Chapter 931: Wood Pith Water Storage Pen

The small mirror in the box gave corresponding answers to every question Mr. Detective asked in bloody letters.

"I am a lumber merchant in Midgard City, and my home address is..."

"A beautiful lady asked me to have a tryst here. During the period, I was attacked by a group of monsters. They looked like... Huge humanoid toads, very ferocious..."

"The time of the attack was around the evening of May 8th. It was already dark, so I didn't pay attention to the exact time..."

...

Is that all right? !

Joan couldn't help roaring in his heart.

He originally thought that Mr. Pinkerton would be like the private detectives described in the novel, through careful observation of the crime traces left at the scene, coupled with meticulous and imaginative deductive reasoning, he would come up with a bold hypothesis, lock the suspect, and He launched a fierce pursuit, and finally arrested him and brought him to justice.

From the very beginning, Mr. Pinkerton's demeanor and behavior were indeed very similar to the detective in the novel, but since he took out the mirror box just now, the style of painting quickly went astray...

"It turned out that the murder case was traced by the magic weapon..."

Joan muttered in disappointment.

"Why, can't it?" Mr. Pinkerton glared back at him.

"Uh, nothing."

Although he didn't want to admit it, Qiao An was quite disappointed in his heart. He always felt that relying on magic to solve the case could not show the true ability of a detective.

"Boy, I know what you're thinking. Do you think it's boring for me to track down the murderer with the magic power of the 'Murder Mirror'?"

Mr. Pinkerton patted the boy on the shoulder, a smile appeared in his eyes.

"Tell me, what is the mission of the detective profession?"

"Of course it is to solve the case, catch the murderer, and defend the law." Joan replied without thinking.

"In this case, as long as the goals you mentioned can be achieved, no matter what means are used to investigate the case, as long as they are legal, there is no problem, right?"

"Victims, their families and friends, and even the law itself, do not need any thrilling investigation process, let alone detectives showing off their intelligence and intelligence. The murderer should be brought to justice, so as to prevent more innocent people from being harmed by the murderer."

"With the more efficient criminal investigation tools unused, sitting in an easy chair, smoking a pipe, whimsical, that is only a scene in a detective novel, but the reality is not a detective novel."

"For criminal investigation work in the real world, this little 'mirror mirror' is far more valuable than the combined brains of ten famous detectives."

"Not everyone has a bright mind, but anyone can use the 'murder mirror' to obtain the key clues needed to solve the case."

"With the 'Murder Chasing Mirror' in hand, everyone is a great detective. This is the most effective deterrent to criminals!"

When he said the last sentence, Pinkerton looked extremely solemn.

"It is indeed as you said." Joan had to admit that Mr. Pinkerton's opinion was very reasonable.

More efficient and universally applicable criminal investigation technology and criminal investigation equipment, rather than more brains good at reasoning, is the correct direction for the future development of the criminal investigation industry.

Mr. Pinkerton raised his hand to cover his forehead, looked at the westward sun, and seemed to be thinking about something.

"Joan, it's still early. Let's find a cool place and eat some dry food. We may have to deal with the case all night tonight. Let's take a rest now and get enough energy."

Joan led the horse and followed Mr. Pinkerton across the shallow water area, climbed up the opposite slope with tall shrubs, and sat down to rest in the shade of the tree.

Pinkerton opened the storage bag, took out two sandwiches wrapped in newspaper, and handed one to Joan.

He himself was not in a hurry to eat, whistled, called Carl to come over, whispered in the ear of the police dog, and then waved it away.

"Mr. Pinkerton, what did you send Carl for?"

Qiao An was surprised when he saw the police dog quickly disappearing.

Mr. Detective picked up the bloody half of the spear and shook it at him.

"Since we found half of the spear, it can be deduced from common sense that there must be the second half of the spear nearby. If this murder weapon is found, Karl may be able to smell the murderer's scent from the handle of the spear. Then there will be more clear The tracking direction."

Joan nodded.

It seems that Mr. Detective does not completely rely on magic tools to handle cases, nor does he lack meticulous mind and rich experience in criminal investigation.

"Mr. Pinkerton, I'm very curious about your 'chaser mirror', can you lend me a look."

"Of course that's fine."

Mr. Detective generously handed over the mirror case.

After Qiao An thanked him, he was absorbed in observing the "Mirror Chasing Mirror".

There must be some kind of prophecy school spell attached to the mirror. In order to see the spell configuration clearly, Joan took out a portable "water storage pen" from the storage bag.

This new type of "water storage pen" was invented less than ten years ago, and it can only be ordered in high-end stationery stores, and the price is a hundred times higher than that of ordinary quill pens.

People who buy this kind of pen are either keen on being fashionable and not short of money, and they just regard this new invention as a small toy to show off.

Either it is the mage class like Joan, who are the real core users of the "water storage pen".

Compared with the traditional quill pen, the advantages and disadvantages of the "water storage pen" are very prominent.

The structure of this pen is based on the quill pen. Ink is injected into the hollow pen tube, and the bottom is filled with a loose and porous spongy cork pith isolation layer, so that the ink slowly penetrates to the nib.

The nib of this pen is polished from an alloy that is not easy to rust, so it is also called "fountain pen" for short.

The special nib structure makes the pen more wear-resistant, and the written characters are more smooth and slender.

The special pen barrel structure can store ink in a sealed manner, and the pen cap can be unscrewed to write at any time, eliminating the need to dip in ink, which is more convenient than traditional quill pens.

However, the delicate construction also means that the pen is more expensive and more prone to failure.

And after the ink in the pen tube is used up, it is necessary to use a matching small syringe to extract ink from the ink bottle, and then inject it into the pen tube.

This series of operations of re-adding ink is much more cumbersome than the traditional quill pen directly dipped in ink.

Therefore, the convenience of the new type of fountain pen is only reflected when the ink in the pen tube is abundant, and considering the link of refilling the ink, it is more troublesome.

But the mage is not afraid of such "trouble".

Carry a bottle of ink with you, and just use a "magic trick" to complete the refilling operation in an instant.

Because of this, the fountain pen obviously does not have any enchanting special effects, but after it was launched, it quickly became popular in the circles of mages in the old and new continents, and became a veritable "special pen for mages".