Lord of the Mysteries

The Antigonus notebook is in the apartment across the kidnappers’!

Although it was very coincidental, Klein believed that his intuition was correct.

He immediately got out of bed and rapidly changed out of the old clothes he usually wore to bed. He picked up a white shirt beside him and draped it on, quickly buttoning from top to bottom.

One, two, three… He suddenly realized that he was “missing” buttons. The left and right sides did not seem to match.

On careful look, Klein realized that he had made a mistake buttoning the first button, causing the shirt to warp.

He shook his head helplessly before taking a deep breath and slowly breathing out, using some of his Cogitation techniques to restore his calm.

After putting on his white shirt and black trousers, he barely managed to wear his armpit holster steadily. He pulled out the revolver he hid under his soft pillow and holstered it.

Without time to tie a bow tie, he draped his formal suit on and with a hat and cane in each hand, he walked to the door. After putting on his halved top hat, Klein gently twisted the door handle and walked into the corridor.

He carefully closed his bedroom’s wooden door and sneaked downstairs like a thief. He used a fountain pen and paper in the living room to leave a note, informing his siblings that he had forgotten to mention that he had to be early for work today.

The moment he was out the door, Klein felt a cool breeze and his entire being calmed down.

The street in front of him was dark and silent without any pedestrians. Only the gas lamps illuminated the streets.

Klein took out his pocket watch from his pocket and snapped it open. It was just six in the morning and the crimson moonlight had not completely faded away. However, there was a hue of sunrise over the horizon.

He was just about to seek out an expensive for-hire carriage when he saw a two-horse, four-wheeled trackless carriage approaching him.

“There are public carriages this early in the morning?” Klein was puzzled as he went forward and waved for it to stop.

“Good morning, Sir.” The carriage driver stopped the horses skillfully.

The ticketing officer beside him had his hand to his mouth while yawning.

“To Zouteland Street.” Klein scooped out two pennies from his pocket and four halfpence.

“Four pence,” the ticketing officer replied without any hesitation.

After paying for the ride, Klein got onto the carriage and found it empty. It exuded a clear loneliness amid the dark night.

“You are the first one,” said the carriage driver with a smile.

two brown horses widened their

in the morning.” Klein sat near the carriage driver and made idle chatter to

“From six in the morning to nine at night, but

there no breaks?” inquired Klein in

rest once a week.” The

in the morning. Following that, we have lunch and an afternoon break. Near dinnertime, which is six in the evening, we replace our

wasn’t anything like that in the past. There was an accident that should not have happened. Due to fatigue, a carriage driver lost control of his carriage and it toppled. It resulted in us having shifts…

the illumination of dawn, the carriage drove towards Zouteland Street and picked up seven to eight passengers on

tense, he did not converse further. He closed his eyes and

the sun was fully up, the carriage finally arrived

pressed his hat with his left hand and briskly jumped off

arrived outside Blackthorn Security Company

door was still closed and

keys by his waist and found the corresponding brass key and inserted it into the

door slowly opened. He saw the black-haired, green-eyed Leonard Mitchell sniffing at a recently popular

be honest, I prefer cigars… You seem to be in a rush?”

asked

pointed at

he only needs two hours of sleep in the day. I believe it’s a

saw that Dunn Smith had opened the

the matter?” Dressed in his black windbreaker, he held a gold-inlaid

vu came to me. It should be the notebook. The Antigonus family’s

expression did not have any

had happened in him. This was possibly a flash of

kidnappers’ room. I didn’t notice it back then until

the looks of it, I missed out on making huge contributions.” Leonard, who had walked to the partition,

instructed with a solemn expression, “Get Kenley to replace Old Neil’s watch of the armory. Let Old Neil

frivolous as he immediately informed Kenley and Frye who were in the Nighthawks’

came under the jurisdiction of the

hat, a shirt and a vest. He stood in as the carriage driver, lashing out

and Old Neil sat on one side. Facing them were Dunn

in a very long while or he had a severe blood deficiency. He looked to be in his thirties with black hair and blue eyes. He had a high nose bridge and his lips were very thin. He had a cold and dark demeanor and had a

in detail.” Dunn adjusted

sleeve as he began from their

notebook. I never expected you to meet it in such a

at play from the preliminary investigations of Elliott’s kidnapping. It was solely a crime motivated by money. Otherwise, I would

It was too coincidental!

ideas as he was in deep thought. Likewise,