Chapter 61: New Developments

Contrary to the impression that the storage room would be filled with dust, the case storage room of the Minsk office is no different from the National Library of Rune, with stacks of papers neatly arranged on the shelves on both sides, and in the middle of which is a long row of spacious desks for lawyers and assistants to work on.

Now that the lawyers are in session, there are many young assistants or cooperating detectives sitting at the tables, talking in whispers.

Yager walked through the bookshelves and pulled out several folders of wrapped case files.

With the exception of the police information left by lawyer Aemond, the rest are the closed case files recently accepted by the Minsk office in the Eastern District.

Most of them are factory-worker conflicts.

He singled out the information that was most likely relevant to what he had gathered.

Unfortunately, because the Air Pollution Investigation Commission has only been established for a long time, it has played the role of a regulator or litigant in these files, and has not revealed much information about the committee itself.

Holding the thick folder, Yager made his way to the table at the back of the storage room and pressed the form for the investigation order to be filled out at the bottom.

Below is the letter that Triss entrusted him to send.

In all cases, the committee expressed dissatisfaction with the factory's pollution targets, and after the other party ignored them and refused to rectify them, they went to court.

The only particular case was a patent case against Chung-Ang University, litigated by Mr. Luke Kragg, one of the members of the Air Pollution Investigation Committee.

"Mr. Luke Cragg v. Professor Chung-Ang University Patent Misappropriation Case"

He flipped through the case file.

But after opening it, he discovers an unexpected delight.

The object of the lawsuit is none other than Bill Rudolph, whom he has not paid attention to for some time and handed over to justice and the world for investigation!

"Professor Bill Rudolph of the Central University published a paper a year ago on 'On the Relationship between Quaternary Architectural Styles and Relics and Constellation Orbits', in which he presented several Quaternary antiques owned by Mr. Luke Cragg, which has seriously damaged Mr. Cragg's interests without his permission......"

"Mr. Cragg demanded that he withdraw his thesis and pay him ....... pounds"

Attached are a number of pictures of all of Mr. Luke Cragg's antiques, and what interests him most is that they are similar in style to the pocket watch he has not been able to find any clues to since he came into the world.

The final verdict reads: "This case is closed. Since the defendant has become a wanted person of the Storm Church, all the property is handed over to the bank for liquidation. The bank will hand over the judgment property to ...... within three weeks"

The payment was made three days ago.

At the bottom, there is the contact address of Mr. Luke Cragg.

126 New Year Road, Hilston, Cragg Club.

The contents of this case file are important new clues for Yager.

His previous investigation of Rudolph himself had not been able to cover the file, which was included in the Eastern Classification without his name, and the newspaper had little interest in mentioning the results of his paper, leading him to ignore the two important aspects of his research and Central University.

Well..... There must also be a reason for the slow efficiency of Detective Moriarty's investigation.

Yager completely ignores the fact that Detective Moriarty was involved in him and was repeatedly summoned by the police for the case at the Caping Mansion.

However, if the pocket watch is indeed a Quaternary-related item, it is likely that Bill Rudolph came into contact with it during his research because of the historical properties of the pocket watch, and not through the psychological alchemy as he originally suspected.

The investigation that will be handed over to Miss Justice later may not be very effective.

But that's okay too.

He rubbed the antique photographs, thoughtful.

In the literature written by Bill, there may be descriptions of pocket watches.

After so many days of exploring, Yager suspects that his connection to Bill's pocket watch may be deeper than he previously thought.

The handwriting engraved on the pocket watch means "moon".

The ability is to convey a prayer that is destined to be heard, and the side effect is to listen to the moon's whisper.

Regardless of which ability he and Bill Rudolph were affected in the room that night, it ended with him "mutating" and Bill Rudolph dying out of control.

Moon-related research on side effects has been supported by data from the Church of the Night.

Perhaps, the remaining objects that Bill Rudolph prayed to with pocket watches are related to the origin and research of pocket watches.

Yager immediately made a decision, put away the case file and the last court receipt, and walked out the door.

The ringing room of the Minsk office resounded with conversation.

"Dressster, are you out again?"

"yes, I've finished writing the investigation warrant application, and I'm going to hand it over to the police department."

"But, but, it's only been ten minutes?!"

“......”

No matter how awkward the process of taking time off work was, Yager eventually managed to leave the firm.

The wheels of the carriage gurgled and rolled over the uneven gray bricks of Minsk Street to the door of the Crag Club in Hilston.

The facilities of this street-facing house are very different from other houses, with a large garden and lawn at the back, and two marble statues at the entrance are exquisitely shaped, apparently by famous artists.

On either side are several men in black and white uniforms who appear to imitate police officers.

"Hello, sir, can you show me your membership certificate?" One of them, a brown-skinned man, reached out and stopped Yager.

"Proof of membership?" Yager asked in surprise.

"We're very sorry, but the Kragg Club is only accessible to members and guests brought by members, and only to one."

A membership-only club?

Yager had a rough estimate of Beckland's current mainstream business style, and gained a new understanding of Mr. Luke's social status.

In general, membership represents a regular due, which is rarely attended even by the middle class of Beckland.

Luke is one of the emerging bourgeoisie involved in the Air Pollution Investigation Commission?

"I'm LÊo Liszt, an assistant lawyer at the Minsk office. Some time ago, the case entrusted by Mr. Luke Cragg to our firm has been completed, and I am here to make a return visit and return the relevant materials. ”

He calmly took out a badge from his pocket that had been stored with him, cleverly pressed the avatar, and flashed it in front of the other party.

On the other side, several men standing guard did not suspect the young man in a suit and leather shoes in front of him.

They pushed open the door and called a handsome maid to come out to greet them.

The maid ushered Yager into the club's foyer: "I'm sorry to inform you that Mr. Cragg is not here today, and his secretary, Miss Jessica, has something to do for the time being, and it may take some time before he can get in touch with you." Can you wait a little inside the club? ”

"If you need to rest, we have a variety of rooms to choose from, and there is also an afternoon tea area facing the street behind the main hall, so you can be sure that your waiting is relaxing and comfortable."

The maid stood in the reception hall with an ordinary appearance but a rather elegant interior, and respectfully introduced.