Chapter 15: Thieves

Without waiting for Agnes to answer, Alyssa explained directly: "The Hermit of Destiny will be a secret organization composed of a group of wild extraordinary people of the Thief Sequence, which seems to be related to the Amun family, the Zoroasrid family and the Jacob family in the Quaternary Age, claiming to be the hermit of destiny. They meet regularly, but in variable locations, and the church rarely traces them. ”

Agnes asked, "His theft of President Carman's item has something to do with the Hermit of Destiny?" ”

Alyssa shook her head and said, "No, we can't be sure. ”

"We can't say for sure if he's a member of the Hermit Society of Destiny, it's just a few inferences we've made through a few clues. If so, then did his actions represent the Hermit of Destiny or were they just his own private actions? That's one of the reasons why this case was handed over to me. In addition to this, we do not know whether the two thefts were misguided by him in order to divert our attention, and we may have been wrong to speculate on the size of the extraordinary items he might have been looking for. ”

Agnes was silent, she shook her glass, and asked, "So, what are we supposed to do?" ”

Alyssa smiled, spread her hands and said, "As I said before, if you can catch that thief, you will be arrested and interrogated directly." ”

"Whatever they want to do, we just have to do what we have to do. As for the hidden problems behind it, there are naturally other people who have headaches, after all, the affairs of the Destiny Hermit Society involve higher levels, and I am just an ordinary member of the Nature Heart team. Alyssa said with a smile.

"I've extracted some of Mr. Thief's breath from the Blacksmith's Guild's office via '3-1070', which can be used to track down, but not in large quantities, and need to be narrowed down."

"Do we have any other clues about the thief?" Agnes asked.

Alyssa smiled and didn't say it directly, but opened her mouth to explain the case.

"There is a question, how did the news that President Carman possessed the extraordinary item come to know to this Mr. Thief, and if he can find out how it was leaked, or even find the person who leaked it, then it may be easy to find the thief's clue through him. So I've asked people who might reveal the existence of this item. After investigating, I identified four people, namely President Carman himself, the president's wife, Lydia, the cleaner who cleaned the president's office, and the president's henchman, Henry Schelling. Alyssa wrote down four names on a piece of paper.

"A month before the theft, President Carman's life trajectory included the president's house, guild office, and some social balls. According to my research, the president's family and the blacksmith's guild have not hired any new hires this year. Regardless of the fact that this thief will change his body appearance, only the social dance party may be leaked. Of course, looking at President Carman's wary look, I think that unless it's someone he trusts in particular, he will only leak it if he's drunk. ”

"Mrs. President. The life trajectories of the President's wife and President Carman basically overlapped, but they were more focused on social balls. This president's wife is a bit of a show-off, and if she leaks it when she compares with other ladies, I don't think it's a very surprising thing. Alyssa said as she took a sip of water.

"If it's the above two, it's hard to investigate, after all, there are a lot of people at the social ball." Agnes said thoughtfully.

Alyssa shook her head and continued, "Cleaner Lydia, her life is simple, two points and one line, which is the Blacksmith's Guild and her home on Boggart Street in Shallow Harbor. ”

"Henri Schelling, who leaves the Blacksmith's Guild every day to go to the Firefox Bar in the nearby district of Regra, and then go home, his house is also in the shallow port district, but in the slightly better rue Pierre. Sometimes he would go to Kenny Street. ”

Alyssa recounted what she had so far, and then added: "What do you think about the information found by the police station and the information I have investigated?" ”

"I think we should investigate Lydia and Henry Schelling first, check the Firefox Bar, Boggart Street, Pierre Street, and Kinny Street in the shallow port area. Although this is smaller than the investigation dance attended by the chairman of the investigation and the wife of the president, it is also a lot of work. ”

"You haven't adapted to the investigative methods of the extraordinary." Alyssa shook her head with a smile, and said a little narrowly: "It is our general practice to directly ask Damo to tell who leaked this news. The identity of this leaker is only a multiple-choice question, so it is easy to determine. ”

"Well, I'm not used to it yet." Agnes sighed with a smirk.

"Okay, then Alyssa, since we have the breath of Mr. Thief in our hands, why don't we just use this breath to divinate him?" Agnes adjusted her mind for a moment, then asked.

"Who said you didn't let Dahmer divination?" Alyssa pursed her lips and said, "But the other party seems to have anti-divination methods, and Damo can't do divination, which is one of the reasons why he is suspected of being a member of the Destiny Hermit Society." ”

"Okay." Agnes asked with some disappointment, "So who is the result of the divination?" ”

"Lydia, the cleaner, Damo divined that this was heard by others while communicating with his sister, and he didn't take the initiative to leak the secret. And the person who heard the news, we have already obtained his identity from the police station through the portrait of Damo. Alyssa pulled out a sketch and said, "Germaine Moody, a docker." ”

"So our next step is to track down this Mr. Moody?" Agnes asked.

"Yes, try your luck with President Carman's item." Alyssa added.

"Waiting for this Mr. Thief to steal again? Will he really come back? After all, he'd already failed twice, and maybe he already knew that Nature's Heart had taken over. Agnes asked, confused.

Alyssa replied, "Based on my suspicion, this Mr. Thief may really have his eye on President Carman, after all, this item is indeed an extraordinary item, just trying his luck. ”

"So, if he comes to steal again, it's better to catch him directly, and it doesn't matter if you can't. Even if he didn't come to steal, do we have other ways to track it down? Agnes understood what Alyssa was thinking.

"Yes." Alyssa nodded.

"So, what is my mission?" Agnes asked.

"I'll take you to track down this Mr. Moody in the afternoon so that you can gain some experience." Alyssa said with a smile.

"And what about President Carman's office?" Agnes asked.

"Don't worry, I've put something in the president's office, and as long as that thief gets his hands on it, I'll know." Alyssa replied.

"Well, that's the way it is. In order to reduce the chance of alarming the thief, only the two of us participated in the afternoon operation. ”