Mystery: Start with the Reader

While Abner was leaning on the mast and looking up at Crimson, Xio quietly came out of the cabin and walked to his side. Seeing that his face was full of anticipation and excitement, he couldn't help asking in surprise: "Abner, it's so late. What are you doing on deck?"

Abner had noticed Hugh's approach a long time ago, so he was not surprised. He turned his head and asked, "And you, why didn't you sleep?"

Xio was silent for a moment, then sighed: "Tonight is a blood moon, I am worried... She will hear ravings during the blood moon! Although she always said it was nothing, but I think it's just an excuse for not wanting me to be scared... As a result, I couldn’t sleep and got up and found that you were not there, so I was afraid that something might happen, so I came to the deck to have a look.”

The friendship between Xio and Fors is really deep! Silently sighing, Abner turned his gaze to the blood moon in the sky again, and answered Xio's previous question, saying: "Something happened tonight that would affect the direction of the world, so I watched from the deck, and Witness it from afar.”

Seeing Abner's seriousness, Xio immediately became alert and asked, "What's the big deal?" Is there any danger?

Abner looked at the crimson in the night, and replied exaggeratedly with an aria: "In this dark world, a ray of light was born!"

After hearing this, Xio's face suddenly collapsed. She pursed her lips and said helplessly, "Abner, you and Forsi must have a lot in common!" They both like to tease me...

"I'm not making up a story, I'm telling the truth!" Abner laughed as he spoke. Although he was telling the truth, he was indeed joking with Xio in essence. Because of the arrival of that one, his previously tense mood relaxed a lot.

Seeing that Abner was smiling happily, even if he had just been teased, Xio was no longer angry. As a friend, she is happy to see Abner smile from the heart. After she avenged justice for her father, she would probably be able to laugh so happily! No, I'm happier than this.

Just like this, the two of them were blowing the sea breeze, looking at the crimson moon, each thinking about their own concerns, and didn't continue talking. There was silence on the deck for a while... until a slightly ironic voice came from the bow of the ship:

"I shouldn't have disturbed the two of you who were talking about love under the moonlight, but the sea area ahead will be quite stormy, and it's not safe here, so hurry up and go back to the cabin!"

Abner looked back and saw Alanson Edward, the captain of the Wancheng Splendor, walking over with a wine bottle. His body was full of alcohol, and his face was also abnormally flushed, obviously he had drunk too much.

Hugh and Abner didn't care about his teasing, and the latter replied with a smile: "Mr. Edward, your words are not convincing if you drink like this."

"Hi... I have a physique that gets more sober the more I drink!" Captain Edward hiccupped, and continued, "I'm not joking, you have to trust a blessed man of the sea."

There seems to be something else in his words... the favored person of the sea? Sea dependents? It's an old name for 'sailor'... perhaps the captain is an outlaw? Heh, do you think I'm an ordinary person who can't understand 'black words', so I'm showing off in a subtle way?

Abner reasoned a wave habitually. He has now roughly sorted out the acting rules of the "reasoning students", that is, based on the observed clues and details, combined with his own knowledge, he uses logical ability to reason and restore the original appearance of things or situations as much as possible. As for whether the so-called original appearance is correct and complete, it is not the responsibility of reasoning students. Anyway, sometimes even if the result of his reasoning is wrong, he can still get the feedback of the potion digestion.

Reasoning students only pay attention to the process of reasoning, while detectives only ask for results.

However, since the captain was also kind, Abner and Hugh followed his advice. Just when he was about to enter the hatch, Abner suddenly turned his head and asked, "Captain Edward, did your family really live at 18 De La Hale Street, Northwest Backlund, more than a hundred years ago?"

"Yes, it's true!" Captain Edward didn't expect him to ask this,

He was taken aback for a moment before replying. At the same time, he was a little puzzled. He didn't seem to have told anyone the specific house number.

Abner nodded slightly, and then asked: "Then is there anyone named Longzel among your ancestors?"

Because of drinking, Captain Edward's mind was still a little dull. He didn't think about why the other party would ask such a question. Instead, he recalled it seriously for a while, and hesitated: "It seems that there is...but he disappeared more than 160 years ago. My direct relative The ancestor is his younger brother, so it was specifically written in the diary."

"If you could meet him, what would you say to him?" Abner asked again.

"Um, I'll say, 'You are welcome home anytime'!" Captain Edward obviously didn't turn his head around, and replied subconsciously.

"Okay, if I am lucky enough to meet him, I will bring the message. Even if I can't see him, I can ask Mister Fool to pass the message on his behalf. I believe he will be happy to do so when the time comes." Abner didn't say this , just said silently in my heart. Then he pulled Xio, who had a bewildered face, back into the cabin together.

"What a mess... I must have hallucinated from drinking too much!" Captain Edward was also confused for a while before teasing himself.

On the other side, after returning to the first-class cabin, Xio asked puzzledly: "Who is Longzel? I didn't understand what you said at all."

"It's a wanderer who has been away from home for more than 160 years and can't return to his hometown..." Abner slightly explained.

Xio thought about it, and said after a while, "Abner, I always feel that you know a little bit about everything. Now I believe that you are the favored person of 'knowledge'."

In fact, from the very beginning, I have already planned to change jobs and become a mysterious favored person! Abner laughed at himself quite funny in his heart.

...

Woo!

With the sound of the whistle, the Wancheng Splendor sailed into Damir Port.

It will replenish fresh water and food on this colonial island, and set sail again the next morning for the port of Tiana, but this has nothing to do with the Abners, they have already arrived at their destination.

After three days of sailing, it is now the morning of June 30.

"Mr. Fool should be rushing to the church with the snooper from the Secret Order right now?" Looking at the hands of his pocket watch, Abner grumbled in his heart, and then hired a local guide to lead him The two went to the only school in the port town.

Damir Island is not big. There is only a populated place called Port Town on the island. The resident population is only about 10,000, so the schools on the island are naturally not big.

And it was the principal of this school who sent the commission to Detective Essinger.

Abner and Hugh met this gentleman named Gaston Villepin very smoothly. He is about forty or fifty years old, wearing a pair of thick copper-rimmed glasses, combing his hair back and tidying it up, he looks like a serious gentleman.

After the two parties were seated, the gentleman didn't exchange much greetings, and went straight to the topic, and said straight to the point: "I have received a telegram from Isinger, and I know that you are here for him. To be honest, seeing your age, I am a little Disappointed, but Essinger highly praised his students in the telegram, so out of trust in him, I plan to give it a try."

"I will try my best to make myself worthy of the teacher's praise!" Abner first said politely, and then asked: "What exactly are you entrusting? I don't seem to be in a hurry?"

"It's really not urgent, but it's very difficult! Did you know that the reward I gave your teacher was 1,000 gold pounds!" Mr. Gaston replied.

1000 pounds? I remember that in the original book, Klein spent 1,000 pounds to hire Miss Sharon for three days. However, in these three days, they first killed a secret puppet master, then caught the rape, participated in the extraordinary party, and finally escaped from the evil spirit of the three-in-one red angel... If I also encountered such a situation now I'm afraid it's going to be cold... It shouldn't be so unlucky, right?

After a bit of slander, Abner asked Mr. Gaston with a serious expression: "What is the specific content of the commission? Also, how dangerous is it?"

"Almost no danger!" Gaston shook his head first, and then took out a paper contract with a strange style from the drawer.

The paper of the contract was orange, with a rectangle surrounded by the symbols and magic signs corresponding to the sun domain. Many clauses had already been written in Hermes script, leaving only a blank space for the signature.

"This is the magical item corresponding to the Sun Path Sequence 6 'Notary'. You need to sign this contract before I will tell you what the entrustment is. After all, you are not Isinger, and I don't trust you."

Although Mr. Gaston's words were not pleasant to listen to, both Abner and Hugh could understand them, so they were not angry, but carefully looked at the terms of the contract.

The clauses in the justification letter are actually very simple, and only clarify the rights and obligations of both parties. It also specifically states that if encountering danger, the person who accepts the entrustment can withdraw at any time. If the entrustor feels unable to complete the commissioned specific matters, he can also withdraw at any time, but the reward will be determined according to the progress of the event at the time of withdrawal. Small discounts.

And Abner and the others are obliged to take Mr. Gaston through the seventh floor of the 'Dream Labyrinth Tower'.

"What is this 'Dream Labyrinth Tower'?" Abner asked, frowning.

"I won't tell you the specifics right now. I can only say that the seventh floor and the previous floors of the 'Dream Labyrinth Tower' are not life-threatening, but it is difficult to pass." Mr. Gaston kept silent after explaining. Word.

"There is no danger but it is difficult... That is to say, what is needed on these layers is wisdom or other qualities that do not rely on force... and there is no punishment?" Abner guessed.

When Mr. Gaston heard the words, he cast approving glances. For the first time, he felt that Detective Essinger hadn't lied to him. His student's reasoning ability is really strong.