"Are you the 'assassin' from team Angel Granger, Tingen City?"
The man in front of him was about 40 years old, with short reddish hair. He was over 1.8 meters tall, with broad shoulders and round shoulders, and the shirt on his body was stretched tight. The most concerning thing is that about one-third of his square face is covered with burn marks, spanning most of the area from his chin to the left cheek. The skin color is slightly lighter than normal and is covered with new tissue, making his already not outstanding facial features look even more Distortion.
After putting the luggage into his temporary housing, Angel followed Daly back to the lobby and continued to wait for the arrival of other members.
Before setting off in the morning, she had Tingen City a piece of bread for breakfast. At this time, she had already digested it more thoroughly than the "assassin" Potion. Her empty stomach was Distortion and twitching, expressing her dissatisfaction.
But looking at the other Nighthawks who didn't seem to care about their hunger, she was embarrassed to suggest that they go to eat first, so she could only go to the hot water bottle nearby to pour a cup of tea and use a hot tea pad to pad her stomach.
Fortunately, it didn't take long for the red-haired man to return to "Silver Bullet Detective Agency" with another team member that Angel had met once. He said hello to Daly, then came to Angel and started the conversation.
Gazing across the red-haired man's burned face, Angel immediately withdrew her gaze to avoid offending the other person. Upon hearing the question, she nodded slightly and answered:
"Yes, members of Tingen City Nighthawks Squad, assassins of Angel Granger and Sequence 9 are reporting to you."
"Very good, it's not 'Sleepless' or 'Corpse Collector' after all."
The red-haired man nodded and sat on the sofa opposite Angel. His strong body pressed the sofa with a creaking sound, which made people worry about the quality of the sofa.
"You may have heard Dunn Smith mention me. My name is Bell Clement. Like Smith, I am also 'Nightmare'. You can call me Captain Clement, or directly Clement."
Sure enough, it is also "Sleepless" Sequence. Why don't I feel surprised at all... In the entire Nighthawks team, the concentration of Sleepless is a bit too high...
Some disrespectful thoughts towards Evernight Goddess flashed through his mind, and Angel replied casually, "Okay, Captain Clement."
Clement nodded and glanced at the other people in the room.
The two Pritz Harbor Nighthawks who came from Pritz Harbor were still sitting on the sofa, but they had stopped talking. The man with tanned skin was making coffee, and a strong fragrance filled the whole room.
The other man who was brought back to the base by Clement turned out to be the talkative man she had seen on the steam train coming to Enmat Harbor. At this time, he was in the corner of the hall, opened a window, lit up the cigarettes that he had not been able to smoke on the train, and enjoyed the charming taste.
Together with Angel's team from Tingen City, at this time "Silver Bullet Detective Agency" has gathered Nighthawks from all the big cities in the southeast of the Loen Kingdom.
Of course, except Backlund's team.
"Backlund's Nighthawks team was delayed by other things before setting off. They can't make it here today. I'm afraid it will be difficult tomorrow too."
Clement said loudly, attracting the attention of everyone in the room.
"Some of you have already met me, some of you have just heard of me, and I am the same. So starting from me, everyone introduces themselves, name, team and Potion Sequence."
He re-introduced himself according to the format he said, and then turned his attention to Angel opposite.
"Angel Granger, Tingen City team, Sequence 9... assassin."
Feeling that other Nighthawks's eyes were following him, Angel stood up and spoke briefly.
Potion Sequence As soon as the name was spoken, she felt surprise and surprise in the eyes of several people.
At first she didn't understand the meaning of these glances, but as everyone began to introduce themselves, she soon understood.
The brown-skinned and black-haired man sitting on the sofa with a coffee cup put down the cup, stood up, and said in a loud voice:
"Morrow, team Nighthawks from Pritz Harbor, 'Sleepless'."
He pointed to the man next to him who hung his coat on the back of the sofa. The latter nodded as a greeting.
"This is Brandon Poirot, also from Pritz Harbor, Sequence 8'Midnight Poet'."
The last one to arrive at the scene, but also the first one Angel encountered, the man who had been chattering endlessly on the train put out his cigarette butt in the ashtray, walked up from the window, sat on another empty chair, and said slowly in a tone like reciting poetry:
"Rupert Norman, from team Stoen City, 'Midnight Poet', this lady has already seen me on the train."
He smiled kindly at Angel, who wanted to pretend not to see it, but was afraid of causing tension between him and his temporary teammates, so he nodded in return.
"Daly Simone, Enmat Harbor's 'Spirit Medium', Sequence 7."
Finally, there is the lazy voice of Ms. Daly.
After the self-introduction was completed, as she expected, except for her and Daly, everyone in the hall was "Sleepless" Pathway and Beyonder.
Backlund's team hasn't arrived yet, but Angel, who has seen Lorotta and Borgia, guesses that there may be some among them, or even all of them are Beyonder of "Sleepless" Sequence.
It's no wonder that Dunn did not send other senior Beyonder, but asked her, a fledgling rookie, to represent the Tingen City team to come to support.
Otherwise, this team may have a large number of people, but it may fall into the embarrassing situation of "single ability".
After the self-introduction session, Nighthawks became idle again. Clement did not disclose the specific reason for gathering them. It may be that he is worried about leaking the plan in advance, or he himself is just an executor.
But before Backlund Team arrived, everyone was free to move around, but they were asked not to leave the urban area of Enmat Harbor, and if they left the stronghold for more than 4 hours, they needed to report to him in advance.
Before Angel came to Enmat Harbor, she planned to find an excuse to sneak out, but she didn't expect that the management here was very extensive, which was exactly what she wanted.
She found Daly, who had been sitting next to him silently, and asked about Enmat Harbor's Beyonder Ingredients trading market.
"Beyonder Ingredients? Are you planning to make Charm yourself?"
Daly raised his eyebrows with blue eyeshadow and asked curiously.
"It's not Charm. I'm going to make some special bullets that I used last time. I also want to see the difference between the trading market here and Tingen City. Maybe I can buy some practical Beyonder Item."
"Beyonder Item is not easy to buy. Basically, they will be targeted and bought in advance before they are put on the market."
"You can go to Pitts Street in Port District. There is a bar called 'Carrion Bird'. Tell the bartender that you want to go to Underground Market. He will tell you what to do."
"Just say it so directly? There are no secret codes or secret passages or anything like that?"
Angel asked curiously, this was a little different from the "Underground Trading Market" she knew.
Daly raised the corners of his mouth, narrowed his eyes, and answered with some disgust:
"We don't have as many rules as Tingen City, and Enmat Harbor's official Beyonder has been short of manpower for a long time. We basically let these behaviors that do not involve Beyonder go unchecked. For example, some secret gatherings, such as 'Divination Truth-Seeking Society', 'Tarot Club' and other organizations exchange some folk occult knowledge with each other. If they were in Tingen City, they would probably be forcibly disbanded by Nighthawks or other official Beyonder, but in Enmat Harbor there is no one to take care of it, unless they really cause something."
Tower...Tarot Club?
Angel felt that his heartbeat was half a beat slower.
She pretended to be calm and listened patiently. When Daly finished speaking and picked up the water cup to drink, she pretended to ask casually:
"Tarot Club? It sounds like a gathering of Tarot Cards fans. What do they do?"
"I'm not sure. Clement went to investigate last week. Well, we used the method you know to confirm that they did not perform some evil rituals or were involved in vicious crimes, and then we stopped tracking them. I heard that they use the name Tarot Cards internally, such as 'Fool', 'Hanged Man' and the like."
The name of the gathering is right, and the code name is also right. "On the surface, there doesn't seem to be any problem"...
Angel is almost certain that what Daly is talking about is "Tarot Club" that she has participated in many times.
Could it be that "Hanged Man" lives in Enmat Harbor and was accidentally targeted by Nighthawks?
Recalling that his speeches at Tarot Club always centered on Pritz Harbor, Storm Sea and other places, and the location of "Artisan" provided was also at Enmat Harbor, Angel concluded that the "Hanged Man" mentioned by Daly was the one he knew.
Fortunately, Tarot Club only meets once a week, or through the mysterious means of Mr. Fool, so outsiders should not be able to see the problem.
But as a member of "Tarot Club", she cannot sit idly by and ignore Beyonder's surveillance, and she has the obligation to prevent being discovered by the official Beyonder, or even causing the situation to happen.
"Sounds interesting. I'm also very interested in Tarot Divination recently. Where can I find them?"
She suppressed the anxiety in her heart, picked up the teacup, and asked casually.
Daly glanced at Angel in surprise.
"I didn't expect you would be interested in this kind of organization. Doesn't Old Neil in your team know a lot about divination? And I heard that Klein, who escaped from death, drank Potion and became 'Seer'. He should be able to teach you, right?"
"But if you really want to find them, go to the market of 'Carrion Bird'. There is a member of 'Tarot Club' who often buys various amulets, ritual materials and the like there. She is a young girl who calls herself 'Justice' and is one of the Tarot Cardss. Everyone in the market probably knows her, so you can just ask anyone."
Now except Mr. "Fool", all members of Tarot Club have appeared in Enmat Harbor...
Angel wiped the non-existent sweat on his forehead with the back of his hand.