22B Baker Street, Sherlock Holmes and Watson Detective Agency, second floor office.
After a while of silence, Alice suddenly stood up with both hands on the table, leaning forward, with an excited expression, as if she was about to speak at length. But Saint Xalia seemed to predict the future when the golden-haired maid opened her mouth.
In an instant, he stretched out his left hand, gently grabbed her throat, and then pushed her back into the seat. Through this practical example, we can know that the speed of human hands is actually faster than the speed of sound...
"Uh-huh, let me, uh-huh, talk uh-huh!!!"
Ringer ignored the sounds of struggle coming from the side and said to the detective Miss Gloria with playful eyes: "Thank you for providing us with the information. This is very useful and has answered some questions for us. Then please explain.
, what price do we need to pay for this information?"
"Eh? Mr. Ringer is really seeing things~"
Gloria leaned back on the chair and said slowly: "Maybe I have a good heart and can just give it to you for free?"
Lin Ge looked at her quietly without saying a word, showing with his eyes that he was not a fool and would believe in such a good thing as pie in the sky - maybe Alice believed it, but she was now being choked by Saint Xalia.
It's hard to speak since she's stuck in fate's throat, so her opinions can basically be ignored.
"Well, it seems that you are a rational person, Mr. Ringer, much like me."
Gloria smiled slightly, said something quite controversial, and then continued without waiting for Ringer to admit or deny: "To be honest, this information cannot be given away for free, even if you don't take into account the unspoken rules of the detective industry, just for the sake of
To console me for my near-death infiltration experience, Mr. Ringer will surely not be stingy about paying a satisfactory price for it, right?"
Lin Ge didn't speak, which was regarded as acquiescence. Although this matter seemed a bit forced, after all, it was the girl who took the initiative to lure them into the office and then took the initiative to inform them of the information. But Lin Ge did not interrupt her
Telling it shows that he is already mentally prepared to pay the price for this information. The only question is...how expensive is the price?
Most of his money was deceived by an unnamed alchemist lady in a despicable way when he was buying swimsuits in Lottana. The few pounds left in his wallet were obviously not enough to pay for such a thing.
Is it possible that we have to seek help from Her Majesty the Countess again for the level of intelligence fees?
"In that case, I will make an offer without any hesitation."
After showing a smile that made Ringer's wallet tremble, Miss Gloria did not immediately quote. Instead, she picked up the tea cup on the table, took an elegant sip of coffee, then narrowed her eyes slightly, leaned back, and relaxed her posture.
, as if tasting the bitter taste lingering on the lips, teeth and tongue.
After making such a gesture, he opened his eyes again. His smiling expression looked very similar to that of the alchemist from Lottana City, which made Ringer's wallet tremble again: "The price, to be honest.
It's easy to discuss. In fact, I don't need such vulgar things as money. As a detective, what I want most is...the truth."
Hearing this, Lin Ge frowned slightly: "Do you want me to give you the truth? To be honest, this price is more expensive than giving you money directly."
"I can understand your concerns, Mr. Ringer, so in fact, my offer is not that high, I just want an opportunity to cooperate?"
"Opportunity to coorparate?"
"That's right." The detective girl with gray eyes put down the tea cup in her hand, leaned forward slightly, and said in a seductive tone: "Have you ever heard of Professor Heinrich Schliemann?"
Before Ringer could reply, the golden-haired maid who finally broke free from Saint Xalia's ruthless iron hand couldn't wait to shout: "I know, I know, he is a legendary archaeologist who excavated Troy, Messi
The city-state ruins of Ni and Tiryns, and is known as the father of Western archeology for his outstanding contributions to archeology. That is to say——"
She made a conclusive conclusion: "There is no doubt that he is also the philosopher of the witch association!"
"Huh?" Gloria showed a surprised expression: "I didn't expect that Miss Alice knew the philosophers of the association so well. Even I took a lot of effort to confirm Professor Heinrich's identity as a philosopher.
However, as far as I know, the deeds you mentioned do not match the professor's life history. He is indeed an archaeologist and the director of the Renwithin Institute of Heritage, dedicated to studying the remains of ancient times.
Civilization heritage, rather than excavating old city-state sites. As for the so-called father of Western archeology, the title is even more flattering, and I am afraid the professor himself will feel ashamed of it."
"Hey, is that so? Maybe I remembered it wrong?" Alice scratched her hair and pretended to be stupid. Of course, the deeds she mentioned were also true. It was just the Heinrich Schrie on Earth.
It’s just Man’s deeds.
Ringer asked: "So, does the matter you want to cooperate with us have to do with this professor?"
"Yes."
Gloria nodded and said: "Every citizen of Renwetting knows that the Institute of Prehistoric Heritage contracted the city hall three and a half years ago to conduct excavation and inspection of an underground ruins located in the Roald neighborhood.
, the official results of this archaeological work were not published until a week ago. But as you all know, the professor is actually a member of the Witches' Association, so the archaeological work on the underground ruins in Roald District is naturally not as simple as it seems on the surface.
That is actually a project of the association. The ancient relics buried in the ruins should be of great significance to them, otherwise it would not be directly responsible for it by a philosopher, and it would take a full three and a half years and a lot of manpower.
Material resources. If we can find a way to obtain the research results of Professor Heinrich Schliemann, we may be able to get a glimpse of what the Witch Association wants to do next."
Ringer frowned: "So, what should we do specifically? This is not an easy thing, right?"
"It's really difficult under normal circumstances. But according to my careful investigation, our dear Professor Heinrich Schliemann has two bad habits. One is that he is used to keeping the work diaries and records of all archaeological projects.
The research results are backed up and stored in a secret study room in Xiaoliang Palace, his villa in Westminster. Another bad habit is that every time he publishes a major research result, the professor will hold a banquet in Xiaoliang Palace.
, inviting celebrities from all walks of life to participate and publicly display some of the results, in order to arouse the interest of these people, expand the influence of archeology, and at the same time raise funds from them to fund the activities of the Institute of Prehistoric Heritage. This time is of course no exception.
"
"This means that as long as we can attend this banquet and find a way to sneak into the professor's secret study, we can obtain valuable information without any effort."
"By coincidence, I don't know why, but I have a dinner invitation from Professor Heinrich Schliemann in my hand. Oh my, where did this come from? Why don't I remember it?"
Gloria slowly took out an invitation printed with gold paint from her shirt pocket and shook it slightly under the gaze of the guests. Her smile was sly and intriguing: "Maybe this is what is called fate, right?"