In this city known as the Northern Pearl, shrouded in fog all year round, many newspapers were published. The University District, where he currently was, not only housed most of Tobesk City's institutions of higher learning but was also packed with newspaper offices and publishing houses, so the trip was not actually very long.
He had yet to sell the Rhodes Cards he had received from Professor Manning. Therefore, although he had found Detective Sparrow's wallet, Shade's options remained quite limited.
He certainly did not dare to consider major national newspapers like the Tobesk City Morning News, the Terrarell River News, and the Kingdom Early News, which Detective Sparrow subscribed to.
Still, he took his business card to inquire at several newspaper offices, only to be shocked by the prices quoted by their accountants and completely give up on the idea.
"These are all newspapers with nationwide circulation, while my business is limited to Tobesk. There is no need to place advertisements in places like that."
He even consoled himself like that, then found his reasoning quite convincing and talked himself into accepting it.
As for locally circulated papers in Tobesk, such as the Three Penny Newspaper and the Delarion Business News, he could obtain a small square of space in the newspaper's gutter or beneath the obituary section, cramming his advertisement in alongside inventors seeking investment, factories recruiting workers, and lost-and-found notices.
The newspaper offices were very busy, so Shade's visits received little attention. Editors and reporters rushed in and out. During the mere twenty minutes Shade spent in the smoke-filled editorial department on the second floor of the Delarion Business News, three people burst in, waving their arms and shouting, "Big news!"
There had been new developments in the local child abduction case; a member of the royal