The reason why he was willing to accompany Pierce to Scotland this time was quite simple. Besides helping each other as friends, the most important reason was that, in his impression, there were several treasures hidden in Scotland.
So, this time, he planned to visit and investigate those places and see which treasure had not been discovered in this world.
After staying at an inn in Edinburgh, Leonard went straight to the Scottish Museum for a visit.
After a brief tour, he found that, just as he had imagined, the differences between the two worlds left several well-known treasures undiscovered, and there were also a few treasures that he had never heard of in his previous life.
Therefore, at the last stop of this visit, in front of the transparent glass cabinet containing the Galloway Treasure, Leonard slowly summarized his findings and then identified the target of his next search based on his memory.
However, before that, the most important thing was to collect a sufficient amount of Victorian-era furniture. According to Pierce, the business was arranged by an American billionaire who had just come to London.
This billionaire, who frequently appeared on both TV and newspapers, had bought a high-end residential property in Knightsbridge, London, so he needed some antique furniture to decorate his new home.
Early the next morning, Leonard and Pierce entered the old town district of Edinburgh and started knocking on the doors of these historic row houses, asking the homeowners if they had any antique furniture.
Most of the homeowners rejected their request, and some even closed the door in their faces before they had finished speaking, but still, a portion of them opened their doors to allow them to see if there was anything they needed.
Unfortunately, it is somewhat difficult for ordinary people to distinguish different types of furniture. So many times, the so-called Victorian-era furniture recommended enthusiastically by the homeowners was actually just old Victorian-style furniture.
Fortunately, the process also allowed Leonard and Pierce to gather quite a bit of information, which helped them significantly narrow down their search scope.
"We can go directly to Residence No. 207 in the middle of this main street next," Leonard said to Pierce after emerging from a house.
"Because just now, several people on this street said that the old man who used to live there loved collecting old things, and when his children divided up the inheritance, they didn't take away most of the stuff in the house."
So, the two quickly arrived in front of the house. Unlike the other houses on the street, all the windows of this house were nailed with wooden boards, and the area in front of the door looked rather dirty.
Seeing that nobody was around, Leonard and Pierce took turns climbing up to the windows on both sides of the front door and peeking inside through the gaps in the wooden boards.
Fortunately, perhaps because the window frames were nailed with wooden boards, the curtains inside the windows were not closed, and they could still see the specific situation inside the room through the gaps.
The overall condition of the house's interior seemed quite good, although some cabinet doors and drawers were left open, and there were some odds and ends on the floor. But overall, it looked relatively intact.
Moreover, according to Pierce's judgment, the tea table in the living room and the cabinet on the side should all be Victorian-era furniture, and they were in good condition.
After checking the room, they began to look for the contact information of the homeowner. Soon, the two found the contact information written on a dirty wooden board nailed to the door after cleaning it up.
The phone rang only three times before it was answered. A middle-aged man took the call. After learning Leonard's purpose, the middle-aged man said he would come over and talk about it immediately.
Ten minutes later, an electric sedan quietly parked in front of the house, and a middle-aged man in a suit and tie got out.
"Nice to meet you. I am the lawyer in charge of this house," the man said after shaking hands with Leonard and the others. "As for this matter, the owner of the house has entrusted me with full authority to handle it."
With that, the lawyer showed them a document to prove his claim and then asked Leonard what they wanted to do this time.
When Leonard mentioned that they wanted to purchase some antique furniture, the lawyer made a few phone calls and quickly announced his decision.
"As long as you're willing to pay 2000 British Pounds, everything in the room belongs to you. I'll give you two days; take as much of the stuff inside as you want, and you don't have to clean up the room."
"Alright, deal." Hearing that they didn't have to clean the room, Leonard immediately shook hands with the other party to announce the deal. After all, everyone was short on time, and the more money spent to save time, the more efficient they could be.
After exchanging the money and key, Leonard opened the door which hadn't been opened for many years. Thankfully, the previous lawyer was responsible, so the lock wasn't rusted shut.
With a full two days to explore this double-story row house with an attic, Leonard and Pierce didn't rush to move the furniture to the vehicle. Instead, they began examining the house.
"Let me see if there's anything good." While Pierce searched the boxes and cupboards on the first floor, Leonard climbed to the second floor, estimated the structure of the rooms, then used a [Detection (N)] card while standing on a small corridor.
In an instant, the entire room was enveloped in the card's detection range. Then, Leonard felt a 3D map of the entire room appeared in his mind, with a point marked at the attic.
"So, that's how you mark targets outside of view." Leonard observed the target in his mind with curiosity, and his face showed understanding, indicating that he grasped more knowledge about the usage of the Golden Finger.
After climbing a rusty iron ladder to the attic, Leonard felt as if he had entered a garbage dump. There were so many items piled up in the attic that there was only a narrow pathway left for people to pass through.
From the plastic bags and the layer of dust accumulated on the floor, it seemed that no one had been here for several years.
Having briefly looked around the attic, Leonard took out a filter mask and gloves from his bag and put them on, then he took out a pair of iron clips and an iron hook.
This was the experience summed up by the veterans in this field because there had been many cases where people were accidentally stabbed by hidden objects like iron nails, broken porcelain fragments, or needles when dealing with such items.
Fortunately, the overall condition of the attic was relatively safe, with few hazardous items.
So, after carefully unwrapping the large cloth bundle containing the target, Leonard quickly dropped his tools and began to clean up the items in the bundle with his hands.