Whispering Poems

Whispering Poems Chapter 166

2021-09-14

Chapter 166 Carbon Paper

"You look at me strangely now."

said the girl with beautiful long brown hair, then got up:

"It's getting late, so I'll leave first. Detective, our cooperation continues. If something happens, I'll write directly. Here's to you."

"Miss Bayas, where do you live? Supreme Sun Cult?"

"Of course not, otherwise I'll tell others directly, Blackstone Security Is the company a stronghold of the church?"

She gave her address, of course, the apartment she rented like Miss Luisa:

"I will continue to investigate. The whereabouts of the Silver Eyed, see you then, Detective Hamilton."

Shade sent Miss Beas downstairs, and as she watched her leave Sainteland Place, he suddenly realized that he was now with Beas The relationship between the young lady is very similar to the "friend" relationship that Miss Annat pursues.

"If the progress on Miss Anat's side is not going well, maybe we can rely on the progress on my side to let Miss Bayas know who has been selected and be willing to cooperate with us."

He closed the door and picked Mia upstairs. Knowing the current time in my heart, it is eleven o'clock late at night on Sunday. Although I was invited to play cards again on Sunday this week, there was no accident this time.

A woman's light laughter sounded in her ears.

"Well, no big accident happened. Last week I met Evil God, this week is just a ring warlock and a [secret-class] relic. Relatively speaking, this can be Is it an accident?"

He asked the woman in his heart, but she didn't answer.

Shade in a happy mood, holding the cat up the stairs, it's time to rest.

In this way, Shade arrived safely in the month of thunder, which is the second week of July 1853 on the sixth-epoch general calendar. When I woke up Monday morning, I was still summarizing the gains and losses of the previous week. But it seems that since the accident at Lake View Manor on the last day of June, life has gradually calmed down, and what has happened is not too dangerous.

After breakfast, I took a taxi carriage to the psychiatric clinic located on Roentgen Avenue, East District, Tobesque. It was not yet nine o'clock, but the clinic was already open for business.

When Dr. Schneider heard about Shade's visit, he ran downstairs from the consultation room on the second floor in a panic:
"What happened? Shade, are you all right?"

He looked terrified, probably thinking that Shade had encountered something dangerous and needed his help.

"I'm fine."

The two then moved to the reception room on the second floor to talk.

"I've met a good friend recently. It's not convenient to reveal my identity. In short, I got information that Mr. Ponton from the Chengdong Steam Engine Special Screw Factory and Mr. Roosevelt, the accountant of the Star Grass Public Tobesque Nursing Home, It is closely related to [Blood of Mercury], and helps the hidden guys keep some [relics]."

"en? Is the news accurate?"

The doctor came to his senses. .

"There is absolutely no problem with the guarantee. There is a high probability that both of them are ordinary persons. Of course, it is only a high probability. But this news will be disclosed to the Orthodox Church on Tuesday, that is, tomorrow, so."

"Understood!"

The middle-aged doctor clenched his left hand and hit his palm with a smile:
"As long as there are clues, it will be easy, even if these two The thing this gentleman is keeping is not the [forged Sage's Stone], and they must know more people who keep things for the blood of mercury."

The doctor looked smug, but he was equally cautious:

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"Shade, I need to prepare a little bit to get rid of the bulimia of the count wives and daughters that I was going to treat tonight, and then tonight I. No, ask Lu Yisha to act together. Although it's just an ordinary person, But don't be careless. Do you want to go with me? Just take it as a long-term experience."

"Of course."

Shade is actually very interested in the relics kept by these ordinary persons:
"I'm going with you, and the friend who gave me the clue said, if the [relic] is not what we're looking for, don't take it, so as not to disturb the investigation of the church."

"No problem."

The doctor waved his hand indifferently, he is not a greedy person:

"I only want the [forged Sage's Stone], apart from this, I want nothing else."

The two had an appointment to meet at Shade's house at 7pm because his house was closer to both targets. As for this information, the doctor thinks it is of great value, and he can't let Shade suffer:
"Isn't I still owed 20 pounds this month? If you find the [forged Sage's Stone] later, you don't have to pay it back. , I'll pay it back for you. If you can't find it, then you can pay back 10 pounds."

Although the current economic situation is much better than two weeks ago, the arrears can be reduced, and Shade is still very happy. Happy.

It didn't take too long with the doctor, so Shade then took the carriage to Old John's pawn shop.

Because the distance is a bit long, it hurts to get off the bus and pay. But now that he has a legitimate weekly income, Shade is also persuading himself that the gold pounds that should be spent must not be saved.

He doesn't think he's stingy, but he was afraid of being poor some time ago.

There are no customers in the pawn shop, and the elderly shop owner is reading a letter before Shade enters. When I looked up and saw that it was a regular customer, I quietly put away the letter:
"Detective, I haven't seen you for a while."

This was just a usual greeting, but then suspiciously looked towards Shade's. Face:
"Why do you feel like you've changed a bit, I'm over-hearted. What do you want? There is no clue to the [Relic] you were looking for last time."

"Is there a time key? ?"

Shade stood at the counter and tapped the table with his fingers.

"Yes."

"en?"

He was just asking casually, didn't expect it, so he got excited:

"How many?"

"One, although there are multiple [relics], do you think [Time Keys] can be picked up easily?"

He left the counter and went out the back door of the pawn shop, but came back two minutes later with a slender box in his hands.

Push the wooden box to Shade, and after opening it, what lies in the red lining is the wooden time key.

"Is the packaging so good to raise the price?"

With permission, Shade picked up the key and looked at it.

"This is a business strategy, youngster, you don't understand."

Old John waved his hand, saw that Shade liked the key, and began to bid:
"You I will not guess what to do when looking for [Time Key], although I can guess it. Because [Time Key] exists in plural, the price is relatively transparent, and I bid according to the average market price. I have checked the time point corresponding to this key. After that, it was probably around 3002 of the Fifth Epoch, in the middle of the Fifth Epoch, and there was no major event in that year, so this key should be a very ordinary [Poet Grade]. 25 pounds."

The time key of high rank is generally more expensive than other relics of the same level, while the time key of low risk level is generally cheaper than other relics of the same level. Shade has investigated this, so he knows that the price is relatively reasonable.

"20 pounds. Look at the face of that cane."

But in the face of Old John, he was still habitually lowering the price.

"How long do you have to mention this? I didn't raise the price this time, it's just right."

"A little further down, my financial situation is not very good. ."

Shade put the key back in the box, and the old man looked at him, as if thinking about the thickness of his wallet:
"23 pounds 15 shillings, it can't go any lower."

"Deal."

Shade> nodded, and the old man let out a long sigh of relief, pressing the box with one hand and twisting his fingers with the other: "Give the money first, then Delivery."

"No problem, but I still want to sell a [relic]."

"Relic? Look."

Seeing Shade taking out the slender thing wrapped in newspaper from his pocket, Old John became interested. Perhaps he was more interested in learning new things than making money.

"Let's talk about buying things first, I have money, wouldn't it be difficult to lower the price?"

Shade said with a smile, unfolding the newspaper to reveal finger bone. This time, Old John didn't complain about Shade's bargaining strategy, but looked towards the finger with a serious expression, just after looking at it for a moment, he sighed:
"Oh? It's actually this?"

"You Do you know?"

"Of course I do. The Secret Keeper-level relic [Infernal Corpse Relic] allows people to obtain the relic of the immortal body. If I can't even recognize these special relics, what kind of pawns can I open? Okay?"

With Shade's permission, the old man solemnly put on gloves to inspect the relic, and then put on a special gear metal device like a single-tube telescope to carefully observe the surface of the finger bone. Scratch pattern:

"No problem, it is indeed a secret-keeper-level relic [Infernal Corpse Relic], look at the words above, this is the text of the genuine's Quaternary undead, and it is completely lost. If it weren't for the side effects, this thing would be the most valuable keeper-level relic."

He approached finger bone and sniffed:

"The smell of the corpse is the same as that of the cemetery. The taste, oh yes, it's this one."

He put finger bone back in Shade's paper, and took off his gloves:

"Good stuff, let's get the price. ”

Shade was aware of the general pricing of [Relic] in advance, and talked to Miss Beas last night about it. But just as he was about to open his mouth to say the price, he was stopped by Old John's raising his hand:

"Speaking of which, are you interested in bartering? A few dollars in cash.”

Operating with Miss Bayas is dangerous, but very rewarding. The amount of money Shade made coming to this world is not that much.

Shade looked at the old man in front of him, wondering what kind of bargaining strategy this was. But bartering is not impossible, after all, he makes money to spend on relics or knowledge:

"Let's talk about what it is."

Old John walked out of the counter first. , went to the door to have a look, then locked the door from the inside, and then went back to the counter and whispered to Shade:
"This is a real good thing. I just received it not long ago, it is also a secret keeper, but it is quite special. , Academy and the church named it [Demoness's carbon paper]. This is the relic used by the Emperor Demonness of the fifth era. When it was first discovered, there were a total of 108 pieces in a bundle, and then they were scattered into the hands of different people. Each piece has the same effect. , Aim the carbon paper at some kind of Mystic Art, spell or ceremony that is being released, and it can be branded on the paper. The ring warlock will burn the carbon paper, soak the ashes in water and drink it, and you will have a high probability to obtain the extraordinary effect of the brand. Mystic Art, incantation, dive technique and even spirit rune with similar abilities”

(end of this chapter)