Mysteries: Arcana Wars

"Wow, thank you, boss! You are so generous!"

After confirming that what she had in her hand was genuine, Geraldine couldn't let go of the bright red property certificate. She touched it from top to bottom and left to right, and almost licked it with her tongue.

"Now that I've told you the good news, it's time to talk to you about the bad news."

Leonard, who seriously played the role of a cold-blooded boss, ruthlessly threw a file bag in front of Geraldine.

"you are fired."

"what?!"

Geraldine was so shocked that she jumped up from the bed, ran to Leonard, clasped her hands together, and begged with her fox eyes.

"Detective Leonard, Mr. Leonard... Brother Leonard, please, give me another chance. I will definitely help you get rid of the robber faster, more accurately, and more cleanly next time..."

Even though he was fully aware of this man's bad nature, Leonard couldn't help but twitch his icy face slightly, then quickly regained his expression.

"Are you looking for a detective assistant or a gangster?" Pales watched the show in Leonard's mind.

"No matter how much you act like a spoiled brat to me, it's useless. Your personnel transfer is not under the jurisdiction of the police department. In the final analysis, you have always been a member of the newspaper. It was the Moon News that fired you."

Leonard pointed to the file bag and asked Geraldine to take a good look at it herself.

"I think you understand why you were fired. As a partner, I admit that we have always worked together happily in solving cases, but as a reporter, you have added a lot of unnecessary risks to your activities and your newspaper. I can accept your radical ideas, but your editor-in-chief is not so strong-hearted. If you die on the job, you will bring a lot of trouble to your newspaper. After weighing your ability and the risks you take, your editor-in-chief fired you reluctantly."

Geraldine carefully examined her files, looking very disappointed.

"but--"

Leonard changed the subject and took out a letter from the file bag and handed it to Geraldine.

"With your contributions and the recognition from the National Police Agency, your editor-in-chief worked hard to give you another opportunity."

Geraldine immediately perked up and couldn't wait to open the letter.

"…Fashion reporter?"

"Yes, this is a letter of introduction. Take this letter to the editorial office of "Ode to the Stars" and they will give you a job as a fashion reporter."

As a believer of the Goddess of Night, Klein of the Sixth Epoch is very familiar with the magazine "Praise of the Stars". Although it is nominally a religious weekly, in fact, you can read all kinds of life content in this magazine, from which shopping malls are having discounts recently to which fruits are in season this month, from celebrity interviews to joke collections, you can even learn how to treat hair loss and how to improve memory in this weekly magazine - they even have a special section to discuss this topic in every issue!

Serious discussions of religious texts, such as analysis of "The Apocalypse of the Night," only occupy a very small section of this weekly magazine.

It can be said that you can learn anything except religion in this religious magazine.

"That's a religious magazine!" Geraldine exclaimed.

"Yes, I remember that you are a follower of the Goddess of Night, so you shouldn't be against it."

"But shouldn't the editorial board of such a magazine be composed entirely of clergy from the church?"

"Generally speaking, yes, the entire editorial department is made up of people from the church." Leonard nodded, "But non-staff members are also indispensable. You will only need to be a fashion reporter and steadily provide articles to the fashion section of the editorial department. The remuneration will be calculated based on the articles. This is not a problem."

No, no, no, this is problematic, Klein thought. Although I know that "Ode to the Stars" is very life-oriented, why would a religious magazine specifically ask fashion journalists for articles?

"Oh, what a pity." Geraldine drooped her face again, "Does that mean I can't participate in the magazine cover beauty pageant? I remember they require that all candidates must be clergy of the Church of Evernight."

Is this what you care about?!

Thinking of the covers of "Ode to the Stars" that were always comparable to fashion photos, Klein suddenly realized that in the more than a thousand years before the Sixth Epoch, Leonard's handsome face with a poetic temperament would definitely have him on the cover.

In any case, it is still very rare for someone to experience a transition from being awarded a commendation to being unemployed and then directly laid off and re-employed in one day. Not everyone can accept such an exciting life, but Geraldine is obviously not an ordinary person. She has been happily imagining a better life in the future while holding her file and real estate certificate.

"Okay, so you're Mr. Leonard's new assistant?"

Geraldine winked at Klein, and before he could explain himself, she continued speaking.

"Wow, a cold-blooded detective and a mysterious magician working together to solve a case, if this theme were written into a novel, it would definitely be a hit!"

She quickly packed her things and sat cross-legged on the bed, looking at Klein expectantly with a professional smile.

"Then, as your senior, I am willing to answer all your questions, including Mr. Leonard's dream talk during lunch break - of course, I can't answer those questions due to confidentiality regulations."

Who wants to know what Leonard talks in his sleep?

Despite his complaints, Klein still asked the question seriously.

"When you were an investigative reporter, did you do any research on urban legends?"

Klein was not clear about the current situation of Backlund's mysterious forces. Fortunately, in the sixth era with advanced science and technology, more clues would become various stories and spread on the Internet. It might sound a bit unreliable to learn about the extraordinary world from urban legends, but if you get the legend stories from a former investigative reporter with outstanding tracking ability, the reliability of the information would be much higher.

"You've got to ask the right person!"

Geraldine twirled her fingers excitedly, swinging them in the air.

"What do you want to hear? The cyber ghost Kewawu who eats code and changes data? Or do you want to know which version of the story of the explorer Mr. Sparrow is true? If you are interested in history, you might be interested in the prototype of the Manstein couple..."

As a programmer, Klein had more or less heard some stories about the ghost hacker Kewawu.

And the explorer Mr. Sparrow, it seems like the story of German Sparrow who has been transformed by mysterious forces!

As for the Mansteins, they are written as important knowledge points in the history of science and are included in children's history books, the kind that will be tested in exams.

"Then I choose..."

A sudden vibration interrupted their conversation.

"Sorry, pick up the phone."

Leonard turned around and pressed the answer button. After quickly answering a few times, he immediately turned back with a serious face.

"Someone called the police and reported a mutilated body found in the suburbs. I have to go there right now."

Leonard frowned and rubbed the bridge of his nose.

"Recently, the murderer Nelson Korodeko has made our entire police department panic. Seeing a murder case is like seeing a ghost... No, you have already resigned. I won't talk to you. See you next time, Geraldine, and get out of the hospital soon."

After saying that, Leonard immediately turned around and dragged Klein towards the door.

“Just go if you want to go. Why are you dragging me along?” Klein, who was pulled away, asked in a confused voice.

"Did you see the nurse at the door? They're all staring at you fiercely!" Leonard nodded secretly to the side, "The management of the psychiatric ward of the church hospital is very strict! Without a doctor's card or sufficient reason, you will be kicked out immediately."

Klein shut up and followed Leonard out the door obediently.

"Wait! Mr. Leonard!"

The two men paused, and when they heard Geraldine's cheerful footsteps, their spiritual intuition suddenly sounded the alarm.

"Oh my, look at you. No matter how anxious you are, you can't even put on your clothes properly!"

Geraldine, as agile as a fox, slid in front of the two men. She squinted her eyes and buttoned the first button of Leonard's shirt neatly.

"My meticulous partner will not let a sinful button go."