Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery.

Chapter 22 The Mysterious "Leader"

After watching Bernadette disappear before her, Alia pointed at the body at the door and asked, "Do you need help?"

Odysseus took a puff of his cigarette and said, "No need."

Alia nodded and said, "I'll come back tomorrow to learn how to make bullets."

Odysseus said "hmm" in response to Arya's farewell.

As Alia left, he heard the barking of the dog next door. Although there were no pedestrians outside, it seemed as if the air flow suddenly started flowing, and it was no longer like before, as if he was in a closed space.

I think the space nearby was blocked by Bernadette just now, so no one outside heard the gunshots, which avoided being questioned by the police.

After Odysseus finished smoking his pipe, he closed the door, put on gloves, and placed the two bodies in the yard.

At this time, the extraordinary characteristics of the corpses had also been analyzed. This was Odysseus's trophy. He put it in an exquisite wooden box, then cut their clothes with scissors and then cut the flesh of the corpses with a dagger.

Odysseus went to the warehouse, put on a gas mask and deerskin gloves, took out a large bottle of yellow potion at the bottom of the cabinet, went out and poured it on the corpse.

The corpse suddenly made a crackling sound, and the flesh, blood, and bones were quickly dissolved by the potion.

While it was dissolving, Odysseus went to get a sack and a large dry sponge and cleaned the shop outside.

But three of the four bullets that missed the target hit the wall, burning three black areas on the wall. The wall will have to be repainted tomorrow.

Another bullet hit the window, breaking a large piece of glass, which needs to be replaced tomorrow.

After cleaning up other traces, the two bodies turned into a pool of blood. Odysseus used a sponge to absorb all the blood, then put it into a sack lined with oil paper and threw it into the trash can outside.

Finally, they rinsed the bodies with clean water and the two bodies were dealt with.

After handling all this skillfully, Odysseus sat at the counter and started smoking his pipe again: I must get promoted soon!

……

Late at night, Tutwa Street in the South Bridge District.

Fors Wall, who was wearing a long dress and had brown hair, sat on the sofa in the living room with some worry, occasionally glancing towards the door.

It was already late at night and Xio had not returned yet.

As a bounty hunter, Xio occasionally had to go out to work at night, but when she left this morning, she didn't say she would be back so late.

It was almost midnight, and when Fors was about to go out to look for Xio, she heard footsteps outside. She immediately breathed a sigh of relief. She could hear them, so it must be Xio who had returned.

A few seconds later, Hugh Dilcha, with delicate features and a bit of baby fat, walked in and said with a smile, "Sorry, Fors, there was an emergency and I don't have time to send you a letter."

Fors stood up and said, "I'm glad you're not in danger."

Then she asked, "Have you had dinner yet?"

The rumbling sound of Xio's stomach helped her answer this question.

Fors left bread and lamb stewed potatoes for Xio, but the stewed potatoes must have been cold and needed to be reheated.

Xio put the soup pot on the fireplace to heat it up: “You may not imagine what happened to me today!
"This morning I went to meet the man wearing the gold mask, and he told me that the police were actually investigating me!"

Fors, who was brewing tea at the dining table, was slightly taken aback. "Have you accepted any commissions recently that you shouldn't have?" If a bounty hunter was targeted by the police, it would basically be the end of his career.

"That's what I thought at first." Xio stared at the flames in the fireplace and said, "I asked people I knew but couldn't find out anything.

"So I changed my mindset, started to re-examine the commissions I had recently received, and re-contacted those clients."

The lamb and potato stew in the pot began to gurgle. As Hugh spoke, he used a hook to hook the pot out, placed it on the fireplace, and put it on a plate.

At the dining table, Fors poured a cup of tea for Xio and herself.

The two sat across from each other. Xio used a spoon to scoop up a large mouthful of potato, holding the bread in his other hand. As he ate, he said, "This process consumed a great deal of my time. Just when I was about to continue the investigation tomorrow, I suddenly found a clue."

She took a bite of bread and said, "Do you remember the mission to find the homeless man in the East District?"

"Of course I remember," Fors said, "After all, few people have the spare money to look for homeless people in the East District."

Then she asked, "Is there something wrong with this commission?"

"To be precise, there's something wrong with Byron, the person who issued this commission." Hugh's cheeks puffed as he chewed, "I chatted with him for a few minutes and realized there was something wrong with him.

“You should know that with the help of extraordinary power, my feelings are always accurate in this regard.

"Byron didn't seem to realize that I knew I was being investigated... That's right, if I hadn't met the man in the golden mask a while ago, I wouldn't have known that the police were investigating me.

"After the escape, chase, and interrogation, I realized that Byron wanted to introduce me to an occult gathering, and the police investigation into me was just a routine investigation by that organization."

Fors was a little surprised. "A mystical gathering? A mystical gathering that can mobilize the police for a routine investigation?"

Xio nodded: "Yes, that party has an official Beyonder background.

"According to Byron, the organizer of this party has close ties to the 'Mechanical Heart' and is very well-informed.

"The main purpose of the gathering was to trade intelligence, much of which was very advanced."

Fors took a sip of tea and said with a smile, "Xiu, isn't this exactly what you need?"

For a bounty hunter, having access to some advanced intelligence can be of great help to her business.

Xio said, "I'm still considering whether to join. The organizer of the party is so mysterious, and the party is held in a fixed place, which makes me feel insecure."

Fors: "Huh?"

Hugh explained: "Byron said that the organizer of the party was code-named 'The Leader' and all the attendees knew that he came out of the basement and returned to the basement after the party.

“No one knows how he got into that room, and no one knows how he left.

"Because the attendees were all intelligence officers, they naturally thought of investigating the organizer of the gathering. Some of them staked out the gathering for a whole day and night but didn't see the 'leader' come out.

"Someone skilled in creating mechanisms bribed the two servants employed by the 'leader' and quietly entered the basement. They searched the basement for a long time but couldn't find any secret passages."

Fors was slightly stunned. This sounded like a plot from a ghost story.

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