A trip to the second dimension

Returning to the Crawford Mansion again, Miss Barbie was the first to jump out of the car, holding a book and going to find her father.

It's just a pity that Miss Barbie left in a hurry and returned in a hurry.

It turned out that the eldest lady heard from the servant that soon after they went out, Master Richard went out to do business again.

"What's going on? It seems that the Earl didn't come back to rest yesterday, right? Why did he leave again just after he came back?"

Hope raised her hand and scratched her head.

Although the words were not stated clearly, everyone knew that this was definitely not normal.

Recalling the previous discoveries in the Arkham Library, everyone also felt that Master Richard must have been involved in something terrible.

"Grandpa Dickens, please tell me truthfully, what did my father do during the period after I left?"

Miss Barbie frowned, turned to look at Dickens' old housekeeper, and asked seriously.

Looking at Miss Barbie, Dickens also fell into deep thought. After a while, he finally said: "After you ran away from home, the master immediately asked Mr. Nemo to find you. After that, he continued to be as usual as before. We lived and worked like that until a month ago, when I went out alone, and then I started to act a little strange.”

"Not only did he give away his collection of books, but he was also busy outside every day. I don't know what the master is busy with. The family's business is developing as usual, but the master seems to have become busier and is often missing. It’s just visible to the naked eye that the fatigue caused by overwork has made the master look like he is now.”

"It's just that late at night, I once saw the master coming back drunk alone, still mumbling, 'Come on, come on, they will all be back soon.' I felt very strange at the time, but the master's I can’t ask too much about things, I can only take care of you more carefully in my daily life.”

"I once thought about going out to work with the master to see what he was working on. He worked so hard that he refused to rest. But every time the master refused my request, and I even became anxious. He will still be angry with me."

Listening to Dickens's words, Hope and others also fell into deep thought.

There is no doubt that there is something wrong with the iron!

Looking at Miss Barbie's obviously worried but trying not to show it, Hope reached out and took the book in her hand and put it directly into her space backpack.

Under the puzzled gaze of the other party, Hope smiled and said: "The matters at the observatory are not urgent. Let's deal with your father's matters first. Only in this way can you go out on adventures with us with peace of mind, right?"

Hearing this, Miss Barbie didn't speak anymore.

"So, Nemo, you are a detective and a native of London. Is it okay to leave the follow-up and investigation of the Earl to you?"

After seeing that Miss Barbie had no objection, Hope turned to look at Nemo who was thinking next to her.

"No problem. In fact, even if you don't tell me, I'm going to do it."

Nemo nodded solemnly, indicating that there was no problem at all.

"Kuba, just follow the eldest lady and go to Whitechapel District to check if anyone is missing. There is a corpse in the secret room of Arkham Library. It must not have come out of thin air."

After saying that, Hope saw Bowser nodding, and then looked at the silent eldest lady.

Seeing Hope looking over, Miss Barbie hesitated for a while, and finally looked at Hope and asked: "Do you think those corpses in the secret room have anything to do with my father? Could he have killed someone?"

When Miss Barbie said this, her voice rarely trembled.

Hearing this, Hope also fell silent.

He didn't know how to answer the eldest lady's matter. It was definitely impossible to say that Richard had nothing to do with this matter.

But to say that the other party is also a murderer would be a huge blow to the eldest lady.

Although murder is something that everyone has done before.

There is no comparison between killing innocent people and killing enemies. They are two different concepts.

"I believe that the master is still the same master as before, and he must have his reasons for doing this. Moreover, based on my understanding of the master, if he is asked to kill someone, he will definitely not do it. In our industry, Even the abuse of child labor is completely prohibited!”

Dickens's old housekeeper had known Richard for decades, and his understanding of him made Dickens very confident when he said this.

Nemo also spoke at this time. He comforted Miss Barbie and said, "Yes, maybe Uncle Richard was deceived because of something. In short, no matter what, it is useless for us to think too much here. It’s better to go and investigate the truth of the matter.”

Hearing this, Miss Barbie nodded, finally regaining her normal look, and said to cheer herself up: "Yes, we have to investigate the matter clearly, there must be no problem."

With that said, Miss Barbie hurriedly walked towards the outside of the mansion, still shouting: "Quick, quick, take action."

When the few people saw this, they didn't say anything else and walked out of the door together.

Nemo asked the servant Richard clearly about the direction he was leaving, and then headed towards the Thames alone.

As for the Hope group, they returned to the carriage and let Dickens drive it back to the Whitechapel district.

Hope wanted to hide around the Arkham Library and use Hawkeye to monitor the group's actions.

Barbie and the others had to go to the police station in the Whitechapel district first to see if there were any missing persons cases there, and then investigate the surrounding areas.

After arriving in the Whitechapel district again, Hope jumped off the carriage, separated from Barbie and the others, and walked towards the Arkham Library alone.

This back and forth took a lot of time. Walking on the streets of the Whitechapel district, Hope saw that the lamplighter had already lifted the glass lampshade of the street lamp and lit the gas lamp inside.

Although it was still a while before dark, after all, we couldn't wait until dark to work. It was normal to light the lamp at this time.

Turning left and right in the alleys, there were citizens wearing patched clothes everywhere.

Many children who looked only seven or eight years old were already running outside to work.

Some of them sold newspapers, and some hung billboards on their bodies, advertising beer for pubs.

Passing by a woman grilling food in an iron bucket next to a big tree, Hope saw the Arkham Library again from a distance.

He walked to an empty corner and hid himself. While using the assassin's instinct to reduce his presence, he activated his latest law protection [Chameleon].

Soon, Hope disappeared from the spot.

The empty wine bottle next to him was kicked away inexplicably, and Hope, who was in stealth mode, slowly climbed onto the roof next to him.

Because of his invisibility, he could move now, but he had to avoid strenuous exercise.

Otherwise, although he would not exit the stealth mode, some shadows would appear on his body, increasing the chance of being discovered.