Penelope probably didn't know that the unreasonable guys just now actually had other plans, and they had just left quickly, and they quickly hid in an alley to report to someone.

They are not highly skilled private investigators or seasoned professional soldiers, but more like ordinary people with only a certain amount of training, so their actions are not completely natural.

Even Penelope, a woman who doesn't have much anti-reconnaissance awareness and skills, is somewhat aware of some disobedience, but she doesn't think much about it.

It's amazing.

"Very well, don't rush into contact in the future, your task is to listen to the conversation between their father and daughter at all times, record every piece of information, remember! Not even a word can be missed. ”

"I understand, I know, I know, breaking the rules will deduct money. Don't worry, for the sake of honorarium, I'm sure I'm not going to make trouble for myself......," a young man said with a hippie smile on the other side of the communicator.

Another interjected, "But can you give us a thorough understanding of what our investigators are up to?" Until now, we have been doing what you say, so we can't explain it in advance......"

The person on the other side interrupted his words directly with an indifferent voice-

"Can't! Don't ask if you shouldn't ask, the basic salary of $8,000 a month, and the salary is calculated separately when you have a task, and you can still spend your time freely when you don't have a task...... I think even if you don't do this job, there are many people who are willing to do it. ”

"Don't, don't, I'm just asking! Just ask! ”

Seeing the murderous gazes of his other three companions, the black young man who had just asked hurriedly said loudly.

"Don't get me wrong, we're all very happy with the job, and we don't have any complaints! We ......"

"That's right, we just want to do better, at least so that you can give money out of your money......"

"Yes! We just want to do better. ”

"Right, right, right......"

The other three also echoed one after another, all with serious faces, sincere tones, and a posture of the best employee of the year for the sake of the boss.

"You don't have to worry about this, since we chose you and paid you two months' salary, it means that you are indeed worth the price."

The other party said indifferently, but there was still a trace of indifference and cruelty in it, but the four of them were just ordinary people with little training, and they also couldn't detect this meaning.

"And to be correct, you're not really investigators now, you're just trainee investigators...... If you were the official investigators of our organization, then the benefits would be even better. ”

Next, as if he was showing the prospects, the other party spoke in a bewildering and gushing voice for more than a minute.

What is the basic salary of 50,000, what real estate reward, what car, yacht, champagne beauty...... That's called a sky show.

It can be summed up in just one sentence, and that is that as long as you become a real investigator, you have everything.

Although he will not say that he will become a CEO, win Bai Fumei and become a capitalist...... But for many ordinary people, it is really going straight to the peak of life.

If you work for a few years, maybe you can do nothing for the rest of your life and enjoy life. - This is definitely a great temptation for the four young people who are now trainee investigators.

After all, they don't have a skill, and they can't find a good job, otherwise, they wouldn't be a trainee investigator.

Because it's a very simple truth.

Whether it's the inexplicable profession of "investigator" or the eccentric organization that calls itself "Umbrella", just hearing the name doesn't make people think it's a serious company.

If it weren't for the fantasies of the gods of the second middle school, it would probably be a low-end scam, and no one would believe that the purpose of this strange organization is to protect the survival of mankind under the threat of some heterogeneous terror, so it calls itself a "protective umbrella".

Not to mention actually applying.

To put it simply, if you are not really desperate, or if your judgment ability is relatively low, ordinary people will not believe the small advertisements of "rich women ask for children" randomly posted on telephone poles, right?

It's the same nature.

But these four people actually applied for the job, and they really became a trainee investigator...... Doesn't that tell the story?!

In all fairness, they didn't suspect it with trepidation, but nothing happened, and they received two months' wages for nothing, just like going to a company to register, but they didn't have to do anything for the first two months, and they just got paid when the time came.

This dispelled most of their doubts, and some other thoughts were raised.

Such a stupid X. company, of course they can't let go, it's better than wandering the streets and alleys like before, blackmailing passers-by, or breaking into convenience stores to threaten and beat those powerless old men and old ladies, and robbing property to be safe and comfortable.

It's not that they can't get by with their conscience, they just don't want to go back to the days when they didn't have a meal like before.

So you have to take the opportunity to continue to work hard, and it's better to be a supervisor or something in this stupid X. company, at least before they go out of business. Or at least to the extent of the so-called "Secret Keeper" who is responsible for contacting the four of them—

It's just that I'm responsible for contacting the investigator on the phone, and I'm comfortable and don't have to run around, and it's estimated that the benefits will definitely be super high.

But now, the keeper crackled and said a lot, and their eyes were straight.

It's not that investigators are treated worse than secret keepers, but that they're not formal investigators yet!

"Why are you talking to us about this, can we say that we can be promoted now......" The black young man swallowed his saliva, feeling the emotions in his heart stir, and began to fantasize about his happy life after that.

Here's what the guy across from from said -

"It's not that you can be promoted now, but because I want you to become a full-fledged investigator, after all, I'm just a secret-keeper responsible for giving advice, guidance, and support behind the scenes, and I can only rely on you for my performance......"

- There is some truth to that.

The only problem is that although he said so, he never mentioned how he could go from a trainee investigator to a full-fledged investigator.

“……”

“……”

After the call ended, the four men looked at each other and fell silent at the same time.

After a while, a young white man with a tattoo on his face shrugged his shoulders and said, "Let's do it first, this is the first task we have received, do it according to the requirements and suggestions of the keepers, and see what they want to do." ”

"That's right, no matter what they want to do, it will definitely be exposed in the end, and we just need to follow their wishes now."

One man chimed in.

However, some people expressed objections: "But I always feel so uneasy, this "umbrella" is too mysterious, and from beginning to end, there is only one person who contacts us through a special mobile phone......

"Yes, we are always required to carry some old seal amulet, no matter what we encounter, we must report to the secret keeper, no matter what we do, we must file in advance......

"Of course I know this, even the "Investigator Code" they gave is quite strange, look at those inexplicable codes-"

At this time, the white young man with the tattoo on his face also showed a disdainful smile, waved his hand vigorously, and spoke.

"Investigate while the sun is still above the horizon", "It's good to be illiterate", "It's better to believe in old myths and legends, they have survived for a reason", ......"

At this point, he paused, then said in a loud voice—

"But so what? You don't really believe in these things, do you? Honestly, if I could get my hands on the wizarding world in this way, I'd have to thank them! ”

When everyone thought about it, it seemed that this was really the case, and they were all excited!

After all, there are a few brain-dead people who demonstrate on the streets outside, but the fact is that I don't know how many people have squeezed their heads, and they can't enter that mysterious world to make themselves strong and make themselves immortal.

If only they could have seized the opportunity so easily......

But at this time, the strongest of the four people had been looking down and thinking about something, but he finally raised his head and seemed to suddenly say-

"Then again, does the phrase "being illiterate is actually a good thing" imply that we are actually successful because we have no education?

“……”

“……”

The tattooed youth's expression changed slightly, a little ugly, and the atmosphere he had just created was destroyed at once, not to mention, even his plan to take advantage of this opportunity to faintly lead the other three and master the implicit right to speak was also destroyed.

However, after looking at the other party's bulging muscles, he still decided not to bother with this guy generously, and just said with a dark face:

"Anyway, let's not think too much, there will definitely be no danger, we will do whatever they say...... Now let's go back and listen to Target 1 and Target 2. ”

……

……

After eight o'clock in the evening.

Penelope met his father, who was still working hard in the library of Brown University as he had done before, because he was an emeritus professor.

This is also the reason why Penelope began to tend to believe that his father was not simply mentally paranoid, but really discovered some mystery, because the other party really behaved normally.

Even at Brown University, he was a professor-level figure, and he did nothing until he retired...... It is only in his spare time that he is like being chased by something, crazy about his "delusions", unable to extricate himself.

This is the main cause of family breakdown, but it is difficult for outsiders to understand.

However, Penelope is now beginning to doubt his and his mother's previous behavior, and he is entangled in who is right, so the more he thinks about it, the more he thinks that his father is likely to be right, how can a college professor be an "unreasonable madman" in the eyes of himself and his mother?

Therefore, this father-daughter reunion did not have so much anger, she restrained her emotions very well, and tried to really understand her father before making an evaluation.

“…… The manuscript of the Italian translation was incredible, many of the things were mythical and whimsical, but when it came to the years or histories that the archaeological community was capable of ascertain, it was frighteningly accurate......"

As her father, Professor Anthony behaved as low in emotional intelligence as ever, and was only excited to share his research results with his daughter-

“…… It wasn't until the mysterious world was confirmed that I suspected that I might have actually touched the real clue, but unfortunately it was only a fragment...... I'm going to apply for a program and I've now received my first grant......"

"Huh? Already funded? Penelope was visibly stunned.

"Yes, it's a pity that it was privately funded, and the first amount of money was only a million dollars, which was not enough for me to go directly to Pohnpei Island......" Professor Anthony said regretfully, a bit of a pity.

"Why go to Pohnpei?"

"The fragment is incomplete, but there is a magical book mentioned above, the Pohnpei Codex, and I deduce that the city called Laleye sank in the nearby seas......" Professor Anthony said with considerable certainty.

But immediately, he was dejected again—

"But the project is so big that without tens of millions of dollars, we can't even carry out the project, let alone sustain it...... We need to get more results. ”

His daughter vaguely felt bad: "So what? ”

"I'm going to New Orleans, where the police suspect that some cultists have been rallying in the swamp recently, and I have my own sources of information, and I think they may actually be some Cthulhu Order, anyway, something to do with the place I'm researching......"

Professor Anthony said vaguely.