Mystery: Big Alarm Clock Ghroth Path

Chapter 50 The Cat Speaks (Thanks to the book friend 20240401193812328 for the reward)
"John Maynard. You've probably heard of him in the newspapers. He's a member of the Tingen City Council."

When Roger heard this somewhat unfamiliar name, he was stunned at first. He recalled it carefully and his eyes suddenly lit up.

This is the city councilor of Tingen who was killed by the witch Madam Sharon in the original novel!
Because of the existence of supernatural powers involved, Dunn Smith led a team to search, but underestimated the danger of the mission.

Eventually, Cornelius died, and Dunn took advantage of his "Sleepless" extraordinary characteristic.

This action hindered his digestion process, which had already begun, and laid the groundwork for the subsequent unclear removal of Saint Selina's ashes from Chanis Gate.

"Could it be that because of my presence, Ince was forced to start planning on Dunn ahead of time... but this was 'inadvertently' stopped and delayed by Amon?"

Roger rubbed his chin, and at this moment he remembered one thing, that is, Dunn Smith was injured in the explosion!

"Being injured means I can't go on missions for a while, but conversely, my 'performance' will also come to a standstill..."

For a moment he couldn't tell who was responsible for this, he just felt that the water in Tingen City was extremely muddy.

The only thing that is certain is that Adam seems to have changed his mind. It is not ruled out that the Angel King from the "spectator" path wants to harvest 0-08 in Tingen City in advance.

As for why He didn't come down and kill Ins directly, Roger didn't know. He just believed that all of the other party's actions were not meaningless.

"There's another problem. Megose's conception isn't complete yet. If it's just Dunn's consciousness that's causing the problem, he won't be able to take Saint Selina's ashes out of Chanis Gate."

Not to mention that Chanis Gate now has three Night Watchmen from the Temple helping to guard it. Even if these people didn't exist, Ins's plan would not succeed.

Therefore, Roger felt that Ins must have made some arrangements that he had overlooked.

As if he saw what Roger was thinking, Amon laughed:

"To be honest, you are more capable than I thought, and that's what I wanted to see.

"Anyway, this is just a game to me. But I can remind you that there is a foreshadowing in the whole thing that you haven't discovered."

He pointed at the glasses pinned to Roger's chest:
"That's a sealed artifact related to the 'Cryptocracy Scholar,' right? If you're truly capable, go find that clue yourself. I've told you enough for today, and this shop is closing soon."

Roger understood Amon's intention to send the guest away, so he nodded and drank the contents of the cup in one gulp.

"It's delicious." He praised sincerely, then put on his coat, turned around and left the "Family Bar".

On the way home in the hired carriage, Roger was digesting the information Amon told him.

After much deliberation, he felt it necessary to remind Klein to follow up on Lanevus's situation, lest this guy cause another major incident without knowing it, thus fulfilling Ince's wish.

Soon, the carriage arrived at No. 4 Daffodil Street. Roger reluctantly paid the fee of nearly a gold pound, turned around, opened the door, and went home.

"Cough, cough."

After not going home for three days, Roger could clearly smell the stench of rotting food.

This made Roger feel a little frustrated. After a whole day of hard work, he just wanted to sleep, but now he had to clean up the garbage first.

He lit the gas and looked around, but did not see the cat figure of Bandit.

"Bandit?"

Roger tried calling out twice, but there was no response.

"Could it be that he ran out to find something to eat?"

Roger frowned. Before he left, he had left enough food for Bandit in the cabinet. Having mastered the skill of "opening the door", Bandit had already learned to get food by himself and would never go hungry.

He began to search around anxiously, but suddenly heard a somewhat resentful voice coming from above.

"Have you had enough fun? Do you know when to go home?"

"Fuck!!"

Roger was startled. He stepped back and looked in the direction of the sound.

In the light of the gas lamp, he could vaguely see two triangular shadows on the ceiling, and it was obvious that an animal was lying on them.

He suddenly realized what was happening and said in surprise, "Bandit, you can speak now?"

Bandit climbed down from the cabinet, hooking the curtains with his claws. He then spoke again, "You weren't home for the past two days, so I went to play with Melissa and listen to her stories. I learned to speak after listening for a while..."

"I don't know what's going on. After all, I'm just a cat..."

Only then did Roger realize that Melissa had inadvertently played the role of "mentor", which accelerated the digestion of the potion by Bandit's "apprentice".

As his digestion deepened, Bandit's intelligence further improved, and he also mastered the ability to speak.

"By the way, you didn't speak in front of Melissa, did you?" Roger suddenly realized this serious problem.

"No, but I have a question." Bandit blinked.

"what?"

"What do Bernoulli's equation and conservation of energy mean?"

"Ahem...what on earth did Melissa tell you???"

Roger immediately realized that the so-called "story" might contain something extremely discouraging...

……

Two days later.

Leonard sat in the hospital room with his right arm in a cast as Daley Simone examined him.

"...This time there are three people. Besides Ms. Daly, there are Luo Yao and Frye."

He accurately stated the number of living people in the ward.

Daly nodded in satisfaction. He reawakened Leonard's somewhat scattered consciousness and patted his shoulder.

"Congratulations, no problem." The real "psychic" smiled.

"Then can I be discharged from the hospital and go back to work?" Leonard was a little excited.

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a familiar male voice coming from the door of the ward.

“Don’t even think about it.

"Your broken arm hasn't healed yet. I'll help you find some potions to help with your recovery. Until you can hold a gun, you can be a temporary clerk."

The owner of the voice slowly approached, and Leonard immediately recognized the other person's straight nose and deep gray eyes.

"Captain, are you okay?"

he asked subconsciously.

"It's okay. I finally got a chance to rest for two days... I just want to thank Daly and Ms. Lolota for their hard work."

Dunn Smith looked normal.

"Can you reconsider? I don't want to participate in the battle, I can just sing on the side." Leonard was a little unwilling to give up.

"Don't forget, we also have a 'Midnight Poet'."

Dunn Smith was very resolute, and he was referring to Siga Theon.

At this moment, Cohen Li walked into the ward as if by chance, and whispered to Dunn:

"Captain, Councilman Maynard of the City Council just received a threatening letter. The police attempted to trace the letter's origin but were unsuccessful. Initially, they determined that it contained extraordinary elements."

"Captain..." Leonard spoke again after hearing this.

But before he could finish his words, Dunn raised his hand to stop him.

"Rest well, we'll be back soon."

(End of this chapter)