Chapter 200 Action
Royal Sacred Crown University, King's Campus.
At dusk, the meeting place of the secret school was in a stone chamber.
The gas lamp on the table illuminated the dim space. Next to the table, there was a luxurious chair. At this time, Cirong, wearing a mask, was sitting on the chair with a small box in his hand. Inside the box, there were two small black spiders.
"No. 38, Beisonglinchang? Nine o'clock in the evening? Humph, time is still a bit tight..."
Looking at the two little spiders in the box, Ci Rong, who had just obtained intelligence from them, snorted coldly and said that this espionage operation did not disappoint him. He obtained very important information about the mysterious organization called the Rosicrucian.
'After so many days, these guys have finally decided on a base, and they are going to hold some kind of meeting to finalize their plans against us.
"According to intelligence, they have no more than a dozen core members near the King's Campus, and the rest are not even extraordinary people. In this case, the ranks of these guys are only apprentices, and at most there is a black-level leader. The overall strength is just this little bit. I don't know why they use this little power to go against us?"
Ci Rong thought with some doubt in his mind, but then he changed his mind and thought that the best way to answer these questions was to break up their meeting and capture one of their core members to torture him and then he would know everything.
It just so happened that all the core members of that group were gathered together this time, with no followers and no more than a dozen people... This was a good time to take action.
"They want to devise a plan to catch us all in one fell swoop? Then let's send some people to catch them all first..." Muttering, Cirong stood up from his seat, looked around and spoke slowly. Now he was ready to recruit people to give a surprise to the so-called Rose Knot.
"It seems we can apply for some extra manpower to solve this problem once and for all."
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Outside the east gate of King's Campus, in Greenshade Town.
At dusk, Dorothy stood alone outside No. 37 Greenshade Town, looking at the stone house in front of her that seemed a bit old. Dorothy knocked on the door gently, and then waved at the lens installed on the door.
After a while, the door in front of Dorothy was opened. Unlike her previous visit to No. 37, this time the main door was not opened automatically, but was opened by someone.
The person who opened the door for Dorothy was a girl in white pajamas and short gray hair. She was Beverly.
"Come and open the door yourself. Aren't you doing experiments downstairs?"
Seeing the girl in front of her, Dorothy said with a hint of surprise, while the other party answered with blurred eyes.
"Experiment? I've been doing it for 8 hours straight. I'm exhausted. Are you taking a break now?"
"How can you, a clockwork man, get tired? Isn't it enough to just wind the spring twice? If there is enough fuel, the train can run for a whole day." Dorothy asked with confusion after listening to Beverly's words, and the other party answered unhappily.
"Please... if you work continuously for a long time, many parts of your body will wear out. I am a super-high-precision mechanical puppet. Don't compare me with those stupid big black steam engines. Let's take a break now, drink some tea and relax. If I don't pay attention to daily maintenance, the parts of my body will be replaced more frequently than underwear."
Beverly said with a teasing tone, waving her hand, then she turned and went into the house. Dorothy followed her, closing the door, and followed Beverly into the house.
Quickly, Dorothy came to a coffee table in a room. Beverly sat down here, took a sip of the "tea" that smelled strongly of motor oil and had iron filings "tea leaves" floating in it, and then said to Dorothy.
"You came at the right time today. The postage I collected from the Security Bureau last time has now been received. According to what I said before, 30% of this is yours."
"Wow, the money finally arrived. Tell me how much you have seen?" Dorothy said as she sat down on the sofa, and Beverly immediately responded.
"Not much, about three hundred pounds. We finally reached an agreement after several rounds of negotiations."
"Three hundred pounds? Wow, you extorted so much at once?" Dorothy said in surprise after listening to Beverly's words. You know, when Beverly asked her for the postage, she only asked for ten pounds.
"Tsk, I sent the important documents of the Security Bureau to him. How can this be blackmail? This is the reward I deserve, okay?
"By the way, they also asked my people who sent the package. According to your request, I told them that the person who sent the package was named 'Detective'. They said that if you want the reward, you must meet them in person. They have some questions for you."
Beverly said this slowly while drinking her "tea". Dorothy, who was sitting on the sofa, raised her eyebrows and continued.
"Let me go meet them... I'm afraid I'll have to wait until another day. I've been busy lately..."
"You came to me specially for something you're doing. You don't want me to help you, do you?" Beverly put down her teacup and looked at Dorothy after listening to her words, and the other party nodded and spoke.
"That's about right... But I want to ask you beforehand, does the King's Campus count as your territory? If something secretive happens there, will you take care of it or not?"
"The King's Campus? That place, along with the entire Crown University, is mainly the territory of the royal family. The Security Bureau is in charge of confidential matters. I am just helping the old man hold shares and collect money. If anything happens there, it is not me who should be concerned but the Security Bureau.
"I belong to the White Stone Masons Guild, and the base of the Masons Guild in Tivian is within the city. That is my territory. I just think the environment here is good, so I live here on weekdays. There are no more than three people in Tivian who know that I live here, including you. If there is no recommendation of a high enough level, I will refuse strangers here."
Beverly said this. Dorothy was slightly startled when she heard her words and began to think in her heart.
"Royal Holy Crown University is the territory of the royal family... The Security Bureau takes care of secret affairs, but this Eight-pointed Nest has been doing evil in the King's Campus for so long, and the Security Bureau has not taken any action? Don't they have any arrangements for surveillance?"
Dorothy thought doubtfully. According to Nefernis, the Secret Knowledge Academy had once gotten into a lot of trouble and was banned. Logically, when they got into trouble, the authorities would clean up the mess. Since the Security Bureau didn't know that these young masters and young ladies of Guanda might get into trouble from time to time, there should have been some kind of monitoring system. But why did the Eight Peaks Nest do things to this extent? The monitoring that should have been there didn't react at all. Isn't this a bit problematic?
Dorothy thought doubtfully, but soon she focused her thoughts on the problem at hand.
"Since they don't know anything about the Eight-pointed Nest, I will remind them here that according to Beverly, she will not interfere in the affairs of the school, so in the end, we can only ask them for help. Also... we need to make some preparations for tonight."
Thinking of this, Dorothy looked at Beverly in front of her and said.
"First of all, I would like to ask if you have any props that can be used to check for extraordinary traces around and defend against non-reconnaissance, especially reconnaissance by small extraordinary puppets? It would be best if it is suitable for the base."
"Yes, it's the Brilliant Light, the most common extraordinary detection item. Our Artisans' Guild and the Church are both capable of producing it. There are many of them on the market. A little 'light' can shine for a long time. As long as abnormal extraordinary traces approach a certain range, an alarm will be triggered. Many strongholds like to use this thing to prevent detection. Even the Security Bureau uses it. It is reliable and durable.
"But there are some points. The detection distance of each illumination lamp is a bit small, and it is quite conspicuous when it is on. If you know the detection range, you can easily bypass it. It is fine for monitoring small places, but if the space to be illuminated is large, you will need more lamps, and the consumption will be serious.
"The more advanced ones can have a larger detection range, and can even detect hidden extraordinary people who do not reveal extraordinary traces. If you just want to detect extraordinary puppets like ghosts and revealed extraordinary traces, ordinary ones are enough."
Beverly said this. After hearing his description, Dorothy thought about it for a while and then asked.
"So, how much is an ordinary Huijian lamp?"
"300 pounds, you bought my storage item which came with a 'lamp' as a gift." Beverly said in a low voice. Hearing her words, Dorothy's mouth twitched slightly, and then she gritted her teeth and said.
"Okay, OK, you don't have to give me the share of the money later. I will give you the extra money later."
"Sure~"
After doing a business deal, Beverly seemed to feel a little more relaxed. She crossed her legs and took a sip of her engine oil tea with a smile.
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