"So, those novels and stories are all fake, and there is no such thing as divination in the world?" Kallen looked incredulous, her eyes widened. It seemed that this incident had a profound impact on her.
Quite a blow.
"It's not fake, it's just that we're not good at this kind of thing." Selin comforted him, thinking that he couldn't reveal extraordinary things to ordinary people, so he could only rack his brains to think.
During the conversation, the three people had already left the Leinu Church and went to the York City Library in the Upper Bay Area.
York City Library is a certain distance from Leinu Church, but the route is not troublesome. After coming out of the church, you only need to go upstream along the Lims River, then turn west at York City Center Hospital and pass through Upper Leinu.
After the Mess Bridge, you can see the distinctive building.
Su Ge stood in front of the library and looked at it carefully.
The library has two floors, and the material used is not the blue seastone abundant in York City, but imported white marble.
The overall shape is circular. Although the top cap is arc-shaped, it is not a standard semicircle. Instead, it looks a bit like a semicircle that has been flattened.
The entire building has distinct layers and clear lines. From a distance, it looks like a white caramel sponge cake. Rather than being a public facility, Su Ge feels it is more like a work of art.
After following Kallen through the inspection at the door, Su Ge and Selin arrived inside the library.
In the extremely open space, there is a scent of ink, which goes straight into the nose.
At this time, there were not many people coming to read, and the huge library seemed particularly quiet. Among the faint sounds of turning books, there was the occasional "click-click" sound of hard-heeled shoes stepping on the ground.
The atmosphere of reading made Su Ge open up his dusty memories. He remembered that a long time ago, he had been in a place like this, working hard to carry books, review, and take exams.
Today is Monday, the first working day of the week. Many staff members have not yet recovered from the relaxation of the weekend. Even at work, they yawn from time to time and rub their sleepy eyes.
Su Ge and Selin followed Karen through the large staircase in the center to the second floor, and finally stopped in a place marked "Astronomy Area".
"This is the book," Kallen did not go to the borrowing area. Instead, she fumbled in the cabinet under the registration desk for a while, and then came to Su Ge with a book with a dark blue cover.
"Is this the book "Where the Stars Are"?" Su Ge curiously took it and saw a few hot silver cursive characters on the cover.
He noticed that in the upper left corner of the cover, there was a remnant of an adhesive mark, about the size of a thumb. It seemed that there was something on it originally, but it had been removed.
"Is this the original location of the star?" Su Ge asked.
"Yes, this book, at this location, was originally decorated with a star made by Mr. Odyssey Vant."
Su Ge handed the book to Selin, and based on the process he had memorized in his mind, he took out a pen and paper while recording and asking questions.
"Is there any specific, more detailed clues, such as the borrowing records of this book in recent months, or whether there are any adjustments to regional changes in the library, which can help us narrow down the scope of the investigation."
Selin looked on and nodded slightly.
Sugar is right. The entire York City Library has a collection of millions of books at least. Even if it is divided into areas and categories, the number in the astronomy area is still quite large. If it can be reduced as much as possible,
The scope will be of great help to the investigation process.
Su Ge saw that Karen didn't move, so he straightened his arms and made a circle in the library to show that there were so many
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Finding a star in a book is as difficult as finding a needle in the ocean.
"There is something you didn't tell us, is that right, Miss Kallen?" Selin's eyes were sharp, and he immediately noticed something was wrong with Kallen.
"We will do our best to help you within a certain range, but this is only when the entruster confesses all the details to us. If you hide anything from us, I'm sorry, our mission can only go so far.
"
After saying this, Selin made a move to leave, but Karen looked panicked and quickly walked out from behind the registration desk and stopped in front of Selin.
Karen's eyes flashed, her teeth bit her lower lip, and her cheek muscles trembled slightly, as if she was making a difficult decision.
"Okay, I'll confess to you," Karen said, her shoulders relaxed, she took Su Ge and Selin to a corner and whispered:
"Actually, I guess that the star was not lost, but was taken away."
Su Ge and Selin looked at each other and whispered: "Please explain in detail."
Kallen nodded, returned to the registration office, took out a small book from the cabinet below, came back and said: "Look here, this book was borrowed just a dozen days ago, which is enough time."
It's been a week, and just yesterday, someone came to borrow it, but when I was going through the formalities, I discovered that the star was gone."
"According to this theory, the star may have been lost between a dozen days ago and yesterday, but how could you say it was taken away?" Su Ge said, touching his chin.
"Look at the person in charge," Kallen pointed to the position on the book. "The person who borrowed the book more than ten days ago was Officer Brown. When the book was returned, it was my colleague Miss Brown who was in charge, and it happened to be...
Miss Brown had previously discussed Mr. Odyssey's books with us and praised the value of the star."
"So you mean..." Su Ge looked at Karen hesitantly, "They planned it?"
"I guess so. This star mark is a priceless treasure for starry sky lovers. Officer Brown has also borrowed other starry sky books many times before, and is also a member of the York Starry Sky Research Association."
"It seems there is a motive," Selling interjected. "Does this Miss Brown have anything to do with this Mr. Brown?"
"I'm not sure. We usually just talk about divination and other topics together, but she said that she has a brother who works as a police officer in the York City Police Department."
Selin looked at Su Ge and nodded slightly.
Things have become very simple here. They used their positions to steal public property in an organized and planned manner. According to York's laws, Officer Brown and Miss Brown will be punished to a certain extent if their actions are confirmed, and they may even be jailed.
Put in jail.
However, the commission they received was to simply search for lost items, and other matters did not seem to be included in this commission.
As Karen watched, Selin pulled Su aside and had an internal conversation.
"What do you think should happen next?" Selin asked.
"Me? Go find Officer Brown and Miss Brown. After asking everything, we can handle it as we should."
"But what if they don't admit it? The evidence in our hands can only make speculations, not empirical evidence. In this case, the chance of getting the results you expect is only very small."
"Then what should we do?" Su Ge's mood began to fluctuate a little.
Judging from the information that had been learned, it was clearly the Brown brothers and sisters who had done bad things, but according to Selin, there was not enough evidence for them to get the punishment they deserved. This made Su Ge feel unspeakably uncomfortable.
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"Don't forget what we do. We accept a commission, right? What we have to do is to satisfy the entruster. In this case, we just need to ask her."
"Remember, we are only helping others. We cannot bring our emotions into the incident and make decisions on behalf of the client. Do you understand?"
Su Ge nodded slowly, "Then I'll ask again."
"That's it." Selin nodded with satisfaction.
After the two finished speaking, they returned to Karen.
Karen looked at the expressions of the two people and asked tentatively: "So, now, who do you want me to take you to? Officer Brown? Or Miss Brown?"
Su Ge shook his head, "No, Miss Karen, I want to ask you, what result do you want in this matter."
"What's the result?" Karen asked in confusion.
"That is, do you simply want to retrieve the star mark and end it there, or do you want to make those two people pay the corresponding price?"
Karen was stunned and stood there thinking for a long time before making a decision.
"Just, just retrieve the star mark. I am a colleague with Miss Brown. I know that she is not a bad person in essence. Maybe she was temporarily confused or was forced to do such a thing.
"
Kallen shook her head, walked up to Su Ge, grabbed Su Ge's hand, and said sincerely: "So as long as I can help find the star mark, it's fine, please, Mr. Helper."
"I'm not calling...forget it," Su Ge gave up retorting to the other party, "Then do you know where the star is?"
"If what I think is correct, it should be with Officer Brown. He is a person who likes to show off. If it is really in his hands, he will definitely put it in the most conspicuous position on his body to show off."
"Then the first thing we have to do is find Officer Brown. Can you lead the way, Miss Karen?"
"No problem." Karen saw that things were going smoothly and her mood improved. "I asked for a full day off from the library today. I can take you there."
After discussing the next action, the three people quickly walked out of the library and began to head towards the police station located in the northeast of York City.
When Su Ge was about to take to the street, he put on the mask given to him by Angdu in a corner.
Selin saw all this. After walking onto the street, he slowly came to Su Ge and lowered his voice and said:
"I heard Angdu say that you don't seem to like the abilities of the Star Realm very much?"
Su Ge didn't know why Selin suddenly brought up this question. After some hesitation, he answered truthfully, "It's not that I don't like it, I just found that it's not as good as I imagined. After all, what I have been looking forward to is actually becoming the Sky Realm."
of pilgrims.”
Selin nodded, without refuting or educating Su Ge about what he said. He looked at the street in the distance and whispered: "Actually, the ability of extraordinary people mainly depends on personal perception and application. If you find a suitable method,
, you can make abilities that originally seemed not so easy to accept do things beyond your imagination.”
"Moreover, if you get self-satisfaction or gratitude from others during this process, it will make you truly identify with your field."
"Although I have told you that I am sorry that it is my responsibility for you to become a transcendent in the star field, I still hope that you can accept it, like it, and live happily."
Su Ge looked at Selin's side face, something in his heart moved, and he said slowly:
"I understand, thank you for your guidance, Mr. Selling."