Part 1 The Joker Chapter 193 The End
The news about Zilingus is not long, that is, it is clearly explained the time, place, people and results, as the saying goes, the shorter the content, the bigger the matter.
What happened in the capital city of Beckland last night at eight or nine o’clock, Tingen City had a newspaper disclosure this morning, the speed of information exchange in this world isn’t too slow, this is all the outstanding contribution of Rossel the Great …… Well, it must have been the nobles and parliamentarians attending the ball that leaked the news to some of the journalists who had made friends with them, and some of these journalists used to send out telegrams to bring this sensational news to the public. Some of them sent the sensational news back to their respective newspaper headquarters in other counties and cities ……
Morning papers are usually laid out at night, printed at midnight, and distributed in the morning, just in time to make urgent adjustments and publish ……
Based on this story alone, today’s Tingen Morning News will sell at least a thousand more copies, and that’s only counting the city’s downtown area ……
Klein’s thoughts fizzled and his mind settled:
”Since ‘Hurricane Lieutenant General’ Zilingus is dead, it means that even if Mr. Aztec is injured, it’s not too serious ……”
”If it was more serious, he would have definitely been caught by the rushing Substitute Punisher or Duke Negan’s Extraordinary Bodyguard, and when it comes to this kind of emergency situation, Miss ‘Justice’ and Mr. ‘Inverted Hanging Man’ would have definitely looked for every opportunity to report to me. report, and the fact that the latter didn’t happen is proof enough that things are within the realm of control ……”
”Well, if Mr. Aztec has not answered me by midnight tonight, or if Miss ‘Justice’ and Mr. ‘The Inverted Man’ have not prayed to me, I will blow the brass whistle again, summon the messenger, and send a letter inquiring for the ……”
Relaxing, Crane took his attention off the newspaper and looked around the public carriage carriages.
Most of the people who had the money to travel in this type of transportation knew the words, and many had just been influenced by the “Extra” to purchase the Tingen Morning News, and now the few who did were discussing it in hushed tones:
”A long, long time ago, the pirate kings and generals were jeopardizing the shipping lanes, except in the face of the fleets of various countries will retreat, simply do not put the armed merchant ships in the eyes of the …… Although Zirincus is listed as one of the seven pirate generals not more than ten years, but is the first big pirate by the government to be killed! ……”
”Frankly, I’m curious as to what he’s doing in Birkeland. When a pirate leaves the ocean, death is a predictable thing.”
”Hopefully a more detailed report will follow.”
”Storm on top, I’d like to know right now which of Duke Negan’s bodyguards shot down Zylingus, who has a full 10,000 pounds bounty on him!”
”10,000 pounds …… If I had 10,000 pounds, I would immediately resign, buy two or three small and medium-sized plantations, invest in some colonial companies, railroad company shares, and enjoy a fixed annual income …… ”
”That’s just the Kingdom’s bounty; Intis, Forsak, Feneport, and a number of business organizations have bounties on ‘Hurricane Lieutenant General’ Zillings, and I desperately wish there was a newspaper that would list all of these bounty amounts.”
Ten thousand pounds? Crane listened in a trance.
With his current salary, which was already considered generous, he would also have to go without eating or drinking for close to twenty years to save that much money ……
I should have known …… Forget it, there’s no way, no way I can collect the bounty …… He folded the newspaper with some loss and looked out of the carriage window.
At this point, he finally confirmed that the “Hurricane Lieutenant General” Zilingus matter is over, this is only a few finishing touches, such as the “hanging man” will pay the batch of Russell’s diary.
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Birkeland, Chorwood.
Forsyth Wall and Hugh Dilcha, wearing sarongs, walk down the street to the nearest branch of the Bank of Bavaria.
”Money is always gone without realizing it.” Folth exclaimed.
Hugh nodded in deep sympathy:
”Yeah.”
”Fortunately, the book ‘Stormy Mountain’ is relatively popular, and there are still manuscript payments coming into my account one after another, otherwise, I would have to find a clinic or hospital and become a doctor again.” Forsyth sighed contentedly and worriedly.
Hugh was silent for a few seconds and asked carefully:
”Will this investigation into Zilingus affect your authorship? After all, we might be targeted by the Substitute Punisher, the Night Watch, and the rest of them ……”
”No, it will only be you who will be targeted.” Forsyth said with a light chuckle, “You’re the one who got someone to go to the police, you’re the one who sent the letter, you’re the one who is a minor celebrity in gang circles and certain streets in the East End, and I, Forsyth Walls, have always been a popular bestselling author of late.”
”……,” Hugh said after a moment’s daze, “so you’ve been keeping me company all this time?”
Forsyth ruffled his hair and smiled low:
”Don’t you think it’s an interesting experience? Well …… this experience has given me quite a bit of creative inspiration, and I’m writing my next novel about all the stories that result from a sudden murder.”
Hugh was at a loss for words to respond, and could only sulk forward, accidentally forgetting to turn the corner and being pulled back by Forsyth.
Just then they heard the cry of the newsboy:
”Extra! Extra! ‘Lieutenant General Hurricane’ Zillingerus has been killed in Birkeland!”
……
Huh? What? Hugh and Forsyth stared at each other in bewilderment.
They waited until the newsboy came from far away and repeated himself a few times before they came to a rude awakening.
”What? Tsilingus is dead?” Voorhees couldn’t believe his ears.
”He’s actually dead! How could he suddenly die!” Hugh, who was dodging the possible reverse pursuit of that ferocious pirate, was shocked and confused.
This, shouldn’t this go through a normal process? First is to find clues to determine the purpose of the Zilingus, then gather strong people, and use this to ambush him, and finally the pirate was killed …… As a result, the first step has not yet been completed, the Zilingus is dead …… that simply died! …… Forsyth and Hugh looked at me and I looked at you, as if they were two marble statues.
After a few dozen seconds, Hugh stormed over to the newsboy and bought a copy of this morning’s Tassock Gazette.
It was one of the three newspapers with the largest circulation in the Kingdom of Ruin.
”Well …… Zilingus is indeed dead, shot down by Duke Negan’s bodyguard …… Goddess, Duke Negan’s bodyguard is …… “Hugh automatically silenced, did not say the latter “powerful extraordinary person”.
Forsyth gave his friend a pitying look:
”I can’t believe you completely believe the description in the newspaper ……”
”Well, maybe someone else found out what Zilingus was up to ahead of time, and a successful ambush was accomplished by a combination of the Substitute Punisher, the Night Watchman, the Mechanical Heart, and the top brass of the military’s special division ……” Hugh suddenly stared blankly and exhaled. “We don’t have to worry about anything anymore, we can return to our normal lives, but we have to try to avoid the confines of that police station from before.”
She glanced at Forsyth and asked with some apprehension and some concern:
”How much do you think Ms. Audrey would pay us, under the circumstances? I know that a few hundred pounds isn’t much to her, but we haven’t really completed the commission either ……”
”No, at least we got Zillingerus to show up of his own accord, and the reason he rushed into action and fell into an ambush surely had something to do with us.” Forsyth relieved, “With Miss Audrey’s generosity, even if she doesn’t pay all of the reward, she will at least give half of it.”
”I hope so ……” Hugh took a deep breath and whispered with longing, “I wonder who will collect that 10,000 pounds bounty …… ”
”What a jealousy, if I had that amount of money, I would have gotten to Sequence 7 and Sequence 6 a long time ago, and as a result, the opportunity was missed over and over again!” Forsyth also a burst of emotion, at the end of the reminder, “Hugh, we do not go to Miss Audrey in a short period of time, wait for her to take the initiative to contact us, the death of Zylingus hides too many details that we do not know, rashly looking for Miss Audrey is likely to put us in danger.”
Hugh nodded at first, then said in consternation:
”How do you know I want to go to Queens now?”
”You guess.” Forsyth replied amused.
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After a busy morning, Klein returned to Blackthorn Security and reported to Dunn Smith:
”Captain, the portion of the people related to Lanlus that I was responsible for investigating are all fine, they are all simply victims and not involved in incidents involving the Transcendent.”
Dunn said with both elbows braced on his desk at the same time:
”Then you should stop for the time being, wait for the part that the others are in charge of to finish, and then focus on tracking down the suspected few, we can’t possibly throw all of our manpower at this matter, we must prevent another contingency.”
”Good.” Klein was about to stand up and go enjoy his share of lunch when he suddenly heard a knock on the door.
”Come in.” Dunn spoke in a mellow voice.
The handle was twisted and the door to the room opened, Roxanne poked her head in:
”Captain, someone has come to commission a mission.”
Entrusting a mission …… This kind of statement is directed at the Blackthorn Security Company, not the Night Watchman Squad …… So again, who has mistakenly approached us? Klein muttered silently to himself with some dawning realization.
Dunn thought for a moment and said:
”Could be a good idea to listen in, turn it down if it’s too much trouble.”
He straightened his shirt, vest, and watch chain and walked out of the office, through the partition, and leaned in close to the couch area in the reception hall, while Klein and Roxanne followed curiously.
There were two ladies seated at the couch location, both wearing black fedoras and long black dresses with no extra color.
One of them had a plump figure, fair skin, and her face was covered by a fine lattice of black veil that hung down from her hat, her appearance shadowed.
At the sight of her, Klein suddenly felt some familiarity as to where he had seen her before.
As he was thinking back, he heard the other, thinner lady say:
”The task we want to commission is to track and monitor Mrs. Sherron and find evidence of her crimes.”
Mrs. Sherron …… Klein suddenly drifted off, remembering where the familiarity had just come from.
The lady who hadn’t spoken was Senator Maynard’s wife, the daughter of the New Party bigwig.
She had trouble accepting her husband’s death and was unwilling to recognize the police department’s conclusions, so she privately sought out a security company to re-investigate?
Hey, even directly found us …… Klein shook his head and smiled darkly.