MTL - Whispering Verse-Chapter 4 detective mission
"Now that we have a short-term goal, the current plan is to inspect the room, search for coins, search for city maps, and search for books. Learn about the world through written materials, and then make plans for the future. Whether you want to stay for three months, help the detective Finish that matter, and make plans after investigating the specific situation."
Xia De summed up the current situation and accepted the fact that the detective was dead. The worst situation at present is actually that there is no memory of the original owner, so he has no understanding of this world. Other than that, the status quo is pretty good.
Standing up, Shad walked towards the bathroom.
Looking at the person in the mirror, he has dull blond hair, brown and black eyes, and the face of a male of obvious western race. He is about 20 years old, with a flat expression and no mood, and his height is around 1.8 meters.
After all, he was a homeless man before, so his appearance is not particularly outstanding, but in Xia De's own aesthetics, it can be regarded as not bad.
"This is me, don't be scared when you look in the mirror in the future."
He said to himself in his heart, but he didn't leave the mirror immediately, but looked around cautiously, and then called softly:
"Hi, hello, are you still there?"
He tried to communicate with the whispering female voice again to determine what it was. But there was no result for a long time, so I could only accept the reality and give up temporarily.
The next step is to look for coins. When I searched the kitchen just now, I didn't find any food, and this body is obviously hungry, so I need to withdraw money to eat.
But the accident happened again. About half an hour later, Xia De sat back on the sofa drenched in the morning light, with an inexplicable panic on his face.
In his hand, he held a banknote with the number 10 written on it and many creases, smaller than the cards in the diary. The number side has a portrait of the character, and the reverse side is the coat of arms of the royal family of King Delarion where it is currently located.
After searching the whole house, rummaging through all the books and documents, and digging out all the pockets in the closet, Xia De actually only found this banknote that seemed to have slipped in accidentally in the gap behind the bookshelf.
"Could it be that the prices in this world are special, and this banknote can keep me alive for three months?"
Xia De comforted himself in horror, but no matter how he thought about it, he knew it was impossible.
"This is a disaster."
He leaned back slightly, let himself lean on the soft sofa back, closed his eyes and looked up, looking at the white ceiling:
"Mr. Hamilton, where did you hide the money? I promised to stay, so you can't leave me a penny..."
At this moment, he really wanted to catch up with the carriage pulling the coffin, shake the man in the coffin awake and question him.
If you don’t understand the language, you can survive if you are smart; if you are physically disabled, as long as you live bravely, survival is not a problem. But without money, it is completely impossible.
Mr. Spike Hamilton apparently didn't cook at home, and there wasn't a single leaf in the kitchen, so there weren't any rats. When Shad's body last ate, he didn't know, but he clearly needed to eat now.
Considering the limit of human existence, Xia De must immediately find a way to find money, or find a way to make money, otherwise he is likely to be forced to look for restaurants from the map after sunset, and try his luck in the alley outside the restaurant to find garbage bins.
"no, I can not."
He looked at the only banknote in his hand with a terrifying expression:
"Although I don't know the face value, at least it's money. There are also [Sun 3] cards in the diary. These can keep me alive. However, since I can't find money for the time being, I must consider long-term ways to make money."
The knowledge of traversers may be very valuable, but realizing knowledge in unfamiliar places is not only troublesome but also dangerous. He thought that this is a detective agency, and Mr. Hamilton seemed to have said before his death that he left some relatively safe tasks, so that Shade, who is "not good at using his brain", can maintain his identity as a detective and maintain the detective agency. .
Since the coin of the dead detective has not been found for the time being, it is necessary to prepare for the worst and consider the means of making a living in the future.
"That's right, Mr. Hamilton knows that Shade—the original Shade is not very intelligent, so the tasks left behind must be simple tasks, so as to maintain the operation of the detective agency. So, maybe he has already solved it. For those cases, I just need to come to collect the money!"
Xia De suddenly got inspiration, got up and took the diary from the bedside table in the master bedroom, and found the ledger, memo and work log from the study. Although no money was found just now, all these things were found.
Mr. Sparrow Hamilton is a very organized and rigorous person. Even though Xia De has not studied accounting or business administration, he thinks that his records of the firm's operations are very detailed and moving. Of course, Xia De was mainly moved, because the unsolved cases of the firm are really very simple, and most of them have been completed.
"Looking for Miss White's runaway sister, stalking Mr Lawrence's mistress, looking for the lost orange cat Minia, asking for news of a doctor who can cure an eye disease... all seem simple and not very dangerous ...Oh, Mr. Hamilton has already dealt with most of it. If I want to stay and run this place, two or three weeks to completely solve one thing will be enough for this place to operate.”
Xia De concluded while flipping through Mr. Hamilton's handwritten report. But what he needs now is not to run the detective agency for a long time, but to get a sum of money first to maintain a short-term livelihood.
After comparing the difficulty of the remaining four tasks, the method of payment and the amount of the reward, Shade decided to solve the commission of "following Mr. Lawrence's mistress" first.
Judging from the case report, Detective Hamilton has been following him for several months, but he stopped following him due to his recent poor health. In fact, the current report can be handed over to the employer to settle the remaining balance. But Mr. Hamilton left a note in the report to take care of Shade's limited literacy, and they were all simple words.
The note said that if you intend to complete this commission, it is best to have a recent record before submitting, so that the remuneration may be higher, and the employer will not be suspicious.
In other words, Xia De only needs to follow up once more to complete the commission. Although this is not a perfect completion, it at least meets the requirements of the employer, that is, Mr. Lawrence's wife, and is enough to get the balance of the entrusted payment marked "1 pound 7 shillings", which is 1 pound 4 shillings. make.
Judging by the tone of Detective's Notes, that's a pretty solid paycheck.
In addition to the reason for choosing this commission, it is also because of this kind of commission to help his wife catch a mistress. Detective Hamilton has handled many cases. It is the simplest commission, and there will be no mistakes in the final handover. Sparrow Hamilton is not a well-known detective, but he is very good at handling extramarital affairs investigations.
Xia De didn't want to stay in the house of the newly dead person to drink cold water and eat paper to satisfy his hunger, so he prepared to set off to investigate and try to submit the report to the employer before dusk.
"No problem, pass this commission first, get the first sum of money, then slowly explore the secrets of the dead detective, figure out the source of the voice in your head, everything will be fine!"
He encouraged himself in his heart, first found the city map, and based on Detective Hamilton's report, combined with the calendar on the wall, he deduced where the mistress named "Mrs. La Soya" might appear. These are simple tasks, but the most difficult step is to find the current location in the "Tobesk City Map".
There are many notes on the firm's map of Tobeysk, left by the former detective, and even marked the location of the tavern that he often used to sniff out information, as well as the black market where "sensitive items" were traded.
But the original Mr. Detective did not have the habit of marking his own home on the map. Fortunately, when Xia De searched for the information, he found a past tracking record, which contained the action route of that operation, so it was confirmed that the location of this apartment is located in the San Teresa Square in the center of Tobesk City. number 6.
"Thanks to Mr. Sparrow Hamilton for his detailed records... This is... a house next to the square in the city center, huh? How much should this kind of house be worth?"
Shad said with emotion, and at the same time, he found a palace complex called "Yordle Palace" just two streets away from Saint Teresa Square.
Judging from the newspaper, on the second page between the front page "the third round of steam pipeline renovation in the city" and the third page "Investigation Report on the Collapse of Ancient Towers on Mount Karas", the "Yordle Palace" was mentioned. It is the residence of the royal family of King Delarion.
Xia De, who had no house in the original world, suddenly accelerated his heartbeat. He looked at the document in his hand and muttered to himself:
"In other words, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com where I am now is the capital city of the Kingdom of Delarion, one of the two world kingdoms, and it is an apartment next to the downtown square... ..I actually have such a house, and I still have to worry about being starved to death. Ha, life in another world may be simpler than I thought."
The depressed mood from just now was suddenly relieved, but the house could not be realized immediately, and Xia De did not really intend to give up on Mr. Hamilton's three-month entrustment. At least stand on your feet before thinking about it.
But at least there was a very sincere smile on his face. With a house in this location, you don’t have to worry about it in the future... The smile on his face gradually disappeared. Xia De realized that he had even found the will just now, but He didn't find anything like land deeds and house deeds.
"This apartment is not rented, is it?"
The more I thought about it, the more possible it was. If I could afford a house in this location, I wouldn't need to open a detective agency, and collecting rent would be enough to support myself. Even if the original business of the detective was not just for making money, judging from the interior decoration, this didn't look like the house that belonged to Detective Hamilton himself.
"In other words, it is very likely that I will also have to pay an unknown amount of rent every month?"
Xia De came to this conclusion inconceivably, and at the same time looked at the calendar hanging on the wall of the living room again.
It is the Sunny Moon of 1853, which is the third Saturday of June. If you really have to pay the rent, it is very likely that you will pay at the beginning of each month.
"Huh? This world also has a December system, and the dates of each month are very similar to before... Otherwise, I'd better run, pack clothes, pull suitcases, and run with buckets... ...staying here not only has no income, but Mr. Hamilton may have left debts that I don't know about."
