The Whispering Verses Chapter 652: Spies and Vampires
Chapter 652 Spies and Vampires
"Oh!"
Xia De's physical fitness was too strong, so the opponent was knocked down. The stranger who was knocked down by Shade screamed in pain, and almost fell to the ground if he hadn't been caught. This is not because the other party intends to blackmail Xia De, but because the other party is too old.
"Sorry."
Xia De raised his head slightly to apologize, but the old man he bumped into shook his head and said it was nothing.
Shad's pupils shrank slightly. The old gentleman in front of him who seemed to not want to attract other people's attention was actually an acquaintance. It was he who had only thought of it an hour ago that Kasenlik Linguistics who lived on the fourth floor of the West Carl Hotel Home, Professor Ruhl Higgins.
Without showing his inner surprise, Shade helped Professor Higgins pick up the dropped hat and continued walking forward.
【Aren't you curious? 】
"Of course I'm curious..."
Despite saying this, Shade still did not turn around:
"Take a look for me to see if he has stopped at the door of Warehouse No. 18."
[No, he continued to move forward. 】
"Really cautious."
Shad turned right and entered the alley connecting to Punjab Street. I stood in the alley and counted 30 numbers. When I walked out of the alley, I could no longer see Professor Higgins on the street.
Stop the little boy selling newspapers and buy a copy of this morning's "Sikal Morning News". Then he entered the tobacco shop on the street, thinking about buying some tobacco leaves for the priest to smoke in his pipe, as a thank you for the thaumaturgy he provided. By the way, you can also make an appointment with Priest Augustus this Sunday.
This Sunday, Shade will go with Sister Devlin to meet the boy who is said to be able to see through death. After going to see Priest Augustus again, Luvia can use two or three coins to divine whether Shade really met the chosen one that day.
Although the suspects are still limited to three people, it also means that we can know whether the current guess is correct.
After all, they don’t have the extra coins to test them one by one.
While shopping in the tobacco store, Shade's eyes were still observing Warehouse No. 18 diagonally opposite through the store window. Sure enough, about twenty minutes later, Professor Higgins used a move that was almost exactly the same as Shade's just now. He put his hat on his head and ducked out of the warehouse door, and then walked toward the street along the wall without looking back.
This proves that Shade's guess is correct, Professor Higgins is also a Gray Glove. Compared with more than twenty minutes ago, he only had a black suitcase in his hand.
"Received the goods, but it was just a suitcase? What can be put in it?"
Xia De thought in surprise, stopped chatting with the shopkeeper about the earthquake, paid the money for the tobacco, and walked out of the shop with the newspaper. At this time, Professor Higgins had already gone far, but if Shade wanted to chase him, he could still catch him before he got on the carriage or turned at the next street intersection.
【So, do you want to chase? 】
Shad didn't say he wasn't interested this time. He didn't want to get into trouble by touching the goods before the real goods appeared. But now the cargo has appeared, and it appears to be just a suitcase.
He was indeed curious about what it was, but he was still weighing whether following it would get him into other trouble.
"However, there is no information in that pen. How did Professor Higgins know the location and time of the warehouse?"
After hesitating for a moment, Shade still chose to follow. If the professor went straight to the train station and left the Kingdom of Delarian, then Shade would pretend that he knew nothing. But if the professor returned to the hotel, then Shade would probably decide based on the situation whether to see what was in the suitcase.
"It is now four o'clock in the afternoon. No matter what happens before five-thirty, we must leave Fort Midhill. In this way, we can go to Quill Street at six-thirty, ask Dorothy out for dinner, and Tell Lesia about the quantity of goods in the warehouse."
Shade made the arrangements, so he walked forward quickly and caught up with Professor Higgins.
In fact, for this Kasenlik agent, the safest way is to immediately take the suitcase and return to the Kasenlik United Kingdom at the southern foot of the Rommel Mountains. But he did not choose to do this, but actually returned to the Sikal Hotel.
Shad deliberately waited behind for five minutes before entering the Sikal Hotel. I thought the professor had returned to his room on the fourth floor, but he didn't expect that the professor was actually sitting in the corner on the first floor, carrying the suitcase and talking to a strange man.
The stranger looked to be about thirty years old, with blond hair sticking close to his scalp, and his skin was very white, but it seemed to be unhealthy white. He was wearing a dirty black coat and his boots were stained with mud.
When Shade saw the other person for the first time, red blood rose from the other person's body almost immediately, and then condensed into a blood-red little bat symbol on the other person's head, which could even be said to be cute.
Only Shade could observe this scene. He was slightly surprised, and then he realized that this was a new effect added by the vampire **** to his [Echo of Blood] at the last cocktail party. In other words, vampires can be easily identified.
"This identification method is really simple."
Shad glanced at the little bat symbol floating above the other person's head again, and then walked to the counter to ask for a drink. Of course the shop owner, Mr. Tyers, still remembered "Mr. John Watson" who helped him deal with the police. He greeted him familiarly and recommended today's special wine to him.
At this time, Shade also roughly understood how Professor Higgins learned the information about the warehouse.
Whether vampires belong to the undead race is still controversial in the circle of magicians, but they are indeed good at abilities such as channeling. Therefore, if Professor Higgins can find a way to break into the police station and steal the pen, of course he can also find a way to get the vampire to help channel the corpse.
"Speaking of which, the deputy police chief did say that on the night the pen was stolen, the body that was shot on the fourth floor was also moved. It turned out to be a psychic. It's really interesting. Could it be that this professor, Did they come into contact with vampires through the uncle and nephew who live on the fourth floor? Or are the Gray Gloves themselves connected to the local vampire species?"
Speculating in his mind, Shade sat at the counter, chatting with the shop owner Mr. Thales about the earthquake that happened in the mountainous area yesterday. He planned to wait until Professor Higgins finished chatting with the strange vampire, and he could try his luck using [Echoes of the Past] to eavesdrop on the content of their conversation.
But the conversation between the professor and the vampire was not harmonious, and after a while, the two had a dispute. The pale man who looked very depressed stood up suddenly and said loudly:
"This is not possible. You promised to give me 200 pounds! If you don't pay now, you can't leave!"