mental state, what can't he do?"

Extraordinary situations require extraordinary treatment.

Not only can common sense not explain supernatural phenomena, it is even more impossible to guess the mentally ill, highly intelligent, and cold-blooded criminals.

"And I want to correct you."

"The relationship between Ivan the caregiver and Ted is no different from the relationship between the doll and you. In other words, the caregiver is just a handy tool..."

"When a better alternative comes along, it's no surprise that this old version of him is eliminated, isn't it?"

Compared with real people, puppets are more obedient, better hidden, and more powerful.

No matter how loyal Ivan is, he is essentially a human being and someone who knows Ted's secret.

Now that he has lost his usefulness and is only a threat, the only outcome is death.

(End of this chapter)