Mystery: Start with the Reader

It turned out to be like this... Sure enough, sealed items have strong side effects. Unless you can use Origin Castle to intimidate like Klein, you can't easily find loopholes in their use.

Abner looked at Xio's pale face, and said with concern, "How do you feel? I know a pharmacist. If you don't feel well, maybe you can ask him to make a prescription."

Xio waved his hand and said, "It's okay, it will recover soon."

"It's really okay?" Abner was still a little uneasy, and quietly turned on her spiritual vision, looked at her etheric body, and found that her color representing health was very normal, but she was a little tired, so she was relieved.

"It really doesn't matter." Xio repeated it affirmatively, and then deliberately changed the subject, talking about the fact that she was stopped by MI9 before, and finally said:

"That person should be my father's former subordinate that Detective Stanton said. I can feel that he has good intentions for me."

"He invited you to join MI9 as an agent? Did you agree?" Abner asked curiously.

"I haven't agreed yet... I want to hear your opinion. Well, I also asked Forsi, and the suggestion she gave me was also to ask you." Xio looked at Abner with a little expectation in his eyes.

Abner knew what she was expecting, and the girl was trying to deduce from the attitude he displayed whether joining MI9 would help her father's case.

"You can join. The identity of an MI9 agent will not only provide you with an opportunity to find out the truth, but also the key to improving your strength. After all, the role of the 'arbitrator' channel often requires the cooperation of the official." Abner thought for a while , gave an affirmative answer.

"Okay, then I'll give that 'golden mask' an answer when I get back today." Xio nodded, her tone was also a little excited, and she felt that she was one step closer to redressing her father's grievances.

Seeing that she was happy, Abner also felt a little infected, and there was a smile on the corner of his mouth. Then, he also mentioned to Xio what he wanted to investigate, and asked her to help collect some relevant information about the "Vinson Labor and Service Company".

When Xio heard the name of this company, he pondered for a moment, and said: "What a coincidence... I just received an entrustment from a worker's family in the Eastern District yesterday. The eldest son of their family disappeared mysteriously while working for that company. Whereabouts are unknown..."

"What is the background of this company? Has the client provided any specific information?" Abner frowned, raising the level of danger of this company to a higher level in his mind.

"I don't know yet, this entrustment was handed over to me through a middleman. I plan to go to the client's house in person in a while." Xio shook his head and explained.

"Then I will go with you and join your first case as a 'sheriff', okay?" Abner asked with a smile after thinking about it.

"It's a great honor." Xiu raised his eyebrows and answered simply.

...

On the steam train bound for Backlund, a beautiful girl in a blue dress who looked only seventeen or eighteen years old returned to her seat with three cups of iced sweet tea bought from the conductor.

She casually distributed the extra iced sweet tea to the two companions, then pulled her long brown hair back, and complained, "Who said it's cooler in the north? This damn weather is even hotter than Bivia ah."

Hearing this, a man with black hair and red pupils, handsome but lacking in masculinity, chuckled lightly and said, "Judy, you have to know that the climates of coastal cities and inland cities are different, and they are hot and cold." It’s a completely different feeling.”

"Karen, I really envy your physique, so you won't be afraid of the summer heat." The girl named Judy took a sip of iced sweet tea and smiled again, "However, in such a scorching heat, take a sip of iced drink, It is also a wonderful experience.”

At this time, a person sitting next to Karen who looked to be in his thirties,

Over two meters tall, the burly man in a green robe opened his eyes. He glanced at the men and women who spoke just now, and reminded him: "In public, be careful when you speak. And this is Loen, try to be vigilant."

Judy and Karen looked at each other, nodded obediently, and replied in a low voice: "Yes, Captain."

Only then did the tall captain show a smile, took a sip of the iced tea bought by his team members, and asked, "How long will it take us to arrive in Backlund?"

"The train has passed through East Tucker, and it's expected to arrive at six o'clock in the evening." Judy glanced at the timetable posted on the train door and replied.

"Then let's get some sleep first, get enough energy, maybe we can find that person tonight..." the captain said vaguely, but he believed that his two team members could understand what he meant.

Judy drank the cold drink in her hand in two or three sips, and then imitated the captain's appearance and began to close her eyes and rest her mind. Only the man named Karen was left staring and guarding boredly. After all, for him, night is the time when he has the most energy, and there is no need to accumulate energy during the day.

...

In the afternoon, Abner followed Hugh to a bar called "Machine and Fire" at the junction of the East District and the factory district.

They came here not to meet the client, but to find a middleman named Williams first.

Since it was not the closing time for most factories and docks, there were not many people in the bar, and Hugh saw the person she was looking for at a glance-a young man who was drunk.

Abner also followed the trend and found that the man was in his twenties, with a long and thin face like a horse, with messy and fierce eyebrows, but relatively soft features.

Xio walked up to that person, knocked vigorously on the table in front of him, frowned and said:

"Williams, can't you quit drinking? Save money, marry a nice girl, come home every day with hot water, food and warm greetings, and you can share with her all kinds of things you see, she Then tell you the trivial things that happened at home, and there are cute children kissing your cheeks and playing around you, isn't this kind of warmth?"

When she first arrived in Backlund, she was able to quickly gain a foothold in the East District, thanks to the help of Williams, so she always hoped that the other party would live better.

"Warm?" Williams was taken aback for a moment, and then sneered when he saw that it was Xio, "It was based on the money I brought back. Sule, then I'm sure my family is warm, as you describe, but if not, Lord, the woman's screaming and insulting, the child's crying and screaming, will drive me crazy!"

"My mother is a role model. Every time my old man comes home, he will be beaten, scolded and noisy. In this case, I might as well exchange my soli and pennies for wine. No one cares how much I earn here. Everyone drinks and chats." , the atmosphere is very, very good, if you want a woman, there are those cute street girls outside, they won't make noise with you."

Xio twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "You are really a hopeless believer in the Lord of Storms. You will die of alcohol and some strange diseases one day."

"At least I've already enjoyed it." Williams replied indifferently, and then looked at Abner who was beside Xio again, and asked doubtfully, "What's your name?"

"Abner, a detective." Abner nodded to him, and continued, "We are here to ask you to lead the way to meet the client."

"Abner? Oh, it's that kid who often had breakfast with Hugh, I've heard about it." Williams was taken aback when he heard this, and then smiled jokingly, and said, "A detective, an arbitrator, this It's a good job!"

"Don't waste time, Williams." Xio said as he took out a 5 soli banknote and handed it to the other party, "This is your introduction fee, and it's also the money for drinks."

"Hugh, are you so generous? Generally speaking, isn't the client paying for the referral fee?" Williams was a little surprised, but he didn't think too much about it. He took out a pen and paper from his pocket, and quickly wrote an address and handed it to Hugh said, "This is the address of Kelly's home. Both she and her husband work night shifts, and they usually don't start work until after eight o'clock in the evening. It's a good time for you to go now."

Abner looked at his pocket watch, it was already past three o'clock, so he didn't continue to delay at Williams' place, and hurried to the address on the note after going out.

All stagecoaches are afraid to enter the East End for fear of being robbed.

When the two of them found the shabby apartment rented by Kelly's family according to the address on the note, they found that a fight seemed to have just happened here.

The baskets rolling all over the floor, the pieces of broken clothes, and the fresh blood on the wall all indicate that a group of uninvited guests have broken into here.