Algernon thought for a moment and tapped a button on the table. A simple mechanism connected a thin wire to the next door. A crisp bell rang from the next door.
A moment later, a young man in a woolen Frac suit and a triangular hat pushed the door open and walked in. "Mr. President, what can I do for you?"
Algernon said, "Bring me the information of a mercenary named Gavin who just registered today."
"Yes, sir."
Not long after, a simple document appeared on the old man's desk.
Algenon quickly browsed through the information and said to the young secretary at the desk, "Arrange for someone to go to Gabriel and find out his background. If this mercenary comes back next time, arrange for someone to follow him and find out where he stays. Remember, don't let him find out."
The secretary said, "Understood. What else do you need?"
Algernon handed the document back to the secretary. "Let me know if you have any results."
The secretary took the document, bowed, and turned to leave.
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After getting rid of the stalker, Feng Chou quickly left the street on this floor and changed his appearance again in a deserted alley.
He quickly found the Bruce Chamber of Commerce, which was one of the top five large chambers of commerce in Antalya.
This chamber of commerce was located on the lowest ring street in North Antalya and took up a lot of space.
On the surface, this chamber of commerce mainly dealt in food and wood, but when Feng Chou sneaked into the depths of the alley on the side of the chamber of commerce, Qiankun Pagoda's scan told him that this chamber of commerce had a large number of weapons and armors hidden in its warehouse. Some of the armors were obviously not for human use.
When Feng Chou followed Simon from Fergesack to Antalya, they met a group of Gnolls on the way. These Gnolls were wearing excellent armor. According to Leo's common sense, Gnolls would never be able to make such excellent armor. However, the armor was clearly in line with the Gnolls' body structure, which was very different from that of humans. It was obviously tailor-made for Gnolls, which made Feng Chou feel very strange.
After that, the mercenaries told him that the armor was sold to the Jackalans by some evil human merchants.
At that time, he thought it was unbelievable. How could a human sell weapons and armor to the Gnolls?
Now it seemed that the Bruce Chamber of Commerce was such an evil existence.
From this point, it also indirectly confirmed the credibility of the information that the Bruce Chamber of Commerce was actually the Gray Shadow Chamber of Commerce.
The Grey Shadow Chamber of Commerce was an underground chamber of commerce that did gray business. They were already notorious in the Vita Duchy, so they needed to use an ordinary chamber of commerce as a cover.
Sneaking out from the side alley of the Bruce Chamber of Commerce, Feng Chou snuck into the messy residential area opposite the Chamber of Commerce and appeared in a deserted alley.
This residential area belonged to the civilian area of the city. The buildings were crowded, the alleys were narrow, and the houses were in a mess.
For the convenience of transportation, many large chambers of commerce in North City had placed their warehouses and even their headquarters on the lower ring street near the south gate of the pier. The Bruce Chamber of Commerce was one of them.
The lowest street was also the civilian area of the city.
The civilian area opposite the Bruce Chamber of Commerce was where many of the workers and coachmen lived. For the sake of convenience, some low-level guards of the chamber of commerce would also rent rooms in this area.
For the chamber of commerce, the caravans could be protected by mercenaries, but the guards of the chamber of commerce's headquarters and warehouses could not be hired.
In order to satisfy the needs of these guards, workers, and coachmen, a few low-level taverns were created on the adjacent streets of this residential area.
Feng Chou changed his clothes in the deserted alley to make himself look like an ordinary chamber of commerce guard. Then he walked out of the alley.
Feng Chou walked into a decent looking tavern opposite the Bruce Chamber of Commerce.
Because of the time, there were not many people in the tavern. Feng Chou found an empty corner, ordered some ale, roasted meat, and bread, and ate in big bites.
There were seven or eight people sitting in the tavern. No matter how loud or loud their conversations were, they were all collected by Qiankun Pagoda.
Soon, Qiankun Pagoda marked the identities of the people in the tavern. More than half of these people were guards of the Bruce Chamber of Commerce.
Feng Chou sat in the tavern and drank ale from the afternoon until late at night. During this time, he went out several times, but he would return very quickly.
In just one afternoon and half a night, Feng Chou had collected all the news in the Bruce Chamber of Commerce.
To be able to get a clear picture of a chamber of commerce, of course, he did not rely on Qiankun Pagoda to collect the conversations of others.
Qiankun Pagoda collected the conversations to determine the approximate identities of these people. If he encountered someone with a more suitable identity, Feng Chou would let Qiankun Pagoda keep an eye on them. Once the target left, he would follow.
After tracking the target and finding an opportunity, Feng Chou would bring the target into Qiankun Pagoda. He would use illusions to confuse the target and extract all the information from the stomach of the target. Qiankun Pagoda would then analyze and summarize it.
Now, Feng Chou was already familiar with how to use the Universe Tower. He only needed to open a spatial door to the Universe Tower in front of these half-drunk drunkards when no one was around. Then, he used illusion techniques to create a scenery similar to the surrounding environment in the Universe Tower.
Qiankun Pagoda's illusions could not be seen through even with Feng Chou's senses, let alone these drunkards.
These drunkards plunged into the Qiankun Pagoda just like that. They were mesmerized by Qiankun Pagoda's illusions and spat out all their secrets.
After extracting all the information, Qiankun Pagoda used illusions to lure these drunkards out of Qiankun Pagoda. With Qiankun Pagoda's ability to accelerate time, these drunkards only needed to disappear for one or two minutes. When they came out, they would think that they had had a strange dream.
The whole process could be said to be secretive.
That night, Feng Chou stayed in this tavern.
Early the next morning, Feng Chou left the tavern and put on the mask he had prepared for Gavin.
According to the information he got from one of the drunkards, Feng Chou found a house for rent in an alley not far from the tavern.
Feng Chou knocked on the door of the courtyard. After a while, a child about ten years old opened the door and poked his head out.
The child looked up at Feng Chou and asked, "Who are you?"
Feng Chou smiled and said, "I heard that there are houses for rent here?"
When the child heard this, he quickly turned around and shouted into the courtyard, "Mom, someone is renting a house."
Not long after the child finished speaking, a middle-aged woman came to the door and said to Feng Chou, "You want to rent a house?
For how long? "
The woman had a strong body. Her sleeves were rolled up to her elbows, and her wet hands were red from the cold.
Feng Chou smiled and said, "Half a year."
The middle-aged woman said, "Second floor, single room, 4 grams per month. You have to pay half a year's rent first."
Feng Chou said, "No problem."
After hearing Feng Chou's answer, the middle-aged woman smiled and opened the door to let him in.