Exceeded the Mission

Exceeded the Mission Xue froze slightly, already having a guess. "You mean, you mean Mr. A is from the Au..."

She lowered her voice again. "A member of the Aurora Society?"

Hobart nodded. "That's right. I heard that the core members of the Aurora Society all use letters as their codenames."

Xue gave a bitter smile. "I was planning to take Miss Audrey to the gathering organized by Mr. A tomorrow."

"Then you can attend without worry," Hobart said. "Regular gatherings are how they make money and preach in secret. Not only will they refrain from causing trouble at the gathering, they'll also maintain its order."

Xue let out a sigh of relief. "That's good."

Hobart took out the Mutated Eyeball again. "This thing has many uses, but not many people need it. It's hard to say how much it can fetch. I estimate somewhere between 50 Pounds and 100 Pounds.

"I happen to know a merchant who sells Extraordinary Materials. I think he should be very interested in this.

"Give me four or five days. Once I've disposed of them, we'll split the proceeds."

Xue nodded. "All right."

As she spoke, she took out the 23 Pounds and 6 Sule in cash they had found just now and divided it into two equal portions, one for Hobart and one for herself.

By the time they arrived at Vasek Avenue 109, night had completely fallen. A Red Moon hung at the edge of the sky, seemingly watching Hobart and Xue's actions.

The two waited until the carriage had gone far away and no one nearby was paying attention to them before simply breaking down the door and entering. One held a gun while the other wielded a Three Edged Dagger as they conducted a brief search of the house.

The house had two floors. The first floor contained the Living Room and Kitchen, while the Second floor had two Bedrooms and a Study.

Of course, they did not find any sign of Hayman here. Since Zachary knew about this place, Hayman could not possibly have hidden here if he wanted to be safe.

The two found a safe in the Study on the Second floor. Hobart simply went to the Basement to fetch some tools and pried it open.

To their surprise, the safe contained quite a bit of cash, jewelry, gold, and other valuables.

Hobart made a rough estimate. "These valuables combined should be enough to compensate our client for his losses.

"Given Hayman's fraudulent crimes, I propose that we enforce the judgment without notifying Hayman. We'll split these valuables equally and compensate the client separately. I request arbitration from Miss Arbiter."

"My arbitration is: carry out your proposal!" Xue could not tell whether Hobart was joking or genuinely asking for her opinion. She felt like a dim-sighted old Judge who only knew how to approve a Lawyer's suggestions, with no judgment of her own.

During the following division of the spoils, Miss Hugh nearly lost her mind again. Counting money was fine, but asking her to determine the value of that jewelry was practically driving her mad.

Fortunately, Hobart had no intention of cheating her and divided everything very fairly.

Finding so many valuables here already counted as exceeding the mission.

Both of them were exhausted by then, so they agreed to visit the second address they had obtained from Zachary tomorrow.

But there probably would not be much to gain there. Hobart analyzed, "This is the South Bridge District, where public security is relatively good. That's why Hayman hid some valuables here.

"Gasbin Street is in the East End. If Hayman has any brains, he wouldn't store anything valuable in a den of thieves."

Xue thought so too. "Perfect. Tomorrow, we can also pay DakHorm a little 'visit.'"

The two had each found a small box to hold their divided valuables. Hobart said, "Miss Hugh, we're in the same boat now. I need to know your correspondence address."

Xue barely hesitated before giving Hobart her address. After all, they had already built up enough trust.

They each found a Rental Carriage and left Vasek Avenue in different directions.

When Hobart returned home, he was utterly exhausted and starving. Dinner had long since ended, but fortunately, his adoptive mother Monlisa had left a portion for him in the Kitchen.

After wolfing it down, Hobart carried the small box back to his room and collapsed into bed.

Xue returned to the rented house she shared with Fors. "I'm so hungry I could eat a cow."

Fors was sitting in a Recliner reading a magazine. Xue remembered that when she had left in the morning, Fors had been sitting in that same Recliner reading a magazine, and her posture had been almost identical to the one she had now.

However, the dinner laid out on the Dining Table showed that hunger had driven lazy Fors out of her Recliner at some point during the day. At the very least, she had visited the Kitchen and Washroom.

Fors put down her magazine and looked at Xue, who was wolfing down bread. "Why are you back so late today?"

It was already ten at night. If Xue had been an ordinary girl, Fors would have started worrying long ago.

But even though Xue was nimble, Fors was still somewhat worried about her coming back so late. Some blind fool of a thug might end up getting taught a lesson by Xue.

Xue stuffed her mouth with food and said indistinctly, "I'll show you something good in a moment!"

A few minutes later, she finally finished the bread in her hand and drained the soup on the Dining Table.

After letting out a satisfied burp, Xue opened the small box in her hand.

Fors's eyes were immediately dazzled by the jewelry and gold in the box. "God of Steam and Machinery! Xue, did you rob a bank today?"

She hurriedly glanced toward the windows. Good, good—the curtains had long been drawn.

Xue smiled proudly. "Following the clues provided by our client, Mr. Eske, I tracked down the mastermind behind the fraud step by step and obtained these valuables from him.

"What a pity, what a pity. I was just a little short of bringing that swindler to justice."

Fors gave Xue a strange look. "Did someone help you investigate it step by step?"

Xue froze. "H-how did you know?"

"Because with that brain of yours that only knows how to think with muscles, you simply can't handle a case that complicated!"

Xue smiled awkwardly. "Fine, fine. I did work with someone today."

She then began recounting her experiences that day. Fors felt as though she were listening to a story. "You're saying that a Lawyer can perform Spirit Communication and also knows some Beyonder knowledge you completely couldn't make heads or tails of?"

"That's right. I think he must be a Beyonder!" Xue said with certainty. "And he must be a member of some organization or a Beyonder Family. Otherwise, he couldn't possibly know so much Beyonder knowledge!"

Fors nodded, accepting the guess, but then she grew a little nervous. "You witnessed the entire process of him killing someone. To prevent you from reporting him, could he ask his family to come kill you and silence you?"

"Probably not," Xue said. "I took action too."

"You still need to be careful," Fors said. She looked at the small box before them. "After all, you took so much money. Even for the valuables in front of you, there's a reason to kill."

Xue no longer dared to be so certain. Thus, the two changed residences overnight.

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