Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery.

Chapter 9 Hugh Dilcher's Application for Membership

At the beginning of the establishment of this gathering, Odysseus stipulated that the way of recruiting new members of the Mysticism Research Society is the "recommendation system". A member can recommend someone he feels he can trust at the gathering. Odysseus will use his own channels to conduct some investigations, and then announce the results of the investigation to everyone and decide whether to invite new members to join.

This was quite different from other Beyonder gatherings in Backlund. This allowed Odysseus to have a certain degree of control over this very loose organization.

In fact, the establishment of the Mysticism Research Society is a collaboration between Odysseus and the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery, where both sides get what they need.

Before this, the Steam Church basically only obtained information from believers, and their believers were relatively pure, most of them were workers, so the channel was very single.

The Church of Steam had a very limited understanding of the Backlund Extraordinary Realm. Ever since the gathering convened by Odysseus, the Church of Steam had used the clues gained from the transaction to successfully solve many Extraordinary cases and predict the sabotage activities of many secret organizations.

Only then did Odysseus gradually begin to be taken seriously by the Steam Church, and he could now more easily falsify expenses.

At the same time, Odysseus used this gathering to start building his own intelligence platform. Every participant was carefully selected by him, and he could use them to exchange the latest intelligence on Backlund.

At first, no one took the organizer seriously. After all, it was just a Sequence 9. However, the party turned out to be very successful and everyone was willing to participate.

Later, Odysseus gradually showed his rich knowledge of mysticism and the sense of mystery he created, which made everyone gradually put away their contempt.

Everyone was stunned when they heard the recommendation of the member with the rough voice. The last time a new member joined was two months ago.

A masked female member said, "Lion, the serial killer has just been shot dead, and the official martial law on Beyonders hasn't been completely lifted yet. This isn't a good time to recommend new members."

Everyone attending the meeting has a nickname, or code name. The recommender just now is called "Lion" because of his loud voice, and the female member is called "Peacock".

The Lion said, "I simply believe that the bounty hunter's connections could be very useful to us. Besides, martial law will eventually be lifted."

The tall member known as "Hippo" asked in a muffled voice, "What kind of information channels does she have?"

"She has a lot of connections in the East District." Lion spread his hands and said, "Everyone should know that the East District is a lawless place, hiding many secrets."

The other members were slightly stunned. Some of them had certain channels in the East District, but they were basically not very stable because the intelligence dealers there were updated too quickly.

Seeing no one objected, Chief Odysseus said, "Okay, next week I'll conduct some assessments on the people you recommended."

The "Lion" nodded, and as per custom, wrote down the information of the person he wanted to recommend, and the waiter handed it to the "Chief" sitting opposite.

Odysseus opened the note and saw that the person recommended by the "Lion" was indeed Hugh Dilcha!

At this time, the seemingly unremarkable "hound" asked the "lion": "Has anything unusual happened in the East District recently?"

"Many homeless people suddenly disappeared." said "Lion".

Peacock smiled and asked, "Is the ever-stingy Lion going to be a philanthropist and help the homeless in the East End?"

The other members laughed along. Even a banker couldn't fill this hole.

The gruff-voiced "Lion" had a good temper. He didn't get angry, but instead explained, "I received a commission to investigate several homeless people who suddenly disappeared in the East District..."

At this time, the "giraffe," whose neck was slightly longer than that of an ordinary person, interrupted with a delicate voice, "I also received such a request!"

"Monkey" and "Cheetah" said almost in unison: "Me too."

The four people who received the commission looked at each other in confusion. The other members also found it a little strange. It seemed unnecessary to issue four commissions just to investigate a few homeless people.

After a brief silence at the party, the "leader" Odysseus said: "This commission is very unusual. The four of you must be careful and not get involved in any dangerous incidents." Odysseus's assertion was based on reasonable speculation. He certainly knew that those homeless people were captured by human traffickers and then secretly sold to the royal family.

The reason why the royal family needs these manpower is to build a tomb for George III. This is a huge conspiracy. At present, except for some important members of the royal family, perhaps only Odysseus, who has a "God's perspective", knows the ins and outs of the whole thing.

The Lions received this mission. Apparently, some important figures in the Extraordinary World had noticed the plans of the Loen Royal Family and were conducting some investigations.

However, such a traceable investigation is obviously intended to conceal the truth, or to divert the attention of the Loen royal family. The "Lions" and others may become cannon fodder at any time.

The "lion", "giraffe" and other four people also realized that something was wrong and thanked the "leader" for his reminder.

The Hound suddenly said to the Lion, "I'll pay you 5 pounds for the information of the person who posted that task."

The Lion cleared his throat and smiled, "Who do you take me for? I'm a professional with integrity..."

"10 pounds."

"Okay, I'll give you a portrait of your client in a moment. But you must use extraordinary methods to conduct the interrogation and don't damage my reputation."

The Hound nodded: "Of course."

Next, "Hound" spent another 30 pounds to purchase information on three other clients.

Odysseus knew very well that "Hound" was from MI9, and they would definitely be very interested in such news.

"Peacock" started the next topic: "Ladies and gentlemen, does anyone know any specific information about how the 'serial murder case' was solved?"

Giraffe smiled and said, "Didn't you read the newspaper?"

Peacock asked back: "Do you believe what is written in the newspaper?"

The unremarkable-looking "Hound" said, "I heard the murderer killed people in preparation for a promotion ceremony."

He paused and continued, "If anyone wants to know what the promotion ceremony is, you can trade with me individually. I'll give you a special price of 50 pounds!"

Several members were eager to make a move, as such extraordinary information could often be traded at this party.

Peacock said in a less polite tone, "Can you tell me some valuable information?"

Odysseus said, "I have heard some slightly more detailed news."

Everyone looked at the "leader" together. Generally speaking, the "leader"'s information was more reliable.

Odysseus said: "It is said that the murderer of the 'serial murder case' is not human."

The "monkey," whose arms were slightly longer than those of an average person, nodded and said indignantly, "For such a villain, we should just curse him out."

Odysseus had no choice but to say seriously again: "He is not a human!"

Everyone was slightly stunned, and they all understood what the leader meant.

(End of this chapter)