Mystery: Start with the Reader

After disposing of Moreira's body, Abner returned to this safe house, and while eating the food that Hugh brought, he exchanged with her the information they got after they separated today.

"After I handed over those gangster thugs to the police, I revealed my identity as MI9, so I didn't suffer any trouble." Xio replied to the man with the "golden mask" at noon and became MI9. The subordinate spy at the department did not expect to use this identity in the afternoon.

"Those thugs didn't talk nonsense, did they?" Abner asked.

Xio shook his head, and said: "Those thugs are very experienced in dealing with the police, and know what to say and what not to say. And they also saw that I seem to have something to do with the police department, so they only shifted the responsibility for kidnapping civilians to that On the man named Moreira, there is no mention of our capture of Moreira."

"Hehe, they are all 'experienced'... However, this should also have something to do with the fact that Moreira and them are not the same kind of people." Abner laughed.

"Not the same type of people?" Xio repeated with some doubts, and then suddenly said, "You mean... looks?"

"Yes, they should all be from the East Balam Restoration Congress, and almost all of them are from the southern continent. But although Moreira is also a mixed race, his appearance and characteristics are biased towards Loen, so he was selected as the The manager of the company in front of the stage was given the 'Lawyer' potion by the Eternal Life Society. Because of his appearance, he is easy to deal with the Loen people." Abner explained while picking up bacon with bread.

"East Balam Restoration Council? Eternal Life Council? What is that? Isn't this service company controlled by people from the Black Skull Party?" Xio was a little confused and asked directly.

"The Black Skull Party is controlled by the East Balam Restoration Council. You should be able to guess what this organization does from the name. The Eternal Life Society is a subordinate branch of the Spiritual Sect. It is a secret organization with Extraordinary beings. East Balam Many high-level members of the Langfu Council have joined the Eternal Life Society to collect items related to the God of Death for the latter and send them back to the Southern Continent."

After Abner finished speaking, he finished the last piece of bread in two or three bites, and then told Xio the results and inferences he had obtained through psychic and backtracking, except for matters related to Lanrus.

Xio nodded thoughtfully after listening, and was about to speak, but suddenly found that Abner was a little dazed, so he asked in puzzlement: "What's wrong?"

Abner came back to his senses after hearing the words, with a little joy on his face, and replied: "It's nothing, it's just that I finally figured out the meaning of 'keeper of the knowledge'."

Xio also knew that Abner was summarizing the rules of acting during this time, so she asked curiously: "What is it? How did you figure it out?" She wondered if she could learn from it, and she also wanted to digest the "sheriff" as soon as possible.

"After I told you about my deduction based on the investigation results, I felt that the 'Keeper of the Wisdom' potion was finally showing signs of digestion..." Abner organized his language and continued:

"I was thinking at the time why telling you these things would have the effect of promoting the digestion of the potion? Isn't 'keeping the knowledge' meant to preserve knowledge?"

Xio thought about it for a while, and found that he had no clue at all, so he could only ask seriously: "Yeah, why?"

"At this time, I suddenly thought that the best way to 'guard' knowledge is not to hide it or keep it strictly secret, which will only make the knowledge lost and cut off. The best way is actually to spread the knowledge to those who need to know It and the people who use it!" Abner excitedly said.

Xio was infected by Abner's emotions, and was a little excited, but she suddenly remembered something, and asked again: "But you often did this before... Why did you start to digest it now? Could it be that you haven't accumulated enough?"

"I have also considered this point. I guess the so-called 'knowledge' should be 'knowledge' first and then 'keep'. That is to say, there must be a process of exploring knowledge first, and then disseminate the hard-earned 'knowledge' to the needy." This is a real impersonation.

Well, that fits well with 'detective' work too, no wonder it has this alias. " Abner explained with a smile.

"That is to say... Most of the knowledge you spread before was not obtained from your own exploration, but heard or read from other places?" Xio listened thoughtfully, and had a certain understanding of her "sheriff" role. new ideas.

"Almost..." Abner replied vaguely. He guessed that the knowledge acquired through reading or learning should actually be counted as the process of exploring knowledge, but he was not in this world when he read a lot of relevant knowledge, or Although many of the knowledge he told others before are correct in this world, they are essentially knowledge obtained from another world.

As for why there is no sign of digestion after talking so much at the Tarot Society? That's even simpler. Firstly, many of the things he said were still not obtained by his own exploration. Second, Origin Fort already possesses secret authority, and even the gods cannot pry into it. Can spreading knowledge there be called spreading?

Next, the two discussed a few more words on the issue of acting, and then returned to the topic.

"What happened to the Kelly family? Do they have any clues?" Abner asked, recalling the scene where Kelly's son wrote a letter back home.

"No, the family actually doesn't know anything... and those thugs were also beaten to death by the police and said they didn't know where their son was going."

Thinking of the scene Abner just described, Xio knew that Kelly's son might have been murdered, and she felt a little sad, but she quickly adjusted and asked, "Abner, can you tell me the specific appearance of that warehouse?" Describe it in detail? I will mobilize informants tomorrow to find its exact location."

Abner knew that Hugh's sense of justice had flared up again, and he wanted to avenge Kelly's son, but this coincided with his thoughts, so he said with a smile: "It doesn't need to be so troublesome, I pray to the gods to change the exterior of the factory Just draw it."

...

In the south area of ​​the bridge, Harvest Church.

Since it was already late, a girl with long brown hair and wearing a blue dress knocked on the door of the church politely, and behind her was a two-meter-tall "giant" and a feminine-looking black-haired man with red eyes.

Accompanied by the sound of heavy footsteps from far to near, the door of the church was opened, and Bishop Utravsky, who was 2.2 meters tall, appeared in front of the three of them.

The brown-haired girl looked at the giant bishop in front of her, and then looked back at her captain. She couldn't help but feel a little lucky about her height of 1.6 meters.

However, Karen, the feminine man behind her, seemed to see through her thoughts, and joked with a smile: "Judy, don't look at it. When you advance to 'Druid', you can turn into a giant bear, and you must be taller than them." strong!"

The girl named Judy glanced at the man when she heard the words, and shot back: "I heard that the blood races are very elegant gentlemen, why are you so different?"

"Alternative? At least I'm not obsessed with dolls." Karen replied with a smile, not angry at all.

"A doll? What does that mean?" Judy asked confusedly.

At this moment, Captain Giant couldn't stand it any longer, and interrupted aloud: "Okay, you two, be serious, don't let the bishop see the joke."

Bishop Utravsky smiled gently and said, "Welcome, 'Desolate Ones'. It's a pity that this is Backlund. Although you have obtained permission from the Church of Storms and the Church of Steam to enter the country, you cannot openly hold a banquet to welcome you." you."

"Bishop, you are too polite." The captain of the "giant" waved his hand and continued, "We are here to complete the mission, we don't need those... tell us about the believer who went astray specific circumstances."

"Well, let's all come to the church, let's talk slowly."

"In addition, there is a patron of the mother god who also experienced this incident... I think he should be invited together."