Walking down the street in the winter morning, Ronald left the boarding house and walked on his way to work.
Nothing happened along the way, and he arrived at Long Beach Street smoothly.
Standing at the door of the Investigation Bureau and looking around, the Investigation Bureau is still calm as usual today.
Click——
Step forward and open the door.
In the warm lobby, Nicole was not sleeping on the bed like yesterday.
At this time, the investigator girl turned sideways and leaned on the edge of the front desk of the investigation bureau hall, playing with a small nameplate in her hand with distracted eyes.
Ronald saw it clearly.
——That is the school mark of the Investigation Bureau.
"..."
Ronald stared at each other silently.
He didn't know how to evaluate this 'elite investigator'.
After all, such an important spell-casting medium shouldn’t be held in hand and played with casually, right?
It should be said that she is informal.
Or is it that I have a really big brain...
At this time, Nicole heard the sound of the door of the Investigation Bureau being pushed open.
"and--"
When she saw that the person coming was Ronald, she covered her mouth with her hand, yawned, and slowly walked towards Ronald.
Suddenly, the investigator girl shivered.
Immediately, her body suddenly stood up straight, and her half-awake expression disappeared instantly.
Bang bang——
While stuffing the school mark into the inner pocket of her jacket, she patted Ronald's shoulder hard with one hand:
"Ronald."
"Do you actually know little Nicklaus?"
"When the young lady came over yesterday to report, she actually pretended to be casual and asked me about you."
Little Nicklaus…
Ronald didn't react immediately.
But soon, he realized that the name Nicole said was Patricia's surname.
Immediately, he replied seriously:
"Patricia and I met by chance at Burrenwich Railway Station, while I was walking across the platform."
"What's wrong with her?"
"well--"
"You really don't know?"
With a very suspicious sound of surprise, Nicole looked at Ronald seriously, as if she was getting to know him all over again.
Then she jumped up and hugged Ronald's neck with one hand, not minding the intimate distance between the two. She spoke in a calm tone and at a normal speed:
"Volume 11, page 260, item 6."
Is this a lie detector test?
When Ronald was still confused, Nicole used practical actions to tell Ronald how casual he was.
The tone was like bragging between good brothers, the investigator girl continued:
"That's little Nicklaus. Don't you know the Platinum family?"
"..."
Listening to Nicole's disdainful tone, Ronald chose to tell the truth:
"I used to be a country boy. Where I lived, everyone lit candles at night, and we didn't even have gas lights."
"So I really don't know a lot of common sense things."
"well?"
Nicole blinked her head in confusion.
The lie detector told her that Ronald was very honest when he spoke and did not deceive himself.
Reluctantly, she scratched her hair with her hand again, and then continued:
"Alright alright."
"Then let me explain to you. You know an incredible person."
"The Niklaus family is a legendary family that has held a considerable position in the country since the founding of Greed. Even though it is still an old aristocracy, it still has a very high reputation."
"But what this family is most famous for is their family's original canon. It is said to be a very rigorous and ferocious swordsmanship, and almost no one can be their opponent in a cold weapon battle."
"As early as when I was young, my teacher specially told me to study."
Speaking of this, Nicole lowered her voice and imitated the old man's voice: "You must not be approached by the Nicklaus family, otherwise even if you have 30 lives, it won't be enough for them to take care of you in one minute!"
"..."
Look at Nicole's exaggerated expression when describing the Nicklaus family.
Ronald nodded in agreement.
Thinking back to Patricia's previous performance at the train station, that speed was so fast that it was difficult to even look up, and the already extremely precise sword edge was indeed what Nicole said.
In the past era, it was natural to have such ability and gain a great reputation.
Not to mention that physical strikes such as swordsmanship are easier to use than spells with 'special effects'.
The user's battle can be seen by ordinary people.
As long as the action is not too outrageous, it won't cause any trouble.
At most, the onlookers would say, "This guy's swordsmanship is like a god!"
Nicole dragged Ronald, and the two of them ran up the stairs to the second floor, and went straight to Ms. Mapel's office.
Bang bang bang——
Knocking hard on the door of the Human Resources Department, Nicole jumped in and said openly:
"Miss Marpel, Ronald is my designated investigator apprentice!"
"Go through the formalities quickly!"
"Nicole!"
boom--
Looking up at the girl in front of her, Ms. Mapel slapped the table with her left hand that was not holding the pen, and then began to admonish:
"Didn't I say it?"
"Our Investigation Bureau is not an old school of apprenticeship. Don't bring those weird things into the organization."
"Hey, haven't I been used to this for most of my life?"
Nicole shrank her neck timidly and began to explain with erratic eyes:
"Preparatory personnel and apprentices actually mean the same thing. I don't charge him any money anyway."
"Hey, that's right!"
After rambling a few words, Nicole came to Marpel's side without knowing it, and asked with a somewhat sneaky look:
"Did the Platinum Family have any problems in Springs?"
"Why do you ask..."
As soon as she opened her mouth, a look of understanding flashed across Mapel's face.
"Right."
"I saw that little Nicklaus on the first floor yesterday. You must be a little curious."
After thinking about the truth for a few seconds, Ms. Mapel explained simply:
"Actually just before that, an important member of the Nicklaus family went to Yoiz Forest to complete this year's railway dredging work."
"As it turns out, something happened to someone on the way back to Springs after the mission was completed not long ago."
Miss Mapel shrugged, opened the drawer and began to rummage through the documents:
"As for the specific things, you also know about Dongfeng."
"Did something happen to the Nicklaus family?"
Nicole screamed in disbelief.
"Are you kidding? They will be defeated too?"
"They are not guys who can chop people into geometric shapes with just a few 'sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss'"
"Hey, please keep your voice down!"
Ms. Mapel knocked on the table hard, interrupting Nicole's passionate words:
"This is considered information with level three authority and is not allowed to be shared outside."
"Anyway, that little Nicklaus is the person in charge of the deceased's remaining railway maintenance work. Now he comes to our investigation bureau, just to help before spring."