The carriage stopped at the edge of the Bridge District and the East District, and the three of them got off one after another.
Warina paid the fare, turned to Xio and Ian and said, "You guys go first, I have to go to a nearby accommodation to change clothes."
Among the three, Xio wore a canvas coat and Ian wore an old overcoat. Neither of them would be too conspicuous in the East End. Only Varina, who was dressed as a gentleman, was not suitable for entering the East End.
"good."
Hugh nodded and walked eastward with Ian, walking into the East End.
Varina stood there and waited for a while, until their figures became blurred in his sight, and then walked towards his residence.
On the way, Ian tried to ask Hugh about Varina.
He carefully recalled the people he had frequent contact with in his mind, and he couldn't think of anyone mentioning such a well-informed bounty hunter.
But Varina had truly proven that he had extensive information channels, which aroused a lot of curiosity in him.
Faced with Ian's questions, Xio would make up some ambiguous words at first to prevaricate. Later, when she got tired of being asked and couldn't make up any reason, she simply used some of the authority of the "arbiter" to stop Ian from asking any more questions. ask.
Ian was shocked by the majesty displayed by Xio at that moment, and thought to himself, this is another senior bounty hunter.
Would it be a bit overwhelming for two such bounty hunters to work together to take over such a simple task of finding someone?
Or is this commission not as simple as it seems?
On the other side, Xio didn't have that much thought.
She thought very simply. This was a commission with a guaranteed profit, not even a commission. She could also get to know her new friend by the way. There was no easier task than this.
After walking four blocks, they arrived near Varina's original residence.
Ian gasped, and was surprised to find that Xio's breathing was still steady, feeling the gap between himself and the bounty hunter again.
He came to investigate once, so he was naturally more familiar with the situation than Xio.
Ian pointed out a two-story building and said:
"Varina lived in a one-bedroom apartment on the second floor there before he disappeared, but the tenant has been changed long ago, so there is no need to visit."
"We can go to the street over there. There is a small vegetable stall there. Varina goes there every week to buy some vegetables. The old stall owner has some impressions of him."
This was the first time for Xio to encounter a task that did not require his own efforts to find clues. It felt quite novel. He followed Ian and soon came to the vegetable stall.
"Let's go, let's go, it's you again! Let's go, let's go, I'm very busy, I don't have time to chat with you."
The stall owner obviously still remembered Ian and started chasing people away before he could speak.
Ian looked back to see how the bounty hunter would handle this situation.
Alas, I still need to step forward.
Xio shook his head, walked a few steps, and stood in front of the stall owner without saying a word, just looking at him seriously.
"Go, go, go...go..."
The stall owner felt the invisible pressure and gradually couldn't move his hands to chase people away. He looked at Xiu again and compromised:
"Okay, okay, I'll just cooperate again and have fewer problems, I'm very busy!"
Ian was stunned as he watched on the sidelines. Is it solved so easily? So it’s my first time to put in so much effort? Are bounty hunters that good?
Xio had already entered the state at this time. She unfolded the portrait and started asking at her own pace:
"You know him, right? Tell me what you know."
"Didn't I tell you before," the stall owner complained, "I know him, but I haven't spoken to him a few words."
"He just often buys groceries from me. As for anything else, I really don't know anything about it."
"No, there is one more thing you can say." Xio maintained a serious expression and asked: "Yiyou feels like, what kind of person is he?"
"Let me make it clear first that I cannot guarantee that my feelings are accurate." The stall owner is old and mature, and his words are cautious, and he does not leave any clues behind his words:
"He doesn't talk much and is easy to talk to. Once I bought normal rotten potatoes from outside, he only mentioned it the next time he came here and asked me to make up a few for him."
Xio knew there was no need to ask any more questions, so she decisively turned around and left, and Ian quickly followed.
"The next step is to go to the cafe near the Silon Textile Factory," Ian explained the situation. "That's where several of their colleagues have lunch every day. The clerk is also familiar with him, and the final conflict with the gang also happened there. of."
After another walk, the two of them arrived at the cafe.
Because it was not yet lunch break for the nearby factory, there were not many customers in the cafe, so they found the enthusiastic waiter again without any effort.
Ian originally thought he would stop asking about the gang member's raid in detail, but was eventually escaped by Varina, but the petite bounty hunter gave him another surprise.
After Xio asked generally about what happened, the most important question he focused on was: "According to your opinion, what kind of person is he?"
"He has already disappeared, is there any point in asking?"
The waiter sat across from the table, rubbed his chin, and said, "Also, you should ask his colleagues directly about this question later. They must know better than me."
Xio nodded, "I'll ask. Now tell me how you feel."
"He gets along well with his co-workers, and he talks politely to me and other store employees, so he should be an easy person to get along with."
At this point, the waiter sighed: "I just don't know how I provoked the gang. Alas, what a pity."
After the questioning, Xio ordered a lunch each for himself and Ian, and while eating, he waited for Varina's colleagues to come over.
They waited for about half an hour before John walked in with the colleague who had replaced Varina.
Xio took Ian and took the initiative to sit across from their dining table and said:
"I am a bounty hunter and I want to ask you a few questions about your missing colleague Varina."
John's initial reaction was the same as everyone else's, looking at Ian, "Didn't he already ask? I've already said everything I know."
"I also hope you can find him, but I really can't help much."
"Just a few questions," Xio insisted, "I won't waste your time. I'm just going to help him check and fill in the gaps. I won't ask repeated questions."
John nodded, "Okay then, you ask."
After a few simple questions, Xio turned to the question again: "According to your opinion, what kind of person is he?"
John recalled: "He has a very good personality. I can't think of any shortcomings in him. If I have to say it, he seems not used to being too close to others and rarely reveals his feelings."
"We have been working together for more than a year, and we complete the work together. He rarely makes mistakes, and we get along very harmoniously. He also insists on borrowing books from his cousin to study on his own, and plans to obtain an accountant qualification certificate in the future. I don't think so. People like this can attract gangsters.”
Hugh nodded, thanked him, stood up and left John's table.
Outside the cafe, Hugh said to Ian: "That's it, you can go back."
"But, we haven't gone to the dock union yet?" Ian was very surprised.
"I'm more familiar with it than you are," Hugh replied, "and since it involves gangs, I can't guarantee your safety."
When Ian heard this tone, he immediately chose to leave from his heart.
