After sending Vivian to the study to copy the book, Charlotte took out the black stone from the cabinet, went upstairs and locked herself in the room.
Her finger swiped across the black screen, and the screen lit up, popping up a string of unread messages.
Charlotte looked at a few private messages first.
[Brother Miracle, did the Judge leave you any relics? ]
[Don't think too much, I don't want to use his relics to pay off the debt, but he owes too much...]
[Forget it, just ignore me. ]
This is the message the merchant sent him, and there is a tangle between the lines.
Three thousand gold coins is indeed not a small amount. With the death of the Judge, this money has become a bad debt, which makes people feel a little sorry for this merchant.
[No, except for a piece of stone, he left nothing, including ashes. ]
Charlotte sent him a message.
Only fools inherit debts.
Merchant: [...]
Charlotte opened the next private chat, from the Hermit, with only a short message:
[The Night Watchman will go to the Abyss to find you in the near future. ]
The Night Watchman is one of the founders of the Red Moon Organization. Judging from the existence of the Red Moon Organization, he is over a thousand years old. With such a long life span, he is most likely a dragon.
Charlotte: [Is there anything I should pay attention to when contacting the Night Watchman? ]
Hermit: [Don't be too nervous, just treat him sincerely. ]
Charlotte's mind quickly became active. With the strength of the Night Watchman, if he asked him to help solve the troubles in front of him, maybe he could solve it easily?
However, their level was too high, and it was still unknown whether they would agree to solve such a small problem for him.
Then Charlotte glanced at the Red Moon group chat. In the past day, the group chat messages did not increase much. After the death of the Judge, the group members were not very active in their daily lives.
The chat content was quite formal and high-end, such as "The monster nest in the Pabo Plateau in the northwest has moved, and we need people to investigate it." "The southern important town of Noto has been besieged by monsters and needs emergency rescue." "The technician's latest weapon, the Exploding Iron Egg, is recruiting volunteers."... As a newbie, Charlotte obviously couldn't participate in such topics and events. This was in line with Charlotte's expectations. After all, they might be big bosses in reality. If they brag in the group all day long, he would deeply doubt the authenticity of their identities. After staring at the screen and thinking for a while, Charlotte edited a message and sent it to the group. Miracle: [Friends, is there any way to bring down Duke Cromwell? ]
Witch: [Oh, the newcomer just joined Red Moon and wants to make a big thing? ]
Technician: [The King of Lance Empire also wants to know. ]
Light Chaser: [@Miracle, do you have any deep hatred with Duke Cromwell? ]
Miracle: [I just can't stand his domineering look. ]
Technician: [In the black market, the bounty for Cromwell's head is as high as 10,000 gold coins. You can try. ]
Witch: [You will die if you try. There are at least eight top killers who have died for the bounty in recent years. ]
Charlotte was shocked. 10,000 gold coins is 100 million copper coins. This is a real high reward. I didn't expect that there are more than one person in the world who dislikes Cromwell.
[You want to deal with Cromwell? ]
Charlotte received a private message from the light chaser. He was a little surprised that this person would take the initiative to private message him.
From the previous chat, she revealed very little information. We only know that she should be a woman. As for her race and identity, it is completely unknown.
However, since the other party took the initiative to privately chat, instead of joking in the group like the technician and the witch, maybe he can provide him with some help.
Charlotte: [Yes, I have a friend who was ordered to be hunted down by him. The current situation is quite bad, so I want to ask other members of the organization if there is a way to solve it from the root. ]
Light Chaser: [The friend you are talking about, is it you?]
Charlotte: ...
This woman is very perceptive.
Light Chaser: [There are countless people in this world who want to overthrow Cromwell, whether they are persecuted by him or go for the bounty, but he has lived in the Duke's Mansion for 30 years and is still standing. How do you think you can overthrow him?]
Charlotte: [I said I found a copy of Cromwell's criminal record, do you believe it?]
Light Chaser: [You said you found a cute loli, I believe it.]
Charlotte: !!!
Fuck? Where did this woman come from? Is this black stone installed with a bug?
Charlotte stared at the black stone in her hand, frowning.
Light Chaser: [Don't be nervous, count the time, Vivian. Bernice should have reached the abyss by now, and you are near the abyss. You are a doctor, and you suddenly want to deal with Cromwell with a sense of justice. This means that people and things are now in your hands. This is not difficult to infer. ]
Charlotte: ...
It can't be said to be completely right, it's absolutely right.
What is not difficult to infer? !
Just based on his few words, he directly named Vivian and was with him. This woman's IQ is simply terrifying!
Light Chaser: [The criminal record that can make Cromwell so nervous must have something. Can you describe it briefly? ]
Charlotte licked his dry lips. He didn't know the other party's identity so far, but he felt that he was completely seen through.
He even felt that the other party might have known his true identity. After all, the judge suddenly found a doctor as his successor, and the title was to restart the topic of the influence of the red moon on the monsters. This information is very sufficient.
Let herself calm down quickly, and Charlotte reviewed the chat records of the two again.
Judging from the current information, the other party should be very familiar with the murder of Vivian's father, which means that she may be from the capital of the Reims Empire and has a high status.
And from her initiative to chat privately, she should be interested in overthrowing Cromwell, at least the possibility that she is not an enemy is relatively high.
Charlotte's most urgent task at present is to confirm the value of the manual in Vivian's hand and whether it can overthrow Cromwell.
If not, then they must find another way out.
Charlotte: [The book I picked up records in detail how Cromwell created conflicts with the orc tribes on the border, massacred border villages on a large scale, intensified the intensity of conflicts, and exaggerated the threats of the orc tribes, thereby defrauding large amounts of military funds.
In addition, he also withheld relief grain during several major disasters, causing a large number of civilians to starve to death. And evidence that he colluded with officials of the Ministry of Finance and embezzled huge amounts of treasury funds. ]
Light Chaser: [Cromwell has been impeached for every crime you mentioned, but each time it ended in failure due to insufficient evidence. If the evidence in the book is not detailed enough, or if there is no ability to kill him with one hammer, it will be meaningless. ]
The power of this Cromwell has exceeded Charlotte's expectations.
However, the guy who can even kill the Chancellor of the Exchequer is arrogant.
Charlotte thought for a while and replied: [I can't judge whether the evidence is detailed enough. Why don't I send you one or two detailed case contents and ask you to help verify. ]
He knew that he was nothing. This book was useless in his hands and there was no place to verify.
But if the identity of the light chaser is as he guessed, maybe she can really get in touch with the level of the King of the Lance Empire and directly threaten Cromwell.
Light chaser: [Okay. ]
The light chaser readily agreed, which greatly increased Charlotte's favorability towards the Red Moon Organization.
The resentment of being tricked into the group by the judge also dissipated, and even a little more gratitude.
The feeling of being carried away is really great.
Light Chaser: [But, you won't fall in love with her, will you? She's only fifteen years old.]
What do you mean by love or not? Am I a beast? ! Charlotte glared, this was simply an insult to his character: [I just adopted a homeless little sister, please don't make any associations.]
The Light Chaser didn't reply any more.
Charlotte went downstairs to get the booklet, copied two cases and sent them to the Light Chaser.
Mobile phone... Ah, the existence of Black Stone makes communication efficient and safe.
If he took the booklet and ran across tens of thousands of kilometers to the imperial capital to hand it to the Light Chaser in person, and had to avoid Cromwell's lackeys in the process, he might not have so much sense of justice.
Light Chaser: [Received, I need a few days to verify, I will contact you again.]
Seeing that the Light Chaser was about to end the chat, Charlotte hurriedly asked: [It's hard to deal with the big one, so can the small one? Kapas is in Kalva, is there any way to deal with him? Or force him to return to the Lance Empire? ]
Light Chaser: [Although the Red Moon Organization is loose, it has always taken "equivalent exchange" as its basic principle. I am quite interested in the Cromwell incident, so you don't need to pay the price, but for other questions, you have to come up with something that interests me. ]
"So that's the case..." Charlotte thought for a while, and then replied: [Then I will also give you a chance to ask me questions. ] There was a sudden silence on the other side.
After waiting for a while, Charlotte did not receive a reply, so he had to give up.
He admitted that he had a gambling element, but it was obvious that the other party had no interest in his shallow knowledge.
Although the current dilemma has not been resolved, it is not without gain. At least the value of the booklet can be confirmed through the Light Chaser, and whether Cromwell can be overthrown.
As for the threat from Capas, he can only rely on himself to solve it.
First of all, he needs to collect more information about Carol. As Capas's spokesperson for the Abyss, he is Charlotte's biggest threat at present!