Part 4 The Undead Chapter 115 The Name Hidden Inside the Dossier
In a carriage at the intersection of Birklund Street, Leonard Mitchell was discussing the target of this lineup, Dawn Dantes, with two Red Glove teammates.
”I’ve had no direct contact with this gentleman for the time being, only an investigation of his servants and his neighbors.” Cindy, who had long burgundy hair, introduced her findings first, “Initial confirmation is that Dawn Dantes went into her bedroom to sleep at 11:00 p.m. last night and this morning, as usual, and washed up at 7:30 a.m., had her personal manservant prepare her clothes, and did not make any movements or any abnormalities during that time, but of course, there were times when he would have a late-night snack and finish after 12:00 p.m. day, and there were times when he would get up before seven and go out for a walk, but that was not the norm.”
Bob, the other Red Glove, nodded and said:
”In that respect, Dawn Dantes doesn’t have a problem.”
Leonard Mitchell, who was sitting in a slightly casual manner, smiled at once:
”But the reverse also holds true.
”Based on the summary so far, the missing servant would have been replaced between 11:20 and 35 last night, the infiltrator entered the Charnis Gate at 6:00, and we discovered the problem at 7:20 without finding the target.
”That means that Dawn Dantes was asleep during the time period involved in the infiltration and had no alibi.”
”What you’re saying, kind of makes sense ……,” Cindy glanced at Leonard in slight surprise.
As far as she could remember, this teammate, although often having judgments and questions that went right to the heart of the matter, seldom made such a long and logical narrative; he was more like a loose poet, with only the occasional eureka moment.
Bob, who had a rather pointed chin, then frowned and shook his head:
”That wouldn’t get everyone on this list out of suspicion; none of them have slept under the watchful eyes of others, even if their wives or husbands, at this time of night, have likewise gone to sleep.
”Also, I don’t think it’s possible that an infiltrator would be so bold as to linger in the neighborhood and not abandon his identity and simply stay away without abandoning his identity, when he has already entered behind the Charnes Gate and escaped without incident, accomplishing this unbelievable thing.
”The risk it would require is incalculable, unless he’s still plotting something or can’t afford to part with certain things, but what else compares to infiltrating the Charnis Gate? What could possibly compare to all those seals, materials, and formulas?”
If I didn’t know in advance that there was something wrong with Dawn Dantes as a person, I would have made a similar judgment …… Leonard had already thought of what to say and teetered on his right leg:
”I’m just stating that Dawn Dantes can’t be ruled out so simply.
”And Captain Souster also said that the infiltrator is likely to have died behind the door of Charnis, Dawn Dantes, even if it is related to this matter, more should be the role of an accomplice.
”Well …… don’t you guys think it’s too much of a coincidence? He moved here not even two months ago, and the church suffered something that may not happen together for hundreds of years, and it is true that he came to St. Samuel’s too often, with enough opportunities to feel out the situation accordingly.
”Also, there have been strange sewer explosions on Berklund Street during this time.”
Cindy gathered her long burgundy hair and said:
”You’ve convinced me that this should be a target to focus on.”
Bob tugged on the edge of his red glove on his left palm:
”There is indeed an overabundance of coincidences.
”But coincidence does not necessarily equal to a problem, Dawn Dantes, even if he goes to church every day and listens to the bishop’s sermon, he can only grasp the surface pattern, and cannot get the deeper intelligence, for example, when the inner watchman goes to Charnes Gate, and how the ‘night watchman’ hand over to each other. ”
”So he’s more likely to be one of the accomplices.” Leonard shrugged his shoulders.
He also didn’t understand how Dawn Dantes knew so much about the internal processes of the Night Watch.
Cindy concurred:
”Either way, we need to do a deeper investigation.
”Wait until noon and go directly into Dawn Dantes’ dreams to ask questions? Well, he has a habit of taking naps.”
Leonard raised his right hand and lightly waved down Dawn:
”There’s no need to be in such a hurry.
”It’s not like we haven’t done routine investigations before, it’s not like we haven’t gone into Dawn Dantes’ dreams and found nothing wrong.
”If he really doesn’t have a problem, then we won’t gain anything extra by going into the dream again, and if he has a problem and didn’t reveal it before then it means that he has a way to counteract the dream inquiry, and we’ll be similarly concealed by going into the dream again.
”So, we should monitor him to see who he is contacting and prevent him from escaping while waiting for feedback from Dixie’s side to figure out the real identity of this rich gentleman, and once we have found clues, we should apply to take a higher level of investigation approach than dream entry questioning.”
Cindy was once again a bit stunned and couldn’t help but say half-jokingly:
”It’s rare to see you analyze a situation so seriously.”
And thinking extremely clearly!
Leonard was silent for a moment and laughed to himself:
”Perhaps it’s due to having encountered similar things.”
This instant, Cindy only felt Leonard’s green eyes become a little darker.
She didn’t say more:
”Then we’ll take turns monitoring Dawn Dantes, starting with me.”
”Good.” Leonard nodded and turned to Bob, “You ask for the previous sewer explosion and see if you can find something, and I’ll go back and look through the corresponding files to see if there were any other anomalies in this neighborhood before.”
After the division of labor, the three “Red Gloves” each busied themselves with their own matters, among them, Leonard went back to the basement of St. Samuel’s Church and asked for all the information involving Birklund Street and the dossiers of the events that the Aurora Council had actively or passively participated in the last three years in Birklund.
The latter was a thought that Leonard had generated from the clues provided by the “parasite” within him:
”Since the existence of the ‘Fools’ and the corresponding honorific name first circulated from the Aurora Society, it is likely that some of the matters in which the Aurora Society is involved, or some of the blows it has suffered, are related to organizations that believe in the ‘Fools.’ ”
Back inside his office, Leonard gathered his loose and unserious posture and very seriously flipped through the thickly layered documents.
Among the files related to the Aurora Society, the one he was most familiar with was the Lanlus case. In this case, where the “Real Creator’s” attempt to come down failed miserably due to an inexplicable tip-off, there was a mysterious person who killed the main criminal, and he was suspected to be related to the “Rogue Thief”, the Black Emperor, because they all targeted bad criminals. As both target bad criminals, both scatter tarot cards over their targets’ bodies – except for Jason “Apostle of Desire” Beria, who arrived too soon for Leonard to do so.
Likewise, Leonard once again saw the name Sherlock Moriarty appear on the edge of things.
”Mr. X of the Aurora Society was assassinated in a party he had called for himself, and there were remnants of demigod-level power at the scene …… At this time, Dawn Dantes had already come to Birkeland just in time to ……
”Mr. Aurora Society A collaborated with the Witch Cult to create the Great Haze Incident in Bakerland, and I perished as a result ……
”Mr. Aurora Council A assassinated Ambassador Intis ……
”……”
Leonard read through the entries one by one, not finding too much useful information.
He rubbed the corner of his forehead and decided to go in a different direction, starting with cases related to the “Rogue” Black Emperor:
”The Lanlus case …… First appearance of the ritual of throwing tarot cards at the scene of a murder …… And the ‘Fool’ is the beginning of the tarot cards ……
”The Capin case …… With the strength and position shown by the ‘Rogue’ Black Emperor, he would not and could not imitate anyone else …… He likewise threw tarot cards at the body Sprinkled tarot cards ……
”‘Apostle of Desire’ Jason Bellia case …… I saw ‘Rogue’ Black Emperor with my own eyes, while making it too late for him to spread his cards ……
”Aside from the fact that they all involve major incidents and vicious criminals, what else connects these three cases?” Leonard had pondered the corresponding question before, making it clear that the great detective Sherlock Moriarty had appeared on the fringes of both the Llanerus case and the Capin case.
Then, what about the “Apostle of Desire” case?
Leonard turned out the attached file, page by page, line by line to do a review, finally, he saw a line of words in an inconspicuous place:
…… attacked include Eisinger Stanton, Sherlock Moriarty ……”
Leonard’s expression perked up a little, as if he had found a breakthrough.
He flipped back to the Aurora Society’s dossier, not sparing any of the names mentioned in it, and extended it, applying all the dossiers involved in each name.
”Aurora Council Mr. A assassinated Ambassador Intis …… Ambassador Intis was leading the fight for the Differential Manuscript …… The lead to the Differential Manuscript came from a spy whose usual disguise was that of a private detective, Detective ……
”It’s been reported that another private investigator was also involved in the matter and was nearly killed by the mob that takes orders from Ambassador Intis …… Another private investigator ……” Leonard snapped to his feet and left St. Cy’s Muir’s Church and headed for the police station that was handling the case at the time.
Although most of the files had been taken by MI9, Leonard saw the name of the caller:
”Sherlock Moriarty!”
I now have reason to suspect that the Great Detective was also present in the Great Birkeland Haze, on the contact list of the many people involved, at the very edge of the problem! He and Dawn Dantes belonged to that secretive organization of “fools”? Leonard thought with a slight curl of his mouth, and decided to go back immediately to look for information to verify his suspicions.
……
160 Birklund Street, in the master bedroom.
Klein, who was taking a nap, didn’t wait for the “night watchmen” to fall asleep, but once again “returned” to Misty Town, and saw the “Witch of Despair”, whose smile was sweet, and who had blood-colored threads of flesh hidden in the gaps between her teeth. “I saw Panadia, who was lifted up a little, her eyes rolled white in despair, and her head hung down.
The densely hanging corpses, the frighteningly huge mushrooms, and the countless transparent worms twisted into a ball, appeared one after another, causing Klein to wake up from his dream.
Rubbing his temples, Klein felt that his mental state really wasn’t too good, and this wasn’t a problem of spiritual contamination that could be solved by the gray mist.
After a moment of contemplation, he entered the lavatory and went above the gray mist, manifesting Germaine Sparrow and asking him to pray:
”…… Please tell Ms. ‘Justice’ when she is available these days? I would like to receive psychotherapy.”