Jenkins leaned against the wall and looked towards the south, barely seeing the house that was still blocked. The guard was very alert and subconsciously looked this way, but Jenkins had already hid behind the curtain.
At the corner of the street, Hathaway could be seen walking into the alley against the steam pipe next to the wall. She has changed the blue skirt and high heels she was wearing just now, and now she is wearing tight trousers and a fleece with dark flared cuffs, a black overcoat that is almost at knee level, and a hat on her head. A hat that covers the face.
"It's so late, what are you going to do?"
Jenkins was taken aback, feeling like he had forgotten something.
"Meow~"
Chocolate let out a cry in his arms out of boredom.
He suddenly had a flash of inspiration:
"Oops, Mr. Hood's party is about to begin!"
He slapped himself on the head hard, picked up the neatly stacked black coat and hat from the bed, and was about to leave. All his clothes were wet from falling into the puddle...
"Hey, who changed my clothes?"
Only then did he realize the problem, but shook his head again, the focus now is not on this. In order to prevent accidents, I temporarily hid my bag of things, including the cane and the metal block, in the closet.
There were some... indecent clothes in the closet, and Jenkins didn't look at them, but carefully hid the metal pieces in the innermost part, and then prepared to go out.
"Meow!"
Chocolate didn't want to be left here, it whined softly and turned into pure white, and even slightly adjusted its appearance.
"Is chocolate getting better again?"
As he thought, he let the cat jump on his shoulders. Lock the door of the room, then open the window, observe the street first, then squat on the windowsill to close the window, activate [Cat's Elegance], and then jump onto the tree in the courtyard.
A maid was standing at the window on the first floor and was scrubbing the tabletop. Jenkins waited for a while with the wind blowing, then got down along the tree trunk and came to the street.
Most of these single-family houses will have trees planted in the courtyard. As for the reason, Jenkins had sat with some young ladies at Mihail's soiree, and they had blushed and told jokes of color together. They said that the existence of these trees is not for the convenience of Mr. Thief entering the house, but for the lovers to escape safely from the bedroom of the young lady in the early morning without losing face to both parties.
Jenkins was so embarrassed when he heard this topic that he didn't know what expression he should make, but it seemed to make the luxuriously dressed girls laugh more happily.
Carefully walked into the shadow of the houses on the street, and when he reappeared, he had turned into a tall and thin man with a mean face and a white milk cat.
Perhaps because he was frightened by meeting the Pirate King - Destroyer Fermisius at the last meeting, Mr. Hood arranged a very cautious meeting place this time.
This is not far from the outskirts of Nolan City, in the woods on the highest point of a mountain. The view from this position is very wide, and there is no higher place nearby. Apart from being far from the city, there are no disadvantages.
Although Jenkins set off later than Hathaway, he was not worried about his current appearance being exposed, so he had few worries when he was on his way. As long as you dodge the night patrolling police officers and Boon Squad, you don't need to worry about anything else. Even the vicious man who tried to rob him in the alley was knocked down with a single punch.
Panting and climbing up the mountain, Mr. Hood has indeed arrived.
Seeing the stranger leaning on his knees and stopping in front of him panting, he just looked at the white cat in surprise, without showing any surprise:
"Mr. Candle? Don't be so anxious, the time hasn't come yet."
His voice was a little hoarse, and he didn't know if he caught a cold unfortunately, or it was a fake.
"It's me, long time no see."
Jenkins stamped his right foot, shaking off the yellow leaves stuck to the edge of his shoe, and opened his hands to reveal purple marks.
Running so fast is to come here one step ahead of Hathaway to prevent her from being suspicious.
"The time between this gathering and the last one is too long."
As he spoke, he leaned against a tree like Mr. Hood, and his breath finally calmed down a bit.
"This is something that can't be helped. There are too many things that happened to Nolan this month. Just the [gear germ] is enough for us to be careful."
He said this naturally. After all, it has been almost a month since the first source of infection was discovered, and he could know about it with a little more information.
Everyone is here for this party. Mr. White Cat and Mr. Black Cat arrived one after another. The latter's black robe was covered with a large amount of mud and a dead leaf, and he seemed to have accidentally fallen; "Sir" cat, nodded politely, but did not speak; and Miss Bailing walked last.
"haven't seen you for a long time."
Mr. Hood started with this sentence, announcing the beginning of the party. The six people moved closer inwards so that they could hear each other clearly.
As winter approaches, the nearby woods are full of fallen leaves, and the dry branches above the head are bent like the fingers of a witch in an old fairy tale. But thinking about it, the witch can't beat the six people here.
"Since the last gathering, too many things have happened in Nolan City. Fortunately, everyone is fine, and I hope to see you next time. I will stop being polite, the damn weather is too cold."
Seeing that no one spoke first, he shrugged, muttered and cursed the weather in a low voice, and continued in a hoarse voice:
"You should all know about the gear germs, so I won't say much, just be careful. The news I got is that the believers of the Prince of Lies have recently hibernated. Will come out again. I don't know the specific details, this is the information I obtained through private channels... But it is said, it is only said... "
He looked at the five people one by one, and then said uncertainly, his own tone was still suspicious:
"It is said that those scammers offended a certain noble in Nolan's military high-level, probably because you accidentally cheated some important items or letters, and now you are being used by ordinary people as mercenaries, private detectives, and gift givers who want to earn rewards Hunt down. Even believers of evil gods would not dare to confront so many people at the same time in a place like Nolan, heh~ Who knows what it is? But the bounty does exist, it is said that there are four digits... "