Part 1 The Joker Chapter 192 – Emphasis
Audrey’s eyes flickered, her thoughts scattered, analyzing many things at once:
Mr. “hanging man” described, Zillinger is a lone wolf, do not trust anyone, his plan of action is known only to himself, in addition to my early discovery, it should not be clear to anyone that he will assassinate tonight ……
I only told my father and Mr. Fool about Baron Grammill’s suspicion that “Hurricane Lieutenant General” Tsilingus was pretending to be him ……
Although Duke Negan’s residence has a telegraph line, so he was able to send out information in time to get help, but there was no need to hide it …… Dad’s confusion means that the strong man who killed Tsilingus was not expected ……
To sum up, the person who killed Tsilingus is almost certainly a dependent of Mr. “Fool”!
Moreover, only our special model of the Tarot Club can create a strange situation where the motive is unknown!
Zillinger was a Sequence 6 Wind Favored One and possessed the magical item “Creeping Hunger”, so the only person who could have killed him quickly and without leaving a trace would be a high-level Sequence 6 “Demigod and Demi-Man”. A powerful person, right? Or, did he use a seal that was rumored to be extremely dangerous?
Either way, it’s clear that Mr. Fool’s dependents are extremely powerful. ……
It’s worthy of Mr. Fool!
No matter what, I have provided a clue, and Mr. “Hanging Man” has to keep his promise and give me the pituitary gland of the seven-colored lizard dragon!
This should be the first official action of our “Tarot Club”, right?
One of the seven pirate generals, Tsilingus, died as a result!
Seeing his daughter’s contemplation with a little excitement, his youth was also a handsome man, Earl Hall coughed gently, more serious admonition:
”Audrey, I know that you are interested in the mysterious realm of things, and usually indulge you, but this matter, you absolutely can not be involved in it, not even inquiring about it, you will be led by the Queen at the end of the year, and be formally introduced to social occasions, as an adult, you should be aware of and remember that a terrifying extraordinary person, or a secretive, powerful organization, often equate to danger, understand?”
”I know, Daddy.” Audrey replied petulantly, “I was just a little curious.”
”Curious doesn’t work either!” Earl Hall couldn’t help but reveal a helpless smile after emphasizing this sentence.
”Uh-huh!” Audrey was busy nodding her head obediently.
Anyway, I know the whole thing better than you do …… She made a face in her mind.
Earl Hall thought about it and smiled gently:
”In any case, you’re the one who got the credit for tonight, the savior of Duke Negan, at least half of Zilingus’s death has to be attributed to you, and the same goes for the bounty, and of course, if there’s no one who admits to having struck and killed Zilingus, claiming responsibility for the incident and coming forward to claim the bounty, then the remaining half will belong to you as well, and that will add up to a total of 10,000 gold pounds. ”
”Well, the bounties set up by countries and organizations such as the Republic of Intis and the Forsak Empire can also be sent to collect them, and when converted, it should be 20,000 gold pounds.”
”Duke Negan has just promised to gift you his vacation estate located in Dixie Bay, which contains a large area of rubber woods, I haven’t specifically learned about the yearly income, but it certainly won’t be low, he spent 8,000 gold pounds to buy it in the first place, and subsequently built houses and purchased good seeds.”
Already 300,000 pounds of property Audrey enough to be called rich, but close to or even more than 40,000 gold pounds of the prize for her, still a huge amount of income, many noble lady’s dowry can not reach this amount.
In an August marriage between an aristocrat and a merchant, Miss Mary Oldbury, the daughter of a millionaire, had also dowered 80,000 gold pounds.
”I hadn’t even considered the bounty ……” Audrey whispered from her heart.
Suddenly, something occurred to her: if she were to collect the bounty and let the word get out, the Hanged Man would be able to easily determine who “Justice” was.
That’s not good enough! As a member of the Order of the Tarot, I have to remain mysterious! Audrey looked to her father and organized her words:
”Dad, I’m a little scared ……”
”Why? What happened?” Earl Hall asked with busy concern.
”If it is proclaimed that it was me who discovered that Tsilingus was pretending to be Baron Grammill, I am afraid that his men will take revenge on me, and I am afraid that the people who directed him behind the scenes to assassinate Duke Neagan will be on my trail ……” Audrey tried to make herself look pitiful, weak, as well as helpless.
”I will have someone protect you.” Earl Hall responded first, then nodded gently, “But there really is no need for you to take that risk, and the fact that the person who killed Zirngus took the ‘Creeping Hunger’ is, of course, not a motive that possesses sufficient persuasive power for a high-sequence powerhouse to, well …… I’ll tell Duke Negan to conceal this matter and have him find someone else to collect the bounty, and then compensate you privately afterward.”
Speaking of this, Earl Hall said with a big smile:
”Worthy of being my daughter, simply earning 40,000 gold pounds, which is more than a tenth of your current wealth.”
That 300,000 pounds was what he had pre-divided out to give his daughter’s property, and would make up a portion of it when she got married.
”Is it as great as you used to be, papa?” Audrey asked back with delight.
Earl Hall shook his head and lost his smile:
”Much more powerful than I. My first gain from business was only sixty pounds.”
Audrey immediately became extremely happy, 40,000 pounds of bounty, father’s praise, causing the death of “Hurricane Lieutenant General” Zylingus and the sense of accomplishment of having accomplished something extraordinary, the pride of being a member of the “Tarot Club” will be in the aftermath of the “hanging man” from the “The colorful lizard pituitary gland she got from the Hanged Man gave her not only double, but triple, even quadruple or quintuple pleasure!
I really want to report to Mr. “Fool” immediately and get his confirmation. …… No, no, no, the mysterious powerhouse with unknown motives killed Zillinger, and now someone is definitely watching me secretly, looking for clues, so I can’t show the slightest abnormality! …… Bah! There’s nothing unusual about me, as long as I don’t try to chant Mr. Fool’s name. ……
Well, if Mr. Fool’s family did it, K must already know the result, and I don’t need to report it …… Well …… Do I need to share the reward with that family member? No, 20,000 pounds of money is bound to attract attention no matter how it’s paid, and I can’t take that risk. ……
Besides, it’s always the Hanged Man who asks for Mr. Fool’s help, so he should be the one to pay for it, hmmmmm, he claims to have a lot of Roselle’s diaries!
I’ll try to collect some more journals and thank Mr. Fool for answering my prayers… I’m sure he doesn’t care about vulgar money… ……
Audrey quickly determined what to do next.
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The Duke of Neagan’s mansion, in a small, private study.
The obese and tall Duke was sitting on a high-backed chair behind a desk, smoking a cigar and looking across the table at the “God’s Songster” Al Sneak and the Kingdom’s Prime Minister Aguschid Negan.
”From the intelligence that has been fed back one after another, it is currently impossible to confirm which High Sequence powerhouse did this.” Aguschid had just rushed back from the king.
Archbishop Snake nodded along:
”We’ve also confirmed with transcendent means that it’s not the familiar high sequence powerhouses, not the ones from the Spirit Order.”
”There are enough reasons to believe that it’s a mysterious powerhouse that we are not aware of, of course, the possibility that he used a dangerous sealing object cannot be ruled out.”
Duke Negan said as he reached for his cigar:
”Maybe it’s not just a high sequence powerhouse, there’s a good chance that there’s a hidden organization hiding behind him, a hidden organization that we don’t know enough about, otherwise there’s no way to ambush Zirngus with that kind of precision, well, maybe a certain participant of tonight’s ball is a member of them.”
His brother, Prime Minister Agohid, gruffly said:
”Regardless of which possibility it is, we must be careful, and we must quickly figure out the identity of that High Sequence powerhouse, figure out what his purpose is in coming to Bekrand, and figure out if he’s simply chasing after Zylingus and why he’s trying to kill Zylingus.”
A High Sequence Strongman who was out of his grasp wandering around Bakerland was something that was enough to draw the attention of the Royal Government and the Three Great Churches!
Although Sequence 4 and Sequence 3 powerhouses might not be able to stop the bombardment of giant ship cannons, there was absolutely no need for them to do a head-on fight, they had too many bizarre abilities.
Therefore, this is an even more dangerous existence than the Iron Armored Ship, just from the title of “Half God, Half Man”!
”God’s Songbird” Ace Snake immediately got up and said:
”I will immediately make arrangements and contact the Church of Darkness and the Church of Steam.”
”His Majesty the King will also have the military and intelligence agencies cooperate.” Prime Minister Aguschid promised.
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Inside an inn, in the northern district of Berkland.
Azuk, who had a bronze complexion and a mole next to his ear, sat under a gas lamp and gazed at a glove that was placed in front of him.
The glove was so light and thin that it seemed to be made of human skin, and it seemed as if it could be transformed back into a hand simply by filling it with flesh and blood.
Azik looked at it for a while, then suddenly, with a pained and twisted expression, whispered to himself:
”I think, I think I’ve worked with them ……”
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Klein did not sleep well the whole night, because he has not received the “justice” and “inverted man” report, did not receive Mr. Aztec’s reply, always remembering the “Hurricane” Lieutenant-General “The result of the Zillinger affair.
Should have made a lot of noise, so that “justice” Miss and “hanging man” Mr. dare not rashly contact me again …… But, Mr. Azick why did not reply to the letter? He wasn’t involved, or something happened to him? Was he wounded by Zillinger? Crane covered his mouth with his hand, yawned, and boarded the trackless public carriage to Zoltan Street.
”Extra! Extra! ‘Lieutenant General Hurricane’ Zillingerus has been killed in Birkeland!”
”Extra! Extra! ‘Hurricane Lt. Gen.’ Zillinger is killed in Birkeland!”
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The carriage was about to move, when Klein suddenly heard the voice of a newsboy-which also originated from the invention of Rossel the Great.
Frozen for a moment, Klein hurriedly pulled out a 1p coin and handed it out the window to buy a copy of the Tingen Morning News, and many passengers made the same choice.
Unfolding the newspaper, Klein immediately saw the headlines:
”Great Pirate Zylingus Killed by Duke’s Bodyguard in Birkeland”.
Tsilingus is dead? Mr. Aztec did this? Klein fell into a deep thought and spat on himself:
As the BOSS behind this incident, I can’t believe I didn’t know the result until I read the newspaper ……