Mystery: The arrival of the new Black Emperor

After Hobert still sat in the law office for more than ten minutes, he went to Barton to ask for leave and would come back to work next Tuesday.

Barton thought that Hobert was a little tired from handling previous cases, so he approved his leave note.

After leaving the office, Hobert first returned to 192 Via Blanca to complete the deal reached at the previous "Justice League" party.

Xio and Fors were both there. As soon as he entered the door, Xio told Hobert that Sheriff Rotor, who had led people to break down the door before, had sent 12 pounds in cash.

Hobert did not give the Sheriff any trouble and threw the IOU into the fireplace.

Xio had already found someone to repair the door, and it only cost 3 soles.

So Hobert divided the compensation received from Lotor into four parts, three of which were 30 pounds each, and one share each for Hobert, Hugh, and Fors.

Hobert gave the remaining 9 pounds and 17 sulers to Forsi, asking her to use the money to improve everyone's food.

Then Hobert returned to his bedroom on the pretext of obtaining extraordinary properties upstairs, and first used his own sacrifice method to bring the "Psychological Spoon" into the "State of Disorder" and seal up most of the information about "Adam". memory.

Then he used his own way of praying to bring the extraordinary characteristics of "sheriff", "magic master" and "arbiter" from the "Land of Disorder" to the real world.

Back downstairs, Hobert gave Xio and Forsi a big discount, selling them 550 pounds for each copy of the extraordinary properties, and two copies of the special properties earned Hobert 1,100 pounds.

Xio and Forsi had already prepared the auxiliary materials, and they prepared the potion one after another and drank it.

Xio's process of taking the potion went smoothly, but Forsi was in a bit of a panic when she took the potion. As soon as she took the potion, it seemed as if there were venomous snakes burrowing under her skin, making her look unrecognizable.

It took Forsi three or four minutes to basically control the signs of losing control.

She rarely plays the role of apprentice, so the "apprentice" potion has not been fully digested.

This was something Hobert didn't expect, and he didn't have time to remind her.

Fortunately, he only took the Sequence 8 potion. Even if the Sequence 9 potion was not fully digested, it would only increase the mental burden, or lay hidden dangers for subsequent loss of control.

If you can make good use of methods such as meditation, you can gradually control the power of the potion, but if you suddenly suffer a major mental blow or are seriously injured, you will still easily lose control.

Hobert poured a glass of wine for the frightened Forsi: "You should not continue to advance until you fully master the power of the 'Master of Magic'."

Forsi wiped the sweat from his forehead, and after taking two sips of wine, he said in shock: "I have been an 'apprentice' for so long, why is it so dangerous to take higher-sequence potions? ?”

"No," Hobert said pointedly: "You haven't been an apprentice for a day!"

Forsi sat on a chair and thought. She seemed to understand what Hobert meant, but she didn't seem to understand anything.

Hobert simply said it more clearly: "I suggest you find a restaurant, learn cooking skills for a period of time, or learn something else, in short, become a real apprentice."

Xio, who had always been slow to react, realized it first before Fors: "Hobert, do you mean that the name of the potion is a trick to better master extraordinary abilities?"

She immediately thought that she had been acting as an "arbiter", so there was no resistance when she took the Sequence 8 potion.

Hobert nodded: "To be precise, it's the key to avoiding losing control!"

He said seriously: "This is very advanced extraordinary knowledge. You can communicate with each other, and you can ask me if you don't understand, but it is not allowed to be spread outside."

Xio and Forsi immediately nodded, indicating that they understood.

After Fors recovered, the three of them took a taxi to the residence of Viscount Gray Lint, handed over the potion formula and the main ingredients of "Arbitrator" to Carl, and completed the last transaction at the "Justice League" party. .

The deal gave Hobert 320 pounds and Hugh 300 pounds.

Hobert told Xio and Forsi that he was going on a business trip and would not be back until tomorrow, and then left in a taxi.

Xio and Forsi watched Hobert's carriage go away, and Forsi sighed: "What should we do? We owe Hobert more and more."

Xio smiled helplessly: "Maybe Hobert doesn't care too much about this."

"He may not care, but we can't pretend not to know." Forsi secretly determined that if Hobert asked her for help one day, she would do her best to help!

…

Hobert did not go to the train station immediately, but went to the bank first. His current deposit was as high as 2834 pounds 7 soles!

Hobert was worried that he had always carried the money with him or stored it somewhere. It would be safer to deposit it in a bank.

After depositing 2,800 pounds in the bank, Hobert had 34 pounds 7 soles in cash on him.

If it didn't involve large transactions such as buying a house or a car, 34 pounds of cash would be enough for him to spend for a period of time.

After getting on the train to Tingen, Hobert was still sighing: Making money is not easy.

His goal is to save twelve thousand pounds. With this money, he will have the opportunity to buy items with the ability to "travel".

He also thought that Audrey and Alger still owed him a sum of money. He should remember to collect the debt during the next "Tarot Club".

And he went to Tingen City today just to help "Mr. Fool". After resting for so long, it was time to get up.

…

Woo~

On the train bound for Cold Winter County, a young man with black hair and green eyes, exuding the aura of a poet, was carefully reading the headlines of today's newspaper.

After a while, he put down the newspaper and looked at the increasingly clear snow-capped mountains outside the window. He seemed to be talking to himself, or to the snow-capped mountains: "No wonder you couldn't even attend the funerals of Captain and Klein. It turns out you have something more important." matter."

He placed the newspaper on the chair. The headline was the news of Hobert's victory in the workers' compensation case.

The young man reading the newspaper was Leonard, who was going to the temple for training. He looked towards the sky, as if recalling the scene when he and Hobert faced the children of the evil god.

Then he looked at the snow-capped mountains ahead, as if for the first time he felt the long road ahead.

…

Hobert arrived at Tingen around two o'clock in the afternoon. Seeing that it was still early, he went to visit Ulysses.

Nothing happened, so we chatted for a while and gave some small gifts.

Hobert is completely accustomed to the world's way of doing things and is actively building his own network of relationships.

Ulysses was very happy with Hobert's visit and planned to hold another dinner for Hobert. Hobert quickly said that he was just passing by and would leave soon.

When they were parting, Ulysses said: "Elizabeth has always wanted to correspond with you, but she felt a little abrupt, so she took the initiative to write her a letter when she had time. One of her friends' relatives recently passed away, which made her a little sad. Help me enlighten her."

Hobert was slightly startled: "Okay."

He asked for Elizabeth's mailing address before leaving, and then went straight to the cemetery.

He already knew the general location of Dunn and Klein's graves from the correspondence between him and Leonard.

After finding Klein's tombstone, Hobert quietly waited for the arrival of night.