Smelting everything from pirates

Chapter 595 Meeting
night.

Once again, the drizzle of fine cotton began to fall on Heishui Island.

Edward put on a coat and sneaked out through the back door of the bar.

The business of the bar was very good when it rained, and Paul didn't notice Edward's departure at all.

Edward was running towards the villa on the muddy road.

But on the third floor of the villa, Barrett and Gloria, the two have already smashed the wall from the third floor to the second floor.

But the sight in front of them made the two of them feel particularly surprised.

Behind the wall is not the second floor.

It was a deep hole, a very dark tunnel.

If you squat down and listen carefully for a while, you can even hear the sound of waves coming from the entrance of the cave.

"What's going on here? Why didn't you see the stairs leading to the second floor after smashing the wall in front of you?"

Lying beside the hole, Barrett asked in surprise.

But at this time Gloria spoke immediately.

"Perhaps this villa has never had a staircase to go directly to the third floor from the beginning of its construction. The third floor of this villa has never been used by the owner of the villa. This staircase leads directly to the hole below. It means that this is for the guys who live in the cave below to live."

Gloria's explanation instantly reminded Barrett of what the old man said to Barrett yesterday.

If Gloria's explanation is correct, then 10 years ago, maybe a few years ago, this villa had a hole that connected to the island cave below.

There are even murlocs in the caves of the island, if this is the case...

However, at this moment, Barrett heard a gunshot in the backyard.

Immediately interrupted the thoughts in Barrett's mind.

"Damn it, did anyone else come to this villa?"

Immediately picking up the revolver in his hand, Barrett quickly ran to the window of the hall, looked down, and found a tall and burly man holding a gun in one hand.

He fired a shot directly into the sky.

I don't know what that man is doing?
Edward, who was walking in the backyard of the villa, suddenly saw a rope hanging on the wall of the backyard. Only then did Edward know that a group of people had first climbed up to the third floor of this villa by themselves.

So just shoot into the sky to remind them that they have come.

Shining a flashlight on the head, I found a man's face protruding from the third floor.

At the same time, the man's voice was heard to say loudly, "Who the hell are you?"

Edward directly opened his mouth to explain.

"I am Edward Pierce, from Wentworth Associates. I have been invited by Mr. Stephen Webster to investigate his daughter Grant Webster here."

"Grant Webster, is that the banned painter mentioned in the New York newspaper? Could this villa be that woman's home? What is going on with this matter? And how could Ms. Grant's father Is it Stephen Webster? Didn't the people on the island say that Ms. Grant's father had already been killed by pirates?"

Edward looked up at the man protruding from the window, and found that the man seemed to be lost in some kind of thought after listening to what he said.

So I said again: "Hi, may I go up?"

Hearing what Edward said, Barrett looked at him and nodded.

At the same time, I fell into deeper thinking in my heart. If what Edward said was correct, what the old people in the town said was also correct.

There will be a paradox in this, that is, is Stephen Webster the real father of Ms. Grant?
In terms of age, Ms. Grant is now almost 40 to 50 years old. If you really judge, Stephen Webster can indeed be regarded as Ms. Grant's father.

But the old man in the town told Ms. Barrett Grant that her father had been killed by pirates.

So is the invitation that Edward received, or the person entrusted to Edward, true or false?

This made Barrett think about Mr. Grant, who entrusted himself to come here, why did that group of people let Barrett come here? Originally, Barrett wanted to get that book in his heart.

But it doesn't look like that now.

It really made Barrett feel extremely puzzling.

After about a few minutes, Edward Pierce also climbed up from below. Since it has been raining, it is more difficult to climb this rope.

After climbing up, Edward's arms were shaking with exhaustion, and he leaned against the wall, watching Barrett's laborious smile.

"Good day, sir. I hope you have not also been invited by Mr. Stephen Webster to investigate here."

Looking at Edward Barrett in front of him, he shook his head, and at the same time said: "The woman you are looking for, Grant Webster, has long since died. If you come to this villa again, what's the matter?"

But there was a hidden smile typical of detectives on the corner of Edward's mouth.

"I don't really believe that Ms. Grant will die easily, and I heard that someone is also investigating this matter, so I also came to this villa. I am afraid that the ones investigating this matter are you and the people under the stairs. that lady."

Not wanting to lie, Barrett held out his hand for a handshake.

After Edward and Barrett shook hands, Barrett introduced himself.

"My name is Barrett, and most people will only call me by this name. I am a novelist and a part-time detective."

After Edward heard Barrett's identity, his eyes widened in surprise, and he could even see his pupils dilate rapidly, while he said with some surprise and trembling.

"You're Barrett who wrote Arthurian legend, Sins of God, Raiders of the Lost Ark..."

Hearing Edward kept talking about the books he had written, Barrett raised his hand to interrupt the man in front of him, and said at the same time.

"Under such a tense situation, you won't tell me that you are here to ask me these boring things?"

Hearing what Barrett said, Edward quickly calmed down, looked at Barrett and said, "I didn't expect to meet you, Mr. Barrett, here, I really like your book. gone."

Seeing Edward like this, Barrett could only sigh in his heart, and said at the same time: "There are many people in this world who like my books, but I hope you can focus on solving the things we are currently trying to solve. superior."

At this moment, Edward took a deep breath, looked at Barrett and asked, "I don't know what happened to you here?"

Hearing what Edward said, Barrett thought for a while in his mind whether to tell Edward the real situation.

But after thinking about it, Barrett felt that there was no real conflict of interest between him and Edward, so he directly told Edward about the situation.

And also told Ms. Grant that her father had been killed by pirates and told Edward.

When the detective in front of him heard Barrett say this, his eyes widened in surprise, and he said something inconceivable.

"So who is Stephen Webster who entrusted me to come here to investigate? And why did these people living on Heishui Island fail to investigate the situation of the owner of the castle and the villa for such a long time? What? Didn't they suspect such an abnormal thing?"

However, Gloria interrupted at this time and said: "If you grew up on this island, and your parents and companions around you have doubts about this matter, but if you can accept it, I'm afraid you will be in the long-term Slowly becoming indifferent over time, this is actually the power of habit.”

Hearing Gloria's explanation, Edward could only nod reluctantly, but it could be seen that he didn't quite recognize this explanation in his heart.

"Let's focus on Ms. Grant's parents."

Seeing Edward like that, Gloria didn't explain too much, but just spoke.

"Mr. Barrett, I'm afraid you also know Mr. Stephen Webster. After all, he is a very famous artist in New York. Have you ever heard that Stephen Webster has a daughter?"

The Barrett whom Edward spoke of had also heard of Stephen Webster, and his daughter, Grant Webster, was indeed a gifted painter.

When Barrett wrote about the sins of God, he even thought about cooperating with Grant, but at that time Grant had no way to contact him, and he could only cooperate with Stephen Webster again.

"Although I know her, I didn't expect Mr. Stephen's daughter to be Ms. Grant. This really makes me feel weird."

(End of this chapter)