Part 2 The Faceless Man Chapter 157 The Applause of the Audience
Bounty, fare, potions with extraordinary effects …… Emlyn White listened for a moment.
This was not the answer he had expected.
Where was the gentlemanliness? The vampire thought frostily.
As a detective, clear accounting is a necessary quality, and you delayed me from going to the Kraig Club, I don’t know what the limited supply is for these two days …… Klein looked at Emlyn White and half-jokingly bellyached.
After a few seconds, Emlyn forced a smile:
”One has to see the patient to be able to mix the right potion.”
Listening to the tone, it’s very confident. …… Klein nodded thoughtfully.
He whirled around and thought of a problem:
The Wyatt family seems to be excellent magic potion scholars, if I really want to be injured or poisoned, I can completely come to them for treatment ah …… The “Pharmacist” formula that I had previously gone through a lot of trouble to get from Father Utrafsky, wouldn’t it be useless? I don’t need to cultivate another assistant who specializes in healing. …… Plans don’t change as quickly as they should. ……
However, it’s not a waste. We’ve already recovered the cost from Ms. Magician, and the formula is always valuable as long as it exists. ……
Moreover, the Wyatt family will definitely stay away from Riverbend Boulevard and settle down again, so I may not be able to find them, which is not that convenient ……
No, before the “Nightmare Candle” hint is resolved, go to Harvest Church to squat, should be able to wait for Emlyn White ……
Thinking of this, Klein took off his hat and saluted:
”No problem, will take you there when the time comes.
”I won’t delay you any longer.”
Emlyn White’s expression changed for a moment and said hesitantly:
”If you can remove the effects of the Heart Nightmare Candle, you can get more pay, as well as ……”
He paused and raised his chin, “As well as the friendship of the Bloods.”
I’m a “magician” with a sun brooch and a vial of biotoxin, and my use of the mind-body level is limited to psionics, so what can I do? The only person I know who comes close is Ms. Justice, but she’s only a Sequence 8, and she’s just a “mind reader.”…… Unless, of course, you’re a convert! Unless and until you convert to the “Fools of this Age”, we can figure out how to use the knowledge recorded in the Book of Secrets to help you solve this problem through the corresponding rituals. …… Speaking of which, vampires seem to be primitive moon worshippers, much like the Witch King and his ilk. …… That ancient god recorded in Silver City, the vampire originator Lilith, wouldn’t be the Primal Moon, would it? Klein laughed as his thoughts diverged:
”I will help you keep an eye out for the appropriate approach.”
Emlyn Wyatt nodded and without further ado, turned around impatiently and rushed towards the door.
Had the coachman not still been nearby, he would have spread his black bat-plumes and taken to the air directly to the second floor.
Klein let out a laugh and shook his head with some emotion.
He took the same hired carriage he had just taken to the steam subway stop just a short distance away and rolled back to 15 Minsk Street in the Chorwood district.
Before entering the door, Klein, who had already made it a habit, opened the letter box and checked for any mail.
To his surprise, there really was a letter.
It was unstamped, addressed to Detective Sherlock Moriarty, and addressed to Jürgen Cooper.
Attorney Jürgen? Puzzled, Klein picked up the envelope and tore it open casually.
By the glow of the streetlight, he saw that it contained a piece of paper and two bills.
The denominations of the two bills were 1 Sule and 5 Sule.
In all, 6 Soule …… This time, I fed the cat three times …… The agreement was 2 Soule …… each time Klein opened the door into the house with some indifference and lit the gas lamp.
Unfolding the letter-paper, he found that there was not much on it, and that the words in Jürgen’s handwriting were as meticulous and gravely introspective as his own.
”The Honorable Detective Moriarty:
”Thank you for the care you have taken of Brodie during this time, and here is your well-deserved reward.
”I came to pull the doorbell twice and found you were not at home, so I had to put the payment in an envelope and drop it in your letterbox.
”If I hadn’t done so, I might not have been free to come back until tomorrow evening, which would have missed the verbal appointment, which my grandmother promised for tonight.
”As a lawyer, I value the validity of verbal contracts and expect them to be scrupulously honored.
”Finally, thank you again.
”Jürgen Cooper.”
Mr. Lawyer, your thanks are really dry and meaningless, not as good as Brodie, your explanation of the behavior is very detailed, this is really the standard Jürgen style …… And, what letterboxes are put in, if on Earth, in the time before I crossed over, I may not even look at the downstairs letterbox once in a few months …… Klein smiled as he folded the bills and put them in his pocket before pulling out his letterhead and writing his letter to Detective Stuart.
After the opening pleasantries, he writes with deliberation:
”…… I found Emlyn White at the Harvest Church near Tutewa Street, a very small church belonging to the Church of Mother Earth, which is not uncommon in Ruin …… Emlyn White claimed to have been away from home because of certain matters before he chose to run away from home, and was later taken in by the bishop of the Harvest Church and lived there as a ……”
Klein thought for a moment and wrote down the word “volunteer”.
Then he said succinctly:
”After my persuasion, he has returned to 48 Riverbend Avenue, but he will probably volunteer at Harvest Church on a regular basis.”
Once written, Klein read it through, then put down the pen and neatly folded the letterhead.
He turned out the envelope, but left it unstamped accordingly, intending to hire someone to deliver it directly to Stuart’s house tomorrow.
–If one goes through the Kingdom’s postal system, even if one puts the letter into the mailbox now, it will have to be picked up tomorrow, and after that there are still the processes of sorting and delivery, etc., so even though it’s in the same royal capital, Beckland, Stuart will at least have to wait until the day after tomorrow to hopefully see the letter before he can possibly notify Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt, and Emlyn Wyatt is now a penniless fellow with only a mannequin.
It was also for the purpose of receiving early payment …… Klein gave a low laugh, packed up the coffee table, and went back to the second floor to brush his teeth and soak in the bath.
……
On Wednesday morning, after spending 2 Soules and entrusting a rented carriage driver to deliver the mail, Klein bought some of the main ingredients for Dixie Paella, intending to make an egg fried rice today.
Thinking about the grainy white rice, he couldn’t help but swallow his saliva.
After spending a certain amount of time and going through all the tossing and turning of utensils and the kitchen, he finally came up with a fragrant pot of egg fried rice with cured meat and black tea, and ate it to the point of nearly bursting into tears.
What a nostalgic and touching flavor ah …… Eating two large plates of egg fried rice Klein sat paralyzed in his chair and stroked his stomach.
On this matter of Emlyn Wyatt, because the other party did not act according to common sense, his performance had already ended before it really started, failing to achieve the intended purpose, so it was only possible to additionally look for another opportunity to perform on his own initiative.
In this regard, Klein was not all unproductive, failure was likewise experience, which made him understand at least one thing:
”Unlike ordinary magicians, my ‘performances’ not only have assistants, but also enemies, and participants, their reactions, their choices, will likewise affect the development of things, must consider these factors in advance… …
”It’s a lesson of sorts, it’s better to be taught a lesson on something small like this than to be taught to behave on something important ……”
Klein looked at the empty disk in front of him, and pondered what other “performances” he could initiate.
After a while of serious consideration, he realized that there were none.
Of course, it wasn’t that there was absolutely nothing, just that it wasn’t suitable for him to do now.
For example, the evil spirit in the ruins of the Tudor Dynasty in the Fourth Age, Klein had always wanted to solve it, but even if he added Sharon, who possessed the Crimson Moon Coronet, and Maric, who had obtained the leftover characteristics of the out-of-control “Spirit of Grievance”, he didn’t think that he and the others would be able to fight against monsters of a higher sequence level, and he might not even be able to die. He didn’t think that he and the others would be able to fight against monsters at a higher sequence level, and he might not even know how they died.
Active performance is not the same as active death, is not the same as taking life to perform …… Klein admonished himself in his heart.
There was another thing that he would like to do, but he just didn’t think there was any chance.
That thing was to look for Will Onsettin, the strange child who brought bad luck to Surgeon Allen.
The deck of tarot cards in the other man’s hand had been of interest to Klein, wanting to make sure it wasn’t a magical item.
Unfortunately, this has been taken over by the Night Watch, and Klein isn’t too keen on getting involved in the actions of his former colleagues.
When Dr. Allen was off, he went to the Kraig Club to ask about the progress of the side, and then decided what to do. …… Klein’s idea quickly took shape.
As far as he knew, Dr. Allen was usually free on Friday afternoons and Sundays, and would go to the Krager Club to play tennis.
And just now Klein also through today’s “Birkeland Morning News”, one thing is sure, that is tomorrow night “wise eye” Mr. convened by the extraordinary people gathering.
For the time being, we can’t sell the “Werewolf” extraordinary trait or the vial of biotoxin, or even find someone to make the former into a magical item……. The high-ranking powerhouses of the Rose School are definitely still active in the neighborhood, and they are definitely filled with anger, and they can’t wait to find and tear apart Sharon, Maric, and their helpers. and their helpers …… This aspect will have to lay low for a while …… Klein picked up his napkin, wiped his mouth, and began to clear the table.
His original thought had been to take the day off without an active performance opportunity and go to the Krag Club for a leisurely day, but then he remembered the Amon doppelganger who had been able to spot the gray mist and try to infiltrate it, and the role the Book of Secrets had played in that crisis.
So Klein lights the fireplace in his living room and brings the Book of Secrets back to the real world, then reads it intently, poring over it and jotting down notes as he goes along.
Of course, he would get the corresponding notes and burn them above the gray mist afterwards.
Unconsciously, at noon, he suddenly heard the sound of the doorbell being pulled.
Hiding the Book of Secrets, Klein entered the living room and went straight to the door.
The visitor was none other than the thin-faced but bearded Detective Stuart.
He looked at Klein with great reverence and great exhilaration, and could not wait to praise him:
”You are indeed a great detective, with rich resources and channels, this kind of manhunt case without a single clue, you can solve it so quickly!”
…… Why do I feel that my spirituality has changed slightly? It seems that the magic potion has been digested a little bit more …… That is to say, my “performance” is still successful from a certain point of view, only that the audience is only the one in front of me, and he is the only one who has been blinded and only sees that the result is good… … “The applause of the audience” really works……… Klein was stunned and smiled warmly.