"Captain, should this table go here? Is there anything else we need to move?"
Leonard's voice came from nearby, making Dunn raise a hand to rub his temple just as he was about to bring his pipe to his lips.
After finishing their training under the "Goddess's Sword," Crestet Cesimir, Deacon Crestet had left them to prepare to go undercover and target Ince Zangwill. At Klein's suggestion, the Tingen team had rented a small house and opened a "detective agency."
Klein had joked that this might be the most lavishly staffed detective agency in the entire Loen Kingdom: one Sequence 8, one Sequence 7, and two Sequence 6 Beyonders. What ordinary detective agency had a lineup like that?
As it turned out, forget detective agencies-even Tingen City hadn't had a lineup like that a month ago.
Apart from lacking a Sequence 5, the Tingen team's overall Sequence composition now rivaled that of a standard Red Gloves team, even with Klein's Sequence dragging them down. But when it came to actual combat strength, Klein believed that, with the gray fog at his disposal, he could still put up a fight against ordinary Beyonders.
"Yes, leave it there." Dunn set his pipe aside and said to Leonard, looking mildly troubled, "We've pretty much finished setting up the agency. Go get some rest."
"All right." Leonard raised a hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, then turned to Klein beside him and said casually:
"Klein, want to grab a drink? At a café, of course."
If you actually invited me to a tavern, I'd have to question your intentions. Poet, don't forget you're a Loen man! Klein silently quipped, making a little Loen joke before shaking his head and politely declining Leonard's invitation:
"No thanks, Leonard. I'm going to rest for a