Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery

For a long time, Audis had often been able to find clues about the activities of the Temperance Faction of the "Rose School" in Backlund from some intelligence.

Sharon and Maric should have been sent to Backlund several years ago to handle all matters related to the Temperance Faction in Backlund, and they were also using this metropolis to escape the pursuit of the Debauchery Faction.

But before this, Audis had no need for the Temperance Faction, so there was no contact.

On the carriage back, Audis thought of three ways to contact them.

The first way was to try his luck at the "Brave Bar", but Sharon had just fought with the Debauchery Faction, and she and Maric should hide for a while, so the probability of contacting them was not high.

The second channel was to contact Sharon through Klein, but whether it was as Mr. Gehrman or Audis, he was not very familiar with Klein.

If he suddenly asked him to contact the Temperance Faction of the "Rose School", there was a high probability that Klein would simply say: I don't know such people.

The third channel was "Mysterious Queen" Bernadette.

After Audis saw the phrase "I'm here" appear on the table in front of him, he said: "I thought you had an 'Invisible Servant' watching me all the time."

From the surrounding air came the voice of the "Mysterious Queen": "There are many people who need to be watched by 'Invisible Servants', you are just one of them."

Her voice was a little illusory, as if the signal was not very good: "Speak, what's the matter?"

Audis looked ahead… Actually, he didn't know where to look, so he had to look ahead and said: "I hope you can help me contact the Temperance Faction of the 'Rose School'."

After a second or two of silence in the surrounding air, Bernadette said: "I don't have any channels in this regard."

"You have, but you may not know it." Audis smiled and said, "Do you remember the night that the 'Punisher' informant was killed?"

"I remember."

"At that time, you said you had just attended an Extraordinary gathering." Audis said half-truthfully: "According to some intelligence I obtained before, there was indeed an Extraordinary gathering in that area, but the level was very high, not every Extraordinary person could join.

"And I learned from another piece of intelligence that a 'Wraith' once appeared at that gathering, and she is an important member of the Temperance Faction."

It was indeed "learned from a piece of intelligence obtained before", that piece of intelligence was called "Original Book".

Audis clearly remembered that Bernadette and Sharon had met several times at an Extraordinary gathering.

In addition, Audis had indeed obtained some intelligence, knowing that there were two very high-level Extraordinary gatherings in Backlund, one of which was the gathering that Sharon and Bernadette participated in.

And there were not many gatherings that could interest Bernadette, so Audis boldly guessed that Bernadette went to participate in the gathering that had contact with Sharon that day.

After another second or two of silence in the surrounding air, Bernadette suddenly said: "Compared to your excellent intelligence gathering and intelligence analysis ability, my intelligence officers are all stupid donkeys."

Audis thought to himself: This "compliment" has a bit of Rosell's tone.

After a while, Bernadette said again: "There happens to be a gathering tonight, I can help you contact her."

Then she asked: "What do you want her for?"

"It's like this…" Audis didn't hide anything and roughly explained the case today.

This was not something that needed to be kept secret, and although they were all secret organizations, slightly more normal secret organizations, such as "Dawn of the Elements" and "Alchemical Society of the Mind", would also draw a clear line with the lunatics of the "Rose School", and even didn't mind cracking down on them by the way.

Bernadette was the leader of the "Dawn of the Elements", and her style of doing things was quite different from that of the "Rose School", so she shouldn't have a good impression of the "Rose School" either.

Moreover, since he was asking for help, it would be too boring if he was evasive.

Based on these thoughts, Audis told Bernadette the truth.

Finally, Audis said: "I hope to ask that 'Wraith', was the second person who came to buy 'Sunflower' and told me the address of that 'Werewolf', sent by her?

"Is the purpose to let us discover the whereabouts of that 'Werewolf'?"

"Okay." Bernadette said: "The reward is to help me inquire about the news of the rogue 'Black Emperor'."

Audis was stunned for a moment before saying: "This task is a bit difficult. I was also there at the time. To be honest, I still haven't figured out how that guy left the scene? I don't even know which direction to look for."

"Just help me pay attention to information in this regard. I will pay you again if I get the news. It doesn't matter if I don't get the news." For Bernadette, it was just a message, and the corresponding reward didn't need to be very high.

Audis nodded: "Okay."

It would be easy to handle if Bernadette said that.

Immediately, the "Mysterious Queen" left, and Audis pondered the case again, but still didn't get any clues, so he simply went to continue writing "Compendium of Combat".

…

South Bridge Area, Passion Bar.

There was no fighting competition tonight. Simon, the bar owner with yellow teeth, who was smoking a cigarette, was ready to leave after drinking the glass of wine in front of him and find a casino to gamble.

Just when there was only one sip of wine left in the glass, three people pushed the door in.

Simon glanced at them and immediately realized that they were not here to drink.

First of all, these three people were dressed too brightly, not like people who would come to this kind of small bar. Secondly, they looked around after they came in, as if they were looking for someone.

Simon immediately realized that they might be looking for him, so he immediately turned his head away.

But it was too late. One of them had already seen Simon and pointed in this direction.

The three of them quickly came over and surrounded Simon in the middle.

Simon's subordinates also immediately stood up to confront the three people.

The leader of the other party was a man in his thirties with brown hair. He ignored Simon's subordinates and directly asked Simon: "I only ask you one question, and I'll leave after asking.

"Where does Lelouch live?"

Simon was a little nervous inside, but he still pretended to be calm and smiled, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth: "Who are you talking about? Never heard of it.

"If you buy a glass of wine, maybe I'll remember."

The leader recalled the rules of the bar and said to the bartender: "Get a glass of wine."

Unmistakably, the first thing to do is to look at the content!

Under Simon's signal, the bartender mixed a glass of the most expensive wine in this small bar and pushed it in front of the brown-haired man: "1 pound."

The brown-haired man's subordinates were about to question the bartender, but he stopped them. He took out 1 pound from his wallet and put it in front of Simon: "Speak."

Simon put away the banknote and smiled: "I am Lelouch's agent, but I don't know where he lives!"

The brown-haired man didn't waste any time. He slapped Simon to the ground, and his subordinates punched the bartender in the face.

Whoosh~

The bartender crashed into the wine cabinet behind him, and many wine bottles fell to the ground and broke.

Simon's subordinates immediately rushed up to rescue their boss, but were easily defeated by the brown-haired man's two subordinates.

The customers were still clamoring to help Simon at first, but when they saw how good the other party was at fighting, they all scurried away with their heads in their hands, and some even took away chairs and wine glasses.

The brown-haired man grabbed Simon's collar and lifted the bar owner up: "Your teeth are too ugly, let me pull them out for you, maybe new teeth will grow in a few days."

"I'll talk, I'll talk!" Simon quickly said: "I heard him tell the cab driver the address, at… at 176 Riverbend Avenue!"

The brown-haired man tore open Simon's clothes, took out his wallet from inside, not only took back his 1 pound, but also took away the other twenty pounds or so in cash in the wallet.

Then he threw Simon on the ground, gave one of his subordinates a wink, asking him to watch Simon, while he took the other subordinate to the address Simon had just given.

Sitting on the ground, Simon covered his cheeks and thought to himself: My back molars are loose, did I act convincingly enough?

…

51 Henry Street, Gehrman Herbalist Shop.

In the evening, Max sent someone to deliver 200 pounds in cash, which was the intelligence fee for this case.

Currently, "Heart of Machinery" has killed a "Werewolf". In the absence of clear clues, the case has come to an end for the time being, so he applied for intelligence fees for Audis.

Regarding Audis' intelligence fees, Deacon Ikanos had a special approval: settle on the same day, pay on the same day.

After all, Audis was their trump card intelligence officer, allowing "Heart of Machinery" to solve major cases repeatedly. When Ikanos met with the captains or deacons of the "Nighthawks" and "Punishers" in Backlund, he felt that he could hold his chin higher.

After Audis got the money, he thought about it. Max promised 160 pounds before, but now he gave 200.

But then he understood: "I shot four arrows at the time, 10 pounds per arrow?"

Smiling, he put away the money, and Audis continued to sell herbs, leaving the herbalist shop after ten o'clock in the evening.

Today, he still planned to go to 176 Riverbend Avenue to rest. He didn't wait for the opponents from the Extraordinary Fighting Arena yesterday, so they should come to his door today.

Audis took a carriage and got off on the street adjacent to Riverbend Avenue. He stepped into a small hotel, spent 1 Sol, asked for a relatively clean room, and then took out the "Lelouch" mask and costume from the "Knowledge Moor" and put them on.

He opened the window and looked around. Seeing that there was a layer of thin fog on the street and no one was there, Audis jumped out of the window and quickly came to Riverbend Avenue.

Even before he reached Number 176, Odis's spiritual senses detected eyes watching him. He sighed inwardly, thinking, "In this world, there are always people who like to court death."

As if oblivious to those gazes, he quickly opened the door and went inside, making final preparations to welcome the guests who would arrive tonight.

Number 176 Riverbend Avenue was actually a room Odis had prepared to establish the "Leader's" prestige. His original plan was to eliminate a group of people who were investigating the "Leader's" whereabouts, thereby making a name for himself.

Who knew that after renting it for about two years, no one had ever found a trace of the "Leader," so these arrangements had never been used.

But today, the magic circle inside could finally come in handy.