Lord of Mysterious Wizard

Chapter 64: Chapter 64: The Actress and the Silver Wine Jug

“Bang~”

Like the sound of artillery fire, everyone saw in a dark corner of Ryan Street a fleeting flash of light, followed by the appearance of the woman pushed away by Chris, her seemingly frail body being shot.

An incredibly, astonishing image.

There was a loud “boom” and the woman seemed to have been struck forcefully. She flew backwards, and while her body was still mid-air she burst into flames as if hit by an incendiary round, with a tinge of golden flames swiftly enveloping her whole body.

Screams and wails were incessant.

Evidently, Stanna chose the Molten Furnace Bullet, and that resentful spirit had the misfortune of triggering both the Burning and Evil-breaking properties.

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Tang Qi’s figure, even before Stanna fired her gun, had already charged forward like a cheetah.

Of course, he wasn’t rushing to save Chris, at least that wasn’t his primary objective.

As he was running, a special interface popped up at the bottom of his eye regarding that woman.

[Extraordinary Creatures: resentful spirit.]

[State: Dying.]

[Information Fragment One: What’s more regrettable than a beauty whose time has passed is a beauty who is out of her time. Her looks would have been sought after in a certain era, but in this age, she couldn’t find the place she desired, and after her dreams were shattered, it wasn’t so difficult to give up her soul.]

[Information Fragment Two: Her obsession was to find a perfect partner to navigate the entertainment industry with her, but unfortunately, just like the perfect lover, that is nonexistence.]

…

“Huh”

“Snap~ Snap”

As the beautiful resentful spirit disappeared amidst wailing, a fair hand reached out, catching two things that fell from the sky.

A card.

A silver lady’s flask.

Tang Qi first glanced at the card and to his surprise, it was an actor’s guild card.

It had a name, a photo, and some brief introductions.

Her name was Tita Scodia, an actress who was also willing to accept invitations for comedic drama performances, even striptease acts, or invitations from adult-themed magazines, but what she hoped for most was an audition for a classical movie.

Just from the actor’s guild card alone, it was clear that this actress didn’t get what she wanted.

Because, she was dead.

This photo was indeed of the resentful spirit that had just dispersed.

She had a somewhat broad face with curved eyebrows, black wavy curls, fair skin, deep eyeshadow, and seductive red lips—almost every feature perfectly matched the aesthetic of the confusing era.

In Tang Qi’s mind, a poster image of the Love of Dionysus he had previously seen flashed past, where apart from Robert Gable, there was also an actress playing the role of a mad wife.

If he remembered correctly, that actress eventually earned accolades that were no less than Robert Gable’s, and even made achievements in other domains. Most crucially, the two would often collaborate and were the most famous golden pairing of the confusing era.

Understanding a bit now, Tang Qi thought.

This was probably a story of being out of her time and failing to achieve what she sought. This actress named Tina had a face from the confusing era and the potential to captivate the Federation, but now was obviously not the confusing era, so her dreams of navigating the entertainment industry were undoubtedly crushed.

Returning to her hometown, she chose suicide.

And then, under the enchantment of an Extraordinary Artifact, she became a resentful spirit.

As for why it was the movie Love of Dionysus, it was probably because it was her favorite movie, and she also collected original props from the film.

“Buzz”

Amidst flickering thoughts, Tang Qi’s gaze fell upon the second item.

An exquisite lady’s flask!

Although well-preserved, it was clearly an object from several decades ago. However, these were not what Tang Qi cared about. What truly caught his attention was the faint glow emanating from the flask. A unique radiance belonging to an Extraordinary Artifact.

A hint of excitement surfaced in Tang Qi’s eyes.

Simultaneously, that familiar interface appeared.

[Curios: Eternal Wine.]

[State: Intact.]

[Information Fragment One: It was once an original prop from the movie ‘Love of Dionysus’, which swept across the Federation. While the other flasks were destroyed, it was fortunate enough to survive and over time, under unknown influences, it developed transcendent powers.]

[Information Fragment Two: Every seven days, it produces a drop of liquor, which can be used to create Alcohol Corpse, serve as a component in certain secret medicine recipes, or have other mysterious effects.]

[Information Fragment Three: Each time a soul is added, a drop of liquor can immediately be created.]

“An… indescribable spoils.”

Tang Qi murmured to himself, holding the flask.

The apparent functions of this Curios left Tang Qi not knowing how to deal with it.

A drop of liquor every seven days could create an Alcohol Corpse or become an ingredient in secret medicine.

Tang Qi couldn’t yet see a use for an Alcohol Corpse, and as for the ingredients, after searching through his knowledge of secret medicine, he regretfully found no relevant recipes.

This wasn’t surprising; the field of Secret Medicine is an incredibly complex and vast domain. There are numerous schools, and even if all schools combined their knowledge, they would not be able to exhaustively deduce all secret medicine recipes. New formulas will continue to appear as long as the Mysterious Side exists.

“Am I to deduce the formula myself?”

Tang Qi muttered to himself, then proceeded to help Chris, who had collapsed on the ground from excessive fear, to his feet.

When Chris rose, a white handkerchief from his jacket pocket fell to the ground, and the last trace of a peculiar fragrance slowly dissipated. The handkerchief and its fragrance were actually the secret to Chris’s timely escape from the resentful spirit and his ability to rebuff her.

The handkerchief was dabbed with a soybean-sized portion of… Human Skin Ointment.

One of its properties is to gain brief control over creatures with a weak will within the area of the scent.

As it happened, Tita Scodia, the actress turned resentful spirit, was deemed to have a weak will.

Although the effect was short-lived, Chris’s rebuff was enough to save his own life.

In fact, that was exactly what Tang Qi had whispered to him before: if something felt off, no matter what it was, just tell it to scram.

Once the two stood firm, the rest arrived in haste.

Chris immediately felt the care from the forensic girl, as well as inquiries from Nathan, Havier, and even Gideon—very detailed ones, like whether the embrace of the female resentful spirit felt warm or cold?… and so on.

And Stanna, received an actor’s certificate handed to her by Tang Qi.

And this guy, in a rather malicious fashion, revealed the answer without explaining his reasoning process.

“The resentful spirit is her, Tita Scodia. With a face that bewitched an era, she yearned for recognition like Eva Gardner, yet, unfortunately, chose to end her life in unfulfilled longing. After turning into a resentful spirit, her excessive obsession with that movie led her to seek out her Robert Gable—those seven unfortunate individuals were killed because of this.”

“According to the address on this actor’s certificate, we should be able to find her suicide site. The condition will probably be similar to those seven.”

“Alright, everything’s resolved, we’re done here.” @@novelbin@@

Having said that, Tang Qi stuffed the actor’s certificate into Stanna’s hand, turned, and casually walked toward the church, where the police car was still parked.