Struggle in the Steam Age

Safiel's grandfather was a well-known art dealer in Fort Eagle, so he lived in a so-called noble community. The specific location was next to McKinley Street in front of Sheriff Frank's house. Laurel Street.

When the carriage entered the street, Lawrence found that the sidewalks on both sides of the street were full of laurel trees, which should be the reason why the street was named.

"I'm home." At this time, the carriage stopped outside a small red brick building under Safir's command. What appeared in front of Lawrence was an independent three-story building with a small garden in front. The front wall and the cast iron railings in the garden were covered with emerald green creepers.

Lawrence helped pull the large suitcase out of the carriage, while Safiel rang the doorbell. After a crisp bell rang, a middle-aged maid wearing a high-necked maid uniform opened the door and walked across the garden.

"You're back, Miss Safir." The maid greeted Safir warmly immediately after seeing her. "Mr. and Madam, the two of them have been talking about you since yesterday—"

At this moment the curtain of the oriel window of the room was opened, and two figures appeared behind the glass window. Lawrence knew that it was Safir's grandparents who greeted her in the house.

"Then I'll go back first. If you need something, you can come to St. Gutenberg Cathedral to find me." Knowing that Safir must have a lot to say to his relatives after studying in the Old Continent for four years, so Lawrence waved his hand wittily leave.

"Well, I will look for you at around nine o'clock in the morning the day after tomorrow." Safiel, who was standing outside the door, shook his hands after hearing Lawrence's words, "Maybe I need to trouble you to choose the future together with me." The location of the detective agency.

"No problem." Lawrence nodded, and then he left Laurel Street in a carriage. As soon as he returned to the church, he went to the Faith Department to find a suitable task for him.

"Ah, good afternoon." Because Lawrence has been visiting this place every day at 4:30 p.m. to check on tasks. So the priest in charge of updating the information already knew him. After realizing that it was Lawrence who opened the door, he put down the book in his hand and greeted Lawrence.

"Good afternoon, Priest Robinson." Lawrence also nodded slightly and saluted, and then he asked, "Well, is there any task suitable for me to complete today?"

"You are lucky, I really have a task suitable for you today." The priest said as he took out a piece of paper from the desk drawer in front of him. "After all, we are the main church of the Church of Knowledge, and it is located in the big city of Eagle Fort. Therefore, there are not many tasks suitable for low-level transcendents, especially for a pure newcomer like you. I spent a little time It takes a lot of effort to find out the tasks that suit you from these files."

"Thank you so much." Lawrence thanked Priest Robinson on the opposite side, then he looked down at the paper in his hand, and after reading a few lines, Lawrence frowned slightly.

"There are strange ghosts haunting the house in the gear area. It is the property left by the grandfather of the woman who turned into a demonized snake last time." Lawrence asked a little puzzled, "How could she have such a property? To be a backup dancer?"

"This property is in the gear area, and it's still next to the abandoned factories in the gear area. It has long been turned into ruins and is occupied by a group of gangs." Priest Robinson said, "The most important thing is that because she Because she has not paid the property tax for a long time, the property does not belong to her now, but has been taken away by the bank."

"Didn't the bank send someone to take care of it?" Lawrence asked a little puzzled. "I remember that every bank should have its own group of extraordinary people."

"But it costs money, and if there are casualties, they will pay a lot of money for the pension." Priest Robinson showed a contemptuous expression. "So unless they have to, they won't mobilize their Transcendents. Not to mention that even if this property is cleared, it will be unprofitable for the bank."

"Then why did we intervene in this matter?" Lawrence looked puzzled, "It says that the ghost has never stepped out of the room, so it doesn't look dangerous."

After all, this is a world with supernatural beings. It is impossible and incapable for human beings to eliminate all other supernatural beings living within the sphere of human influence. So people tend to only deal with those guys who are very harmful and have a wide range of activities, and no one will take care of ghosts like this kind of house that basically don't leave the house.

Anyway, people in this world are used to being neighbors with supernatural creatures or undead. As long as those things don't hurt or hinder others and they're not in crowded places, even the most active churches on this issue will generally agree. I won't take care of it.

"Indeed, under normal circumstances we don't care about this ghost." Priest Robinson shook his head. "But because of the previous incident, we hope to send someone to look for that place to see if we can find more clues related to this demonization incident."

"If you can find clues related to the demonization event, the church will give you extra points." Priest Robinson added, "So don't look at the fact that this operation only has 50 points, but if you are lucky, you may get several times points."

"To be honest, I personally think that for you, the difficulty of this operation is not to solve the ghost, but how to enter that house. After all, there are several gangs around that place, and there is even a gang headquarters upstairs , I don't think they'll let you into the room."

"Gangs in the same room as ghosts? It sounds more and more interesting." Lawrence laughed, "You don't have to worry about these gangs. The place I rented for four years in college is in the Gear District, just know some people who can sort this out."

Lawrence wasn't talking nonsense. He had known many people when he lived in the tavern owned by Aunt Susan. He also used his professional ability to help those wounded who entered the tavern without discrimination. In this way, he naturally accumulated enough contacts in that area, at least there is no problem in bringing him close to that area through these people.

"That's good, this task is for you." Priest Robinson said as he took out a pen and paper and wrote a note on the table. Then put it into a brass-colored pipe next to it and twist the wrench after closing the lid.

"This is the pneumatic piping system." Seeing Lawrence looking at the brass piping curiously, Priest Robinson explained. "It's a system of pipes that use compressed air as power to move little things around, and the church just got these pipes this year."

At this point in the explanation, a small bell on the pipe suddenly rang, and then a brass label that was originally horizontal on a pipe stood up. Upon seeing this, Priest Robinson immediately opened the cover of the corresponding pipe.

"Ha, here's the reply." The priest unfolded the scroll and looked at it, then handed the scroll to Lawrence. "Okay, your action has now entered the file. Remember, you cannot receive other tasks in the church until this task is completed. Unless you complete this task or pay liquidated damages to end this task."

"Understood." Lawrence nodded after taking the scroll. "I will go there early tomorrow morning to complete the task."