Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 342 Negotiation
"Mr. Hanged Man, I have found Barron in the East District and obtained the information you need through some means.

"Barron came to Backlund from Bayam in the Rhoside Islands with the purpose of taking over the business of the dead human trafficker Kaping, and continuing to kidnap and capture homeless people and poor people in the East District for certain people, and send them out of Backlund. , sent to unknown buyers. Most of them were taken overseas, but a few special ones remained near Backlund, said to be to the northwest, by the Tasok River.

"During the interrogation, a Sequence 6 'judge' came to rescue him, but failed. According to my channeling of him, they were hired by several mysterious people wearing golden masks, including even ' The Arbiter's path to a demigod, and these characteristics overlap with the military and royal family of the Loen Kingdom, but further clues are lacking.

"During the battle, I killed Barron and the 'judge', which may have aroused the vigilance of these people. If you don't object, I will report this matter to the official Beyonders in Backlund as soon as possible.

"Please reply as soon as possible."

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Early the next morning, before Angel woke up from her sleep, she "received" the Hanged Man's message, which was also conveyed by Mr. Fool and appeared directly in her mind.

"Thank you, Miss Queen, I didn't expect the results to come out so soon."

The Hanged Man, who was wearing a hood and his whole body hidden in a cloak, first complimented him, and then quickly got to the point.

"The information you obtained is very useful. I will pay the 500 pounds as promised, but I need to wait for a few days. I am still at sea. Alternatively, I can use it to offset the 'contact fee' for making magical items, which is also 500 pounds. .”

I choose cash...

Angel thought silently and continued to look at the Hanged Man in the gray mist. She knew that the Hanged Man could not interact and was just a fragment of the other party praying to Mr. Fool.

"As for the report, I have no objection. It is necessary to stop this illegal and cruel human trafficking. But I want to remind you that this matter may involve a very wide range of things. As you said, there may be people standing behind you. Loen’s military, and even certain members of the royal family, must be careful not to expose themselves.”

The gray fog dissipated, and the ceiling of his bedroom appeared in front of Angel's eyes.

"Mr. The Hanged Man should be somewhere in the Suniya Sea, with a time difference of several hours from Backlund, otherwise he would not have replied to me so early... It is impossible that Mr. Fool woke up at this time and conveyed my report. Give it to him..."

Angel made a disrespectful joke in his mind, got up quickly, washed up, and made a simple breakfast. While stuffing bacon and fried eggs into his stomach, he flipped through the newspaper with one hand to see if there was any information worthy of attention.

As expected, Mr. A's rally never happened again... I haven't been to that villa to see it. Was it ransacked or was the whole building razed to the ground?Mr. Essinger Stanton's party has not been held for a long time. It should be related to the fact that he is being paid attention to by the Machinery Heart, but isn't the Desire Apostle dead?The remaining ones include the party Miss Audrey took me to, the one in the medical school, but I don’t know the contact information, so I can only find an opportunity to ask her...

She flipped through the newspaper and quickly glanced at the news items. She stopped when she scanned a short report.

"The fire in the East District affected several old-fashioned houses, and the casualties are unknown?"

Taking a map of Backlund, Angel studied it and found the location of the fire. She found that it was the house where she interrogated Barron and channeled Heras last night.

It seems that the forces behind them, those golden masks, moved very quickly... Sure enough, yesterday's channeling touched the "Secret Keeper" used by someone, allowing them to discover that Heras was in an abnormal state, and quickly rushed to the scene, destroying the corpse and eliminating traces...

Then, you need to be careful when reporting the matter to the official Extraordinary. If it is delayed for too long, the other party may have already dealt with everything about Barron and Heras, and even prepared counter-divination, leaving the official Extraordinary without success. If you return, but you are too reckless, you will expose your information, suffer retaliation, and even implicate other people, just like what the Hanged Man said...

After thinking for a moment, Angel decided to discuss it with the person she trusted most before deciding what to do. ————

As soon as the hired carriage entered Minsk Street, Angel found a black two-wheeled carriage parked in front of Sherlock Moriarty's house, with the police system's two-swords-encircled-crown logo hanging on it.

"Sorry, I remembered the wrong place. Go one street further and turn right."

She said to the coachman calmly, watching the scenery outside the window move back and the police carriage disappearing from her sight, then got out of the car, paid the fare, and walked back slowly.

Deacon Ikanser, who watched the "Heart of Machinery" from a distance, got into the car and directed the two-wheeled carriage to go around in a circle and leave Minsk Street. Angel then walked to the door of Sherlock's house, just in time to see the latter getting ready. close the door.

Seeing Angel's arrival, he raised his eyebrows in surprise, made a "come in" gesture, and made way for the door.

"I just saw that the deacon from the 'Machine Heart' came to you. Is it because of the 'Apostle of Desire'?"

After sitting down on his own sofa, Angel looked at Sherlock who was busy pouring coffee and asked with a smile.

"Yes, he came to put an end to that matter. Not only did he provide a large reward for our help in tracking the 'Apostle of Desire', but he also invited me to join the ranks of the informants of the 'Machine Heart' , just like Eisinger Stanton, he said that after this incident, many private investigators did this."

Sherlock poured two cups of coffee and placed them on the coffee table. He also sat on the sofa opposite Angel and answered.

"Us? Does he know you are connected to me?"

"Maybe Essinger mentioned it, or he himself, um, misunderstood our relationship. In short, he asked me to transfer your share to you. We have a total of 1300 pounds, and you have 800 pounds. Maybe Because you successfully blocked the opponent's attack at Essinger's house and even injured him, you gained more."

When he mentioned "misunderstanding", the corners of Sherlock's mouth twitched.

But even if we knew each other, Ikanser would not hand over 800 pounds to others so easily, unless he could confirm that the money would be in my hands, such as using that strange silver mirror Arrodes to divine... Yes Well, if the mechanical heart uses Arrodes to divine us, will the "Secret Holy Emblem" be able to successfully counterattack, or will "Arrods" be able to successfully peek?

Several strange thoughts flashed through Angel's mind.

"I won't be able to use the money for the time being. How are you preparing the ingredients for the 'Faceless Man' potion? If you need money urgently, just use it first."

Her current Sequence 6 potion has not yet been digested, and there is no clue about the Sequence 5 formula. Apart from the need to find the hanged man's craftsman friends to make magical items, there is no urgent need for money.

"I already know the formula for the potion. I should be able to get the two potion ingredients soon. One of them was provided by the vampire I rescued from the Church of the Mother Earth before, and the other one will probably have to wait for a party. The members helped me find it..." Sherlock waved his hand, indicating that he was not short of money. "In addition, I found an Extraordinary who had cooperated with me before to sell the previous batch of gold bars on my behalf. Maybe within this week. If we can get money, excluding the commission for her, we should be able to get about 2800 pounds."

2800... half for one person, that's 1400 pounds, plus 800 pounds for helping to track the apostle of desire, I became a rich man again...

Angel thought happily and suddenly reacted:
"she?"

(End of this chapter)