Whispering Verse

The official main business of the Lucky Southern Cross Club is the collection and tasting of wine, and there is an illegal Rhodes casino at night. According to Miss Bayas, the Orthodox Church and Ridwich Field conducted a joint search here yesterday afternoon, but no clues were found.

Due to the connection between this club and the great nobles, a comprehensive search was the limit. As a newcomer to the police department, she thought she had some special investigative abilities and might be able to get clues.

Shade guessed that Miss Bayas might have some thaumaturgy related to investigation, which reminded him of his own spell "Echo of Blood", which he had used in the club last time.

He knew Miss Bayas' true identity and didn't understand why she took the initiative to investigate. The young girl does not seem to be someone who is greedy for credit, so we can only temporarily think that she has other connections with [Mercury Blood].

Miss Bayas is a newcomer to the "Police Department" and no one here knows her identity, so the two of them can walk directly into the club. Their disguised identities are young businessmen who came to buy famous wines to entertain distinguished guests. So after receiving a warm reception, they were led by the club's maid to the reception room on the second floor to wait.

"Detective, you are responsible for holding back the club man and negotiating business with him. I will use the excuse to go to the bathroom and conduct investigative activities. This is your entire task, I think it should be fine."

Before the club's manager on duty today arrived with a wine album, Miss Bayas explained to Shade that Shade had only a few opinions on this simple plan:

"There's no problem in holding him back. Since you are the employer, of course everything will follow your orders. But I don't understand wine, so it's inevitable that some flaws will show up."

"It doesn't matter, you just need to find an excuse to hold him back."

Miss Bayas shook her handbag:

"I pay to hire you, and you will naturally have to show your value. The longer the time, the more compensation I will pay. Delay him for at least 20 minutes, and don't let him become suspicious of me leaving the room."

"I'm not even sure I can do it."

"It doesn't matter. Even if your identity is exposed, you won't be sent to jail."

Miss Bayas patted Shade on the shoulder. She looked confident.

The decoration taste of the living room is quite good. All the furniture is made of dark brown pure wood. Half of the floor in the room is covered with red carpet. Shade suspected that it was made of wool.

Soon someone opened the door and came in. It was a man wearing a black formal suit with a serious face and holding a red booklet...

"It's you?"

The man who entered the door recognized Xia De immediately, and Xia De also recognized him immediately. The other party turned out to be Mr. Nite who was infiltrating the detective scene the night he came here to pick up little Franklin.

This meeting again was beyond Xia De's expectation. The other party knew that his identity was not a wealthy businessman buying drinks.

But fortunately, Shade was ready when he agreed to Miss Bayas's commission. He originally didn't want to mix the two things together, so he agreed to pretend to be a businessman, but now that his secret has been exposed, he doesn't care about those little things.

At this moment, his mind became more active than ever before, and his face changed from relaxed to serious. Shade lowered his voice and spoke first:

"It's really not easy to meet you."

"Um?"

Mr. Nite and Miss Bea asked questions at the same time, and the latter realized that they knew each other.

"Detective, what are you doing here again?"

Mr. Nite asked, taking a look at the outfits of the two people in the room:

"I'm not here to pick someone up this time, right? The casino is closed during the day."

"Of course not, I want to see 'that lady'."

He said, taking out his notebook and pulling out three Rhodes cards:

"Last time I heard that the lady was also collecting Rhodes cards, and I happen to have some good ones in my hand. I have already written to tell me that I will come this evening... Oh, it seems a little early, it doesn't matter, if that The lady is not here, I can wait a moment."

"The lady" asked Shade in the letter not to say that she was looking for him, so Shade made up a random excuse. As for why he came to find the lady and pretended to be a businessman buying wine, Shade didn't mention this, but Mr. Nite didn't care, because as soon as he mentioned "that lady", Mr. Nite suddenly became nervous:

"Do you want to see that lady? No problem, I will go upstairs and ask the distinguished lady if she would like to see you now."

"Um?"

This time it was Shade's turn to be surprised. He didn't know that the other party was actually here now. The time they agreed to meet was two hours later.

"But it doesn't seem to matter. She originally wanted to see me. I can use this excuse later."

Her heart gradually calmed down, and she glanced sideways at Miss Bayas who was confused by the conversation just now:

"This is my female companion. I think 'that lady' doesn't want to meet strangers. Please find a room for her to rest and don't disturb her."

He deliberately reached out and patted the brown-haired girl on the shoulder, showing their intimacy.

Nor does Mr. Neate doubt:

"Of course, since she is your female companion, she is naturally a VIP of the club."

Then he found the maid in the corridor, arranged another reception room for the two of them, and ordered that no one could disturb the guests after bringing tea and snacks.

Mr. Nitt went to the third floor to ask the maid about the situation while the maids were preparing tea. He was not qualified to see the lady or even knock on the door.

Soon, Mr. Nitt brought the answer that Shade could go upstairs, without giving Miss Bayas any chance to have a private conversation with the detective.

Before the two of them separated, Shade pretended to stand up and straighten the folds of his clothes, then quietly winked at the young sorceress from the Zhengshen Church, signaling him to be careful.

But Miss Bayas was obviously mistaken, because she actually gave Shade a thumbs-up secretly, which in this world also means a compliment.

"When this is over, I will definitely ask for a large reward."

With this thought in mind, he headed to the third floor under the guidance of the familiar fat maid.

It's still the same room with a whole wall of bookshelves, and I'm still talking to the lady in the room through the door. Only this time, Shade was allowed to sit down in the study, and the maid prepared tea and snacks for him.

The indoor temperature is normal and there are no strange things on the coffee table. Compared to this meeting, everything will be normal.

"You did a great job at Lakeview Manor."

After the fat maid closed the door from the outside, "the lady" said these words,

Since the other party helped the five members of the group escape suspicion, it was impossible not to know that they were on the third floor at the time. However, Shade was not sure whether the other party knew that the "masked man under the silver moon" was him.

"Speaking of which, the agreed time is to meet in the evening, and I have other things to do here. So you showed up early, is this a coincidence?"

The woman asked. Judging from the normal temperature inside the room, she should be in a pretty good mood today.