Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 66 "The Sleepless Squad"

"Are you Angel Granger, the 'Assassin' from the Tingen City team?"

The man in front of him was about 40 years old, with short light red hair, over 1.8 meters tall, with broad shoulders and round shoulders, stretching his shirt tightly.The most noticeable thing is his square face, about one-third of the area is covered by burn marks, spanning most of the area from the chin to the left cheek, and the skin color is slightly lighter than normal. New tissue stasis, making his not-so-excellent facial features even more distorted.

After putting the luggage into his temporary housing, Angel followed Daly back to the lobby and continued to wait for the arrival of other members.

Before setting off in the morning, she used a piece of bread for breakfast in Tingen City. At this time, she had already digested more thoroughly than the "Assassin" potion, and her empty stomach twisted and twitched, expressing her dissatisfaction.

But looking at the other Nighthawks who didn't seem to care about their hungry stomachs, she was too embarrassed to suggest that they go to eat first, so she could only go to the kettle on the side and pour a cup of tea, and use the hot tea pad to cushion her stomach.

Fortunately, not long after, the red-haired man returned to the "Silver Bullet Detective Agency" with another team member whom Angel had met once. He greeted Daly, and came to Angel to start the conversation.

Glancing over the burnt face of the red-haired man, Angel immediately withdrew her gaze to avoid offending him. When she heard the question, she nodded slightly and replied:
"Yes, Angel Granger, a member of Tingen City's Night Squad, the assassin of Sequence Nine, is reporting to you."

"Very well, it's not 'Sleepless' or 'Corpse Collector'."

The red-haired man nodded and sat on the sofa opposite Angel. His muscular body made a "creak" sound on the sofa, which made people worry about the quality of the sofa.

"You may have heard Dunn Smith mention me. My name is Bell Clement. Like Smith, I am also a 'Nightmare'. You can call me Captain Clement, or just Clement."

Sure enough, it's also in the "Sleepless" sequence, so I'm not surprised at all... In the entire Nighthawk team, the concentration of Sleepless is a bit too high...

Thoughts of disrespect to the Evernight Goddess flashed through his mind, and Angel replied casually, "Okay, Captain Clement."

Clementine nodded and glanced at the other people in the room.

The two Nighthawks from Pritz Harbor were still sitting on the sofa, but they had stopped talking. The man with sunburned skin was making coffee, and a strong aroma filled the room.

Another man who was brought back to the stronghold by Clement turned out to be the talkative man she had seen on the steam train to Enmat Port. At this time, he was in a corner of the hall, opened a window, and lit a cigarette that he hadn't been able to smoke on the train before, enjoying the charming taste.

With the addition of Angel's team from Tingen City, the "Silver Bullet Detective Agency" has already gathered Nighthawks from all the big cities in the southeast of the Loen Kingdom.

Of course, except for Backlund's team.

"Backlund's Nighthawk team was delayed by other things before departure, so they couldn't make it here today, and I'm afraid it will be difficult tomorrow."

Clement said loudly, attracting the attention of everyone in the room.

"Some of you have already met me, some of you have just heard of me, and I am the same. So start from me now, let me introduce myself, name, team and potion sequence."

He re-introduced himself according to the format he said, and then turned his gaze to Angel on the opposite side.

"Angel Granger, Tingen City Team, Sequence Nine... Assassin."

Feeling that the eyes of the other Nighthawks followed suit, Angel stood up and spoke briefly.

As soon as the name of the potion sequence was uttered, she felt surprise and surprise in the eyes of several people.

At first she didn't understand the meaning of these gazes, but as everyone began to introduce themselves, she quickly understood.

The brown-skinned, black-haired man sitting on the sofa with a coffee cup put down the cup, stood up, and said in a loud voice:

"Moro, the Nighthawk squad from Pritz Harbor, 'The Sleepless'."

He pointed to the man next to him who hung his coat on the back of the sofa, and the latter nodded as a greeting.

"This is Brandon Poirot, also from Pritz Harbor, Sequence 8 'Midnight Poet'."

Finally arrived at the scene, but it was also the first time Angel met. The man who had chattered on the train stubbed out his cigarette in the ashtray, walked up from the window, sat on another empty chair, and said slowly in a tone like reciting poetry:
"Rupert Norman, from the Storn City squad, 'Midnight Poets,' this lady has seen me on the train."

He smiled kindly at Angel. The latter wanted to pretend he didn't see it, but he was afraid of the relationship between his temporary teammates, so he nodded back.

"Daly Simone, the 'psychic' of Emmat Harbor, Sequence 7."

Finally, Ms. Daly's lazy voice.

After the self-introduction was completed, as she expected, except for her and Daly, everyone in the hall was Extraordinary from the "Sleepless" pathway.

Backlund's team hasn't arrived yet, but Angel, who has seen Lolotta and Borgia, guesses that there may be some of them, or even all of them are Beyonders of the "Sleepless" sequence.

It's no wonder that Dunn didn't send other senior Extraordinary, but asked her, a fledgling rookie, to come to support on behalf of the Tingen City team.

Otherwise, this team has a large number of people, but it is likely to fall into the embarrassing situation of "single ability".

After the self-introduction session was over, the Nighthawks became idle again. Clement did not disclose the specific reason for gathering them. Maybe it was because he was worried about revealing the plan in advance, or he himself was just an executor.

But before the Backlund team arrived, everyone was free to move around, but they were asked not to leave the urban area of ​​Enmat Port, and to report to him in advance if they left the stronghold for more than 4 hours.

Before Angel came to Enmat Port, she planned to find an excuse to sneak out, but she didn't expect that the management here was very extensive, which was exactly what she wanted.

She found Daly who had been sitting beside her without saying a word, and asked about the extraordinary material trading market in Enmat Port.

"Extraordinary material? Are you going to make the spell yourself?"

Daly raised her eyebrows painted with blue eyeshadow and asked curiously.

"It's not a spell. I'm going to make some special bullets that I used last time. I'll also see the difference between the trading market here and Tingen City. Maybe I can buy some practical Extraordinary items."

"Extraordinary items are not so easy to buy. Basically, they will be targeted and bought in advance before they are put on the market."

"You can go to Pitts Street in the port area, there is a bar called 'Scavenger Bird', tell the bartender that you want to go to the underground market, and he will tell you how to do it."

"Just say it so directly? No codes or secret passages?"

Angel asked curiously, this is a bit different from the "underground trading market" she knew.

The corners of Dai Li's mouth raised, narrowed his eyes, and seemed to answer with some disgust:
"We don't have as many rules as in Tingen City, and the official Beyonders in Enmat Port have been understaffed for a long time, and these behaviors that don't involve Beyonders are basically laissez-faire. For example, some secret gatherings, such as 'Divination and Finding Society', 'Tarot Club' and other organizations, exchange some folk occult knowledge with each other. If they were in Tingen City, they would probably be forcibly disbanded by the Nighthawks or other official Beyonders, but in Enmat Port, there is no one to take care of them, unless they really do something. "

Ta... Tarot Club?

Angel felt his heart beat half a beat slower.

She pretended to be calm and listened patiently. When Daly finished speaking and picked up the water glass to drink, she pretended to ask nonchalantly:
"Tarot club? It sounds like a gathering of tarot card enthusiasts. What do they do?"

"I'm not too sure. Clement went to investigate last week, um, using the method you know, after confirming that they did not perform some evil rituals or involve vicious crimes, they stopped tracking them. I heard that they used Tarot cards to refer to each other internally, such as 'The Fool' and 'The Hanged Man'."

The name of the meeting is right, and the code name is also right, "there is nothing wrong with it on the surface"...

Angel is almost sure that what Daly said is the "Tarot Society" that she has participated in many times.

Could it be that "The Hanged Man" was accidentally targeted by the Nighthawks while living in Enmat Harbor?

Remembering that his speeches in the Tarot Club always revolved around Pritz Harbor, Sea of ​​Storms and other places, and the location of the "craftsman" he provided was also in Enmat Harbor, Angel concluded that the "hanged man" Daly was talking about was the one he knew.

Fortunately, the Tarot Society only meets once a week, and it is still through Mr. Fool's mysterious means, so outsiders should not be able to see the problem.

But as a member of the "Tarot Society", she cannot just sit idly by the surveillance of Beyonders, and she is obliged to prevent being discovered by official Beyonders, and even the situation where it is all over the place.

"Sounds very interesting. I'm also very interested in Tarot divination recently. Where can I find them?"

She suppressed the anxiety in her heart, picked up the teacup, and asked casually.

Daly glanced at Angel in surprise.

"I didn't expect you to be interested in this kind of organization. Doesn't Old Neil in your team know a lot about divination? And I heard that Klein, who escaped from death, drank the potion and became a 'divinator'. He should be able to teach you, too?"

"However, if you really want to find them, go to the 'Scavenger Bird' market. A member of the 'Tarot Society' often buys various amulets, ritual materials and other things there. She is a young girl who calls herself 'Justice', which is also one of the Tarot cards. Everyone in the market probably knows her, so just ask anyone."

Now, except for Mister Fool, all members of the Tarot Society have appeared in Enmat Port...

Angel wiped the non-existent sweat on his forehead with the back of his hand.

(End of this chapter)