Chapter 129 The curious female detective and the second commission
At nine o'clock in the morning, the shops on Wensley Street have opened for business one after another.
People in this world are not as hard-working as the people in an ancient eastern country seem to be. Except for a few professions, there are very few people who work early in the morning and work late in the day to run their own business.
It's not that they are lazy, but this is a living habit that has been passed down for many years. Even if there are some breakfast restaurants that want to make more money, it will only open at seven o'clock in the morning, which is an unexpected surprise.
Haven't you seen that all city government employees go to work at nine o'clock? Among them, middle-level and above officials usually arrive at their offices at ten o'clock, which is already a very professional spirit.
In the reception area on the first floor of the Victoria Detective Agency, the female detective Theresia, who was dressed in casual clothes but still beautiful, was served by a maid, enjoying fragrant lemon black tea, accompanied by freshly baked croissants and scones.
This is a standard Franz-style breakfast combined with Brook’s afternoon tea style. It is delicious but light and not greasy. If it is replaced by the White Eagle Federation’s customary breakfast of fried sausages with fried eggs or marinated pork, it would be too much.
Too greasy.
The intellectual female detective was enjoying her breakfast while reading the book in her hand under the morning sunshine. The sunlight shone on her body, making the beautiful female detective even more stunning.
John rode a carriage to the door of the office and saw such a scene. He immediately felt that a female version of Sherlock Holmes with aristocratic elegance was in front of him. The most important thing was that he was still very beautiful.
For a moment, there was no thought of disturbing the other party, and they stood quietly for a few minutes. It was not until the other party's maid noticed that the man outside the window made a sound, that she alerted Theresa, who was immersed in the world of books.
The female detective bent her beautiful eyes, showed a slight smile to John, stood up and welcomed the guest.
Entering the office, John exchanged a few words and asked:
"Isn't Detective Salvatore here yet?"
After hearing this, Theresia couldn't help but tease her partner with a hint of disgust:
"It's rare for that guy to get out of bed now. Every time he comes back from a mission, if he doesn't fool around for a while, it feels like he's sorry for his reputation as a playboy."
John immediately understood that the detective last night must have gone to look for flowers, so he had to wait here for a while. Anyway, it would not be boring if he had a beautiful woman to accompany him to chat.
The two chatted happily, ranging from local news to the federal system, and then to the pros and cons of kingship and republic, as well as emerging things such as the steam revolution.
John had to admit that the female detective in front of him was indeed a scholar as good as the modern version of Sherlock Holmes. If he had not been blessed with the vision of both the past and present worlds, he would not have been able to deal with her easily.
While chatting, the topic came up with their actions yesterday. The curious female detective was very interested in this commissioned task and asked:
"Can I ask what you found this time?"
"Of course." John smiled and said:
"But I advise you not to get too detailed. Two ghouls came out of the mine. We men can't stand the smell, let alone a lady like Theresia!"
"Ghoul! What an evil and disgusting creature."
When it comes to the ghoul female detective, she has a clear look on her face, and she obviously also knows something about the supernatural world. Although John did not see too strong spiritual light in her, a person with extraordinary background and knowledge like her knows about it from books.
It is not impossible to enter the otherworldly world, not to mention that his partner is a real demon hunter.
Theresia understood that John's words were a kind of gentlemanly gesture. After all, even a woman with strong nerves would probably not be able to endure the tragic scene that resembled a skinned beast and had a strong smell of corpse, and was accompanied by...
A plague virus that turns living people into ghouls.
Otherwise, compared to the elegant vampires who are also dark creatures, the ghouls are so ugly!
Feeling sick for a moment, the flexible and sharp female detective quickly thought of something and said:
"This is a bit strange. Where did those two ghouls come from?"
The female detective has made detailed collection and analysis of the location of this commissioned mission. She does not believe that undead creatures like ghouls will appear there for no reason. Especially in the South Jinsha Prefecture area where there is abundant sunshine all year round.
John understood the meaning of the female detective's words. He had already thought of these doubts before leaving the mine.
The Hessenser mine is not a dark slave mine in the east. Several people die every day. This copper mine has been operated by the Hessenser family for more than ten years. Except for a few mining accidents,
Next, the number of man-made deaths does not exceed the number on one hand.
And it was basically caused by conflicts and fights between miners.
Moreover, this place used to be a barren mountain. Because it was not suitable for food growth, not only were there no indigenous tribes around, but there were also very few wild animals. Therefore, there were no large-scale cemeteries at all, and it was exposed to the sun all year round, which basically eliminated corpse eating.
The source of the natural birth of ghosts.
According to common sense, it is basically impossible for a ghoul to be born naturally under conditions like Hongyan Town.
In addition to man-made factors in the birth of ghouls, other viral infections of ghouls can only appear in the natural environment in cemeteries, battlefields and other areas where negative energy gathers, which is what Taoism says is the gathering of evil spirits.
Then the situation is obvious. In all likelihood, the ghouls in this mine are man-made. In addition to targeting Klaus and himself, the rest may be for the extraordinary material at the bottom of the mine.
But John quickly rejected the second possibility in his mind, because he only confirmed the existence of the fine gold mine after Brandon cut through the stone wall. There should be no one lurking in that deep mine for no reason.
Miners discover veins of fine gold.
There is also the unusual smell other than ghouls that the witcher smelled in the mine before. Obviously there is an unknown conspiracy here.
John couldn't help but think of the "accident" that caused him to awaken his past life memories three months ago.
So he looked at the female detective and said:
"Detective Theresia, I have a new commission here. I wonder if you are interested?"
The female detective raised her beautiful eyes and said with a smile:
"Then it depends on the specific mission. Can John Knight give me a brief introduction?"
John immediately did not hide anything and said bluntly:
"About three months ago, my master, Master Klaus, and I encountered an experimental accident. One of the ingredients in the potion was a mutated species. I thought someone had tampered with it secretly, so I wanted to ask
Your firm should investigate the black marketeer who sold us the herbal medicine to see if we can get anything from him."
Theresia thought for a few seconds after listening, and then suddenly asked:
"Is this mission related to the mission in the mine?"
John couldn't help but admire the female detective in front of him for her keenness in details. Even a veteran detective who had been handling cases for decades in his previous life would probably not realize that the two tasks were related for a while.
"I'm not sure about this. I just have suspicions. It depends on the investigation evidence of you and Detective Salvatore."
Theresia said with a half-smile:
"Are you so sure that I will take on this mission?"
John showed a helpless expression and said:
"Of course I hope that the two detectives with outstanding abilities can continue to accept my commission. After all, you are already the most suitable investigators that I recognize."
Listening to John's simple words, Theresia smiled. In his opinion, this kind of man was much cuter than those sweet-talking suitors.
So he immediately took the notepad and began to ask John about the details he knew little by little. He was obviously ready to take on this task.