Mystery: Beginning with the Warrior Path

Chapter 123 Tingen (33, please subscribe!)
Tingen...

Roman heard the place name that Anne said.

Ten thousand pounds, Hornages, County West Veras...

Recalling the portrait of the scammer that Miss Anne showed herself before:
Black hair and brown pupils, full forehead, glasses, slightly upturned mouth...

Roman looked down at Miss Anne in front of him with a serious expression:

"Lanius?"

"You know?" Miss Anne asked, as if recalling something:
"Oh yes, you're still a bounty hunter. I'm afraid his rewards have spread all over the bars, right? You can get 10 pounds just for providing clues. You must have seen his reward posters."

Roman did not refute. In fact, he has not been free to do bounty missions recently.

Ranius...

Roman said the name silently in his heart.

Only then did he suddenly realize that it was only half a month since the Tingen evil god came.

Looking at Anne who was ready to go, Roman couldn't help but feel a little worried about her.

As a "craftsman" who may have the combat power of Sequence 5, would the black hand behind the scenes watch Annie stay in Tingen so reassuringly?
If an accident was planned against Annie and put Annie in danger, wouldn't it be harming her friends if she didn't remind her at this moment?

But how to remind?
I can't just say that there is a terrifying Sealed Artifact there, which is good at making coincidences, so she must be careful?

Not to mention how I explained the source of the information and didn't report it to the church. That item has the characteristics of "if you know it, it will know you". Telling Miss Anne in advance may bring her a greater risk.

How about going to Tingen with Miss Anne?

But now I don't know if I can hide my specialness from that Sealed Artifact. If I can't, and I know it, wouldn't it be that I have directly entered its field of vision and will be arranged irresistibly?
But knowing the huge risks that may exist there, I don't remind myself, and let my friends be in danger, this is not in line with my principles...

Roman fell into a deep struggle in his heart.

Miss Anne saw that Roman was in a bad mood, stroked the long chestnut hair around her ear, and asked curiously:
"what happened?"

Roman sighed inwardly, pretending to be calm on the surface and said:
"I'm just interested in the scammer with ten thousand pounds in cash. How about I go to Tingen with you?"

After thinking about it carefully, Roman came up with a way, which is to go to Tingen first, and then use the "informant" to send news that he suspected of finding Lanerus in the Eastern District, and then returned to Backlund with Annie.

If it weren't for saying that Lanevus was too good at Backlund now, Roman would have planned to sell Lanevus directly.

Even the steam church divination can't predict the location of Lanwusi, so it's too suspicious to come here by opening your mouth.

As for why the members of the Mechanical Heart cannot divination the location of Lanerus, of course it is because he has now become the carrier of the coming of the real Creator, and the divinity of the real Creator is contained in his body.

Naturally, it was not the result of divination by ordinary members of the Heart of Machinery team.

Hearing Roman's words, Miss Anne involuntarily showed a puzzled expression on her face. She frowned slightly, and then stretched it out again. She nodded, not knowing what she was agreeing with:
"Yes, I have always acted alone."

Roman didn't understand what it had to do with acting alone. Did he mean that he didn't have teammates so he didn't need to ask for their consent?

But it doesn't matter, Roman looked at Annie and asked:
"When are you going to leave?"

"I originally planned to leave today. It only takes about 4 hours to take the steam train from Backlund to Tingen, and I will arrive in Tingen in the afternoon."

Roman thought about it, even if he planned to return in a few days, he should be fully armed, just in case.

Accompanied by Miss Anne, Roman took her to his "school", and some of his belongings were placed in his own room in the school.

"Browham Street Special Assistance Center for Children".

Seeing the sign at the door, Miss Anne looked at Roman, followed him into the house without saying a word.

After explaining to Miss Hugh, Roman handed her all the bonuses from the Church of Storms.

Among them, 100 pounds is the part that Miss Hugh deserves, and the rest is used as the school's operating expenses during this period.

The money itself is a bounty for helping those children, and Roman intends to use all of it for school development.

After packing up his things, under the reluctant eyes of the children, Roman took Miss Anne and left the school, preparing to go to the Backlund Steam Station.

"How did you come up with the idea of ​​starting this charity?" After walking for a while, Miss Anne couldn't help asking.

"It's an inexplicable sense of responsibility. I came here, and seeing this situation, I always feel like I want to do something." Roman thought for a while and replied.

The "here" he said refers to this world, but Miss Anne may automatically understand that she has come to the East End.

Four p.m.

Roman and Miss Anne chatted along the way, about the school, about the children's previous encounters, and about the church.

In Miss Anne's silence, the train arrived at Tingen Station.

Tingen is located in the north of the Loen Kingdom, and the climate is much more suitable than that of Backlund. It is now August, and Roman, who came from Backlund, feels that the temperature here is quite cool. Most importantly, the air quality is much better.

Tingen is known as the city of universities, and the famous Tingen University and Hoy University are both located in the university area of ​​Tingen, which is the jurisdiction of the mechanical heart.

Annie wanted to go to the headquarters church of the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery in Tingen City, the "Holy Number Church" located on the outskirts of Tingen, to obtain the previous investigation data on Lanerus. It was naturally inconvenient for Roman to go with her, so she made an appointment for the second time. We met at a fairly well-known Wisteria Hotel in the University District one day.

Roman walked on the somewhat muddy streets of Tingen, and his tall stature made him look a bit dazzling here.

But he didn't care about this at all. Now Roman doesn't know if he can block the perception of that sealed item. Maybe he has already entered its field of vision?
I don't know what kind of plot it will arrange for itself?
Roman thought bitterly.

However, Roman has no regrets about coming to Tingen. Even if he has to face danger, it is better than doing nothing and watching his friends in danger.

The reason Roman didn't go directly to the Church of St. Selina, or to the Blackthorn Security Company, was mainly because he was afraid of the arrangement of the goddess, apart from worrying that the more people who knew about it, the more dangerous it would become.

Forget it, Roman didn't dare to think about those two names, the distance is too dangerous.

Early the next morning, Annie, who came to the hotel as scheduled, brought news from the Mechanical Heart.

When Lanwusi cheated, he used a piece of optical equipment with a rather delicate mechanical structure to disguise an iron mine on a temporarily leased land pretending to be under construction, which confused the investment representatives who went to the site for inspection. .

"Can you be sure it was made by church personnel?" Roman asked a little seriously.

This shows that there is something hidden behind the Lanerus incident.

"Colleagues who were investigating in the Hornages Mountains sent a telegram. There is a guess, but it involves a scandal within the church." Anne thought for a while: "All I can tell you is that the 'artisan' is probably locked, He and Lanwusi should not be accomplices, we found out from some clues that the 'artisan' may have gone to sea."

"Doesn't that mean that our trip to Tingen was in vain?" Roman was inexplicably happy: "We returned to Backlund? After all, I thought the scammer wouldn't stay where he was after committing the crime."

"I also just received an urgent telegram from my colleagues in the Hornages Mountains last night, but the possibility that the 'craftsman' and Lanrus are confusing us is not ruled out. We still stay in Tingen for two days. , see if you can find any clues." Annie glanced at the inexplicably happy Roman, and said:
"Besides, since it involves a scandal involving the church, we will try our best to investigate it alone, so as not to attract the attention of the Nighthawks and Punishers."

"Is it alright if you just tell me that?" Roman asked curiously.

Annie gave him a blank look: "I didn't tell you what the scandal is..."

"In short, let's use the name of the 'Fifth Team of the Special Operations Department of the Loen Kingdom's Ahwa County Police Department' to investigate those victims. In this regard, Mechanical Heart will cooperate with me."

Annie looked Roman up and down, smiled and said:

"Your image looks like a foreigner, and it's difficult to pretend to be a policeman. You can help me go to the bars and security companies here, and search for information from bounty hunters. I think you are professional in this regard."

Roman didn't know how Annie could tell that she was professional, but she agreed anyway.

After all, his image does not look like a policeman, and it seems a bit special in Tingen.

However, Roman still reminded Annie intentionally or unconsciously: "Don't be superstitious about your own divination. If you feel that something strange is happening around you, immediately go to the 'Holy Number Church' for help, or go to the nearest 'Saint Selina Church' and 'River and Sea Church' for help."

On the way here, Annie told Roman that the reason why she was able to undertake the tracking task was because she had a magical item for divination in her hand, which had little negative effect.

After explaining to Annie, Roman separated from her and came to the "Dragon Bar" in the dock area, planning to use his identity as a bounty hunter to find clues about Lanrus.

Even if he already knew that he was in Backlund now, he still had to do a full set of acting.

On the outskirts of Tingen, move a house with a green lawn.

It has gardens full of flowers and dark red chimneys.

Behind the bedroom window in this house is a desk with an ordinary notebook spread out on it.

A slightly pale hand held a classical quill, without ink, but clearly left words on the note:

"Dunn Smith's problem has been relieved! His condition is obviously improving! He has mastered the 'acting method'!"

"And this is what Klein Moretti taught him. He found inspiration from the examples of Daly Simeone and Old Neil. No, Ince Zangwill doesn't believe it, but he can only Slightly change the original plan."

"The story has a new twist."

At this point, the quill broke away from the palm and began to write by itself.

"Anne Pars, an elite member of the Church of Steam's Mechanical Heart, and her friends came to Tingen following the clues left by Lanerus and his stupid 'craftsman' friend."

"This 'craftsman' lady has a magical item that can ease the state of mind."

"Under the impetus of her friend for inexplicable reasons, Anne Pars, who failed in divination, decided to seek the help of Klein Moretti, who is good at divination among the Nighthawks."

The pale hand seized the classical quill, and without altering it, went on:

"But this is not allowed by Ince Zangwill."

"Members of the Mechanic Heart in Tingen blocked Anne Pars who was about to go to St. Selina's Church for some special reasons."

"She missed the meeting with Dunn Smith because of this."

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