Start with the Readers Chapter 21: Tracking

Perhaps the God of Knowledge and Wisdom really cared for Abner, and he succeeded in making the spell with the first ceremony. While completely using up the brain slices of the Manjas monkey, he got two brass charms again!

At seven o'clock in the evening, with the five newly made charms in his arms, Abner followed his teacher to the party apartment in the back alley of the Brave Bar. Sit down on the armchair and wait for the attendees to arrive.

Time passed by, and after 7:30, the people attending the party arrived one after another. There is the lady who bought his "Seer" formula. According to the teacher, her code name is "Poison Rose". code name, but everyone calls her 'craftsman's agent'; there are also some called 'black snake' and 'spider', they are all very dangerous guys, the teacher said that they may lose control at any time...

At exactly eight o'clock, Detective Essinger, wearing a mask as the "Eye of Wisdom", glanced at the masked men sitting in the living room, and laughed:

"There are a lot of people here today, and there are even new friends, hehe, welcome everyone."

"So. Let's get started now."

As soon as his words fell, the lady "craftsman's agent" spoke first:

"I have two weapons with extraordinary effects, and they are both easy to carry."

"One is the 'Claw of Ice', which allows the user to obtain a relatively strong self-healing ability, which can increase the user's strength and reaction by a small amount, and greatly increase the agility. At the same time, when the claw hits the target, there are 50 % chance to instill an unknown toxin in the opponent's body, and 15% chance to freeze the opponent with ice."

"This is all done through experiments and summed up from a large amount of data."

"It can still be used for one year, 450 pounds, or the potion formula of 'Barbarian'."

This 'Claw of Ice' is not bad, it should be made of materials from the Extraordinary of the alien pathway, if the effect is not only for one year, I am afraid it will be more than this price...

While Abner was commenting in his heart, someone else asked, "Does it have any negative effects?"

"Yes! Its negative effect is that when using it under the full moon, the user will lose some sanity, but the power will also be greatly increased!" The lady answered first, and then continued to introduce without waiting for others to ask. : "The second weapon is a 'cane sword', which usually looks like a heartwood cane inlaid with gold, but as long as you read 'unsheath' in ancient Hermes, it can immediately change into a long sword. About 95 centimeters of Loen-style general saber. It has almost no extraordinary ability in the cane stance, but is very heavy, very strong, and difficult to destroy; but once it enters the longsword form, it can enhance the user's strength and agility, and Allows the user to reduce the impact of some supernatural powers with the body."

"This weapon has almost no negative effects except that it is a bit heavy, but it can only last for less than half a year before it will completely solidify into the form of a cane. So it only costs 180 pounds."

The people at the party obviously liked the first 'Claw of Ice' more, so they shouted prices one after another, and finally the lady code-named 'Poison Rose' bought it for 550 pounds.

And Abner took a fancy to the cane sword. This is not only because he can't afford the 'Ice Claw', but more importantly, this weapon can just make up for his lack of strength at this stage, allowing him to initially have the power to protect himself. After all, although the revolver was good, it would be useless if he couldn't hit it, and a long sword that could increase his strength and agility, combined with his fast fighting skills, was indeed like a tiger with wings added.

"Cane sword, 190 pounds!" While Abner was still analyzing the pros and cons, someone was already calling for the price of the second weapon.

Abner's heart tightened, and he quickly increased the price: "200 pounds."

The man who made the quotation before was silent for a few seconds, then shrugged his shoulders and said:

"Well, it's yours."

At this time, Abner came back to his senses, and thought: Is this a babysitter?

However, regardless of whether it is or not, the item has been sold, and he has to pay for it. Fortunately, this is the weapon he wanted, and it is not considered a loss, and the other party is probably afraid of adding too much and it will fall into his hands, so he accepts it when he sees it.

"Eye of Wisdom" amusedly appraised the effect of the weapon to his student, then nodded to him, indicating that the effect is basically true.

After handing over 200 pounds with heartache, Abner's property has shrunk to 233 pounds. This is because the daily board, lodging, and ceremonies are all saved at the teacher's house.

"It seems that I really have to sell a few charms to get back the funds."

Thinking of this, Abner took out three brass charms from his bosom before anyone spoke. He looked around and said succinctly: "The 'Words of Chaos' charm, after opening It can confuse the opponent's brain for a second or two, and even the mid-sequence powerhouses will be in a trance. The time limit is half a year, and each piece is 30 pounds, a total of three pieces."

The so-called 'Word of Confusion' is the name Abner gave to the spell on the way here. In his mind, without a good name that catches the eye, how can it be sold at a high price? In terms of effect, saying "chaos" instead of "overload" is the same consideration. You must know that there are also illiterates among Extraordinary people. Wouldn't it be bad if there are local tyrants who can't understand?

This kind of thing that can force the opponent is really attractive as the teacher expected, and they raised their prices one after another. In the end, the 'Poison Rose' lady bought one at a price of 50 pounds, and the 'Black Snake' bought one at a price of 45 pounds. The last one was bought for 55 pounds by a new gentleman who, like Abner last time, was brought in temporarily by Kaspers.

Abner, who sold the three charms for 150 pounds, suddenly felt rich again. Unfortunately, the subsequent transactions involving the main material of the Sequence 7 potion made him realize the fact that he was poor again...

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After the party, Abner didn't go home with the teacher immediately, instead, he made a detour and came to the Bar of the Brave. He encountered a resentful soul who was suspected to be Miss Sharon during the day, so he wanted to ask Kaspers for clarification.

Caspers was eating, drinking, and having fun as usual. When he saw Abner coming, he seemed to have expected it, and said directly: "That lady didn't mean anything to you, and even helped you clean up the leftovers. Traces. If you still have doubts, you can go to the No. 2 house of cards to find Maric, where he and his partners are playing cards."

Abner opened his mouth, and found that Kaspers had answered all the questions he wanted to ask, so he coughed as if to cover up, and said in a low voice, "When did you get involved with such a dangerous person?"

Caspers stopped playing after hearing the words, and quietly said: "My competitor has a new backer recently, and I have to find someone to check and balance."

Abner could hear the helplessness in his words, and could only sigh: It's not easy to do anything. It's a pity that he can't protect himself now, and he can't protect others.

As for asking Maric? Abner never even thought about it! What can be asked when the strength is not equal? Even Klein, the main character in the original book, made the two of the Temperance faction admire him only after he leapfrogged and killed Master Luo in Sequence 5.

After playing billiards in the bar for a while, Abner took the time to come to the Grant Clothing Store in Jorwood District. After waiting at the corner of the intersection for only five or six minutes, he saw a figure sneaking out of the clothing store.

The figure first looked left and right on the street, and then walked towards the southeast.

"This figure is Mr. Grant? Well, the figure does look familiar..."

Abner waited for a while, and then followed the opponent's footsteps at a moderate distance, wanting to see where the opponent was going and what he was doing.

"He keeps looking around while walking, which shows that he is actually very nervous, afraid of being bumped into. And he has almost no anti-reconnaissance awareness, so that I didn't even notice when I was so close..."

While thinking this way, Abner turned a corner following the figure in the distance, and then he was dumbfounded. Because here is a four-way intersection, and there are no street lights!

Under the thick smog in Backlund~IndoMTL.com~ the moonlight is so hazy that it almost seems like there is nothing, and the visibility is extremely low! Under such circumstances, he had no idea which way Mr. Grant had gone...

"He doesn't have anti-reconnaissance awareness, but my reconnaissance skills don't seem to be very good..." Abner was dumbfounded and after self-examination, he had to choose a branch at random and walk in.

After another two streets and still no sign of Mr. Grant, Abner had to admit that he was lost...

"This... It's a big shame! Fortunately, friends like Jane and Xio don't know." He sighed, then gave up struggling, and walked towards Detective Essinger's house in Hillston District.

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"What? Didn't find any clues? Or was it discovered?" Detective Essinger couldn't help asking curiously when he saw his student returning dejectedly.

"It's not...it's too dark...I lost my track..." Abner replied hesitantly.

"It seems that not only the knowledge of occultism has been supplemented, but also detective courses should be put on the agenda in a few days." Detective Essinger said after taking a deep breath of his pipe. At this level, how dare you say that he is a student of his great detective Essinger?

Abner was speechless, but he thought in his heart: Even if he went to supplement his investigative knowledge immediately, it would be too late to deal with Jane. It seems that we have to find another way!

He rolled his eyes and quickly got an idea.

So, when Abner and Hugh met at a small restaurant in the East District the next morning, he solemnly made a request to the other party:

"Hugh, can you do me a favor?"

"What's busy?" Xio asked subconsciously.

"At about 11 o'clock tonight, help me follow a person and see what he did!"