Chapter 57: The Daily Life of an Investigator
The early morning sun shines.
Xiao En got up, stretched, went to the balcony and looked at the big pendulum clock in the distance.
The time now is 7:35 am.
Xiao En washed himself briefly, heated a glass of milk for himself, and added a spoonful of sugar. It is said that you cannot add three spoons of sugar, as it will easily attract weirdness. He made a bacon fried egg for breakfast. Xiao En is going to buy some noodles tomorrow. Dorn's pasta is a bit like spaghetti. You can also cook a bowl of noodles when you have time.
At eight-thirty, Xiao En changed his clothes, took his coat and umbrella, and prepared to go out.
As time enters May, the Dorne region has also ushered in the rainy season. The climate in the entire real world is relatively regular. May and June every year belong to the rainy season, and there will probably be another rainy season at the end of December. Snow. The climate here is so suitable, which should have a lot to do with the natural roads.
So far, Xiao En has not encountered extreme weather here. Even in the rainy season, it is rare to see typhoon-like storms.
"Good morning, Mr. Sean." A greeting sounded.
There is a middle-aged woman who is cleaning at the entrance of the stairs. Her name is Ima. She is considered the cleaning staff here. She has three children, one boy and two girls. She usually works very hard and is also responsible for starching and washing clothes.
Xiao En took off his hat to signal, nodded and said: "Good morning."
After saying that, he passed by the other person, and Emma stood aside at the stairs, carefully putting away the tools to avoid The sewage stained Xiao En's trousers.
After Xiao En left, she picked up the tools and started working again.
This is a high-end apartment, and she cherishes the job opportunities here, because recently there have been a lot more laundry jobs. Her monthly salary can be about 260 dinars, which is close to 260 dinars. The wages of dockside workers were reduced.
Although she has to work late every day, Ima is still very happy because the salary is enough for her to send another child to school.
"Girls should also learn some culture, at least they should be literate."
"You won't be called illiterate when you get married in the future."
Ima is illiterate, but she is very diligent.
Outside the apartment building.
Xiao En looked up at the weather, put away his umbrella, and prepared to take the tram to the Big Pendulum Clock later. The tram can go directly to the platform near the headquarters. The tram ticket in Dorne is a little expensive, only 0.5 dinar per person, and most ordinary people still walk. The city hall is pushing to reduce the price of tram tickets, but the initial investment costs need to be recovered. It is estimated that only white-collar workers will be able to afford them in the short term.
There are two trips a day, and the travel expenses are 30 dinars a month, so the fare is not cheap.
Where the street turns.
Xiao En saw a little girl selling flowers. She was still wearing a starched and slightly white dress, but her face looked much better than when they first met. There is a hint of rosy color that children should have.
The skirt she was wearing was also changed. Although it was not a new skirt, she no longer wore the old patched skirt.
After seeing Xiao En wave, she trotted over happily.
She is very sensible.
She will come only when Xiao En waves.
"Good morning. Mr. Sean." The little girl bowed politely in greeting.
Xiao En took out his wallet, took out a 1 dinar note, handed it to the other party, picked a carnation and said with a smile: "Good morning."
Little girl He took out a 5 sese coin from his pocket, handed it over, bowed again and said thank you: "Thank you, sir."
"I wish you a pleasant day."
Xiao En reached out to take the coin, smiled, turned and walked towards the big pendulum clock.
The tram fare is just 5 ces. He doesn’t like to carry too much change, so he buys a flower and the change can be used to take the tram.
Today is Friday, and there are not many people at the headquarters.
Benjamin went to Wind Valley Town for business. William just came back yesterday and is probably still sleeping soundly today. He drank too much yesterday and brought a beautiful woman back in the middle of the night.
At the entrance of the headquarters, Xiao En saw Qin. She was the most diligent investigator. Every time Xiao En came, she had already started working.
"Good morning. Qin." Xiao En took off his hat and greeted him.
Qin nodded slightly. She was a bit unsmiling and a very resolute investigator.
Xiao En turned around and walked towards the library.
During this period, Xiao En would come to the headquarters every morning to read, mainly looking up information on various strange creatures. It can be understood as a biological illustration, which is information collected and compiled by investigators and night watchmen back then. Because Xiao En is on the wizard path and has the blessing of 'reading magic', he is far superior to other investigators in terms of memorizing knowledge, so he has become a master in this area in just one month.
Time flies.
At 12:15 noon, Xiao En got up and went to the cafeteria to eat.
He met Jason Tangel at the entrance of the corridor, who was returning. This should be the easiest Death Patroller to encounter in the headquarters. The other Death Patrollers were all elusive.
Jason has a huge appetite and will come to the cafeteria on time every day to report if there is no assignment.
It took him about a month to fully recover from his last injury. He went to the Dagon area two days ago and just came back yesterday afternoon. His left arm seems to be broken. He is holding it with one hand at the moment. Eating and drinking in front of the cafeteria with a roasted leg of lamb.
This minor injury is not a big deal and will recover within a day or two.
"Isn't Hank back yet?" Xiao En greeted him and went to the cafeteria window to get a dinner plate.
Hank has been on vacation for more than a month. It is said that he later went to see a meditation master and is practicing with him to calm his spiritual heart.
He has touched the warning line of madness many times this year, and he has been unable to regain his rationality.
The Night Watch executives have considered letting him retire early.
If it were a normal retirement, investigators would probably retire around the age of forty, but few people retire voluntarily because they know they can't go back, and it will be difficult for them to integrate into ordinary people's lives after retirement.
If Hank is unwilling to retire, he can also transfer to a civilian position in the logistics department.
After all, he is experienced.
Today, the food in the cafeteria is still very rich. Xiao En got himself a piece of beef ribs. Today, there is a flavored mushroom soup. It smells a bit like a cemetery, the kind he often drinks when he is at the butcher's place. , Xiao En also served himself a bowl. He has been eating more vegetarian food recently and is keeping in good shape.
The amount of exercise in the wizard path is not high, and he cannot eat and drink like a warrior every day. Jason's daily exercise is to hold a one-ton iron lock, which makes people stunned.
In the afternoon.
Xiao En jogged along the street. He basically no longer patrolled daily. After lunch, he jogged fifteen kilometers to the Roman Palace near Wushan.
Of course, he is not here for recreation.
Xiao En doesn’t have much money at the moment. Qiaxi has almost spent all his savings by modifying firearms and buying extraordinary relics. It’s okay to come to the Roman Palace once or twice a month, but if he has an extra wallet, It’s too much.
His purpose is the waterfall here.
It was a bit drizzly in the afternoon.
Xiao En stood on a cliff more than thirty meters high, looking at the magnificent Roman Palace in the distance, and then slowly took off his clothes, leaving only a pair of close-fitting shorts. Under the sunlight, Xiao En's skin looks very fair, his muscles are well-defined, and his strong eight-pack abs are a bit unlike a wizard.
“Look at my clothes.”
“Alert me if someone approaches.” Xiao En gestured towards the invisible servant.
The invisible servant does not speak and stays in place quietly.
Xiao En moved his body and started doing warm-up exercises. Ten minutes later, he stood on the edge of the cliff, looking at the waterfall at his feet and the deep pool about ten meters deep at the bottom.
Phew!
Xiao En took a deep breath and suddenly jumped from the waterfall more than thirty meters high. The wind howled.
In the weightless feeling of falling at a rapid speed, Xiao En concentrated his mind and maintained a state of concentration in casting spells, and then his eyes locked for a moment.
——Dimension jump!
Bang.
Water splashes everywhere.
Xiao En suddenly disappeared when he was about six meters above the water, and appeared directly close to the water. Then he fell into the cold pool.
“It’s a bit cold today!”
Xiao En swam around in the pool, then came ashore, moved his body, and climbed back to the cliff from the side.
Flash landing is not so easy to practice.
It took Xiao En a lot of effort to find this suitable waterfall. If he made a mistake, no one would be killed. It was just used to exercise his ability to master dimension jumping. A month ago, with the support of his teacher, he completed his second specialized spell, which was a level 2 dimension jump. After transforming the dimension jump into his second specialization spell, its casting speed and cooling time have been increased. In Xiao En's understanding, the specialization spell is already a bit like a natural spell-like ability.
Bang!
Xiao En's figure jumped down from the waterfall again. In this case, practicing dimensional jumping improved him greatly, and after getting used to it, his mental endurance became stronger, and his heart was almost calm. .
He does this for the mobility of dimension jumping.
After Xiao En repeated the exercise several times, he returned to his original position.
He put on his clothes.
I found a slope nearby, about four or five meters high. After measuring the height difference, Xiao En stretched out two invisible hands from his back, and then he jumped down.
Two clear palm prints suddenly appeared on the soft soil.
Relying on the cushioning of the invisible hand, Xiao En's figure paused for a moment when he landed, and then all the strength was removed. He knelt down on one knee and stood up steadily, and then the figure flew out, running quickly. At the same time, invisible hands grabbed the branches in front.
Xiao En's vigorous figure almost flew through the dense woods. The branch with a height of about five meters trembled. Two invisible hands grabbed it, and then used the force to let Xiao En The figure whizzed past, steadily crossed a large obstacle, and landed on the grass in front.
His figure was still running. The power of the invisible hand made Xiao En leap several meters like a swing, and then his figure suddenly disappeared on the spot.
——Dimension jump.
Xiao En's figure suddenly appeared on the trunk of a big tree.
"It's not bad."
"My control ability has become much stronger." Xiao En stood up and patted the dirt on his body.
He is an extraordinary person of the wizard path, and his physical reaction speed is not as fast as that of a rogue of the same level, but the invisible hand gives him more room for operation. As Xiao En's strength improves, the invisible hand His power is getting stronger and stronger, and controlling the invisible hand is more convenient than controlling his own hands. After all, he can control it with his mind.
“In the weird country, the spells that middle and low-level wizards can master are limited. It is not only a matter of resources, but also the mental pollution caused by digesting more extraordinary relics.”
“ So every spell I master must be very skilled.”
Relying on his invisible hand, Xiao En is now able to reach the level of a rogue in some aspects. If he adds dimension jumping, his mobility may be much stronger than that of a rogue.
"The teacher can control 16 invisible hands while distracted."
"This mind is really too powerful."
The more Xiao En exercises, the more he feels. Realizing his own shortcomings, if he were allowed to control 16 invisible hands at the same time, he would have been twisted into a mess.
Today’s daily exercise has just begun.
Xiao En usually goes back around 5:30 in the afternoon, just in time to have dinner and take a walk in the dock area.
Of the other spells he currently masters, there is not much room for manipulation. Invisibility basically does not require training, and damage transfer is rarely used. If a transcendent of the wizard path is injured, the situation is already very dangerous. . Not to mention the explosive fire technique, setting fire to the forest and sitting through the prison.
The other side of the waterfall.
On the rooftop balcony of a luxurious villa, a charming and enchanting figure appeared here. She was wearing an exquisite sun hat, with long wavy golden hair hanging down. A casual lavender lace dress, the style is a bit like a nightgown, revealing a towering snow-white arc. The exaggerated arc makes the loose nightgown also show the graceful and graceful curves. In the deep snow-white ravine, a An exquisite and huge ruby necklace gleams with brilliance.
“Does he exercise like this every day?” Ms. Diana narrowed her beautiful eyes slightly and stared at the figure jumping down from the waterfall in the distance.
Behind her, a pretty girl whispered: "If it doesn't rain, he will basically come."
"It fell badly at first."
"But It only took him half a month, and he became more and more proficient."
Ms. Diana nodded slightly when she heard the words, and the fruits on her chest trembled slightly when she stood up. She said calmly: "It makes people happy. Don't bother him."
"This guy is interesting."
There are few wizards who are such action-oriented people, and the way he exercises is indeed a bit strange, as if he is just to specialize and strengthen the ability of a certain spell.
Just looking at his mastery of dimension jumping, he has already surpassed many high-sequence extraordinary beings.
It did make her feel a little amused that a talented person could work so hard.
The charming beauty's figure left quickly.
She does not often appear in the Roman palace. Lady Diana has a very special influence in the Kingdom of Dorne. She is not only a member of the Parliament, but also a shareholder of many secular companies, including private banks. Relying on huge resources, she manages her own network of contacts within the Kingdom of Dorne.
Of course, all this is not that important to her, because a high-sequence transcendent like her has only one ultimate pursuit, and that is the 'Path of Destiny'.
Everything she did in the world was prepared for the road to destiny.
Seven thirty in the evening.
Xiao En came to the dock area. After taking a walk along the road, he returned to his apartment on time at 8:30 to rest while digesting the knowledge memorized using reading magic today.
This feeling of getting stronger little by little makes him more and more adaptable to everything in the real world.
But the surprise still came.
A sudden knock on the door woke Xiao En up. He picked up the pistol alertly, put on his coat and opened the door.
Standing outside the door is William.
He looked at Xiao En with a solemn expression and a trace of sadness in his expression, and said in a deep voice: "Qin is dead..."
What?
Xiao En's expression changed.
Although Xiao En doesn’t have much interaction with Qin, Xiao En has known her for almost a month and they often meet at the entrance of the headquarters.
Qin is a very diligent investigator.
Xiao En goes to the cafeteria on time every day to have lunch, but Qin is often not at the headquarters at noon. She is always running around every corner of Dorne City.
Now she is dead.
Although Xiao En had long been mentally prepared for the investigator's death in the line of duty, he was still stunned for a moment when he suddenly heard the news.
William said sadly: "She died near the sewer, and her body was eaten by rats. She was just discovered."
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(End of this chapter )