Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery.

Chapter 233 Must Wear Formal Clothing

Bernadette had the illusion that what Odysseus was talking about seemed like a mature "profession".

The new ship's self-destruct system is controlled by an insignificant person. It sounds crazy, but it also makes sense.

The captain is an easy target for the enemy, and if the enemy is too strong, he will be killed in the initial stages of the battle.

But if it is an inconspicuous person, there may still be time to make a judgment and complete the corresponding operations.

Bernadette smiled and said, "It seems that you have been prepared for today's situation."

"I guess so." Odysseus said a little guiltily.

He remembered that there seemed to be such a person on the nuclear submarine in the AD era.

Then, Bernadette changed the subject: "What do you think about the future situation on the sea?"

"Every country is too naive," Odysseus said, looking at the boundless sea. "They think that with ironclad ships they can end the current chaotic maritime era.

“But they overlooked an important point: the power system of this world is composed of extraordinary people.

"No matter how powerful their ironclads are, without a demigod in command, they pose no threat to the Four Kings. Even the Seven Generals wouldn't have any trouble attacking a single ironclad.

"So I think the current situation will continue for a long time to come."

Bernadette nodded, this was similar to her opinion.

Odysseus added: “But the pirates at the bottom will definitely be affected.

"The ironclad ships can't attack the 'Four Kings and Seven Generals', but it's relatively easy to attack ordinary pirates.

"Then these ordinary pirates will definitely seek the protection of more powerful pirate groups. This will lead to the emergence of more 'big pirates' in this sea area in the future, and the strength of the 'Four Kings and Seven Generals' will also be strengthened."

Bernadette was slightly taken aback. This was different from her view of the future. "Will the emergence of ironclad ships reduce the number of ordinary pirates? Will it make those who want to plunder afraid to go out to sea?"

She once speculated that with the emergence of more and more advanced ships, in the next few decades, countries and secret organizations would gradually divide their spheres of influence at sea.

By that time, there will only be strong men like the "Four Kings and Seven Generals" on the sea, and those big pirates will no longer have a place to survive unless they have the support of secret organizations.

"No." Odysseus said firmly: "The reason why there are so many pirates on the sea is entirely due to the intense internal conflicts among various countries, or the huge gap between the rich and the poor.

"People have no choice but to take risks and look for opportunities at sea.

"When there are no more homeless people on Backlund's streets and the people of the colonies live a prosperous life, the profession of piracy will come to an end."

Bernadette pondered for a moment before saying, "We'll probably never reach this point."

"That's the way it is in the current economic system." Odysseus loosened his tie, feeling a little hot after drinking too much.

Bernadette stepped forward quietly. She was convinced by the reasons given by Odysseus and believed that piracy was still a promising career.

Ordinary pirates are the most important cornerstone of the pirate industry. Only when there are more ordinary pirates can the big pirates recruit more outstanding subordinates, and then countries and secret organizations can devote more power to the sea and make more extraordinary investments.

The reason she remained silent was that she discovered that Odysseus was not only a genius in the study of mysticism, but also had a thorough understanding of the current world situation.

This made Bernadette look at Odysseus again. Today, Odysseus rarely wore formal clothes. He looked much more pleasing to the eye, and he also looked a lot more energetic and handsome.

Before, Odysseus seemed to have an average appearance, mainly because he dressed too casually, which seriously affected people's first impression of him.

Now that I've dressed up carefully, I look pretty good.

It's just that Odysseus seemed to hate wearing formal clothes, so he simply took off his bow tie and unbuttoned two buttons.

Although this is not very gentlemanly, Bernadette thinks it is not bad, and it looks free and unrestrained.

After a long silence, Bernadette suddenly said, "From now on, you must wear formal clothes every day."

Odysseus was stunned: "Ah? This...what kind of request is this?"

"A chief designer needs to act like one," Bernadette said sternly, "otherwise my subordinates will think I brought back a homeless person from Backlund."

Odysseus smiled and said, "My talent has already conquered them. Even if I wear beggar's clothes every day..."

Bernadette immediately changed her approach: "If I find out you're not wearing formal clothes, I'll increase the price of the boat you're building by 1000 pounds each time I find out!"

Odysseus was puzzled at first, then smiled wryly and said, "I like wearing formal clothes the most."

……

Saturday morning, Backlund, 199 Hairun Avenue.

After more than half a month of repairs, the scars caused by the explosion on the building are basically unrecognizable.

In fact, this building is already considered a dangerous building. After all, if a "fire bomb" is dropped, the load-bearing walls will suffer huge damage.

The "Mechanical Heart" used some extraordinary power to ensure that there would be no danger here.

Today, the first occult research society meeting of the year is held here.

The members who came here to attend the party first saw a carriage with the "Mechanical Holy Emblem" parked outside.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief at first, because they had more or less heard that a violent explosion had occurred here.

Everyone is very worried about the Occult Research Society, or whether something has happened to the "leader"?
Seeing the carriage with the "Mechanical Holy Emblem", they all breathed a sigh of relief. No matter what happened to the Mysticism Research Society or the "Leader", the "Mechanical Heart" made a statement to ensure that the meeting could be held as scheduled.

At nine o'clock in the morning, most of the members arrived.

Those who didn't come were not in Backlund due to various reasons.

Just as everyone was quietly waiting for the basement door to open, the not-so-tall member, "Owl" Hugh Dilcha, suddenly stood up and walked to the "leader's" seat.

Everyone was stunned, not quite understanding what she was going to do?
"Everyone." Xio took a deep breath and said in a loud voice: "I have been entrusted by the 'leader' to preside over the future occult research association.

"The Leader's proposal has been approved by the Mechanical Heart."

No one reacted for a moment, and the "hound" who knew something about the situation asked, "Is the 'leader'... okay?"

"He's fine," Xio replied, "but he's no longer fit to show up in Backlund." "Hound" nodded slightly, then said, "I support you."

Only then did everyone react and fell into a chaotic discussion, with many people even thinking about how to escape.

The sense of security that the "leader" had once displayed disappeared in an instant.

Someone asked, "Where is the 'chief'? Where is the 'chief' now?"

Some people also asked: "Why did the 'chief' let you host the party for him?"

Following the leader's instructions, Xio first reassured the participants: "Please rest assured, you are safe here with the protection of the 'Mechanical Heart' and me.

"No matter what organization you belong to, as long as you want to trade information, you will not be harmed."

She paused and replied, "As for why the 'Chief' chose me, it's mainly because I have been saved by the Chief more than once, and I will faithfully carry out some of the 'Chief's' ideas.

“For example, today, the ‘Chief’ asked me to bring the extraordinary materials that the ‘Vulture’, the ‘Seagull’, and the ‘Cheetah’ needed for their last gathering.

"Also, if anyone needs this kind of material in the future, they can buy it from the 'leader,' but they will have to wait until the next gathering to trade.

"Besides that, if you need other 'low-sequence' level extraordinary materials, you can also try your luck here."

This made many members realize that the "leader" had access to a channel of extraordinary materials.

Xio heaved a sigh of relief. Just as the "leader" had expected, these words really calmed everyone down.

Only then did she sit in the "leader's" position and said calmly, "Let's get started."

The first transaction was that she traded extraordinary materials with members such as "Vulture". The "leader" promised that she would get a reward of 10 pounds for each of the three extraordinary materials.

After the materials transaction was completed, member "Peacock" asked Xio, "I'd like to know where the 'leader' is currently? Why did he leave Backlund? Name your price."

"I can't answer your first question," Xio, wearing a mask, replied calmly, "because I don't know where the 'leader' is now."

The reason why she acted so calm was that the "leader" had guessed this question and had made preparations in advance.

Xio cleared his throat and said, "As for your second question, I can tell you for free, and I can also tell everyone so that everyone can be assured."

Everyone looked at "Owl", feeling that this little girl was okay, very calm, and was a close confidant of the "Chief", so it was not impossible to let her host the party.

"Before that, the 'leader' asked me to put this certificate up." As he spoke, Xio put the certificate with obvious burn marks in a conspicuous place.

That was the "Good Citizen Award" awarded to the "Chief" by Danesi of "MI9" after the "Chief" escorted Hugh to "MI9".

At that time, Odysseus posted the certificate in a conspicuous place, but most members did not pay much attention to it. After all, the "leader" had an official background, so it was not strange to receive such a certificate.

At that time, only "Hound" was a little angry and helpless. He was angry because he didn't expect Danesi to be able to fool people with this kind of thing.

He was helpless because Danesi was a grade higher than him and he couldn't say anything.

After the New Year, Odysseus wrote to Hugh and asked him to look for the certificate and if he could find it, he should put it back on the wall.

At this time, everyone noticed that this certificate was issued by the "Military Special Intelligence Department". Many people present knew that this was the external name of the "Military Intelligence Department 9".

So many people looked at the "Hound", but the "Hound" continued to listen to the "Owl"'s story calmly.

"During an operation, the 'Chief' accidentally killed the brother of a captain of 'MI9', Claymond." Hugh narrated, "So Claymond took revenge and framed the 'Chief', which led to 'MI9' arresting the 'Chief'.

"That's the main reason. Another reason is that the 'leader's' actions in Backlund disrupted the plots of the 'Aurora Society' and the 'Witch Church', so he had to leave Backlund to hide."

At this time, several members turned their attention to "Peacock" and "Wolverine", and the two also looked calm.

The Hound was the first to say, "Coreymond died in the previous operation."

Not only him, but after divination, Director Celt of "MI9" was also dead.

This news makes everyone feel very happy!
Someone then asked, "What conspiracy did the 'Aurora Society' and the 'Witch Cult' have, and how was it destroyed by the 'leader'?"

Xio replied, "The 'Witch Cult' wants to create a plague."

Then she spread her hands and said, "I don't know the specific details."

To be precise, the "leader" did not elaborate in the letter.

"I know this." Hound said, "There's a witch in the 'Witch Cult' who hopes to use Backlund's smog to spread disease.

"But the 'leader' used a strange method to blow away the smog."

Peacock quickly asked, "What's this strange method?"

The leaders of the "Witch Cult" have never figured out how the "leader" got the news in advance and how he caused the strong wind.
The Hound replied: "This needs to be kept confidential and not traded."

"Peacock" crossed his legs, expressing some dissatisfaction with this.

Next, intelligence transactions began to unfold one by one.

This also means that the party will continue because they have already experienced the convenience of this party. As long as there is no danger, it is barely acceptable to change someone else to host it.

After the gathering, Xio first went to the Backlund Mechanical Research Institute, where he removed his disguise and reported the gains of the gathering to the Mechanical Heart.

But because she is not as experienced as Odysseus, she is not sure about the accuracy of some of the information. Moreover, because she is still protected by the "Mechanical Heart", she will not receive the bounty from the "Mechanical Heart" yet.

Only when she can make accurate judgments will the "Mechanical Heart" give her a lot of money.

After going out of the other door of the "Mechanical Research Society", Xio came to No. 66, Long Rose Street, where he wrote a brief report of the gathering and placed all the extraordinary materials obtained from the transaction on the coffee table in the living room.

This is what the "leader" asked Xio to do in the letter. Odysseus had paid six months' rent for this townhouse in one go, so it would be a waste if he didn't use it.

There must be MI9 spies here, but even if there are no spies, Xio's height will reveal that she is "Owl", the new party host.

With the protection of the "Mechanical Heart" and as an informant for "MI9", Hugh is not afraid of being monitored.

But they will definitely take it seriously, thinking that the "leader" has come back here to get rewards and briefings.

(End of this chapter)