Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 33 The Fortune Teller's Divination
"You got into the role of 'Seer' so quickly?"

After seeing off the contented Mrs. Green, and enjoying the cold lunch together, Angel, who felt like his whole body was sluggish, leaned on the sofa and asked Klein.

"Maybe this will be helpful in mastering the power of potions. Look, 'Seer', shouldn't you just go to divination? To tell you the truth, I plan to work part-time in the divination club... Well, the main purpose is to keep an eye on any suspicious people there, and be an amateur fortune-teller by the way."

Klein took a sip of his coffee and said with a smile.

This is actually in line with the rules of the "acting method", but it is also because the "Seer" sequence itself has a convenient auxiliary ability.Other sequences, such as the "Assassin" potion, are extremely difficult to play openly...

Angel looked at the faintly visible silver chain in the sleeve of Klein's left hand holding the coffee cup, feeling a little jealous in his heart—one's success depends not only on one's own efforts, but more importantly, on the potion path chosen...

Just now when Mrs. Green was present, Klein threw out the citrine hanging from a silver chain, and when he performed the "pendulum" divination on the spot, Angel thought he had even forgotten the code of secrecy.Unexpectedly, Mrs. Green was so focused on persuading Angel to accept the entrustment that she had no time to care about Klein's strange behavior.

Klein, who obtained the result of the divination, readily accepted Mrs. Green's commission to find the stolen ring. Although Angel was a little puzzled, out of trust in her teammates, she did not question it on the spot. Instead, she cooperated. After euphemistically proposing "additional money", the commissioning contract was reached at 120 pounds.

"I used the 'spiritual pendulum method' for divination, relying on the connection between the astral body and the spiritual world and the starry sky to divin whether things are good or bad." Klein explained, "Clockwise means affirmation, counterclockwise means negation, and the content of my divination just now is 'retrieving the ring will be dangerous'."

"At that time the pendant was rotating clockwise at a very slow speed, the conclusion is that..."

"Dangerous, but not big?"

Angel answered first.

This is in line with the findings of the Jules Detective Agency. The ring was indeed sold to the gangsters by the thief, but it was only the gangsters, and no higher-level power was involved.

To Extraordinary, ordinary gangsters are indeed not considered a great danger.

"That's right, if the divination indicates that the danger is very high, even for Extraordinary people, it means that this incident is likely to be affected by Extraordinary factors, otherwise, it is an ordinary item theft incident."

"It was confirmed by divination that it was the latter. I think I can accept this commission. After all, the other party has already followed the sign of the Blackthorn Security Company to come to the door. Whether it is for the maintenance of this disguised identity or for the help of ordinary citizens, this approach is reasonable."

Klein smiled slightly and explained.

And earn a full £120...

Angel added a reason for him.

Thinking of the gold pounds she was about to get, she asked Luo Shan who was brewing the second pot of coffee next to her, "By the way, Miss Luo Shan, if we complete the commission, how will the income of 120 pounds be distributed?"

Rosanne tilted her head while pouring hot water into the coffee pot and replied:
"According to the long-standing rules, half of the remuneration obtained from entrustment needs to be handed over to Mrs. Orianna as the expenses of the entire team, and the remaining half will be distributed by the team members who participated in the entrustment according to their contributions, but they are generally divided equally."

The Extraordinary abilities of each member are different, and their contribution to the battle or the search for items varies greatly. It is indeed a more appropriate way to split them equally. If we hand over 60 pounds, can the two of us get 30 pounds each?
Angel quickly calculated the remuneration he could get, 30 pounds, this is the 10-week salary of the Nighthawks, it is said that it will be doubled after becoming a full-fledged member, that is also 5 weeks...

She glanced at Klein who was sitting opposite, and found that his eyes were wide open, looking at Roseanne, as if he didn't believe that he could get so much reward.

"It's a pity that Klein is not yet an official member, so he can only get [-]%, um, [-]% after handing in half of it."

"what?"

Seeing that the huge sum of 30 pounds turned into 6 pounds in an instant, Klein couldn't help asking questions due to the huge gap.

His reaction made Angel almost laugh out loud, but she had been trained professionally after all, and tensed her facial muscles to hold back.

Judging by his clothes, it doesn't look like he is short of money... However, during the chat before, I learned that Klein has an older brother who works overtime every day to make money, and a younger sister who is studying. Maybe the whole family is under greater financial pressure?
Angel thought to himself.

Wait, unofficial members...

"But I'm not a regular member either, Miss Roseanne."

Angel reminded him.

"Hey, you were already a Beyonder before you joined the Nighthawks, I thought you were already..." Luo Shan raised her eyebrows in surprise, "If that's the case, it's another 30 pounds per person."

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Perhaps to prove that he was worthy of that half of the reward, Klein, who was in high spirits, immediately helped Angel carry out the follow-up divination. Rosanne, who was interested in occult science, watched from the sidelines, while Brett went to help Mrs. Orianna tidy up the financial room without much interest.

"The key point of pendulum divination lies in the choice of divination content." Klein held the silver chain with his left hand, letting the citrine pendant hang down naturally, almost touching the table. On the table was the blank paper he had just written the divination content on. "If you use the question 'Where is Mrs. Green's lost ring', you won't get an answer, because the pendulum will only give two answers of 'yes' or 'no', plus an 'intermediate state' at most, any more specific answer is beyond its scope."

"But we can split the questions that require divination, break them down into simple questions that can be answered with 'yes' and 'no', and then divination one by one to get the answers."

Looking at the white paper on the table that read "Mrs. Green's lost ring is at the Labor Mutual Aid Association in the Wharf District of Tingen City", Angel was quite surprised. Is Klein really a newcomer who just became an Extraordinary?
Klein closed his eyes, his lips squirmed, as if he was muttering something silently.

After a while, he opened his eyes again and saw that the pendant in his hand was slowly rotating clockwise.

"The confirmation is correct. It seems that the conclusion of the investigation report provided by Mrs. Green is correct. The ring is in the dock area."

"Can you narrow it down a bit?"

Angel held the investigation report and scanned some key words.

"I have some impressions of the Labor Mutual Aid Association. It is an office area converted from a warehouse. There are usually no people there, but the rooms are many and messy. It takes too much time to find one room. Once the staff is alarmed, disputes are likely to arise."

"You can't ask questions, you can only verify the authenticity." Klein reiterated that he was holding a pen and laying out a new blank sheet of paper in front of him, but he hadn't written yet, and was waiting for Angel to ask a question that needed divination.

"What about excluding them one by one? Try divination in every room?"

"My spirituality can't support too many divinations. If the location is relatively small, it's okay, but if the area is too large, I can't do anything."

Klein denied this method. He frowned and thought for a while, then nodded as if he had made up his mind.

"Well, I'll go to the pier area with you, and I'll use the 'divination rod' to find the ring."

He picked up the cane beside him and explained the divination method to Angel and Roseanne.

Different from the "yes or no" prompt of the pendulum method, to find objects with a divination stick, you only need to meditate on the things that need divination, such as "the location of Mrs. Green's lost ring", and put the cane on the ground. The direction in which it falls is the approximate location of the object.

"It sounds good. Even if the range is not very accurate, as long as you do a few more divinations and use the triangulation method, you can always make up for the lack of accuracy."

Angel was a little moved, but she estimated the area of ​​the dock warehouse in her mind, and shook her head.

"It's not very useful. We have confirmed that the ring is in the warehouse of the Labor Mutual Aid Association. The area there is not small. Your divination accuracy outside is not enough..."

"Then go in together." Klein was a little excited, and he rubbed his hands and suggested.

"That's not stealing, but robbing." Angel refused the other party, "I'd better act alone. It's better for me to go in alone with the skills of an assassin. It's easy to alarm those gangsters if you follow."

Before Klein could speak, she took the pen and paper, scribbled down a sentence, and placed it in front of Klein.

"Come on, fortune teller, I have already figured out a way, you should try divination first."

Klein, whose identity as a "Seer" was emphasized, could only smile wryly. He took the blank paper and glanced at it. It said "Ms. Green's lost ring is being carried with her."

The counterclockwise pendulum gives the result of divination: negative.

"the second."

While Klein closed his eyes and meditated on the words on the paper, Angel had already written another paragraph: "Mrs. Green's lost ring is being properly kept."

The citrine pendant is rotated clockwise this time.

This means that the ring is in good hands.

After finishing two consecutive divinations, Klein put down the pendant in his hand, pressed his temples with both hands and rubbed them, and then opened his eyes.

"At most two or three more divinations can be performed. Sorry, I have just become a fortuneteller. Continuous divination consumes a lot of spiritual energy."

"It's okay, enough is enough, I've got the answers I need."

Angel spread three pieces of paper with divination content on the coffee table one by one, and drew the results of divination on them with a pen.

Under the surprised gazes of Klein and Roseanne, she patiently explained: "First, we confirmed that the ring is indeed in the Labor Mutual Aid Society in the dock area as Mrs. Green provided information." She made a circle on the first piece of paper, "Then the second divination denied that the ring was being carried by someone."

A cross was drawn on the second piece of paper.

"In the end, it's in safekeeping again."

Angel finished drawing the last circle and looked up at the two of them: "A gold ring that looks expensive, but it's not being carried around, but it's being kept properly, so where should it be?"

"Safe!" Klein and Roseanne replied in unison.

(End of this chapter)