Chapter 2395

The group from 【Eternal Light】 didn't investigate this place carefully last time, so Xia De called Mr. Albert to rummage through it carefully, especially to see if there were any hidden compartments under the carpet, behind the photo frames, or at the bottom of the cabinets.

Although the coroner didn't understand why, seeing Xia De so "professional," he also started to follow his instructions.

The two talked while searching, and Xia De thus learned that old Mrs. Fox had already reported it to the police, but the police just came to register it and there was no follow-up:

"This isn't just because this is the Lower City, but also because the police have had a lot of trouble recently. Mr. Watson, the peaceful days are over."

The talent of the vampire species is indeed enviable; besides searching with his hands, Mr. Albert could actually detect hidden spaces like secret compartments by coughing a few times and relying on the echoes.

Of course, this doesn't work for those secret compartments hidden by supernatural power.

Thus, the two soon discovered hidden items in a secret compartment in the closet and under the loose floorboards beneath a spare gas tank.

Mr. Albert still had reservations about rummaging through other people's things, but Xia De directly started digging those things out:

"My main ability isn't actually fighting, but tracking, breaking and entering, smuggling, and playing cards."

Xia De introduced himself, and Mr. Albert opened his mouth, not knowing what to say, and somewhat doubted whether his understanding of the person in front of him was wrong.

"Guns, bullets, forged identification documents, pocket money from various countries, keys to who knows where, two-person boat tickets to the New Continent with no time limit, personal souvenirs..."

Xia De found a small box at the very bottom of the secret compartment; after opening it, inside was a circular badge with a golden rose pattern.

He was stunned for a moment, then closed the box and restored everything.

"She actually kept this kind of thing, is she tired of living?"

"What is that?"

Mr. Albert, who didn't know much about the nobility, asked.

"The personal badge of a certain noble lady of Willendale, which only trusted maids can receive... It seems I really have run into acquaintances; I thought they had gone to the New Continent. Wait a moment."

Xia De closed his eyes again:

"Echoes of the past."

He listened carefully for a while, then didn't hear any useful sounds; it seems they haven't returned in the last two days:

"Mr. Albert, let's go talk to Mrs. Fox again."

Returning downstairs, the old lady was knitting a sweater while chatting with that plump lady.

Xia De asked very directly:

"Mrs. Fox, where did your nephew and his wife come from to seek refuge with you?"

The old lady hesitated significantly, and just as she was about to answer, Xia De spoke first:

"If I'm not mistaken, it's Tobesk in the North, right?"

The old woman's action of raising her head turned into slightly lowering it, and she said nothing.

"Don't worry, I am a friend of Mr. Albert. You can tell by my appearance that I am also a Northerner; I am a friend of Mr. Feringa and Miss Brown. Of course, what Miss Brown is called now, I don't know."

The coroner on the side also said:

"Yes, Mr. Watson can be trusted. Mrs. Fox, I can guarantee it with my personal reputation."

As he spoke, he gave the plump lady a wink, and the latter very consciously went to the kitchen.

The old lady's knitting action stopped, and neither Xia De nor Mr. Albert urged her.

After a long while, the old woman asked:

"When they left Tobesk by train..."

"No, they left by boat on a certain night last winter, during Princess Margaret's visit to Tobesk. It was I who led them through the sewers of the Steam Capital, came with them to the small pier on the banks of the Terraril River, and then saw them off."

Xia De knew very well that old Mrs. Fox had no one to rely on locally; since she had taken in her nephew and his wife, she definitely had the intention of relying on them to provide for her in her old age, so she wouldn't easily reveal those secrets.

Old Mrs. Fox's brown eyes looked at Xia De:

"Before my nephew left, what did he give you?"

It seems she knew a lot about that matter; Mr. Feringa and Miss Brown trusted her very much.

"A topographic map of the Tobesk sewers, containing those abandoned pipes, hidden compartments for workers to rest, and some pipes that were abandoned halfway through construction."

That topographic map of the Tobesk sewers, although Xia De hasn't used it yet, not using it doesn't mean it's useless. The value of that map is great; if Detective Sparrow Hamilton were still alive, he would definitely have obtained it at any cost.

"Hmm? Why do I feel like I'll see Detective Hamilton again soon?"

Xia De thought suspiciously, and then said the most lethal sentence to Mrs. Fox:

"When Miss Brown was cooking at home, did she always show a complicated expression every time she saw purple cabbage?"

Mr. Albert was very suspicious of what kind of relationship Xia De had with that "Miss Brown," and when old Mrs. Fox heard this sentence, she finally sighed.

Miss Brown's experience could also be called legendary; she was originally an elite agent of MI6, ordered to become a maid to hide beside the teenage Margaret. But because Margaret reprimanded her for not eating purple cabbage, the maid was directly dismissed and shortly after committed suicide by burning herself at home.

Actually, she used the remains of a woman of the same age and faked her death to escape.

After Miss Brown returned to Tobesk, she was arranged to retire in the countryside, but because she wanted to pursue her "artistic ideals," she faked her death again in the eyes of MI6 and returned to Tobesk to go to school, thus meeting Mr. Feringa and becoming his fiancée.

Unfortunately, during Margaret's visit to Tobesk last year, she was discovered by both MI6 and Margaret. Although Margaret was still annoyed that she was actually a spy, she still arranged for Xia De to help them escape the "Steam Capital."

Xia De had urged them at the time not to stay in Delerion, but he didn't expect them to come to Moon Bay. But thinking about it carefully, living in Moon Bay is actually a good choice; Mr. Feringa has relatives here, this is not Delerion, and Karsinrik's control over this place is not strong. Plus, there are always ships leaving the Old Continent at the pier, so this place is indeed okay.

Even ordinary people in this world have their own complicated and wonderful lives, such as "Eight-Gun Captain" Captain Lades, such as "Defected Female Agent" Miss Brown.

Mr. Albert, who also had his own story, didn't understand these things, but Mrs. Fox, who knew some of the truth, looked at Xia De carefully and finally chose to trust him:

"They didn't actually disappear for no reason. They gave me a large sum of money before they left and instructed me that if they didn't return, I shouldn't say anything. I asked my friends from 【Eternal Light】 to help me find them, actually to let people know that they had left without saying goodbye; this was also a suggestion left by my nephew's wife... Sorry, Mr. Albert."

"It's okay, as long as I can help."

The coroner didn't mind at all:

"But if they really encountered trouble, I feel it's better to find them. This Mr. Watson is very professional and is their friend, so we will be able to help, but we need clues."

"They didn't leave Moon Bay."

The old woman said:

"I know they once purchased property in Moon Bay under other identities, but I'm not sure if they are still there... 28 Winder Street, go take a look there."

28 Winder Street is located on the northern edge of the Lower City, centered on Herring Street; further north is the prosperous Market Street.

Because it takes time to traverse the entire Lower City, Xia De thought about looking for a carriage. But in this kind of foggy weather, carriages couldn't be found at all; fortunately, Mr. Albert just led him across a street and saw a carriage coming toward them:

"I have many friends in the Lower City who can help each other... Of course, not everyone here is my friend."

For example, his neighbors really disliked his profession.

It was about 9:30 in the morning when they arrived at Winder Street, and because there was a house number, the location was easy to find. It's just that the front door of 28 Winder Street was actually open. When Xia De and Mr. Albert walked over, the two men in black guarding the entrance with guns clearly tucked at their waists said directly:

"Leave here."

Xia De raised an eyebrow and glanced inside:

"Mr. Dylan~"

The Gray Glove agent contact who ran a bookstore in the city center was startled, thinking he had been recognized by an acquaintance. Turning to handle this matter, he saw Xia De's face and was startled again:

"Gray... Hello!"

He stood at attention subconsciously and said, waving his hand, and the two men blocking the door immediately moved aside to let Xia De and Mr. Albert in.

The interior of this narrow two-story apartment facing the street was simply decorated. At this time, seven or eight people were rummaging everywhere. When Xia De entered the house, Mr. Dylan still maintained his posture of standing at attention, so he joked:

"I thought you were just a liaison; according to the rules, you shouldn't be doing field work."

"Isn't there a newly appointed supervisor for the Moon Bay region? I also have to show some performance."

The bookstore owner said very embarrassedly, and Xia De looked around again:

"Let me guess, are you looking for people or things?"

Mr. Dylan only hesitated for a moment before answering:

"Both. Not long ago, an MI6 agent who had been hiding for many years died under our pursuit, but before he died, he gave the secret in his hands to someone else.

We searched all of Moon Bay and didn't find who he gave the item to. We only recently received intelligence that among the suspicious figures the agent encountered before he died, one had appeared here."

Because there is no official identity registration system in this era, the so-called "ID card," doing things after forging an identity is actually very covert. Speaking of which, although Miss Brown and Mr. Feringa were indeed being pursued, they did not expose their true identities.