Chapter 278 "Upstart" Wayne

Boom!Boom!
There were a series of loud noises in the rather large back garden of 32 Böklund Street.

Rebecca's muscles were bulging, stretching the men's shirt tight, and her expression was ferocious. She shouted loudly:

"Who else!"

hiss!
The men around all took a breath and took a step back at the same time, because a sturdy man with dark blue hair was being stepped on by this sturdy lady! Before that, the sturdy man was beaten with a series of "military boxing" moves that looked ordinary but fierce!
Butler Asnia took the lead in applauding and said with satisfaction:
"What a wonderful match! Ms. Rebecca and Mr. Roger, please follow me. I will take you to see Mr. Wayne.

"The rest of you should stay for now. Mr. Wayne still has many contracts for ordinary bodyguards."

……

"Sir, these two are the bodyguards selected according to your standards." Asnia said as he stood beside Wayne's desk.

Blue Wayne was stunned for a moment. He naturally remembered Rebecca, the "briber" sparring partner! No longer working for the Hall family? What a smart person... But have there been too many people or things related to the Hall family recently? Old Blue fell into deep thought.

"I recently acquired a small bank, but they tricked me," Wayne lit a cigar and put it aside, letting it burn.

"That guy didn't tell me that Bavart Bank was also interested in acquiring this bank... I suspect he did it on purpose, in order to ruin a poor guy like me who just came to Backlund, is alone, and has a little money.

“I’m not afraid of business actions at all, I just need to throw money at it, and if I can’t win it’s simply because I don’t have enough money.

"But I'm afraid they'll use assassination, attack, or other means to destroy me...

"100 pounds a week, long-term contract, at least three years, worthy of your status as a 'Beyond One'... Yes, I know some things about that world, and my butler knows something about it too. Don't react so strongly.

“When I was young, I wandered around the sea, where there were all kinds of strange rumors… and I was lucky enough to see it with my own eyes, and I made my first fortune because of it.

"That's off topic. Ms. Rebecca will be in charge of my bodyguard team from now on. Your weekly salary will be doubled. The rest will be arranged by my butler."

"Yes! Don't worry!" Asnia bowed. He was not at all dissatisfied with the fact that the female bodyguard's weekly salary exceeded his annual salary, because he had also seen the "peculiarity" of those people.

But Rebecca was shocked. Bavat Bank? Earl Hall? No way? They were in conflict again?! What bad luck! Why not resign?!

……

39 Böklund Street, home of Congressman Macht.

Hazel, wearing a sky blue dress, led her two "pen pals" to her study. After the maid closed the door and left, she asked anxiously:
"Did you find anything? Where?"

Peiman, in disguise, took out a stack of papers and placed them on the table, and said firmly:
“We found several anomalies!
"The first one is closer, it's a semi-natural and semi-artificial cave. The entrance there seems to have been broken and then sealed again. Well, there are two downward sloping passages in the cave, but we didn't find shovels, pickaxes or other digging tools. I suspect the diggers have noticed our investigation and left! The mud wall of the passage on the right has traces of burning...

"The second one was much further away. We found a huge claw mark deep in the sewer. It was as big as... as long as my arm and as wide as my forearm. After reducing it to the same proportion, Sherlock speculated that it was the footprint of a rodent, that is, a mouse...

"The third place is not that far away. There are three forks there. We entered one by one, but found that each fork would lead us back to the original place at the end! It was undoubtedly the power of a 'ghost' or 'specter'! God bless us, Sherlock and I were trapped there for four hours before we finally got out. Dear lady, do not go there alone!

"And one last thing... Sherlock and I felt like we were being called and attracted to each other... Well, I'm still not sure if it's real..." Peiman hesitated at the end.

Hazel's dark brown eyes suddenly brightened. She suppressed her excitement and said:
"What about the locations? All the locations?"

"We have marked it all in detail in the report, including the map of the sewers we have explored... the claw marks we drew..." Peiman showed as he flipped through the pages of paper.

"Phew, I'm impressed by your ability to do things," Hazel smiled with satisfaction. She took out a banknote and handed it over, saying, "This 10 pounds is my extra money. It's a reward for your high efficiency!"

Peiman motioned Leonard to take the money, and said righteously:

"Providing the best service to our customers is our mission. The principle of confidentiality is ingrained in us. Please rest assured that we will keep this matter a secret."

……

In the departing carriage.

"What a naive girl..." Peiman couldn't help but sigh as she picked up the banknote to verify its authenticity.

"...Is everything okay?" Leonard hesitated and said:

"We exaggerate the small mouse footprints we see into huge 'monster' footprints; we write the fork in the road where we got lost as a 'ghost' crime; we describe the place where we take a rest after being exhausted as a 'special' place that is 'called'..."

[“You are the truly naive one…Also, don’t come to this place again.”]

"Huh?" Leonard was surprised.

Peiman stretched out her index finger and shook it:

“No, no, no, we’re not cheating on that girl!
“We are protecting her!

"Given her family's financial situation, she still went treasure hunting in the sewers... I suspect there was some 'extraordinary factor', and she came to us for investigation because that 'extraordinary' suddenly disappeared! It's good that it disappeared, because if it disappeared, we don't have to consider whether the other party's motives are good or bad!

“Although we made up the story, it is still ‘based on true events’!

“She definitely won’t explore the depths of the sewers or the ghost fork, because she has only one goal…

"We pointed out that place and asked her to go there again. If she found nothing unusual, she would have given up completely and would no longer be interested in the sewers!
"We are rescuing a lost girl, Leonard!"

Leonard was speechless and could only agree: "You... are right."

……

Dinner time at the Macht household.

Mistress Liana said:

"There's someone living in house number 32. I heard it's a wealthy man from the sea... He fits the identity of a 'nouveau riche'."

Morrie Macht was surprised:

"The rent there is more than 1000 pounds a year, right? That's quite a lot of money, but didn't he know about our 'subtle' style before coming to Backlund? Or does he not have a good housekeeper?"

"1260 pounds, 1260 pounds a year, including the furniture fee." Lady Liana accurately said the number, and then said:
"People like this will be squeezed out very quickly, very quickly."

Hazel ate her dinner in silence, not caring at all about who was the next door neighbor.

(End of this chapter)