Night fell, and Leonard Mitchell, who lived at 7 Pince Street, once again entered the sleeping Backlund shrouded in mist.
Over the past few days, he had questioned Mrs. Starling, Mrs. Mary, and Daily Observer reporter Mike Joseph again in their dreams about the great detective Sherlock Moriarty...
But because someone had given Melissa a Beyonder item in Sherlock's name, he had asked more detailed questions this time. He had pieced together a fairly complete picture of Detective Sherlock.
"He's a Beyonder who's quite friendly toward the authorities, yet he's appeared in several incidents connected to the Fool and the Tarot Cards... He's likely closely tied to that organization that worships the Fool!"
After leaving Doctor Aaron's house, Leonard glanced back at the villa as he thought. Inside the garden house, hazy orbs of light representing dreams overlapped and filled every inch of space. Nothing seemed amiss.
Was it my imagination? Something still feels wrong... Leonard murmured, then turned and flew toward another street in Cherwood Borough, where Sheriff Fasin lived.
Sherlock Moriarty did not have many friends in Backlund, and Leonard had already checked all of them except Hazel, Emlyn, and the great detective Isengard. He had therefore changed tack and decided to investigate other people Sherlock had come into contact with.
"According to the internal records, Sherlock got caught up in a multinational espionage case less than a week after arriving in Backlund. Gang members bought off by the Intis ambassador even came to his door to silence him... The person who questioned him then was Xio Derecha, a former MI9 lieutenant and now a colonel...
"She's another person I can't investigate casually. Not only does she have a princess backing her, she's also close to Reinhardt, that Fourth Epoch old monster the Old Man mentioned...
"And according