"It is impossible for people who value wealth to distribute their wealth to unrelated people." In Mary's apartment, listening to Black Rose's words, Bai Heqing said.
"Yes, I think so too."
Black Rose nodded repeatedly, agreeing with his words.
"The three heirs designated by Eijiro Tone definitely have some kind of special relationship with him, but I don't know what the specific relationship is. After all, it depends on your investigation..." She said with a smile.
"Why do you know these things so well?" Bai Heqing looked at her and asked suddenly.
According to Black Rose, the news of Eijiro Tone's death has been concealed by his two sons. As an outsider who has nothing to do with the matter, why does Black Rose know this so clearly?
Even the contents of Eijiro Tone's suicide note are clear.
"It's very simple."
Facing Bai Heqing's doubts, Black Rose took out an invitation letter from her body and handed it to the two of them.
Bai Heqing just opened it and took a look, then handed it to Mary next to him.
Without it, I can’t understand English.
"Because I was invited by Eijiro Tone's two sons to go to their family's villa on the island as a detective to investigate for them the whereabouts of Eijiro Tone's inheritance."
"You actually have the identity of a detective?" Upon hearing this, Mary looked up at her in surprise.
"Of course, as a Phantom Thief, it should be normal for me to have many identities, right?" Black Rose replied matter-of-factly.
"What do you mean by investigating the whereabouts of those inheritances? Could it be that the inheritance has disappeared?" Bai Heqing asked.
"I don't know, but according to what Eijiro Tone's two sons told me, their father's legacy must still be in that annex, but they can't find it.
In order to find the inheritance, the two brothers first searched the annex by themselves. After they couldn't find it, they called over the three heirs specified in their father's suicide note, hoping to rely on these people. Come to find the inheritance, but still can’t find it...
Just like that, this group of people couldn't do anything anymore, so they decided to ask a detective to see if they could help. By coincidence, I was the detective they found. It was really a headache. …”
As he spoke, Black Rose pretended to sigh.
Bai Heqing listened to her words and lowered his head in thought.
The treasure named "British Empire", the three seemingly unrelated heirs, the mysterious disappearance of the inheritance...
Bai Heqing's intuition, honed by his years of dealing with various cases, told him that the matter that Black Rose wanted to entrust him with might not be as simple as it seemed on the surface.
Something is probably going to happen.
"What exactly does the transaction you mentioned require us to do? Is it to investigate the whereabouts of these inheritances?"
At this moment, Mary also finished reading the contents of the invitation. After counting her head towards Bai He, she turned to look at Black Rose.
"No, investigating the whereabouts of the heritage is just incidental." Shaking his head slightly, Black Rose explained: "What I really want is that after you find this batch of heritage, you can find a way to preserve all the cultural relics inside."
Speaking of this, her tone was serious.
"No matter which country's cultural relics they are, they are the precious historical and cultural heritage of that country and people, and they are the most practical manifestation of the charm of that civilization in the real world.
They should belong to their own country, instead of being plundered by bandits and then displayed like trophies by other countries in their museums.
To help these looted cultural relics return to their own countries as much as possible, this is my original intention of stealing as a Phantom Thief.
You two, according to the scattered information I have investigated before, the process by which Eijiro Tone obtained the treasures in Singapore is very mysterious. I personally suspect that he may have obtained the treasures from other parts of the world that Britain had acquired during the Great Navigation due to some kind of opportunity. Treasures that were plundered from the local area, but due to various reasons, were eventually left behind in Singapore.
I think this may be the reason why he named this batch of treasures 'Heritage of the British Empire'. If this is true, then this batch of heritage must contain a large number of precious cultural relics from other countries in the world.
From my personal point of view, I do not want these cultural relics to be lost to the hands of capitalists and nobles. They should be returned to the museums of their own countries. "
"Okay, I promise you."
As soon as Black Rose finished speaking, Bai Heqing immediately agreed. He looked at her and said, "I will help you investigate the whereabouts of these inheritances, and I will also help you keep the contents of these inheritances as you wish. precious cultural relics.
Of course, I have no way to help you preserve and take away these cultural relics, so you can only figure out how to take them away and return them to their own countries. "
Although his intuition told him that this investigation of these inheritances might be a bit dangerous, Bai Heqing was inspired by Black Rose's extremely righteous behavioral motives and decided to wade into this muddy water.
"me too!"
Mary on the side also followed suit and said: "Bai He, I'll go with you."
Seeing Mary's unhesitating look, Bai Heqing frowned slightly.
Considering that he might encounter dangerous situations, he actually didn't want Mary to follow him anymore. Just as Mary was worried that Bai Heqing would be injured again because of her, Bai Heqing also didn't want to see her get implicated because of him. .
To be honest, Mary has no obligation to accompany him to do these things...
"Don't even think about pushing me away!"
But just as he was about to speak, he was forcibly interrupted by Mary. She looked directly at Bai Heqing and gave him a reason that he couldn't refuse.
"Bai He, you can't even understand English. If I don't be by your side to translate for you, how will you collect intelligence? How will you investigate? Huh?"
Her question immediately stopped Bai Heqing.
Indeed, he does not speak English.
He would definitely not be able to communicate normally with the British on his own, and at this time, it would indeed be impossible for Mr. Stewart to find him a partner who was bilingual in English and Japanese and could be highly cooperative with him.
He and Mary also quickly developed a tacit understanding after experiencing life and death with each other...
"...Well, okay, then I'll leave the rest to you, Mary."
Thinking of this, Bai Heqing sighed softly and agreed.
Whatever, he just needs to be more careful when the time comes...
"Hmph~"
When Mary saw this, she raised her chin happily.
Perhaps even she herself is not clearly aware of what really makes her happy...
"Oh! The relationship between the two of you is really good!"
Seeing that the two reached a consensus, Black Rose, who was eating melon quietly, suddenly smiled and clapped her hands.
"It seems that you are really in a relationship between boyfriend and girlfriend! Then I'll leave the rest to you..."
"No!"×2
"Huh? So that's not it?"
"Of course not!"×2
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(End of chapter)
