Chapter 119: Dawn Dantes’s New Business

Chapter 119: Dawn Dantes’s New Business

Leonard stared fixedly at the portrait of Sherlock Moriarty lying on the desk. In his mind, he reconstructed the other man’s appearance without glasses and without a beard.

Although this might differ somewhat from reality, belonging to a product of both guesswork and imagination, Leonard increasingly felt that Sherlock Moriarty looked familiar—very much like someone he had once known.

“How is that possible? He died long ago! I personally buried him!” Leonard could not help shaking his head, giving a soft, self-mocking laugh.

Before his words had fully faded, his expression abruptly stiffened, because the person in his memories had not been simple. He had hidden very great secrets.

That person had strangely broken free from the influence of 2-049 without anyone else’s help!

That person had used 2-049’s special nature to kill a Sequence 7 Beyonder, even though he had only been a Diviner who was not skilled at combat!

That person had summarized the acting method in a very short time and advanced to Sequence 8 at an astonishing speed!

That person had possessed a high-Sequence charm of the Sun domain and, together with Captain Dunn Smith, who had used the sacred ashes, had actually killed Megose, who had been carrying the child of an evil god!

That person’s Sequence 8 Beyonder characteristic had been taken by Ince Zangwill, while Captain Dunn Smith’s Sequence 7 Beyonder characteristic had remained on the spot!

Perhaps it was not that Ince Zangwill casually took away a Beyonder characteristic that had just happened to separate, causing something to go missing at the scene. Perhaps the corresponding object had never formed in the first place!

Leonard Mitchell abruptly came back to himself and once again examined Sherlock Moriarty’s portrait.

After more than ten seconds, he squeezed a name out from between his teeth:

“Klein Moretti…”

The more he looked, the more he felt that the mysterious detective Sherlock Moriarty looked extremely like his former teammate, the hero who had saved Tingen, Klein Moretti!

And that was even with the two obvious distinguishing features—glasses and beard—separating the two!

At some unknown point, Leonard’s hands had clenched into fists, every joint whitening. After a while, he exhaled audibly and once again picked up Sherlock Moriarty’s file.

This time, with an exceptionally clear purpose, he flipped directly to the approximate time the other party had first arrived in Backlund:

Early September!

And that was not long after Klein Moretti had been buried!

Leonard Mitchell’s emerald-green eyes grew darker and deeper. Instinctively, he continued flipping through the file.

Then he saw a name:

Lanevus!

This was one of the planners of the evil god’s descent in Tingen City, and the main culprit behind the deaths of Dunn Smith, Klein Moretti, and other Nighthawks.

And the second matter recorded after Sherlock Moriarty came to Backlund was that, because of the serial murder case, he had gone to the docks to investigate and just happened to come into contact with Lanevus, who had been hiding his identity!

After that, the True Creator’s attempt at descent was ruined, and Lanevus died in the sewers, his body covered in tarot cards. This was similar to the later style of the chivalrous thief Black Emperor.

At least he did not forget the harm that swindler caused…

Leonard muttered silently. His expression softened quite a bit.

He quickly read through the file again, then sat in his chair without moving for a very long time, as though he had fallen asleep inside the shadow cast by the lamplight.

After several minutes, Leonard finally changed posture. Leaning back against the chair, he said in a low voice, “Old man, do you think this detective Sherlock Moriarty resembles the teammate I had in Tingen, Klein Moretti?”

Inside his mind, the slightly aged voice spoke after a moment’s hesitation.

“The one who joined the Nighthawks because of the Antigonus…