Chapter 72: Unexpected

Chapter 72: Unexpected

Queen Borough, beside Viscount Stratford’s residence.

Fors and Xio, both wearing black dresses, hid together in a dark corner, watching the tightly shut iron-barred gate and patiently waiting for their target to appear.

There was no rain tonight, so they did not have to face an especially difficult environment. And the carriage stopped at the edge of the streetlamp’s glow told them that they would definitely gain something. It was only a matter of sooner or later.

After an unknown amount of time, the iron-barred gate made the sound of metal scraping against metal and slowly opened backward.

A figure draped in a deep-black cloak slipped out from within, head lowered, walked beside the hired carriage, and climbed inside with light movements.

“Is that her?” Fors lowered her voice and asked Xio beside her.

She neither possessed a Beyonder ability that could restore someone’s appearance traits through description, nor had she seen the target before, making it impossible for her to rely on spiritual intuition or Astrology to make a judgment.

Xio nodded firmly.

“Yes!”

While they spoke in low voices, the hired carriage accelerated bit by bit and left the area around the side gate.

Xio immediately left the corner where she had been hiding, preparing to rely on a Sheriff’s Beyonder abilities and the physical improvement brought by Interrogator to jog behind the target from a distance.

“What are you planning to do?” Just then, Fors pressed a hand to her shoulder, ruining her plan.

“Follow her!” Xio turned her head and looked at her friend in confusion.

Fors glanced at the hired carriage that had not yet fully pulled away and asked thoughtfully,

“Why are you following her?

“And didn’t you say that after the target enters the Backlund Bridge area, there will be a rather powerful Beyonder protecting her?”

“Yes,” Xio first answered the second question, then said, “Your question is strange. Of course following her is to confirm the target’s appearance, identity, background, and purpose.”

Fors withdrew the left hand pressing on Xio’s shoulder and showed a slight smile.

“Since the target has a rather powerful Beyonder protecting her, it will be very difficult for us to complete the tracking in the Backlund Bridge area. We will not be able to find her residence or clarify her real identity. Do you intend to clash directly with that protector? Even with me helping you, have you confirmed the other party’s strength? How confident are you? Could it be dangerous?

“Furthermore, once a fight breaks out, the target will inevitably be alerted. That would be the same as stopping the carriage halfway and questioning her face-to-face. Both would destroy your most fundamental intention and make Viscount Stratford become vigilant, preventing him from falling into difficulty and giving you a chance to act.”

“Doing it may fail. Not doing it means certain failure.” Xio emphasized that she understood the difficulty, but merely wanted to try again and search for an opportunity along the route.

By then, the hired carriage had already turned at the end of the road and entered the main street. Watching its silhouette gradually disappear, Fors shook her head with a smile.

“No, no, no. What we need to do is change our line of thought!

“We should first try to determine the target’s appearance. Once daylight comes, we can use her looks to conduct an ordinary investigation in the Backlund Bridge area and gather intelligence through other channels.”

“Your terminology sounds very professional…” Xio said as she thought.

“Of course. I have written detective novels!” Fors replied without the slightest modesty.

“But how can we determine the target’s appearance without alerting her?” Xio raised the most important question.

Fors took out Leymano’s Travels as though she had prepared it long ago and said with a smile,

“Very simple. We use the Psychological Invisibility recorded by Miss Justice!”

Although Justice Audrey had not…