Extraordinary Puppeteer

Chapter 58
Karin watched Elena's back after leaving and sighed: "How could I forget?"

His feelings for Westminster are very complicated. On the one hand, he is grateful for the kindness of his upbringing, but on the other hand, he is angry that the other party wants to take his body.

But no matter what, Westminster is completely dead now, and it doesn't make any sense to worry about these things.

More than an hour later, one carriage after another was parked in the suburban cemetery.

A square earth pit was dug out in front of a newly erected tombstone, and Westminster's name and life were engraved on the tombstone.

All the guests were dressed in dark formal attire today with solemn expressions.

A carriage carrying a coffin was slowly approaching and parked beside the pit, and Karin followed closely behind.

Priest Kahn stood by the carriage and read the eulogy.

"Westmind Hawkins was a respectable gentleman"

As the eulogy was finished, one guest after another touched the coffin in order to pay tribute to the deceased.

When the last guest finished the silence, the coffin was buried slowly.

The funeral is now over, and Karin sees off the guests one by one.

When Priest Kahn bid him farewell for the last time, Carlin did not leave the cemetery, but stood silently in front of Westminster's tombstone.

It seems that he is silently mourning alone, but in fact he is waiting for someone.

After a while, a burly figure in a cloak entered the cemetery and also came to Westminster's tombstone.

After raising his head and pulling down his collar, Drake's rough face appeared.

He looked at Karin quietly, took out a letter from his wide sleeve and handed it over.

Karin was about to speak after taking it, but suddenly shut down, looking behind Drake.

Drake froze for a moment when he saw it, but turned around immediately.

At some point, not far from Westminster's tombstone, a young man also appeared in front of another tombstone.

"That's Mrs. Wally's tombstone?"

Seeing the presence of outsiders, Drake also lost the desire to talk to Karin, and just patted him on the shoulder, like an elder comforting a younger generation, and left after saying a few words of encouragement.

When Drake left the cemetery, the young man suddenly said, "You know my mother?"

Karin was stunned for a moment. The distance between him and the other party was about ten meters, and he just said something softly, and the other party heard it clearly. What kind of smooth ears is this?
'Fortunately, I didn't rush to talk to Drake just now! '

When thinking about this, Karin's expression also became surprised: "Ms. Wally is your mother?"

'Mrs Wally's son, isn't that One Ear's cousin?Judging by age, it should be the second son Charlotte Moriarty. '

At this time, Charlotte also walked to Karin and talked with him kindly.

"Yes, I am Charlotte Moriarty, and you are Mr. Westminster's adopted son?"

"You know my father?"

"Hehe, there shouldn't be any Transcendents in Wayne City who don't know Mr. Westminster."

In words, Charlotte also expressed the message that she is a superhuman.

This information made Karin vigilant instinctively. As the son of a blind prophet, his insight is much stronger than the one ear that chose the Valkyrie route.

I just don't know if the other party noticed something wrong when they saw Drake talking with him just now.

And Charlotte is also observing Karin at this time, and combining the information obtained through face-to-face observation, combined with the information on Karin's biography that she checked yesterday, she keeps sketching the portrait of the other party in her mind.

'From the moment he saw me just now, he immediately shut up and stopped talking to that man, even if it was more than ten meters away.

He is an extremely cautious person, and it is very difficult for others to gain the trust of such a person. This kind of person often wears a mask to disguise his true self. '

After Charlotte remembered the observed information in her mind, she said apologetically, "Sorry, I know that the time and occasion are not suitable, but it is related to a murder case. I have some questions for you. consult."

Carlin asked in confusion, "Murder?"

This time, he wasn't pretending. He really didn't know that any murder would be related to himself who had spent all his time in the college recently.

"Yesterday at 32:[-], there was a street murder at the pier. The deceased was someone you knew, the worker who moved you the day before yesterday—Rooney."

Carlin was stunned for a moment, but quickly reacted and said, "He was killed?"

"Yes, I had just disembarked and arrived at that time. The murderer was a gang killer in the lower city. He has been wanted by the police in Wayne City, but there is a very strange thing about this case. You may provide me with some help."

Carlin frowned immediately and said: "Do you think this case is related to me? Even the person who hired him to help me move is your cousin Elena. There is nothing between me and him other than the day before yesterday. Intersect."

Karin's eyes also became puzzled when he was speaking, but he had already figured out the truth of the whole case in his mind.

'This guy Drake actually silenced a messenger who didn't know anything? ! '

And Charlotte explained without facing Karin's puzzled eyes.

"Aren't you surprised?

Rooney is an honest dock worker, and the killer is a killer who specializes in doing dirty work for some 'big shots' in downtown.

No matter how you look at it, it is impossible for these two kinds of people to have an intersection, unless Rooney accidentally touched the interests of a certain important person, and he may not even know this, so this is a hired murder case.

And his co-workers told me that when you moved, you called him into the house alone for a conversation. May I know what you said to him?

Oh, don't look at me with such eyes, I don't doubt you, it's just that you may have clues I need. "

As Charlotte narrated, Karin's eyes became more and more unfriendly, and he felt that he had been regarded as a suspect by the other party.

Although Charlotte's words are correct in a sense, he does have the clues the other party needs, but it is impossible for Karin to tell Charlotte the truth.

He took a deep breath, trying to make his voice as calm as possible.

"I called Rooney into the room for a private conversation to explain to him the importance of some goods. My set of alchemy tools is not only valuable, but also a fragile item. Special care must be taken when handling it, so I explained it to him."

'Is it really that simple? '

Charlotte's eyes suddenly sharpened, staring straight at Carlin.

"When I questioned Rooney's son, I noticed a strange thing.

The night before, Rooney happily told his son that he would buy a new pair of boots for his birthday after returning home from a busy day at the pier.

I specifically inquired about the unit price of the boots mentioned by Rooney, and it was 9 shillings and 11 pence (about three quarters of a gold pound).

1 gold pound is nothing to you, but Rooney earns about 40 gold pounds a year.

Excluding the cost of raising a nine-year-old son plus other daily necessities.

If he wants to save 9.5 shillings to buy a new pair of boots for his son, but also to ensure that the daily expenses do not fall below the minimum of living, Rooney must save at least three or four months of money.

But I investigated his income in recent months yesterday and found that he has not saved money in recent months.

He plans to spend no more than 1 shilling on his son's birthday present.

But if the day before yesterday he had received a sum of money that was, to him, very considerable, it would all make sense.

The day before yesterday Rooney charged an extra 1 gold to do something for you, right? "

Suddenly, the already gloomy cemetery made people feel even more depressing.

(End of this chapter)