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Late at night, 7 Pinster Street.

Leonard Mitchell sat down in his chair, lifted his feet, reached for his desk, and rested on the edge.

Then, he leaned back, the wood joints creaking, and his breathing grew long.

I don't know how long it took, but his eyelids drooped and covered them.

By this time, Leonard's spirit had come to a gray world, but it was still in his bedroom.

The gas lamps next to the street, and the warm glow of the different houses, were unusually dim at this time, only illuminating a small area around them, and dyed a little hazy.

Illusory oval balls of light are hidden or revealed, intertwined and shrouded in houses, as if they are the source of their existence.

This is the city in the eyes of the "Dream Demon".

According to the situation previously investigated, Leonard jumped out of the window in the form of a "dream demon" and flew to 17 Minsk Street in the Jowood district.

He didn't break in directly, but landed at the other party's door in a thick fog and politely rang the doorbell.

In the voice of "cuckoo" and "cuckoo", Starlene Summer, who was wearing a nightdress, opened the door. While holding the silver-encrusted palace feather fan to her chest, she asked in confusion and confusion:

"Who are you looking for?"

She is the landlord of Crane when he plays Sherlock Moriarty, a blonde and blue-eyed lady in her thirties.

At this time, Leonard had changed into a black-and-white Rune police uniform, and casually showed the following ID:

"Do you know Sherlock Moriarty?"

Because in the dream, Starling reacted very slowly, and it took several seconds before she said:

"Did something happen to him?"

At the same time as she asked rhetorically, under the influence of Leonard, Sherlock Moriarty naturally appeared next to her:

He wears a half-height silk top hat, a long double-breasted gown, gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, and a beard with a ring around his mouth......

This is consistent with the Sherlock Moriarty that Leonard got before, so he didn't doubt it, and said directly:

"He is involved in a case and is under investigation. We hope you will cooperate with us. ”

"Okay, okay." Starlene wanted to lift her chin, but for some reason she was a little scared.

Leonard thought for a second and said:

"When did he rent the house?"

"Early September last year." Starling recalled.

Leonard went on to ask:

"What do you know about him? Or, in your heart, what kind of person is he? ”

Referring to this, Starling said as if she had already considered it:

"He's from Makai County, he has an accent over there, he's a very capable detective, and he once helped Mary solve her husband's affair, but his income is not high, and he can't even afford to hire a full-time handyman, so he has to let my maid help out part-time...... My kids told me that he was a great storyteller, especially detectives, which may be why he chose that profession......"

Without giving Leonard a chance to interrupt, she continued gushing:

"He's not as rude as the average detective, he's been to grammar school, he's studied history, and the most enviable thing is that he got Mary's thanks and joined the cragg club, which is full of people of great status, I've been there a few times......

"Later, he seemed to become famous in detective circles, and even ...... Private investigators often come to him......"

Leonard listened impatiently, and was about to do something else to distract him, when he suddenly noticed the "Even" that Mrs. Starlene herself had interrupted and skipped.

He keenly sensed that this might be new information!

In a dream, one cannot lie, and this circumstance proves that Mrs. Starling did not want to tell it...... But the "Dream Demon" was able to pry open someone's mouth in a dream, and Leonard patiently waited for Mrs. Starling's description to pause for a moment, and immediately interrupted:

"Who else has approached him but private investigators and people who ask for help?"

Mrs. Starling's speech was interrupted, and she was stunned for a full ten seconds, her expression slowly becoming a little afraid: "I, I can't say. ”

However, under the influence of Leonard's extraordinary abilities, a figure naturally appeared next to her.

He is a meticulously dressed middle-aged and elderly gentleman, with a snow-white shirt, a thick gray-blue vest that perfectly controls the stomach, and a long tuxedo dress with clear lines without a trace of flaws.

The gentleman wore shiny leather shoes, and there was no sign of rain or mud at all.

He wears a pair of white thread knitted gloves, his temples are mixed with a few silver strands, his face has deep nasolabial folds, and his light brown eyes are so serious that there is no hint of a smile.

New Characters! This person has never been seen in previous investigations into Sherlock Moriarty...... Leonard saw that Mrs. Starling had a look of some fear as soon as he saw him. But at the same time, Leonard always felt that this old gentleman was somewhat familiar...... Very familiar...... I seem to have seen it somewhere...... Where the hell have you seen it...... He suddenly shrank and suddenly remembered the source of this familiarity!

This old gentleman was Finkel, the butler of the third prince, Edsax Augustus!

This butler has been confirmed to be in contact with the Witch Cult!

And the third prince, Edssac Augustus, was one of the promoters of the "Great Smog of Beckland", who was tempted by a witch and committed a great sin, and had committed suicide on the same day, and his butler was the same.

Leonard felt as if he had caught some important clue and quickly asked, "When did he come to you?" What did he come to you for? ”

Starling hesitated to give a date, not long before the Great Smog really. But what the butler of the royal family came to her for, Starling didn't dare to say, Leonard found that the other party was also affected by extraordinary abilities, even if the butler Finkel was dead, the influence at that time still did not disappear.

It was so impressive that Starlene was able to remember the date all the time.

What could the housekeeper do when he came to her? Maybe it was like she came to her herself, for Sherlock Moriarty...... Combined with the previous "even ......", Leonard felt that his guesses were not far from ten.

Prince Edssac's butler came to Sherlock Moriarty during the Great Smog......

Leonard's eyebrows furrowed deeply.

He was convinced that he could not have learned from Mrs. Starling what the royal family had sought Sherlock Moriarty for, for the butler had no need to explain his purpose to an ordinary middle-class woman. Of course, he never imagined that this bold and lucky detective would intervene in the "Great Smog of Beckland" in this way, let alone imagine what role this detective played in it.

After this, Leonard made the figure of Finkel, the butler, disappear, and listened to Mrs. Starlene for a long time.

Leonard, who had patiently listened to a large number of useless messages, felt his temples throb suddenly, and when Mrs. Starling finished speaking, he could not wait to say goodbye to the other party, and ended the dream.

Back at his residence, Leonard began to think about the new information he had gained today.

"Judging by the testimonies of Daisy, journalist Mike and those who have been helped, Sherlock Moriarty is a good person with a positive image. At the same time, the third prince is not the leader of the Great Smog, but only suffers from it because of his connivance with the witch...... Thinking about it from this perspective, Sherlock Moriarty should not be the hidden driver of the Great Smog. ”

"But it cannot be ruled out that the image of a 'good detective' is just a disguise for him, after all, Jason Beria is also a good neighbor in the hearts of others."

"However, it is impossible to know what the third prince is looking for Sherlock Moriarty for......"

Leonard wrote and drew in his notebook, adding the name "Three Princes" next to "Sherlock Moriarty" in the middle of the notebook, and then connected a line, and "Three Princes" connected to the "Witch Sect". Leonard pondered for a few seconds, then connected "Sherlock Moriarty" and "The Great Haze" and put a question mark.

Let's start with a few people in the Cragg club who have a good relationship with Sherlock Moriarty......

The old parasite did not make any comments on his soliloquy or speculation, presumably still pondering the "ancient" stranger he had met during the day, the mysterious Mr. Dicky Rich, who had just moved in to Beckland.

After finishing today's investigation notes, Leonard stretched, full of energy and didn't need to sleep, he planned to take a break and continue the investigation.

"Then again...... Being able to recognize Finkel, the butler, is a testament to how bad my memory hasn't gotten. So where does this familiar feeling of Sherlock Moriarty come from? ”

Leonard, who had poured a glass of water, turned back and stared at the picture of Sherlock Moriarty nailed to the corkboard, lost in thought again.

His gaze stayed on the beard, and he felt how to look at it.

522

In the training ground of Silver City, people's eyes are always unconsciously biased to a certain place in the audience.

The blue-eyed Uno was held in his mother's arms, clutching a small piece of black-faced grass bread in both hands, as if in a daze, and as if he was nibbling on bread in small bites.

Even after birth, Uno still grows much faster than a normal child. Of course, he has no teeth, no bread, and no mother's nursing.

He had just returned a few days ago with the exploration team of "Afternoon Town" led by the chief, and the casualties of the exploration team had been reduced to an astonishing one-tenth, only two people in the team of twenty people were injured, one person died of his injuries, and the others were only simple minor injuries, and they had healed even on the way back!

They took the Angel of Destiny with them, as if fate was naturally on their side!

The second time I witnessed the miracle made the people of Silver City more devout to the Lord and the Angel of Destiny, after a thousand years, the Lord finally set his sights here again, and sent the angels on her side to bless the people, the angels are coming, will the Lord be far away?

Uno, who was only a little over two months old, felt no sense of the reverent gaze that people cast from time to time, and he held the small piece of black flour grass bread in his hand intently, staring blankly at somewhere in the dark sky.

A bolt of lightning flashed, and a silvery white light reflected his blue eyes.

He saw red, the color of blood, the color of fire, and in that color he saw everything that could be summed up by "war", the flames rising, scorching the sky, the sea of blood sinking, flooding the earth.

In Mohu's memory, he thought of a friend with a pair of iron-black eyes. He knew they would be reunited, so the part of Ulorius resigned himself to fate, and he missed the red friend a little.

Another flash of lightning flashed, Uno narrowed his eyes, he thought of the gray mist, the mysterious castle, the lightning seemed to be a little too bright, and he felt some pain in his eyes.

Too young, too new to use much strength, Uno soon became sleepy, and his eyes were uncomfortable. He squeezed into his mother's arms, whose arms were secure, and he closed his eyes to sleep, still holding the bread firmly in his hand.

I have to say that after the Lord reduced his babbling, the quality of sleep after this restart has skyrocketed.

……

In Beckland, Trainor is reading the newspaper.

As a very good secretary in intelligence, business, watching, and fishing, Medici returned to Rune to fish this time, and it was only natural that he took him with him.

But he didn't live at the Faye estate, even though it was where he grew up before he was 17.

He rented a villa directly in Beckland, worked for the Aurora Club every day, and fished in his villa.

What bad intentions could Medici have? He came to Rune only because Rune seemed to be able to fight, and Intis didn't seem to be able to fight at the moment, so Tony Towne was tricked into Intis by her in the name of honing her management skills, and he did the work of three people by himself.

It just so happened that he was also going to discuss the next cooperation with the demon family, and brought Edward's handwritten recipes and small object records.

"10% of the bicycle shares...... Not sold yet? It seems that the internal bidding is quite fierce. ”

Trainor looked at the information on the commercial section of the newspaper, and quickly went to find the few advertisements he was concerned about, the bicycle reminded him of all kinds of small toys he played with when he was a child, and when he thought about it, there were indeed a lot of business opportunities.

A businessman from Dicy was also bidding. 10% bicycle shares, the reserve price is now £9,000......"

Self...... The stake in bicycles is still worth fighting for, and after arriving in Rune, Trainor quickly noticed that many people in Beckland had begun to use bicycles, after all, the average price of bicycles was about 2 pounds, which could be afforded through gritted teeth, and it was a fashionable product, which was convenient for the middle class to show off. It is precisely because of its huge appreciation that 10% of the shares can be sold for 9,000 pounds.

He also tried to make an offer, 8,500 pounds, which was higher than the eight thousand pounds at the time. Originally, Mr. Dawn Dantès had expressed some intention of withdrawing from the deal, but this morning he was swept away by this higher price.

"Forget it, I've just arrived in Rune, so there's no need to compete with Earl Hall for financial resources."

He recognized the bidder on the other side as a rune nobleman who had talked several times before about cross-border business. When the demon family grew up, it was also said that there were many nobles in Rune who tried to take a stake in the Fetus Food Factory, and Count Hall was also one of them. Therefore, he gave up the bid with some heartache, and later wanted to buy 5% of the shares through a private transaction, but was rejected by the Earl of Hall's people, unwilling to reduce his future income.

He could afford it, but there was no need to get into trouble.

Looking back, you can put yourself ...... Bicycles are sold to other countries, and the southern continent can also try it, and the sooner you start it, the more you will earn.

After reading the newspaper, Trainor grabbed his "Faceling" coat and transformed into a featureless Rune face, leaving his temporary villa and walking around the city of Beckland.

Richard's side wanted to make money by selling some Southern Continent specialties, such as weaving and making handicrafts, and seemed to have the idea of gradually transferring people to the Southern Continent.

These things have always sold well, but Trainor would prefer to go back to Intis to speculate on gold prices and spices.

Through Richard, Trainor also learned that the Byron Empire would continue to reduce the export of gold, spices, and grain, giving more surprises to the Northern Continent, and in all this, her own father was involved, after all, she also used these methods against countries other than Intis more than a hundred years ago.

He walked the streets of Beckland and was confronted by a crowd of marchers.

The southern continent curtailed exports and took over the plantations in four cities to the state. Before the food was affected, the textile mills could not receive cotton from the southern continent, could not afford to pay wages, and laid off workers on a large scale, so the workers took to the streets with signs as they had when the machines were introduced.

It doesn't necessarily work, but if you don't, you'll really starve to death if you don't attract attention.

Trainor watched for a moment before stepping away.

……

In East Chester County, Audrey opened a letter.

"Dear sister,

"At this time last year, I was expecting you to come to the Southern Continent and experience the clean air, the warm sunshine, the unique customs and delicious seafood of our colonies, but now I have to admit that when the war began, the land was full of blood, violence, horrific murders and all sorts of horrific events.

"Dear Audrey, I heard from my father that you have also embarked on an extraordinary path, and as an older brother, I sincerely hope that you do not go too far.

"I'm not trying to control you, or dictate my sister's choices, but I've seen so many horrible things in these short months. Can you imagine? A friendly and generous general suddenly chose to mutiny, a dignified superior died quietly in the middle of the night, and in the colony, it was only ten minutes after dark that the two cities and half of the city's population disappeared. I wasn't originally a garrison of the city, but now I have to fight with them. In the past few days of fighting, comrades-in-arms who have not had time to be buried will become terrifying living corpses in the blink of an eye, and the members of the cult do not know how to respect corpses and lives, so we have no choice but to destroy the corpses that have no time to requiem.

“……”

"Can you imagine? The originally gentle and kind natives of the Southern Continent, under the leadership of the cult, turned into terrifying outlaws in an instant, killing their masters and plotting to kill their superiors. From ordinary people to murderers, it is only a matter of shooting and slashing, and after killing their superiors or masters, they turn around and dedicate their land and property to the evil Church of the Grim Reaper and their Byron Empire.

“……”

"These people of the southern continent have no morality, no conscience, and are not worthy of being servants, they are extremely greedy, and as long as they can see the slightest benefit, they will immediately abandon all their upbringing as civilized people and plunder by the most barbaric means.

“……”

"Dear sister, please don't come to the Southern Continent."

tbc

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Crane in class.

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