the next day.
"....No!!!"
A heart-rending scream came from the young baron who was kneeling on the ground.
The background board is a commercial street that was burned down again by Xin Yan. The soundtrack is the same, with snow and flowers fluttering...the north wind blows, and the sky and the earth are...vast!
Two city guards and a young man with gold eye sockets stood behind the heartbroken baron.
"Mr. Teddy, we are deeply sorry for what happened to you. We, Chengjun, will do our best to help you restore the whole story of the incident as quickly as possible."
"You told me the same thing last time, but what happened!? How many days have passed, and I haven't heard from you, but I've waited for the second explosion!"
Teddy vented his anger angrily.
"Do you know how much money I spent to renovate the entire street? It just started to improve and I was about to reopen, but then, this happened to me again!"
"Who is it! Who is it!? That damn bastard, I can tell. He is targeting me and has a grudge against me!"
After being scolded by Teddy, he took advantage of him to change his tone, and the two city guards hurriedly interjected:
"Mr. Teddy, according to our preliminary investigation, the two bombings should be unrelated and not carried out by the same person. Please rest assured, Mr. Teddy, that you are not being targeted by anyone."
"No connection? What do you mean? Are you telling me that this time there are two waves of forces fighting again, and they happened to choose the location on my commercial street?"
Teddy blew his beard and stared, while the two city guards opposite him nodded awkwardly.
"From the current point of view... it should be like this. Don't worry, Mr. Teddy, the case this time is different from the first time. There are very clear clues. We have already locked in one of the parties, which is the notorious underground black force. Treasure Thief Group, as for the other party, we are still investigating, and I believe we will be able to reply to Mr. Teddy soon."
"Then what are you still doing here? Go quickly!"
After angrily blasting away the two city guard officers, Teddy set his sights on the last remaining young man with eyes.
His tone softened slightly.
"Hmph, these city guards are all a bunch of losers, they are totally unreliable!"
"Stranger, I believe you will not let me down. Is there any progress in the investigation I entrusted you with?"
After Teddy spoke, the young man with the "biwei velvet" ID on his head first gracefully held the frame on the bridge of his nose with his hand, and then took out a small notebook from his coat pocket.
After opening it with a skilled hand, Biwei Rongrong began to report:
"Of course, Mr. Teddy, after my secret investigation these days, I have initially grasped some clues about the first bombing. I first started from the time."
"time?"
"Yes, that's right. Based on the official explosion time provided by the City Guards, I found that the explosion took place late at night and early in the morning. Not many people were active at this time. Therefore, I visited all the stores within a few kilometers nearby. , asking them if they are open at night and if they have encountered any suspicious people or things."
"Listening to your tone, you must have discovered something, right?"
Nodding, Biwei Rongrong continued to calmly explain her search process in a calm tone.
"Yes, according to my visits, there were a total of 12 stores open late that night, and only 5 of them had customers coming to their doors. Finally, I heard from the bosses of these five stores that both customers came to their doors. There were also suspicious incidents, but in the end I only targeted...one family!"
Biwei Rongrong raised a finger in front of Teddy, and the young baron was obviously attracted, and he quickly asked:
"Quickly tell me! Which house is it? If you follow the search, you will definitely find the prisoner! I swear, Teddy, I will definitely make him walk around without food!"
While Teddy said harsh words, he also nodded secretly in his heart. Look, what is professional? It is completely different from those city guards who only know to say "Mr. Teddy, please don't worry."
It's a pity that his strength is a bit lacking, otherwise Teddy would have wanted to hire this person to be his personal peace officer.
until...
"The name of that shop is Nina Tailoring." Biwei Rongrong read out the four words he wrote down in his notebook.
Well, actually there is nothing in the notebook, the information is all recorded in the notebook built into the game.
But why Biwei Rongrong insists on holding a notebook is not to show off. This involves "professional props". We will talk about it later.
Opposite at this time.
Nina tailoring, why does it sound familiar to you?
Before Teddy could react at the first moment, Biwei Rongrong continued, and the eyes behind the gold frames shone with excitement that was unique to digging for secrets.
"Mr. Teddy, according to Nina Tailoring's boss, there were two waves of people on the night of the accident. The first wave was a very young and handsome young man, and the second wave was two equally young and beautiful people. Miss ma’am.”
"The boss said that both groups of them were interested in the same piece of clothing, but the two ladies who came later took advantage of the first man to go to the bathroom and bought the clothes first. As a result, when the man came back , became furious, pressed him on the whereabouts of the two ladies, and chased after him."
"Unfortunately, the direction these people left is the same direction as your commercial street, Mr. Teddy!"
Biwei Rongrong became more and more enthusiastic as he talked, but when he looked back at his mission NPC, he found that something was wrong with Teddy's face.
"Mr. Teddy? Mr. Teddy!?"
Biwei Rongrong called out several times before calling the young baron back.
He didn't pay much attention to what the Baron was saying and continued to talk about his many discoveries.
"Mr. Teddy, according to my reasoning, the person who caused heavy losses to your commercial street is most likely the mysterious man who chased him out! In this regard, I have two points of evidence."
"The first is that I found a completely deformed metal clothes rack in the boss's backstage warehouse. Although the boss didn't tell me, with my special methods, I found that it must have been rubbed by someone's hands. Combined with what the boss said before, the mysterious man had threatened him, so I have reason to believe that the deformed metal clothes hanger was made by that mysterious man!"
"It can be judged from here that the strength of this mysterious man is definitely not low, or it can be described as terrifying. He can roll a metal clothes hanger into a ball. He is either a mage, through mold magic, or... ..Purely relying on immense brute force.”
"Because the latter is so unbelievable, I even went to the city guards to consult. Even Harvey, the leader of the strongest knights among them, did not say that he could deform metal at will with just the power of his hands. Yes, this is beyond the scope of human beings.”
"Therefore, I personally prefer the former, which also corresponds exactly to the explosion of fire magic in the commercial street."
When Biwei Rongrong said this, Teddy had completely confirmed in his heart who this "mysterious man" in the foreigner's mouth was.
Nina tailors clothes, is young and handsome, has great strength, can also use fire magic, and more importantly, the timing is completely right.
The appearance of Liao Zixuan's human vest quickly emerged in the Baron's mind.
Isn't this...big brother! ?
Speaking of which, this is the shop I recommended to my elder brother!
Teddy had to admire Biwei Rongrong again from the bottom of his heart, because the other party's reasoning was almost completely correct, except for one thing, that metal clothes hanger, because the eldest brother might really have kneaded it with brute force.
Why...
Teddy sighed inwardly.
After a long time of commotion, it turned out that the flood had washed away the Dragon King Temple.
If the explosion was caused by Big Brother, then give Teddy a hundred courages, and he would not dare to pursue this matter anymore. After all, who can conflict with a person of Big Brother's level, who knows what kind of fairy monster.
Forget it.
Even though he felt a little sad in his heart, compared to the "Amethyst Grass" business that his elder brother had given him, this point in the commercial street was just a drop in the bucket.
Since the eldest brother seems to be particularly fond of fighting in this commercial street, then Teddy will satisfy him. It is just a commercial street. If it can be used as the background for the fight for the eldest brother, it is considered a great success. Maybe he can do it again in the future. As a signboard and tourist attraction, um...
Of course, Teddy attributed both explosions to Liao Zixuan. He no longer planned to pursue it anymore, but let nature take its course. He even began to wonder if he could take this opportunity to create any other new ways of making money. , can only be said to be an evil capitalist.
But Biwei Rongrong on the side didn't know that his mission NPC had retreated. He was still very excitedly explaining to Teddy the "second" reason why he suspected Liao Zixuan.
"Secondly, the reason why Nina Tailoring's boss is willing to confide so much to me is because last night, the boss suddenly discovered that he had a very expensive one that he kept in the warehouse. Model dolls imported from foreign countries have disappeared!”
"First of all, rule out that the doll will definitely not move on its own, so it is undoubtedly stolen. In addition, in recent times, the only person the boss has shown his collection of dolls to outsiders is the mysterious man that night. ! It can be seen from this that this god..."
"Okay!" Just when Biwei Rongrong was getting to the key point, Teddy interrupted as if he was a little impatient.
"I almost understand, Stranger, you have done a good job, but this is the end of it. This is the reward you deserve."
As Teddy's voice fell, the system prompt sounded in Biwei Rongrong's mind.
[Ding, due to your outstanding performance and reporting of excessive investigation intelligence, your mission "The Wrath of Baron Teddy" has been terminated early]
Wha...what! ?
Biwei Rongrong was a little stunned by the prompts on the game panel, which was very confusing.
This was the first time he heard that the mission had to be aborted because it was completed too well.
"Mr. Teddy, I, I don't understand. I can clearly reveal the truth right away. Why do you want to..."
"Stranger, speaking of which, your glasses are really good, and paired with this little book in your hand, you really feel like a detective." Teddy suddenly changed the subject.
"Sir, my current profession is detective."
Biwei Rongrong was not lying when he said this. When other players were attracted by Vivian and left Huodian City, he was the only one who chose to stay. He believed that this was a hidden line in the game, about the relationship between Vivian and Between Earl Thistle, he firmly believed that his goddess would not become hostile to the Earl without any reason, and even said something like "I want to kill the Earl."
Sure enough, hard work paid off. From the explosion in the commercial street, the Baron NPC named "Teddy" in front of him, Biwei Rongrong, received his first special mission in Huodian City!
Why do you have to add the word "special"? It's because as long as you accept this mission, the player will automatically obtain a rare and hidden sub-profession - detective.
At least Biwei Rongrong has checked on the official website and forums, and there has never been a "detective" profession. You know, the sub-professions that players generally come into contact with in the closed beta are things like tailors, carpenters, and hunters. The rarity of it is reflected in the strong character of the word "detective".
The gold-rimmed glasses he currently wears on the bridge of his nose and the small notebook in his hand belong to the category of "professional props". As long as they are equipped with them, Biwei Rongrong can obtain various attribute blessings and exclusive skills, similar to "detective" Perception", many of his previous investigations relied on this skill.
This is almost as good as another precious prop "Disguise Fruit" that he obtained by chance when he opened the server.
Back to the topic.
After Biwei Rongrong revealed his identity as a detective, Teddy was not too surprised. He just nodded, showing that it was indeed the case.
Afterwards, the young baron patted Biwei Rongrong on the shoulder.
"Stranger, do you know how to tell the difference between a novice detective and a seasoned detective?"
Biwei Rongrong shook her head.
"Novice detectives only know how to dig out clues and truth blindly, but veterans know when to stop, because those who don't understand have no chance of becoming veterans."
After leaving these meaningful words, Teddy turned around and left, obviously no longer wanting to have anything to do with Biwei Rongrong.
But what Teddy didn't know was that it was because of his last words.
[Ding, congratulations on triggering the SS-level hidden mission "Novice and Veteran"]
[Newbies and Veterans]
[Task introduction: You have clearly completed the commission assigned to you by your employer with excellence, but your employer suddenly changed your mind and asked you to terminate the investigation. It also secretly gave you a warning, hoping that you would stop right there! 】
[There is no doubt that with your excellent detective intuition, you have smelled something fishy. There is definitely a connection between Teddy and the mysterious man. Who is this mysterious man? What was the cause of the two bombings? What is the mystery behind the precious doll of the owner of Nina's tailoring shop? Why did the mysterious man steal it? 】
[Faced with all the mysteries before you, will you choose to be a novice or a veteran? 】
[Task reward: unknown]
[Mission punishment: unknown]
[Task prompt: After confirming acceptance of the task, the first stage message prompt will be automatically unlocked]
[Do you want to accept this hidden mission? 】
Looking at the game panel, the classic [yes/no] option popped up.
Do you even need to ask?
After taking a deep look at Baron Teddy's leaving figure.
Biwei Holmes Linrong knew that perhaps a hidden plot that was not known to the majority of beta players would be revealed by him personally.
Moreover, he had a strong premonition that the secret relationship between Vivian and Earl Thistle was definitely included in what he wanted to search!
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