Chapter 160: Kidnapping and Interrogation

Regardless of what secrets the witches had, Xia De was still very happy tonight.

The specific relic was about to be obtained, he also got a job with documents, and even the "White Stone Crystal" had clues. Presumably, Miss Tifa Servit would explain what she wanted Xia De to help with when she sent that relic.

Miss Galina, who had finished her business, left Duke Lu Kasi's mansion directly with the people from the Divination Society, but Xia De didn't leave, because as soon as he left the study, he was "caught" by the old Duke who had been waiting for a long time.

The enthusiastic Duke took him back to the Gwent salon held in the banquet hall, introduced him to the guests invited tonight, and carefully wore gloves to watch 【Founding · Silver Moon】 at close range.

Whether it was because of this card or because of Miss Galina, people were very enthusiastic about him. Everyone wanted to get to know the young detective, and Xia De received more business cards in an hour than he had received since coming to this world.

Duke Lu Kasi took good care of Xia De, and even didn't forget to entrust the guests not to tell others the identity of the detective who held the 【Founding · Silver Moon】 card, but they could say that this card had truly appeared.

Gwent enthusiasts were all very excited, so much so that by the time Xia De got the chance to sit down and eat something, it was already an hour after he left the study.

"Thank you."

After ending the discussion about Gwent techniques with the two gentlemen beside him, Xia De took the napkin handed over by the maid. Then he discovered that the maid was Miss Beiyasi.

The brown-haired female Ringed Shushi blinked at Xia De, and Xia De nodded knowingly. Not long after, he left the banquet hall and walked toward the restroom. After declining the servant's guidance, he saw Miss Beiyasi waiting at the corner of the hallway as expected; she was still dressed in that maid dress.

"Detective, you are really not bad."

She said in a low voice. Xia De carefully looked around, and after confirming that there was no one nearby, he lowered his voice and said:

"Miss Beiyasi, why are you here? Dressing like this, aren't you really hot?"

It was almost midsummer now.

"This clothes is of course very hot, but there's no way, there are some things, I need your..."

She hesitated, but Xia De could guess that the other party wanted his help, but didn't want to involve him, this "ordinary person," in the incident, so she was entangled at the moment.

"Need my help?"

He helped her say it. Miss Beiyasi nodded embarrassedly, looking at Xia De hesitantly. Although she was younger than Miss Annette and Miss Lu Yisha, Iluna Beiyasi was not short, and the top of her head was about to Xia De's eyebrows:

"Yes."

"I need to hear what you want me to do first."

He said this, not agreeing immediately just because he knew the other party, nor refusing immediately because he was worried about being involved in an accident.

"This... do you remember Baron Hull?"

Miss Beiyasi asked.

"Of course, wearing a pair of boots that looked like they were shod with horseshoes, just now responsible for inspecting our Gwent cards."

Xia De recalled. Miss Beiyasi nodded and explained quickly in a low voice:

"I want to know some things from him, about 【Mercury Blood】. He is just an ordinary person, but he is a sponsor of 【Mercury Blood】 and may know the location of the Silver-Eyed One... Let me explain, 【Mercury Blood】 is an illegal organization, and the Silver-Eyed One Diake is their leader."

Learning the help Miss Beiyasi wanted, which was just to get some information from an ordinary person's mouth, Xia De breathed a sigh of relief and also had a plan.

He nodded:

"I'll go back first and strike up a conversation with Baron Hull."

Perceive at close range whether the other party is a Ring Ringed Shushi.

"If it goes smoothly."

If the other party is not a Ring Ringed Shushi.

"I will invite him to the hallway to talk about things."

Which is to trick him out.

"You do whatever you want, but remember not to let him have this memory. That is to say, don't implicate me."

But Miss Beiyasi definitely didn't have a way to clear memories, otherwise, after using the Sunlight Gun last time, she wouldn't have been bluffed by Xia De.

"No problem, this time I prepared a very good relic."

Seeing Xia De agree, Miss Beiyasi immediately smiled.

She carefully took out a pure black metal rod from the pocket of her heavy maid dress. The metal rod was uniform in thickness, like a part on some precision steam machine.

Miss Beiyasi gripped both ends and pulled gently. Amidst the friction of metal, the thin rod in the middle was pulled out, making the current metal rod the length of two fountain pens.

The voice in his ears reminded him that this was a relic, and Miss Beiyasi also explained:

"Document-level relic, 【Beast Tamer's Memory Clearing Rod】, knock on the head and it takes effect. I specifically stole it from the team, cough, I mean borrowed it. As long as you pay attention not to let it get stained with blood, don't go knocking on the heads of children under six, it won't go out of control. This is the best for dealing with ordinary people... Detective, I won't attack you."

Xia De had already made a worried look, holding his head while retreating. Although, this thing probably wouldn't work on him.

Miss Beiyasi took back the metal rod and said embarrassedly:

"You helped me, I won't use this against you. Besides, you have fulfilled your promise to keep secrets these days, and we will have many more cooperation opportunities."

"I am just an ordinary person. While you are holding this thing, I will definitely not approach you easily."

He still maintained the action of holding his head with both hands, which made Miss Beiyasi even more annoyed.

So Xia De returned to the salon alone, but didn't approach Baron Hull immediately, instead chatting with the people who came up, pretending to imagine the "Great City Player" Gwent tournament this autumn. Seeing that he was almost familiar with the people around him, he took the opportunity to find a servant to serve wine and came to Baron Hull's side.

"Oh, Mr. Hamilton, this is truly a great card game!"

Without Xia De taking the initiative to talk, Baron Hull, wearing strange boots, said enthusiastically. His friends beside him also welcomed the young detective to join their conversation.

Xia De had a different purpose for Baron Hull. The other few people were also testing his relationship with Miss Galina, so the atmosphere of the conversation was very pleasant, and everyone was flattering the others.

The outsider was not very accustomed to such social occasions, so when the time was almost up, he quietly gave the Baron a wink, then explained to the others that he was going to the restroom, and walked out of the banquet hall without looking back. ===== CHAPTER 161 =====

Although she is not necessarily omnipotent, Xia De believes that this is unlikely to be a low-probability event at this moment.

He stood with Baron Huier and his friends to continue chatting, and learned that the several people around him were, respectively, a major factory owner in the city, a newspaper owner, and a shipowner who possessed an entire fleet in Lengshuigang City that traveled between the New and Old Continents.

Xia De held ulterior motives regarding Baron Huier, and the others were also probing his relationship with Miss Miss Jia Lin Na, so the atmosphere of the conversation was very pleasant, with everyone complimenting the others.

The Outsider was not very accustomed to such social occasions, so when the time was about right, he quietly gave the Baron a wink, then explained to the others that he needed to go to the washroom, and walked out of the banquet hall without looking back.