North Shore of Conquest, Adria.
In a hotel in Adria near the Church square, Miss Dorothy sat on the sofa in the hotel's luxurious suite, looking solemnly at """wen hai hang zhi""" placed on her lap, reading the words Naifnis had just continuously written, her brows furrowing slightly.
'Davis's old servant, the butler of the Boyle, disappeared last night, and the entire Boyle was turned upside down... What exactly happened? Was it robbed? Or something else?
'Nu Nuo Te is the most trusted servant of Davis Boyle, and has been loyal to Boyle for many years. Davis did not want his descendants to come into contact with secrets too much, so he entrusted his secret inheritance to Nu Nuo Te for safekeeping. Nu Nuo Te himself is also a Student Extraordinary, so his sudden disappearance is very likely related to Extraordinary matters.
'Nu Nuo Te also keeps other parts of Davis's notes and knows the location of the Golden scepter that protects Boyle. This is crucial for Neff, so this incident must be treated seriously.'
While looking at the writing on """wen hai hang zhi""", Dorothy thought seriously in her heart. Then she immediately picked up her pen and wrote her reply to Naifnis on it.
"Okay, I already know the specific situation. This matter is indeed a bit serious. I will find a way to contact the people in Tivian to investigate. You don't need to worry too much."
Dorothy's handwriting quickly appeared on Naifnis's page. Looking at the familiar handwriting that appeared on her history book, Naifnis, who was sitting on her bed in her room with an uneasy expression, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
'Miss Dorothy will contact the people in Tivian to investigate... Does this mean she will notify the Rose Cross members in Tivian to help find Grandpa Nu Nuo Te? If the Rose Cross takes action like this, there will definitely be results, right?'
Looking at Dorothy's response, Naifnis thought about it in her heart. She was still very confident in this mysterious and powerful secret society she was currently in. Compared to ordinary police, she was naturally more willing to let the Rose Cross investigate this matter. As soon as she heard that Dorothy agreed to let the Rose Cross members in Tivian help with the investigation, she couldn't help but feel a little relieved.
Naifnis was watched by Nu Nuo Te as she grew up. In a sense, this old butler was also an important relative of Naifnis, so Naifnis certainly didn't want anything to happen to Nu Nuo Te. When she first saw Nu Nuo Te disappear, she was also very panicked. Now with the powerful and mysterious Rose Cross taking action, she can finally ease her panic a little.
"Thank you, Miss Dorothy, I am in Iweig now, and I really can't help with the matters in Prit, so I'll trouble you."
Naifnis wrote her response on the page, and then she immediately saw Dorothy's reply again.
"Don't worry, leave the matters in Tivian to us. I'm going to contact the people there now. If there is anything or any progress, I will contact you again. Remember to keep the text with you."
Such words appeared on Naifnis's page. After seeing them, Naifnis silently put away her history book. She tried to calm her heart down as Dorothy suggested, but no matter what she did, the effect was not satisfactory. Then she glanced at her roommate who was still drooling and sleeping soundly on the bed not far away, still sleeping deeply at ten o'clock in the morning, and couldn't help but sigh.
'For ordinary people who know nothing about secret Extraordinary, this ignorance is also a kind of happiness in a sense. I understand Grandpa's feelings a little now.
'However, for me, for Boyle, this happiness is probably out of reach from the beginning...
'As long as... the curse engraved in the blood doesn't disappear...'
...
In her guest room, Dorothy, who was sitting on the sofa, immediately flipped through her """wen hai hang zhi""" after finishing her contact with Naifnis. After flipping past Naifnis's contact page, she quickly turned to Grego's contact page. Then, after thinking for a while while biting the pen tip, she picked up the pen and wrote on it.
"I am Detective, Mr. Mays House, we have something here that we would like to ask for your help with, are you available now?"
After finishing writing, Dorothy closed her eyes and began to pray in the name of the Detective, and then sent the content of the prayer to Grego.
After doing all this, Dorothy calculated the calendar in her heart and confirmed that it was the weekend, and the storm of the Tivian Duke assassination case had passed. Theoretically, Grego should have time now.
If he has time, then he can help.
...
Prit Island, Tivian.
In the morning, in the North District of Tivian, a commercial street was bustling with people coming and going as usual. For Tivian, the largest city in Prit, the tense atmosphere at the beginning of the year has almost completely disappeared. The police who were originally seen everywhere on the street are now almost nowhere to be seen, and people are gradually returning to normal life.
In a fishing gear store on the side of the street, Grego, dressed in ordinary clothes, was standing inside the fishing gear store at this time, looking at a fishing magazine in his hand while browsing the dazzling array of fishing gear supplies in front of him, choosing the goods he liked under the enthusiastic introduction of the store owner.
Because the city-wide search caused by the Duke assassination case has gradually ended, the Eight-Pointed Nest, which temporarily withdrew from Tivian, has not yet returned. After the large-scale search, all the secret organizations in the city were either crippled or perished. Even the secret organizations that were not harmed are now keeping silent. The frequency of various Extraordinary incidents in the entire Tivian has shrunk significantly for a while, and the work pressure of An Yin Bureau has suddenly become much less. Therefore, for Grego, he has obtained a rare period of leisure, and he has not worked overtime for several consecutive weeks.
When people are relaxed, they naturally have to think of something else to entertain themselves and relax more. Grego was born in a rural village. When he was a child, the thing he liked to do most, besides fighting with other children, was to go down to the river to catch fish. After catching one, he would roast it by the river to eat. If he caught more, he could share one with his sister, and if he caught even more, he could share them with other friends. This was an extremely happy thing during his childhood when he rarely ate meat.
Therefore, the first thing Grego thinks of when he wants to do some activity to entertain himself now is catching fish, but now that he is so old, it is not like before when he would wade into the river to catch them. So he thought of buying some fishing gear and going fishing on the weekend. Although most of the rivers in Tivian have been seriously polluted, there are still some small rivers near Crown University in the northern suburbs that can be used for fishing. Grego has already inquired about the location and is preparing to go there to show off his skills.
Grego is a beginner in fishing, so in the fishing gear store, he could only rely on a fishing magazine and the owner's introduction to buy the so-called beginner's equipment. Since he didn't understand anything, no matter what the owner introduced, he couldn't help but nod repeatedly. Finally, after buying a whole set of beginner's equipment introduced by the owner at a high price, Grego, who was standing in front of the counter preparing to pay in front of the smiling owner, suddenly froze, and then his whole face became serious.
Seeing Grego's expression change, the fishing gear store owner's originally bright smile couldn't help but freeze for a moment, thinking whether this easy target in front of him had seen through something.
"Uh... what's wrong, Mr., if you think it's expensive, I can tell you that the things in this store are definitely..."
"By the way, boss, I've bought my things, but I need to go out for a bit. If I don't come back later, it means I won't be taking these things with me for now. Could you keep them for me? I'll come back to get them later," Grego said, then paid the boss behind the counter. After the boss took the money with some surprise, Grego got up and left the fishing gear store, leaving the boss inside with a stunned expression.
After leaving the fishing gear store, Grego walked quickly down the street. After walking for a long time, he walked straight into a small alley. After reaching an unoccupied spot in the alley, he took out a small notebook from his inner jacket pocket. When he opened it, he saw the familiar handwriting on it.
Seeing the handwriting, Grego took out the fountain pen he carried with him. After opening the cap, he wrote a reply in the notebook.
"I'm free now. What's the matter? Is it important?"
"It's a matter of life and death, and perhaps involves a dangerous secret society. I don't know the details myself. Mr., this is an incident that happened in Tivian. We don't have anyone there right now, so I'd like to ask you to go and take a look, understand the situation, and we will compensate you based on the circumstances later."
'The compensation I want is to enjoy this weekend properly.'
On Grego's notebook, these words appeared. After seeing the content on it, Grego thought to himself. After a complex expression, he hesitated for a moment, then took a deep breath, and wrote on it.
"I understand, I'll go and take a look. Where do I need to go now?"
"Go to the East District. The situation is urgent. Find a carriage and go there first. I will slowly tell you the specific location and what to do next in the carriage."
Seeing the writing on the notebook, Grego closed the notebook, then turned and walked out of the alley. After stopping a carriage by the roadside, he got in. After telling the coachman to go to the East District, he rode the carriage all the way eastward.
In the carriage, Grego roughly learned about the situation from the Detective. He learned that the incident in the East District involved a hidden family whose ancestors were Extraordinary but had now almost returned to being ordinary. This accident was likely caused by grudges from the time of their ancestors. The Rose Cross had some kind of relationship with the ancestors of this family, so now they needed Grego to go and confirm the situation there.
"This Extraordinary family, which had originally returned to being ordinary, might activate their preserved Extraordinary power for revenge due to this incident. If left unchecked, it is very likely to escalate and develop into a major criminal incident, reaching the An Yin Bureau. At that time, it will still be you who handles it, and it will be more difficult to handle when it escalates. Your workload will likely be very high.
"So if you go there early now, you may be able to handle this incident before it escalates, and even suppress it so that it doesn't rise to the level of a serious Extraordinary incident..."
The Detective said this to Grego in the notebook. Listening to the Detective's words, Grego, who had been somewhat resistant to working on the weekend, suddenly felt motivated. If this incident were to escalate to the level of a serious Extraordinary incident, then the An Yin Bureau would have to deal with this mess, and he might still have to work overtime later. It's better to work overtime earlier and less than to work overtime later and more. He might as well handle this case now.
After all, compared to this weekend, the next few weekends are more important.
Throughout the journey, the carriage Grego was in went all the way to the East District. After an hour or two of travel, he finally reached his destination, located in a high-end residential area in East Tivian.
After getting out of the carriage, Grego hurried to the detailed address the Detective had given him. After turning a corner, he saw a large Prit-style wealthy mansion on the roadside ahead. Police carriages were lined up on the road in front of the mansion, and behind the police cars was a large crowd of onlookers, chattering and pointing at the mansion ahead, discussing something.
Seeing this scene, Grego quickly stepped forward, squeezed into the crowd of onlookers, and in a short while, squeezed out a path among the onlookers and arrived at the entrance of the mansion's courtyard. At this time, a police tape was tied at the courtyard entrance, and two policemen wearing iron helmets and uniforms were guarding the entrance. Other policemen could be seen busy with something in the courtyard.
Squeezing out of the crowd of onlookers, Grego walked straight towards the courtyard gate, intending to enter the courtyard through the gate. The policeman at the gate saw Grego walking straight in and immediately shouted to stop him.
"An investigation is underway inside! Unrelated personnel, step back immediately!"
Seeing the stern reprimand from the gatekeeping policeman, Grego did not retreat. Instead, he took out a gray-covered identification booklet from his clothes and showed the Wind Sword Crown badge on the cover to the policeman in front of him.
"Gentlemen, I am also a policeman, so could you let me in to take a look?" Grego said. He was right, secret police are also police.
Looking at the identification in Grego's hand, the two gatekeeping policemen frowned slightly. Then, after exchanging glances, one of them spoke.
"Which district are you from? We haven't seen you?"
"Of course you haven't seen me, but your police chief has. Call your police chief over." Holding the identification booklet, Grego said to the policemen in front of him. After hearing these words, the two policemen hesitated for a while, and then one of them spoke.
"Wait here, I'll go find Mr. Homan now. You'd better not dare to lie to us."
Saying this, the gatekeeping policeman turned and walked into the courtyard, entering the
mansion. After a while, he came out with a mustachioed police officer and came to the door.
"Mr. Homan, he said he knows you?"
Listening to the policeman's words, the police officer looked at Grego, then spoke with a contemptuous expression.
"Who are you, kid? You dare to say you know me?"
As soon as the police officer said this, the expressions of the two gatekeeping policemen immediately became fierce. They looked at Grego as if they wanted to beat this bold kid who was impersonating a policeman right away.
At this time, Grego loosened the identification booklet in his hand and opened the first page. What the policemen on the scene did not expect was that behind the cover of the identification booklet was still a cover, but it had changed from gray to black.
Behind the black cover was still the Wind Sword Crown badge found on Prit police identification, but in the center of the badge, which was composed of a flowing wind blade and a crown, there was an additional crescent moon.
"My name is Mesi Horse, Officer Homan. Take a good look, do you really not recognize me?"
Holding the identification booklet, Grego said calmly. Looking at the black cover and the unusual badge in front of him, the police officer's expression changed. The contemptuous expression on his face was completely gone, replaced by a solemn and serious one.
"Ah... I remember now, it's Officer Mesi Horse. Look at my memory, I just recognized you. My apologies, my apologies."