Chapter 21: Fear of the Invisible Man
"The Court of Owls? What is this?"
His brows furrowed, which made him appear old-fashioned even more vicissitudes.
He took out his mobile phone and connected to the criminal analysis department of Walter Corporation.
"The cloud database shows that there is only one important piece of information related to owls: the suicide of Fahim Hals, the founder of motorcycle taxi software, who claimed to be hunted by owls before committing suicide."
Someone from the Criminal Analysis Department provided the Invisible Man with such information.
After he cut off the phone, he immediately developed a wealth of associations.
The ice and snow duo came to this street, first had a conflict with the gangsters on the street, and then solved them without any accident.
Then, they successfully subdued the Li'an siblings.
Then a mysterious man appeared, fought fiercely, killed or kidnapped two people, and left behind this nursery rhyme about owls.
However, why did the other party leave such a clue?
A warning or a show-off after the murder?
The invisible man is puzzled.
"The only clue I can follow now is Fahim."
Packing up his mood, he decided to continue to follow this trail.
Fahim has been buried, of course the invisible man will not have any interest in the body.
But there should be some clues left about Fahim's residence.
Taking off his clothes, the transparent man sneaked into Fahim's residence on Long Island, New York.
Although he can conduct an open and honest investigation, he still likes the feeling of walking in a lively city without clothes on.
After all, this is so bloody!
There is a kind of excitement that you secretly urinate in someone else's room, but you won't be found.
In Fahim's mansion, there are only his sister and a black maid.
Standing naked behind Fahim's sister, after watching TV for a while, he walked to Fahim's room.
"Maybe there's 'Flower Girl', or 'The Attic' or something that makes me want to rush."
The invisible man thought wildly.
Regrettably, his lewd idea didn't come true.
There are only some books and paintings in Fahim's room.
Smacking his lips, the transparent man took off a pair of Norman Knockwell's painting, and then drenched on it.
"Smiling, law-abiding good citizens? Fake squid!"
Norman Knockwell's paintings span the commercial field and the patriotic propaganda field. He likes to paint people, especially the people at the bottom who show positive energy.
I don't want to anger the arrogant transparent people.
After venting for a while, the transparent man began to do business.
After searching the drawers, cabinets, and bookcases, he found a small note in the middle of a thick book.
"They are also cold behind the pale mask. Warwick believes that New York is on the brink of chaos, and the Court of Owls needs to clear the chaos and evil. The claws have haunted the night, ready to reap the blood of rebellion and uncleanness. I am terrified. And upset because I don't agree with Warwick's claims. The dignitaries in the courtroom are very upset with me..."
The last few words were crooked, as if they were in a panic when they wrote it.
The transparent man compared the handwriting, and it was indeed Fahim's own handwriting.
"Warwick seems to be their leader. This one called 'Talon' seems to be under the so-called Court of Owls. And Fahim, it looks like he was killed by Talon... so to speak. He didn't kill himself."
Through careful thinking, transparent people come to inferences that they think are reasonable.
Turning to the last page, there is also a paragraph on it, "Sister, the New York Public Library has the documentation and account records I keep, and there is all the information about the Owl Court. In the accounts are all the suspicious fund investigations that I have written down. Chain, I have analyzed a list of some of the court members. If something happens to me, please be sure to take out this information.”
The transparent man whistled, "Wow! The big fish is out!"
There is still a key in the ancient book, which is simple and has a sense of age.
There is an owl-shaped decoration on the top of the key.
"This is the Athenian owl, which first appeared on the coins of ancient Greece, representing power and wealth. Damn, what a bunch of weird people."
Transparent people have traveled to Athens, so know this owl head decoration.
The clues had pointed to the New York Public Library, so he had to rush to the library again.
By the time the transparent people arrived at the New York Public Library, it was already night time.
The huddled homeless on the street corner, the drunk and noisy college students, the couples snuggling with each other, and the office workers returning home from overtime, all decorate the night in New York.
In the hustle and bustle of the crowd, the transparent man walked home worriedly with a bag of documents.
He was shocked when he glanced at this information.
The newer document is Fahim's handwritten document, which records what he knows about the Court of Owls.
The old parchment documents have a sense of age, as if they were dug out of a tomb and exudes the smell of decay.
This should be a document from the 1890s, which records how the new immigrant elites in New York City held a secret meeting in the Federal Hall on Wall Street after the 1785 Code of Federal Regulations to prepare to form a secret society.
This is the predecessor of the Court of Owls.
The transparent man Yali Shanda felt that he was approaching some indescribable terror.
As far as ancient documents are concerned, Fahim's materials in the public library also include a list.
This list is a list of court personnel investigated by Fahim based on the court's secret account.
Since the Owl Court held a meeting, the participants were wearing white faceless masks, so it was impossible to identify the true identities of those people, so Fahim investigated the source of funds in the court's secret account and locked down several suspects.
Transparent people saw two familiar people on this list.
Madeleine, Vice President of Water Company, and Alastair Adana, President of Jizhong Church.
In other words, these two people may be the people of the Court of Owls.
He felt that he might be in danger. It is a common scene in **** movies, and the trickster who discovers the secret will usually die miserably. And himself, now he has become a tragic trick to master the secret.
The Invisible Man has fully believed in the existence of the Court of Owls.
People are always accustomed to believing the truth they discover, even if the truth is a trap set by a hunter.
He just got into the cover set by Wei Chen.
He is now beginning to believe that there is such a court of powerful people in New York, who are hidden in the shadows, secretly watching over the city. They use "sharp claws" to eliminate dissidents and attack political enemies to achieve their ulterior motives.
And although he is a superhero, he is obviously unable to fight against such a secret group.
Especially when his immediate boss is someone from the other side.
"Beware of the court of owls, who will always monitor your travels.
Peeking out into New York City from the shadows, tucked away in a low-walled attic..."
He recited this nursery rhyme silently, and gradually felt that a pair of owl eyes lit up in the dark, peeping and monitoring his every move.