Mystic Overlord: Reading Gives Strength
Chapter 72 Broken Gates

Chapter 72: 72 Broken Gates

An entire afternoon had passed, and Ronald had not done any substantial work.

Even the misentering commoners Nicole mentioned, he hadn’t seen a single one.

It was only when it started to get dark outside the headquarters of the Investigation Office that something new happened in front of Ronald.

Bang—

A loud crash, as someone forcefully pushed the door open from outside.

Just when Ronald thought someone dared to make a scene at a place like the Investigation Office.

Investigator Nicole appeared at the doorway.

Different from when she left in the morning, this time the young investigator was carrying a sizable rectangular-shaped object wrapped in a checkered fabric on her back.

Nicole didn’t seem to think her actions were rough as she continued to walk inside.

Click—

Suddenly, a woeful sound of wood moaned at the entrance.

The thing on the investigator girl’s back was not too small, and she accidentally hit it against the open door.

The result was tragic.

The screws popped out from the upper part of the door of the Investigation Office, and the hinges connecting the door frame and the door fell to the ground, making a pleasant chiming sound.

"..."

Unsurprisingly, Nicole’s figure froze at the entrance of the Investigation Office.

The next second, she slowly raised her head and made eye contact with Ronald, who was standing behind the front desk.

She sheepishly smiled and greeted,

"Good evening, Ronald."

"Have you eaten yet?"

"..."

"I haven’t yet, planning to after work."

Watching the girl’s demeanor, Ronald engaged in awkward small talk while hurriedly running to the door to prop it up in the frame. With his help, at least the hinges below wouldn’t break off together.

Snap—

The door stood back in the frame, all smoothly fitted back into place.

The heavy sensation in his shoulder area told Ronald,

—The door of the Investigation Office was definitely of excellent quality.

"..."

"Hold it up for a bit, please."

Watching Ronald’s actions, Nicole playfully winked at him.

The investigator girl then placed the object from her back behind the front desk and swiftly ran toward the deeper parts of the first floor of the Investigation Office.

In less than three minutes, Nicole’s figure reappeared in the hall.

This time, she held a hammer and some nails in her hand.

The items were clearly taken from the storeroom of the Investigation Office.

Approaching the doorway, Nicole first bent down to pick up the hinges and started matching them to the cracked wooden door frames.

The wood where the nails were originally, now directly splintered, no care had been taken not to damage the door heavily.

It seemed only shifting the position would work...

Moving the hinge position down might make the door unstable.

So, it was better to mount it a bit higher.

Having decided on the repair plan, Nicole immediately spoke to Ronald:

"Ronald, pull the door open for me, be careful not to let it fall."

"I’ll nail the hinges."

"Okay."

Ronald obediently complied, holding and pulling open the door of the Investigation Office.

Then, a new problem arose.

When Nicole tried to fix the hinge with nails, she found she was a bit short for the position, not a good angle to apply force.

"..."

Pondering for two seconds, the girl had another idea.

"Ronald, let me ride on you."

"Huh?"

Before Ronald, who was holding the door, could react, Nicole agilely climbed up his body, much like a dad carrying his daughter at a fair, the investigator girl mounted his neck.

"Stay steady."

Bang bang bang—

After giving a warning, Nicole started doing carpentry from her elevated position, seemingly skilled at it.

While the investigator girl fixed the door, Ronald inadvertently glanced at the street outside.

His body immediately grew stiff.

It was the transitional period just before evening after the afternoon ended.

On the main road outside Long Beach Street, it was either citizens heading home from work or various professionals getting busy.

Ronald and Nicole’s door-repairing presence was too conspicuous next to the police station.

Not to mention the passersby.

Even the drivers of the horse-drawn cabs couldn’t help but focus their attention on them as they passed by.

"..."

"Ronald, why did your body suddenly stiffen..."

Nicole, who was happily hammering nails, felt Ronald stiffen and was about to ask.

Then, the young investigator also noticed this condition.

Bang!

"Sss—"

Distracted, she hit her finger with the hammer and sharply inhaled a breath of cold air.

Fortunately, Nicole was tough.

She forcibly swallowed the cry of pain that reached her lips and increased her efforts by threefold.

Clang, clang, clang, clang—

A series of rhythmic and tidy hammering, finally the hinge was fixed.

Jumping down from Ronald, the young investigator examined the door she had fixed.

"Ronald, let’s close the door first."

"Okay..."

Clack—

The door closed tightly, and Nicole’s door-fixing skills were definitely up to par.

One wouldn’t even notice the raw feel of closing the door unless they paid attention.

However, facing the door which seemed to be completely fixed, Nicole’s facial expression was extremely grim, as if she could squeeze out ink.

Immediately, the young girl spoke up unfavorably:

"Ronald, you stay here and keep watch."

"Don’t let ordinary people in."

"I’ll go call the professionals."

As soon as she spoke, the girl rushed up to the second floor of the investigation bureau at a speed three times faster than before, and Ronald could even hear her hurried footsteps upstairs.

Soon, another investigator whom Ronald had never seen before came downstairs.

Unlike the few he had interacted with before, this was an old man with graying temples, definitely over fifty years old.

At that moment, Nicole was dragging him to the door.

The old investigator’s somewhat cloudy pupils also displayed a very tense expression.

He quickly scrutinized the newly fixed door and its frame.

He spoke up:

"Nicole, are you sure it was less than a quarter-hour?"

"I promise!"

"..."

After contemplating for two or three breaths, the old investigator’s gaze firmed, and he immediately began giving orders:

"Alright, you two go outside and make sure no one disturbs us."

"I’ll re-engrave it."

"Yes!"

Immediately agreeing with him, Nicole then took Ronald out of the investigation bureau.

She didn’t mind the dust on the steps at the entrance, the young investigator promptly sat down, and also gestured to Ronald beside her:

"Come, sit down."

"Make your expression more casual."

"Okay."

Ronald complied, and the two of them sat side by side on the steps outside the bureau entrance.

It was less than five minutes before something interesting happened.

Initially, pedestrians on the roadside would occasionally cast glances in the direction of the bureau.

But as time passed,

this ’occasionally’ was noticeably decreasing.

Until no one glanced their way anymore, and the door of the investigation bureau behind them also opened from the inside.

Almost simultaneously, the old investigator’s voice rang out:

"It’s handled, come in."

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