Hearing the familiar description of the scene, Audrey could almost confirm that it was done by Mr. Fool's followers.
She suddenly had a strong sense of involvement, participation and pride.
That was a human trafficker with blood on his hands and full of sins... The "Judgment" card meant that he was being judged justly, and the verdict would be hanging, beheading, or burning at the stake? The "Emperor" card should be a symbol of identity... Was this the follower who sneaked into the Kingdom Museum and stole the "Black Emperor" card? Audrey's imagination ran wild.
She had intended to ask for more details and a more detailed process, but she knew from her father, Earl Hall's expression, tone and emotions that he did not know what had happened yet. She had to suppress her doubts and curiosity and prepare to inquire from her good friend Constance Leersen who worked for MI9.
Although asking Constance directly is in line with my image in this regard, it is still a bit abrupt and somewhat inconsistent with my noble identity. Hmm... let Anne prepare a few invitations for afternoon tea and send them to Greylint, Constance, Murray, Christine, Jane and others... Most of them are people who are interested in the occult, and they will not be unfamiliar with the title of the thief "Black Emperor". Under my guidance, they can help me ask many questions that I am not convenient to ask... It's decided... Audrey withdrew her attention and enjoyed her breakfast in small sips.
She believed that Mr. Fool's followers would not deal with Capin purely to punish evil, as this was inconsistent with his identity. Of course, if it was Audrey who had just joined the Tarot Club a few months ago, she would definitely be willing to accept a similar explanation, otherwise she would not have chosen the "Justice" card as her symbol.
After attending many gatherings and going through many things, she felt that she had matured a lot and was no longer so naive. She believed that there must be more critical and essential factors hidden in this matter, such as which evil god or secret organization Kapin was involved with.
I hope Conse can provide useful information... Audrey thought expectantly.
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At No. 15 Minsk Street, Klein was eating white bread with jam while flipping through today's newspaper.
"What? A safe?" He almost blurted out the words and nearly swallowed them.
I didn't, I didn't, don't talk nonsense... Klein immediately denied his description of stealing all the valuables in the safe in three consecutive sentences in his mind.
The situation was urgent at the time. In order to obtain clues, although he found the safe, he only went in to see if there were any important documents and evidence. He did not take away any property, and quickly left there and moved into another room.
Of course, Klein, in his spirit form, also suffered some injuries in the gas explosion, and the total weight of items he could carry was reduced a lot. In Kapin's safe, there were only gold bars, jewelry, land deeds, house deeds, and antiques, which were either inconvenient to take away or impossible to get rid of.
Maybe he has a place specifically for cash, but unfortunately I haven't found it and don't have time to look for it... Klein muttered silently and confirmed that it was some subsequent investigators who divided up all the valuables in the safe.
He glanced at the newspaper, drank a sip of Xibe black tea, exhaled slowly, and smiled in his heart:
"The Black Emperor, the Grand Thief... I like this name..."
After breakfast, Klein put on a heavy double-breasted frock coat, took a half-high silk hat and a black hard cane, opened the door and left Minsk Street, heading for Broken Axe Lane on the edge of the East District.
That's where Daisy disappeared.
After finalizing the plan yesterday, before putting it into action, he deliberately went to Broken Axe Alley, carefully looking for clues, and knocked on the doors of many houses nearby, asking them if they had seen a girl similar to Daisy.
Although Klein believed that the official Beyonder who took over would not think that a poor family could afford to hire a "thief" with at least Sequence 6 strength, and would most likely focus the investigation on the secrets involving Kapin, supplemented by peripheral investigations such as "Who has inquired about Kapin recently?", he still carefully decided to perform the full set as soon as he started. What if some law enforcer had a brain injury and planned to conduct a preliminary investigation in this regard?
Some families may have some savings and can afford to hire other detectives. As a kind-hearted person who just took over yesterday, the probability of me being suspected is extremely low. As long as I am not suspected, there will be no comparison with my performance in the last Lanevus case... In addition, the Night Watchmen were dispatched last time, and they were assisted by a special military department. This time in Cherwood District, it should be the Punishers who took over, and the communication between them will not be so smooth... Well, Katie and Parker belong to the "arbitrator" channel, and I don't know if the military will intervene... As a former Night Watchman, Klein has enough understanding of the behavior patterns, work styles, and investigation habits of several official organizations.
Simply put, I have excellent anti-detection capabilities... Klein laughed at himself and boarded the carriage.
He is going to continue investigating Daisy's disappearance.
Because he is an ordinary private detective who has not yet confirmed that Daisy's disappearance is related to Kapin.
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At nine o'clock in the morning, Daisy returned to the shabby apartment she rented, accompanied by the police officer in charge of the surrounding blocks.
Last night, she was placed in churches in the Cherwood district with other equally pitiful girls, and was questioned accordingly, including the scene when they escaped, what they saw when they looked back, where they lived, their family situation, any unusual friends they had, and so on.
Daisy, still in panic and fear, answered the questions truthfully.
After that, no one looked for her anymore.
She slept for half the night and was sent to the East District in the early morning and handed over to the vicious policeman she often saw.
Along the way, Daisy didn't dare to speak and was a little nervous. Only when she entered the apartment where she lived did she feel a little more at ease.
As soon as she stepped into the room, before she could find her mother and sister through the wet clothes hanging, she heard a scream:
"Daisy!"
Freya put down the work in her hands, dodged the clothes in the air and the debris on the ground like a nimble deer, ran to the door quickly, and hugged her sister tightly.
Then she let go of her hand, and with tears in her eyes, she looked Daisy up and down with surprise and worry:
“Are you okay?
"Great, you're finally back!"
Liv also stood up from behind the washtub, wiped her hands on her clothes, wiped her eyes and said:
"Daisy, where have you been these days?"
At this time, the policeman interrupted:
"She was kidnapped and we got her back."
"Thank you, thank you! You are so, so great!" Liv shed tears and used adjectives randomly.
The policeman coughed twice and said:
"This is our duty...Have you met any strange people in the past few days?"
Liv was stunned for a second. One less thing is one less thing, and she said in a state of mind not wanting to add to the trouble:
"No, really not."
The policeman waved his hand and said:
"Be careful next time! Don't take the small paths with few people!"
He couldn't stand the dampness and mixed smells here, so he turned around and left immediately.
Liv looked at her little daughter again, strode to her side, wiped her hands on her sides, and hugged Daisy:
"It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back..." She murmured with tears in her eyes, without asking Daisy if she was hurt.
Daisy relaxed and began to sob.
Freya next to her also started crying and stretched out her hands to hug her mother and sister respectively.
The mother and her two daughters cried for a while, then relaxed.
Liv wiped her eyes again and said:
"First wash the clothes. There's still a lot."
Daisy, who had just been rescued, nodded and quickly got down to work.
It was not until noon, when they were eating black bread and drinking water that could hardly be called tea, that Liv had time to ask:
"Daisy, are you hurt?"
Daisy shook her head and said:
“They just hit me a few times.”
"That's great! The police rescued you? Yesterday a kind detective was willing to help find you for free, and you came back today. Oh, your vocabulary book is still with him." Freya said casually.
Liv said in a prepared tone, "I'll ask old Kohler to get it back and tell the detective that you've gone home so he doesn't have to worry about it anymore. No matter what, we have to say thank you to him again."
Daisy put aside her worries and answered her sister's question:
"No, it wasn't the police. There was an explosion there and the door that locked us was strangely opened. We ran out like that, but we saw a man, or a woman, standing on the roof.
"He was wearing black armor, a crown-like helmet, and a cloak. He just stared at us quietly. None of the bad guys came to stop us or chase us."
As a "tutor" at a free school, Daisy's vocabulary is obviously richer than that of her mother Liv.
"A man like that saved you?" Liv asked in surprise, while Freya waited curiously for the answer.
Daisy nodded seriously and said:
"Yes, he is like, like the bard's...
"hero!"
Hero... Freya chewed on the word, her eyes bright as stars.
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In a secret room, a group of people took the information they were given and carefully compared the Lanevus case and the Capin case, looking for commonalities in their motives and methods of committing the crime.
"The two things cannot be connected at all. The only thing in common is that evil, or sin, was defeated, and the owner of the Tarot cards upheld justice." Someone sighed.
"What is certain is that the two attackers were not the same person, and their strengths were obviously different, and their strengths were even more different. Although this may be due to the improvement of their own sequence, the murderer in the Kapin case is a vengeful spirit, or can switch spirit states, which is not common." Another person's analysis was recognized by the majority.
The convener thus concluded:
"Two cases, two different people, and both threw tarot cards. Maybe the latter copied the crime, so we can target the insider of the Lanevus case. Another possibility is that there is an organization!
"An organization symbolized by tarot cards!"
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