Part 2 The Faceless Man Chapter 171 – Checking Yourself Out
Queens, inside Count Hall’s luxurious villa.
The finest Faneuilport St. Desi Mountain coffee wafted out a rich aroma, and the wonderful flavor of the Queen’s black tea intersected into a mesmerizing music of scents, which dazzled the elegant three-tiered trays, baking a delicious and delicate dessert.
This was Audrey’s afternoon tea.
Her aristocratic friends in the occult had come by appointment and were sitting around, talking and laughing.
After Audrey’s quiet guidance, Jane, Murray, and the others had a strong interest in the “Black Emperor”, the grand theft that appeared last night, and all of them turned their attention to the nobleman’s son, Kons Leeson, who had joined the MI9.
”Does that ‘Black Emperor’ actually have any extraordinary abilities?” The sweet-looking Christine asked curiously.
Several of them had fathers who were at least Viscounts, giving them, who loved the occult, enough status and channels to learn about the existence of extraordinary powers and magical potions, but all of them, just like Audrey in the beginning, were reluctant to join the Nightwatchman, the Substitute Punisher, the Mechanical Heart, and the MI9, and did not want to waste a lot of their time on carrying out their official duties.
And on top of that, none of the families they belonged to were ancient nobles that could be traced back a thousand years ago, or even to the time when the Fourth Giruun Kingdom was first established, nor were they completely diehard loyal to the royal family or become top military officers, and they had not been given recipes, and they might not be able to recognize even extraordinary materials, and if they did recognize them, they did not know what to do with them.
This limited the possibility of Murray, Christine and the others to become extraordinary, allowing them to only aspire, but it was difficult for them to take that crucial step.
As for whether their elders had privately collected magic potion formulas and cultivated a few extraordinary people belonging to the family, that was not something they could understand, after all, it was not allowed, and if the king really wanted to seize the handle, he could use it as a reason to deprive them of their knighthoods.
Of course, at this moment in the living room, there are already two betrayers, respectively, has been promoted to the sequence 8 “mind reader” Audrey and collected an extraordinary material, not long to become a “pharmacist” Viscount Glorinte.
The tall and thin young gentleman Combs took a sip of coffee and said:
”I’m not going to answer positively, I’m just going to tell you some facts:
”In addition to traces of gas explosions in the restaurant where the fight took place, elements such as toxins, doubles, grudge spikes, bullets coalesced by divine power, and by the way, that ‘Black Emperor’, no, that Rogue, is in a phantom state.”
It’s not like the one who killed “Hurricane Lieutenant General” Zylingus, or the one who took care of Lanius in the sewers……. The one who stole the “Black Emperor” card and created the Karpin case was Mr. “Fool”, the third family member? Just Becklander, k has at least three dependents ……k How many dependents will there be in total? Audrey’s mind wandered, and she asked in deliberate ignorance:
”A fierce transcendent battle took place there?”
Murray asked further under her guidance:
”There are Extraordinary Beings in Karpin’s family? A more powerful Transcendent? Or even more than one?”
”He’s just a human trafficker ah ……,” Viscount Graylingt unconsciously expressed doubt.
Audrey maintained a light smile and curious eyes, patiently waiting for Cones to answer.
Combs gave a laugh and said:
”Murray’s guess is correct, that’s all I can say.
”Do you guys want me to be confined by the leader of the group?”
”There are more than one more powerful Extraordinary in Capin’s family ……
”Sure enough, he’s not an ordinary human trafficker, he’s probably involved in a lot of mysterious events ……
”Human trafficking …… Could he be involved in cult rituals? Is that what Mr. ‘Fool”s dependents are striking against?
”It was similar that time in Lanlus, involving cults, involving sacrifices, involving the descent of the ‘True Creator’ …… There’s no telling which cult or which evil god is behind Karpin… …
”Mr. ‘Fool’ seems to have been targeting those evil gods …… Is it really a game between the gods? k I wonder how many great things have been destroyed by those evil gods… … “Audrey associated a lot at once, her heart gradually surging a bit:
The enemy of our Tarot Society is the evil gods!
Nothing else is qualified!
Does Mr. “Fool” want to get the title of “Evil God’s Nemesis”? Audrey pursed her lips and laughed in her heart.
Then, she collected her emotions and confessed:
Audrey, how could you? How can you make fun of Mr. Fool ……
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At noon, Klein returned to Minsk Street and unsurprisingly found the letter that Old Kohler had paid a certain carter to deliver in his own letterbox.
This was the urgent contact they had agreed upon.
Of course, according to Klein’s anticipation, Old Kohler, who did not know words, would only tell himself when and where to meet through simple symbols, who knew that the letter paper, when spread out, was actually neatly written.
Just by glancing at it, Klein confirmed that it was the same as the handwriting in Daisy’s word book.
It seems that this girl helped the old Kohler write it …… The paper was not moistened by moisture, maybe the old Kohler bought some specially just for emergency contact …… Klein opened the door and walked into the living room while reading the epistle.
He did not take off his coat, but merely removed his hat and leaned well on his cane; this was because the fireplace in the room had not yet been lighted, and the cold of early November was boring noiselessly into his bones.
The letter was simple; after all, Daisy didn’t know very many words.
She thanked Mr. Detective for his kindness and goodness, then told Klein that she had returned home safely, and finally politely mentioned that she hoped Mr. Detective would stop by and bring the word book with him the next time he came to the East End.
A polite girl …… Klein laughed softly, snapped his fingers, and burned the letter paper, leaving no clue.
He decided to make another trip to the East End tomorrow to return the word book to Daisy and to reimburse old Kohler for the cost of delivering the letter and the expense of the paper and pen.
He couldn’t help but sigh and laugh low at the thought:
”Captain, now it’s my turn to reimburse someone else’s expenses ……”
With things down to the last bit of wrapping up, Klein was suddenly free, and wasting no time, he headed out the door again and went straight to the Kraig Club – Dr. Allen was more often seen there on Friday afternoons, and Klein wanted to inquire about Will Onsettin, the kid who was playing with tarot cards.
Upon entering the Cragg Club in the Hillsdon district, Klein addressed the red vested waiter who greeted him:
”A cup of Marquis black tea, a dessert, and send it to the corner spot in the lobby, where Dr. Allen and Reporter Mike and the others are sitting.”
Klein had already seen the well-known surgeon Alan Krebs, who wore gold-rimmed glasses and was more aloof, and the Daily Observer reporter Mike Joseph, who he had worked with twice and had charming blue eyes, as well as the aristocratic equestrian teacher Talim Dumont, who appeared at the club second only to Sherlock Moriarty.
”Oh, here’s our great detective, just talking about you.” Talim smiled and rose.
”Speak ill of me?” Klein joked.
Mike stood up after him and reached out to shake his hand saying:
”No, it’s that I want to hire you again.”
”Again?” Klein curtsied to Dr. Allen and sat down at their table.
Mike grinned:
”I assume you’ve read the papers? It’s a delightful thing that Capin has been taken out by the Rogue Thief ‘Black Emperor’ and his sins have been exposed!
”And as a reporter, one must have enough news acumen, I’m going to take a list from the police department, go to the East End to interview the rescued young girls, and then truthfully restore the most vicious, cruel, and unforgivable side of Karpin to the readers of the newspaper, but of course, those victims must remain anonymous.”
He paused and lowered his voice:
”I also have a hidden agenda, or idea, to figure out through interviews like this if any of those young girls and their families knew a more special friend, perhaps, the chivalrous thief ‘The Black Emperor’!”
You’ve sort of got the right guy …… Klein nearly twitched the corners of his mouth.
He smiled at Mike:
”We’ve already worked together regarding the Eastern District, and there’s enough familiarity and trust that I have no reason to refuse.”
”Good cooperation!” Mike reached out with a stretched expression, “We’ll start tomorrow or the day after, and the pay will be the same as last time, totaling ten pounds.”
At that moment, Dr. Allen, who had been listening in, spoke up:
”Sherlock, I’d like to hire you too, just this evening, or after dinner.”
I’ve been on the market lately …… Klein asked in amusement:
”Will it conflict with Mike’s commission?”
”No.” Alan shook his head, “I’ve been having a lot of luck lately, which makes me even more suspicious that my previous bad luck was due to that kid’s reversed ‘Wheel of Fortune’ card and his remark, and for that, I’m very puzzled and disturbed; I’ve been very kind to him so to speak with great goodwill, so why would he do this to me? I’d like to visit him at his home to make sure he didn’t mean it, but I’ve always been afraid of something like that, of some kind of accident, so I’d like to ask you to protect me, just for tonight, and it won’t conflict with Mike’s commission, how’s that sound?”
That was exactly what I wanted to do! Challenge impossible, after doing good deeds, my character has become very good ah …… really become the king of yellow and black who reigns over good fortune? Klein was surprised for a moment and laughed haughtily:
”No problem, we can talk about the payment.”
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Silver City.
Derek Berg once again scrutinized the translucent worm with twelve rings, scrutinizing the remnants of this Amon doppelganger.
He had wanted to ask Mr. Fool what it was, but considering that he had already bothered this godlike figure once, he was too thin-skinned to give up on his plan and waited until the next tarot party to manifest it and ask Mr. Hanging Man about it, “Ms. Justice and the others.
After hiding the bug, Derek suddenly thought of something, the team that followed Elder “Shepherd” Lovia to explore the half-destroyed temple of the fallen Creator should be back – it was not too far from Silver City, and belonged to the direction that had not been explored before. direction.
He decided to take a look around, as there were quite a few of his acquaintances there.