To get Shudnof's attention, Matt uses a job as town crier as a vehicle to publish news about the 'high-profile criminal' the Mad Hornet. Matt plans to capture Benjin Shudnof, a mobster uniting the criminal families of Narfnarfjörður under his command, and whom his father was trying to expose. Fulmineo develops a carriage outfitted with several gadgets and weapons, which they call the Blatant Ugliness. Matt convinces Fulmineo they should become crime-fighters who pose as criminals in order to infiltrate real criminals, and to prevent enemies from using innocents against them.

When bailiffs mistake Matt and Fulmineo for criminals, Fulmineo evades ad distracts them with his blinding speed and he and Matt return to the mansion. After they succeed, they rescue a nearby couple being mugged. Matt and Fulmineo got drunk together and, upon agreeing that they both hated Lames, visit the graveyard to cut the head off Lames's memorial statue. After the funeral, Matt fired the staff aside from his maid, but later re-hired Fulmineo, Lames's fencing teacher and a skilled martial artist. Matt's attitude changed when Lames was found dead from an allergic reaction to a wasp sting.

Matt Reed was the irresponsible, 28-year-old slacker son of widower Lames Reed, a famous town crier in Narfnarfjörður (Living Lands) known as the 'Daily Sentinel'.

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