Chapter 115: Fraudsters
"You shall not recite my name without my permission. ”
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When the meeting was over for a few minutes, Audrey and Alger, who had returned to their bedrooms and captain's quarters, still seemed to hear the words of the fool.
They had the impression that the mysterious and powerful Mr. Fool was either relaxed, calm, or unpredictable, and rarely showed such a solemn and condescending attitude.
And it is precisely because of this that the two of them are terrified and willing to obey from the bottom of their hearts:
They are no strangers to similar style of words, but they are all recorded in the Apocalypse of the Night, recorded in the Book of Storms!
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West District of Tingen, Daffodil Street.
Klein pulled back the curtains and let the golden sunlight shine into the bedroom.
After Justice and the Hanged Man left, he examined the "star" with the prayer coming out again, but this time he didn't get any information.
Based on the fact that the crimson "star" has the ability to save prayers, which is similar to offline messages, Klein believes that in the last two intervals above the gray mist, the giant-speaking boy has not prayed again.
This made him wonder if the other party's parents were hopeless, so he chose to give up......
With his back to the sun, Crane walked to the side of the bed and fell to the ground, not wanting to move.
He knew that he should hurry up and go to the divination club to continue the process of digestion, but he still didn't want to move, he just wanted to lie quietly and enjoy a rare day of rest.
From Tuesday to Friday, his daily schedule was very full, the morning was the occult course and the corresponding practice, the afternoon was the shooting training and combat practice, and he was so tired that he had no energy in the evening, and on Saturday, the morning remained the same, and in the afternoon he began to take turns at Chanis Gate, eating, drinking, and Lazar were all underground, and he held on until early Sunday morning.
Sunday mornings belong to Klein's catch-up sleep, in the afternoon depending on the situation to decide whether to go to the divination club, Monday morning, he just went to Hoy University, in the afternoon to gather the members of the Tarot Society, and have to think about playing the role of a fortune teller, in short, he has been busy all week, and there is little opportunity to rest and relax.
Therefore, at this moment, Klein only wants to be decadent once, lying at home like a salted fish, not doing anything, purely in a daze.
"No, as the boss of the 'cult' organization, how can he be so mournful, if Miss Justice and Mr. Hanged Man know, their three views will be shattered......" Klein buried his face in the quilt and puffed himself up.
"I have the recipe for the clown potion, and I'm waiting for the soothsayer's potion to be digested completely...... I have the recipe for the Joker's potion, so I'm waiting for the soothsayer's potion to be digested thoroughly......"
He muttered a few words, rolled over abruptly, and sat up.
Pulling a brass-colored coin out of his trouser pocket, Crane quickly divined whether it was appropriate to go to the club today, and got an affirmative answer.
"Five, four, three, two, one!"
After counting down, he forced himself to stand up straight, walked to the coat rack, and removed his tuxedo jacket and half-height silk top hat.
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The Hallse neighborhood, inside the Divination Club meeting room.
Klein sat in a shady corner, sipping Xibe black tea while flipping through the "Tingen City Honest People's Daily", and there were only a few members around, only six or seven.
Just as he was amused by the false grammar of a recruitment revelation, Glacis, wearing monocles and holding a silk top hat, walked in, followed by a woman in her thirties in a long blue stand-up collar.
The lady had crooked eyebrows, large, but inattentive eyes, and in her left hand she was clutching a feathered black velvet intis hat shaped like a helmet.
This hat is really exaggerated, isn't it sore to wear it? Klein noticed it, looked over, and pinched his eyebrows twice, as if to relieve his exhaustion.
In his vision, Glacis and the lady with the green eyes were healthy but anxious, angry and flustered.
"Good afternoon, Glacis, that Mr. Lanlius is really not trustworthy, is he?" asked Klein with a slight smile without getting up.
Last time, Glacis, who had just recovered from lung disease, asked him for a divination about an investment in the Lang Er Uss Iron and Steel Company, and got a bad result.
But Klein looked at the other party's hesitant appearance and felt that he would most likely choose to take risks, at most he would no longer press all his net worth, so now after seeing his emotional color, he immediately had an association and made a judgment.
Gracis was stunned for a moment, and then said with a wry smile:
"I really regret not following your divination advice, oh, this is the second time I've said this, hopefully, no, I'm sure there won't be a third time. ”
He turned his head sideways and said to the lady who had a slight crow's feet at the corner of her eye:
"You see, Madame Christina, before we have spoken, Monsieur Moretti knows our purpose, he is the most amazing soothsayer I have ever met, and I prefer to describe him as a soothsayer. ”
"Good afternoon, Mr. Moretti, we are here precisely because of the matter of Lanlius. The lady named Christina bowed briefly, looking a little flustered and anxious.
"Shall we go to the Citrine Room?" Glacis, relatively calm, pointed to the door of the conference room with his chin.
Klein smiled and got up and said:
"It's the job of a soothsayer. ”
He walked down the aisle, to the door, and into the uninhabited citrine room.
Gracis locked the wooden door, and sighed as he walked to his seat:
"Langus went missing, he left Tingen under the pretext of going to West Velas to supervise the mining of the minerals, and we sent a steam train to look for it, and found that his so-called large iron ore of high quality only existed on the drawings. I feel glad that I thought of your divination advice and ended up investing only one-third of the original amount, otherwise I would have lost my family and lost my life. ”
Klein's eyes looked deeper than usual at the two of them, and he asked with a little curiosity:
"Shouldn't you elect a representative to make such a big investment decision and go to the Hornachis Mountains in West Velas County to verify it on the ground?"
Christina replied quickly:
"Our representatives were bewildered, confused by the people hired temporarily by Lanreus, by the temporarily leased places, by the temporarily fenced land. ”
Klein didn't ask any more questions, and kept the posture of a soothsayer:
"What do you want to divination?"
"I wonder if the divination can be reversed. Christina glanced at Glacis and spoke.
Klein took the paper and pen:
"Then let's do astrolabe, I ask, and you answer. ”
Between questions and answers, Klein marked the thundering constellation in the corresponding position, marked with symbols of various situations, and completed the event astrolabe.
Compared with ordinary people's astrolabe, he uses more elements, and his interpretation method is closer to the truth.
"Madam, sir, you are now at a fork in the road, if you are greedy, panicked, and do not know moderation, you will fall further into the abyss, and you will never be able to get out of it, but if you can endure, wait, persevere, and no longer be greedy, you will usher in a turnaround, and you will see the sun......" Crane said in a slow voice.
"I see. Christina bowed her head slowly, thought for a moment, and said, "Mr. Moretti, can you tell the whereabouts of Lanrius?"
"No, I'm afraid it won't work, the information left by Lanerus is most likely fake, and even the name may not be true, so how can I divination? Klein replied truthfully.
Chrystina was silent for a while, took out the note of 1 Souler and pushed it to Klein:
"I've heard Glaciss mention that you're a true soothsayer who fears fate and doesn't covet money, and the rest is a tip for the club. ”
"Thank you for giving me confidence. ”
She stood up, politely took her leave, and walked away quickly.
Don't be greedy for money...... No, I'm vulgar! Klein kind of regretted what he was pretending to be.
Seeing Christina leave, Glacis closed the door, turned back and asked:
"Is there really no way?"
"That's the way I just said. Crane smiled and leaned back.
"Ouch......" Glacis sighed, "Lanrius took more than 10,000 pounds of money, more than 100 victims, fortunately I only lost 50 pounds, just lost my savings, no debt, and Ms. Christina invested 150 pounds, which is not an easy amount for her to bear." ”
"Did you call the police?" said Klein, who heard the figure of 10,000 pounds, and suddenly became indignant at the fraudster gentleman.
With such an amount, even in Beckland, you can be a rich man.
It's just a simple search, I don't know if the police will find a night watchman, a punisher, or a mechanical heart to help...... Crane thought thoughtlessly.
Glacis nodded heavily:
"We have called the police, the police also attach great importance to it, after discussion, we are willing to take out a part of the money recovered as a reward, no matter who it is, as long as it can provide clues about the whereabouts of Lanrius, once it is verified to be valid, you can get a reward of 10 pounds, if you can give accurate hiding information, help the police catch Lanerys, you can get 100 pounds in cash!"
Clue 10 pounds?100 pounds to catch Laneus?Crane almost had his eyes lit up and his breathing was heavy.
At this time, he was worried about the source of the follow-up detective fee:
The extra salary of 3 pounds this week plus the rest of the private money is just enough to pay the second instalment, but if the Detective Henry can complete the two commissions next week, his extra weekly salary will be a little less than the final payment, a few more than a few soles, provided of course that there is no other place to use the private money during this time.
It might be possible to get Lanerus's belongings from the police, but if he did leave Tingen, it wouldn't work...... Crane sighed in anticipation for a moment.
In the next hour and a half, because of Angelica's recommendation, two more people came to Klein for "consultation", one was divination for a child who had just turned 1 year old, and Klein directly drew the birth astrolabe, saying that the other party was convinced and satisfied.
The other was looking for objects, and Crane used tarot divination combined with dream divination to lock in a general range for him, much to his surprise, because he had never seen a soothsayer who gave such accurate information.
"Maybe just by divining people, you can save enough for the missing part of the final payment. Crane, who had given the tip, put on his hat, grabbed his cane, and thought as he walked towards the door of the club.
Just then, he saw the same lady Christina come in again, followed by a young woman in a ruffled hat.
When Christina saw Klein, she immediately greeted her, lowered her voice and asked:
"Mr. Moretti, you said earlier that if you have an item related to Laneus, you can try to divinate his whereabouts?"
"That's right. Crane nodded.
Christina took a breath and asked in a deep voice:
"Does his child count as a relevant item?"
Klein was a little dazed for a moment.