Chapter 49: Fraud
Miss Anne thought for a moment: "In the past, the cost of making extraordinary items of this level was about 300 to 400 pounds, and your giant sword needs to be re-refined with additional metal, plus the rest of the suitable spiritual materials, let's use the knowledge you told me to deduct it first, and the rest of the money will be made after the production is completed, depending on the size of the negative effect." ”
Roman thinks it's reasonable, after all, the price of an extraordinary item is greatly affected by the size of the negative influence.
Nodding his head and agreeing to the proposal, Roman immediately took out another silver-white tin box from his arms, handed it to Anne, and said, "Just so you can help me see which sequence this belongs to?" ”
What Roman brought out was the extraordinary properties that were extricated from the black dog.
Anne looked at Roman deeply and said, "Do you know the extraordinary characteristics? Yes, when the evil spirit said yesterday that the content of the transaction was the extraordinary characteristics of the 'Legal Mage', you did not have any doubts about what the 'Legal Mage' was or what the 'extraordinary characteristics' were. ”
Roman didn't answer, but asked, "What is the trait of the one you took away?" ”
Anne didn't go any further, took the tin box that Roman handed over, and said, "I'm a thief, and you," Anne said, handing the box back to Roman, "It's a hunter." ”
Hunter...... It's no wonder that the black dog likes to carry around all kinds of things, create traps, and has a rather strong physique.
At that time, the mole turned out to be a thief, and he had several valuable things on him at that time, and he did not even attack himself.
"By the way, what did you say earlier, what is the fraud case?" Roman suddenly remembered something.
"The mole you are talking about, once named 'Steven', was involved in a fraud case, he and his accomplices defrauded a dozen gentlemen of more than three thousand pounds in cash on a cruise ship in the Gulf of Diece, and then fled, and it was also a coincidence that I found out that he did not hide, but swaggered as a bounty hunter in Beckland." Anne said.
"Even if there were believers in the gods of steam and machines among the deceived people, you wouldn't have chased them from Desy Bay to Beckland, would you?" Roman heard the blind spot, "Although 3,000 pounds is a lot of money, the fraud case should be handled by the police, right?" Unless ......"
"Yes, this case involves extraordinary people," Anne began to tell the details of the fraud: "On a cruise ship in the Gulf of Didey, there was a fraudster under the pseudonym Okafors, who claimed to have invented a banknote photocopier that would make an identical copy of a banknote if it was placed in it for six hours. ”
Roman was shocked, "Such a clumsy scam? ”
Anne also nodded: "Yes, it is such a clumsy deception, and I don't know how this Mr. Okafors persuaded those gentlemen with his eloquence, and some gentlemen did not believe it, so they took out a 10-pound bill and put it into the machine, and after 6 hours, a brand new 10-pound bill was copied from the machine." Among them, the one who took the lead in trying to put the banknote into the machine, and also took the lead in paying for the first machine, was the dead Steven, that is, the 'mole'. ”
It's "childcare...... Roman thought to himself.
Anne continued: "The gentlemen who bought the machine, when they got off the ship and tried again, the first six hours, the machine could still spit out 10 pound bills, and the second six hours, the machine spit out only blank paper, and some gentlemen still had the illusion that the machine was malfunctioning, and when the third six hours, it was still a blank paper, and then they realized that they had been deceived and called the police. ”
"And what's the extraordinary element in this?" Roman asked, slightly confused.
When the police got their hands on the machines, they found that they could not be opened by conventional means, because the gentleman who called the police happened to be a believer in the god of steam and machines, so they turned to the local "Heart of Machines" for help. When the members of the Heart of Machines opened the machine, they found that the structure inside was quite delicate, most likely made by the Extraordinary, the Extraordinary of the 'Knowledgeable' path. Anne said.
Roman nodded, understood, maybe even related to the Extraordinary of the Steam Church, no wonder he was tracked all the way from Desey County to Beckland.
"And what about later? Did you find anything? Roman asked.
"No, this Steven is the only result I have tracked down all the way, he didn't do too much disguise, he was discovered by a Beckland victim and reported to the police." Anne sighed, "It's a pity that he is dead, as for the main culprit, Okafors, he should have been disguised at the time, and his name was also fake, and no information could be found at all." ”
As she spoke, Anne took out a portrait and unfolded it to Roman.
The portrait shows a middle-aged man with black hair and brown eyes, with a full forehead, square-rimmed glasses, a beautiful mustache on the side of his mouth, and the corners of his mouth slightly upturned, as if to show kindness and mockery.
Anne said, "This is a portrait drawn based on the descriptions of the deceived, it may have been disguised, if you have any relevant clues, you can report it to the Steam Church." ”
Roman took note of the appearance of the Okaphos, looked at Anne, and asked, "If I want to find you in the future, what will I do?" ”
Anne replied, "There is a mechanical supply store at 42 Leria Street in the Joe Wood district, where I usually be, and you will be there in three days to get your epee." If you look for me and I'm not there, you can drop the letter in the mailbox at the door. ”
"Machinery store?" Roman asked.
"That's right, my apparent identity is the most famous genius mechanical expert on the streets of Reyria, specializing in crafting and repairing all kinds of mechanical objects."
"Superficial identity? What about the actual identity? Roman asked.
"A true mechanical expert." Anne said with a smile.
Real ...... It seems that she can become a craftsman at her age, and she should have summed up the acting method by herself.
So, her real identity should be that of a member of the elite "Heart of the Machine"? Similar to the Red Gloves in "Night Watchman"? So you can track down the fraudster across regions?
Roman, who had a little gain, nodded, said goodbye to Anne, and prepared to go to the Beckland Bridge area to rent a house for a short time as a safe house, after all, whether it is the West Side where Mr. Employer is located or his target Queens, it is an area where the rich and nobles live, and he is too conspicuous to move.
The bridge area is different, the personnel are mixed, the management is very messy, and then teammates can also use the safe house here if they need it.
However, yesterday I heard that Mr. Wade's business is very smooth, although those old aristocrats do not look down on these new rich people, but they are under huge economic pressure, and in the face of Mr. Wade's money offensive, it seems that they will soon be defeated, and the day when Mr. Wade will obtain the title is not far away, and this order will end much sooner than expected.