Whispering Verse

After saying these words, the stranger wearing the clown mask stood up and left. Shade looked at his back and continued thinking:

"At the end of the Battle of Green Lake, the [Dragon Eater Order] withdrew from the final battle because they accidentally learned the fragments of a poem related to the Chosen One of Light. At that time, I was busy with matters in the Green Lake area, so I did not proceed. After in-depth investigation, I didn’t expect that the other party would appear again so soon. The Dragon Cult, the Chosen One of Light, the ancient dragon nest, and the seven glorious families related to dragons in local legends. Speaking of which, I remember the ancient and bright family. God, His title is"

[Dragon of Glory. 】

"She" whispered the answer into Shade's ear.

"Long-haired Luvia told me in her dream that dragons will be very useful next. Isn't this what she's referring to? The Chosen One of Light. Dragon."

Although there is no evidence yet, if the chosen one of light really appears in the Moon Bay area, then there will definitely be content related to "dragon" in the corresponding poem fragments.

"Slay the dragon? No, the ancient god in the legend is a dragon. Do you want to be a dragonborn? This is possible, but I am not a dragonborn. Maybe this time, the identity of the chosen one is no longer relevant to me. There is overlap.”

"She" smiled softly, and there seemed to be some other meaning in her laughter.

Although he was aware of the possibility that the story of the chosen one would start again, Shade was not in a hurry to go back to share with Luvia or conduct divination, but continued his actions in the Moon Bay area.

He placed a long-term commission on the black market to acquire special coins and antiques related to fairy tales, and it was only ten o'clock in the morning.

Considering that he had to meet the witch in the afternoon, the remaining time was not enough for him to complete other important tasks.

After thinking about it carefully, I finally gave up the idea of ​​going to the museum in the morning and headed to the Parsifal Club instead.

As the owner of a club where high-level local technicians gather, Mrs. Frey, the female shopkeeper, is also a well-known local information dealer. This time, Shade did not turn into a butterfly and sneak in quietly. Instead, he used illusion magic to change his face and walked in directly from the front door.

The smell of powder made Shade very uncomfortable as soon as he opened the door and entered, but the sound of music and laughter was surprisingly not very annoying.

Shade thought he would go find Mrs. Frey by himself, but he didn't expect that as soon as he entered the door, the woman with a feather fan and half-white hair, who looked to be in her fifties, took the initiative to greet her with a twist of her waist and a smile:

"You are a new guest from out of town. Look at your handsome appearance. I bet that all the girls here will like you. Do you need me to introduce you?"

She walked up to Shade very familiarly, covering her face with a feather fan and smiling softly. She didn't look like a woman in her fifties at all.

Shade was worried that if he stayed here for too long, he would get an inappropriate smell, which would affect his meeting with the witch in the afternoon, so he kept the story short:

"The 'Boatman' asked me to come."

"It turns out there is a girl I know well. That kid is really lucky. Come with me and I will take you there. People say this place is more comfortable than my own home."

So Shade followed the woman in a blue top and red skirt through the first and second floors and into the third floor. He met many people on the way, and no matter who they were, they were all very polite to Mrs. Frey.

The room she opened happened to be the room where Shade threatened Freeman Hawthorne a few days ago, but this time there was no one in the room.

"Boatman? I know you always have to pay back a favor. What do you want from me? Money? News? Or Rhodes cards?"

After closing the door, Mrs. Frey put down the fan and asked, her tone still smiling.

"I want news. But what does the Rhodes card mean?"

Shade asked, but Mrs. Frey did not answer, nor did she let Shade sit down. The two stood on the round red carpet in the center of the room and talked. This carpet is quite thick and very comfortable to lie on. Shade almost knows its purpose.

"What do you want to know? Don't worry about my safety here. What you say will only exist between the two of us."

Shade was noncommittal:

"I want exposure to gray glove people, at a high enough level. Yeah, just exposure."

"You don't need to explain to me what you want to do. I'm only responsible for selling information. If it hadn't been introduced by the boatman, you would have given me 1,000 crowns and I wouldn't have gotten this information. But who made me owe a favor?"

She covered her face with the feather fan and sighed, but it was clear from the looks of it that she was just faking it. Then he told Shade the location and name, but also made his own request:

"No matter what you want to do, remember, your information did not come from me. If I tell you this, I am breaking my own rules."

"I came here for peace, not to deal with anyone. Besides, this is the territory of Kasenrik, do the people in Gray Gloves still worry about their own safety?"

Shade asked with a smile, and then Mrs. Frey also laughed:

"Let me think about where to make fun of you. For peace? Gray Gloves fear for his own safety? No - this is Carsonric territory and that's the funniest thing."

This contact was quite friendly, so Mrs. Frey also invited Shade to come here to "play" in the future. Of course, in addition to "playing", she is also willing to sell paid information to Shade. For example, Shade spent 1 orr, which is more than 1 pound, and learned that the "Rhodes cards" mentioned by the opponent just mentioned refer to three precious special rules cards that are rumored to have appeared locally.

After the businessman who originally held the three cards was killed by the Black Hand, the three cards fell into the hands of different people. Mrs. Frey already knew the whereabouts of one of the cards and knew that the card belonged to the ancient [Holy Sword] 】series.

She said that if Shade was willing, 20 crowns could buy the clues she mentioned.

"But the average auction price of special rules cards is only fifty or sixty gold pounds. 20 crowns, even at the current exchange rate, it is 228 pounds."

"This only shows that those cards have such value."

Mrs. Frey continued to hide her face and said with a smile, but Shade had no intention of buying. He has spent enough money today, and there are a lot of things going on recently. He must at least finish the things at hand before he has time to care about the Rhodes cards that even if he buys the information, he may not be able to actually get it.

While there was still time in the morning, Shade went to meet the Gray Gloves before lunch. Margaret was unable to fully control the Gray Gloves, so Shade did the work himself without bothering her. Besides, this time it was for Lesia. If Margaret's power was borrowed, Shade would always feel something was wrong.

The address given by Mrs. Frey is in the core urban area of ​​Yuewan City, even opposite the city parliament. Mr. Dylan, who runs the bookstore, originally thought that Shade was here to buy books, but when Shade threw the "Grey Eagle" certificate in front of him, the man who opened the certificate shook his hand and looked up, his whole body trembling. He looked at the young man in front of him in surprise:

"you"

"It doesn't matter to me. The key is that the owner of this document needs you to do something."

As the ace of Gray Gloves, "Grey Eagle" has a top status in the organizational system. Such behavior of liaising agents across regions across multiple levels is definitely not normal for others to do, but for "Grey Eagle" it is consistent with his status. .

There is no need to be like the dead Detective Sparrow. Shade, who had to hide his identity and mission until his death, does not have to be too cautious like that detective. Today, he still retains the task of "lurking in Tobesk to contact the local nobles", but because of Margaret's intervention, he can actually do more.

"Okay, this is my honor. Your Excellency, after more than ten years, you have finally returned to Yuewan. Come this way, let's chat upstairs. It is really our honor that you can take the initiative to contact us. "

The owner of the bookstore enthusiastically invited Shade to the study room upstairs. When he sat down and prepared tea, he asked Shade tremblingly if he would do the same thing this time as he did more than ten years ago. They could immediately activate the special information. Use the Internet to collect information about the seven major families.

Only then did Shade realize that he had misunderstood:

"I'm not here to kill people. Those separatists learned their lesson more than ten years ago. At least I'm not here to kill people now."

Shade asked local agents to help with four things.

Determine the current status of the safe house that he, the Gray Eagle, used more than a decade ago;

In the next month, pay close attention to the movements of the Black family among the Seven Glory families;

Investigate the use of Yuewan Bridge project funds and monitor the household consumption of relevant accountants and other financial personnel;

Speed ​​up the review of multinational trading companies and fleets that may be related to MI6 to determine whether anyone is engaged in arms trade. This should be completed within a week. If time is tight, let go of those without definite evidence first. target and concentrate on investigating key suspects.

Among these four things, the first thing seems to be Grey-headed Eagle trying to restart the safe house; the second thing is to divert attention, Shade and the Black family have no grievances; the third thing Gray Glove was originally doing , they can complete the task by summarizing the information; the fourth thing is Shade's real purpose, but it is also the job of Gray Gloves' local department.

Schade did not directly order Gray Gloves to order Customs to let the "Princess Trading Partners" go, but asked them to speed up the review. After all, Lesia really has nothing to do with MI6, and she didn't sell arms this time. Even the "Princess Trading Partner" is not a key suspect, otherwise it would not be just the customs department using "quarantine issues" as an excuse to refuse to review.

In short, the troubles that seemed the most difficult to deal with to Lady Anne Bonny, Mr. William Kidd, and Baron George Robert were the easiest to deal with in the eyes of Shade. Although it took a long way to find the contact person of Gray Gloves, it was just a waste of time and a few cups of tea.

PS: Meet the Witch in the next chapter. A well-received (probably) relic that appeared many chapters ago will appear again. Can you guess what it is?