Chapter 2117: Abnormal Misfortune

Although Mr. Bernhardt knew it would become dangerous here, he probably wouldn't leave Moon Bay City in the short term. After all, every corner of the material world is not peaceful now.

The two drank, and Xia De teased the cat, which had been very well-behaved since following him out today. The cat was still looking forward to Xia De turning into a cat, so it was very patient. Of course, Xia De also talked about the story of the coroner's past that he heard from Mrs. Dubois when he accompanied Miss Beilian De to attend the reading salon yesterday.

Mr. Bernhardt revealed a very helpless expression:

"I have said before that Ptolemy Albert is a very talented person. Although his background is not prominent, he studied in school and went to the New World with the army. He could have had a bright future no less than mine, but... he is a righteous person and hates injustice the most. I also know this story, but it's best not to mention it in front of him. After all, this is also Ptolemy's sad thing."

Xia De still had a letter from Mrs. Dubois entrusted to him to pass on, so after agreeing on the meeting time for tomorrow with Mr. Bernhardt, he put the cat into his pocket as a toy and went to the morgue alone to deliver the letter.

At this time, the coroner wearing a brown hood was busy, and there were two other coroners working here. So Xia De just put the letter in his office, greeted him, and left.

When he returned home at noon, it was exactly eleven-thirty. Xia De had just changed his clothes, and the three girls also came back.

"How is it, did you find the problem?"

Xia De asked curiously. Emilia still looked very energetic, and Luvia and Dorothy didn't look tired:

"We went to her room and searched it this morning, and brought back three suspicious items. See if you recognize these things; if you don't recognize them, go to Old John's for help."

Emilia then handed the paper bag she was holding to Xia De. Xia De thought it was a bag of bread at first.

After pouring out the things inside, they were a small black 20-sided die, a withered yellow leaf made into a bookmark, and a silver-plated brooch that had turned black due to oxidation. The brooch was in the shape of a leaf.

Little Mia glanced at it from afar and had no intention of approaching at all. Xia De reached out to touch them separately, and then frowned:

"Emilia, where did you get these? Both the leaf and the die have profane elements, and the last brooch has whisper elements."

Luvia and Dorothy looked at each other, knowing that the search all morning was not a waste of time. Emilia had been asked this question by Luvia just now, so she didn't need to recall it and said timidly:

"That leaf was given to me by an old lady selling flowers when we were waiting for the next train after we were transported to the city of Winterhold in the northern part of Derarion by the academy's train with other students participating in the summer practical activities this summer;

That black die was given to me by the person telling the story when I was listening to others tell stories in the dining car of the train after our train transferred from Watson County;

The last brooch was bought by me in the local black market on the second day we came to Tobesk. Look, this is the design style of elf jewelry."

"Oh~"

Xia De covered his forehead and sighed:

"Before leaving school, didn't the teachers tell you not to keep things whose function you don't know by your side?"

"They said so, but I didn't see anything wrong with these things... I didn't notice the element traces."

With her head down, her right index finger and left index finger pointed together. The sharp ears flushed red, and she knew she had made a mistake:

"It feels wrong now that I think about it, but I didn't think these things would attract those dangerous relics at the time."

"Alright, alright, Xia De is not blaming you, just worried about you."

Dorothy comforted her on the side, so the young elf girl pursed her lips and looked up:

"But which thing is wrong? It can't be that all three items are harmful to me, right?"

"That's hard to say, divination tells me that all three items are accumulating bad luck for you."

Luvia said, and Xia De nodded:

"Go to lunch first, and we will study it after lunch. I have nothing else to do today, I will take Emilia to solve this matter this afternoon. Luvia, you continue to go to work. Dorothy, aren't you interviewing the reporter of the 'Nathan Family Poisoning Case' this afternoon?"

The two girls nodded, and Luvia didn't forget to urge:

"If you really can't find the reason, come to the Divination Association. I will ask the president to help with divination. Emilia's safety is the most important."

At noon, the four of them had lunch at a restaurant outside. Xia De originally planned to send the cat home and then take Emilia to Old John's. Unexpectedly, they had just returned home when a guest visited.

The knock on the door surprised Xia De. The elf girl went to the living room window and looked, telling Xia De that there was no carriage downstairs. And after opening the door, what Xia De saw was his superior, Director Anluosi. Although it was still midsummer, because the weather had turned cold, Director Anluosi had a yellow-brown scarf tied around his neck.

He first looked at the girl standing on the stairs behind Xia De who was peeking, and only after Xia De nodded slightly did he say:

"There is a task, not mandatory, and not for you to do now."

"It doesn't matter, what specifically needs to be done?"

He invited Director Anluosi into the house, and Emilia very consciously carried the cat upstairs. So Director Anluosi slid a letter out of his sleeve and handed it to Xia De:

"Still the 'Boatman' responsible for contacting this matter. We received reliable news that the 'Lion Ryan' has given an order to the Gray Gloves, requiring them to make trouble in the city before the completion of the Moon Bay Bridge, and to organize citizen protests by making an issue of the corruption of the seven families during the construction of the Moon Bay Bridge. During this period, if they can make the City Hall and the Police Department 'accidentally' have a violent conflict with the citizens, the Anjou royal family can take the opportunity to reopen the topic of bringing Moon Bay City's autonomy under their control."

Xia De listened in surprise:

"So we are going to take this opportunity to make trouble in the city too? Is my task to contact the workers' organization for a joint strike, or to go to the university in Moon Bay to give a speech to launch a student strike? Or, am I going to organize a secret society, secretly contact the progressive intellectuals in Moon Bay who are dissatisfied with the seven families, and establish..."

"Stop, Xia De, how could I arrange for you to do these things?"

Director Anluosi shook his head:

"You are not a professionally trained agent, and that lady wouldn't allow you to do such a task.

But you are right about one thing, we do have to do something during this period. The specific plan of the Gray Gloves is not clear yet, but you can see the situation between the north and south countries of the Old Continent this year. Looking at the harvest this autumn, a full-scale war might break out this winter. Now the two countries are calm on the surface, but in fact, they are all making war mobilization preparations. We don't care about the food problem, but Moon Bay absolutely cannot be fully controlled by Willondale. Otherwise, once the war breaks out, the situation on the West Coast will be very unfavorable for us."

"Then what am I going to do?"

"I wouldn't come to you for easy work, and we have professional agents to do those overly complex tasks. I give you this letter for you to see and then destroy it immediately. Inside is a person's identity information. He is a 'deep-sea fish' planted by the Sixth Division in Moon Bay City about twenty years ago. At that time, I was just a field agent like you, not a director, so I haven't seen him either.

Recently, the Sixth Division has been trying to wake up this batch of 'deep-sea fish'. The contact and loyalty tests of others are in progress, but this person is missing."

Xia De frowned:

"Haven't you contacted the other party for so many years?"

"This batch of 'deep-sea fish' is very special, and it's not something that can be explained in a few words. In short, the Sixth Division's manpower in Moon Bay is looking for him, but it will take some time. Moon Bay is not our territory after all, and in this season, the Gray Gloves are also nervous, so we can't launch too many actions."

"You remember this material first. If the Sixth Division really can't find him, I hope you can help investigate the whereabouts of this missing person when the time comes. Only need to confirm life or death, we will do other things."

Director Anluosi said, and then saw Xia De nod with satisfaction:

"No problem, Director, when specifically do you need me to intervene?"

"I will contact you when the time comes. Unless it is a last resort, I will not enable your line. Oh, if you are really used, in addition to the field allowance, all investigation expenses during the investigation can be reimbursed, don't worry about this."

He patted Xia De on the shoulder and then said goodbye and left.

After Xia De closed the door again, the elf girl upstairs walked down curiously again:

"Xia De, was that a client just now?"

"No, he is... my superior. Besides being a detective, I also work part-time in other jobs. Otherwise, where do you think the money comes from for me to live alone and raise a cat? Correspondence students all have their own legal sources of income. You see, Luvia has a salary from the Divination Association, Dorothy made a lot of money writing books, and the team leader you have seen has his own psychological clinic."

Xia De turned and walked upstairs, Emilia blinked:

"I thought it was that Duchess who gave you... sorry!"

She blurted out what was in her heart, and realized what she had said, so she immediately closed her mouth. Xia De didn't care about this "offense." After all, most people in the city now think that "Famous Detective Hamilton," although he has real skills, must have received a lot of benefits from the Duchess:

"My way of getting along with Duchess Miss Jia Lin Na is very special. Although she really wants to help me, I usually refuse firmly."

Emilia nodded quickly:

"I knew it, you must be the kind of person who is very independent and has a lot of self-esteem!"

【I learned a new word from you, eating soft rice hard.】

Xia De refused to discuss this hometown vocabulary. ===== CHAPTER 2118 =====