"Who are you going to go after?" Hugh had always felt that he owed Abner a favor, and was eager to hear that he was in need of help.

"It's a gentleman who runs a clothing store, and he's been acting a little oddly lately...... "Abner briefly gave Grant a brief introduction.

After listening very carefully, Hugh said thoughtfully: "It's really not like going to cheat, but maybe you're doing something dangerous, and you don't want to implicate your family." "She's very experienced with that, and she's sneaky every time she carries Furth on her back.

Hugh's speculation was also in line with Abner's judgment, and he was so concerned about the matter, not only because he agreed to Jane's commission, but also because he was afraid that the danger that Mr. Grant might bring would threaten Jane's safety.

"I have granted this request, you can rest assured, I will go and investigate the matter tonight." Hugh felt that with his own abilities and experience, it was not a big problem to follow an ordinary person.

"Thank you!" Abner thanked him, then took out a brass charm from his bosom and handed it to Hugh, saying, "You should also be careful, try to just follow and observe, and don't put yourself in danger!" In addition, this is the 'Words of Chaos' spell, which opens the spell with the 'Blue Star' of the Ancient Hermiswen, which can confuse the brains of the person who is under the spell for a second or two. Take it away for self-defense. "After giving this one, Abner only has one last brass charm in his hand, but the effect of 'Words of Chaos' is more suitable for surprise, and one is enough.

Hugh nodded, silently taking the spell. She wasn't polite to Abner anymore, and only thought about returning the charm to the other another day if she didn't use it.

After breakfast together, Abner and Hugh waved goodbye and took the subway to Joewood, where he targeted several public libraries. As a 'reader', you have to learn not only about the occult, but also about the history, politics, and literature of ordinary people in this world, so that you can digest potions more quickly.

Quotations of Russell the Great, Lives of the Consuls of Intis, The Secret History of Julius Caesar...... Looking at the rows of 'history' created by the 'time-traveler' predecessors on the bookshelves, Abner stroked his forehead helplessly. What should he say? Is it to praise Russell's coffee position is high enough, even after more than 100 years, it is still hot?

However, these are obviously also part of the 'knowledge' of this world, and they should be read.

……

Reading time always passed quickly, and by the time Abner came out of the library, it was already one o'clock in the afternoon. He bought a Dixi pie and rushed to the teacher's house to prepare for the afternoon study.

As soon as I walked to the teacher's door, I saw Detective Isenger Stanton walking out of the house in full clothes.

"You came back just in time, there is a case in the West Villas Field that needs my assistance, you can be my assistant, and I will also guide you on how to investigate the case by the way." Detective Isenger instructed Abner as he instructed his servants to arrange the carriage.

Abner was also intrigued, so he nodded and said, "Okay, teacher." ”

The two got into the carriage prepared by the servant and drove all the way to the police station in the Jowood district.

On the way, Detective Isenger told Abner about the case they needed help with: "I don't know the specifics, but I heard that since last week, there have been several cases of missing people in the Jowood District, and Sheriff Fasin led people to investigate for a week, but found nothing." ”

It's all so detailed, and you still don't know the specific situation? There must be your old informant in the police station, right?! Abner's eyes jumped, convinced of the rumors that his teacher was 'influential' at the West Villas field.

Upon arriving at the Joe Wood District Police Station, Sergeant Fassin, who wore a black-and-white checkered uniform with three V's on his epaulettes, personally greeted the two and let them into his office.

"Mr. Stanton, I'm going to trouble you again this time!" The sheriff, with his short brown and yellow beard, said respectfully to Detective Isengard.

"You're welcome, we're old acquaintances, aren't we?" Detective Issinger smiled and waved his hand, then asked, "Did you bring the case file?" ”

"Yes, it's all here!" Fasin replied, pointing to the file bag stacked on the table that was nearly half a meter high.

"I'll borrow your office to look at these files first, and then I'll go to the possible scene to investigate, and you can send someone to arrange it first." Detective Isenger commanded sleekly.

"Okay, I'm happy to assist you, and I hope you can get those missing people home safely as soon as possible." Sergeant Fasin replied unhappily.

When the sheriff went out to arrange work, Isinger saw that his students were still a little stunned, so he asked, "What are you thinking?" ”

"As a sheriff, why would he be so obedient to you?" Abner was puzzled. Even the relationship between Sherlock Holmes and Scotland Yard is not so harmonious, right?

"Heh, because I'm also an 'old friend' with his immediate boss!" Detective Isenger chuckled meaningfully.

Abner was stunned, and before he could continue to ask, he saw the teacher throw him a stack of files, and listened to the other person say: "List the age, gender, hobbies, time of disappearance, range of activities, and social circle of the missing persons in these files, and then see if anything is found." ”

Seeing that the teacher had already entered the working state, Abner hurriedly opened the file and sorted out and analyzed it while making records.

After more than an hour, Abner looked at the information about the characters listed in his notebook, quietly opened his pure white eyes, and then fell into deep thought. After a while, he raised his head and looked at the teacher and said, "Teacher, these 11 missing people should not be a case committed by a group of people!" ”

"Oh? Do you see that? "Detective Issinger was a little surprised, impressed by the student's thinking and logical ability, but he didn't know that the other party 'cheated'. He smiled and took a puff on his pipe, and said, "You guessed correctly, 6 of these 11 cases are very weird, almost unrelated and similar, but the missing ones are the most complete, I think it was done by a group of people." In three of the other five cases, it was believed that the traffickers or the people who served them were responsible, as was the Gnostic member who attacked Miss Hugh earlier. These three cases are because I reported that there are cultists abducting and trafficking in human beings in the Steam Church before, and they take it more seriously, and this file has already implicitly stated that they have launched an investigation, so we don't need to care about it anymore. ”

"Then the last two cases are more clear-cut?" Abner had already analyzed some eyebrows in the pure white eye state before, but because of his short time and lack of experience, he still couldn't compare to the old and spicy Detective Isenger after all.

"Yes, and two separate cases." Detective Isenger stood up at this point, and then continued, "You will go to the scene to investigate these two cases...... I'm going to look up the 6 pieces that I don't have a clue about. ”

"Okay, teacher!" Abner was also a little eager to try it, and he found that he liked the feeling of investigating and solving crimes, at least it was much better than reading "Quotations from Russell the Great".

Sergeant Fasin had already arranged for the officers on duty to wait, even though those officers were clearly not friendly to private investigators.

Looking at the low-level police officer in front of him with only one V on his epaulettes, Abner said politely: "Mr. Edith, please take me to Gravi Street to have a look." ”

The police officer named Edith pouted unhappily and said, "I hope you can find something, Mr. Detective!" ”

……

Abner's first destination was at 17 Gravi Street, a standard garden house where Mr. and Mrs. Heidi and their two children lived.

The missing is Mr. Heidi's youngest son, 15 years old, who disappeared on Wednesday, yesterday afternoon. According to Mr. Heidi's eldest daughter, Miss Rachel, who happened to be practicing piano at home at the time, it was a friend of Mr. Heidi Jr. who called him outside the garden, so Mr. Heidi went out and never returned. When questioned, the maid hired by the family said that she had not heard any call from Mr. Heidi before he went out, but she certainly had no one knocking at the door, for she had spent the whole afternoon in the maid's room, not far from the door.

Thinking back to the description in the dossier, Abner looked at this bungalow with an absolutely large garden area, and couldn't help but sigh, and said to Edith beside him: "Won't you rehearse it on the spot when you investigate the case?" ”

"What do you mean?" Edith asked with a blank expression.

"Do you have a loud voice?" Abner asked again.

"Not small...... But what does this have to do with the investigation of the case? Edith was still puzzled.

"Hehe, can you stand here and call out to little Mr. Heidi, and then let Miss Rachel, who lives in the room on the other side of the house and has great music in her ears, hear her brother's name?" Abner gave a simple example. This is very difficult to do unless you are transcendent.

"Ah, you mean Miss Rachel is lying?!" It dawned on Edith, but he frowned, "But why did Miss Rachel do that?" She has no motive......"

"Not necessarily she wants to do that, maybe someone wants her to do it. For example, her younger brother, Mr. Heidi Jr. "When Abner looked at the file before, he thought that this missing person was the most suspicious, because he actually brought a lot of money and necessities with him before he disappeared. After coming here, he was even more sure that he was making a 'friend' out of nothing.

"Little Mr. Heidi?! What do you mean? Could it be that he kidnapped himself? Edith felt that her head was not enough.

People in this era don't have enough imagination...... Thinking so, Abner chuckled and said, "Why not?" According to the dossier, the little Mr. Heidi is a keen collector of beautiful dolls, and recently he has taken a fancy to the work of a master, but unfortunately he does not have enough pocket money! "It's like a future Bloodline 'Moon'.