Alien Paradise.

Chapter 26 What is the price...

A gust of cold wind blew across the table, causing the flames in the lampstand to shake violently.

At this moment, Sandella looked away from the file and looked towards the corner of the room—as expected, a wooden window was pushed open by the strong evening wind at some point, revealing a corner of the night.

As a master-level fighter, she no longer needs to sleep six to eight hours a day like ordinary people, and resting for two hours a day is enough for her.Normally, she would spend this time on strength and sword skills training, but in recent days, she has rarely devoted her energy to investigating the incident.

However, after a while of busy work, Sandella still got nothing.

The fortune teller seemed to have disappeared out of thin air. Whether it was a gang boy or a local resident, they all said that they had never seen this person, and there were even a handful of people who knew about the fortune teller house.She had also entrusted the City West Police Station to participate, and she had visited nearby neighborhoods many times, hoping to find some clues—after all, she didn't expect to capture the other party at once, but at least she had to touch the other party's tail, and the result was still disappointing.

She even doubted whether such a person really existed in Fort Brilliance.

Sandra stood up and walked to the wind-blown window.The night view of the city was lackluster, and the sky was always shrouded in clouds and mist. She suddenly missed the night of the Old Continent.

Just as she was about to reinsert the window bolts, a ball of flickering fire caught the corner of her eyes.

Sandella was slightly taken aback. Looking down at the city from the height of the observation tower, in theory, you can only see street lights as weak as fireflies, and it has to be the streets and alleys close to the tower.

For the first time, she saw that the fire light at night did not appear in the form of dots.

But Sandra quickly realized that it was not a normal light, but a house somewhere on fire.

This is not a big deal, Brilliant Fort is a seaport city, and the aqueducts are well repaired, so it is not difficult to put out the fire.What's more, firefighting is also one of the responsibilities of the city guard. She has always attached great importance to it, and she has never slack in training. It will not be long before the fire brigade will arrive at the scene.

But out of curiosity, Sandra picked up the telescope and pointed it in the direction of the fire.

This scrutiny made her heart skip a beat!
It was not a private house that caught fire, but the Grand Theater on Golden Street!Through the telescope, you can clearly see the unique outline of the theater, as well as the roof cross decorations burning in flames. Just a week ago, the Sinclair Theater hosted the second prince and his party, but they did not expect to fall into flames tonight.

At the same time, Sandra also noticed that there was no sign of fire at the side of the theater, only this building was billowing with smoke.This scene aroused strong doubts in her, because the Grand Theater will keep people on duty at night, and it is unlikely that no one will deal with it until it burns down.Since it was not implicated by the surrounding fires, the answer is ready to come.

Nine times out of ten it was deliberately set on fire!

But why would anyone want to burn such a harmless scenic spot?

For some reason, Sandra suddenly thought of the disappearing fortune-teller.

Could this matter be related to cultists?

Thinking of this, she no longer has the mind to stay in the tower.Putting on the windbreaker casually, she quickly walked to the bottom of the tower, and by the way woke up the adjutant who was sleeping on the first floor.

"My lord... are you going to the scene of the fire?" The latter looked blank, "This kind of thing is not worthy of your special..."

"We're not going to fight fires," Sandra interrupted.

"Then what are you going to do?"

"Gather a team of city guards and ask them to bring weapons." She replied in a deep voice, "Let's catch the arsonist."

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"Drink this and you'll feel better."

Judy brought a bowl of hot soup and sent it to Dan who was lying in bed.

After the latter finished drinking, he let out a long breath, and his face seemed to be much rosier.

"I didn't even know you had such a hiding place." Judy looked around and couldn't help sighing.Although this house is located deep in the alley, the interior space is not small at all. The design of three bedrooms and one living room is enough to be used as a formal residence.

"It's better to be careful in our business." Dan smiled wryly, "I just didn't expect to be caught on the road this time. How's the situation outside?"

"There are always the sounds of cars and horses running on the street, and the fire alarm is ringing intermittently. I dare not go out to inquire, but no one should have noticed this place."

"Hmm... The horses and vehicles are probably the city guards on the move. After all, there was such a big fire, and it was the Sinclair Theater..." Dan put down the bowl and sat back on the bed, "As long as there is no fire tonight If someone came to the door, we probably escaped."

"What are your plans next?" Judy looked back at the other party, her tone full of tenderness.

This sentence made Dan a little silent for a while, and he opened his mouth after a while, "Gust is right, the Jedi Brothers will not dare to publish these news. When the turmoil subsides, I may return to the Old Continent Well... the North City Police Department will definitely look for my whereabouts secretly, I don't want to implicate you."

Looking at Judy's worried expression, he forced a smile again, "It's okay, I can't expose them here, so can I get them back there? No one can keep covering up the truth, and this account will eventually be recorded On the head of the real culprit. But you..."

Speaking of this, he suddenly lowered his voice, as if he was afraid of being heard by others, "You said you hired a private detective... Are those people who went into the theater also under the detective's hands?"

"I...actually don't know very well." Judy rubbed her head, "Mr. Chao never told me to track down the details, this time it was a sudden visit, and asked me to prepare a carriage and wait by the theater until he said it was time He led me in through the main entrance of the theater, and when we passed the ticket office, we ran into escaped policemen, and the gun was also snatched from one of them."

"Then what did you promise him?" Dan asked very jerky, "I mean...remuneration. He can't help you for no reason..."

"Five hundred salliers."

"that's it?"

"That's all!" Judy dissatisfied, "That's the salary I can earn in five years!"

"It's impressive for ordinary people, but you don't even know what role you're looking for..." Dan closed his eyes, and he couldn't help but think of the scenes in the theater again.Are those people just the detective's assistants?It is not an exaggeration to say that he is a dead man!Facing the sea of ​​swords and guns without fear, and insisting on completing the task even if he dies, such a person cannot be measured by a few bags of coins.The North City Police Department did suffer heavy losses, but why not those people?In the end, only two of the six survived. How much energy and money would it take to train four more dead men like this?
Such a price is definitely beyond the reach of a newspaper reporter.

"Judy... are you sure you don't have anything else? Tell me the truth!"

Judy hesitated for a moment before whispering, "The other party needs some... wish power."

(End of this chapter)