Whispering Poems

Whispering Poems Chapter 311

2021-09-08

Chapter 310 Conflict on the Street

Le Maire, who was abandoned by his own organization, was almost exhausted The savings over the years have been used to solve the problem. Although I haven’t even been able to find out the names of the relics of the mermaid statues, after a friend’s introduction, he met a fortuneteller who is said to be very powerful, and the fortuneteller gave him advice.

“Pirates?”

Shade sat in the chair, looking towards the words on the notepad in surprise.

The fortune-teller seeks fortune-telling through divination, and what he sees is a pirate. Those mermaid statues will be associated with pirates, and the way to break the curse may be related to pirates.

It's a pity that Le Maire didn't have a chance to verify whether the fortune-teller who received him 300 pounds in cash really saw his fate.

Relying on illegal smuggling activities, Le Maire has accumulated a lot of savings over the years, but unfortunately, in order to break the curse, he spent a large amount of gold on divination, and the rest of the money was used to buy a curse. A functional relic, so Shade finds little cash here.

The relic was carried by Le Maire and was seabed after being buried. Therefore, in addition to cash, Shade's harvest this time is only the old book [The Abyss of the Wind] and the notebook of the second ring warlock.

Because I suspected that there were hidden spaces, I used [Echo of Blood] to observe the room. Although I found some hidden spellcasting materials behind the bookshelf, most of them were of little value and were not convenient to carry, so Shade didn't want to take them away.

To sum up, I didn't get much from this trip. Including those notes and books, I could earn about 100 pounds if I sold them all. After all, it came for nothing, so Shade wouldn't think it was enough. And with this money and the current savings, he can spend money to renovate the third floor of Saint Derain Square with peace of mind.

"But this incident tells me once again that this world is so dangerous that even a second-ring warlock may die suddenly due to bad luck."

Ready to leave When I thought about it, I was quite sighed at the fate of Le Maire.

【What do you plan to do with that statue? put it here? ]

"Of course not, tell the church. But before I go to report, I have one more thing to do."

Put the money and books in the wide pocket of the coat Inside, Shade pushed open the door and walked out of the attic.

It is daytime Monday and there is no one in this rental apartment except the landlord. And when he saw the old man again, he hid in his basement workshop.

The basement is steaming, and the densely packed steam pipes extend from the ground and upstairs to supply the small workshop for production use.

Gas lamps are lit on the walls, several gas-fired stills are placed beside the walls, and inwards are box-type drying devices and a low-power steam engine.

The most space in the basement is a red copper-colored high-temperature calciner. When Shade walked down, the furnace was still working, and the metal on the surface radiated extremely high heat. A pointer in order to indicate the internal working environment.

"What else do you want to do?"

Hearing the sound of Shade opening the basement door, the old man asked vigilantly, standing in the innermost part of the basement, holding a gun.

"I want to tell you, I've taken everything upstairs."

Shade said.

"Then leave, I won't tell anyone you've been here."

"One more thing, I want to see what you're producing here."

He looked at the place while talking, and the old man suddenly raised his gun:

"Get out of here now! I'll just say it once, get out of here immediately! Don't think you're MI6 I don't dare to shoot the people I'm at, youngster, and now I'll go out and I'll pretend nothing happened."

"It seems that what you produce is really a big problem. You can shoot if you have the guts. Gun, have you ever killed someone before?"

"Of course I've killed someone, do you think I'm trying to scare you?"

Across the steam, they couldn't see each other clearly . But Shade's footsteps were very obvious. Seeing that he was still approaching, the old man fired a shot at Shade's feet.

The young detective stopped and looked towards the bullet hole under his feet:

"Okay, I'll stop."

Although he said this, he was still facing walk aside. Just before approaching the incomparable gigantic still, dash forward. It looked like Shade was hiding behind the still, but the old man stared wide-eyed because his legs couldn't be seen under the still.

"Where did you go?"

Holding the gun, he watched the quiet room vigilantly, but soon felt a hand stretched out from behind.

Using [Lagle's Jump] to get to Shade behind the landlord Old Mister, slammed his left arm around the old man's neck, and grabbed the pistol that was pointing forward with his right hand.

The old man's response was also quick, and he didn't intend to compete with Shade for control of the firearm in his hand. Instead, his body lay down, forcing Shade to bend over and wrestle with him too.

But the old man's left hand took this opportunity to reach Shade's waist and pulled out the revolver.

Very proficiently overwhelmed the hammer with his thumb, raised his left arm recurve, pointing back at Shade's face:
"I didn't forget, you still have a gun in your waist, youngster, It’s still too simple to think.”

Bang~
[The Gun of Kindness] killed the shooter, and the bullet penetrated his forehead, giving him the chance to leave his last words. no.

"Yeah, too young."

Echoes echoed in the basement after the gunshots. Shade sighed, put the body down, and then took back the [Spear of Kindness] from the old hands. Ignoring this, he walked out while wiping the gun with his handkerchief.

The old man saw his face, and after telling the church where the mermaid statue was hiding, if the church came to ask, there would inevitably be a setback. And if you kill him with your own gun, even if you take away the body, there is a small chance that the church will link the dispatcher's death to this incident. Therefore, letting the old man "suicide" with the [Gun of Kindness] is the best way Shade can think of.

In this way, no matter what method the church uses, it doesn't matter who is here today.

After that, things were simple. Shade skillfully locked the door of the apartment downstairs. After confirming that he did not leave footprints, he left from the back window. When he returned to the street, he glanced back at the apartment building with the door closed, and became more understanding that Dr. Schneider was always able to take out shoe covers and gloves.

The closest church to New Denton Street is the [Creation and Destruction Church] of the righteous God [Ms. Creation], but Shade did not report it immediately, but went back to the hotel he rented to change his clothes.

To report dangerous relics, of course he can't run to the church by himself, so Shade's plan is to find a child on the street near the church and pay some change to let the child help deliver the letter.

The left hand briefly explained the location of the apartment and the mermaid statue, and planned to take the carriage from the hotel. Only when Shade found an empty carriage at the hotel entrance and was about to get into the car, a team of police officers came running in the distance whistling:

"All cars stop!"

Police Blowing the whistle usually means something happened, so passersby dodged except for the carriers who stopped in place. Shade didn't want to get into trouble either, so he just shook his head apologetically to the driver in front of him.

The team of policemen who ran over gathered all the coachmen in the whole street, but they didn't say anything, just forbid the coachmen to carry passengers now.

Shade was worried that the mermaid statue would have other accidents, so he hurried to the church, so instead of waiting there, he thought about walking to the next street and looking for the carriage.

Cold Port is a standard west coast seaport city, with more humid air than Tobesque, which is inland. Because it is adjacent to the pier, you can even feel the tide of the sea as long as you take a breath.

Different from the capital of Delarion, which has a developed steam industry, Lengshuigang takes maritime trade as its main economic means. This has also resulted in the construction of steam pipelines and gas pipeline facilities in the city, which lags far behind the city of Tobesque.

For the outer walls of the buildings along the street in Tobesque, the two pipes can be arranged in a relatively orderly manner, which well maintains the appearance of the city. However, the metal pipes on the outside of the wall in Lengshuigang City are purely convenient and how to set up.

Shade thinks that although the piping arrangement looks a bit messy, it has an inexplicable rough aesthetic. Coupled with these older buildings in the dock area, the street scene here seems to be a mixture of ancient buildings in the Middle Ages and the steam age, and foreigners appreciate this kind of scenery.

Just don't let him live in such a place.

Hoglunds Avenue is connected with many alleys on both sides. Compared with Dao Idol, a relatively neat street, most of the alleys can be directly marked with the High Level number with the garbage dump. Even in the daytime, when passing pedestrians encounter the alley, they will subconsciously detour instead of passing directly through the alley.

Shade was the same, but when he was looking at the animal clinic across the street and thinking about bathing Mia, there were hurried footsteps in the alley beside him.

As if that person had been hiding in the alley, Shade didn't even have time to react, the young girl in the black white gauze skirt rushed out of the alley, and then involuntarily stuffed the paper bag she was holding in her hands. In Shade's arms:
"Help me get it!"

After speaking, regardless of Shade's reaction, she quickly crossed the street with her skirt and ran into the alley next to the pet clinic. inside.

"What?"

Immediately afterwards, another group of policemen ran out of the alley where the young girl rushed out. It is not the first time that Shade has seen police in this world, but the people who appeared at this time are definitely the most military police officers he has ever seen, not ordinary street patrol officers.

"The Police Department of Lengshuigang City is indeed more powerful than Tobesque City."

He couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

The police didn't pay any attention to Shade who was standing at the entrance of the alley, but ran straight into the alley across the street in the direction the young girl left just now. Only Shade was left standing there, holding the paper bag, completely unaware of what had just happened.

(end of this chapter)