Mystic Overlord: Reading Gives Strength
Chapter 363 - 362 Timely Arrival of Work

Chapter 363: Chapter 362 Timely Arrival of Work

"Mr. Ronald, this way please—"

Following the time notified by Karin, Ronald arrived at the destination ten minutes before five and was admitted early by the staff waiting for him.

He was here because he was tracking Mil.

This was the same organ district he had been to before.

The Ginkgo Leaf Flower Shop, set up in this wealthy district, had attracted the attention of many rich young ladies and madams right from the start.

It involved the social interactions of the upper class.

No wonder they wanted him to make an appearance here...

With such thoughts in mind, Ronald followed the arrangements made by the staff and adhered to his duties.

He sat obediently with over a dozen guests;

He went up and smiled foolishly during the ribbon-cutting;

He toured the prepared flowers with the beautiful noble ladies and young ladies;

And then they all headed to a nearby hotel to enjoy dinner and a dance.

Everything was supposed to go like this, and indeed, the events proceeded steadily.

Throughout the process,

Ronald even encountered Miss Clare, who had helped him last time in the Lilac Path Garden, and they had a nice little chat.

However, everything changed during the final dinner.

Ronald was dealing with a steak in front of him when suddenly, a young man in the flower exhibition staff uniform hurried into the hotel and went directly to the flower exhibition manager.

Just a few whispers and the faces of these two Ginkgo Leaf Alliance people changed.

And through the investigation empowered by the "Fury,"

Ronald immediately sensed their emotions.

The young man who came to report was clearly nervous and afraid, and after hearing the news, the manager’s mood plummeted from satisfaction and joy into anger and worry.

"..."

Noticing this, Ronald slightly shook his head and put down his knife and fork.

"Sigh..."

"Looks like trouble has finally arrived, huh?"

It had been some time since he joined the Ginkgo Leaf Alliance.

After several weeks of peaceful days, it seemed like he had to get back to work.

Thinking this way, Ronald unfastened the napkin from his chest and walked over to the flower exhibition manager with a natural demeanor.

Seeing that there were no idle bystanders around, Ronald lowered his voice and asked directly,

"It seems something is not quite right over here."

"What happened?"

Seeing Ronald asking, the manager naturally did not keep it a secret.

He immediately replied,

"It’s the Blue Kites Flower."

"The news just came in, someone stole it from the flower exhibition."

Ronald immediately realized the seriousness of the situation.

Within the borders of Germany, or along the coastal regions of this continent, due to the difficulty of obtaining pigments in the early days, blue and purple have always been the rarest and most expensive colors.

And in this flower exhibition, a carefully cultivated Blue Kites Flower was displayed as the ’Queen’s Gift’ for the grand finale.

It was also intended to be presented to the queen in the palace.

The theft of the reported flower would not only cause the association to lose face, but it could even displease the queen.

This was absolutely unacceptable for the Ginkgo Leaf Alliance.

Enumerating the potential developments of the situation in his mind, Ronald said at the same time,

"I’ll go have a look at the flower exhibition first."

"Will you come over afterward?"

Hearing Ronald’s decision,

The manager nodded earnestly and sincerely,

"Then I’ll leave it to you for now."

"I still need to entertain the guests here; it’s really not convenient for me to walk away right now."

...

After a few words, Ronald turned and walked toward the outside of the hotel.

The location of the flower exhibition was not too far from the dining area; at Ronald’s usual strolling pace, it would take him no more than ten minutes to reach the place.

Walking along the Springs Street that had already fallen into night.

Ronald was still continuing to analyze the details of the incident in his heart.

It was rather strange when you thought about it.

After all, the Ginkgo Leaf Business Alliance is a commercial organization with a mysterious background, and the ’King of Flowers’—the blue Anthurium they valued—must have had ample protective measures in place.

With that in mind,

what kind of person would dare to steal such a flower?

Even if there was a way to resell the ’King of Flowers,’ the corresponding price paid could hardly make up for the cost of the theft.

Could it be...

Was it a competitor of the Ginkgo Leaf Business Alliance trying to strike at their enemy by orchestrating this incident?

Pondering this, Ronald returned to the location of the flower exhibition.

Compared to when he had left earlier, the night had fallen and the number of people at the exhibition had dwindled, with only the staff still on duty, attending to their tasks.

Seeing Ronald appear, an anxious-looking man immediately came up to greet him.

"Mr. Ronald, you’re finally here."

"For some reason, our end here is unaccounted for; everything at the hotel is working normally, and all the security systems put in place are intact, yet the ’King of Flowers’ just vanished mysteriously..."

Looking at the man in front of him, his face full of anxiety,

Ronald waved his hand to interrupt the other’s obviously confused speech:

"First, take me to the scene."

"The most critical thing now is to grasp the details of the incident in order to retrieve the ’King of Flowers’."

Interrupted by Ronald like this,

the man also regained a trace of clarity from his panic.

He turned to lead the way into the flower exhibition, organizing his thoughts before speaking:

"Mr. Ronald, please come and see for yourself."

"After discovering the situation, we directly sealed off the scene, and no one has interfered with any of the details there."

Ronald nodded and followed, not forgetting to reassure him:

"Don’t worry, things can always be resolved."

...

Upon arriving at the former location of the blue Anthurium,

the area was indeed surrounded by several workers, with a sign reading "Gardener at Work" temporarily placed outside to mislead onlookers.

This scene, emerging at the close of night,

didn’t attract the attention of anyone else.

And Ronald, as an absolute high-level representative of the Ginkgo Leaf Business Alliance here, immediately bypassed the workers and went inside.

—The scene in front of him seemed normal.

Surrounding the central flowerbed was a sea of red flowers, meticulously cared for.

It was just a pity that compared to when Ronald had seen it in the afternoon, the beautiful blue flower that had been at the center was now gone without a trace.

Standing here with the person in charge,

Ronald was analyzing the scene in front of him while also delicately controlling the black fog to search carefully around the ground.

The surrounding flowerbeds bore no traces.

Even the vegetation showed no signs of damage.

The thief’s actions were obviously premeditated and did not seem like a hasty theft...

"Hmm?"

At that moment, Ronald felt the black fog find something in the flowerbed.

Thus, he controlled the black fog to bring the object before him, and his gaze immediately darkened.

—The reason was simple.

—It was a card with blue spots.