Chapter 2064: Detective's Investigation

Today is Wednesday. Mr. Albert also reminded Xia De that for safety, do not contact the two people on the note on the same day, and just finish this matter before the end of this week. Therefore, Xia De could still follow his original plan and take advantage of the time this afternoon to deal with Freeman Hawthorne.

As for the whereabouts of this guy who had just walked out of the "haze" of amnesia, Xia De still went to find the contact person of MI6, Mr. Cooper, a reporter with the code name "Boatman" who worked at the "Sunday Review".

"Oh, you can just go directly to the Parsifal Club."

When he saw Mr. Cooper at the newspaper office, the latter was "compiling" content for a news story about noble adultery. Seeing Xia De coming, he put down his fountain pen and invited Xia De to the tavern next door for a drink:

"It's Wednesday afternoon, he must be at the Parsifal Club."

"You seemed to say that last time too. Does Mr. Hawthorne have nothing else to do?"

Xia De asked with a smile. Mr. Cooper, who was still thinking about how to arrange the adultery news, scratched his hair with precarious volume:

"When his ancestors defected to Casenrik and were willing to be loyal to the Anjou royal family during the Civil War in the Old World, he had already finished the work he had to do in his life... Nobles, it's not strange, so if he dies of illness in a few years, no one will feel strange. Freeman Hawthorne's daily schedule is quite simple, either at the Parsifal Club or inspecting his gang industries, but he doesn't spend much time in his manor."

Xia De nodded to show he understood, and Mr. Cooper said again:

"Some time ago, Freeman Hawthorne was attacked at the Parsifal Club..."

At that time, Xia De had just finished asking about the other party's whereabouts, and the other party was attacked. However, Mr. Cooper mentioned this topic, not out of curiosity about whether it was done by the man in front of him; he knew the rules of MI6:

"If he is attacked again at the Parsifal Club after a week, it will not be so easy to find him at the club next time."

"But why would I go to him for the third time?"

Xia De asked himself in his heart, but felt that words shouldn't be said so absolutely:

"Makes sense, so what other suggestions do you have? Sneak attack his manor in the middle of the night?"

"His manor guards are very strict, and he controls the gang himself, so of course he is afraid of being retaliated against by others. But if you are willing to sacrifice today's dinner time, you can go to this address."

He wrote a note in his notebook and handed it to Xia De. After reading it, Xia De ignited the note with a match.

"I received news that this evening Freeman Hawthorne is taking people to the pier to pick up a batch of very valuable goods... Illegal anesthetic drugs grown in the New World, yes, just the kind you guessed."

"Boatman" nodded:

"Casenrik's control over this type of herb is also very strict, even Hawthorne dare not act openly. What's more, the pier business belongs to the Eddington family. Freeman Hawthorne secretly doing this kind of thing definitely dare not let anyone know, so he shouldn't bring many people."

"Understand."

Xia De tapped the table, having already made a plan.

There were three hours before evening, and taking advantage of the temporary free time, Xia De went to visit the blood-sucking kin mentioned by the coroner.

In Xia De's view, most blood-sucking species should be engaged in some relatively high-end and upper-class professions, but the first blood-sucking species he visited at the 【Rhine Theater】, one block away from the "Sunday Review" newspaper office, was a magician hired by the theater.

The 【Rhine Theater】 is located in the Lower City. It is not a large theater, but it is not the underground theater performed by the "Jasmine Troupe" that Xia De encountered in Tobesk. The theater is not large, and can only seat seventy or eighty people at most, but it is enough for opera, circus, magic, and other performances. There was a performance by "Magician Shawn" this afternoon. When Xia De saw the magician who was helping to put on makeup in front of the mirror in the backstage, he was still thinking that his friend Mr. Shawn Asmon's name was also "Shawn".

But compared to that eccentric "Demon Scholar", this man with a small bat mark floating on his head and a somewhat feminine face looked much more normal.

He thought Xia De was his admirer at first, and only understood after hearing Xia De mention the name "Ptolemy".

Seeing Xia De glance at his female assistant—this is a human, the magician didn't care:

"Just say it directly, Nina knows about me, we plan to get married next spring."

While talking, he also raised his orchid finger. Xia De blinked:

"It's not a big deal. Because of a female corpse whose blood was sucked, the church is investigating the blood-sucking species in the city. Mr. Albert wants to remind you to be low-key recently and be careful of the church's investigation."

The magician looked at Xia De in the mirror of the dressing table. Although he couldn't make too big an expression because he was putting on makeup, Xia De could see that he was frowning:

"Did the kin from out of town do it? The courage is too big, right?"

"It is not yet certain whether it is really related to you. This matter seems to involve a lot, and the gentleman who asked me to come is also investigating."

The magician nodded to show he understood, and the female assistant on the side expressed her gratitude to Xia De. Xia De was about to talk to him about the local blood-sucking species again. After all, although the tooth marks on the corpse were framed, it was hard to say whether it was really unrelated to the blood-sucking species. But at this time, someone called the magician at the door, saying that a policeman came to ask him about something.

The three immediately shut their mouths. Magician Shawn shook his head at the other two, signaling them not to follow, and then he picked up his hat and walked alone to the door of the dressing room.

Ms. Nina grabbed her right arm with her left hand, watching her fiancé leave, she was very worried:

"Mr. Watson, are you curious why I chose a partner of a different race as a human?"

Her question was asked to the right person.

"Not curious. I also have a partner of a different race."

Xia De raised his eyebrows, so the woman looked at him suspiciously, but saw Xia De smiling and saying:

"Just make sure you don't regret it before making a choice. Adults can be responsible for themselves."

Fortunately, the police came to find the magician just because of the theft case in the theater last night, and they wanted to conduct routine questioning of everyone here. While relieved, the magician also admitted after returning that he was indeed a bit too nervous just now:

"I definitely don't want to be taken to the church for questioning, and then have to live under the church's surveillance from now on."

He thanked Xia De for coming to notify him, and gave him a few tickets to the 【Rhine Theater】, welcoming Xia De to come and support him at any time. However, Xia De didn't really stay to watch the performance, and after talking to them for a few words, he said goodbye and left:

"This kind of task is easy, and I can meet new friends. Mr. Ptolemy Albert is really a nice person."

Just as he walked to the street outside the theater, someone handed a flyer to Xia De. Xia De originally thought the theater was promoting itself, took it and looked down, and actually saw the "Eternal Light" logo.

"Hmm?"

He looked up in surprise at the man in a brown jacket who gave him the flyer, and the latter asked softly:

"Are you interested in learning about 'Eternal Light'?"

After more than a week, Xia De met this group of people again. However, this time he didn't rush to answer, but looked left and right to confirm that there were no police on the street at this time:

"What is that?"

"An organization that brings us together to bring light to this city."

Seeing that Xia De didn't leave immediately, the strange man became a little excited:

"Please listen to me, sir. In Moon Bay City today, wealth has been flowing to nobles and businessmen who do not create wealth, while the poor around us who work in factories, restaurants, and shops remain poor. This is obviously wrong, so we gathered together to bring light to the oppressed in this city. If you are interested in this, can you leave an address? We will examine you, and if you pass, we can take you to visit our organization and let you know what we are doing."

Saying that, he was about to take out a notebook, but suddenly a whistle sounded, and two patrol policemen who blew the whistle ran quickly from the corner in front of the street:

"What are you doing? I'm talking to you, don't run!"

They ignored Xia De, but chased the man in the leather jacket into the alley. Therefore, this time no one confiscated the flyer in Xia De's hand. He stood in place with his head down and looked at it, folded the flyer and stuffed it into his pocket.

Because he had to go to the Moon Bay City pier in the evening, Xia De returned to his home in Tobesk three hours early and had dinner with Mia. This cat is confused about other things, but always shrewd about eating, so it judged that this meal was eaten a bit early.

It looked very excited, probably thinking that Xia De finally made up his mind to change from three meals a day to four. But soon Xia De took it to the Divination Association, entrusted Luweiya to take care of the cat, and specially reminded the purple-eyed divination lady not to feed the cat at night:

"I have already taken it to dinner. Luweiya, wait for me at my house tonight. I encountered a remnant of a poem, and this time it may be related to a dragon."

In the divination room on the second floor of the Divination Association, Luweiya sitting opposite Xia De didn't care about the poem remnant, but Xia De's active invitation:

"That's good, I'll go to St. Deran Square after work. I'm not surprised at all that you encountered news related to the Chosen One again. Is the seventh Chosen One to appear light? I don't know what kind of person the candidate is this time. I'm curious, Xia De, does that count as a formal invitation for tonight?"

Xia De blinked:

"Yes."

The divination lady held her face and showed him a bright smile. ===== CHAPTER 2065 =====