"Mr. Hanged Man, I have found Baelen at East Borough, and obtained the information you need through some means.
"Baelen came to Backlund from Bayam in the Rhoside Islands with the purpose of taking over the business of the dead human trafficker Capim, continuing to kidnap and capture East Borough homeless people and poor people for certain people, and send them out of Backlund to unknown buyers. Most of them were taken overseas, but some special ones stayed near Backlund, which is said to be in the northwest, next to the Tussock River.
"During the interrogation, a Sequence 6'Judge' came to rescue him, but failed. According to my Spirit Channeling about him, they were hired by several people wearing Golden Mask's mysterious people even include 'Arbiter' Pathway's Demigod, and these characteristics overlap with the military and royal family of the Loen Kingdom, but there is a lack of further clues.
"During the battle, I killed Baelen and the 'Judge', which may have aroused the vigilance of these people. If you have no objection, I will report the matter to Backlund's official Beyonder as soon as possible.
"Please reply as soon as possible."
Early the next morning, before Angel woke up from her sleep, she "received" a message from Hanged Man, which was also conveyed by Mr. Fool and appeared directly in her mind.
"Thank you, Miss Empress, I didn't expect the results to come out so soon."
Hanged Man, who was wearing a hood and his whole body hidden in a cloak, first complimented him, and then quickly got to the point.
"The information you obtained is very useful. I will pay the 500 pounds as promised, but I need to wait for a few days. I am still at sea. Or, I can use it to offset the 'liaison fee' for making Mystical Item, which is also 500 pounds."
I choose cash...
Angel thought silently and continued to look at Hanged Man in Gray Fog. She knew that this Hanged Man could not interact and was just a fragment of the other party praying to Mr. Fool.
"I have no objection to the report. It is necessary to stop this illegal and cruel human trafficking. But I want to remind you that this matter may involve a very wide range. As you said, there may be Loen's military or even a member of the royal family standing behind it. Be careful not to expose yourself."
Gray Fog dispersed, and the ceiling of his bedroom appeared in front of Angel.
"Mr. Hanged Man should be somewhere in the Sonia Sea. There is a few hours time difference from Backlund, otherwise he would not have replied to me so early... It is impossible that Mr. Fool woke up at this time and conveyed my report to him..."
Angel made a disrespectful joke in his mind, got up quickly, washed up, and made a simple breakfast. While stuffing bacon and fried eggs into his stomach, he flipped through the newspaper with one hand to see if there was any information worthy of attention.
Mr. A's rally has indeed never happened again... I haven't been to that villa to see it. Was it ransacked or was the whole building razed to the ground? Mr. Isengard Stanton's party has not been held for a long time. It should be related to the fact that he is being followed by Machinery Hivemind, but isn't Desire Apostle already dead? The remaining ones include the party Miss Audrey took me to, the one in Medical College, but I don't know the contact information, so I can only find an opportunity to ask her...
She flipped through the newspaper and quickly glanced at the news items. She paused when she scanned a certain brief report.
"East Borough fire affected several old-fashioned houses, casualties unknown?"
Taking a map of Backlund, Angel studied it and found the location of the fire. She found that it was the residence where she interrogated Baelen and Spirit Channeling Harras last night.
It seems that the forces behind them, those Golden Mask, moved very quickly... Sure enough, yesterday's Spirit Channeling touched the "Secret Keeping" used by someone, which made them discover that Harras was in an abnormal state, and quickly rushed to the scene, destroying the corpse and eliminating traces...
Then, you need to be cautious when reporting the matter to the official Beyonder. If it is delayed for too long, the other party may have already dealt with everything Baelen and Harras, or even done a good job Anti-Divination was killed, and the official Beyonder returned without success, but if he was too reckless, he would expose his own information, suffer retaliation, and even implicate other people as Hanged Man said...
After thinking for a moment, Angel decided to discuss it with the person she trusted most before deciding what to do.
As soon as the hired carriage drove into Minsk Street, Angel found a black two-wheeled carriage parked in front of Sherlock Moriarty's house, with the police system's double swords surrounding a crown logo hanging on it.
"Sorry, I remembered the wrong place. Go one street further and turn right."
She said to the coachman calmly, watching the scenery outside the window move back and the police carriage disappearing from her sight, then got out of the car, paid the fare, and walked back slowly.
Deacon Ikanser, who watched "Machinery Hivemind" from a distance, got into the car and directed the two-wheeled carriage to go around in a circle and leave Minsk Street. Angel then walked to the door of Sherlock's house, just in time to see the latter preparing to close the door.
Seeing Angel arriving, he raised his eyebrows in surprise, made a "come in" gesture, and moved away from the door.
"I just saw that the deacon of 'Machinery Hivemind' came to see you. Is it because of 'Desire Apostle'?"
After sitting down on his own sofa, Angel looked at Sherlock who was busy pouring coffee and asked with a smile.
"That's right, he came to the End about that matter. Not only did he provide a large reward for our help in tracking 'Desire Apostle', but he also invited me to join the ranks of 'Machinery Hivemind' informants, just like Isengard Stanton. He said that after this incident, many private Detective did the same."
Sherlock poured two cups of coffee and placed them on the coffee table. He also sat on the sofa opposite Angel and answered.
"We? Does he know you are connected to me?"
"Perhaps Isengard mentioned it, or he himself, um, misunderstood our relationship. Anyway, he asked me to transfer your share to you. We have a total of 1,300 pounds, and you have 800 pounds. Maybe it's because you successfully blocked the opponent's attack at Isengard's house, and even injured him, so you got more."
When he mentioned "misunderstanding", the corner of Sherlock's mouth twitched.
But even if we knew each other, Ikanser would not hand over 800 pounds to others so easily, unless he could confirm that the money would come to me, such as using that strange silver mirror Arrodes to divine... By the way, if Machinery Hivemind uses Arrodes to divine us, will "Hidden Holy Emblem" be able to counterattack successfully, or will "Arrodes" be able to spy successfully?
Angel Several strange thoughts flashed through his mind.
"I can't use the money for the time being. How are you preparing your 'Faceless' Potion materials? If you need money urgently, just use it first."
Her current Sequence 6 Potion has not yet been digested, and there is no clue about the formula of Sequence 5. Except that she needs to find Artisan friends of Hanged Man to make Mystical Item, there is no urgent need for money.
"I already know the formula of Potion. Two pieces of Potion materials should be available soon. One of them is provided by Vampire that I rescued from Church of the Earth Mother before. I'm afraid I have to wait for a member of the party to help me find the other one. Yes..." Sherlock waved his hand, indicating that he was not short of money, "In addition, I found a Beyonder who I had cooperated with before to sell the previous batch of gold bars on my behalf. Maybe we can get the money within this week. Excluding the commission for her, we should be able to get about 2,800 pounds."
2800... half for one person, that's 1400 pounds, plus 800 pounds for helping to track Desire Apostle, I became a rich man again...
Angel thought happily, and suddenly realized:
"She?"