Lord of All Phenomena: The Mysteries
Chapter 148

It must be like this

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Dunn's letter was clearly written without the Holy Cathedral's permission, but the Holy Cathedral still reassured him.

The Holy Cathedral indicated that Klein was in danger and could die at any moment. Revealing that Klein was still alive would only cause Lynch unnecessary worry and would not help at all.

Dunn had no choice but to give up on continuing his application to tell Lynch that Klein was not dead.

He believed that if Klein was in danger, Lynch would likely go to help him and die as well. It was better not to tell him. As long as they kept an eye on Lynch and prevented him from rushing to Ince Zangwill for revenge, that would be enough.

Lynch was unaware of Dunn's dilemma. He was playing cards with Bersha and Erica. Excluding Tingen's group of senior Beyonder, he wasn't afraid of being exposed by Bersha and Erica while he was with them. He had been using his divination abilities to win money while playing cards.

Leonard has been assigned to go to the West Borough with Daly to assist the police in investigating a case these past two days, and he's doing this to earn some extra money since he has nothing else to do.

However, after two days, the activity was completely stopped.

Bersha, blinded by greed, refused to pay up, and Erica followed suit, infuriating Lynch yelled that the two of them were cheating.

If he hadn't also cheated, fearing that Dunn would discover he had been doing divination, he would have definitely gone to complain and get his winnings back.

"Forget it, forget it, why should I argue with you two girls? I earn thirty pounds a week!"

He smugly took out his wallet, counted the money in front of the two girls, and saw their gritted teeth expressions, instantly feeling relieved.

"Sigh, if someone had two female colleagues, they would have already tried to curry favor with them, but you—"

When Dunn came out of his office, this was the scene he saw, and he shook his head in exasperation.

If it weren't for Klein's death standing in the way, he would already be twisting Lynch's ear, trying to get him to think about his own marriage.

"I noticed Leonard is also single, and he didn't try to win him over."

Lynch quickly pulled Leonard out.

Shouldn't the pressure to get married be directed at only him?

"If Leonard gets married, I'll consider it."

He smiled and offered a brief moment of silence for Leonard, hoping that he would be able to face Dunn's pressure to get married after returning from investigating the case.

He must have had enough in his past life.

I'll talk to him about it!

Dunn said seriously.

Lynch once again observed a moment of silence for Leonard.

"Bersha, come take a look at this case. Last night, someone called the police that a Detective's body had been found in the sewer. The police investigated the body and believe there are unusual factors involved, so the case has been transferred to us. You need to go and see it."

Dunn handed the document to Bersha, and Lynch quickly moved closer.

"I'll go too, Dunn. I need credit."

Dunn sighed.

He needs it too!

However, this case doesn't seem to have any major problems, so it's fine to let Lynch go and take a look. If there are any serious issues later, he will follow up on them.

"Okay, please be careful."

He gave him a word of advice, and then saw Lynch extend his hand to him.

"Please reimburse me for the carriage fare."

Daly paid for the carriage fare for the last mission, and I heard Daly didn't claim reimbursement.

He wouldn't do that; the Nighthawks team should pay for things like that.

"I forgot to hire another accountant. I'll apply to the Holy Cathedral first, and you'll have to pay for it yourself first. Oh, by the way, I'll write you a note, and we'll reimburse you when they send an accountant over, or we can hire one ourselves."

Dunn quickly wrote several carriage reimbursement slips for Lynch, and Lynch would only need to fill in his carriage expenses on them later.

However, the answer shouldn't be too outrageous; the Holy Cathedral isn't stupid.

Moreover, Lynch's total monthly expense reimbursement was only twenty pounds, all of which he claimed for carriage fares; he couldn't expect to be reimbursed for anything else.

"Alright, Bersha, what are you looking at? Let's go!"

Lynch urged.

This girl suddenly acted like she'd won the lottery; it's really strange.

"It's like this, when I came to see you before, I also hired a carriage. Could you reimburse me for that?"

She rubbed her hands together and asked excitedly.

Dunn looked up and sighed.

The guys in his team always seem to learn how to get reimbursed shortly after joining.

"I'll write you a note too. Ask the finance department for reimbursement when they arrive."

Dunn made a promise, Bersha jumped up in surprise.

She walked there that day and didn't spend any money, but now that she's mentioned it, she can get a reimbursement for free, which is enough to make up for the money she lost playing cards these past two days.

If the captain continues to be this generous, perhaps she can drag Lynch into playing cards again next time; after all, watching that guy collect the money is just too amusing.

Bersha subconsciously thought this, but when she realized it, her eyes widened in horror.

What the heck?

That's money!

How could she have such a terrible idea?

It must have been Lynch who influenced her with his Beyonder Ability; Poet might possess that power.

As for why the captain and Leonard didn't give her that feeling, it must be because the captain and Leonard didn't use their abilities on her, while that bastard Lynch did!

Otherwise, why would she find it amusing that Lynch accepted her money?

Moreover, it's highly likely that Lynch used his abilities on her just to make her love playing cards, and then lose to that guy.

That must be it!

Lynch is a Demon!

"Don't even think about taking my money!"

Bersha changed into her Seer's robes and waited for the carriage at the door, giving a quiet warning.

Lynch:----

Is it really necessary?

They always play the lowest stakes in poker. Bersha has only lost one pound and one soli in the last two days. Not only has she lost to Redwin, but she's also started warning him now.

Gambling is definitely a bad thing.

Lynch sighed, feeling helpless as yet another young man had been defeated by gambling.

"Indeed, I'm glad you realized that. To celebrate, I'm going to treat you to a meal—"

Bersha suddenly covered her mouth as she finished speaking.

What to eat?

Both she and Lynch have big appetites, how dare she say such a thing?

Luckily, she didn't finish speaking; Lynch probably didn't hear her clearly, right?

She hesitated, but soon she heard Lynch's tactless voice ring out.

"What should I eat? I'm craving a steak set meal at that place over there. Their set meal includes a steak, a pork chop, three buttered buns, a cream bun, a vegetable dish, a soup, and afterwards, a pudding and ice cream. I had it yesterday with the money I won, and it was so delicious!"

Bersha:----

What Demon excuse! She's determined to spit a mouthful of blood at Lynch. He eats everything, so why doesn't he eat in the bathroom?

But for some reason, her mouth betrayed her.

"Eat, it's on me."

After she finished speaking, she slapped herself hard. She was really crazy, or perhaps Lynch's Beyonder Ability had influenced her too deeply.

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