Just as Abner was holding on to the mast and looking up at Crimson, Hugh quietly came out of the cabin and walked to his side, seeing that his face was full of anticipation and excitement, he couldn't help but ask in surprise, "Abner, what are you doing on deck so late?" ”

Abner had already noticed Hugh's approach, so he was not surprised, and turned his head and asked, "What about you, why didn't you sleep either?" ”

Hugh was silent for a moment, then sighed, "It's a blood moon tonight, and I'm worried about Folth...... She'll hear whispers in a Blood Moon! She always said it was nothing, but I thought it was just an excuse to not want me to be scared...... As a result, I couldn't sleep, and when I got up, I found that you were not there, and I was afraid that something would happen, so I came to the deck to have a look. ”

Hugh and Firth's friendship is really deep! Silently sighing, Abner moved his gaze to the blood moon in the firmament, and opened his mouth to answer the question before resting, "There is a major event that affects the direction of the world tonight, so I just watched from afar on the deck, and it can be regarded as a witness from afar." ”

Seeing that Abner was speaking solemnly, Hugh immediately became alert and asked, "What is the big deal?" "Will it be dangerous?

Abner looked at the crimson of the night and replied in an aria pompously: "A ray of light has been born in this dark world!" ”

Hugh's face suddenly fell after hearing this, she pursed her lips, and said helplessly: "Abner, you and Furth must have a common language!" "They all like to tease me......

"I'm not making up a story, I'm telling the truth!" Abner laughed as he spoke. Although he was telling the truth, in essence he was indeed joking with Hugh, because of the arrival of that one, his previous tense mood relaxed a lot.

Seeing Abner smiling happily, Hugh was no longer angry even if he had just been teased. As a friend, she loved to see Abner's heartfelt smile. After she avenged her father, she thought she would be so happy to laugh! No, it's more pappier than that.

The two of them just blew the sea breeze, looking at the crimson moon, each thinking about their own thoughts, and did not continue to speak, and for a while there was silence on the deck...... Until a slightly teasing voice came from the direction of the bow of the ship:

"The two of you should not be disturbed when they love me under the moonlight, but the wind and waves in the sea area ahead will be relatively strong, and it is not safe here, so let's hurry back to the cabin!"

Abner looked back and saw the captain of the Thousand Cities Splendor, Alanson Edward, approaching with a bottle, his body was full of alcohol, and his face was abnormally red, apparently having drunk too much.

Neither Hugh nor Abner paid any attention to his ridicule, and the latter laughed and replied, "Mr. Edward, if you drink like this, your words are not convincing. ”

"Hiccup...... I belong to the physique that the more I drink, the more sober I become! Captain Edward burped and continued, "I'm not kidding, you have to trust a man of the sea. ”

There seems to be something else in his words...... A lover of the sea? Dependents? This is the old name for 'sailor'...... Maybe this captain is an extraordinary person? Heh, this is thinking that I am an ordinary person who can't understand the 'black language', so I am showing off vaguely?

Abner habitually reasoned in a wave. He has now roughly sorted out the rules of the 'reasoning student', that is, according to the existing clues and details observed, combined with his own knowledge, use logical ability to reason as much as possible to restore the process of restoring the original appearance of things or situations. As for whether this so-called original appearance is correct and complete, it is not up to the reasoning students to take care of it. Anyway, sometimes he can get feedback on the digestion of potions even if the results of his reasoning are wrong.

Reasoning students only focus on the process of reasoning, and detectives demand results.

However, given the captain's good intentions, Abner and Hugh followed his advice. Just as he was about to enter the hatch, Abner suddenly turned around and asked, "Captain Edward, did your family really live at 18 Delahair Street in the northwest of Beckland more than a hundred years ago?" ”

"Yes, it's true!" Captain Edward didn't expect him to ask this, and he paused for a moment before replying. At the same time, he was a little puzzled, he didn't seem to have told anyone the specific house number.

Abner nodded slightly, and then asked, "Is there any of your ancestors named Dragonzel?" ”

Because of the drinking, Captain Edward's mind was still a little dull, he didn't think about why the other party asked like this, but seriously recalled for a while, and hesitated: "It seems that there is indeed a ...... But he disappeared more than 160 years ago, and my direct ancestor was his younger brother, so I wrote it in my diary. ”

"If you could meet him, what would you say to him?" Abner asked again.

"Well, I'd say, 'You're always welcome home!'" Captain Edward's mind obviously didn't turn around, and he replied subconsciously.

"Okay, if I'm lucky enough to meet him, I'll bring the message. Even if you can't see him, you can ask Mr. Fool to speak on your behalf, and I'm sure He will be happy to do so. Abner didn't say this, but said it silently in his heart. Then he dragged Hugh back to the cabin with an inexplicable face.

"What a mess...... I must have drunk too much and hallucinated! Captain Edward was also stunned for a moment before teasing himself.

On the other side, after returning to the first-class cabin, Hugh asked puzzledly, "Who is Longzel?" I didn't understand what you were saying. ”

"A wanderer who has not been able to return to his homeland for more than 160 years......" Abner explained slightly.

Hugh listened thoughtfully, and only after a while did he say, "Abner, I always think you know a little bit of everything. I now believe that you are a condescender of 'knowledge'. ”

In fact, since the beginning, I have been planning to change jobs to become a mysterious dependent! Abner laughed at himself rather comically.

……

Woo!

With the whistle blowing, the Splendid City sailed into Damir Harbour.

It would replenish the colonized island with fresh water and food, and set sail again the next morning for the port of Tiana, but it had nothing to do with the Abners, they had already reached their destination.

After three days of sailing, it is now the morning of June 30.

"Mr. Fool must be on his way to the church with that secret order snooper, right?" Looking at the hands of his pocket watch, Abner complained to himself, and then hired a local guide to lead the two of them to the only school in the port town.

Damir Island is not large, and there is only one population on the island, the port town, with a permanent population of only about 10,000, so the schools on the island are naturally not large.

And it was the principal of the school who gave Detective Issinger the commission.

Abner and Hugh met the gentleman, Gaston Verpin, without incident. He was about forty or fifty years old, and wore a pair of thick copper-rimmed glasses, and his hair was combed back and neatly groomed, and he looked like a rather serious gentleman.

After the two sides were seated, the gentleman did not say much to the court, and went straight to the point, saying straight to the point: "I have received a telegram from Issinger, and I know that you are here for him. To be honest, I'm a little disappointed to see your age, but Issinger was a great admirer of his students in telegrams, so out of trust in him, I was going to give it a try. ”

"I'll try my best to make myself worthy of the teacher's praise!" Abner first said politely, and then asked, "What exactly do you want to entrust?" I don't seem to be in a hurry? ”

"It's not urgent, but it's very difficult! You know, the reward I gave your teacher is 1,000 gold pounds! Mr. Gaston replied.

£1000? I remember that in the original book, Klein hired Miss Sharon for three days and spent 1,000 pounds. However, in the past three days, they first killed a secret puppet master, arrested adulterers, participated in extraordinary gatherings, and finally escaped from the evil spirit of the three-in-one red angel...... I'm afraid I'm going to get cold if I happen to something like this now...... It shouldn't be so unlucky, right?

After some scolding, Abner asked Mr. Gaston with a serious expression, "What is the specific content of the commission?" Also, how dangerous is it? ”

"There is almost no danger!" Gaston shook his head, then pulled out a strangely shaped paper contract from a drawer.

The paper of the contract was orange, and it was circled in a rectangle with the symbols and magic symbols of the solar realm, and many clauses had been written in Hermesian, leaving only a blank space for the signature.

"This is the magical item corresponding to the 'notary' of the solar pathway sequence 6, you need to sign this contract before I can tell you what the commission is. After all, you're not Isengard, and I don't trust you. ”

Although Mr. Gaston's words were not to be heard, both Abner and Hugh understood them, so they did not get angry, but looked carefully at the terms of the contract.

The clause on the justice document is actually very simple, but only clarifies the rights and obligations of both parties. It also specifically states that if the person who accepts the commission can withdraw at any time if he encounters danger, if he feels that he is unable to complete the specific matters of the commission after the client tells the specific matters of the commission, he can also withdraw at any time, but the remuneration given will be greatly discounted according to the progress of the event at the time of withdrawal.

Abner and the others are obliged to take Mr. Gaston through the seventh floor of the 'Dream Labyrinth Tower'.

"What is this 'Dream Labyrinth Tower'?" Abner asked, frowning.

"I won't tell you the specifics now, I can only say that the 'Dream Labyrinth Tower' is not life-threatening on the seventh floor and the previous floors, but it is difficult to pass." Mr. Gaston explained and then remained silent.

"It's hard to ...... without danger That is, what is needed at these levels is wisdom or other qualities that do not rely on force...... And there is no punishment? Abner guessed.

Mr. Gaston looked approvingly when he heard this, and for the first time felt that Detective Issinger had not lied to him, and that his student's reasoning and logic skills were really strong.