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Chapter Ninety-TwoDetectives' Exchange Meeting Two thousand pounds? That was enough to drive every bounty hunter and private detective in Backlund insane! This was not like Vice Admiral Hurricane Qilangos, who drifted long-term across the seas with a whole crew of subordinates. This was the sort of target one could reach out and touch. Mm. A great pirate whose combat strength rivaled Sequence 5 is worth ten thousand gold pounds. A Sequence 6 criminal should reasonably be priced at three or four…-
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Chapter Ninety-OneFeathers White feathers? Klein stared at the grave with no corpse and no bones inside, and a single word abruptly sprang into his mind: Angel! In the sacred texts of the seven Churches, there were countless legends of angels and Saints. One of the defining traits of the former was a pair, two pairs, three pairs, even six pairs of pure white wings growing from their backs. Yet in the next instant, Klein remembered something from the past. Mr. Azik had once described his…
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Chapter NinetyRookie North Borough, Alka Street. Kapusti Reid sat blankly in the armchair inside his living room. To one side, charcoal burned in the fireplace. As a senior instructor at a public school, his weekly salary was above four pounds. For a bachelor, that was enough to live quite well. Yet the clothes he wore at home were sewn with many patches, and the teacup on the table was also extremely plain. When not removing his wig, Kapusti’s most striking features were his high cheekbones…
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Chapter Eighty-NineClue Not long after Klein and the others finished lunch, the detective who had taken leave returned to Green Park Street. That meant the commission Klein had accepted had come to an end. Because Adol’s condition had clearly improved, Logo Caroman was quite generous when settling Klein’s pay. On top of the original ten pounds, he added a full fifty percent premium. “As expected of a jewelry merchant. He really is generous… Though compared with other people in the West…
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Chapter Eighty-EightAwakening “Meow!” The black cat’s cry echoed through the open space enclosed by the secluded forest. Whether it was the adult man in black robes or the fifteen- and sixteen-year-old boys and girls, all their gazes turned at once toward the corpse lying in the center. A cold, sinister wind swept past. The black cat landed on the ground, glaring fixedly at the human who had just thrown it. Its tail lashed back and forth again and again. Suddenly, its fur puffed up once…
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Chapter Eighty-SevenSpirit Dance “What exactly happened to you?” Adol murmured the question under his breath, only to discover that he could not remember what he had done over the past few days. Like a sleepwalker, he looked around. Fear, panic, and confusion mingled as he asked, “Who are you?” “Where is this?” “This is the washroom in your own house. Do you not recognize it? I am the private detective responsible for protecting you.” Klein looked at the large boy before…
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Chapter Eighty-SixFinger Snap West Borough, Green Park Street. Klein, who already had a shallow ring of beard around his mouth, wore gold-rimmed glasses and carried a half top hat and black cane as he followed beside Logo Caroman into a spacious, bright living room. From the ceiling hung a huge crystal chandelier. The walls, corners, and tabletops were all decorated with various golden reliefs and ornaments. The overall impression was gorgeous, refined, and luxurious. As expected of a jewelry…
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Chapter Eighty-FiveAnother One Lying on the living room floor, Fors’s eyelashes trembled a few times. Her eyes slowly opened. Outside the window, the bright moon hung high, like a round disc filled to the brim with crimson radiance. The usual thin, hazy veil of red had become a dense blood-colored glow. I’m not dead. I didn’t lose control… What happened just now was not a dream… There truly is a mysterious and powerful Mr. Fool who saved me… Fors rolled over and sat up, examining…
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Chapter Eighty-FourFull Moon Ravings Klein had just put on his double-breasted frock coat, picked up his half top hat, and begun walking toward the door when he suddenly heard the layered, echoing sound of illusory prayer. Who? He frowned slightly and listened carefully, but could only confirm that the petitioner was a lady, and that her voice was broken and intermittent, seeming to contain tremendous pain. Thinking that he had nothing especially urgent to do, the newly advanced Magician,…
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Chapter Eighty-ThreeMagician Taking two steps forward and crossing past the coffee table, Klein moved his body, shook his wrists, and found no further abnormalities. He looked out through the bow window at the gas streetlamps illuminating the gloom and haze beyond, and murmured thoughtfully to himself: “My hands are more dexterous, and my movements have become more agile. Even without Beyonder abilities, if I studied seriously, I could become a top-class magician.” This was his first…
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