Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery.

Chapter 252 Magical Thursday
After realizing that someone from the Rose School had boarded the bus, Odysseus picked up Rupert's hat from the table and said, "I drank so much last night. I'm tired, so I'll take a nap."

Rupert yawned, took the hat and covered his eyes with it, covering half of his face, and leaned back in the chair to "sleep".

Soon, the train started again. Odysseus and Bazel noticed that someone was observing them. They were not panicked and continued to talk and laugh.

At the same time, Odysseus also took out the dried fish he bought locally. The two chatted while eating the dried fish, saying that if they had money, they would definitely come here to buy a manor.

They completely fooled those people from the "Rose School", and soon the feeling of being observed disappeared.

After a few minutes, Odysseus quietly observed the new passengers and quickly locked onto his target.

There were three men wearing windbreakers. There was nothing wrong with their outfits, but the problem was with their windbreakers.

The passengers in this carriage are either going to work in Blue Mountain Island, or doing business or on official business.

Because Bayam is hot year-round, migrant workers don't spend money on windbreakers, which they rarely wear. Meanwhile, migrant workers generally wear formal attire, so there's no need for windbreakers.

As for why the "Rose School" wore windbreakers, Odysseus was quite clear. Firstly, it was convenient for battle, and it allowed them to more naturally carry spiritual items.

Secondly, you might be spending the night outdoors, and a windbreaker can keep you warm and protect you from mosquitoes. You can just wrap it around yourself, lie down, and sleep.

Odysseus noticed that after the three men got in the car, they took out a map and chatted in low voices.

He thought for a moment, took out a cigarette, stood up and passed it around to the flight attendants, and then started talking to them about the rebels.

This was not surprising, because since entering the plains, many passengers had started talking to the train police about the rebels.

The flight attendants also like to brag at this time, so it is normal to chat at this time.

The place where Odysseus was chatting was not far from the three members of the "Rose School". While chatting with the flight attendant, he was also eavesdropping on the conversation between the three people.

At the next stop, the three members of the "Rose School" got off the bus. Odysseus chatted with the conductor for a while before returning to his seat.

At the second stop, more passengers got on the bus. One of them was a teenager. As soon as he got on the bus, he gave a pack of cigarettes to the police sergeant, and then began to sell local specialties, cigarettes and alcohol to the passengers.

Odysseus bought some nuts from him for six pence. He then watched the three members of the Rose School leave the station. He waited until the train started again before whispering, "They're looking for someone at a nearby manor."

Bazel was stunned: "No... Are you looking for Farmer Blair?"

"I guess so." Odysseus said, "Maybe our destination is not in Takal."

Rupert stopped pretending to be asleep. He picked up his hat and put it on his head. "What do we do now?"

Odysseus thought for a moment before waving to the young man who was selling local specialties: "Give me three bottles of wine."

Bazel was about to remind the captain that the things this boy bought were several times more expensive than Bayam's.

But then he thought again, the captain had already bought nuts once, so he couldn't have been unaware of this. So he must have a purpose for buying things again.

The boy, about fifteen or sixteen, had dark skin and was a local. He hadn't expected to stumble upon such a big deal, so he quickly pulled out three unlabeled bottles of Feni from his pocket and said, "3 pounds."

Finni is considered a relatively cheap liquor in the area. In Bayam, three bottles together might cost less than 15 soli.

But Odysseus took out the money without hesitation, but did not give it to the boy immediately. Instead, he said, "I want to know what big things have happened in Takal recently."

The reason why Odysseus bought nuts from the young man just now was because he saw that in addition to selling local specialties, cigarettes, alcohol, etc., the young man was also an intelligence dealer.

This was evident from the way they patiently listened to customers' conversations and proactively inquired about Bayam's interesting stories.

However, this young man's business skills were very average, and judging from his clothes, he lived a very difficult life.

Of course, the other party is so poor, which is also related to being controlled by the local tyrants.

This reminded Odysseus of how awkward he was when he first started working in intelligence, and he bought some nuts just to take care of the boy's business.

The young man immediately said, “Three days ago, in the east of Takal, a family was brutally murdered.

"It is said that they were tortured for a long time during their lifetime. The women were raped in turns, and the men's ribs were pulled out one by one while they were still alive.

"The strange thing is that none of the neighbors heard any screams."

Odysseus shook his head: "This is not what I want to know."

The boy continued, “The police chief of Takal has just solved a major case and eliminated several criminals.

“Some time ago, the richest manor in Takal was robbed. After hearing about this, the police chief disguised himself as a jeweler and quickly lured out the robbers.

"The sheriff offered a price that satisfied them. During the transaction, the gangsters were poisoned by the sheriff and died."

Odysseus smiled and said, "This is not what I need."

The young man looked at Odysseus and the other three with some suspicion, as if he was worried about whether Odysseus would pay. He hesitated for a moment and then said, "A few days ago, the slave trader Duke was attacked by the rebels when he went to the countryside to sell slaves.

"He was beaten to death on the spot, and his slaves were taken away by the rebels."

Rupert sat up straight and said, "I'll tell you what I'm saying."

He just knew that his spiritual feeling was better for traveling by train.

Odysseus handed the boy a three-pound note and said, "Your eyesight needs training, otherwise you wouldn't have given me these two pieces of information for nothing."

The young man didn't pay much attention to what Odysseus said. He immediately bowed and said, "Thank you, sir!"

As the boy was leaving, Odysseus said to Bazel, "When you have time, go and kill the sheriff of Takal. You will definitely get a lot of reward."

Bazel was stunned, thinking he had misheard: "Sheriff?"

The young man who had just left also stopped immediately, thinking that the gentleman in formal attire was joking.

"Yes, Sheriff," Odysseus said, "He must be a criminal with a bounty on his head. He was afraid of being targeted by bounty hunters in Bayam, so he disguised himself and went to Takal.

“Those criminals had known him for a long time and contacted him to invite him to join the operation.

"But because the loot was not evenly divided, he was poisoned by the sheriff. Since all the criminals are dead, the property was definitely not recovered."

Rupert, standing by, was stunned. "This... this sounds a lot like a ridiculous novel from the Southern Continent!"

In recent years, novels with extremely absurd plots have become popular in the Southern Continent. Such novels are deeply loved by the lower-class people in the Northern Continent and also have a large market in various countries in the Northern Continent.

Odysseus smiled and said, "Then let me ask you, if you robbed a manor, would you sell the stolen goods on the spot? Would you easily trust a jeweler in a small town?"

"This..." After hearing what Odysseus said, Rupert also discovered the unreasonableness in the description of the sheriff just now.

But because the sheriff did catch the criminal, the first thing people think of when hearing about this incident is that the sheriff is very capable.

At this time, Bazel said: "Captain... Mr. Gal's guess is very reasonable. In Takal, because there are many desperadoes hiding there, no police are willing to go there.

“So the sheriff has always been elected by the residents of the town; whoever looks more powerful gets elected.

“Locals, rebels, town clergy, wanted criminals, and so on, have all served as sheriffs there.”

For Basel, he has great trust in Captain Gal's intelligence analysis capabilities.

Rupert sighed and said to Odysseus, "I finally understand why you dared to hold an intelligence exchange meeting in Bayam."

At this time, the young man asked Odysseus excitedly: "Are you the 'Captain'?"

The young man's words made several people turn or look back at Odysseus.

Odysseus was also stunned: "You know me?"

"I... I heard that you... you beat up people who sold false information." The boy was so excited that he spoke incoherently.

Odysseus smiled and nodded: "You are quite well-informed."

The boy thought of the Captain's reminder when he gave him the money, and immediately said, "I...I will seriously train my eyesight."

Odysseus just smiled slightly and said nothing more.

After the young man left somewhat excitedly, Odysseus casually sprinkled out a handful of powder, and the voices around him immediately became quieter.

This is a magic trick invented by Odysseus, which can make the conversations in a certain area difficult to be detected for a few minutes.

He then whispered, “Now let’s talk about our problem.

"The Rose School of Thought also apparently received news of Duke's murder. They speculated that the farmer named Blair had been sold to another farm by the rebels, so they've been sending people everywhere to look for him these past few days.

"Also, we really can't go to Takal, because not all the people from the Rose School are looking for Blair. There are still people guarding there. They might target us as soon as we get off the train."

Rupert was slightly taken aback by Odysseus's confident words before asking, "Did you...did you get the information in advance?"

"From what the young man said just now," Odysseus said, "the tragedy that occurred in Takkar must have been done by the Rose School.

"Among the murderers involved in that tragedy, there must be a relatively powerful Beyonder, otherwise the people around would not have missed the cry for help."

Rupert was really convinced at this moment: "So what should we do now?"

Odysseus thought for a moment and asked Bazel, "Where can I contact the resistance?"

Bazel thought for a moment and said, "Get off the bus in two stops. There's a fishmonger there who works for the rebels.

"I'll talk to him and see if I can contact the resistance through him."

Odysseus nodded and said, "Let's contact the resistance first. Learning Blair's whereabouts from them is the fastest way."

Bazel and Rupert nodded slowly, feeling that what the captain said made sense.

At this time, Rupert was convinced by Odysseus and was truly willing to join Odysseus's pirate group.

As Odysseus's "witchcraft" disappeared, the sounds of conversation around him returned to normal.

The three of them stopped talking about business and started chatting.

The train moved forward and entered the rainforest again, and the train attendants became nervous again.

Of course, the wine that Odysseus had just bought could not be wasted. He opened a bottle and tasted it. It tasted pretty good, so they ate dried fish, talked about interesting things about Blue Mountain Island, and drank some wine.

bang~
Suddenly, gunshots were heard from the carriage behind.

Odysseus and Bazel, who were sitting by the window, quickly stuck their heads out to take a look. It turned out that some locals had jumped onto the train and were throwing supplies under the train.

The people who fired the shots just now were the flight attendants. Seeing that those people did not seem to be carrying weapons and were probably not rebels, they boldly shot at them.

bang bang bang~
The flight attendants obviously did not expect that the locals would immediately take out their guns and start fighting back.

The train attendants then realized that these people were the rebels, but they were not attacking the train directly, but were stealing supplies on the train.

Odysseus thought to himself: "Isn't the Poseidon the Poseidon that he has shown you the Railway Guerrillas?"

As the enemy retaliated, the train police immediately sought cover and fired indiscriminately. To them, as long as the enemy did not intend to seize the train or blow up the railway, there was no need for them to fight to the death.

At this time, Rupert heard that there seemed to be a lot of noise outside, so he stuck his head out to watch. After just one look, he pointed at one of the rebels and said, "Blair! Blair Colin!"

Odysseus was stunned: "Are you sure?"

Rupert immediately said, "I'd recognize him even if he were burned to ashes!"

Odysseus followed the direction of the other person's finger and saw that it was a local man in his forties, with dark skin and a very honest look.

But what he was doing was not his duty. He just threw down a large bundle of cloth and gave the flight attendants a simple smile.

At this time, a whistle sounded in the rainforest, and the rebels quickly jumped out of the car and withdrew in a short while.

Odysseus smiled and said, "It seems Thursday is really the best time to act, and it makes sense to use public transportation to find someone! Come on, let's jump out of the car!"

While people in the carriage were still talking about the rebels, Odysseus and three others had already jumped out of the train amid the screams of the conductor.

At this time, the rebels were carrying supplies away from the railway and had to hide them all in the rainforest before the next train arrived.

At this time, they saw three Runes walking towards them quickly, so they immediately raised their guns.

Odysseus smiled and said, "We have no ill intentions, we are just here to look for someone!"

"Hands up!" the rebel leader ordered.

Odysseus raised his hand: "I know people from the Church of Poseidon and have provided them with some conveniences."

Bazel and Rupert also raised their hands reluctantly.

In their opinion, the three people on their side could easily kill the other group without leaving any clues.

When the leader of the rebels heard what Odysseus said, he waved his hand to everyone, asking them not to shoot for the time being, and then sent three people to search him.

The person who searched Odysseus was a lean rebel soldier, and Odysseus cooperated well, allowing the other party to search him from bottom to top.

When the rebels searched Odysseus's bag, Odysseus suddenly held their hands and said, "There are no guns in here."

As he spoke, he opened the briefcase. The other party saw that there were only some paper rolls inside and didn't pay much attention to it.

Continuing the body search, when they searched Odysseus's upper body, they touched Odysseus's wallet.

The rebel smiled slightly, took out Odysseus's wallet, and prepared to keep it for himself.

Odysseus reached out and grabbed the opponent's wrist, and broke it easily with force.

The other party's screams of pain immediately made the situation tense, and the rebels raised their guns again and pointed them at Odysseus and others.

Odysseus took the wallet from the broken hand of the rebel who was frisking him and said, "For the sake of Poseidon, I won't kill you."

Then, as Odysseus put away his wallet, he said to the enemy leader, "Don't mistake my tolerance for weakness." "We'll have a few words with Blair Colin and then leave. Of course, you can try to stop us."

The leader of the rebels stared at Odysseus for a few seconds before saying to Blair behind him, "Go and ask them why they are looking for you."

Blair, who looked honest, nodded and said, "Okay."

At this time, Odysseus said to Rupert: "Now that we have found the person, what should we do next?"

Rupert suddenly looked confused: "I...I don't know either."

"Ah?" Odysseus even thought of beating this guy up.

At this time, Blair, who was walking over, seemed to suddenly remember something. He pointed at Rupert and said, "I remember now, you are Ryan's student!"

Rupert took a serious look at the honest-looking farmer across from him and said, "Yes, I... where have we met before?"

He only had Blair's portrait in his hand, and he felt that the person looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen him.

"I used to open a small restaurant on the beach. Ryan often came to eat there and once brought you here." Blair said.

Rupert asked in confusion: "Then why...why did you become a slave again?"

Blair sighed: "My restaurant business is so good that a Loen man took a fancy to it. He offered a very low price, but I didn't accept it.

“So he colluded with the police and framed me, and I ended up in jail.

"It was Ryan who bailed me out, but I had nothing left and ended up having to sell myself."

Rupert nodded. It was true, and the teacher also said that he liked the grilled fish in that restaurant.

Rupert thought for a moment and asked again, "Do you have any news about my teacher?"

"No." Blair said, "But I do know the whereabouts of another student of Ryan. She seems to be injured and is hiding in a manor not far from Takal."

He explained: “I was bought by the human trafficker Duke before, and the first manor he took us to was there.

“But that student is also hiding in the manor and can’t save me.

"That...that's Wilby Manor, just east of Takal."

Rupert immediately clapped his hands and said, "I know."

Then he asked, "Do you need help?"

"No need." Blair said, "I want to join the resistance and teach those Loen people a lesson."

Rupert nodded and said nothing more.

Odysseus waved to the leader of the rebels, turned around and left with Bazel and Rupert.

Because Odysseus was not familiar with Takal, he did not dare to use the word "travel" casually.

Although spiritual premonitions will not appear directly in front of the enemy, if the place where they appear is seen by the enemy's spies, it will be a loss.

After walking a distance, Bazel whispered, "I know where Wilby Manor is. You can buy a ticket at the station ahead and take the train to continue there.

"Since there might be members of the 'Rose School' at the station in Qatar, we might as well not get off the train and just ride directly through Takkar to the next station, or just jump off the train."

Odysseus smiled and said, "We don't really need to buy tickets. We can just get on the train when it arrives.

"Besides, it's safer to hide in a freight car. After all, a passenger car is so small that you can see from beginning to end at a glance."

Bazel was stunned for a moment before nodding: "Okay, then when we get there, we can just jump out of the car to avoid attracting their attention."

Odysseus nodded: "Okay."

He glanced at Rupert and asked, "Why aren't you talking?"

"I just feel that things seem to be going too smoothly so far," Rupert said with a frown.

Odysseus smiled and said, "Since your teacher's teacher chose Thursday, shouldn't we always be on good terms?"

“Good luck will run out.” Rupert explained, “Or it’s impossible to solve the problem solely because of good luck.

"The date chosen by our teacher is just because on this day, we will have more luck and will be able to solve the problem more easily."

Odysseus understood. "That is to say, no matter how smooth our current situation is, difficulties still await us ahead."

This theory can also be replaced by numbers. For example, if the difficulty to be solved is "10", under normal circumstances, the probability of successfully solving the problem is 5, and the obstacle to solving the problem is also 5.

Therefore, before the problem is solved, whether it can be completely solved is 50-50.

But on the day designated by Mr. Rupert's teacher, the probability of successfully solving the problem will be 6, and the probability of encountering obstacles to solving the problem will be 4.

However, the problem is still there. It doesn’t mean that it doesn’t need to be solved. It’s just that there are fewer obstacles and the problem can be solved more smoothly.

Of course, this also involves the difficulty of the problem. For example, if the problem faced by Odysseus and others involves demigods, then even if there are only "4" or even "1" obstacles left, they will definitely find it difficult to solve the problem.

Rupert reminded the captain and Bazel at this time, mainly because he was afraid that they were too optimistic.

After all, everything they had encountered so far had been relatively smooth, and they had found Blair with almost no obstacles.

Odysseus thought for a moment before saying, "That classmate of yours... well, that's another student of your teacher. Can you guess who it is?"

"I can probably guess." Rupert said, "That should be Leona."

"Sequence number?"

"Sequence 6."

Odysseus asked again: "Is your teacher also in Takal?"

"Hard to say."

Odysseus walked ahead and pondered for a moment before asking, "Didn't your teacher remind you what the purpose of this action was?"

"I think I can provide him with some help." Rupert said, "Or something else related to him.

"But I don't know exactly what he wants me to do, or he himself doesn't know either.

“The teacher once said that his spirituality could only sense someone who could help him through a difficult time at a critical moment.

"For example, Blair doesn't necessarily go to save the teacher, but rather uses this circuitous and secretive method to guide us to the teacher's location, so that we can avoid being discovered by the enemy and quietly save him.

"But before that, Blair wasn't sure how he could help."

Of course, Rupert's teacher Ryan's extraordinary abilities cannot be easily told to strangers. Rupert said this at this time because he had completely trusted Odysseus, so he no longer hid anything from Odysseus and Bazel.

Odysseus hummed and said, "In other words, this matter involves a Sequence 5 and a Sequence 6.

"Then the enemy will most likely deploy two Sequence 5s, and will also have several Sequence 6s and 7s as helpers, as well as many 'Low-Sequence' Beyonders to perform tasks such as locating and stalking."

Rupert smiled bitterly and said, "That should be the case."

It was precisely because there was a chance of encountering a Sequence 5 enemy that he thought of seeking help.

Odysseus scratched his head and said, “Then what we have to do next is to not attract the other party’s attention.

“It’s better to miss out than to take a risk.

"Once I find your teacher, I will immediately use my ability of 'travel' to take them away, and then come back to pick you up.

"Don't make contact with the enemy, just rescue them without anyone noticing."

Rupert smiled and said, "That's a good idea."

Woo~
Just then, the three men heard a whistle coming from behind.

Odysseus made a gesture, and the three of them hid in the woods together.

A steam locomotive roared past on the railway amid the roar of the steam engine.

After the train passed, Odysseus and the other three began to climb onto the train and entered a freight car that was only half full of cargo.

After closing the car door, Odysseus said with a smile, "If there are more rebels trying to steal supplies, we won't open the car door for them!"

The three of them smiled at each other, as if they saw the rebels outside trying hard to open the car door but couldn't.

Odysseus took a quick look and found that the cargo in the carriage was boxes of daily necessities. He sat on one of the boxes and said, "Take a break and stay in good condition."

The three of them found a comfortable place to rest and stopped talking. Only the occasional sound of the whistle accompanied their journey.

When the train entered the station for the third time, Bazel said, "We have arrived at Takar Station."

To prevent anyone from unloading the cargo from this carriage, the three men quickly hid behind the wooden boxes.

The door of the truck had not been opened, which meant that there was no need to unload the goods at this station, but someone obviously lingered in front of the door for a while before leaving.

Apparently, there were indeed people from the "Rose School" watching at the station, but they didn't pay much attention to the situation in the freight car. They just made a quick observation and then left.

The train restarted and quickly left the station.

After leaving for a distance, Bazel leaned against the car door and looked for a while, then suddenly said, "The view here is limited. Let's jump from here."

The doors were opened, and three Beyonders nimbly jumped off the train.

There was a sparse forest outside, making it easy to hide one's tracks.

In just a few minutes, they were through the woods.

In front of me was a scene of trees and farmlands intertwined. Many tenant farmers were working in the fields. If I went out like this, I would definitely be discovered by them.

Basel suggested that they wait until noon when people were resting before passing through here.

But the problem is, there are so many people in the field, it is impossible for them all to rest.

Odysseus smiled and said, "No need to bother."

As he spoke, he opened his briefcase and took out a scroll: "This is the 'Invisibility Scroll', but it can only hide our figures, not our smells, sounds, etc.

"So for a while, Bazel will lead the way, and we should not make any noise.

“If you encounter someone from the ‘Rose School’, try to avoid them. If you really can’t avoid them, stop and watch.

"But the enemy has a very keen sense of smell. If discovered, without a Sequence 5, they can quickly launch an attack and then rush into the manor to rescue them.

"If there's a Sequence 5 within the other party, I'll just use 'Travel' to take you away.

"But before I leave, I will create some noise to attract people's attention and prevent them from discovering our target."

Bazel and Rupert nodded slowly, feeling that the captain had basically considered all possibilities.

After the three were ready, Odysseus threw out the scroll and said in ancient Hermetic language: "Open"

The scroll shattered, forming a dark vortex that hid the figures of Odysseus and the other three.

Then they became transparent and no longer obscured the view behind them.

The three of them immediately walked quickly forward into the fields, and after walking for about ten minutes, they arrived at Wilby Manor.

The process went very smoothly without any obstacles.

After entering the manor, the three began to search. Soon, they all looked towards the attic of the warehouse. The window there was opened a crack, as if someone had quietly opened it to let in some air.

So the three of them entered the warehouse of the manor in broad daylight while being "invisible".

There was only an old warehouse manager here, who was dozing in the sun and didn't even hear Odysseus and others moving the ladder.

When I came to the attic of the warehouse, the first thing I saw was some rarely used farm tools, some animal skins hanging there, etc.

Before they could look for it, the animal skin was suddenly lifted up, and a woman in her thirties who looked rather dignified appeared there.

Her face was a little pale, and there were dried blood stains on her clothes on her abdomen, but she was in good spirits.

She smiled and said to Rupert, "I've finally got you! I met Blair a few days ago, and the teacher said we'll be seeing you soon."

At the same time she looked at Odysseus and Balzers with some vigilance.

Rupert quickly said, "These are the helpers I invited. We were able to find this place so quickly thanks to the two of them."

Then he introduced the woman to Odysseus and Bazel: "This is Leona."

The three of them nodded slightly as a greeting.

Rupert then asked, "Where's the teacher?"

"Inside." Leona led the three people through several layers of hanging animal skins and came to a bed made of animal skins. A middle-aged man about forty years old was waiting there very weakly.

Odysseus breathed a sigh of relief and asked the middle-aged man, "You used such a clever way to let us find you here. Do you want us to rescue you immediately?"

He guessed that Rupert's teacher should have his own plan, or a plan that could make everything go more smoothly, so he asked this question first.

But the other party said weakly: "I don't know either."

Odysseus was stunned and suddenly had the urge to hit someone again.

(End of this chapter)