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Chapter 184 The Chess Master's Invitation

The evidence is enough.

He was definitely leaving under duress.

Thinking of this, He Nan looked at the music score.

The score itself is nothing special.

The main reason is that he can't read the staff very well, so he immediately lost interest.

So, He Nan left the workshop and went to Benny's bedroom.

Another police officer is also here looking for evidence.

"Have you found anything useful?" He Nan looked at the paintings on the wall and asked.

"Does this count?" The policeman took out a notebook with a bored expression on his face.

"Is it a diary?"

"No." The policeman threw it to He Nan: "Who keeps a diary these days?"

"That's true - but don't give me any evidence, please?" He Nan took the note and frowned.

But the policeman ignored him and continued to rummage elsewhere with an impatient look on his face.

What a bastard... He Nan thought resentfully: Can't you take your work seriously?What should I do if the notes are damaged as a result?

Don't come here if you don't like to do it?

...Oh, you can't say that, after all, you have to have a good meal, and being a black policeman is also one of the legitimate jobs in New York, and you can earn a lot of money.

Of course, he was in no mood to continue thinking about such things.

After all, this guy is no jerk like Barov - that guy is the one who is really annoying.

Alright...let's see...what's in there?
He Nan moved his eyes back from the copy of Van Gogh's "Starry Night" on the wall, and focused on this notebook.

After opening it, you can see a series of content that reminds you what to do that day.

For example, "Who do you want to see tomorrow morning at what time?" can be found everywhere.

It appears to be his memo.

Ok……

He Nan started from the last page and flipped forward in a hurry.

Originally, he didn't think this book was worth much.

...until he saw such a passage.

"Tomorrow night, I'm going to the grandmaster's duel. Remember to be at the meeting point before six o'clock! I can't be late this time, or the grandmaster will be angry!"

……Grandmaster?
Duel?

...This master, could it be a chess master?

Duel... It can also refer to chess in English!Just playing chess...

... play chess, huh?
Because Basil Homer just likes to find a master to play chess with him!
It's impossible to ask you to compete who can play the piano well and compose well, right?
I haven't heard that the master is lucky to have this one!
Thinking of this, He Nan took a deep breath.

Since it's "it can't be too late"...

...He'd been there before then, right?

Is there any record of where he is going to gather?

Since it was called the meeting place, he must not be the only one present!

and so……

It should be like this.

When a chess master wants to play against a master, he invites several people at the same time, and asks them to arrive at a certain place before six o'clock in the evening on a designated day, and then asks his subordinates to bring them over together.

In addition to the convenient transportation of the guests, the advantage of doing so is that it is convenient to control them, or it is convenient to keep the residence of the chess master secret-of course, where he lives does not seem to be too secretive, after all, it is only somewhere else in the suburbs of New York The villa is not some mysterious underground place.

He Nan flipped through the notes in a hurry, trying to find more content related to it.

Sure enough, I found several descriptions related to it.

Although none of them specifically stated that they were "chess masters", one of them said so.

"The arrangement for the evening is to practice more chess. After all, I really don't know whether my chess skills can satisfy the master."

Therefore, it can be clearly deduced that the identity of this person is Basil Homer.

and so……

Benny also likes to play chess?And the level is OK?

I haven't heard of it.

…Maybe a chess master will not only invite people with famous chess skills to play chess, but also invite people he knows who know chess better to play.

He Nan looked around, but couldn't find any chess pieces.

But he knew there must be one in the house.

After looking through the only few drawers in the bedroom, he went back to the living room and saw a chess set there, which reassured him.

That's how it is, next to the coffee table...

...and the appearance of this chess is quite elegant.

He Nan noticed that the chess set here was in a realistic shape.

For example, the knight's chess piece, in his appearance, is really a chess piece, instead of being abstracted like ordinary chess.

It's a beautiful chess game...

...This most likely shows that Benny is really interested in chess.

Otherwise, you usually wouldn’t buy this kind of chess that looks expensive and has such a non-mainstream appearance, right?
He Nan withdrew his gaze from chess, and hastily wrote down the important content in his notes.

He also just saw the exact location of the meeting place in his notes, and deduced from the date of the memo to calculate the date when the chess master invited the guests.

...the memo, of course, is not dated.

But he could see that it was a long stretch of the day.

The reason is that these notes occasionally mention things like "going to church tomorrow", "tomorrow is a work day again, and I hate work days" and so on.

According to the number of paragraphs ahead according to the position where they appear, and then compare the number of days between them with the time of the date before and after the appearance, the verification can be successful.

Putting it all together, this clue becomes—Basil Homer will send a van to wait in the alley next to the Green Bar in Manhattan every Wednesday at six o'clock.

Ok……

Looking at this clue, He Nan was extremely excited, but also fell into deep thought.

Wednesday?
Today is Sunday.

If you want to use this clue, you have to act on Wednesday.

Go back and talk to Moonlight Knight...

This clue is the biggest gain of coming here to investigate.

Because apart from that, they didn't find anything useful.

After Cohen extracted the fingerprints on his hands, the three of He Nan left and returned to the police station.

"You guys go back first." He Nan turned his head and said to them, walking towards his car: "I will send the photos I just took to Yuri Watanabe's mailbox. Now I have to deal with other things."

"Ah... good." Cohen watched him leave and bid farewell to him in a hurry, his expression still looked full of sadness.

Hey, Cohen has been putting on a sour face today... It's just that he can be a little more relaxed when chatting.

Thinking of this, He Nan frowned.

of course……

…Especially when it comes to Norman Osborn, he seems to be very happy.

This person seems to be the savior in his heart who can change all the corrupt status quo.

I placed too high expectations... I don't know what will happen when the hopes fail?

He Nan could only hope that Norman Osborn could indeed do something good when he came to power.

...see if he can make New York better.

(End of this chapter)