Mystery: I can change things in books

Chapter 98 Mouse Hunting ([-])

"That's good," Anthony drank the champagne from the champagne glass and looked at Chris, "I'm looking forward to traveling with her."

Is this man mentally ill?
Chris managed his facial expressions well and kept his harmless smile: "Mr. Anthony, why are you sitting here? You should at least sit at the same table as the deputy mayor."

When Anthony heard this, he put the wine glass on the table with a look of helplessness:
"I don't know either. The invitation said I was at this table. I negotiated with the manager, but he said the location was correct."

"However," he poured half a glass of champagne and shook it, "Of course I don't care much about this, after all, a person's status will not be lowered because of a change of position. Sitting here, I am still the vice president of Tingen Bank. Similarly, a person's status will not improve due to changes in environment. What do you think, Mr. Police?"

Chris now definitely thinks that Anthony is out of his mind.

He nodded, did not answer, picked up the knife and fork and launched a fierce attack on a piece of hind leg meat.

Anthony looked at Chris's appearance and thought that he had been defeated. He also smiled and picked up the knife and fork as well.

……

"Captain, it's the building in front."

Leonard looked solemn, of course he had to behave like this, and Catherine was squatting with them now.

Dunn turned on his pocket watch. It was now 07:30. The houses in the wealthy areas were dark, which gave them a certain degree of concealment, but also added some danger to their actions.

"How long does the dinner at the Opera last?" Dunn asked.

The charity dinner helped them a lot. Now that there are no important people in the rich area, they can act without considering this.And the servants at least won't hang out.

"Three hours," Catherine replied, "Chris is at the Opera House."

"Chris? Well, I hope the dinner will not end early," Dunn lowered his voice, "Catherine, go to the sniper position and give us a signal when you are ready."

Catherine received the order, lowered her body, held the Russell sniper rifle and moved towards the location she had observed in advance.

She did not set her sniper point at the tallest building in the wealthy area, but chose a place with a good view from which she could observe the roofs of the front, back, left and right of the "Mole" house.With her excellent sniping position and heavy-duty demon-hunting bullets, she has the confidence to kill her target with one shot.

She put the sniper rifle behind her back, climbed up the ladder, placed the sniper rifle next to the chimney, and screwed on the silencer that was half the length of the gun.

The scope is also camouflaged and will not reflect light.Moreover, the setting sun was behind her, making it even more difficult for "Mole" to spot her.

Dunn received Catherine's signal and lowered his voice: "I will pull the Mole into the dream first. You are ready to enter and wait for my signal."

After Leonard and Frye quietly reached the outside of the house, Dunn walked to the street, his eyes suddenly softened.

His mouth was slightly open, his expression was soothing, but his brows were filled with sadness.

"Ah, the threat of fear, the hope of crimson!

At least one thing is true: this life flies by.

One thing is true, the rest is a lie,
After the flowers bloom once, they will die forever..."

Even though Catherine was high on his side, she still felt an overcoming sleepiness, just like the feeling of shaky consciousness after being drunk.

She widened her eyes, resisting the sleepiness, and locked her sniper rifle firmly on the house.

After receiving the signal, Leonard and Fry drew their revolvers, quietly climbed over the wall and entered the yard.

As soon as the two of them stepped into the courtyard, Frye raised his foot to walk in, but Leonard immediately reached out to stop him.He pointed to Frye's feet, where a thin silver line lay across the front of the boots.

One end of the silver wire was wrapped around a wooden pole with only ten centimeters exposed, and the other end was buried in the ground.

Leonard lowered his voice: "Bomb."

Frye nodded and turned even paler.He cocked the hammer and loaded the revolver: "There's no evil spirit in there."

"There may be bombs planted in other places, and there may be one at the door. Be careful, Fry, you follow me."

Leonard moved forward, and the two of them reached outside the closed door. Leonard checked carefully and found no bomb attached.

He held the handle and turned it gently. With a "squeak", the door opened.

The flying dust made Leonard want to cough. He covered his mouth and aimed the revolver in his hand at every possible hiding place for the "mole".

At this moment, "Mole" was sitting in the bedroom on the second floor, wearing a lace princess dress and holding a yellowed photo.

When Leonard opened the door, he noticed the two uninvited guests who came in. He was not surprised, but he was a little confused as to why the trip wire bomb was not detonated.

He didn't plant the bomb properly, thinking that no one would pay attention to his steps at night.

He put the photo in his hand on the bedside table, picked up the sharp knife under the pillow, and cut off the entire skirt.

After cutting off the hem of the skirt, "Mole" looked very funny.He opened the closet, took out a black robe, and put it on, barely covering the princess dress.

He opened the window, climbed up to the roof lightly, stepped on the roof with his toes, and coldly looked down at the lawn in front of the house.

……

The intermission took place ten minutes earlier. The opera singers retreated behind the scenes, and the host in a dark blue dress came to the front of the stage:

"Mrs. Sharon invested in the construction of the only children's almshouse in Tingen a few years ago. Now, the children in the children's almshouse will perform a special artistic exercise for everyone. We first invite Mrs. Sharon to the stage to give a speech."

Applause rang out warmly. Mrs. Sharon was wearing a snow-white dress, her brown hair spread like a waterfall on her back, her earrings were two crystal clear diamonds, and a white jade pearl necklace hung around her neck.

She walked gently to the front of the stage on cat steps, her red lips lightly parted:
"Everyone knows that I have been committed to developing charity in Tingen. The children's workhouse was invested and built by Baron Hoy in cooperation with the city government. I am also grateful for everyone's continued attention to charity."

Mrs. Sharon looked at Chris and changed her voice: "The person I want to especially thank is a policeman named Chris Doty."

She raised her hand and pointed at Chris, and everyone's eyes followed and fell on Chris. Anthony beside him looked even more embarrassed.

The crowd let out a soft cheer. None of them thought that the person who could be called out by Mrs. Sharon would be so... ordinary.

Mrs. Sharon motioned Chris to come on stage with her eyes. He sat motionless at first, but after the applause started, he had to step onto the stage.

He greeted Mrs. Sharon with a smile and stood in front of the microphone.

He didn't prepare any speech at all. After taking the stage, he thanked Mrs. Sharon in a hushed tone. The gentlemen and ladies in the audience showed good qualities and did not laugh at him loudly.

After the two people stepped off the stage, the stage curtain opened, and the children from the workhouse trotted out in formation wearing knight uniforms.

(End of this chapter)