Dorothy reacted and forced Tom to walk around the warehouse and take a look. After a brief search, they found a cargo register hanging on the wall with a pen attached. Dorothy asked Tom to pick up the register, and after flipping through a few pages and finding a new page that had not been written on, he picked up the pen and began to write on it. After he finished writing, he tore off the entire page.
Then, Dorothy asked Tom to hold the torn piece of paper and walk to a pile of tobacco goods with animal specimens on them. After lifting the covering cloth, he pasted the paper with words on the inside of one of the wooden boxes. After doing these things, he walked to Capac, who had a puzzled look on his face, and gave him instructions.
"Boy, now that things are almost done, it's time to leave. But there may be spies from other guys outside the warehouse, so it's not suitable for you to leave so openly. How about this, you find a place to hide, and wait until the dock is a little brighter and bustling tomorrow, then take advantage of the crowd and walk among them, okay?"
"I'm at your service, Detective."
Capac responded to Tom in front of him, and then Dorothy asked Tom to find a set of worker's clothes for Capac in the warehouse, and asked him to put them on and then found a hidden place for him to hide. Then, all the special items and pistols on Tom's body were given to Capac, and Capac also promised to hide them.
After hiding Capac, Dorothy had to deal with Tom's affairs. She let Tom continue to walk out as the security captain, chatted with other security guards and workers on night duty for a few minutes, and then left alone.
Under Dorothy's control, Tom, an apprentice of the Order of the Coffin, inadvertently walked to the beach of the pier. He then found a rope, tied a stone to it, and jumped into the dark sea without anyone noticing.
Time passed quickly. Capac, dressed in worker's clothes, hid in the darkness of the warehouse and waited silently. As time passed, he heard the noise outside the warehouse becoming more and more lively. Although it was still dark, more and more people began to move around outside. There were all kinds of noises and occasionally the sound of a ship's whistle could be heard in the distance.
As the noise became louder, the door of the warehouse was opened. When it was still daybreak, workers entered the warehouse and began to carry things out. The flow of people in the warehouse began to increase. They began to transport goods based on the labels on the cargo pile covers. Capac, who was hiding in the dark, saw with his own eyes that the pile of cargo that was labeled as tobacco, but actually contained wooden hoofs and other spirits, was being transported out of the warehouse by carts by ordinary dock workers.
In this way, Capac took advantage of an opportunity to blend into the passing workers and escape. The pile of spirits that were mistaken for tobacco were also transported to the Endeavour by the dock workers and set off for Tivian. The replaced tobacco remained in the warehouse, labeled as animal specimens, and after waiting for a while, it was loaded onto the ship and shipped to Dankodo.
"Woo woo~~ It's finally over for now, time to go to bed..."
By the distant fire, after seeing Capac safely gone, Dorothy yawned to cover the flames in the fireplace, then went upstairs to change clothes and go to bed. In bed, Dorothy looked at the sky that was already dim, covered her head with the quilt, and fell asleep mumbling.
"So... when will those guys contact me?"
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Night turns to day, the moon sets and the sun rises.
In the morning, above the boundless ocean between the main continent and the new continent, the charming sunshine shines on it, reflecting the sparkling waves on the sea water.
The passenger and cargo steamship named Jenna Master was belching black smoke and dragging a long dark blue trail across the blue sea. On the deck, there were passengers walking around and basking in the sun. Many of the passengers were in a good mood because of the weather after just setting sail.
Of course, there were many words spoken, and at this moment, some passengers still felt extremely gloomy and heavy in their hearts.
In the cargo hold below the Jenna Master, there were seven or eight people standing there at this moment. They were both men and women. Some were dressed as ordinary passengers while others were crew members. At this moment, they all lowered their heads with heavy expressions. In front of them was a pile of opened wooden boxes, which contained boxes of high-quality tobacco from colonial plantations. There were also two people who were busy opening other boxes.
Among this group of men and women with their heads bowed, Larina, dressed as a noble lady, was standing there, her eyes fixed on the boxes of tobacco in front of her, her face terribly gloomy. Around her, invisible flying ghosts were howling, and the temperature around them seemed to drop by several degrees.
At this moment, all the members of the Order of the Underworld on the Master Jenna gathered together. Facing Larina's demeanor, these minions did not dare to make a single move.
"When were these... switched?"
Facing the boxes of tobacco in front of her, Larina said coldly, while one of the men beside her answered tremblingly.
"Larina, it's not on the ship... We found it like this the first time we checked it after arriving on board! It should be at the port, something went wrong when it was stored at the port!!"
"Don't we have people at the port? How could they switch the people? And quietly?! What are you good-for-nothings doing! If the spirit is useless in your body, just draw it out and refine it into spiritual power to put it to good use!"
Suppressing her inner anger, Larina scolded harshly, and the subordinate who had just responded continued.
"No, I don't know! We can't contact the person in charge at the port right now. We suspect he is dead, and we are preparing to have the people still on the shore set up a ceremony at the port to summon his soul..."
Larina was about to say something when she heard the men's horrified response. The two men who were rummaging through the tobacco box suddenly called out.
"Lord Larina! Look, we found this!"
As he spoke, a man who was rummaging through boxes ran up to Larina and handed her a piece of paper that he had just taken out of the tobacco box. After taking it and looking at it, Larina immediately frowned.
The torn piece of paper had this written in Prithvihane.
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"Dear members of the Order of the Coffin, when you read this note, you must be worried because you lost something. But it doesn't matter. Since you have seen this note, there is still hope for everything.
To be honest, due to some reasons, your association's things were discovered by me, and now the things you lost are in my hands. Please rest assured that I have preserved the things very well, and nothing inside has escaped.
To be honest, I am not someone who likes to seize other people's property. This batch of goods from your association is actually not of much use to me. If your association can offer a reasonable bargaining chip, I will definitely return all your things intact. However, we need to discuss the specific transaction details in detail.
If you are willing to take these things, please contact me within seven days through the confidential mail service recently launched by the Stonemasons Union. Just contact 'Thief K'... I am looking forward to hearing from you."
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"Thief..."
In the cargo hold of Master Jenna, Larina looked at the note in her hand. After muttering to herself for a few words, she clenched the note in her hand into a ball, and the heaviness on her gloomy face became even heavier.
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