They all call me Great Master-Chapter 216 - 213 Make the best use of everything!
To inconspicuously pass information on Garden Street, taking ’Haite Furniture Store’ itself as an example, Arthur previously had two methods.
First, change the arrangement and combination of the furniture displayed at the entrance to transmit different pieces of information with various combinations.
Second, open or close the window curtains a few minutes early in the mornings and evenings.
However, such methods, though seemingly covert, actually impose certain requirements on the receiver.
They must not attract attention and must be able to move about normally.
Under normal circumstances, this would not be a problem.
But after ’Haite Furniture Store’ came under surveillance, such conditions no longer existed—because the only people who fit these two criteria were local residents, newsboys, and rubbish collectors.
And these were the very people who had long been watched by Marinda’s men.
Therefore, these methods were all unfeasible.
Arthur had also been pondering, aside from these people, what else there could be.
But he had no clue until now.
And when he saw Lady Amanda greeting Linda with steaming tea, he finally understood why Haite was so confident.
The signal was certainly not the tea.
It was the steam!
Or more precisely...
Smoke!
The cooking smoke from preparing meals!
Moreover, to blind those who were watching, they chose to use a private chef as a cover—according to Arthur’s guess, the private chef they ordered this time must have prepared a massive amount of food, too much for one meal, to disguise the smoke produced from cooking dinner in the evening. To better cover it up, they should have ordered a private chef once after leaving the Shire District Police Station yesterday and complimented a dish as delicious, only to order a larger quantity today.
After understanding the key point, Arthur whispered to Edwin with urgency.
"Smoke!"
"Smoke?"
Marinda’s coachman was startled, then quickly caught on.
The coachman first glanced in the direction of the ’Haite Furniture Store’ on Garden Street, then turned around to look at the Bell Tower overlooking the entire Garden Street—Elta Square’s Bell Tower.
Elta Square has almost been the center of South Los for the last ten years.
It not only connects to West Mok Avenue but is also the venue for the annual ’Harvest Festival,’ ’Cold Winter Festival’ and ’Spring Planting Festival,’ and ’Summer Celebration Day.’
Among them, the ’Harvest Festival’ and ’Cold Winter Festival’ are hosted by the Countess of South Los, supplying the residents of South Los with a limited supply of alcohol and meat, with the ’Swordsmanship Competition’ being held after the ’Harvest Festival’ and ending before the ’Cold Winter Festival’—despite South Los having Xisis Port, the sudden drop in temperature when the ’Cold Winter Festival’ begins still causes some people to choose to rest.
Of course, at this time, most people would go to the port to make a living—this is also why there are fewer people dying of starvation in South Los compared to other places.
The ’Spring Planting Festival,’ however, is prepared by individual households or farmers, mostly consisting of a sumptuous meal.
’Summer Celebration Day’ is a festival for the various businesses in South Los; on this day, businesses parade in floral floats, offering discounts on store merchandise to celebrate and attract customers.
Besides these four fixed festivals in South County, the ’Seven Years’ War End Day,’ or the ’Peace Festival,’ is held every year on May 21st.
The rest are unique festivals of various places.
For example: Inner Bay has the ’Pioneer Celebration Day.’
In South Los, there is the ’Storm Calming Day.’
Other regions will have different festivals depending on the ruling Nobles.
However, whatever celebration is held, the main venue is always the large squares in each area.
Just like Elta Square in South Los, where each celebration begins by ringing the bell twenty-seven times to commemorate the original Twenty-Seven Braves. Experience more tales on novelbuddy
On regular days, the Bell Tower only rings six times in the morning and twelve times at night to notify the residents of South Los of the approximate times for daily activities.
Naturally, ringing the bell requires a Bell Ringer.
That person happens to be able to overlook Garden Street.
"Could it be them?"
Marinda’s coachman asked cautiously.
He was not familiar with the Bell Ringers of Elta Square, only knowing there were two people who, apart from being divided into day and night shifts, were also responsible for maintaining the Bell Tower and alerting to fires and the like.
More?
The carriage driver didn’t know.
Arthur was also unclear, but he was certain that one of the two bell ringers was related to the ’Blood Descendant’, and perhaps, both were.
"Don’t worry, we have already made a big breakthrough.
Next, we just need to find someone to keep an eye on these two bell ringers...
and that’s your area of expertise."
Arthur said with a smile.
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"I appreciate your guidance!"
Edwin responded with a smile as well.
Then, the carriage driver quietly departed.
Arthur watched the figure disappear before touching his chin—
’Marinda should give me an additional reward, I wonder what it will be?’
Arthur knew well the generosity of his collaborator.
And he knew, the more valuable he proved himself to be, the more generous his collaborator would become.
’To him who has, more will be given, and he will have an abundance; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away!
Tsk, such cruel nature!’
Arthur thought to himself, yet he stepped towards ’Amanda’s Cat Best Friend’s Home’.
He had some matters to inform Linda about.
"Good evening, Mr. Kledos.
Come, let me have a good look at Pendragon!"
Upon entering, Lady Amanda greeted Arthur and indicated that she wanted to see Pendragon.
When he picked up Pendragon, an irrepressible smile spread across Amanda’s face.
"He has gained about 1 pound and is very healthy, Mr. Kledos you are a good owner—What would you like to drink? I’m buying today."
"Plain water."
Arthur replied with a smile.
Despite guessing that the lady before him should be related to ’cats’, Arthur did not show anything; he was waiting for her initiative and also to complete the ’Orange Cat’ ritual.
’Pan, remember your mission well!
Hurry up and shed your whiskers for me!’
Arthur lifted Pendragon, shook him twice, and under the cat’s puzzled gaze, he held it close to his chest again and walked toward Linda Camille—who seemed somewhat distracted in the corner, having been completely captivated by Arthur’s earlier discourse and after touching that hand, became even more convinced of what Arthur had said.
’It might be tough!
But as long as I persevere, I can surely do it!’
The young girl thought naively.
Even just now, she had touched upon a faint trace.
This excited the girl greatly, but she did not share it with Arthur.
It wasn’t that she didn’t want to, the girl felt the progress was too slight, she wanted to wait until she had fully succeeded before letting Arthur know.
So, seeing Arthur approaching, the girl didn’t say much, just looked at him with confusion.
"I believe you need a pigeon breeder."
After saying this, Arthur pointed outside to the carriage once again.
Although he was certain Lady Amanda had her own rules, he was more eager to have the situation under his control.
Linda looked puzzled, but still bade Lady Amanda farewell, left the store with Arthur, and boarded the carriage again.
Once the girl sat down, the carriage immediately moved forward.
It wasn’t until they had gone a hundred meters that the young ’Spirit Medium’ smiled and softly said—
"Edith can no longer control her so-called ’Secret Gathering’, but this ’Secret Gathering’ will inevitably continue to exist. The young people remaining all have considerable influence behind them—and when these forces come together, it will be a power that no one can ignore...
It will become your shield and will also be the weapon in your hands!"
