"Yes... yes! Hello, officer!"
The bank manager's eyes moved back and forth between the faces of Police Badge and Angel, as if he didn't believe that such a young woman was an inspector with a higher police rank than the police chief in charge of this neighborhood.
Although he called Angel "police officer", he did not answer the question.
"That person was involved in a murder case with a large number of deaths, and took away a lot of bearer bonds and cash at the scene. I need to know the details of the transaction just now!"
Angel uses the "Persuasion" ability of Instigator.
The bank manager was still hesitant, but in the end, Angel had a serious look on his face and Persuasion won over him.
He brought Angel into the VIP reception room just now, sent the waiter out and closed the door.
"The gentleman did not reveal his name, but he holds many large bonds issued by Backlund Bank, all of which are bearer."
The manager took out a stack of beautifully printed bonds from the safe nearby and spread them on the table for display.
The bond is printed with a unique serial number, King George III's profile picture and Backlund Bank's emblem, which looks a bit like an enlarged version of Gold Pound.
The reverse side shows the face amount of the bond, the redemption period and the agreed interest.
"These bonds are of large denominations, with a face value of two hundred pounds each, a five-year term, and an annual interest rate of 4%. However, this gentleman requested to redeem them immediately, so according to the agreement, he will lose almost all the interest."
Sure enough, the purpose of this "Aurora Order" Beyonder came to the bank was to redeem bonds and obtain cash, and since money was easy to come by, he didn't care about the loss at all.
The moment he recognized the other party, Angel almost wanted to pull out "Bloodthirst" from under his cloak and press "Magician Pocket Watch" to launch an attack. However, he still kept his expression and movements steady with strong willpower, preventing the "Aurora Order" member from discovering the clues.
The opponent is Sequence 6, or even Beyonder of Sequence 5. Drawing a gun and going for it is not called bravery, it is called death...
Moreover, people inside the bank and on the street will also be put in danger because of her reckless behavior.
After recovering his thoughts, Angel looked again at the stack of bearer bonds in front of him.
"These bonds are the property that disappeared from the murder scene. I need to take them back to Police Station and preserve them as evidence."
"No!"
Even though Angel was wearing Inspector Badge, even though the effect of "Persuasion" still existed, the dedicated bank manager still put his hand on the bonds on the table and refused without hesitation.
"These are the assets of Backlund Bank. Each of them has a face value of two hundred pounds, and a total of four thousand pounds. Even the bonds that have been redeemed must be sent to the head office at Backlund for settlement and destruction. Unless you have a formal order and a notice from the head office, I will not hand them over to you."
Angel frowned and looked at the conscientious manager. Normally, she would praise such excellent qualities, but when she needed to act cheaply, they often became insurmountable obstacles.
"Well... does your bank have Telegraph Machine?"
After thinking about it, Angel decided to ask for help instead of directly conflicting with the other party.
When Angel finished his second cup of coffee in the VIP reception room, Dunn Smith and Klein Moretti hurried to the bank after receiving the telegram, accompanied by the police chief of this street.
Dunn is wearing a formal police uniform, a soft police hat, and three silver six-pointed stars on the shoulder straps. As the captain of the Tingen City team, Beyonder and Dunn of Sequence 7 are senior inspectors within the Awwa County Police Department, while "Sequence 9" like Angel and Klein are just probationary inspectors.
Compared to Angel in casual clothes, Dunn in police uniform and epaulettes made the bank manager feel more uneasy. He dropped Angel in the reception room and went to greet Dunn and others in the lobby.
Angel was holding coffee and looked at Dunn through the open door and said a few words calmly. The manager nodded repeatedly, and the accompanying police sergeant pulled him aside.
Then, Dunn and Klein, who were also wearing police uniforms, walked into the reception room and closed the door.
"So, you came to the bank to deposit money and met the wanted member of 'Aurora Order'?"
Dunn unbuttoned the hem of his police uniform and sat on the sofa opposite. He looked at Angel with gray eyes and a smile.
Klein even took out the ceremonial knife and began to build Wall of Spirituality that sealed the entire reception room.
"I didn't expect that he and I chose the same bank at the same time. What a coincidence?"
At the end of the sentence, Angel felt a sense of uneasiness in his heart, his speech slowed down, and he even had questions.
Hearing this word, Klein, who was circling the wall, couldn't help but stop and look over. The two people's eyes met, and they both saw a trace of worry in the other's eyes.
It has been more than two weeks since they obtained the information, and more than half of the houses with "red chimneys" have been searched, but the two have still not found the house in the divination Klein.
The pressure of being manipulated by others has always been hanging on their hearts.
Dunn didn't notice the eye contact between the two, but flipped through the stack of valuable bonds on the table.
"I tried my best to Persuasion the bank manager, and he allowed us to do some checks here that wouldn't hurt the bonds, but we couldn't take them out of the bank."
"Well, I can guess it, so I asked you to take Klein with you and try to find his traces using divination. It just so happens that 'Red Gloves' will come in the afternoon, so you can arrest him as soon as possible."
"You know 'Red Gloves' will... oh, it's Daly, right? She asked for leave for you this morning, saying that you accidentally touched your pocket watch and entered a negative state."
Dunn frowned at first, and then said suddenly.
Daly, since you have already met with the captain, why don't you just talk about it...
Angel looked at his captain and sighed secretly.
Klein sealed the room, put away the ceremonial dagger, came to the table, and used candles to make an inverted triangle, symbolizing Evernight Goddess, Mother of Concealment and himself respectively.
After setting up a simple altar, he lit three candles using the Spirituality rubbing method, and dripped a transparent liquid mixed with a variety of herbal extracts into the candles, filling the entire reception room with a peaceful and quiet aroma.
Then he sat on the sofa, leaned back, and fell into a dream while leaning on the back of the sofa.
Angel and Dunn had no words, they just watched a series of actions of "Seer".
Waking up from Dream Divination, Klein blew out the candles with a surprised expression, ending the ceremony.
"These bonds were indeed obtained from West Borough's Pulak house. I saw the corresponding fragments from the dream. After killing Pluck Family, the bonds went to North Borough's Wendell Street, a single-family house, which should be easy to find. Then in order to exchange them for cash, this person came to the bank."
Klein wiped the sweat from his forehead. In order to obtain as many clues as possible, he conducted Dream Divination for a long time, which was a huge drain on Spirituality and his physical strength.
Angel handed him a cup of warm coffee with sugar cubes added.
"Thank you," Klein took it, drank it all, and then continued, "No matter who it belongs to, that house should be occupied by 'Aurora Order' now. I saw the upside-down human statue, the corpse, and..."
He paused for a moment before continuing.
"... I saw another Oracle from 'Aurora Order'. She has long brown hair and is about thirty years old. She is called 'Ms. D'."