The Bounty Hunter in front of him was obviously a little shocked, and the majesty exuding from his body was completely gone.
"I see. It seems that Sherman has found a powerful backer. No wonder no one dares to touch him recently... In this case, let's talk about it. I can't get the bounties for Intis and Feynapotter, but you can try. My request is 50 pounds in cash and half of the property he owns."
"Only ordinary property, and you have to make sure he is the human trafficker Baelen and not another person with the same name."
Sherman mentioned these requirements in previous communications, and Angel quickly agreed.
"Of course it's him, Southern Continent, with brown skin and missing teeth. The reward for Verl D'Or and Rissoux on this guy is a total of five hundred pounds. If Loen hadn't issued a wanted notice, how could I have waited until you came to my door?"
Xio took another sip of ale, with a satisfied expression on his face, and continued:
"But we moved quickly. He just changed his residence last week and will not leave in a short time. But if we delay for a long time, it will be difficult to tell. If there are no current clues and we have to find such a person in East Borough, with all due respect, you may not be able to find anything next year."
"Then we will gather here at ten o'clock tonight. You can pick out his belongings first, but you have to leave him to me."
Angel was also worried about long nights and many dreams. The characteristics mentioned by the other party were indeed consistent with the information provided by Hanged Man, which made her determined to catch Baelen today.
Moreover, on Tarot Club in the afternoon, he could even provide this clue to Hanged Man first to "strengthen" some cooperation. After all, the reward for "finding Baelen" is 100 pounds, and "catching Baelen" may be another price.
The two quickly agreed on the details of the evening. Out of trust in this friend of Audrey, Angel paid half of the amount in advance, which was 25 pounds, which made Bounty Hunter smile. He drank up the ale in the glass in two gulps, got up and left.
After the short figure staggered and disappeared from the door of the bar, Angel turned back to look at Sherman. This assassin seemed to be afraid of revealing his Beyonder identity, so he never spoke in front of Xio, as quiet as a quail.
"Watson, have you known Xio before?"
"I met her in a noble salon and knew that she was Beyonder, but I didn't expect that the Bounty Hunter you mentioned was her."
Angel replied casually, looking at the door of the bar again. The swaying figure of the girl leaving just now made her a little worried. Could it be that the other party was actually a poor drinker?
"Aristocratic salon? I thought she only hung out with poor people like us, drunkards, and homeless people in East Borough... It seems that those rumors do have some credibility."
Sherman pushed his glass of ale away and frowned. Seeing Angel cast a doubtful look, he continued to explain:
"There are rumors that Hugh Dilcha used to have the status of a noble, but for unknown reasons, her family's fiefdom and title were deprived of her, so she changed her name and hid it. Now she arrests wanted criminals when she sees them in the East District, not only for money, but also for some so-called 'truth'."
"Noble?"
Recalling the little girl's outfit in the salon, Angel expressed doubts about the authenticity of this rumor. But it should be true that the other party is diligent in looking for wanted criminals. After all, she was very concerned about Lanevus's affairs before, and even caused the informant to be killed...
The two of them were chatting wordlessly when a loud noise suddenly came from outside the bar, like the sound of something breaking a barrel or a wooden box. Sherman, who was reporting on his "assassin" experience, suddenly stopped talking, with a trace of panic on his face:
"It's over, that guy must have gotten drunk and started fighting with the drunkard at the door again!"
"Mr. Fool, everyone, good afternoon."
With the brisk greetings of "Justice" Audrey, this week's Tarot Club begins.
Due to the commotion at East Borough at noon, Angel only had time to memorize one Emperor Roselle's Diary when she returned home before she was pulled into Gray Fog. Therefore, she looked at the others in silence at first. It was not until she found that no one had the intention to submit the diary that she had the courage to dedicate it to Mr. Fool.
One is better than none!
The reading time of this diary Mr. Fool was longer than usual, and there was no movement for a long time after that.
Everyone else also kept silent. They knew that this was often the important content in Mr. Fool's interpretation of the diary. Later, he might share it with everyone, and most of this content was valuable knowledge that was difficult to obtain from the outside world.
After several minutes of silence, hidden behind Gray Fog, Mr. Fool, who was all hazy, spoke:
"Sorry, I saw something interesting. You can communicate."
There was no sharing from Fool, and deep disappointment pervaded the long table. However, everyone did not feel too sad and quickly started exchanging information with each other.
"Mr. Hanged Man, I found the Baelen you were tracking, the Southern Continent person related to human trafficking. He is now hiding in Backlund. The Bounty Hunter I hired found his traces."
Since the fact that he was in Backlund had been revealed in several previous exchanges, Angel no longer tried to hide it, but started the conversation efficiently.
"Are you sure it's the human trafficker? I've received several pieces of false information."
"If it's the guy who's wanted in several other countries, that's right."
"Very good, that's him. North Continent Only Loen has not launched a wanted search for him. He is very reasonable in Backlund..." Hanged Man said with a hint of surprise in his tone, "Tell me his location, and the 100 pounds will be yours."
"Or we can cooperate further and upgrade this transaction. For example, I can help you catch him at Backlund and directly ask for the information you need to know, and you only need to pay a small amount of Gold Pound..."
Angel did not immediately tell Hanged Man the location of Baelen, but instead proposed a reasonable "price increase".
Otherwise, apart from the 50 pounds given to Xio Derecha and the money spent by Sherman in the early stage, she would only be able to earn an errand fee, which was very uneconomical.
She was already ready to bargain Hanged Man shrewdly or even refuse directly, but she didn't expect that the other party thought for a moment and actually agreed, but also made a new request:
"I need all the information about the human trafficking he participated in, and you can only give it to me and not sell it to anyone else. If it happens, plus the previous part, I can pay a total of 500 pounds in remuneration."
This is equivalent to the reward for making Sequence 5 Mystical Item... But he demanded that the information could only be sold to him, and was even willing to pay 500 pounds to find clues to human trafficking at any cost. Could it be that he had received a commission from someone else, and the "construction period" was very tight?
This is indeed very likely. Hanged Man's previous performances and his understanding of occult knowledge can prove that he is probably Beyonder of Orthodox Church, and his Pathway is "Sailor" mastered by Church of Storms, who often goes out to sea to perform missions...
So he was asked, or entrusted, by Church of Storms to look for clues about Baelen, and then he "outsourced" the task to the members of Tarot Club. This is an extremely evil layer of subcontracting...
There is no doubt that Hanged Man will get far more than the 500 pounds for completing the task, and it may even be related to his status within the church. However, the wealth is so exciting that getting 500 pounds is beyond Angel's expectation. She immediately nodded in agreement, and the two reached a verbal agreement.
The usually taciturn "World" also proposed to have someone sell a copy of "Werewolf" Beyonder Characteristic on consignment, and to look for at least 3 hairs of Deep Sea Naga.
The resourceful Mr. Hanged Man quickly accepted the commission, seemingly to make up for his gradually drying up wallet.
After that, Mr. Sun shared his drowsy daily training experience, as well as City of Silver's internal repeated review of the outbound team. After everyone put forward some valuable suggestions, "Justice" Audrey said with a somewhat solemn tone:
"I think everyone should have known through their own channels or the news in newspapers that Duke Negan and Pallas Negan of this generation died in an assassination last week."
No, I don't know...
Except for Fool, fully half of the six members present looked at Miss Justice blankly.
"Magician" Fors was saving money for his own "Trickmaster" Potion material. He locked himself in his room all weekend and was busy creating new works, so he had no idea about the uproarous assassination incident at Backlund.
"Sun" Derrick Berg has no idea where Backlund is or who Duke Negan is.
"Hanged Man" knows something about Loen's upper-class nobility, and he also knows that he was once Navy Admiral and was also one of Church of Storms's spokespersons within the military. The importance of Pallas Negan, but he has been floating at sea recently, and his only chance to communicate with the outside world depends on Tarot Club and Mr. Fool. When he heard this news, he couldn't help but ask:
"Loen Prime Minister's brother, the Duke Negan of Conservative Party's party leader?"
"Yes."
There was a trace of sadness in Audrey's tone. Although Duke Negan and his father Earl Hall had different stances and were even politically hostile, they had a good relationship in private. Shortly before his death, she even received a gift from him - a holiday estate worth nearly ten thousand pounds in Desi Bay.
Fortunately, the assassin also died on the way to escape, but this is the strangest part...
She gathered her mood, quietly glanced at Mr. Fool at the top of the long table, and continued:
"The assassin is a 'Desire Apostle' who can use emotions and desires to kill. After his companions drew the attention of Church of Storms's 'Spellsinger of God' Ace Snake, he used Duke's desire in a special situation to successfully complete the assassination, and then almost escaped capture with the help of complex sewers."
"Almost?"
Hanged Man asked eagerly. When he heard Church of Storms and Spellsinger of God, he became a little restless. He did not expect that such a big thing would happen to Backlund in just a short time after he went to sea.
"Almost," Audrey nodded, "Because he was found dead in the sewer, the important items he carried with him disappeared, and Tarot Cards was sprinkled all over his body."