old dream

Chapter 95 Tracking
Although he found out the specific location of the distribution center, Colin didn't plan to go to the grass to startle the snake right away.

The tracking device was able to function for another day or so because the time of the finder ritual was strictly controlled at half-hourly activation intervals.And within that day, that batch of wine cases could have been sold from that five-hectare farm, followed by an illegal network of bootleg liquors to pinpoint the exact location of more speakeasy bars.

On the other hand, the waste princess Julio took people to clear a Capello speakeasy, which may be a good performance.But it will take time for the news to spread and ferment among the Cynthili groups.

"Dirty Fingers" DeJoe has shown his intention to cooperate before, sending a "soldier" to serve as Julio's escort yesterday, but other than that, he didn't take any more action and chose to wait and see on the shore.At this time, no one can be sure how far Julio's fame and appeal can be improved.

The imitation of inhibitors in Ji Lian's apartment is even more urgent.Because it is still summer, the natural host of Vibrio carinii, "Silver shark", has not yet reached the fishing season, which is relatively difficult to obtain.And without them, some experiments may be difficult to break through.

Mr. No. [-] has said that his homicide assistance commission will take close to a month to implement.But it has been nearly two weeks now, but it seems that there is still no sign of it.He didn't even tell him who he was about to kill.I don't know if it was his arrangement originally, or if something changed in the middle.

As a result, after a little calculation, Colin found that the gaps in the progress in several directions coincided with each other.If Mr. No. [-] and Arecio didn't take the initiative to come to look for them, then the tense time these days seemed to be suspended. Compared with the previous days when they were on the verge of life and death at any time, they might be on the verge of death. Come for a short day or two when you can breathe.

Can you take a break?When Colin noticed this, similar thoughts popped up involuntarily.

No, he thought wearily but firmly, absolutely not to stop.

This is another opportunity to focus on improving his strength. The days of doing nothing are actually extremely rare.If you miss this time, there may be no time to adjust.

The situation is still changing rapidly, and he will face more and more powerful opponents.The encounter in the speakeasy two days ago confirmed his worst guess, meaning that the wizards dormant in the dark had also reached out to this bootleg war.

And the power that could integrate the underworld north of Stade in just a few weeks may be composed of these wizards.

Being able to rely on the darkness to defeat that Ziyuetian this time is completely lucky.If you don't seize every opportunity to improve your strength, then the next time you die without a trace, you might become yourself.

Colin took out the certificate and note from the wizard's corpse a few days ago from the drawer.

Originally, he did not have much hope for these clues.Because if the opponent is a user of ritual spells, it is likely to have a position.Once you find their position, you can get a lot of consumables and spell information.

But since he is an elf who uses spells to control the devil, the probability of finding such a position will be much lower.

Although the probability of discovering the other party's nest just through a few notes is inherently ridiculous.

The only document is a proof of entry record in the Principality.But Colin knew right away that it was fake, and the forgery was even worse than his own.Colin wasn't sure if he could hide it from the detective, maybe it depended on luck, or if the detective still had some sense of responsibility.

The name written on the certificate is "Horst", which is a pseudonym without thinking.The entry time was marked one month ago, but just judging from the wizard's accent and clothes, it is more likely that he would be a native of Stade.

The detention period on the certificate is one and a half months, which means that he has to go to a forger to re-purchase the certificate every once in a while, maybe it is a long-term cooperative relationship.

But it's also possible that he'll buy a lot at once.Or maybe he will forge it himself, but that's it?Then he is really a very confident person.

Colin thought for a while, and vaguely felt that he could grab something, but he didn't know where to start.I got up and marked the location of the speakeasy on the map I used before.

The intersection of South Nineteenth Street and Bruise Avenue, at the end of the fourth unnamed alley from west to east.

While recalling the specific location, Colin buried himself in the map for a long time, only to find that the map didn't even mark the alley that had been dilapidated for decades.

The map of Stad in the 631 edition of the new calendar was just revised by surveying and mapping under the auspices of Archduke Edmund six months ago.It clearly claims to be the most detailed in the Principality at present, and the ghost knows where all those funds have gone.

On the southeast side of the intersection of South Nineteenth Street and Bruise Avenue, the location of the alley was estimated and drawn, and the speakeasy was marked vaguely.Colin wrote the analysis on another piece of paper.

The only information that can be determined at present is that the wizard "Horst", one of the partners of this speakeasy.

Among the other partners, several are members of the Capello family.

There is not necessarily a meaningful correlation between the two pieces of information.According to "Dirty Fingers" DeJoe, it's not unusual for these speakeasies to have several anonymous partners, and that's what made Colin aware of the need to prepare for the wizarding battle in advance.

So this does not mean that these Capellos have also colluded with wizards, even though they have been in contact with the bootleg wine market without authorization.Otherwise, Arecio and Mr. No. [-], who are lampkeepers, would have already made some moves.

But in order not to miss any possibility, Colin still marked Capello's approximate site area and several industries on the map.

How many members of the Capello family are masters of forgery?After thinking for a long time, Colin found that he couldn't remember a single one.It's not that his memory is poor, but that the beastly Capello has never been known for these techniques.

So Colin turned to recall every counterfeiter he had heard of in Southstadt, and because the quality of the certificate was not high, Colin first left out the few who were very skilled.Only a few left impressions.

After all, no one pays special attention to people who are worthless to them.

Colin marked the approximate working locations of these people on the map, but this can only be a fairly broad estimate.

Afterwards, Colin found the remaining notes on the wizard "Horst". One of them turned out to be a discount coupon distributed in a restaurant. It was printed in black and white ink, and the image was of a housewife. Abstract and realistic sketches.The design style is very immature in Colin's eyes, but for this era, the production is quite sophisticated.

It has their trademark on it, but it's just a rudimentary line of squiggly Ankh letters: "Madame Pearl" family restaurant.

This restaurant has a total of four branches in the city, and it has a certain reputation in the old town in the north and in Southstadt.

Before, Colin was confused by the appearance of this discount coupon.If it weren't for it, Colin would hardly have imagined in this direction at all: a wizard who can enslave ghosts and gods at will would actually choose to eat with discount coupons in order to save a little money.

Wizards also have to live, and when there is no battle, they are basically the same as ordinary people.Even in order to avoid being hunted by the cult, they often have to behave more like ordinary people than ordinary people.

The date on the coupon is September [-]th-[-]th, which just expired yesterday.Colin may have some impressions of the restaurant's rules. After spending several days in a row and collecting stamps, he can get a discount coupon, and the date is often not delayed too much.

That is to say, Mr. Horst is likely to solve the problem of eating in this restaurant at ordinary times.

After marking the southernmost "Mrs. Pearl" family restaurant on the map, it is already possible to vaguely guess the living area of ​​the wizard.

Two days ago, the reason why Colin and his party had to go in and out of South [-]th Street by carriage was not entirely for concealment.But because the public transportation in that area is very inconvenient.And because it is basically a slum, if you use a horse-drawn carriage for daily travel, it will be very conspicuous.

Therefore, about half an hour's walk is already the daily movement range of local residents.

On the map, it is a large circle with a radius of about two to three kilometers.

After drawing circles with a radius of three kilometers around the speakeasy and the family restaurant, respectively, Colin obtained the overlapping area between them, which is where the wizard's most likely address is.This area is then connected to the nearest work points for forging false certificates, and in the end, only three remain within five kilometers.

Colin recorded the working locations of the three forgery dealers.Only one of the impressions is to be handed over to Marizio.Be polite to him. As for the remaining two, if you don't cooperate, just ask.

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Fortunately, when Ke Lin asked about the first one, before he took off the polite disguise, the other side admitted that the entry certificate was his own work.

The counterfeiter is a seemingly frail foreign student who lives and works in a small, dilapidated rental house.Four or five theological books were turned upside down on the floor of the room, and the remaining half of the room was used as a counterfeit workbench.Apart from all kinds of blank documents and simple brushes and knives, the rest are piles of...shoe soles?
Lots of soles and leather, stacked on top of the workbench, filled the remaining half of the room, as well as two-thirds of his own bed.

"Benedict, that's my name." He introduced himself to Colin clearly, his voice neutral, like a thicker female voice.

It was obviously the name of a foreigner, probably from an ancient kingdom further west than Naal.

When Colin found him, he was wearing a cobbler's apron, with his head buried in the leather shoes that were resting on his legs.When Colin put the fake certificate of the wizard "Horst" on his desk, he was still unaware and defenseless:
"I did it, what's wrong?"

"That might take you a while."

Colin didn't know how small the probability of finding the target was at this time, at most one-third, and counting those forgers he didn't even know, it could be as low as one-twentieth.

In particular, the other party is a foreign student who looks like a good deal.

There is a feeling of overdrafting too much luck in indifferent places.

I don't know why the wizard "Horst" asked him to apply for a certificate. Maybe it happened where he saw the graffiti advertisement?
Maybe it's some kind of fate.

"Is there something wrong with that person?" Benedict asked in confusion.

"Since this document is in your hands, it means that it has not been detected by the police. There has never been a problem with my work."

"It is so," said Colin.

"He was originally my anonymous partner. You must have heard that there was a shootout in a nearby speakeasy two days ago. It used to be our business, but now there is nothing."

"At that time, he was unfortunately killed." Colin showed a look of fear and sigh:
"We just ran for our lives at the time, but now his body has fallen into the hands of the police detectives. It will be a matter of time to find out his residence, but I guess he still has evidence related to us, so I'm going to deal with it first."

"Really?" Benedict showed a suspicious expression:
"Or are you the detective?"

Although it will cause suspicion, at least it will not make people think in an extraordinary direction.

"I don't have time to mess with you here, I may be convicted every second." Colin's expression became hideous:

"Tell me all the news about him immediately. Where does he live?"

It should be unlikely that Benedict knew where the wizard lived, but everything he knew could help Colin further narrow down the scope.

After cross-examination, Colin learned that Benedict was destitute, and of course, he understood this as soon as he entered the door.

The beautiful shoes that Benedict sewed were special products of his home country. They were produced in Stade to avoid tariffs, and were sold to the vast market in the hinterland of the alliance by those who bought them uniformly.

From six to twelve every morning, he began to sew shoes non-stop, because the leather was pre-processed, so he could sew twelve pairs a day, and sell it to a buyer to earn an ore or two.It opened in the afternoon to make fake certificates for people, but it does not have business every day.

The only time he walks an hour and a half to a Pheasant Academy on South No. 13th Street is when he's not doing business.

When the wizard came here for the first time, he bought twenty copies of the entry certificates marked with different periods of stay, enough for two years.

Because it is a rare big employer, it impressed him deeply.

(End of this chapter)