According to the time recorded in the book, it should have been a dense fog in the forest now, although it is not the most intense fog, but in terms of danger, it has increased more than ten times compared to a few days ago, and the town on the lake is also a lot more tense, and the city guards have begun to send people to patrol back and forth on the city wall.

If Leo wants to go out of the city to hunt down the Dream Spirit, it will be very important to know in advance what kind of Dream Spirit he will encounter, what method to use to solve it quickly, etc., and Peter Alcott's study should have the books he needs.

At this time, Leo began to pay attention to Peter Alcott's book collection, and when he handed him the house key, Peter Alcott emphasized his book collection in his words, which shows that he is very confident in the richness of the books in his study.

In fact, Leo also felt that Peter Alcott's self-confidence was not untargeted, and there were two more such dens in this apartment building, and the books in the study rooms corresponded to the mechanics and occults of this world. The number of books in each study is not very large, roughly calculated, about a thousand, but each one is the kind of palm-wide tome, with his experience in acquiring books in the past few days, he can find that the content of these books probably covers all aspects of the entire dream world.

Although there are many traces of reading in each book, the pages and cover are very new, and it can be seen from this degree of newness that these books are not originals, but copies of other books.

Although they are only copies of books, the value of these books is not low at all, according to Leo's experience in the past two days, the books in each study room are enough to make any book merchant earn a lot of money.

Placing books of this value in an empty house in such a mixed urban area as the 23rd arrondissement shows that Peter Alcott is very confident in the facilities in this house, which can be seen from some imperceptible blood stains on the ground, and many people have fallen prey to traps.

Leo was sure that if he hadn't opened the door with the key, he would have been confronted with a barrage of traps in the room, just as he was now pulling a taxonomic atlas out of the shelf, with at least five deadly traps aimed at him.

Leo knew that all the deadly weapons in the building had disarmed the activation device when he inserted the key, so he didn't care about them, and instead focused on the book in front of him.

Just like the books he had acquired these days, Leo didn't study the books in the room carefully, but quickly included all the books in the ectopric database.

When the golden area representing the event period was lit up on the ring of the town on the seventh lake, the silent city began to become noisy, and Leo spent nearly a night recording all the books related to pharmaceuticals and potions in the library.

Leo didn't continue to record the information in the other two studies, not because he was too tired and needed to rest, but because he was interrupted by something unexpected.

Soon after the golden light of the event period was lit, someone knocked on the door, and when Sophie went downstairs to open the door, Leo had already checked the situation with the spirit net in the upstairs room.

He found that the person knocking on the door downstairs was a young man dressed in the costume of a city guard officer, and this person had obvious traces of ancestry, but because his ancestry and his thick long hair were perfectly integrated, it was difficult for ordinary people to distinguish, and most people would see him as an ordinary person.

Although this young man tried his best to imitate the posture of the aristocracy, some of his detailed actions revealed that he should be from a well-to-earth background. It's just that it can also be seen from this that this person's ability to do things is probably very extraordinary, otherwise it would be impossible to occupy a place in the officer system controlled by the aristocracy at such a young age.

"Who are you?" As Sophie opened the door, the young man was habitually preparing to go inside, but when he saw that it was a stranger who opened the door, he stopped and asked.

"I—I'm Sophie. Sophie looked at the city guard officer with some timidity, for her, a city guard was already a big man, let alone an officer, so she was a little cringe and timid when she spoke.

The young man looked at Sophie with a scrutinizing gaze, although Sophie's messy hair had not yet been combed, but she had already changed into a maid's costume stored in the maid's room downstairs, so after looking at it, the young man asked, "Are you the maid hired by Peter?"

"Peter?" Sophie was stunned when she heard an unfamiliar name, and quickly shook her head, "No, no! I am Mr. Dodd's maid, and it is not Peter as you call me to live here, you may have found the wrong place." ”

Hearing this, the young man couldn't help frowning, the expression on his face became serious, and he muttered, "What the hell is this guy doing?

"Sophie, please come up to this gentleman. At that moment, Leo's voice came down the hallway.

When Sophie heard this, she leaned back slightly, while the young man frowned, hesitated, and then walked upstairs, and soon came to the study. When he saw Leo, there was a look of confusion in his eyes, but he didn't have the disgust that everyone else had when they saw a special skin color.

The young man looked at Leo and asked in a deep voice, "Who is Your Excellency, and why do you live here?"

Leo didn't have the idea of causing trouble, so he replied very cooperatively: "My name is Leo Dodd, I am a merchant, and Peter should be a collaborator, Peter will give this house to me for the time being." ”

"Leo Dodd?" the young man was obviously a little unfamiliar with Leo's surname, and a blank look appeared on his face, but he quickly seemed to think of something, and said, "You are the black-skinned merchant who bought books in District 33 these days?"

"Yes. Leo nodded in acknowledgement.

The young man was silent for a moment, and then asked directly, "Since you are Peter's collaborator, then please tell me, how can I find Peter?"

Leo shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, I don't know, if he wants to see you, he will naturally go to you." ”

The young man looked a little disappointed, and was about to turn around to leave, but he inadvertently saw Leo placed on the table, just recorded a book in the subbrain database, the expression on his face immediately changed, and asked Leo, "Do you know how to decompose?"

"Decomposition?" Leo was stunned, followed his gaze and swept the books on the table, and after seeing the title on the cover, he quickly understood that the decomposition science that the young man was talking about was actually anatomy, so he nodded and said, "Understand a little." ”

"Very well!" the young man immediately became happy, and then said to Leo with great seriousness, "Mr. Leo Dodd, I now extend an invitation to you in my capacity as the chief of the city guard, and I hope you can assist us in handling a case. ”

"I can help," Leo thought for a moment and nodded in agreement with the young man's request, "Shouldn't you introduce yourself first, though?"

"Ahh As he spoke, he straightened his clothes, puffed up his chest, raised his head proudly, and said, "I am Marek, the director of the Twenty-third District Security Bureau of Seventh Lake Town. ”

Leo asked in a deep voice, "Director Marek, since I have promised to assist you in handling the case, can you disclose some details of the case now, and what else do I need to do?" ”

"This is a case that you must have heard of, Mr. Dodd, of the murders that have taken place in this city recently. Marek said solemnly: "The same murder happened again last night, but this time it was a nobleman who died, and it was a descendant of the Novitsky family who had the right to inherit, I need you to identify the body of the victim and find out the reason for his death and other clues." ”

Hearing that the other party was going to do a similar forensic work by himself, Leo couldn't help but be a little curious, and asked, "Director Marek, how do you know that I know how to identify corpses?"

Marek pointed to the open book on the table, which had not yet been put away, and said, "If it were not for the mastery of decomposition, such a specialized book would not be understood, and with Peter's character, if it were not for someone who had the same interests as him, it would be impossible for him to become friends with him, let alone let him entrust this house to you." ”

Leo asked, "Did Peter often help you identify corpses in the past?"

"Yes, he's supposed to be a special adviser to our Security Service. Marek explained, and seemed to have misunderstood Leo's meaning, adding: "Please rest assured, as long as your identification results help us solve the case, we will definitely give you enough remuneration and will not let you work in vain." ”

"I see. Leo didn't care about Malek's misunderstanding, smiled, and said, "In that case, please go downstairs and wait for a while, and after I have prepared some tools, I will go with you." ”

Marek thanked him, got up, and went downstairs.

After Marek went downstairs, Leo walked to the desk and saw the leather case on the ground, and after opening the box, he looked at the various dissecting tools that had been checked with the spirit net a long time ago, and the expression on his face gradually became serious.

When he was in Miria City, Leo met Peter Alcott as a child, and remembered that he was also able to predict what would happen to Leo in the future, so this incident is definitely not an accident, and it is not difficult to see that he was talking about what is happening now when you think of what he said when he gave him the key.

"Can he see the future?" said Leo to himself.

In the Earth Federation, some psionics whose life forms have entered the Omega level are more or less able to see some future fantasies through psionic energy, and the future in these fantasies may not necessarily come true, so some people think that these psionics only see one of the countless timelines in the future.

Therefore, most of these future predictions were only used as a reference data by the various civilizations of the universe at that time, and were not considered important.

However, judging from the two situations that Leo encountered, Peter Alcott's ability to predict the future is completely different from those psionic beings who have advanced to great life, and it seems that the future he predicted can be realized.

However, Leo also found that the future that Peter Alcott could see seemed to be fragmented, because if Peter Alcourt could see the full picture of the future, then he would definitely mention the matter of pharmaceuticals when giving him the key.

But now Peter Alcott didn't mention the pharmaceuticals, only the books and tools, and it was clear that these two hints were aimed at the books that were now spread out on the table and the box of dissecting tools in front of him.

Moreover, Peter Alcott's ability should also have limitations, he should not be able to control what he sees or how much he sees, otherwise, with his ability, he will not be in this embarrassing position now.

Thinking of this, Leo's slightly furrowed brows gradually loosened again, and without thinking about it anymore, he picked up the suitcase on the table and walked downstairs.

When he got downstairs, Leo asked Marek to wait, then went to the servant's room next to him, took a key from the key cabinet in the servant's room, handed it to Sophie, and said, "If you come back from your outing, take this key and open the door." In addition, prepare a little food, not too much, and don't go upstairs. ”

"Yes, sir. Sophie hurriedly took the key and answered.

Because her body was cleaned, and she had changed into a suitable outfit, the makeup on her face was also slightly tidied up, and she had eaten some things, her body recovered, which made Sophie's face look much better than yesterday, and her slightly recovered appearance at the moment also made Leo understand why he had such a strong sense of sympathy yesterday, and even strong enough to affect his choice.

Because, Sophie's appearance is very similar to the first love of her current body.

"Sir, is there anything dirty on my face?" Seeing Leo looking at his face with a strange look, Sophie quickly reached out and wiped it on his face and asked.

Leo retracted his gaze, adjusted his mood, and said, "It's nothing, let's go fix my hair today!"

With that, he turned around and left the room, signaled to Malek, who was waiting at the door, followed one after the other, and quickly disappeared into the alley.

As the time entered the active period, the color of the street lamps on the main streets of the city also changed to golden yellow, and the number of people coming and going on the streets increased, and some small vendors selling daily necessities were also placed on the streets, making the already not very spacious streets even narrower.

Perhaps because of Malek's uniform, the two of them walked smoothly along the way, and it took about half an hour or so for the two of them to cross almost the entire 23rd District before they reached the 23rd District Security Bureau.