Chapter 39 Old Cat
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After finishing the lesson for Klein, Lin Ruo went to see Dunn Smith, learned about the specific situation of the Nighthawks recently, and after asking him to pay attention to the actions of the Nighthawks in the next few days, he returned to Backlund.
"Next... Well, let's investigate that Bladed Servant first!" Lin Ruo walked to the French window, pulled open the curtains, looked at the traffic outside, and muttered silently.
He wasn't in a hurry to act on the Tinggen side for the time being, everything would wait until the Nighthawks took action against Vincent and Sirius.
Before that, Lin Ruo naturally had other things to be busy with, such as investigating the Bladed Servant from before.
Although he personally dealt with the other party and didn't intend to involve his current identity too much in this matter, Lin Ruo didn't intend to let it go so easily.
The meaning behind the Bladed Servant's matter was extraordinary, and Lin Ruo couldn't be so careless as to turn a blind eye, so he naturally had to follow this clue and investigate.
It would be best if he could follow the vine and find other members, but if he couldn't find them, he would at least have to figure out what the other party's intention was in disguising as "Lia."
Thinking this way, Lin Ruo withdrew his gaze that was sweeping downwards and confirmed at the same time that there was no one monitoring him nearby.
Hunters are relatively good at counter-tracking and counter-surveillance.
However, for the sake of insurance, Lin Ruo went back to the room and simulated the abilities of a Seer to confirm this matter a second time.
Looking at the pendulum rotating counterclockwise, representing the answer to the question "Someone is monitoring me nearby" as negative, Lin Ruo then put it away, and instead of disguising himself using the Faceless ability as usual, he simply put on a large hat that could block his appearance and left the Detective Agency directly.
After taking a carriage and changing midway, when Lin Ruo got off in Minsk Street, Cherwood Borough, he threw away his coat and hat on the way, and had already changed from a young man with blond hair and blue eyes to a middle-aged gentleman with black hair and gray eyes.
That's right, Minsk Street!
This is the street where Klein lived in the second volume of the original book!
However, Lin Ruo came here not to check in, but because one of his informants lived here.
Yesterday, after manually dealing with the Bladed Servant, Lin Ruo had asked the other party to investigate "Lia" and Irimei Cati's social circle, as well as the people they might have contacted recently or in the future.
Every step leaves a trace, and since the Bladed Servant chose to disguise as "Lia" instead of someone else, she naturally had her reasons.
Lin Ruo had already confirmed yesterday afternoon that there were no special items in the homes of Irimei and Lia basically ruling out the possibility that the other party came for something owned by the couple.
Now that this reason has been ruled out, the remaining reasons are nothing more than a few, the most likely of which is that the Bladed Servant came because of someone or something that Lia or Irimei could come into contact with.
Considering that Lia herself is a dance teacher who frequently comes into contact with various noble ladies and enters and exits these noble families, Lin Ruo felt that the Bladed Servant was very likely targeting a certain noble.
He naturally had to investigate this aspect.
"Ding Dong—"
After the melodious doorbell rang, a voice came from inside the door after a while.
"Coming, coming! Who is it, coming so early!" The tone was a bit complaining and a bit sleepy, obviously the person speaking had just woken up.
Considering that it was already close to lunchtime, it was clear that the other party's lifestyle was not very regular.
The door was then opened, and a middle-aged man with messy hair poked his head out. After seeing Lin Ruo, he was slightly stunned, with a hint of vigilance in his expression, and asked, "Sir, who are you?"
"Luo Bo introduced me." Lin Ruo immediately said with a smile, his gentle gray eyes with a sense of comforting people, and said, "He asked me to come and get the dancer's information."
"Luo Bo" naturally refers to Ross Earl, this code name was not set by Lin Ruo, but a historical problem left over from Rudy Flair.
And "Dancer" naturally refers to Lia, this code name was set by Lin Ruo.
The middle-aged man with messy hair immediately breathed a sigh of relief, but he didn't forget to ask, "Do you have credentials?"
Lin Ruo immediately took out a black gold fountain pen from his pocket and showed it to the middle-aged man with messy hair. This was the credential agreed upon by the two.
"Okay, come in!" The middle-aged man with messy hair was completely relieved this time, opened the door and let Lin Ruo into the house, and then asked as he thought of something, "What's your name? You don't need to tell me your real name, just give me a code name."
"Traveler, just call me Traveler." Lin Ruo paused for a moment, originally wanting to report a high-end, foreign, upper-class chuunibyou title, but when the words came to his mouth, he temporarily changed his mind, and the two words Traveler almost blurted out.
"Okay, Traveler!" The middle-aged man with messy hair nodded and said, "I don't know how Luo Bo introduced me to you, anyway, you can just call me Old Cat."
Lin Ruo nodded in agreement.
The two then entered the house, Old Cat invited Lin Ruo to sit on the sofa in the living room, poured him a cup of black tea, and went upstairs alone.
Lin Ruo sat on the sofa, picked up the black tea and shook it, and suddenly heard a cat meow:
"Meow—"
He immediately looked towards the source of the sound, and saw a British Shorthair jumping down from the window, and then walking towards the sofa with elegant and lazy cat steps. Without even looking at Lin Ruo, he jumped onto the sofa opposite Lin Ruo and curled himself into a ball and began to feign sleep.
Lin Ruo didn't mind being ignored by the cat, but focused his gaze on the British Shorthair's claws.
There was a lot of mud and dust on it, and some blood stains were faintly visible under the mud.
"Sorry to keep you waiting."
At this moment, Old Cat came down from upstairs. He was holding a file bag in his hand, his eyes first fell on Lin Ruo, and then he saw the cat on the sofa, and immediately showed a surprised expression.
"Finally back!"
Old Cat came to the sofa in three steps and two steps, first handed the file bag to Lin Ruo, and then began to check the British Shorthair, saying with disgust and heartache, "Look how dirty you are... How are you injured?"
"I told you not to come home all night..." Old Cat picked up the British Shorthair and looked at Lin Ruo apologetically, and said, "I have to clean up the wound, I'm afraid I can't entertain you anymore..."
"It's okay, I was going to leave anyway." Lin Ruo didn't care, he got the information, and he was in a good mood, so he casually asked, "Listening to what you just said, your cat doesn't seem to be very homely?"
"It hasn't been very homely recently, running around outside all night, and I don't know what's going on, it clearly wasn't like this before." Old Cat complained, and then seemed to think of something, and said, "By the way, what about the final payment, will you give it or will Luo Bo give it?"
Lin Ruo, who was just thinking about the cat, was instantly interrupted, he didn't think much about it, smiled and took out ten pounds from his pocket and put it on the coffee table, pushing it towards Old Cat, and said, "The final payment is here."
"Happy!" Old Cat immediately smiled.
Lin Ruo then stood up and said, "Then I'll take my leave first, Mr. Old Cat."
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