Chapter 476: Hazel's Request
Swindle? Miss, why are you asking me about this? Do I look like a liar like that? Even if I take the surname "Moriarty", I should play a "high IQ" crime!
Well, "fraud" also seems to be a high-IQ crime......
After laughing at himself a few words in his heart, Crane formally thought about Hรฉzel's question, thinking that the other party might ask himself, a "detective" who is also extraordinary, in order to "play", in order to get inspiration...... After all, she is a rich lady, how can she know this thing?
However, is this young lady the Sequence 8 "Scammer" that the "thief" passes through? I don't know where she got the recipe, or where she has magical items that can steal extraordinary abilities......
In a flash of thought, Klein pondered his words and asked, "Miss Macht...... What type of 'scam' do you want to know about? โ
In my previous life, I had developed information, and although I didn't actually see much, I knew a lot about various fraud methods.
"Detective Moriarty, it's good if you call me Hazel......" Hazel pursed her lips and said curiously with wide eyes, "Are there many types of scams?" โ
"Okay, but according to the principle of reciprocity, you'll have to call me Sherlock." After taking over the conversation, Klein replied with a smile, "Of course, there are many kinds, for ordinary people, for the middle class, for the rich, for the aristocracy, there are different methods and means......"
"It's complicated...... Can you give us a few examples? Hazel suddenly remembered something when he asked this question, and hurriedly took five 10-pound bills from his purse, adding, "This is your payment." โ
Although he took out 50 pounds, although he couldn't compare to Miss "Justice", he really deserved to be a rich lady...... Klein secretly sighed, but did not take the banknote, but shook his head with a smile and said, "Hazel, those cases are not worth 50 pounds...... And I also want to ask you one thing, and I offset it with that, what do you think? โ
Hazel thought about it, and didn't take the money back immediately, she raised her head slightly, and her eyes swept and said, "What do you want to ask?" โ
"Do you know of any magical items that can 'steal' extraordinary abilities?" Klein threw out the question he had already prepared.
Due to the endorsement of Detective Eisinger Stanton, an extraordinary person who maintains a relatively good relationship with the police department and the official organization, he is currently barely a peripheral member of the official, and even if he is found to be an extraordinary, he will not be arrested, so Klein dares to reveal some secrets in front of Hagiel...... For example, he has a certain understanding of the "thief" approach, and knows the "playing", so he will guess her sequence at the first time.
Sure enough, Hazel looked at him deeply a few times, but wisely did not expose it, but responded calmly on the surface: "I had one thing before...... But it was taken by the Storm Church...... Now it's Seal '2-78'. โ
Taken by the Church of the Storm? Mother Earth God Church doesn't care? Klein was a little surprised, although he had heard about the incident of the ball in the headquarters of the Daily Observer at the Tarot meeting, and had heard that the night watchmen were being played by a demigod of the "thief" route, he did not connect them with the priest of the Mother Earth God Church in front of him.
Hazel could guess part of Mr. Detective's thoughts, but she didn't mean to tell the other party about her past, but after thinking about it, she handed over the gold pound again and said, "Since it didn't solve your problem, you should take the money first...... Also, I'd like to hire you to take me to see the 'scam' up close. โ
Klein was not hypocritical this time, and after putting away the five banknotes printed with the portraits of William I, the "Founder" and "Protector", he cleared his throat and told about the various frauds he saw in the rule of law programs, news, and the Internet in his previous life.
Finally, he also focused on the case committed by Lanerus in Tingen, who used false news to open a steel company to defraud 10,000 pounds...... Of course, the part involving the extraordinary was skipped by him.
These cases amazed Hazel, who had always been well protected by her parents, and she couldn't imagine that there were so many tricks to deceive people, and Detective Sherlock was worthy of being a well-known detective recently, and her 50 pounds were well spent.
After talking about the cases that may not have been developed yet, Klein paused and said, "If you want to watch a fraud on the sidelines, I'm afraid you'll have to wait a few days...... I need to find a suitable target ......"
Well, let Miss Hazel observe and arrest him directly, and he should do good.
Hearing this, Hazel came back to his senses and nodded, "Okay, I'll wait for your news...... You can see me at harvest church every day at this time. โ
After Hazel's business was finished, Crane said goodbye to him and strolled from the middle of nowhere to Emlyn, who was wiping the lampstand. Glancing sideways at him, he didn't want to spoil the peaceful atmosphere of the prayer hall, and deliberately suppressed his voice and asked with a low chuckle:
"Is there one of the dukes of your blood clan named Rhine Karendia?"
Emlyn was a little surprised when she heard this, and asked rhetorically, "How do you know?" His Highness fell in the middle of the Quaternary Age......"
"Can you tell me about him?" As he spoke, Crane took out a palm-sized box from his pocket, which contained a very delicate doll.
Since he read the diary of "Liu Bo", he wanted to get some information from Emlin, but he didn't take action before, firstly, because he didn't find the opportunity, and secondly, because he lacked the props to make Emlyn "talkative".
And this doll was bought by Talim for help last week, and it cost a lot of money.
"This ...... This is the work of Master Serena! You can get it! Emling's eyes lit up at once, and he was eager to pounce on him.
Klein closed the lid of the box and looked at each other with a smile.
Emlin immediately came to his senses, he pondered it for a while, and said, "The matter of the Duke is not secret, and it is not impossible to tell you...... But you have to swear not to spread again. โ
"Yes." Crane nodded, and made an oath to the "God of Steam and Machines" that he "believed".
Seeing this, Emlyn organized the following words: "That Highness is actually outside the Bloodline, but it is said that he is favored by the First Ancestor and can often receive oracles...... This made Her Majesty the Queen and several dukes very jealous at the time......
"His Highness called himself the 'Silver-Eyed Observer' and loved to carry young people...... However, he did not support the 'Night Emperor' in the 'War of the Four Emperors', but got very close to Solomon's 'Black Emperor'.
"He left behind a book of occultism called The Feast of Blood, which is currently in the Clan's treasury.
"But the first half of the book is very normal, but the second half is written in a special script, and no one has been able to translate it so far."
"A Feast of Blood"? It turned out that this book was written by Liu Bo...... did Mr. "Tower" really know a certain girl of the blood clan, so he lent the first half? However, the lower part is written in special characters......
"Isn't it Russelwin?" Crane asked.
Emlyn looked at him like a fool and said, "How is that possible? Russell was a man more than a hundred years ago, and that Highness fell in the middle of the Quaternary Age...... How could He be Russelwin? โ
Not really...... So what kind of text did Liu Bo use? English? Japanese? Martian?
While guessing in his heart, Crane handed the box to Emlyn as promised.
The red-eyed vampire's eyes immediately became more vivid, and he couldn't put it down in his arms.
Seeing that he was so unpretentious and showed his true temperament, Klein chuckled lightly and asked in a low voice:
"Lack of money?"
As soon as he said this, he felt as if he was asking if the other party knew Amway.
Emlin, who put the doll away closely, was slightly stunned at first, and then sneered:
"Don't insult the noble bloodline with money!"
Klein snorted suddenly, looked at the tall and burly Father Utravsky in front of him, and said casually:
"As far as I know, handmade dolls are not cheap, and they can even be called expensive, especially the ones that are as tall as people."
"......" Emlyn's mouth opened and he tried to refute it, but in the end he couldn't make it happen.
After a moment of silence, he coughed lightly twice, and pretended not to care:
"Tell me, what exactly do you want me to help you with? I'm not a Kindred who likes to guess puzzles. โ
Crane didn't look at the vampire next to him, but talked to himself about the materials he needed, such as the brain mutation of the trapittuitary gland of the Hunter of a Thousand Faces.
However, he deliberately quoted the amount of auxiliary materials a little more, so as not to wear and tear.
Hearing this completely non-stumbling description, Emlyn White suddenly felt like she had fallen into the other party's language trap.
He calmed down and said:
"The pay for transcendent materials is at least 100 pounds, and the auxiliary materials are at least 10 pounds, although I don't know what level you want, but I believe that they will certainly not be cheap and common, otherwise you would not have come to me for help."
Pretty smart, huh...... Klein smiled and said:
"Deal!"
At this moment, Emlyn deeply suspected that he was asking for too little in payment.
Just as Klein wanted to ask if the second half of "Blood Feast" could be borrowed by the way, as well as the information of Viscount Karen, there were suddenly layers of illusory pleading voices in his ears.
Listen to the sound, it should come from the "tower".