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The professor took the envelope containing the money, put it aside without looking at how many banknotes were in it, and then said with some embarrassment:
"Detective, I actually planned to visit Louisa in the next few days... I had that dream again."
"What? How?"
Xia De was startled. It has been nearly a month since the [Happy Dream Pen] got out of control. Miss Louisa clearly confirmed that the professor's body recovered quickly and he did not suffer any more mental effects.
"How many times have you dreamed? When?"
"Once, just yesterday."
"Give me your hand, then."
Xia De grabbed Professor Manning's right wrist, and made a listening expression amidst the professor's rather worried expression. Ten seconds later, he let go of the professor's hand with a relaxed expression:
"Don't worry, it's not that kind of problem, you are safe."
In the state of close contact, "she" did not feel the slightest whispering element in the professor's body.
"Then why do you have that dream?"
Professor Manning asked in puzzlement. After experiencing a serious illness not long ago, the old man's current state cannot be said to have fully recovered.
"I'm not a scholar, and I can't explain the causes of dreams. But I suggest you, go to a friend of mine who is a psychologist."
Xia De didn't have Dr. Schneider's business card on him, so he asked for a pen and paper to write down the address for the professor, and said while writing:
"My friend is just an ordinary person, and he is very good at this aspect of mental illness. He will help you."
The professor blushed and asked hesitantly:
"So my dream is..."
Xia De nodded:
"Yes, at least this time, it's really just your own dream. But don't worry, I don't believe in the unsubstantiated claim that 'what you think about during the day turns into a dream at night', so it won't have any effect on you. Doubtful. It seems to me that it may have been the last time that left you deeply traumatized."
After writing the address, he got up and said goodbye very interestingly. Judging from the expression on Professor Manning's expression when he sent him downstairs, the professor would really go to Dr. Schneider for treatment.
After bidding farewell to the professor, Xia De planned to go to Lengshuigang City today. At this time, more than a week has passed since the incident with the mermaid statue, so I don't have to worry about such a dangerous incident affecting myself. At the same time, even if the next blood money cannot be found in the harbor city, there is still the safe room of the ring warlock Lemaire found in the diary waiting to be explored, Shad is looking forward to his harvest.
Although this journey is convenient, it is also a bit dangerous, so Xia De does not plan to take his cat to the seaside. And because he was worried that he would be trapped in Lengshuigang City at night and would not be able to return, so after returning to Saint Teresa Square, he took Mia out again and found a female writer at home on Quill Pen Street.
After exam week, she's going to start a detective serial on the Steambird Daily. The first story was adapted from a story Xia De heard from two ghosts in the cemetery, so there is no need to go out to collect materials during this period, Miss Louisa probably will not travel far.
"Let me take care of Mia again? Oh, of course."
Miss Writer was very talkative, took the somewhat reluctant cat from Xia De, and asked curiously:
"What are you going to do this time? It won't be something dangerous again, right? As I said, this kind of..."
"No no, although this time is the same destination as last time, it is not dangerous this time."
Xia De said, and Miss Louisa nodded knowingly:
"The same destination... Well, I'll take care of the cat for you. Anyway, I don't have a travel plan today, but remember to come back early. Also, don't bring fish as souvenirs anymore."
"No problem, but the fish soup tasted really good last time."
Xia De said with a smile, patted Mia on the head, and left after saying goodbye to the blonde female writer amidst the cat's reluctant meow.
Miss Louisa did not send him downstairs, but stood at the window holding the sullen Mia, watching Xia De's figure appear on the street, and then walked away along the street:
"Last time... Coldwater Harbor... Happy Holidays."
With Mia settled, Shad can spend a whole day exploring. This time, there is no need to make troublesome preparations before the trip, because after stuffing the ordinary items that need to be carried into the suitcase, he directly turned the suitcase into a puppet with cloth and hung it on his waist.
The only relics I carry with me are [Gun of Kindness], [Twenty Sided Dice of Destiny] and [Pirate’s Blood Money]. These three items and the spell-casting material "Weathervane Bluegrass Extract Diluent" that cannot be turned into toys , alchemy items that can use the one-time sun gun, and two founding series Rhodes cards, all wrapped in a waterproof canvas and carried with you.
Frog Legs and Bone Meal can be turned into toys, neither item itself has supernatural properties.
After packing everything up and locking the door, he entered the hidden space behind the basement wall. After chanting the mantra and touching the statue of the ancient god, he successfully arrived at the dark cave under the sea cliff outside Lengshuigang City.
Because this road has already been walked once, it only took 23 minutes this time, and Shad landed on the remote beach of Lengshuigang City Wharf.
Although the weather in Lengshuigang today is a bit gloomy, it did not rain. Xia De, who crawled out of the sea, was drenched all over, so he could only wipe the water from his hair with a towel on the beach, and then put on a clean coat and pants before he dared to enter the city.
Still chose to stay at the Golden Rose Hotel on Hoglunz Avenue in the Docklands, using the false name of John Watson. When Xia De put down his luggage and began to change dry socks and underwear, it was ten forty in the morning.
Choosing the same hotel as last time also meant to make sure whether the last incident had been investigated on me. But after waiting in the room for 20 minutes, he didn't see any suspicious police or ring warlock team appearing, which made Xia De relax a lot, knowing that he could act a little casually today.
There are two purposes for coming to Lengshuigang City. The detection of blood money needs to go all over the city, so Shade thought about first going to see the safe house of the crew member, Mr. Lemaire.
In one of the three diaries in the estate he bought, dated two years ago in the fall, Shader discovered the exact location of the safehouse and Mr. Lemaire’s complaints about nearby restaurants.
Similar to how Miss Louisa rented a dilapidated house in a remote alley, and Priest Augustus rented a basement from a friend, the sailor who has been at sea all year round rented the attic of a three-story apartment in the city. Even in order to prevent himself from staying in the New World for a long time, each time he pays the rent, he pays a one-year amount in one lump sum, so Xia De doesn't have to worry that the safe house has been discovered.
The location of the safe house is also in the dock area of Coldwater Harbor City, to be precise, on New Denton Street, two blocks from Mermaid Lane where the last incident happened.
This street is a street dedicated to fish trading in the wharf area. Whether it is the purchase of local restaurants or large-scale transactions of foreign merchants, it is all done here. The streets are wet and slippery, and there are mostly fish shops along the street, and the stench can be smelled before turning into the street.
The ground is paved with gravel, and the streets are big enough for four carriages to drive abreast. The sounds of yelling, wheels rolling over the ground and noisy conversations gathered together, bringing the strong life atmosphere of the harbor city to the face.
Seagulls are circling overhead, and feral cats are looking for prey at the corner of the alley at the intersection of New Denton Street, or fighting with their own kind for the ownership of a garbage dump.
With his hands in his pockets, Xia De walked into the street from the dirty and wet alley with his head down. There was some blood in the puddle under his feet, and the smell of fish in the air made him a little uncomfortable. On the right is a fish shop. A shallow tin fish tank is placed directly at the door of the shop. Huge black sea fish swim in the water. The occasional splashes from their tails make the ground more waterlogged.
Look up and to the right, the new 41 Denton Street is the destination. Xia De glanced at the sun that was blocked by cumulonimbus clouds, then pressed the black hat on his head, and walked over.
Stepping up the steps, Xia De, who was about to knock on the door, hesitated for a moment due to the rusty door. After knocking on the door, it took two minutes for someone to open the door.
The person who opened the door was a thin old man wearing a white wig and leaning on a cane. His eyes were deeply sunken into the eye sockets and his nose was rather large. The old man was probably younger than Priest Augustus, and the age spots on his face were very obvious:
"Who are you looking for? If it's a robber, go to another place. The people living here are poor ghosts."
Glancing at Xia De, he found that it was a stranger, spit out a mouthful of phlegm, and then wanted to close the door.
But Xia De pressed the door with his hand, and he said to the rude old man with a very heavy accent:
"Did George Anthony live here?"
This is Le Maire's pseudonym.
"Mr. Anthony died, and the inheritance was given to a distant relative. I will help him pack his things. Don't ask me for any identification. He died in the sea without even finding his body."
Shad said.
The old man who opened the door looked at him suspiciously~www.mtlnovel.com~ Xia De's half face was hidden under the hat, no matter how you looked at him, he looked suspicious:
"Dead? How do I know if you're telling the truth? Even if he dies and doesn't see the will, I won't let anyone take anything from me. This house is mine, and the house is rented to Others, what’s inside is mine too. Oh, **** it, you still say you’re not a robber, get out of here, or I’ll call the police!”
Meaning he wanted to devour Le Maire's stuff.
But since Xia De dared to come, he was already prepared. He knew from his diary how bad the landlord here is:
"Look what this is."
As he spoke, he slightly opened his coat, revealing the pistol hidden at his waist. Then, he shook the small document in front of the old man:
"Are you literate?"
"MI6!"
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