Human members of the Emerald Claw are accustomed to wearing masks that cover half of their faces.

But because it is only worn when on missions, it is generally difficult to leave any traces of this incident.

Under normal circumstances, the detective might not have thought about it in this way, but Fairhaven had just experienced an attack by the Emerald Claw some time ago.

This made her think more.

"Welcome, sir, how can I help you?"

While speaking, the detective activated her professional characteristics as an "investigator".

As a sub-class of the rogue, the investigator is not a class that is good at combat.

But at level 3, investigators can learn three professional features: [Ears for Detecting Lies], [Eyes for Discerning], and [Tactical Insight].

This greatly enhances the investigators' ability to investigate incidents.

"Oh! I came here to investigate something. I'm an informant for a newspaper in Breland. I want to dig up some big news about Aundair. The price is negotiable. My boss gave me generous funding."

Saying something that could easily be mistaken for an imperial spy, the sloppy man grabbed a handful of gold coins from his dimensional bag and placed them on the desk.

'lie.'

Mentally labeling the sloppy man a member of the Emerald Claw and a spy, the detective pondered for a moment and only took two gold coins from the pile.

"I'm sorry, our detective agency mainly deals with civil matters, that is, helping those nobles investigate extramarital affairs or other matters. The big news you mentioned should not be included in this list, but I will try to keep an eye out for you.

If you really want to post a similar commission, I suggest you go to 16 Champagne Street to have a look. The detective agency there has a wide range of business, and there may be one that you like. "

Not daring to refuse outright, the detective only accepted a small commission as payment.

The scribbled man frowned and thought for a moment, then nodded.

"Okay, then help me keep an eye on the gossip about the nobles."

After collecting the remaining gold coins, he stood up and left the detective agency.

Turning around and making a cup of tea, the detective kept an eye on the whereabouts of the sloppy man, and finally discovered that the other party had actually walked into a mansion across the street.

"This is troublesome. This guy's base is so close to me! I have to find a way to make the Kingdom Eyes notice him."

Having made up his mind, the detective took a sip of his tea and then sat back in his seat.

But just as the detective was about to pick up the pen to write the letter, her keen senses suddenly made her aware of someone staring at her in the room.

The detective's brow twitched slightly, but her years of experience allowed her to follow up on her actions naturally.

"Alas, such a big sponsor didn't take it. If I had known, I shouldn't have taken the task from those ladies. Now all my connections are there, and I can't make a transition at all."

Complaining, the detective continued with his previous work, and also took the time to write letters to his friends, asking them to help keep an eye out for intelligence from the nobles.

After a long time, the feeling of being spied on finally disappeared.

But the detective didn't dare to leave just like that. Instead, he worked normally until the end of the working day before leaving the detective agency.

In the Emerald Claw's stronghold, the priest of Blood of Vol cursed the sloppy man.

"Are you worried that we are living too comfortably here? Fortunately, that detective is just a crappy detective investigating an extramarital affair. If he were a smarter detective, the Kingdom's Eye's Arcane Knights and Tricksters would have come to our door by now!"

Putting down the jewel-decorated horn and glass eyeball in his hands, the priest wished he could skin his subordinate alive.

But when he thought about the fact that most of the Emerald Claw members in the Fairhaven area had been wiped out by the Eye of the Kingdom, and that he had few available people under his command, he had to suppress his anger.

"I don't know how the higher-ups got involved with this bunch of brainless idiots. I'd rather join the heretics of Aerenal than to join them in their quest for greatness!"

But in the eyes of this pastor, bad teammates are worse than heretics.

After reorganizing his emotions, the Blood of Vol priest from Karrnath said:

"Let's put the investigation on hold. How's the process for cracking the videotape going? Can we make a promotional video of our Blood of Vol's teachings and store it there?"

"Yes! The method of using the videotape is very simple, but the production process is a bit difficult. We have already captured several first and second level illusionists, and are now working hard to rush the production, so as to sell it together with the portable illusion device when it goes on sale."

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"Hey! Brother, do you want a tape? The content is absolutely explosive!"

On the way to the Tower of Illusion, Carl was suddenly stopped by a skinny man wearing sunglasses.

The other person was wearing a coat, and seeing that Karl was in a daze, he dragged him two steps towards the corner.

He then opened his coat, revealing several videotapes stuck to the sides of the coat.

This strong sense of déjà vu made Carl dream back to his past life. Although home computers were already popular when he was old enough to understand, similar people still occasionally appeared near schools and hotels.

"How do I use this thing?"

Pretending to know nothing, Carl asked the other party in confusion.

There are only a few illusion devices, so it's useless for the other party to sell this thing! However, as soon as the voice fell, the illusionist on the opposite side laughed and took out another thing from the dimension bag.

Carl couldn't tell what this thing was.

In front of the rectangular machine is a transparent glass plate in the shape of a four-sided pyramid. There is a socket on the side of the machine, which seems to be specially prepared for videotapes.

Casting an illusion around him, the man selling the tapes put one of the tapes on his coat into the device.

Soon, an image appeared in the pyramid.

However, just as the plot began, the other party pressed a button on the device and the videotape popped out immediately.

'It's possible!'

I have to say that Carl still underestimates the heroes of the world.

He didn't expect that the problem of popularizing the phantom device would be solved by a group of sellers.

The big guys from the School of Transformation and the School of Illusion were still leading their people to work hard to solve the technical problems, but the seller just completed it using a glass pyramid and a small device that could continuously activate the videotape image!

The only problem is that the picture quality is too bad.

Although he only watched the plot for a few seconds, Carl didn't even see the heroine's face clearly.

"How about it? Want one? If you buy all the tapes, we'll give you this player for free!"

He looked around with a guilty conscience, and the man came closer and discussed in a low voice.

"Isn't your player called Quick Play?"

Looking at the other person with a complicated expression, Karl sighed and put his right hand on the other person's shoulder.

"Brother, listen to my advice. There is no future in this way. Give me your business card. I am a mechanic. Let's work together. Maybe we can..."

Upon hearing that Carl was a mechanic, the man who sold the videotapes quickly collected the videotapes and player, and ran away without looking back.

(End of this chapter)