The Detective of the Dead

Tracing the User

  "Are you sure we can do it?" asked Allen. 

 "Of course. I can do it alone but it I need to with the two of you because this is the part of investigation."

 "Alright, let's do it." said Penelope. 

 "Dunstan, please warn me if someone will interrupt us." I said silently to my ghost friend. 

 I saw him behind of Allen. He just nodded. 

 In my dorm, we sat in the circle form on the floor and we hold our hands. Our knees are connected and we put something in the middle of us, a small turtle made of iron, the little piece of a cloth and a hair strand from the doll from the crime scene. 

 "This is remote viewing. We will trace the magic from this to the caster." 

 "Why there is a turtle here?" she asked. 

 "To protect us from the eyes of the caster. Then let's start this remote viewing." 

 We closed our eyes. We concentrate and I lead them to somewhere. We found ourselves in the crime scene and we saw a red smoke that looks like a string. 

 "Let's follow it." I instructed. 

 It lead us to a village, then to a house. That house has a barrier, I tried to touch it. 

 "How was it?" 

 "Retreat." 

 "But why?"

 "It has a barrier."

The caster may not see us but we can't enter to investigate in bilocation mode. After the remote viewing, we refresh our selves. I fix the curtains so we see the afternoon sun. I served them drinks that I ordered from the landlady. 

 "Did you write the direction?" I asked. 

 "What?" Allen startled. 

 "Pardon me. I forgot the directions. "

 "Leave it to me." answered Penelope. 

 She scribbled on her notepad and she gave it to me. Allen and I read it. 

 "Excellent, my dear!" we said at the same time. 

 We went to the crime scene and then to the strange village. My two friends talk to the people while I am observing. I saw a house with barrier. It can protect someone from spirits but from people like me. 

"Dunstan, please protect them." I said telepathically. 

 "How about you?" he asked. 

 "I am just fine." 

 I proceed without their notice to the suspicious house. I entered like a ghost. 

"How did you find me?" 

 The woman was sitting in a wooden chair. It seems she is eating when I enter her house. Her hair was properly braided. She don't turn to me and I see is just her back. 

 "Let's say we are the same in practice but not in intention. I follow where the energy came from and it lead me here."

 She laughed.  "I am just a decoy!" 

 Her head fall. It was just a false head made of fake hair and paper mache. Its voice came from a music box. When I was about to run outside, I bumped myself to the invisible wall. 

 "Damn! I am imprisoned!" I shouted. 

 Luckily, I have my athame or ritual knife. I point my athame to the north gate, then to west, to south, to east and lastly, to north. 

 "The circle is open but never been broken!" I shouted. 

 The barrier was lifted. I am chasing the caster. The two saw me running and they follow me. We cross the moor. I can't reach the suspect. The two saw me. 

 "Where is she?" 

 "I don't know." I answered to Allen. 

 When we went to office to report as interns, we are scolded by Inspector Nickels and gave us sermon.The next day, we went to the village again. Of course, she is not there. We just investigate and scan the place. The neighbors said that she moved in to the city. After work, we went to the marketplace for a while. Penelope scans shops to see new clothes. We heard a scream of a man near to our location.We responds to the victim. I saw him in between two buildings with blood from his wound. Without hesitation, I talk to the victim. The two chased the suspect. 

"Who did this to you?" I gasped. 

 "A woman with a doll." he said, then he became unconscious.

 I called a constable near to me to call a medical team then I follow the two.The caster went to the woods near the city. In an instant, the trees helped me, they tripped and entangled the caster. For I am tired, I paused for a while and lean to a tree.

 "Why are you doing this?" I gasped. 

 "I am helping vigilantly. My first victim was a man that killed her wife because of jealousy. He hid his wife in one of the walls. I called her poor soul and transfer it to a doll for the joy of her revenge. Her wife is my sister. She is my only family but that lousy man he loved killed her. If you allow me to do it, I would kill all the criminals." 

 "Stop this or I will arrest you personally before you make it as a bad habit. As the price, you will help me someday." 

 I gave her a metal bangle with spell to stop her new bad habit.

 "What is this?" 

 "A metal bangle with a spell that stops your bad habit. No one will remove that thing except me. It will also stop you from making anything related to black magic." 

 The branches retreat itself. I turned away from her. Meanwhile, in the police office, we were scolded by Inspector Nickels.

"Why did you let go the suspect?" he shouted.

"She said that it was just a self defense. The real suspect is the victim. He hid her wife in one of the walls of his house."

"If that the case, you are safe." said the inspector.

They went with the team of investigator and carefully wrecked one of the walls of the crime scene and they saw the decaying body of wife's victim.