Whispering Verse

Abandoned by his own organization, Le Maire almost spent all his savings over the years to solve the problem. Although he could not even find out the names of the relics of the mermaid statues, he was introduced by a friend to a man who was said to be very special. A powerful fortune teller, the fortune teller gave him advice.

"pirate?"

Shade sat on the chair and looked at the words on the notepad in surprise.

The fortune teller seeks guidance of destiny through divination, and what he sees is pirates. Those mermaid statues will be associated with pirates, and the way to break the curse may be related to pirates.

Unfortunately, Flamel did not have the opportunity to verify whether the fortune teller who received him 300 pounds in cash really saw his destiny.

Flamel had accumulated a lot of savings through illegal smuggling activities over the years. Unfortunately, in order to break the curse, he spent a lot of gold on divination, and the remaining money was used to buy relics with the function of breaking the curse. Therefore, Shade only Very little cash was found here.

That relic was carried by Flamel and was probably buried at the bottom of the sea. Therefore, in addition to cash, Shade's harvest this time was only the old book [The Windy Abyss] and the second-ring warlock's notebook.

Because I suspected there was a hidden cell here, I used [Echo of Blood] to observe the room. Although I found all the hidden spellcasting materials behind the bookshelf, most of them were of little value and inconvenient to carry, so Shade didn't want to take them away.

To sum up, the harvest from this trip is not much. Counting the notes and books, I can probably earn about 200 pounds from selling them all. After all, it was for free, so Xia De wouldn't think it was enough. With this money and the current savings, he can spend money to repair the third floor of St. Teresa Square with peace of mind.

"But this incident once again told me that this world is so dangerous that even a second-level warlock may die suddenly due to bad luck."

When I was about to leave, I thought about it and lamented the fate of Flamel.

[What are you going to do with that statue? Put it here? 】

"Of course not, tell the church. But before I go to report, I have one more thing to do."

Putting the money and books into the wide pockets of his coat, Shade opened the door and walked out of the attic.

It's Monday daytime, and no one is in the rental apartment except the landlord. When I saw the old man again, he was hiding in his basement workshop.

Heat is steaming from the basement, and dense steam pipes extend from underground and upstairs to supply the production of small workshops.

Gas lamps were lit on the walls, and several gas-fired stills were placed beside the walls. Further inside were box-type drying devices and a small-power steam engine.

The most occupied space in the basement is a red copper-colored high-temperature calcining furnace. When Shade walked down, the furnace was still working. The metal on the surface was emitting extremely high heat. The hands on the rusty dial were moving in an orderly manner. Indicates the internal working environment.

"What else do you want to do?"

Hearing the sound of Shade opening the basement door, the old man asked vigilantly, standing in the innermost part of the basement with a gun in his hand.

"I wanted to tell you that I have taken away everything upstairs."

Shade said.

"Then leave, I won't tell anyone you were here."

"One more thing, I want to see what exactly you produce here."

As he spoke, he looked around here, and the old man suddenly raised his gun:

"Leave here immediately! I only say this once, leave here immediately! Don't think that because you are from MI6, I won't dare to shoot you. Young man, get out now and I will pretend nothing happened."

"It seems that the things you produce are really problematic. If you have the guts, just shoot. Have you ever killed anyone before?"

"Of course I have killed people. Do you think I am scaring you?"

Neither of them could see each other clearly through the steam. But the sound of Sha De's footsteps was very obvious. Seeing that he was still approaching, the old man fired a shot at Sha De's feet.

The young detective stopped and looked at the bullet holes under his feet:

"Okay, I'll stop."

Even though he said this, he still walked aside. When he was about to approach the huge distiller, he suddenly rushed forward. It looked like Shade was hiding behind the alembic, but the old man's eyes widened because his legs could not be seen under the alembic.

"Where did you go?"

Holding the gun, he looked warily at the quiet room, but soon he felt a hand reaching out from behind.

Shade used [Raglai's Jump] to get behind the old landlord. He threw his left arm around the old man's neck, and at the same time grabbed the pistol that was pointing forward with his right hand.

The old man's reaction was also quick, and he had no intention of competing with Shade for control of the firearm in his hand. Instead, he lay down, forcing Shade to bend down and wrestle with him.

But the old man's left hand took advantage of this opportunity to reach to Shade's waist and pulled out the revolver.

Very skillfully, he pressed down the hammer with his thumb, recurved his left arm and raised it, pointing back towards Shade's face:

"I have not forgotten that you still have a gun in your waist. Young man, you still think too simply."

Bang~

[The Gun of Kindness] killed the shooter, and the bullet penetrated his forehead, leaving him no chance to leave any last words.

"Yeah, too young."

After the gunfire, the echo echoed through the basement. Shade sighed, put the body down, and then took back the [Spear of Kindness] from the old hand. Paying no attention to this place, he wiped the gun with his handkerchief and walked out.

The old man had seen his face and told the church where the mermaid statue was hidden. If the church came to inquire, something would inevitably go wrong. And if you kill him with your own gun, even if you take away the body, there is a small chance that the church will link the dispatcher's death to this incident. Therefore, letting the old man "commit suicide" with the [Gun of Kindness] is the best way that Shade can think of.

In this way, no matter what method the church uses, there is no way to know who came here in advance today.

Things became simple after that. Shade skillfully locked the door downstairs of the apartment, made sure he left no footprints, and left through the back window. When I returned to the street, I glanced back at the closed apartment building, and I became more understanding that Dr. Schneider was always able to take out shoe covers and gloves.

The church closest to New Denton Street was the [Church of Creation and Destruction] of the True God [Ms. Creation], but Shade did not report it immediately. Instead, he returned to the hotel where he rented and changed his clothes.

Of course, he couldn't run to the church by himself to report dangerous relics, so Shade's plan was to find a child on the street near the church and pay him some change to help deliver the letter.

Writing with his left hand, he briefly explained the location of the apartment and the mermaid statue, and planned to take a carriage from the hotel. But when Shade found an empty carriage at the door of the hotel and was about to get in, a group of policemen from a distance ran over blowing whistles:

"Stop all carriages!"

When the police blew their whistles, it usually meant that something was going on, so except for the coachmen who stopped where they were, passersby ducked out of the way. Shade didn't want to get into trouble, so he could only apologize and shake his head at the driver in front of him.

The group of police officers who came over gathered all the rickshaw pullers on the street, but they didn't say anything was going on. They just prohibited the rickshaw pullers from carrying passengers now.

Shade was worried that something else might happen to the mermaid statue, so he hurried to the church. Instead of waiting there, he thought of walking to the next street and looking for the carriage.

Coldwater Port City is a standard west coast seaport city. Compared with Tobesk, which is located inland, the air here is more humid. And because it's adjacent to the pier, you can feel the moisture of the sea just by taking a breath.

Unlike the capital city of Delrayon, which has a developed steam industry, Coldwater Port City relies on maritime trade as its main economic means. This has also caused the construction of steam pipeline and gas pipeline facilities in this city to lag far behind Tobesk City.

On the outer walls of the buildings along the street in Tobesk, the two types of pipes can be arranged in a relatively orderly manner, which well maintains the appearance of the city. However, the metal pipes on the outside of the wall in Coldwater Port City are simply installed for convenience.

Shade thinks that although this arrangement of pipes looks a bit messy, it has an inexplicable rough beauty. Coupled with the older buildings in the dock area, the street scene here seems to be a mixture of ancient medieval buildings and the steam era. Foreigners really appreciate this scenery.

Just don't let him live in a place like this.

Hoglenz Avenue is connected to many alleys on both sides. Compared with relatively clean streets, most of the alleys can be directly equated with garbage dumps. Even though it is daytime, pedestrians passing by will subconsciously take a detour when encountering an alley entrance instead of passing directly through the alley entrance.

The same was true for Shade, but when he was looking at the animal clinic across the street and thinking about giving Mia a bath, there were hurried footsteps in the alley around him.

It was as if that person had been hiding at the entrance of the alley. Shade didn't even have time to react. A young girl wearing a black and white gauze skirt rushed out of the alley, and then without any explanation, she stuffed the paper bag she was holding into Shade's arms:

"Get it for me!"

After saying that, regardless of Shade's reaction, he quickly crossed the street with his skirt and ran into the alley next to the pet clinic.

"What?"

Immediately afterwards, another group of policemen ran out of the alley where the young girl rushed out. This was not the first time that Shade saw police officers in this world, but the people who appeared at this time were definitely the most military-like police officers he had ever seen, not ordinary police officers patrolling the streets.

"The Police Department of Coldwater Port City is indeed better than Tobesk City."

I couldn't help but admire in my heart.

The policemen didn't even pay attention to Shade who was standing at the entrance of the alley. Instead, they ran straight into the alley across the street in the direction the young girl left just now. Shade was left standing there, holding the paper bag, completely unaware of what had just happened.