Chapter 251 Klein Is in Class

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Late at night, No. 7 Pinster Street.

Leonard Mitchell sat on the chair, raised his feet, stretched them to the desk, and rested them on the edge.

Then, he leaned back, making the joints of the wood creak under the pressure, and his breathing gradually became longer.

After an unknown amount of time, his eyelids drooped and he covered his eyes.

At this time, Leonard's spirit had arrived in a gray world, but the place he was in was still his bedroom.

The gas street lamps beside the street and the warm firelights in different houses all seemed extremely dim at this time. They could only illuminate a small area around them and were slightly hazy.

Groups of illusory oval-shaped light balls are hiding or appearing, intertwining and covering the houses, seeming to be the source of their existence.

This is the city through the eyes of "Nightmare".

According to the previously investigated situation, Leonard jumped out of the window in "nightmare" form and flew to No. 17 Minsk Street, Jowood District.

He did not break in directly, but landed at the other party's door in the thick fog and rang the doorbell politely.

With the sound of "cuckoo" and "cuckoo", Starling Summer in her nightgown opened the door. She held the silver-inlaid palace feather fan to her chest and asked confusedly and doubtfully:

"Who are you looking for?"

She was Crane's landlord when he played Sherlock Moriarty. She was a blond, blue-eyed lady in her thirties.

Leonard had now put on the black and white checkered Loen police uniform, casually showed his ID and said:

"Do you know Sherlock Moriarty?"

Because in the dream, Starling reacted very slowly, and it took several seconds before she said:

"Did something happen to him?"

While she asked back, under the influence of Leonard, the Sherlock Moriarty in her mind naturally appeared next to her:

Wearing a half-high silk top hat, a double-breasted gown, gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, and a beard growing around his mouth...

This was consistent with the appearance of Sherlock Moriarty that Leonard had obtained before, so he had no doubts and said directly:

"He is involved in a case and is under investigation. I hope you can cooperate with our work."

"Okay, okay." Starling wanted to raise her chin, but for some reason she was a little scared.

Leonard thought for a second and said:

"When did he rent the house?"

"At the beginning of September last year." Starling recalled.

Leonard continued to ask:

"What do you know about him? In other words, what kind of person is he in your heart?"

Mentioning this, Starling said as if she had already considered the answer:

"He is from Jianhai County and has an accent there. He is a very capable detective. He once helped Mary solve her husband's affair. However, his income is not high and he cannot even afford a full-time maid. I can let my maid help part-time... My children told me that he is a good storyteller, especially good at detective stories. This may be the reason why he chose that industry..."

Without giving Leonard a chance to interrupt, she continued:

"He is not as rude as ordinary detectives. He went to grammar school and studied history. The most enviable thing is that he got the thanks of Mary and joined the Cragg Club. There are people of high status there. I once went Several times...

"Later on, he seemed to have become famous in the detective circle, and even...private detectives often came to see him..."

Leonard was a little impatient after hearing this. He was about to do something else to distract his attention when he suddenly noticed the "even" that Mrs. Starling interrupted and skipped.

He keenly felt that this might be new information!

In dreams, people cannot lie. This situation proves that Mrs. Starling does not want to tell this matter... But "Nightmare" can pry open other people's mouths in dreams. Leonard waits patiently until Starling Mrs. Lin's description paused temporarily, and she immediately interrupted:

"Other than private investigators and people looking for help, who else came to him?"

Mrs. Starling's speech was interrupted. She was stunned for ten seconds, and her expression gradually became a little fearful: "I, I can't say."

However, under the influence of Leonard's extraordinary ability, a figure naturally appeared next to her.

He is a middle-aged and elderly gentleman who is meticulously dressed. His shirt is white and straight, his thick gray-blue vest perfectly holds his belly, and his long tuxedo has clear lines and no flaws.

This gentleman was wearing a pair of shiny leather shoes, showing no signs of having walked through the rain and mud.

He was wearing a pair of white knitted gloves, with a few silver hairs on his temples. He had deep nasolabial folds on his face, and his light brown eyes were so serious that they contained no trace of a smile.

New characters! This person had never appeared in the previous investigation of Sherlock Moriarty... Leonard saw Mrs. Starling immediately showing some fear and shrinking when she saw him. But at the same time, Leonard always felt that this elderly gentleman looked a little familiar... very familiar... as if he had seen it somewhere... where exactly had he seen it... His pupils suddenly shrank, and he suddenly remembered the source of this familiar feeling!

This elderly gentleman is Finkel, the steward of the third prince Edsac Augustus!

This butler has been confirmed to have contact with the Witch Sect!

The third prince Edsac Augustus was one of the driving forces behind the "Backlund Great Smog". He was tempted by the witch and committed a huge sin. He committed suicide on the same day out of fear of crime. His butler also the same.

Leonard felt as if he had caught some important clue, and quickly asked: "When did he come to see you? What did he come to see you for?"

Starling hesitated to give a date, which was really not long before the Great Smog. But Starling did not dare to say why the royal butler came to her. Leonard discovered that the other party was also affected by the extraordinary ability. Even if the butler Finkel was dead, the influence at that time was still there. Not gone.

The impression was so profound that Starling could always remember this date.

What could happen if the housekeeper came to see her? Maybe it was as if he came to find her himself, for Sherlock Moriarty... Combined with the previous "even...", Leonard felt that his guess was close to ten.

Prince Edsac's butler came to see Sherlock Moriarty before the Great Smog...

Leonard's eyebrows furrowed deeply.

He was sure that he would not be able to learn from Mrs. Starling what the royal family was looking for Sherlock Moriarty for, because the housekeeper had no need to explain his purpose to an ordinary middle-class woman. Of course, he never thought that this bold and lucky detective would actually intervene in the "Backlund Great Smog" event in this way, let alone what kind of role this detective played in it. character of.

After that, Leonard made the image of housekeeper Finkel disappear and listened to Mrs. Starling talking for a while.

Leonard, who had patiently listened to a lot of useless news, felt his temples throbbing. When Mrs. Starling finished speaking, he couldn't wait to say goodbye to her and ended this dream.

After returning to his residence, Leonard began to think about the new information obtained today.

"According to the testimony of Daisy, reporter Mike and the people who were helped, Sherlock Moriarty is a good person with a positive image. At the same time, the third prince is not the leader of the Great Smog, just because Indulging the witch and suffering the consequences... From this perspective, Sherlock Moriarty should not be the hidden promoter of the Great Smog."

"But it cannot be ruled out that the image of a 'good detective' is just his disguise. After all, Jason Belial is also a good neighbor in the minds of others."

"However, it is no longer possible to know why the third prince is looking for Sherlock Moriarty..."

Leonard wrote and drew in his notebook, and added the name "Third Prince" next to "Sherlock Moriarty" in the middle of the notebook, and then connected it with a line, and "Third Prince" Connected to the "Witch Cult". Leonard thought for a few seconds, then connected "Sherlock Moriarty" and "The Great Smog", and put a question mark.

Next, let’s start with the people who have a good relationship with Sherlock Moriarty in the Cragg Club...

The old parasite did not comment on his soliloquy and speculation. He was probably still thinking about the "ancient aura" stranger he met during the day, the mysterious Dixi who had just moved to Backlund. Mr. Rich.

After finishing today's investigation notes, Leonard stretched out. He was full of energy and didn't need to sleep. He planned to rest for a while and continue the investigation.

"Having said that... being able to recognize the butler Finkel proves that my memory has not become bad. So where does this vague sense of familiarity in Sherlock Moriarty come from?"

After pouring a glass of water, Leonard turned back and stared at the picture of Sherlock Moriarty nailed on the cork board, lost in thought again.

His eyes stayed on the ring of beard, feeling that it was dazzling no matter how it looked.

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In the training ground of Silver City, people's eyes always unconsciously turn to somewhere in the auditorium.

The blue-eyed Uno was held in his mother's arms, holding a small piece of black-faced grass bread with both hands, as if he was in a daze or nibbling on the bread.

Even after birth, Uno still grew much faster than normal children. Of course, he hasn't grown teeth yet, can't eat bread, and can't live without his mother's nourishment.

He had just returned a few days ago with the exploration team of "Afternoon Town" led by the chief. The casualties of the exploration team were reduced to an astonishing one-tenth. Only two people in the team of 20 were injured, and one person died of injuries. He died of excessive injuries, and the others were just simple minor injuries, which even healed on the way back!

They brought the Angel of Destiny with them, as if fate was naturally on their side too!

Witnessing a miracle for the second time made the people of Silver City even more pious to the Lord and the Angel of Destiny. After thousands of years, the Lord finally set his sights here again and sent the angels beside Him to bless people. The angels came, and the Lord Can it be far away?

Uno, who was only more than two months old, had no feeling for the admiring glances people cast from time to time. He concentrated on holding the small piece of black-faced grass bread in his hand and stared blankly somewhere in the dark sky.

A bolt of lightning struck, and silver-white light reflected in his blue eyes.

He saw red, the color of blood, the color of fire, and in that color he saw everything that could be summarized by "war". Flames rose, burning the sky, and the sea of ​​blood sank, flooding the earth.

In his vague memory, he thought of his friend with a pair of iron-black eyes. He knew that they would meet again eventually, so the part of Uroleus resigned to his fate and remained silent, and he missed his red friend a little bit.

Another bolt of lightning flashed across, and Uno squinted his eyes. He thought of the gray fog and the mysterious castle. The lightning seemed a little too bright, and he felt his eyes hurt.

He was too young and his body was too new to use much strength. Uno soon became sleepy and his eyes were uncomfortable. He squeezed into his mother's arms. Her arms felt very safe. He closed his eyes and wanted to fall asleep, still holding the bun firmly in his hand.

I have to say that after I reduced my babble, my sleep quality improved dramatically after this restart.

…

In Backlund, Traynor is reading the newspaper.

As a secretary who was excellent in intelligence, business, timekeeping and fishing, it was natural for Medici to bring him with him when he returned to Loen to fish.

But he didn't live in Faye Manor, even though that was where he grew up before he was 17.

He directly rented a villa in Backlund, worked for the Aurora Society every day, and fished in his villa.

What bad intentions could Medici have? He came to Loen just because Loen seemed to be able to fight, but Intis seemed unable to fight at the moment, so Tony Twain was deceived by him into Intis in the name of honing his management skills, and he could do three people by himself. live.

It just so happened that he also wanted to discuss the next cooperation with the Demon Family, and he brought Edward's own recipes and records of small objects.

"10% of the bicycle shares... haven't been sold yet? It seems that the internal bidding is quite fierce."

Traynor looked at the information in the business section of the newspaper and quickly found the advertisements he was interested in. The bicycle reminded him of the various small toys he played with when he was a child. When he thought about it carefully, he realized that there were indeed quite a lot of business opportunities.

"A businessman from Dixi is also participating in the bidding. For 10% of the bicycle shares, the current base price is 9,000 pounds..."

Since... the shares of bicycles are still worth fighting for. After coming to Loen, Traynor quickly noticed that many people in Backlund had begun to use bicycles. After all, the average price of bicycles is about 2 pounds. It is affordable to buy with grit of teeth, and it is a fashionable product that is convenient for the middle class to show off. It is precisely because of its huge room for appreciation that 10% of the shares can be sold for 9,000 pounds.

He also tried to bid a price of 8,500 pounds, which was higher than the 8,000 pounds at the time. Originally, Mr. Dwayne Dantès expressed some intention to withdraw from the transaction, but this morning he was brushed off by the higher price.

"Forget it, I just came to Loen, there is no need to compete with Earl Hall for financial resources."

He recognized the other bidder as a Loen noble who had negotiated several cross-border business deals before. When the Demon Family grew bigger, it was also said that many nobles in Loen tried to buy shares in Feitus Food Factory, and Earl Hall was one of them. Therefore, he gave up the bidding with some heartache. Later, he wanted to purchase 5% of the shares through private transactions, but was rejected by Earl Hall's people, unwilling to reduce his future income.

Although he could afford it, there was no need to cause trouble.

Later, you can sell your own bicycles to other countries. You can also try it in the Southern Continent. The sooner you start, the more you can make.

After reading the newspaper, Traynor grabbed his "Faceless Man" coat, turned into a featureless Loen face, left the temporary villa, and went for a walk in the city of Backlund.

Richard wants to make money by selling some Southern Continent specialties, such as weaving and handicrafts, and seems to have the idea of ​​gradually moving people to the Southern Continent.

In fact, the sales of these things have always been very good, but Traynor wanted to return to Intis to speculate on gold prices and spices.

Through Richard, Traynor also learned that the Balam Empire would continue to reduce its exports of gold, spices and grain, bringing more surprises to the Northern Continent, and that his own father was involved in all this. After all, he was These methods are also used to deal with countries other than Intis.

He was walking on the streets of Backlund and came face to face with a group of marching people.

The Southern Continent reduced its exports and took over the plantations in four cities to the state. Before the food was affected, textile factories could not receive cotton from the southern continent, could not pay wages, and laid off workers on a large scale. Workers took to the streets holding signs just like when the machines were first introduced.

This may not necessarily work, but if you don't do it, you will really starve to death if you don't attract attention.

Traynor watched for a while and then walked away.

…

In East Chester County, Audrey opened a letter.

"Dear sister:

"Just at this time last year, I was still looking forward to your coming to the Southern Continent and experiencing the clean air, warm sunshine, various unique customs and delicious seafood in our colony, but now I can't It is undeniable that when the war began, this land was filled with blood, violence, horrific murders and all kinds of horrific incidents.

"Dear Audrey, I heard from my father that you have also embarked on an extraordinary path. As a brother, I sincerely hope that you will not go too far.

"I don't want to control you, or dictate my sister's choice, but I have seen too many horrible things in these short months. Can you imagine? A friendly and generous general suddenly chose Rebellion, a majestic boss died quietly in the middle of the night. In the colony, after only ten minutes of darkness, two cities and half of the population in the cities disappeared. I was not originally a garrison in the city, but now I have to Fight with them. In the past few days of fighting, the comrades who had no time to bury them would turn into horrific living corpses in a blink of an eye. The cult members did not know how to respect corpses and life, so we had to destroy the corpses that were not ready for rest.

"..."

"Can you imagine? The originally gentle and kind-hearted natives of the Southern Continent, under the leadership of the cult, turned into terrifying desperadoes in an instant. They killed their masters and murdered their bosses. From ordinary people to murderers It's just a difference between shooting and slashing. They didn't care about their past kindness and treatment. After killing their boss or master, they turned around and dedicated their land and property to the evil Death Church and their Balam. empire.

"..."

"These people from the Southern Continent have no morals, no conscience, and are not worthy of being servants. They are extremely greedy. As long as they can see a little benefit, they will immediately abandon all their upbringing as civilized people and use the most barbaric means to plunder.

"..."

"Dear sister, please never come to the Southern Continent."

TBC

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Klein is in class.