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East District, a townhouse located in a narrow alley.

Darkholm, the gang leader who controls many beggars and thieves, is throwing darts at the target on the wall boredly while waiting for the servant to prepare dinner and bring it up.

"Squeak" a door rang.

Darkholm followed his reputation, and was about to reprimand the servant for being too slow to make himself hungry, but found that the one who walked in from the bedroom door was not his pretty maid, but a unique wide chin. A strange man with dark green eyes.

"Who are you?" Duckholm shouted, and was about to take out the revolver from his gun bag.

But before he finished his movements, he felt an unimaginable oppressive force. He felt that there seemed to be currents rushing through his spirit, forming a barbed whip, constantly beating his soul.

This "taste" is painful and numb, as if it originated from the depths of the brain, and it is irresistible to people. They can only tremble and their knees become soft.

As a result, Darkholm immediately fell to his knees.

At this moment, he only felt that facing this man was like facing the increasingly powerful "arbiter" Hugh Dilcha...

No, he was much more terrifying than Hugh! At least Xio won't kill people casually, and this person in front of me...I always feel like he's going to eat me...

As his thoughts turned, the gang leader, who always had a friendly smile on his round face, immediately lowered his head and said obsequiously, "Is there anything you want me to do? Just ask me."

In the gloomy and dim environment, the man pointed the wriggling black glove on his left hand at Dakholm, and asked in a deep and slow voice:

"Who told you to investigate the missing homeless?"

Darkholm seemed relieved when he heard the words, and then replied without hesitation:

"It's a bounty hunter, Hugh Dilcha known as the 'Arbiter'."

"Bounty hunter? Why would a bounty hunter care about the homeless people in the East?" The man snorted coldly, and walked up to Duckholm step by step, and the feeling of being whipped in his soul came again.

"I don't know... She just gave me 10 pounds for the investigation..." Darkholm didn't dare to lie,

He quickly said all the tasks assigned by Xio.

The man was silent for a while, and then asked in a hoarse voice:

"Tell me about the bounty hunter and her residence in detail."

Darkholm had no intention of hiding it for Xio, so he replied in a straightforward manner:

"Hugh Dilcha is a well-known 'arbitrator' in the East District, the Docklands, and the factory district. She is trusted by everyone from the poor to some factory owners. Even many gangsters will ask her to come forward to 'arbitrate' when they have disputes. ...

"In addition, she has a close relationship with Backlund's 'Heroic Detective' Abner Bryan, and they often have breakfast together...

"Besides, there are rumors that she has actually become an official spy... But this is just a gossip, I can't guarantee that it is correct."

"'Hero Detective'... secret agent? Is it MI9?" The man said to himself, then patted Duckholm's body with his left hand wearing a black glove, and said in an emotionless tone, "Very good , very honest."

Duckholme quietly heaved a sigh of relief, thinking that the decisive awareness of current affairs just now helped him.

At least he saved his life this time.

But at this moment, he suddenly saw the man's left glove with five fingers spread out, and a mouth was actually split in the middle!

Darkholm's thoughts froze immediately, and his body instantly turned into a ball of flesh and blood, and threw it into that mouth.

After a while, the maid who fell asleep inexplicably brought up the reheated dinner with some fear.

She thought she would be severely punished, but when she opened the door, she didn't see the owner, only a pile of clothes scattered on the floor.

...

City of Tingen.

At 7:30 in the evening, Klein, who successfully borrowed the "Mutated Sun Sacred Emblem" and produced two "Sun Flame Charms" by using Mr. Azik's disguised haunting incident, finally arrived at Zouterland Street and handed in the seal Object "3-0782".

After confirming that the captain found nothing unusual, Klein happily left the Blackthorn Security Company and returned home before eight o'clock.

He took out the key, opened the door, and suddenly saw a strange figure.

This is a girl who is obviously not in her twenties, wearing an old off-white dress, and is working hard to clean the restaurant.

She has black hair and brown pupils, small eyes, a nose that is not straight enough, and her facial features are very ordinary.

who? Klein was taken aback for a moment, and then realized that this might be a handyman who came to try to do housework.

At this time, Benson lowered the newspaper, looked at his younger brother, smiled and said:

"Companies that don't let employees leave work on time are always disgusting."

"But the salary it gives can heal this trauma." Klein responded with a smile.

After receiving the 300 gold pounds sacrificed by Mr. "Tower", Klein became more confident. He leaned on his cane, took off his top hat, and walked to the living room. After looking around, he asked curiously:

"Where's Melissa?"

"She has a party tonight, and Miss Elizabeth and Miss Selena sent someone to pick her up just now... Don't worry, I have confirmed that there is no problem. Besides, she will not come back too late. You have to give your sister Leave some social space for yourself." Benson replied with a chuckle.

Is it a girls' party... Klein nodded slightly, but he was still a little worried, so when he excused himself to go to the bathroom, he untied the silver chain inside his left cuff, let the citrine pendant hang smoothly, and said silently:

"Melissa is in danger right now."

...

After seven times, he opened his half-closed eyes and saw the citrine pendant spinning counterclockwise.

There's no danger... Klein immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, he removed the spiritual wall and walked out of the bathroom in a relaxed mood, ready to have dinner.

Benson watched his younger brother pick up a mashed potato and pork sausage with a fork, and thoughtfully said: "Klein, you've been going to the bathroom a little too often recently... I suggest you go to the hospital to have a look...

Hearing this, Klein almost threw the fork in his hand away. He was speechless for a while, and then emphasized in a raised tone, "Benson, I'm healthy."

"I heard from a friend that the medicinal powder sold in a folk herbal store on Vlad Street is very effective... If you don't want to go to the hospital, you can try it there." Benson turned a deaf ear to his brother's emphasis and continued to suggest.

Vlad Street? Isn't that the herbal medicine shop suspected to be run by Extraordinary people? But that store had already changed hands when I went to check last time... Could it be that the person who took over is also a Extraordinary? Well, I'll check it out another day.

Thinking this way in his heart, Klein said perfunctorily: "The original owner of that herbal medicine shop is no longer here."

"So you've already been there." Benson was stunned upon hearing this.

Klein suddenly felt that he couldn't explain clearly, so he had to change the subject and said, "Why did Melissa and the others get together?"

"It seems that Miss Elizabeth and Miss Selena have a new teacher at the girls' public school, um, a lady... They are welcoming the teacher. Melissa is as a friend was invited over.

"Hehe, I heard that this lady is also from Backlund, but unlike the person named Kopusti from Melissa's school, this teacher is said to be very good, and it only took less than a day It has won the favor of most of the girls in the public school." Benson replied after thinking for a while.

I see... Klein nodded slightly, then put the mashed potato pork sausage to his mouth, and took a bite.

At the same time, in a restaurant on Tingenhauser Street, a group of young girls raised their glasses together and said in one voice:

"Welcome Teacher Lina to Tingen."

"I wish Teacher Lina always young and beautiful."

"Teacher Lina, cheers."

A beautiful lady with a bookish temperament sitting at the head of the table watched this scene with a smile. She raised her glass in greeting, and then drank the drink in one gulp.

...

After Backlund and Ms. Fanny had dinner, Abner took the stack of "Rosell Manuscripts" back to his home on Kings Street in the Jorwood District.

Back in the bedroom, he first asked Mrs. Scudder to prepare drinks and desserts, and then half sat and half lay on the sofa in a comfortable position.

Then, he took out a page from the stack of diaries, took a sip of his drink, and started reading.