Lord of the Mysteries Chapter 1: Return in mind
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The rolling rain, the looming mist, and the row of gas street lights struggling to show off the dim light and the carriages driving through the streets from time to time constitute the most common night view of Beckland.
In addition to these, Klein standing behind the window has noticed some welcome changes.
Jingle Bell!
In a clear voice echoing, a strange machine with only two wheels quickly drove along the edge of the road and drove to the other end of the street. Its overall frame was black, but some places showed gray steel, wearing The rain-lit gas street light shone with the beauty of metal.
A man wearing a postman costume sits on top of the machine. His legs are constantly stepping on, looking very hard, and behind him is a wooden box painted with green paint.
"The promotion is very good ..." The scene of mature Klein looks at in white shirt and black vest was silent with emotion.
In just a few hours of returning to Beckland, he encountered many similar strange machines on the way. This is the bicycle he invested and promoted!
From the newspaper, Klein learned that the Beckland bicycle company made a lot of advertisements, and held bicycle competitions in the Chowod District and Beckland bridge district domains to attract people ’s attention there. In addition to these measures, they also actively post to the government, Popularized by police and other departments, the effect is said to be good.
Their pricing strategy followed the original recommendations of Klein, avoiding the middle and upper classes who often use horse-drawn carriages, and aimed at the target group for skilled workers with a weekly salary of more than 1 pound 10shilling, students with a good family and frequent travel outside. Of public officials, so a bicycle can cost 3 to 5 pounds, making it affordable for people in this class to bite their teeth while showing off to people with lower incomes.
"The problem now is that Beckland often rains, and cyclists can't use umbrellas ... the next step is the raincoat." Klein glanced back, shook his head, and chuckled softly.
He currently lives in a high-end hotel in Hillston District. It costs 10shilling a night. It is expensive for Klein, but in order to meet persona, he can only grind his teeth and endure.
According to his ideas, the identity of Dawn Dantes should obviously be a mysterious rich man from Disu Bay who believes in Goddess of the Night. He sold the original land and mine, preparing to come to Beckland to seek new opportunities, and have a certain amount of donation for the title. Degree of interest, but not so rich in financial resources, can only first consider broadening the network and making financial investments.
The advantage of such an identity is that it is different from all the roles played before Klein, there is a clear distinction, and it is natural to reach some characters in the upper middle class, especially the officers ’club and the bishops of Goddess of the Night church Beckland church It is convenient for Klein to continue to investigate the truth of Beckland Grand Smog Event while collecting intelligence and formulating a detailed plan for stealing Antigonus family notebook.
Benefits, of course, also have disadvantages. Such a mysterious rich man will definitely be noticed by "Night Watcher" and Justice Enforcers, and encounter a certain degree of background check.
According to the experience of Klein's, similar investigations may be done by an extraordinary organization or transferred to the police department without involving important events, but they will not be too serious and are routine.
So, Klein, who can be regarded as an expert in the field of camouflage, designed and prepared a second layer of identity for Dawn Dantes to deal with background checks.
In the second layer of identity, Dawn Dantes is a guy who ventured to southern continent East and West Balam for some reason. Using a pseudonym, he accumulated a fortune over a decade in the place where it was quite dangerous and full of opportunities.
Because the origin of this wealth is not so radiance, he secretly returned to Disu Bay, forged a new identity, prepared to start a new life in Beckland, and gradually legalized that wealth.
Similar people are not uncommon in Ruen. Their stories are content that the investigator can accept and imagine. For this layer of identity, Klein has some unobtrusive clues in Conant City legacy to indirectly help "the truth" to be revealed as soon as possible.
These clues include but are not limited to black boat ticket stubs from East Balam to Conant City, long-term habit of surviving in southern continent, and wealth of unknown origin.
Klein believes that as long as "Dawn Dantes" does not directly involve more serious and extraordinary events, such preparations are enough to conceal routine background checks.
If you encounter a very serious official Extraordinary and want to investigate all the way, even willing to ask southern continent ’s colleagues for help, then Dawn Dantes has a third level of identity, that is, a fraudster with certain anti-divination skills, he pretends to be The mysterious rich man, the big handiwork spent money to invest, is for the final scam.
This identity is enough to cause Dawn Dantes to be arrested, but the degree of attention will not be too high, which will give Klein a chance to retire and disappear in the middle of the stage.
"Compared to the first time I went to Beckland, I have grown a lot with this three-layer identity design ..." Klein walked slowly back to the center of the room and turned his eyes to the full-length mirror in the corner .
His black hair in the mirror is a little bit white, pupils is deep but reveals the vicissitudes of experiencing too many things, is a mature middle-aged man with a mature look.
The identity design of "Dawn Dantes" is not difficult for the current Klein, but the Antigonus family notebook can be stolen from the Chanis Gate of Church of Saint Samuel. For any external Extraordinary, it is enough to be an impossible task. Even King of Angels ca n’t guarantee it.
Of course, unlike other Extraordinarys, Klein has two advantages in this matter. One is that he once did "Night Watcher", he has enough understanding of internal processes, knows where to use and where does not exist. Opportunity, so the earliest way he ruled out was to become a certain "Night Watcher", mix it inside, and find an opportunity to pass Chanis Gate.
The problem with this approach is that "Night Watcher" ca n’t enter Chanis Gate at will, even if captain and deacon are the same, there must be an incident to get the corresponding authority, and there is an internal watchmen after Chanis Gate Will lead to attacks, fighting broke out-Klein does not want his theft to cause Goddess church's casualties.
After careful consideration, he placed his goal on the internal watchmen.
These old men are retired " Night Watcher ", Volunteer to enter Chanis Gate Later, responsible for the guard sealed item They, they and Night Watcher Belongs to two departments, both in and out pass through the underground passage of the church without disturbing Night Watchers Work will not be Night Watchers interference.
Perhaps because of the long-term expectation of the relationship after Chanis Gate, these internal watchmens have certain peculiarities, cold breath, lack of expression, pale skin, like a monster between depths of darkness between life and death, Klein believes that he only needs Encounter, it is not difficult to determine the goal.
His initial plan is to rent a place in northern district close to Church of Saint Samuel, hire a butler, a maid, a maid, a gardener, a cook and a coachman, prop up the rich man ’s shelf, and then go to that church to pray sincerely and participate Mass, dedication of money, a little bit familiar with the bishops and pastors.
In this process, he will try to find people who are suspected of internal watchmen, choose two to three goals, observe their living conditions, and when appropriate, imprison one of them, change to his appearance, or directly Attached to him, through Chanis Gate, waiting to look at or take away Antigonus family notebook.
This is a very rough plan, which is closer to the idea, and depends on the continuous improvement of Klein based on the various information collected.
In this matter, the second advantage of Klein's is that he has Tarot Society, Goddess of the Night church and "Night Watcher" unexpected helpers, and he can also consider developing an Beckland church "Night Watcher" or watchmen to enter the party, through the traitor Complete the theft, just like using Mister Russell Great Emperor to get the Zarath of Antigonus family notebook.
"I still have to go to church often, and only then can I find my goal ..." Klein faced the mirror and silently nodded.
I have to say that his heart is a bit contradictory at this time. If there is really a "Night Watcher" or watchmen who is willing to sell church to serve Mister Fool, his first thought will be to lower the punishment and get rid of this nasty traitor !
sighed, mocked himself, Klein put on a double-breasted long dress, put on a hat, walked out of the room, and came to the street.
He held an umbrella and walked to another street. While the street lights were far away, the chance of drizzle suddenly changed to Sherlock Moriarty.
Looking at the wrinkled trousers, Klein reached out and stopped a carriage, ready to go to the Isengard Stanton home in Hillston District.
After more than half an hour, the slightly old and obscure building appeared in the eyes of Klein's.
He paid the 2shilling fare. In the drizzle reflecting the faint yellow light, he walked around the puddle calmly and came to the door of great detective.
Putting up the umbrella, reaching for the doorbell, Klein waited a little, and saw a young man with a width of face open the door.
The man has wheat hair, gray-blue eyes, and high cheekbones. It has characteristics of Lunburg and Masic.
Mr. Isengard Stanton ’s new assistant? God of Knowledge and Wisdom church's people? Klein took off his hat and smiled:
"Good evening, is Mr. Isengard Stanton here?"
"Yes, he came back after a busy day and just finished dinner." The young man with brown hair responded politely, "Which one are you?"
Klein laughed:
"Tell great detective that a friend has returned from vacation."
The young man was stunned for a moment and then blurted out and asked:
"Mr. Sherlock Moriarty?"
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