Mystery: Start with the Reader

"Surprise: Beginning with the Reader ()"

Located in the Intis embassy in the west area of ​​Backlund, the Intis ambassador Bakerland Jean Madan, who had a thin face with a slight stubble on his face, unconsciously frowned as he looked at the information gathered at his hand.

Then, he rang the bell at the corner of the table and called the deacon who had been serving outside the study.

Pushing the door open was a middle-aged and elderly gentleman dressed meticulously. Bakerland looked at him and said in a rather polite tone: "Mr. Cotton, please go and call Rosago over."

This deacon not only serves as the "steward" of the embassy, ​​but also the protector of previous ambassadors, the chief military officer of the embassy, ​​a Sequence 5 "astronomer"... and also has a certain connection with the church of "Steam and Machinery" .

"Please wait a moment, Your Excellency the Ambassador." Cotton saluted respectfully, with standard movements and elegant posture, without any flaws.

After Ke Dun went out, Bakerland let out a breath subconsciously. For some reason, he always felt a lot of pressure in front of this deacon... Coupled with the other party's rigid personality and complicated background, he didn't trust him very much. However, many shady jobs were entrusted to Rosago and his privately recruited intelligence personnel.

Fortunately, the deacon was only strictly observing his own duties, and didn't care about other things.

After a while, Rosago, with black hair and blue eyes, handsome face and light beard, followed Coton into the office.

After Ke Dun voluntarily withdrew and closed the office door, Bakerland handed a document to Rosago, saying: "Meursault failed and exposed our relationship with him to a detective." ...and now MI9 has intervened...those simple plateau people are really unreliable!"

Rosago carefully read the information in his hand, and immediately made a judgment: "Although Meursault has only become a 'hunter' not long ago, he is not something that ordinary people can easily kill... That detective is probably an extraordinary person , has a certain ability in frontal combat...and is good at 'psychic'...but he is unlikely to be a mid-sequence, after all, according to the investigation of the police, he should be lucky to win."

"I'm not interested in knowing the information about a little detective...I just want to know the whereabouts of that boy named Ian!" Bakerland said here, poured a glass of Ormere wine, took a sip, and then continued Said, "You don't have to worry about the deacon of the Church of Storms who is chasing you, I will let 'Shadow' temporarily distract him."

Rosago, who was slightly hesitant at first, immediately relaxed when he heard the words, nodded and said: "I will get the exact news by Monday at the latest."

"Very good!" Bakerland nodded in satisfaction, then took out a whole bottle of Ormir from the wine cabinet and handed it to Rosago, and said with a smile, "Xinxiang Manor was produced in 1286, and the price exceeded 400 pounds. I know you have been Remember this and give it to you."

"Thank you." Rosago's blue eyes flashed with surprise.

...

On Sunday night, Klein came to the "Brave" bar on Iron Gate Street according to the address given by Ian Wright before, and found Kaspers in the billiards room.

"Introduced by the 'old man'?" Kaspers, who had a big nose and was wearing a linen shirt, looked at Klein, and said in a deep voice after a while:

"Come with me."

The so-called "old man" is the code name of Detective Zreal. He is one of the Extraordinary people Kaspers knows, and he is barely a friend...

So Kaspers still trusts the people he introduced.

Afterwards, Kaspers agreed to Klein's deal to buy a gun, and sold him a special revolver and 50 rounds of ammunition for 3 pounds 10 soli.

Klein tried the empty gun, loaded five bullets, stuffed the revolver into the underarm gun pouch he had bought earlier, then packed up the remaining bullets, looked up at Kaspers, and said after deliberation:

"If I want to hire a good bodyguard, who should I go to?

"Very powerful, the kind that surpasses the limits of human beings."

Kaspers rubbed his big red nose,

His eyes became cold all of a sudden, he took a deep look at Klein, and said:

"If you don't have any trouble, I suggest you hire a regular mercenary squad or well-known detectives to protect you.

"Well, if there is no connection, I can introduce 'Hero Detective' Bryan for you. I believe you have heard of his name...Of course, the introduction fee will be calculated separately."

Regular mercenary squad? It seems that you also know "Nighthawk", "Mechanical Heart" and "Punisher"? It's a pity that my situation is special, and it's too late to hide from them, but I dare not easily enter their sight...

As for the "heroic detective", isn't that Mr. "Tower"? I didn't expect Mr. "Tower" to have such a wide network of contacts, even in such a place, there are people who take the initiative to help him attract customers...

Well, the strength of Mr. "Tower" is enough to protect me... But now how dare I arrange a famous detective who is "knowledgeable" and good at observation and reasoning? I'm afraid it won't take a few days, and the details will have to be cleaned up by him!

Moreover, Mr. "Tower" has a good relationship with Ms. Daly, and he may have seen my photo. If he mentions it to that lady by the way, I'm afraid I will be thoroughly investigated by the church.

With a wry smile in his heart, Klein shook his head slightly at Kaspers, without further explanation.

Kaspers naturally understood what he meant, so after a few seconds of silence, he said in a deep voice: "In this case, I can ask other people for you, but there is no guarantee that someone will take this task."

This is someone who has acquaintances in both black and white... acquaintance with extraordinary people... you are indeed a gangster who can monopolize the underground business! Klein raised the corner of his mouth and said:

"Whatever the outcome, allow me to express my thanks in advance."

After a while, Klein, led by Caspers, entered a dimly lit card room, and saw Maric playing cards with a dozen living corpses.

After Klein clarified his general situation, Maliqi, who was slightly mad with malice in his eyes, suddenly froze in place, as if he had turned into a plaster statue.

After nearly a minute, he slowly said: "You go out."

ah? Klein didn't react right away, and he didn't realize that the deal hadn't been reached until the other party turned around and walked towards the card table.

You dragged a group of living corpses to play cards in the room, and you acted like a high-ranking and powerful person, but you were scared off like this? You are obviously a little crazy...

After slandering a few words, Klein finally left the card room helplessly. After learning about the gathering of Beyonders from Kaspers, he decided to come back tomorrow night.

After returning to the rented house at No. 15 Minsk Street, Klein didn't waste charcoal, and went directly into the bedroom, drawing the curtains to isolate the room from the outside world.

In order to delay the possible attack from the ambassador as much as possible and buy himself time, he wrote down the divination information about "Ian Wright" on a piece of paper:

"I don't know the whereabouts of Ian Wright. After discovering Zreal's body, I have never seen him again. However, I learned through my own channels that Ian Wright once appeared in Bairum Street Telegraph Office."

After finishing writing, Klein didn't fold and put away the paper, nor did he use spirituality to ignite it, but let it spread out on the desk, wantonly displaying its own content.

Gazing deeply, Klein returned to the bed, but he did not fall asleep immediately, but quietly glanced at the perfect, bright and bright red moon outside the window, and then boarded the gray mist, ready to face that Forsi at any time. The lady offered a helping hand.

...

At the same time, Abner simulated early on that "psychological invisibility" was hidden in the rented house of Xio and Fors.

Seeing the full moon appearing outside the window, he quietly "opened the door" and entered Forsi's bedroom.

Immediately afterwards, he witnessed Forsi sitting up from the bed suddenly, stretching out her hands, pressing her ears on both sides, and constantly rolling on the bed, as if she was fighting against illusory ravings.

Drops of sweat were dripping from her forehead, and the veins on the back of her hands were bulging.

Sometimes her body tensed, sometimes rolled, rolled from the bed to the floor, and then rolled from the floor to the edge of the bed... The light blue eyes that originally had a sense of playfulness and laziness were full of pain.

Just when Abner couldn't bear to continue watching, and was about to show up and guide her to read the name of "The Fool", Fors finally stopped.

She let go of her hands, saw the handfuls of slightly curly brown hair, and laughed weakly at herself:

"Abner is right. After using that bracelet, the 'babbling' has become more and more serious... The only good news is that at least I don't have to worry about losing my hair... because I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on to that when."

Then, she could no longer suppress the weakness buried deep in her heart, and sat under the window with her knees hugged, dazed, sometimes hesitant, sometimes fearful.

Abner, who was hiding in the dark, sighed, but he didn't plan to show up again. He felt that Fors would definitely not want to expose such a side of himself to people he knew.

Moreover, even if she was told that "The Fool" could help her at this time, she would definitely have more doubts than trust in her heart... It is better to wait until the next time she can't hold on before guiding her... so as not to be self-defeating.

With this in mind, Abner quietly exited Fors's bedroom, and prayed to Mister Fool in a low voice, asking him to tell Xio who was on a mission and tell her that Fors had passed the difficulty.

...

Outside the house at No. 15 Minsk Street, Rosago, who tasted Ormir and passed by this block disguised as a drunk, manipulated a slender, iron-black nematode into Klein's bedroom through the crack of the door.

Its movements are very stiff, and it seems to be dismantled into slow motion frame by frame, which has a weird taste.

This iron-black nematode squirmed to the desk, climbed to the top, and stopped in front of the paper on which Ian Wright's information was written. The head suddenly raised, and the central part stood upright, leaving only the tail to support it. with the body.

At this moment, it looks like a human being!

After inspecting it for a while, the iron-black nematode pushed the paper to turn, then returned to the original path, and disappeared.

Outside the house, the corners of Rosago's mouth slightly curled up, as he "staggered" but didn't have the slightest intention of stopping. He was satisfied with the knowledge of the little detective inside the house.

At the same time, his eyes glanced stealthily at some nearby unobserved locations where MI9 watchers were hiding.

They hid it well, but in Rosago's eyes, their "spiritual thread" was so conspicuous.

"Hey, if my 'Hypnotist' secret puppet hadn't been caught by the deacon of the Church of Storms, there would be no need for such troublesome 'pretending to pass by'..."

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