"Oh, really? Then let's look forward to meeting you there that day." Dorothy said, then glanced at a crossroads ahead and continued.
"It feels like it's enough for today. I've bought all the things I needed. I'll take the bus back at the next intersection. We'll see you after the expo, Greg." Dorothy said to Greg, and Greg spoke directly after hearing this.
"You're going back now? How can that be possible? We haven't even had dinner yet. It's almost evening now. Let's go find a restaurant and I'll treat you to a meal first."
Patting Dorothy on the shoulder, Greg began to speak, and Dorothy couldn't help but show a slight difficulty when she heard what Greg said.
"Um... I ate a little too much at noon, so I'm not hungry now..."
"Hey, noon is noon and night is night. Look at you now, Dorothy. You are already fifteen years old, but you haven't grown at all compared to when you were young. It must be caused by malnutrition due to frequent skipping of meals. You are in the period of growth now, and your current height is not good. You won't be able to find a boyfriend in the future. Come on, have a meal this time."
With a hint of sternness in his tone, Gregor spoke to his sister, and then walked straight to the nearest restaurant on the street. After seeing the scene in front of her, Dorothy could not help but remain silent.
“…”
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At night, in the upper-class box of a high-end restaurant somewhere in East Tivian.
Inside the exquisitely and elegantly decorated private room, melodious music echoed outside the door. Many fine dishes were placed on the dining table, matched with expensive red wine. Dorothy was sitting on one side of the dining table at this moment, looking at the steak in front of her, and hesitated to make a move in silence. At this moment, a soft female voice came from the front of her.
"Why, you don't want to eat? Is the taste of the food I ordered not to your liking? Miss Detective..."
Across the dining table in front of Dorothy, Adele, wearing a classic long dress and a tulle hat with her hair tied up, was sitting there, sipping red wine from a goblet while looking at Dorothy in front of her and speaking. After listening to Adele's words, Dorothy cut a small piece of steak and put it in her mouth to chew, then swallowed it and spoke.
"No, I just ate a little more before coming here, so my appetite isn't the best now."
"Oh... before I came, that means Miss Detective had a party before me? No wonder you were a little late tonight even though you are always on time.
"It seems that you are quite busy with your work recently, Miss Detective. You put my invitation at the back. It seems that I don't have a very high position in your mind. It's really sad~" After taking another sip of red wine, Adele said with a playful look. Although she said she was sad, her expression did not show any sadness at all.
"Stop joking, Adele... I don't believe that as a big star, you would care about your status in the heart of a certain person." Dorothy said, holding the napkin and fork in her hands, and Adele answered directly with an unchanged expression.
"I don't care about other people, but for you, Miss Detective... I really do care a little bit."
“…”
"Haha, that's enough. For the sake of continuing the topic, let's not talk about this for now. Let's continue eating. By the way, tonight... I thought I would be late tonight, so I prepared an apology gift, but I didn't expect that you, Miss Detective, would arrive at the same time as me... Miss Detective, you were a little late too, it's really fate." Adele spoke slowly to Dorothy while lying on the sofa, and Dorothy spoke with curiosity after hearing what Adele said.
"Yes, Adele, you were late tonight too. What was the reason?"
"The reason... it's a bit unpleasant to say. I set out from the theater and was originally going to wear a set of clothes to meet you. That dress is the latest model recently launched by a famous brand that I like. During my concentrated training, I asked my girls to keep an eye out for it and bought it. It has been kept in the theater waiting for me to wear it after I return.
"But tonight, when I was about to wear that outfit to see you after rehearsal, I found a problem with the outfit."
Adele spoke softly while shaking the red wine in the goblet, and Dorothy couldn't help but ask curiously after listening to her.
"Problem? What problem? Is there some secret mechanism hidden in that clothing? Is the Afterbirth Cult planning to use this method to harm you?"
"No, no, no... It's not a secret problem, it's just some daily problems in reality. In general, the quality of that piece of clothing is not good." Adele waved her hand and Dorothy spoke in surprise.
"Poor quality? Isn't this the best model of a famous brand? Can you tell the quality problem at a glance? Where exactly is the quality problem?"
"Who do you think I am? I've been a star for quite a while, and I'm also an extraordinary person. I'm very sensitive to cosmetics, clothes, skirts, and other fashion products. I can tell if there are any quality problems at a glance. Just like that piece of clothing, although the quality defects on it are not obvious, I still found them.
"But at that time, although I instinctively felt that there was a problem with the quality, I didn't know what the specific problem was. Since I was in the theater and not at home, the only other clothes I could change into were the costumes for the performance, so I planned to take the clothes directly to their store to change them. When I got there, I found that it was not only me who had problems, but also several other people who bought clothes that had problems, and they were all the same style."
Adele continued to drink and responded leisurely, while Dorothy continued to ask questions.
"So what exactly is the problem with these clothes?"
"It's nothing, just fading. This type of clothing is not washable at all. After just one wash, some places will show obvious signs of fading.
"This kind of thing is actually just a small matter. In an ordinary clothing store, it might be okay to just lose a little money. But the problem is that the brand of the merchant of this clothing is quite big, the products are sold at very high prices, and the consumer group is also relatively high. Therefore, after this kind of thing happened, it quickly spread among some local fashion circles in Tivian, and it was a big blow to that brand.
"But their service attitude is pretty good. When I returned it, they immediately exchanged it for another style of the same price, which is the one I'm wearing now. It feels pretty good."
Adele said this and started to enjoy the fruits on the plate in front of her. Dorothy thought about the incident after hearing it and felt that it was no big deal. It was just an ordinary product quality case and nothing serious.
So after eating another small piece of steak, Dorothy got straight to the point and asked Adele questions.
"By the way, you haven't told me yet, how did your ceremony go? Did you finish your first dance?" Dorothy asked Adele, and Adele smiled slightly and spoke in a mysterious tone.
"Guess~"
"Oh, if you hadn't succeeded, you wouldn't have invited me to the dinner here. You don't look like a failure at all. If I calculate the time, you probably danced it for the first time. You danced for dozens of days in a row without ever having to repeat it. It's quite amazing..." Looking at Adele's expression, Dorothy smiled slightly and said, and Adele continued with a little pride.
"What else? With my qualifications, plus the teacher's spirit and the blessing of the third dance, and your help, Miss Detective, it would be wrong if I didn't pass it in one try..." Adele said this as a matter of course. Although this first dance seemed to be the biggest hurdle for those who wanted to advance to the imperial dance level in the past, it was an obstacle that Adele could easily overcome now, so much so that she didn't even have much sense of accomplishment after finishing the dance.
"So, has your last dance, the first dance for others, been arranged?" Dolusi asked Adele, and Adele continued to answer with a smile.
"It has been arranged. It will be in the near future. Fortunately, I will have my first dance in one try. If I try a few more times, I will miss such a God-given opportunity." Adele continued to speak to Dorothy with a smile. When Dorothy heard her words, she immediately knew how she was going to dance this final dance.
"Guo Dan, you are going to attend the opening ceremony of the Expo. You are so brave to hold a promotion ceremony for Chicheng under the eyes of Archbishop Pritt, King Pritt, other royal Chichengs and a group of international guests..."
Dorothy said to Adele in a tone that was not surprising, and Adele shrugged and spoke.
"Although the risk is a bit high, it is a stage with so many spectators. If I miss it, I will never have it again. It is a pity to give up. I thought that the grand occasion at the venue was unprecedented and in the public eye. The many official dignitaries present would not attack me directly in front of so many spectators. It is actually beneficial to be so blatant.
"Of course, I am only carrying out the plan at the moment. If you, Miss Detective, think that my plan is not sound enough, I can temporarily put it aside and look for a safer and more appropriate time later... I invited you to dinner today mainly to seek your opinion in this regard."
Adele said this to Dorothy, and after she finished speaking, she began to look silently at Dorothy opposite her, as if waiting for her advice and answer.
After listening to Adele's words, Dorothy touched her chin and was silent for a while, then spoke.
"Your plan... is not impossible. However, judging from the situation on the opening day of the Expo, you should not only focus on the officials. This Expo may be much more lively than you expected..."
"What... much more lively?"
Adele couldn't help but feel a lot of questions when she heard Dorothy's reply.
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After discussing with Adele about her promotion and various matters of the Expo, Dorothy decisively rejected Adele's request to stay with her in the city for one night, and then left the scene, riding in a carriage driven by her own corpse, and drove all the way to the northern suburbs of Tivian.
Sitting in the carriage, Dorothy first glanced at the scenery outside the window. After admiring it for a while, she took out the "Wenhai Hangzhi" from the magic box she carried with her. After opening it, she turned to Greg's communication page.
Before this, Dorothy had sent a text message to Gregor as a bachelor, asking him to communicate with her at this time tonight. As the confrontation with the Eight Points approached, Dorothy wanted to hear the intelligence of her informant in the Eight Points. After all, Gregor's intelligence played a very important role in the previous operations against the Eight Points.
"Evening, Mr. Black Dog," Dorothy wrote on the bottom of the page in a different handwriting, and Greg's own response was immediate.
"Evening, Mr. Bachelor, I am now safe here for ten days. If you have any questions, feel free to ask."
"Very soon. Now that the World Expo is approaching, we have received some news that the people from Bajian may make big moves during the Expo. Have you sensed any movement from Bajian?"
Dorothy carefully wrote out the words to ask Greg, and Greg quickly replied to Dorothy.
"As for the slightest sign of trouble... As for this... I recently received information from my superior that he should be cautious, stop all risky active reconnaissance activities, and wait for his orders."
"Is this the content of this instruction? Nothing else?" Looking at Gregor's response, Dorothy continued to ask curiously, and Gregor soon responded.
"Yes, that's it. The intelligence system of Bajian is very rigorous. Although I am not an undercover agent they planted in the Security Bureau, I don't know any other information outside of the mission, so I don't know what Bajian wants to do recently? This should be the reason why they don't need my participation and assistance in their next plan."
'Did they not include Greg in their next plan? Was it to maintain secrecy, or did they decide that Greg could not be trusted?'
Looking at Greg's response, Dorothy couldn't help but frown and thought in her heart that Greg's inability to get any information from Bajian made it difficult for her to effectively detect Bajian's plan for a while.
Qian!;!.Xun?Free:.,Novel.Skirt.?"2?5!:5.?!!5,,9,.5!.!.3?"?0,.0 "So...in addition to this order, has Bajian given you any other instructions recently? Any form of order..." Dorothy continued to ask Greg, and Greg's response this time was more rewarding than before.
"Actually... two days ago, Bajian did ask me to carry out a mission, but this mission was very small and didn't even involve extraordinary people, which surprised me a little."
"What mission?" Dorothy asked bluntly, and Greg responded immediately.
"It's a confirmation mission. Bajian asked me to confirm the identities of two ordinary mortals detained in the secular police station. Confirm whether they are really ordinary people. Confirm whether they have any hidden identities."
"Two ordinary prisoners? What are their names? What specific crimes did they commit for being arrested? Why did Bajian ignore the care of two mortal prisoners?" Dorothy continued to write and asked, and Gregor quickly replied.
"Their names are 'Alvin Miller' and 'Tom David', both of them are workers of the West City Cargo Trade. They were arrested and imprisoned for stealing and transporting goods. They were found to have stolen some valuable dyes and sold them in the market for profit.
"According to my investigation, they are all ordinary people, without any extraordinary or secret involvement. They have committed ordinary crimes and seem to have no problems. After I sent this investigation report to the Eight Points, there was no follow-up from their side."
"A common thief who steals things?"
Looking at Greg's response, Dorothy couldn't help but touch her chin.
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While Dorothy was asking Greg for information in her carriage, at this moment, a petite figure wearing a wide cloak and short black hair was standing on a high-rise building in another corner of the city not far away.
At this moment, Artcheri was looking down at the night view of Tivian, then she slowly shifted her gaze to her hand, looked at a document on it, and couldn't help but murmured softly.
"Preet... National Security Secret Service..."
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