Chapter 38 Sending Messages
The ward, where the curtains were drawn, was slightly dim in the afternoon.
On top of the hospital bed, Joyce was still asleep under a new light blue quilt.
As Yarlin said, a new day will come.
"Bell! bell!"
There was a knock on the door of the ward, and Nellie Novia came in with a lot of things, including fruit, thermoses, and some of Joyce's clothes.
Joyce, who heard the movement, turned over in the hospital bed and opened her eyes to see the thin girl.
"Miss Nellie. ”
Joyce, though not fully awake, lifted the covers and tried to sit up on the bed so as not to be too rude.
"Joyce, are you alright?"
The thin girl put down her things and hurriedly stepped forward to help Joyce.
In Nellie's opinion, Joyce didn't seem to be in good shape when she slept in the afternoon.
"It's hard to work the night shift, but Miss Nellie came to see me during the day, which really touched me. Joyce sat back on the hospital bed and thanked the skinny girl.
"Elena can't come today because of something, the commissioner asked me to see you. The skinny girl smiled.
"It's much better than yesterday, on the night of the accident, Captain Sula took measures against me in a timely manner, injected me with recovery medicine, and now the wounds have healed. Joyce said with a scared look on his face.
"The director said that you have been in the Rossi Surgical Hospital for two days, and you can't send someone to stay here all the time. Nellie whispered to Joyce.
"The director is so realistic!"
Joyce grinned and muttered the words.
"I brought you mushroom bisque and vegetables, as well as roast lamb, which you can eat when you are hungry. The thin girl placed two thermos flasks and a glass bowl on the bedside table, and prepared a fork and spoon for Joyce.
"Nelly, you are such a kind person, the food at Rossi's hospital is so unpalatable, it's like cow, and the place to eat is small. Joyce came to the spirit and praised the skinny girl.
"Joyce, your clothes were sent to the Leica clothing store and have been re-washed and ironed. Nellie smiled and gestured to the bag of clothes she had brought.
Opening the thermos, Joyce did not hide her thirst for food and quickly began to eat.
"It's great that you can recover from such a horrible thing, but I think you should get back to it as soon as possible. Nellie sighed and reminded Joyce.
"It's true that I can't stay in the hospital all the time, and I want to go back to the Traveler's Bar early tomorrow morning. Joyce nodded as she ate.
"Then I'll tell the Commissioner when I go back, maybe Mr. French will come and pick you up. Nelly's expression was visibly relaxed.
After bringing the things, Nellie chatted with Joyce for a while, not staying in his hospital room for long.
"Even if you don't rush me, you can't stay in the hospital forever. Sensing that the military guard at the gate had also been taken away, Joyce sighed in her heart.
After eating all the food, Joyce changed her clothes and opened the window for a change of air.
"You have to become a real secret cultivator first, and Elena's physical condition can't be delayed any longer. Joyce blew the cold wind for a while, and closed the window as she made up her mind.
"Looks like you're ready. ”
Arrin entered the room without knocking, laughing behind Joyce.
"Go to Jerold Manor and I'll go back to the office. Joyce was clearly well thought out.
There were no valuables in the ward, so Joyce packed up, took everything she could with her, and walked out of the hospital with Arlin.
"I explained in my report that I got the news of the successive disappearances of the street girls in the Flame Tenderness Dance Hall, and mentioned that it was related to the Iron and Blood Society, which is also a credit, and I didn't say a word about what should not be said, and as for your injury allowance in this incident, I also applied for you. Arrin whispered to Joyce before looking for the carriage.
"Will Ms. Palemi be compensated?"
Joyce, not only thinking about herself, asked Yarlin.
"She will be compensated, but not from the MIA, but from the two gangs of the Iron Blood Society and the Iron Hand Society, Joyce, this incident is an opportunity, I will work with the Commissioner to fight for the case of the disappearance of the street girl, and recommend you, if you can take this opportunity to rectify the gang, there must be unimaginable benefits. "Arrin has the intention of joining forces with Joyce.
As far as Joyce knew, the personnel of the Military Intelligence Service could be roughly divided into four categories, first of all, the secret of the task force, followed by the military personnel and intelligence personnel, and finally supernumerary personnel like him.
Intelligence personnel are closer to civilian duties, similar to Arlin's work in the Contract Room, while military personnel are more likely to be field missions.
"The incident in the Flame Tender Ballroom, the death of two secret cultivators, the MI got the mysterious substance secreted by the secret cultivator after his death, and a humanoid mechanical puppet, does he think that with the help of this merit, I have the possibility of getting a secret artifact or secret medicine?" Joyce got into the carriage and thought silently in his heart.
The Rossi Surgical Hospital, located on a sprawling area of Holm Street in the Sok district, is not a place for the poor, but in the eyes of some people, there is still a prejudice against the hospital, and the surgeons with scalpels are considered butchers or demons.
From Holm Street, the carriage enters the college- and church-lined Moya district, and Joyce is far away from the cylindrical Tower of Life at the end of Maple Grove Avenue.
Through the magical ability of her left eye, Joyce knew that in the morning, the elder Bolton took Elena to the Church of the Goddess of Life, and in the afternoon returned to the Traveler's Bar.
"Old Bolton probably found something, but judging from Elena's absence from the church, the results don't seem to be ideal!" Joyce didn't know about Elena's going to church, because he didn't dare to follow along.
The afternoon sun was good, and the carriage traveled for half an hour and stopped at the gate of the Gerod Manor in the Moya district.
Arrin gave the coachman six copper buruns and told the carriage to wait outside the manor, not fearing that the coachman would pull away what Joyce had taken out of the hospital.
"Are you going back to Abby Cross on First Avenue tonight, or are you going to be in the office?" asked Arrin to Joyce.
"Or the Traveler's Bar gives me some peace of mind. Joyce told Nellie to go back tomorrow, but she had made up her mind to go back early tonight.
Arrin stepped forward and showed his credentials to one of the manor's male servants, and made it clear that he wanted to see Baron Svanco Gerode.
The male servant did not dare to slack off, and trotted all the way into the manor.
Without Joyce and Yarlin waiting, a woman and housekeeper came out of the depths of the manor in a carriage.
The housekeeper in the tunic dress was the same woman who had gone to the Traveler's Bar to ask for help and issue a mission, and she recognized Arrin and Joyce as soon as she saw them.
"Ms. Emma, we meet again. ”
Arrin smiled politely at the woman, and walked towards the carriage that came out of the manor.
"This is the mansion of the nobility!"
Joyce lamented in his heart that he had to be rich to build the manor in the city of Rensu.
"Mr. Arrin, did you bring good news, the lord is glad to learn that the two of you are here. The woman in the tunic gave Arrin and Joyce into the carriage.
Yarlin just smiled, and didn't say much to the woman's housekeeper.
"Is it joy or eagerness?"
Joyce, on the other hand, wondered if the housekeeper had considered what he had said.
The estate is large, with a mill and barns, as well as a small horse farm and stables.
Even in late autumn, the open lawns of the estate are still green, the ponds are clear, and the forests are completely dyed.
Before that, Joyce felt that the small bungalow rented was already very good, but compared to the four-story luxury mansion of Gerald Manor, it was not enough to see at all.
The magnificent four-storey mansion is not only breathtaking in the stone carvings, but also covers a vast area, just like a majestic castle.
Arrin and Joyce, who entered the mansion, were led to the living room by the housekeeper.
An old man with a cane, gray hair, dark bags under his eyes, and his mental state was not very good.
"Dear Baron Svanco Gerod, I am Arrin White of the Rensu Military Intelligence Service, and he is Joyce Rupert, and we have come to meet you today to inform you of the kidnapping of Miss Caroline. Yarlin reported his identity and intentions.
"Since Emma posted the quest at the Traveler's Bar, some people have come in the past two days, and they are simply crazy to make money. The old man looked at Arrin and Joyce, and said in a deep voice.
"I don't know if Baron Gerald knew about the incident that happened in Steelflower Street, Joyce and I almost didn't die in Steelflower Street in order to find out about Miss Caroline, this news was obtained the night before, but we were admitted to Rossi Surgical Hospital because of serious injuries, and we were not able to meet the Baron until today. Arrin looked happy for the rest of his life.
"If the information you provide is valuable, the three hundred gold luo I promised will still be valid. The old man sat in the leather chair and never got up.
"Miss Caroline's situation may not be optimistic, we got the news that Joyce had been stabbed more than ten times, and that she had been slashed with a dagger in the lower abdomen, and that I had been slashed with a lot of stab wounds, and that the bullet had even been fired into the right chest. As Arrin spoke, the knife marks on his side face twitched.
"Go and fetch five hundred gold luo. ”
The gray-haired old man said to a man with shimmered eyes in the corner of the living room in front of Arrin and Joyce.
"Baron Gerald, your generosity is admirable. Yarlin saluted the old man with one hand on his chest.
It wasn't until the restrained-eyed man came down the stairs with a small bag and placed it on the sofa table in front of the old man that Joyce could already see the scrolls of gold Luo bills revealed.
"That's a lot of money!"
Joyce could feel that Arrin was faintly swallowing saliva.
"I hope you will understand, Lord Baron, that the information I have given to Miss Caroline does not necessarily change her unfortunate situation. Yarlin stepped forward.
"Do you know the man Arnochie Andwell? Miss Caroline has been seen kidnapped by his men, but it is not clear where she was taken. Yarlin saw the old man nodding, and then the information he got was revealed.
Hearing the person Yarlin mention, the old man's body was imperceptibly shocked.
The Arnochie Anderville he was talking about was probably a gang leader in the gladiatorial arena in Burjohn, who had been a death fighter and was pardoned by the consul for winning thirty-one games in a row, and some called him the madman Anderville. The male guard, whose eyes were restrained and shiny, whispered to the old man, and also meant to confirm with Yarlin.
"You can take five hundred gold Luo. ”
The gray-haired old man didn't ask much, and he didn't say much, which made Yarlin unable to hide his joy.