I am a Taoist priest in the extraordinary world

Chapter 51 Investigation Begins

Nero Department Store is the largest commercial complex in Nuolan City. It sells clothing, food, furniture and other commodities. Because of its relatively affordable prices, it has become the first choice for most citizens and even some middle-class people.

Its owner is Nero MP who is well-known in the entire Lantis province.

As one of the richest locals in Nolan City, his business started from basic manufacturing and textile factories, and now it has spread across the coal, steel, grain, banking and freight industries.

At the same time, he is also a member of the Federal House of Representatives, serving as a member of the Ethics Committee of the House of Representatives, and established a series of "real philanthropist behaviors" such as the Nero Youth Education Fund, the Nero Library, and the Nero Special Loan Company for Poor Citizens. Public facilities and assistance funds.

"I heard the captain unintentionally mentioned in a chat that this Nero councilor once wanted to visit the Nofinks family, but was directly rejected."

Ivy parked the car on the side of the road and shared the "gossip" she had with Dante.

"After all, the captain's family is the royal family that once gave birth to the Lionheart King. It's normal to be a little arrogant."

Dante was not too surprised by this, but instead thought of a servant who respected him.

The Lionheart is my servant, which means that I am higher than the Nofinks family, and higher than Councilor Nero.
Looking at the seven-storey, luxuriously decorated building in front of him, he suddenly felt more confident.

With a deduced answer, the two went straight to the women's clothing section on the third floor of the department store, found the nearby teller, showed their identity documents from the police station, and were politely led to the manager's office.

"Excuse me, Mr. Ashburn, when did you join the police force?"

The manager of the office is a middle-aged man with a high hairline. He is wearing a white shirt and a black vest, holding a tan pipe in his hand. He is leaning on a chair, and his tone has the arrogance and reserve unique to the middle class. .

"Not long ago, it was just an external consultant, Mr. Rosen."

Dante maintained a decent smile. For the convenience of mission operations, the Special Investigation Bureau has the identity documents of almost every agency in the Federation.

He pointed to the long sofa next to the manager's room and said:
"Although I personally don't care much about it, if our beautiful female police officer is still standing here, it doesn't seem to be in line with the behavior that a gentleman should have."

"It was my negligence. I thought she belonged to you. Hehe, sorry."

Manager Rosen showed a smile that any man could understand.

"I hope you can maintain the due and necessary respect, otherwise my authority allows me to arrest you and prosecute you in the name of attacking special employees of the federal government who spread rumors,
During this process, I am legally empowered to take any form of self-defense. "

Ivy hugged her shoulders, and the doll's face had a serious look that Dante had never seen before: "Believe me, even Senator Nero can't save you."

Manager Rosen felt embarrassed. He looked at Dante next to him, and found that the latter had the same serious expression. It was obvious that his joke hadn't been recognized in the past.

"Okay, I apologize, what are you doing here?"

He lit the high-grade tobacco in his pipe and began to puff.

"Do you have any impression of Anthony Brown?" Dante chose to get straight to the point.

Manager "Anthony Brown" Rosen raised his eyebrows with a look of reminiscence on his face:
"That young merchant from Liminia? Well, very shrewd and kind. He seems to love his wife very much."

"Love you very much? You seem to know this very well." Dante noticed the unusual tone in Rosen's words.

"Of course, he used to buy things from us for his wife almost every month, which made many young female shop assistants very envious of that beautiful wife, and hoped that he could find such a husband in the future. "

Manager Rosen touched the top of his head, which was too high, and added: "But I haven't seen him here recently, maybe he went out to run business again?"

He seemed to be sighing a little, grinning down the sides of his mouth, but he didn't speak.

"What do you know?" Dante keenly noticed the change in the other party's expression.

"Oh, I'm a serious person." Manager Rosen smiled disdainfully, glanced at Ivy who was still on the sofa with a straight face, and suddenly raised an eyebrow at Dante.

Dante was a little puzzled, and didn't quite understand the meaning of the other party's series of micro-expressions.

Manager Rosen was very disappointed when he saw that his petty gesture did not receive a response, as if he had lost interest in chatting.

"Do you have anything else? Our company's business is very busy, and every minute is money. Although Mr. Nero is a philanthropist, he will never allow his employees to deal with too many things that have nothing to do with work. matter."

"If you want to inquire about Anthony, I suggest you go to the Iron Thorn Bar, where he used to get drunk some time ago."

Dante and Ivy looked at each other, knowing that they would not be able to ask any other questions if they stayed any longer, and Extraordinary people were not allowed to show their abilities in front of ordinary people, so they got up and left.

After the two left, Manager Rosen suddenly sneered a few times and muttered:

"You are a famous slut, pretending to be an innocent boy who doesn't understand."

Polya Port is located in the dock area of ​​Nolan City, and it is also the area with the most dense population, the most complex composition and the most chaotic law and order in Nolan City.

In the evening of September, the temperature is already very cool, and the afterglow of the setting sun is like a candle that is about to burn out, emitting the last light at the end of the sky.

Dante and Ivy strolled on the road near the port, avoiding the dirty water flowing across the road from time to time.

"Take a look, the fresh vegetables from Kewell Farm!"

"The six-clawed crabs just delivered from the port are delicious and cost 3p each!"

"Crew members who have sailed at sea for a long time, what are you waiting for? Come to Beatty's cabin and feel happy!"

"Life day ends, 2 hours for 12 shillings!"

Various vendors selling seafood, food, strength, and body yelled loudly to greet the passers-by. Some of them would stop and carefully select and buy, and some would turn into the corner of the street under the guidance of the little old man. In the shadows, some pointed at a group of shirtless brawny men, as if they were picking products.

Dante held Ivy tightly behind his back with one hand, and put his other hand into his jacket, holding the handle of the gun firmly. Due to the dense population, they could only park the car outside and were forced to walk through with their heads down. This noisy street.

A place with more people is more likely to breed evil, especially the floating population near the port is complex, there are many semi-employed or unemployed poor people, and crew members from all over the world who have been at sea for a long time.

All the way forward, when the density of the surrounding crowd gradually returned to normal, after turning a corner, they finally arrived at the "Iron Thorn" bar.

Even though the bar was across the street, even though the iron gate was closed tightly, Dante could still clearly hear the shouts of the men and the screams of the women inside.

He stopped, pinched his left hand a few times quickly, and repeatedly checked whether there was any potential danger.

"September 9th, unitary time, quick joy, the five elements belong to fire, the color is red, the azimuth is south, facing Suzaku, the planner is three, six, nine, the main message, the time has come."

Dante predicted the good or bad of the next action with the method of Xiaoliuren's quick decision, then nodded to Ivy, and said with a smile:
"Go in later, and pay more attention to see if there are any people with red clothes, or people who are leaning towards the south."

"I think this person will give us the answers we want."

(End of this chapter)