Part 2 The Faceless Man Chapter 31 The Recipient
”What?” Voorhees touched his earlobe, suspecting that he had heard wrong.
The beautiful, naive, curious, and clueless Miss Audrey would actually give an assassination-type mission!
And the target was also the ambassador of the northern continent’s powerful country, Intis!
Hugh was rather slow to respond to this and hesitantly replied:
”Our strength, no, is not enough to accomplish this mission.”
The first thing she weighed was the difficulty of the mission!
Audrey ignored Forsyth’s question, leaving them to imagine their own reasons, and Dimples said:
”I’m not asking you to accept the commission on your own, but I want you to go to an extraordinary person who is capable of accomplishing it, such as Mr. A. I’ll pay 4,000 gold pounds for this, of course, that’s just my initial offer, the details are still negotiable.”
”If things end up working out, I will give you a fee of 500 pounds, and even if it fails, 200 pounds for taking the risk.”
The balance of the annuity she had accumulated that had not yet been invested out plus the rest of the bounty, there was something like 13,000 pounds, but if she moved too much at once, it would definitely draw the attention of Earl Hall, and even the Bavarian Bank would do a certain amount of investigating, and after some calculations, she thought that 5,000 pounds would be the threshold, and it would be best not to go over it.
4000 gold pounds …… Hugh heard her own ragged breathing, but she quickly became frustrated, and she knew very well that she could not possibly take this task.
Five hundred pounds just for using our name to hire other extraordinary people and keeping it a secret …… Miss Audrey is the most generous, generous, and beautiful girl I have ever met! Hugh quickly returned to reality.
Forsyth’s heart was moved, but his head was full of doubts:
Why did Miss Audrey commission such a task?
The nobility circle’s tilt?
A prelude to premeditated provocation of war?
Certain big shots represented by Earl Hall want the situation to become chaotic?
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The two of them quickly contacted Mr. A through the agreed channel, and at three o’clock in the afternoon, when the rare sunlight pierced through the fog and illuminated the whole of Beckland, they arrived at the house where they had previously attended the party, and saw Mr. A, who wore a hood and sat on stilted legs, but gave a sense of condescension.
”You guys said you wanted to see me about something important?” Mr. A’s eyes moved back and forth between the two ladies.
I’ve heard that some female Extraordinary Persons have exchanged their bodies for magic potion materials from Mr. A. …… He’s really a disgusting pervert ah …… Forsyth smiled with the corners of his mouth slightly hooked:
”There is a big deal, I wonder if you are interested?”
Mr. A swept over Hugh s face and let out a low laugh:
”Go ahead, let me hear what the big deal is.”
Resisting the urge to pull out his three-pronged thorn, Hugh said in an arbiter’s tone:
”The assassination of the Intis ambassador to the realm, Beclan Jean Madan.”
Mr. A. lapsed into silence, but as his expression was hidden by the shadow of his hood, Hugh and Forsyth could not guess what he was thinking.
After a while he leaned back slowly and said in a deep voice:
”So what is the reward?”
”4,000 gold pounds, plus we’ll provide the appropriate intelligence, e.g., Ambassador Beckrand is a Sequence 6 ‘conspirator’ in the ‘Hunter’ pathway, with a possible Sequence 5 aide, e.g., his weakness is beauty. ” Hugh did his best to make Mr. A. feel that there was hope that this mission could be accomplished.
Mr. A laughed lowly:
”I can take the mission, but the pay must be raised.”
”First choice, ‘No Dark One’, ‘Master of Disaster’, ‘Prophet’ or ‘Manipulator ‘ magic potion formulas, of course, they are all worth more than this quest, it doesn’t need to be complete, just have parts.”
”Second choice, 10,000 gold pounds, heh, this is the bounty amount for ‘Hurricane Lieutenant General’ Zilingus, Beckrand’s strength is definitely not comparable to his, but there are powerful assistants, and, trust me, he definitely has magical items on him.”
Reasonable price, but also an exaggerated price …… Hugh and Forsyth looked at each other and said:
”We’ll go back and discuss it, and give you an answer here at this time tomorrow.”
”You may.” Mr. A. made a gesture of sending off.
After being led out of the house by the attendant, Voorhees whispered suspiciously:
”Those are high sequence recipes?”
”Frankly speaking, I’m surprised, I thought Mr. A would only ask for formulas or magic potion materials, money shouldn’t be a necessity for him.”
Hugh glanced sideways at his friend:
”Forsyth, you really are just a simple clinic doctor and writer, you have to know that Mr. A must have quite a few henchmen, they need houses to sleep in, they need to fill their stomachs, buy clothes, and give vent to their desires, all of these have to be exchanged for money, and, for some broken nobles, what can’t they sell as long as they have gold pounds?”
”While Mr. A. without his men would be just as formidable, he would be very much out of the loop.”
”That’s something those little East End gangsters know.”
Forsyth scrunched his face and said, “Hugh, you’re not so dumb after all ……”
In the late afternoon, the two met the familiar big blonde dog at the reserved place and forwarded Mr. A’s reply to Audrey.
Audrey read the note and instead of being embarrassed, she let out a long sigh of relief.
Being able to solve the ambassador’s matter with just 10,000 gold pounds was simply too good for her!
I can only use 5,000 pounds on my side for the time being, and I still have to pay Hugh and Forsyth 500 pounds …… Well, first borrow from Grelint, borrow 6,000 pounds, no, 8,000 pounds, my daily expenses can’t be exposed to the problem, and then return it to him over a period of four to five months, with an interest rate of 1,000 pounds… …Until the New Year, I will be quite strapped for £1000 a month …… Audrey made a quick decision, then burned the original note and wrote on new paper:
”Second option, pay £2,000 in advance and give the remaining £8,000 when the task is completed.”
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At 15 Minsk Street, Klein met Mary Gale again at tea time.
He had taken the initiative to make an appointment through Mrs. Starling Sommer.
”Mrs. Mary, after following up, I found out that your husband went to the Cragg Club, I couldn’t enter because I am not a member of them, but as far as I can observe, half an hour after your husband left, only one young lady came out, her name is Erica Taylor, she lives at 126 New Year’s Day Road, Hilston District, she used to work at Cowie’s Company for a while, and is currently remains unemployed, and I have a photograph of her leaving the Cragg Club.”
”Unemployed and still living in the Hilston district ……,” Starling sneered.
Mary said with a somber expression of silence for a few seconds:
”You’ll have to get substantial evidence of their intimacy, well …… it’s the Kraig Club, isn’t it? I’ll get two members to introduce you to the club, but your profile must be filled in as ‘Well-Known Great Detective’ and not letting anyone take you in is something that will likely not come together in time.”
”Good.” Klein hesitated, but asked, “Who pays the dues?”
”I’m responsible for the initial dues, which are a thank you for your efficiency, and after that if you wish to remain within the club, then you’ll be responsible for the annual dues, which will be about fifteen pounds per year.” It was as if a flame was burning within Mary’s eyes.
Annual fee of 15 pounds, then the initial membership fee is at least 50 pounds …… high-end club ah …… Ms. Mary you are really generous! Klein nodded instantly:
”I will give you the evidence as soon as possible.”
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After dinner, Klein went out again and continued to the “Bravehearts Bar” in the Birkeland Bridge area.
This is to show his fear and helplessness in front of the military’s special department and the police in the dark, as if he wanted to try any way to save himself, and secondly, to deceive the ambassador’s “soothsayer” path of the Middle Sequence.
Involving the gray fog, Klein believed that the gentleman or lady certainly could not divine, including his own resurrection from the dead and the past, including that “foul language” spell made with the help of the “true Creator” success.
This is a powerful item that can definitely influence the other party, so Klein must keep himself in a state of insecurity, frantically grasping at various straws, so as to mislead the other party and improve his chances of winning.
In the deep darkness, Klein entered the bar.
Before he could even ask for a beer, he saw Kaspers, an old man with a bad nose, standing in front of the “dog and mouse” arena with his chest clasped in front of him.
”Just in time, Maric is looking for you.” Kaspers caught sight of Klein and immediately squeezed over with a limp.
”Maric is looking for me?” Klein asked back in shock.
He subconsciously touched the Aztec Copper Whistle inside his coat pocket, considering what excuse to politely refuse.
Or would wrapping the copper whistle with his own spirituality not cause the walkers to mutate? It s not like Mr. Aztec hadn t been to the cemetery before, and he hadn t seen any corpses attacking him …… Klein s spirit tightened horribly.
Before he could think of an excuse, he saw Maric, whose face was pale and whose eyes seemed to harbor malice, coming from the other side, with no clustering of walkers at his side.
Where were his walkers? Klein thought, half puzzled, half relieved.
Maric pointed to the card room and walked through first, Klein peering in from a distance to see that there were no walkers inside before following him in.
”Anything?” Klein asked ahead of him.
Maric, in white shirt and black vest, sat down on his butt at the card table and stared into Klein’s eyes:
”Is that commission of yours still valid?”
”Huh?” Klein didn’t respond for a moment.
”I have a friend who is recently short of money and is willing to accept this commission, she is more powerful than me and should be able to protect you, however, she will only protect you for three days at the cost of 1000 pounds.” Maric said in a low, vague voice.
Why is it that the extraordinary person who is willing to accept the commission only appeared after I had the “filthy words” …… However, this is good, it can confuse the extraordinary person on the ambassador’s side even more, and when he goes through the trouble of defeating Marich’s friend, the probability of me succeeding will become extremely high! The only problem is how to determine that Marich’s friend is reliable …… Well, go above the gray mist and divine it …… Klein pondered for a while and said:
”Give me time to think and raise the money, it is not a small amount.”
”Also, it is best to protect me covertly, not to let people know, as for which three days to protect, also decided by me, surely within these two weeks.”
Of course, the “soothsayer” can definitely detect …… Klein silently added.
As for the issue of money, he has already considered initially, if selling Mersault’s extraordinary characteristics is not enough, then ask for “justice” Miss, anyway, he has long been ready to lay the groundwork, Russell’s diary there is also a lot of knowledge can be sold, of course, if the price is really unaffordable, then we can only forget about it.
Now, although the extraordinary characteristics of Mersault into the “foul language” spell, but “justice” Miss is still there, still owes the value of the sequence 8 “pray for light man” formula of money, also owes the secret society And the information from the Cistercians. Combined, 1,000 pounds would be enough!