Given the Detective's high efficiency, Lex paid him the remaining remuneration and an additional 5 pounds as a reward.
This reward, equivalent to half of his original pay, pleasantly surprised Robin, making him feel that all the hardships of the past few days—eating and sleeping rough, fighting for territory with vagrants, and not returning home until late every night—were all worth it!
"That's settled then, Matthew, please see Mr. Robin out for me."
"Also, Mr. Robin, if I ever need your services again in the future, I will contact you."
Hearing Lex's words, Robin nodded repeatedly: "It's my honor to serve a generous gentleman like you."
After the servant saw the Detective off, Lex stood up: "Gru, prepare yourself, we're going to Black Stone Street."
The bodyguard frowned: "Sir, I think we should notify the police."
"No."
Lex shook his head: "The police would make too much of a commotion; as soon as they appear, the fellow named Sobari or whatever he calls himself will surely flee at the first sign of trouble."
"Besides, I want to personally question him about why he tried to kill me."
Gru had no choice but to concede: "Then let me go, Sir. It's too dangerous, I don't want you to easily get involved in danger."
Lex returned to his room, took out the Snake Scale Revolver, and said while loading it: "Believe me, Gru, I am far stronger than you imagine. My marksmanship is quite good; I've even shot wild wolves. And I won't put myself in danger."
"I'll hide and set a trap for that guy; you'll be responsible for charging in. How does that sound?"
Seeing that he couldn't persuade him to give up, Gru could only say: "If there's danger, my priority will be to protect you. Even if it means letting that fellow go, I will first get you out of harm's way, Sir."
"It's a deal then."
Black Stone Street is not far from the Dock Area; here, you can smell the fishy scent of the sea, and the entire street is winding and not at all straight.
Moreover, there are no paved roads, and with the dilapidated houses on both sides, it rather resembles Kingston Road in Enki Town.
However, the houses here are larger, and in the alleys and behind the main doors, ragged vagrants are everywhere.
Their expressions were numb, and their eyes were dull. If their chests weren't still rising and falling, Lex would have mistaken them for Living Corpses.
He was glad that both he and Gru had changed into gray-blue worker's clothes, which made them look like they fit in with the environment.
Otherwise, if they had appeared here in formal attire, that Sobari would probably have gotten wind of it and slipped away.
Without much effort, Lex found building number 17. He had Gru guard the main door while he passed through a narrow alley to the back of the building.
Behind the building was a dirty alley, piled high with all sorts of junk, and even the residents on the first floor had stacked their belongings out into the alley.
Looking at this alley, Lex could barely find a place to step.
However, clutter had its advantages.
Lex thought this and began to 'work'. A moment later, he returned to the front of the building and nodded to Gru, who was squatting nearby.
Gru stood up, walked through the main door, and disappeared at the staircase leading to the second floor.
Lex returned to the back of the alley and crouched behind some wooden crates. No sooner had he hidden than he heard angry curses and gunshots from above, followed by a sudden crash, and a window upstairs shattered.
At the same time, someone jumped down from above.
The person landed in a pile of debris, took the opportunity to roll out, stood on the ground, and was about to flee the scene.
Lex rushed out with a whoosh, raised his Snake Scale Revolver, and fired at the opponent with not-so-precise marksmanship.
The sudden gunshot startled him; he turned his head and saw it was the gunman with missing eyebrows who had attacked Lex in the restaurant.
His pistol might have run out of bullets; he didn't retaliate, but held his head and fled to another part of the alley.
When Gru's head peered out of the window, he saw Sobari step on a rotten box, and his whole body suddenly sank down, his foot caught in the box and unable to be pulled out for a moment.
Then, a shot from his young master forced him towards the wall, which in turn tugged a hemp rope suspended on the ground. That rope pulled down some wooden planks placed against the alley wall, and they crashed down, pinning Sobari to the ground.
Gru roared, jumped from the second-floor window, crushing several wooden crates, and took the opportunity to fire in Sobari's direction.
Sobari clumsily crawled out. Before he could escape, a hard object suddenly pressed against the back of his head, and then he heard Lex's voice say: "Drop the gun, slowly stand up, and let me see your hands."
Sobari was silent at first, then he laughed and said in a low voice: "You little bastard from the Disraeli family Family! Why are you still alive! I clearly drugged you on that ship, and I saw with my own eyes that you were slaughtered!"
"But damn it, how are you still alive! If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have lost my job. I, I'm going to kill you!"
He suddenly turned around, and Lex, without the slightest hesitation, pulled the trigger, causing a spray of blood mist from Sobari's head, and then he fell straight to the ground.
"Are you alright, Sir?"
Gru arrived nearby, saw Lex looking dazed, and quickly pulled him up and ran: "Let's get out of here, the police might be arriving soon."
It wasn't until they returned to the hotel that Lex fully recovered his senses.
He was greatly surprised.
It sounded like this Sobari was actually on the 'Alfalfa' at the time. Moreover, he had drugged himself—no, the original owner—leading to his death in that cabin.
Then he had Transmigrated, taking over the original owner's body and assuming Lex's identity. In Sobari's eyes, this naturally meant Lex had come back to life.
And this had caused him to lose his job, and perhaps even suffer some severe punishment. That's why he came to assassinate him—yes, the motive was plausible.
The only question was, who had instructed Sobari?
Wait.
He just called me 'the little bastard from the Disraeli family Family', which means he knows this Family?
In that case, the person who instructed him must be an enemy of Bison.
Lex glanced at the bodyguard beside him. Fortunately, Gru wasn't nearby at the time, so he didn't hear Sobari's last words.
Now that Sobari was dead, there should be no one in this world who knew that Lex had died once on the ship.
As for Sobari's employer, Lex wasn't worried. The other party probably didn't believe what Sobari said; otherwise, this killer wouldn't have been 'unemployed'.
And through this incident, Lex also understood why the original owner, despite having some skill, was killed by two ordinary people on the ship.
So, there was such a reason behind it.
"Sir, I think we should inform the Master about this afternoon's incident. If the police cause us trouble because of it, the Master will be able to resolve it in time."
As Lex's personal valet, Matthew offered his opinion after understanding the sequence of events.
Lex nodded: "Bring me paper and a pen. I'll draft a telegram now, and you'll go to the telegraph office later to send this message back home."
Matthew went to get paper and pen, while Lex had further thoughts.
Bison's enemies probably wouldn't give up just like that. If I were the employer, since ordinary killers couldn't eliminate the target, what would I do next?
Hmm, I would probably ask a Beyonder to take action!