Shade walked out of the door and didn't care whether Baron Hull followed him immediately. He walked along the corridor and found Miss Bayas at the corner who had been waiting for a long time. The young girl with long brown hair asked expectantly:
"How about it?"
"No problem. Hide quickly, he is coming soon."
Shade said, and then complained:
"The conversation between nobles and merchants is really troublesome. When they talk, it seems that every word has three meanings."
"Thank you so much. Detective, what reason did you use to lure Baron Hull out?"
Miss Bayas asked curiously, as if she was studying.
"There is no reason, I just gave him a wink. For such a person, I don't believe that he is not curious about the meaning of this wink. He must not have thought that he would be attacked in the Duke's house, so he must be curious.
Keep up, it’s human nature.”
Shade explained simply, and then counted three numbers silently in his mind... In fact, three was counted twice, and the two of them heard the slight footsteps on the other side of the corridor.
Miss Bayas gave the young detective a look of respect.
What happened next was very simple. For the first time, Shade witnessed the "interrogation techniques" of the era where steam and mystery coexisted.
First, when Baron Hull turned the corner curiously, Miss Bayas punched him in the face.
Then, the two of them sneakily dragged the unconscious Baron Hull to the broom room on the third floor that Miss Bayas had scouted in advance.
Finally, Miss Bayas tied the Baron with the rope here, blocked the Baron's mouth with a rag, put him in the broom cupboard, and stuffed paper and pen into his hand. She made sure that there was no light in the broom cupboard and would not be exposed.
After seeing his own appearance, he used very rough methods to wake him up.
A beautiful girl with long brown hair wearing a maid's costume, holding a sharp table knife stolen from the salon, pressed it against the Baron's neck:
"I ask, you write the answer. If you don't cooperate, you die."
She said pretending to be vicious.
The baron's eyes widened. After struggling for a while, he found that he was tied up and kept kicking his legs. But because he felt the cold threat on his neck, he had to calm down. Because his mouth was gagged, he could only moan.
The sound of whining.
There was no light in the broom closet, and the baron could vaguely see that besides the woman who spoke, there was another person here.
But before asking for help, another person also spoke:
"MI6, you know the consequences of not cooperating."
Shade said in a deliberately rough voice, which was very deep.
Baron Hull's heart suddenly sank. He knew how ferocious these people were. Then, he felt the knife on his neck trembling, almost making a wound. So he nodded immediately, without any hesitation.
.
In fact, the knife trembled just because Miss Bayas was laughed at Shade's "lie". She didn't expect the young detective to be so bold.
And if it wasn't an interrogation now, Shade really wanted to explain that at least this time, he really didn't lie at all.
Even the ring magician organization cannot create gold coins out of thin air. Although extraordinary people and mystical people are different from ordinary people, in this era where steam and mystery coexist, they still need to make money to support themselves. After all, everyone is mortal.
Therefore, Shade wants to be a detective, Dr. Schneider will not give up the clinic, Priest Augustus takes the church's subsidy, Miss Annat works in the Society of Prophets, and Miss Louisa racks her brains to write the manuscript.
The organization of mystics must have a relatively legal source of funds to support the operation of the organization. Not to mention, an organization where most of the formal members are ring warlocks needs funds to meet the needs of ring warlocks.
The Zhengshen Church relies on the support of a large number of believers and does not have to worry about financial problems; the three major thaumaturgy academies have overt and covert related industries around the world; not to mention the [Prophet Association], they not only monopolize formal divination
industry, and holds the right to issue Rhodes cards, which Dr. Schneider considers to be an industry of "direct printing of gold pounds".
Even for a secretive organization like the Witch Council, its members seem to be either rich or noble, and there is no need to worry about the source of funds.
Obviously, an organization like [Mercury Blood], which targets a specific "relic", cannot make money on its own.
Most cult organizations and illegal organizations have huge sources of funds behind them. Among them, obtaining funds from nobles or big businessmen is the most common way.
Miss Bayas, who was born in the Righteous God Church, popularized this common sense to Shade. After all, rich people dare not touch the mystery easily, but they covet the power brought by the mystery, so the ring warlock organization can always find them
of sponsors.
Baron Hull has been one of the sponsors of [Mercury Blood] since thirteen years ago. Mercury Blood obtains gold pounds from him, and the Baron regularly obtains gold pounds from Mercury Blood that ordinary people can use.
A "magic potion" to gain health, longer life and... greater abilities in men.
Although Miss Bayas didn't say anything when she read this information on paper, it could be seen from her snort that there must be something wrong with those so-called "magic potions".
Baron Hull was not a strong-willed person who did not care about threats to his life. He was just an ordinary wealthy nobleman, so he easily told Miss Bayas everything she wanted to know.
This took a long time. During this period, Shade left the broom room early and returned to the salon in order not to arouse suspicion. Baron Hull did not come back until half an hour later. He looked dazed, as if he had just woken up.
, it seems that the memory-erasing relic is really useful.
But now that Miss Bayas has known his identity, he might be used by the sorceress of the Church of the Sun in exchange for credit. Letting him go now is just to prevent the [Mercury Blood] from being disturbed.
During the rest of the evening in the salon, Shade did not see Miss Bayas again. He did not like this kind of social activities very much, so when he saw that the time was almost up, he took the initiative to find the old Duke to say goodbye.
Duke Lucas expressed regret for this and invited Shade to play Rhodes together again when he has time:
"Remember to bring [Original Silver Moon] with you. I will defeat it one day."
This kind of good attitude towards Shade must be due to the Rhodes card, but the reason for Miss Carina should also be important. Therefore, this once again made Shade understand that there is a high-status noble in this kind of world.
Backing is so important.
He came in a carriage, but he had to go back on his own. He had gained so much tonight, and he had no intention of saving money on a taxi. So he walked along the street towards the intersection, where four-wheel taxis often stopped.
Location.
The area where Duke Lucas's residence is located is equipped with relatively dense gas street lights. Shade walked under the light, silently thinking about the gains and losses of tonight. He was very happy, on this weekend night when he was invited to play cards.
, I didn’t encounter any accidents.
Then, a pair of hands stretched out from the alley on the side, directly covered Shade's mouth and pulled him into the alley that was not illuminated by the street lights:
"Oh~"
He made a strange cry, and the light of the silver moon in his hand appeared, but was immediately extinguished:
"Oh, Miss Bayas, what do you want to do?"
The hands let go of him, and when he turned around, what he saw was indeed the young sorceress of the Church of the Sun.
The young girl is still wearing a heavy maid dress, with her hands together in front of her body, which is a very standard maid posture.
Iluna Bayas stood in the shadows and looked at Shade with a smile:
"Detective, good evening. I just ran back and put the [Animal Tamer's Memory Erasing Rod] back where it should be. I'm here to pay you. You helped me again tonight. I won't treat my friends badly."
"Actually, you can come and find me at my place tomorrow. Also, why didn't you change your clothes? These clothes are very noticeable outside."
Shade pointed this out and stood in the shadow of the alley with Miss Bayas.
"I don't want to owe my friends. As for the clothes, when I spent money to replace the original maid's shift, I also bought the clothes together. She seemed to want to make a profit from me... This clothes will be returned to me.
You can only change where you live. Detective, thank you for your help tonight, how much is the reward this time?"
As he said that, he took out his wallet. This kind of uniform has pockets. After all, maids usually carry a lot of things with them.
"The remuneration can be discussed later. What I'm curious about is, what did you ask?"
Shade was not present during the second half of the "interrogation", and that information might help Dr. Schneider find the "fake Philosopher's Stone".
"It can't be said that the news is related to the ring magician. You can't be easily involved, detective. Curiosity will kill curious cats and people."
Miss Bayas refused Shade's inquiry out of good intentions, and then shook her wallet:
"Detective, how much do you want? Although I'm not very rich, I still have some money...I'm not very rich either."
The tone of the last sentence was very familiar to Shade. He often spoke like this in this world.
As she spoke, she took her wallet and looked at Shade. Shade blinked, and he understood that the other party really regarded him as a friend:
"Should I tell her that I am..."
She suddenly became alert in her heart, and Miss Bayas, almost immediately behind Shade, turned to look at the entrance of the alley. A man stood under the street lamp at the entrance of the alley at some point. The gas lamp was originally warm, but he stood there
There, the light became colder and dimmed, like a tombstone standing under the light.
"Detective, back off."
Miss Bayas stopped Shade behind her and took a few steps forward with a serious expression.
The man under the streetlight raised his head, and his pale face reminded Shade of a corpse.
"Circle Warlock or Humanoid Relic?"
He asked in his heart, and a murmur in his ears immediately sounded:
[The Ring Warlock, feeling the whisper element, is using the power of the relic.]