Demon Sage

The figure in front of him is thin, his cheeks are sharp and angular, and his aquiline nose is slender and straight, making him look resolute and determined.

The only thing that doesn’t match up is the pair of eyes. It’s not that it’s not good-looking, but it’s not as deep and quiet as I imagined, but it’s a bit smart and cunning.

“Sherlock Swift, private detective, paranormal consultant, mysticism hobby…”

The title on the business card in his hand made Donald inexplicably have a sense of sight and intention I wanted to ask him if he knew a retired soldier named Watson, but he changed the content when he said it:

“Hello, my name is Donald Grant, and I have a little research on ancient writing.”

“Mr. Grant…I’ll still call you Donald. You can call me Sherlock to be kinder. After all, our relationship may go further in the future, okay?”

Xia Locke’s tone was cadence and he spoke at a faster rate than ordinary people. He was very fond of Donald who could understand the ancient characters that he couldn’t understand.

“Yes.”

Donald has never been too particular about his salutation, as long as he can recognize people.

It is confirmed that the most critical ancient text translation has been passed. Even if the two sides enter a formal interview session, Sherlock’s requirements for recruiting assistants are not as strict as imagined, or the most stringent one. Locking up on Donald’s side didn’t seem like a problem.

12 hours of working time, with a two-hour meal break in the middle, the job content is to help Sherlock accept commissions, entertain guests and record some necessary information, and then when he travels Follow along at times, and help with simple tasks along the way, such as taking cover while stalking others, buying coffee, etc.

Accurately speaking, it is a job as a porter and a valet. The weekly salary is 1 gold pound, and the monthly salary is nearly 4 gold pounds and 2 shillings.

Even Donald, who is not yet clear about the price, knows how outrageous this payment is.

“Forgive me to speak bluntly, this salary is not in line with the job content you are mentioning now. If you need me to do something special, you can tell me in advance.”

It’s not that I haven’t seen a recruiter in my previous life. The notices posted say that it is 9 to 5, the monthly salary is 8,000, and the others are fooled into it. That is layer upon layer of exploitation. Time and labor went in, so Donald decided to ask things out before then.

“Special things? Of course there are. I need you to help me translate some documents, that is, this kind of ancient script. This is one of your daily tasks. You can also see the others. My other job on the business card, paranormal consultant, means that I often have special guests who need my help with special things like…wraith haunting.”

When she said this, Sherlock’s body moved forward deliberately, his eyes flickering from side to side as if he was dreading something, and his low tone seemed to express some unknown fear.

“Uh, awesome.”

Would I say that I summoned the demon in the sewer last night? People are still in my body now, wraith or something… Compared to a demon, it can’t be on the table.

In addition, why can I smell a light fragrance from the person in front of me, is it a men’s perfume?

Do detectives like this thing too?

As for this Sherlock Swift, he obviously looks very reliable, but Donald can sense a hint of escape from his behavior, but it doesn’t matter, such a high salary, even if the employer is a fool, he can endure it .

“You don’t believe it?”

Shylock rightly regarded Donald’s bland attitude as contempt and disbelief, so he decided to bring this newly recruited assistant to see him. When you see the world, you will be yelling at anything you see in the future.

In the name of a contract and familiarity with the work environment, Donald follows Sherlock to his detective agency.

According to Sherlock, there is only about a five-minute tutorial, and the location is not far, otherwise, he would not come to the Oak Tavern to post a job advertisement.

“This world is not as peaceful as you have come into contact with. Evil beings live around us, perhaps in the sewers under the road, or in a dark alley somewhere, watching humans. , and ready to take advantage of it.”

On the way, Sherlock went to great lengths to imbue Donald with the horrors of horrific creatures and the paranormal.

“Have you seen it?”

Donald looked at the clear and logical he said and thought about the cliché, maybe he really knew some secrets.

“Of course I’ve seen it. Not only monsters, but I’ve also seen people who are as strong as monsters. Don’t tell people everywhere, I promise others to keep it a secret.”

“Okay, I’m your assistant now, the employer’s words are instructions, everything I hear will be forgotten after I get off work, and I will remember it when I go to work tomorrow.”

monster And people who are as strong as monsters, such information is really general.

My eyes wandered around the streets at will. Today is supposed to be Donald’s real contact with this world. This feeling is like a trip abroad in a previous life. He went to a place where historical buildings are extremely well preserved. .

The various cultures and environmental conditions of foreign countries have impacted Donald’s original impression of the world. Everything is fresh, the clothes on the pedestrians, the occasional carriage, and the very outgoing bell tower in the distance. Subconsciously glanced at the pocket watch, 10:59:50.

in the heart countdown time: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1!

The bell rings!

Clang~clang~clang~

Three bells tolls, the summer sun is a little dazzling, Sherlock in front is talking about the weather, a cloudless sunny day like today is in the general public. The city of Ston is rare.

It’s partly because of the smog from factories in the industrial zone around the clock, and partly because of the rainy days that North Harker has always had, like much of the Ryan Empire.

Sunny days are a luxury.

With two casual remarks, Donald felt dazed for no reason, and his eyes occasionally glanced at the corner of the street, where there was a man wearing a black dome hat, facing this side, with a body shape. stagnant.

The bizarre vision reappeared, Donald clearly saw the gray fog above the man’s head, not just watching, he was watching himself!

Who is this person?

Donald took two steps to catch up, but the man immediately disappeared around the corner.

“Donald, what’s the matter with you?”

Shylock’s voice woke Donald up. Now is not the time to chase people, but there is a detective by his side. Some things are not possible. Take it out and share it with others.

“It’s nothing, it seems that an acquaintance of mine passed by there just now and wanted to go up and say hello.”

He looked back and turned to Sherlock, who was different from the person just now. The black mist on his body, the white mist above his head.

What does this really mean?

He deliberately looked at the pedestrians on the street, trying to test this ability, but he just glanced at it, and before he could take a closer look, his eyes had a sour feeling, forcing him to When I closed my eyes and opened them again, everything was back to normal.

Only eyes that were sore and swollen to tears were left.

Besides the ability to move the item’s spirit strength by a small amount, this is the second ability discovered so far, and its function is unknown.

It’s just that the gray fog above the man on the corner is very similar to the two murderers in the alleyway. For the time being, he can be regarded as a hostile person, so be careful.

“My office is here, No. 17, Xiangshu Street. You have to write down the name of this place. Tomorrow is the official day of work. You can’t be late.”

Stop in front of the house, which is no different from ordinary houses, except that there is a wooden token of the Swift Detective Agency outside, and the symbol is a wooden pipe.

“The office is on the first floor or…”

“The work area is on the first floor, which is the living room of my house, and my big brother and I live on the second floor. He often goes out of town for business, and the past few days are the same. I forgot to tell you that the second floor is a private area. You can’t go up without my permission. There is no room for negotiation. Resignation, there is no room for negotiation, I will write this into the contract, can I accept it?”

Donald has no hobby of peeping at other people’s bedrooms, even more how is the bedroom of two men, and immediately expressed his understanding .

The structure of the house is not much different from that of Donald’s house. The entrances are all corridors, but the area of Sherlock’s house is larger, and the corresponding living room area is also much larger.

“The drafted contract documents and some important things are upstairs. I have to go upstairs to pick them up. You are waiting for me in the living room. You can take a look. That desk is where you will work in the future. You can Clean up first.”

Sherlock left Donald and went upstairs by himself.

Turn into the living room. The core of the living room is the fireplace. The winter temperature in Preston is not high. Taking the fireplace as the origin, Donald looked at the surrounding environment.

There are two brown sofas facing each other in front of the fireplace, a redwood dwarf in the center, and a large table against the wall with three chairs to the left and right , stacks of paper bags, scattered papers, bags of some snacks.

The left side of the table is against the wall, a brown wooden board similar to the notice board in the oak tavern is behind the chair, with some small silver thumbtacks fixed some broken papers and photos, the right side is facing away Looking out from the windows on the first floor, you can see the street outside.

Choose the left side as the position where you want to sit in the future, facing the window, the lighting is good and you can see the outside scene, so as not to be exposed to the sun all the time.

Next to it is the door of the living room. If someone knocks on the door, you can immediately get up and open it. You can also walk a few steps less, and you can sit and never stand.

Organize the information on the table. Since Sherlock said that he can read it casually, Donald also looked at the information in the process of arranging.

A considerable part of the homicide case information is included in the file bag, including newspapers, victim information, murderer information, a summary of the modus operandi and a summary of the process of solving the case.

First, pick out the complete file bag and organize it separately. However, when Donald picked up a file bag with the outside of the river floating corpse case, the exposed half of the photo caught his attention.