Mystery: Start with the Reader

In the room behind the Harvest Church, Emlyn, who had escaped Bishop Utravsky's "shadow", breathed a sigh of relief and said to Klein in front of him:

"The asking price of the Thousand Faced Hunter's brain-mutated pituitary gland and its blood is 2,000 pounds for the former and 300 pounds for 100 milliliters of the latter, for a total of 2,300 pounds."

2300? It's cheaper than I expected... But apart from the deposit I deposited with Sharon to purchase the "Human Skin Shadow Properties", the gold pounds in my hand are not enough... and Miss Justice's next "reward" "Gold" cannot be delivered until after the New Year...

After thinking about it, Klein asked tentatively:

"can you reduce the price?"

"No, if it weren't for me, you would have to spend at least 2,800 pounds to get it! According to the agreement, you have to pay me an additional 150 pounds, for a total of 2,450 pounds." Emlyn shook his head and said.

After looking at Klein's expression, he quickly added:

"In this era, dragons are rare. Except for the long-lived vampires, it is difficult to find similar extraordinary materials elsewhere. Even if they are available, they will be more expensive than this."

Based on this calculation, the gap is about 1,300 gold pounds... Fortunately, tomorrow I will go to sign the transfer agreement for the shares of the bicycle company with Mr. Franmy Cage, who was introduced by Talim... This will probably allow me to gain 1,200 pounds. , Talking about it can make up for this gap...it is that the period before the year may be relatively tight.

I hope Mr. "The Hanged Man" can sell the extraordinary properties of "Werewolf" as soon as possible!

Fortunately, the characteristics of the human skin shadow and the hair of the Deep Sea Naga have been almost finalized, and the deposit has been given. With Sharon watching, nothing will go wrong... As Klein had a lot of thoughts, he felt that the light outside the window was all gone. It's a lot bleaker.

He took a deep breath and said:

"good.

"But the closing will have to be delayed for a few days, and I need a certain amount of time to raise funds."

"That's no problem. I can keep it for you for a while. When you raise enough money, just come to me directly."

Because he had previously accepted Hazel's commission to help her understand "fraud," Klein often came to the Harvest Church. Therefore, Emlyn had already become familiar with him and could be considered a friend, so he was willing to take the risk to advance the funds, and even No advance payment required.

"Right..." At this time, Emlyn seemed to have remembered something, and lowered his voice again:

"Mr. Private Detective, you are often exposed to all kinds of intelligence and news. Do you know Baron Larry? It is said that he has entered Backlund. If his whereabouts can be found, I can give you a 50% discount on that material."

Do you, or the vampires, also want to take a dip in Larry's muddy waters? Although I don’t know who is plotting behind him, I don’t think you, a Sequence 7 vampire, can interfere... Klein glanced at him strangely and asked with a normal expression:

"What are you asking about Baron Larry?"

Emlyn sighed and whispered: "An elder in my clan said that Baron Larry may have the secret of the 'Ghost Empire' hidden in his body... and the 'Queen of the Full Moon' of our blood clan has an important item. It was left there... If I can find it, maybe the elders of the clan will help me remove the psychological suggestion."

Are you sure your so-called elder is not trying to trick you? This sounds like I deliberately leaked information to you and then used you as cannon fodder...

Klein glanced at Emlyn with pity, then thought for a moment, and then solemnly advised:

"Baron Larry's matter may be a bit complicated. He may not really know the clues to the 'Ghost Empire'... and there may even be demigods among the people who are following him."

At least that "White Saint" is a genuine Sequence 3!

Emlyn was startled by Klein's words, and he subconsciously asked, "Really?"

"It's actually not difficult to surmise that the value of the 'Ghost Empire' is enough to make a demigod's heart beat." Klein did not answer directly, but only stated one fact.

Emlyn suddenly slumped down like a deflated rubber ball and stopped talking. Even when Klein said goodbye to him, he just waved his hand.

After walking out of the back room and returning to the prayer hall, Klein found that the young man who had just come out of the basement and chatted happily with Bishop Utravsky had left with the believers who had finished the Holy Communion, leaving only Hairo. I was leaning over the table and copying something.

Well, although I can't see clearly, I can tell just from her writing movements that Hazel is transcribing Rosselvin again...

While thinking this in his mind, Klein walked towards Hazel. Although the other party was probably just copying the diaries he had read, what if new ones were published today? Wouldn’t that be earned?

Hazel caught a glimpse of Klein approaching and knew that he was also interested in "Roselvin" through their previous experience of learning "Scam" together. Hazel took the initiative and said, "The gentleman just heard that I like to copy Rosselvan. So I left a new page of text... Although it is a bit strange, it is much neater than the previous Rosselvin notes..."

really have? Klein was overjoyed, and quickly walked closer, looked sideways, and then... lines of familiar handwriting appeared in front of his eyes: "If the mountain is not high, then there will be immortals. If the water is not deep, then the dragon will be alive..." …”

This was exactly the "Inscription on the Humble Room" that he used to temporarily "perfunctory" Mr. Tarot several times before...

This page of the diary came back to me again and again... Is this considered "karma" in some sense?

Klein secretly laughed at himself and was about to look away, but he quickly realized and thought of one thing from this diary page:

Wait... This page of diary was given to Hazel by the gentleman just now...

The handwriting in this diary is exactly the same as mine. It is obviously a "copy" of the original version that "Tower" originally wrote down...

Could that gentleman be Mr. Tower?

Is he done with his work? And came to Backlund disguised as an identity?

Thinking of this, Klein asked casually, seemingly unintentionally: "Do you know what the gentleman's name is? I forgot to ask when I said hello just now..."

Hazel answered without raising her head: "He calls himself Mark Spector, and he is a knight...

"This is a bit strange. Most knights nowadays prefer to be called Lord."

Klein cursed after hearing this name:

"'Moonlight Knight'? Combined with the spirituality he had before that was somewhat similar to Emlyn, it seems appropriate...

"Well, using a superhero as a codename should be 'Tower'!"

…

West District, in the study on the third floor of the Intis Embassy.

The special envoy Mr. Owen took a sip of plateau coffee produced in the southern continent and said to the secretary beside him:

"Bianca has done a good job...Through her efforts in the past few weeks, I have roughly figured out the reason why the Loen military has been letting Baron Larry go."

The red-haired secretary obviously has some blood from the Sauron family. Although he is currently only a secretary, he is very likely to stay in Backlund and assist the next ambassador under the recommendation of Mr. Special Envoy, so he listened very carefully at this time.

"Can you explain it in detail?" the red-haired secretary said respectfully, "I can't draw any conclusions from the information she sent..."

"According to the information Bianca received, Baron Larry did not actually get the 'Daniel's Treasure'. The person who really opened the box was Prince Mountbatten!

“And His Highness the Prince has now joined the Church of Storms, and the secret is very likely to be obtained by the Church of Storms.

“But other forces that covet the ‘Ghost Empire’ may not believe this statement...

"So the Loen military allowed Baron Larry to escape from the beginning, and then passively pursued him, in order to let him eventually fall into the hands of other forces and get the truth from him... This is more puzzling than a simple explanation. convince."

Having said this, Mr. Special Envoy showed a sarcastic smile on his face and continued, "This should only be their original purpose.

“From the moment this man came into contact with Larry, I knew that George III still couldn’t let go of his son and wanted to find someone to blame!

"Oh, how childish...

"How can Larry satisfy the three major churches?"

George III really failed the president's regard for him!

The red-haired secretary didn't know what the special envoy was thinking at the end. He glanced at the name on the other person's finger without leaving any trace - this was a page of the report submitted by Bianca.

"This is...Prince Edsac's butler?"

…

At the same time, George III, who was sitting on the throne of the king, also asked his advisers:

"Owen believes it?"

"People are always willing to believe what they have found or deduced. He has fallen into your trap." Mr. Consultant smiled and nodded.

"Very good!" George III said with satisfaction, "Although he is also a member of the organization, since he was the one who plotted against me first, it is reasonable for me to fight back...

“This is also more in line with the development of the times.”

…

In the ancient palace above the gray fog, Klein, who was sitting on the seat of "The Fool," received the news reported by his only true loved one:

"It is assumed that Miss Aisha, whom Larry entrusted me to monitor, has no job, but is always in and out of luxury stores. She spends a lot of money on daily expenses. She is suspected to be the mistress of a big shot?"

——When Klein went to Lina and Xiaoko's shop for dinner, he found that their place was not too far from the villa where the target that fake Larry entrusted to monitor lived, so he used his identity as the "Black Emperor" to investigate them. The task, I didn’t expect the results to come out so quickly.

A big shot's mistress? What is the man pretending to be Baron Larry trying to do?