Chapter 57: Chapter 057
Xio waited 20 minutes before walking into the bar, as requested by Alvin.
Alvin, who had prepared a few nasty surprises for this Arnold, silently waited.
Sure enough, after a while, loud yelling and bangs and thuds of objects colliding could be heard. After that, a thin wiry figure leapt out of the window to the north side.
Right into the heap of dung that had been piled outside this window by Alvin.
As an effect of psychology, when being chased, a person would most of the time chose the exact opposite of the person giving chase, even if there are better means of exits to the sides. Since Xio walked through the main door, Alvin figured that he would jump out of the window. Even though the dip into faeces did not cause any harm to him, it would throw most people off psychological. Plus, with him stinking of dung, Alvin wouldn't miss him, at least until he washed it off.
He jumped off and kept running. Xio came yelling out of the window right behind him, but she spotted the dung and side stepped it. The man kept sprinted fast, but was stunning de ti the ding on his face and eyes. He then spotted a small tub of water lying next to a shed by the side. He ran towards it, probably hoping to wash at least his eyes off. But unfortunately for him, even before he touches the water, the scaffolding nearby came crashing down on him. He was knocked out cold in an instant.
"He doesn't seem as slippery as you say" said Alvin cooly as Xio came next to him panting.
This was his genuine feeling, because, after the falling scaffolding, he had a broken tile on the pavement, a runaway horse carriage, and a drunk and homeless vagrant with two revolvers, along with other such traps for him.
He then bent down, and pulled out the unconscious guy from under the rubble.
He quickly patted him down, trying to find anything of value.
He found a quaint feeling necklace, which he figured was the mission item and tossed it to Xio. He found a wallet, with less than 200 pounds, which he pocketed. He also found a small box filled with what seemed to be Beyonder items, which he also kept. He managed to identify at least 2 Beyonder Characteristics, a few ingredients, and a notebook he was hopeful contained a few formulas.
Finally, when he was patting down the inner lining of the jacket, he felt something metallic. He pulled it out, and observed it.
Seeing the design in the medal, his eyes widened, and he quickly pocketed it.
He then turned to Xio and said, "Well then, it seems the commission is complete"
Xio looked at the fallen thief and said, "He is actually not a bad guy, just a little dishonest and squeamish"
"I can understand your sympathy. But what I found on him is way out of our league" said Alvin.
"Can you tell me?" asked Xio.
Alvin hesitated, but considering he wanted to maintain a good relationship with Miss Judgement, finally decided to reveal it.
"That was the badge of a Nighthawk. The very important kind. The kind that makes one wonder about his fate if found in the hands of a petty thief" said Alvin seriously.
Xio looked surprised, and muttered, "I understand before leaving"
"So what was the emergency you had that you made me come all the way down here urgently?" asked Gordon crossly.
Alvin had sent someone with his badge to the Saint Samuel Cathedral, asking Gordon to urgently come to his location.
Alvin did not say anything, and tossed over the badge he had found instead.
Soest caught it, and seeing what it was proceeded to solemnly investigate it. After a while, he sighed and put it into his pocket.
"Where did you find it?" he asked.
Alvin gestured at the tired up and still knocked out, partly due to a large amount of sleeping gas Alvin had made him inhale, Arnold on the ground.
"Apparently, he was nowhere to be seen when that incident was taking place, and had a lot of money and confidence after" said Alvin in a low voice.
Gordon went closer to him and closed his eyes. After a short while, he opened them and said, "He definitely was involved somehow. When I tried to make him recall what he did that day, everything turned fuzzy, as if some power compelled him not to recall. The prohibition is too powerful for me to crack. I will take this fellow back to the Cathedral and request a demigod to take action" said Soest.
"Does that badge really mean what I think means?" asked Alvin.
Soest looked at him with a smile and said, "No one was killed. Whether it was the Iron and Blood Cross or Zmanger Gang, they wouldn't dare to kill a Nighthawk. But someone ended up losing control and turning into a monster that day. The rest of the Nighthawks subdued him. He must have lost the badge during the scuffle, because it was nowhere to be found should afterwards. Now I realise that this kleptomaniac secretly swiped it" said Soest.
"But regardless" he said turning serious, "That incident is a blatant provocation towards the Churches. The person behind that incident made fools out of all of us. So the Churches place an extremely high level of importance on this matter. Whatever information we manage to get from this guy, I will also add as your contribution. As for whatever you found on this guy, it's yours to keep. You can exchange it with the church if you want to afterwards" said Gordon, as he levitated Arnold the thief and went away.
Alvin was still looking stunned. It was not because of anything about his contribution. It was because when Gordon exclaimed with rage about the provocation towards churches, he felt his Provoker potion digesting a bit
"Well, what do you know!" thought Alvin, turned around and walked back into the night.
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