"oh!"
Xia De's physique was too strong, so the other party was knocked down. The stranger who was knocked down by Xia De cried out in pain, and if he hadn't been pulled back, he would have almost fallen to the ground. This was not because the other party intended to blackmail Xia De, but because the other party was too old.
"Feel sorry."
Xia De raised his head slightly and apologized, while the old gentleman he bumped into shook his head and said it was nothing.
Shad's pupils contracted slightly. The old man in front of him, who seemed not to want to attract other people's attention, turned out to be an acquaintance. It was Professor Ruel Higgins, the Carsenrick linguist who lived on the fourth floor of the Xikar Hotel, whom he had just thought of an hour ago.
Without showing his inner surprise, Shad helped Professor Higgins pick up his fallen hat and continued walking forward.
Aren’t you curious
"Of course I'm curious."
Even though he said this, Xia De still didn't turn his head:
"Help me check if he has stopped at the door of Warehouse No. 18."
No, he kept going.
"Careful indeed."
Shad turned right and entered the alley connecting to Punjab Street. He stood in the alley and counted 30 numbers. When he walked out of the alley, he could no longer see Professor Higgins on the street.
I stopped the newspaper boy and bought a copy of this morning's "Sikar Morning News". Then I went into the tobacco shop on the street, thinking of buying some tobacco leaves for the priest to smoke in his pipe as a thank you for his magic. By the way, I can also make an appointment with Augustus this Sunday.
This Sunday, Shad will go with Sister Defulin to see the boy who is said to be able to see through death. After seeing Father Augustus, he can ask Luvia to use two or three coins to divine whether Shad 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 speculation is correct.
After all, they didn't have any extra coins to try them one by one.
While shopping in the tobacco store, Shade's eyes were still observing Warehouse No. 18 across the street through the store window. Sure enough, about 20 minutes later, Professor Higgins, with his hat pressed down, flashed out of the warehouse door in almost the same way as Shade just now, and then walked towards the street corner along the wall without looking back.
This proved that Shade's guess was correct, Professor Higgins was also a gray-gloved man. Compared with more than 20 minutes ago, he only had a black briefcase in his hand.
"I received a shipment, but it was just a suitcase? What could be in it?"
Shade thought in surprise, stopped chatting with the shopkeeper about the earthquake, paid for the tobacco, and walked out of the shop with the newspaper. Professor Higgins had already walked far away, but if Shade wanted to catch up, he could still catch up with him before he got on the carriage or turned at the next street corner.
So, do you want to chase
This time, Shade did not say that he was not interested. He did not want to get into trouble by touching the goods before the real goods appeared. But now the goods have appeared, and it seems 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 more trouble.
"However, there is no information in that pen anymore. How did Professor Higgins know the location and time of the warehouse?"
After hesitating for a moment, Shade decided to follow him. If the professor went straight to the train station and left the Kingdom of Delarion, then Shade would pretend that he knew nothing. But if the professor returned to the hotel, then Shade would probably decide whether to see what was in the suitcase depending on the situation.
"It's four o'clock in the afternoon now. No matter what happens, we must leave Midhill Castle before half past five. That way, we can be at Quill Street at half past six, meet Dorothy for dinner, and tell Lesia about the quantity of goods in the warehouse."
After making arrangements, Shad walked quickly forward and caught up with Professor Higgins.
In fact, the safest way for this Carsenrick agent was to take the suitcase and return to the Carsenrick United Kingdom at the southern foot of the Rommel Mountains. But he did not choose to do so, but actually returned to the Sikar Hotel.
Xia De deliberately lingered for five minutes before entering the Xikar Hotel. He thought the professor had returned to his room on the fourth floor, but he didn't expect that he was sitting in the corner of the first floor, carrying the suitcase and talking to a strange man.
The stranger looked to be about thirty years old, with blond hair close to his scalp and skin that was very white, but it was an unhealthy white. He was wearing a dirty black coat and his boots were covered in mud.
When Xia De saw the other person for the first time, red blood energy almost immediately rose from the other person's body, and then condensed into a blood-red little bat symbol above the other person's head, which could even be said to be somewhat cute.
Only Shade could observe this scene. He was slightly surprised, and then realized that this was the new effect that the Vampire God had added to his Blood Echo during the last cocktail party, which made it easy to identify vampires.
“This identification method is really simple.”
Shade glanced at the bat symbol floating above the other person's head, then walked to the counter to order some drinks. The owner, Mr. Taylor, of course, still remembered "Mr. John Watson" who helped him deal with the police, and greeted him familiarly and recommended today's special wine to him.
At this time, Shad also roughly understood how Professor Higgins learned the information about the warehouse.
Whether or not vampires belong to the undead race is still controversial in the circle magic circle, but they are indeed good at abilities such as psychic communication. Therefore, if Professor Higgins can find a way to break into the police station and steal the pen, he can certainly find a way to get vampires to help communicate with the corpse.
"Come to think of it, the deputy chief of the police department did say that on the night the pen was stolen, the body of the person who was shot on the fourth floor was also moved. It turned out to be a psychic... How interesting! Could it be that the professor came into contact with the vampires through the uncle and nephew who lived on the fourth floor? Or are the Gray Gloves themselves connected to the local vampire population?"
Speculating in his mind, Shade sat at the counter, chatting with the shop owner, Mr. Thales, about the earthquake that occurred in the mountains yesterday. He planned to wait until Professor Higgins and the strange vampire finished talking, and then he could try his luck with the echo of the past and try to eavesdrop on their conversation.
But the conversation between the professor and the vampire was not harmonious, and soon, the two of them had an argument. The pale-faced man who looked miserable suddenly stood up and said loudly:
"No, you promised me 200 pounds! If you don't pay me now, don't even think about leaving!"