Chapter 271: Visit (1)
"Hello, I'm Howard, the head of the guard here, I've heard about it, if you don't have anything else to tell me, how about we start investigating?"
Regardless of whether Howard's work ability is good or not, at least this man is not pushing around, which reassures Leach a lot.
As the owner, Leach of course wants to start an investigation as soon as possible, and naturally there will be no more troubles. However, to his surprise, Howard actually planned to participate in the case himself, which surprised everyone.
As he walked out of the barracks, Howard's performance once again impressed Leach.
Of course, it's not the good side, but it's not a bad thing that people can't bear at all.
In the barracks, all the soldiers gathered in groups of three or five, either playing cards for entertainment, or talking and laughing loudly, and they did not restrain themselves at all when they saw Howard, the supreme commander, appear, and even invited Howard to participate.
Howard was not angry about this, but very tactfully refused to say that he was still in trouble.
Perhaps in the presence of Leach's outsiders, even Howard himself felt that the soldiers were too lazy, and advised them not to be so idle all the time, but to set aside some time for training.
The thing itself is true, and Howard's words of advice are very reasonable, but the bad thing is that when he said this, he didn't have the slightest domineering attitude as a superior person.
As a result, of course, the soldiers giggled and said that Howard's level of jokes was too low, and that he had to do more to do it.
Seeing this, Leach, who had a glimmer of hope, couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, was it really useful for them to come to Howard for help?
However, everyone has already been found, and no matter how much suspicion they have in their hearts, Leach and they can only continue with the idea of a dead horse being a live horse doctor.
However, it wasn't until the group walked outside the barracks and saw that Howard hadn't let any of the officers and soldiers follow, and Leach began to consider whether it would be more practical for them to start an investigation on their own.
Fortunately, Howard's performance brought back a lot of points for him, and without Leach deliberately reminding him, he led everyone to the gate of the town and asked the guards if they had found any suspicious characters in the past two days.
The guard at the gate obviously had a much better attitude towards Howard than the officers and soldiers in the barracks, and after listening to the question, he first gave a respectful military salute, and then replied in a loud voice: "Report sir, there was indeed a group of more suspicious people yesterday, but after inspection, it was found that the items they were carrying were not dangerous, so finally let them enter the town!"
Hearing this, Leach couldn't help but be overjoyed, it was really unexpected to be able to find the clue so easily.
Howard was also very happy, and hurriedly asked, "Then do you have any obvious characteristics of those people, please describe them to us!"
Although the guard looked a little embarrassed, he still dutifully replied: "That's the kind of sir, I wasn't on duty yesterday, and the information I learned was still inquired from the previous team, so maybe the information is not particularly complete." You see......"
Perhaps thinking that the hope of finding the case so quickly made him feel quite angry, hearing this, Howard waved his hand and said, "It's okay, you just tell us the news you know, and the rest is our business!"
"Yes, sir!," the guard thought for a moment, then spoke, "it was about yesterday afternoon when a group of people came to the gate to enter the town, whether it seemed to be five or six. The reason why the guards noticed them at the time was because the group was dressed a little out of place with the others, and most of them were masked!"
"Masked?" Howard's eyes lit up, as if he had already decided that the guards were talking about being thieves stealing Leach's things, "Go on!"
"Yes, sir!" the guard saluted again, "though when examining their belongings, the guards didn't find any contraband, but ......"
Seeing that the guard hesitated as he spoke, the anxious Howard couldn't help urging: "But what?
"But they had brought a box with something that no one had ever seen before, and it looked strangely scary. ”
"It's a little strange, you checked to make sure there wasn't any danger, and that's why you let them into town?" Howard mused.
"Yes sir, after a strict inspection, it was determined that the unknown object was not dangerous, and the guards at that time allowed them to enter the town!"
Here, Howard and the guard were asking and answering very seriously, and Leach on the other side couldn't help but have black lines on his head after listening to the conversation between the two.
Seeing Howard's obvious expression that he had already found the suspect in his hands, Leach, who really couldn't stand it, couldn't help but interject: "Is it that group of five people, one man and four women, all with weapons, claiming to be adventure hunters from Ambrera, and that ugly unknown object is their commissioned item?"
Leach's sudden opening stunned the guard for a moment, and after listening to Leach's description, he showed a very surprised expression on his face: "That's right, that's what it looks like, how do you know, were you there at the time?"
Howard was more direct: "So you've already seen the thief's appearance, this is much easier! I'll take you to find someone to draw their appearance, and then hang a bounty in the town, as long as they haven't left the town of Kelmos, I believe they will be able to recover your stolen things soon!"
Resisting the urge to throw the two idiots in front of him out, Leach's temples erupted, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Don't you notice that there are exactly five of us here besides the innkeeper, and they happen to be one man and four women, and it just so happens that all four of them are wearing veils?"
After Leach's "kind" reminder, Howard and the guards realized that the suspicious characters they were talking about seemed to be completely compatible with Leach.
Fortunately, Howard didn't have the brains to say bastard words like "it turned out that you stole your own things", which gave Leach's angry little heart that was about to explode a moment of buffer, so that it didn't cause a tragedy.
Knowing that he had made a big fuss, Howard was embarrassed to send the guards away, and after a few dry and unnutritious apologies, he suggested that everyone go to the town to investigate, and maybe there would be something new.
Because there was no better way, Leach could only agree.