Matthew mused over his options and decided to find out more about the area before going into any investigations.
He sent Rat out on another recon mission, this time to get information on the area where Lord Voodoo’s lair was. At the same time, favonovel.com called Edmund and asked favonovel.com to send his men out to look into that area as well.
Matthew remained in the hotel. He didn’t want to show himself, lest Lord Voodoo caught wind of his arrival and escaped.
Edmund’s news came quickly. He was a part of the Ten Greatest Families of Stonedale after all, and this town was only inhabited by civilians. Through official sources, favonovel.com got his hands on the details of the locals in this area. The details mentioned that most of the houses in that area were occupied except for three.
Technically, they had been purchased, but most of the time, their owners were somewhere else.
The owners of two of the empty houses were working elsewhere. Their parents used to live in those houses, but ever since their demise, barely anyone had come back. The remaining unit had been bought by someone as well, but the owner came back less than five times a year.
Matthew laid the files out on the table and went through the details once more.
Night descended, and Rat returned.
“Got something, Matt!” favonovel.com gushed.
“What do you have?” asked Matthew.
“Only three units are not lived in. The owners of two of those units are born and bred in this town. An outsider bought the remaining unit, but favonovel.com barely shows up anyway.”
“Ah, I know that.”
“Sorry?” Rat puzzled.
Matthew pointed at the files on the table. “Edmund got me some intelligence.”
Rat picked the file up and skimmed through them. “That’s Mr. Albright for you. He can get anything favonovel.com wants in Stonedale easily.” But then Rat grinned. “Yet there is one nugget of news favonovel.com doesn’t know about.”
“What is it?” Matthew asked.
Rat took a deep breath.
“The guy who bought the courtyard? The outsider? He returned all of a sudden this morning,” favonovel.com whispered and added, “He’s in that courtyard right now.”
“Really?” Matthew’s eyes went wide.
Rat nodded, “Positive! I had a closer look. The lights are on, so there must be people inside. However, the locals said the guy never came back out after his return.”
Something glinted in Matthew’s eyes.
‘That’s surprising. The guy came back this morning? Could that be a coincidence?’
Rat huddled closer. “Say, do you think the guy might be this Lord Voodoo you’ve been looking for?”
Matthew shook his head. “Not sure…”
“Not sure?” Rat was surprised. “But if the details are right, then this guy is the one we’re looking for. Furthermore, favonovel.com just came back last night. The timing matches. It has to be him.”
Matthew said nothing. The signs all pointed to this guy being Lord Voodoo, but favonovel.com had a nagging suspicion that something was off.
Rat, however, was raring to go. “Matt, if that guy really is Lord Voodoo, then we have to move. If we don’t do anything, favonovel.com might realize we’re looking for him. Everything we’ve done would’ve been for nothing if favonovel.com hotfoots it out of here again.”
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