"I'm not interested in anything about it," Robert leaned over to the table, "but if I could, I could help identify the little wooden box." ”

Chiko put away her gun and took a few deep breaths. She walked to the table and looked at the delicate little wooden box in front of her, with a hesitant look on her face. Neither the C.I.A. nor the National Investigation Agency had any image of the item, and she couldn't be sure that it was something that the two intelligence agencies were competing for.

"Can you tell us what it is?" asked Eric.

"This ......" Chiko pursed her lips, her eyes still fixed on the small wooden box.

Robert pursed his lips and said, "Are you agents all white-eyed wolves, and I don't want to think about how you got to this point, if it weren't for me and the big detective, you would still be fighting the cockroach bureau." ”

"You!" Chiko held back her emotions that almost exploded. Robert's words are ugly, but they are true.

"Okay. Chiko finally relented, "You should know that every president and chairman of the parliament must take an oath according to the code of laws before taking office." ”

"Does this have anything to do with this?" asked Robert.

"The Codex?" Eric keenly grasped the point.

"That's right. The two codes used for the oath of office were not ordinary editions, one was the original version that was finally adopted by the Constituent Assembly at the founding of the country, and the other was the first manuscript that the founding father of the country K used to take the oath of office when he became the first president. A warning is recorded at the end of both editions. And this warning came from the founder of this estate, that is, Lord Oncor, who followed the father of the nation in the north and south and made outstanding achievements. ”

"He's a legend of country K. When Robert was in kindergarten, he knew that this meritorious Lord Uncor was said to have "ghostly talent", but he immediately retired to the manor after the official establishment of the Kingdom of K, and has not been asked about the world since, the reason for which is still unknown.

"What's this warning?" asked Eric.

"At this time, I should address you as Mr. President and Mr. Chairman of the Parliament, and I hope that you will cherish the fruits of the revolution. As I retire, I need to tell you something that is unpleasant to both of you, and I have put on a record of what you should not have done, and I only hope that you will always be vigilant - not to repeat the mistakes of the past. ”

After listening to Chiko's recitation, Eric and Robert looked at each other. Unexpectedly, this thing that had been tossed for a few days turned out to be a gray scandal that recorded the founding heroes.

"You should know that the confrontation between the NIA and the CIA, if the NIA gets its hands on this scandalous booklet, it is very likely to force the president and parliament to turn to their side, and the CIA has another ......" Chiko did not want to go into details.

At this time, Robert's walkie-talkie made another noisy sound. Because now in the underground chamber, the radio wave signal has become more unstable. Robert only heard Morse repeat "that mosquito ......"

Robert replied impatiently, "Damn, Morse, you go and tell Muse that he's too slow, we don't need that mosquito anymore, and now that the case is over, Rocky is not guilty, and Mr. Will is self-defeating." ”

But there was still a muffled voice on the other end of the intercom. Robert's mind was now on this little wooden box, and he said impatiently, "Let's do this first, I have more important things here." ”

"Now you've got your wish. Open it up and take a look, and let me open my eyes too. Robert said excitedly to Chiko.

Qianzi immediately refused: "No, you already know enough......" Before Qianzi could finish speaking, Eric had already taken out the box and pressed the spring switch on it.

"You!" Chiko didn't think much about it, and snatched the box from Eric with his backhand, but the box had already been opened.

"This ......" Chiko just wanted to teach Eric a lesson, but was shocked by Robert's words-

"How is it empty?"

Qianzi looked down at the box in his hand, the box was really empty, and there was no engraved text on the wall of the box. Chiko stared at the box incredulously and muttered, "This—how could this be empty." ”

Robert took the box, banged and fumbled inside and out, but found no special mechanism. He returned the box to Qianzi and said in disappointment: "In the end, it will be empty, I say, whether your information is accurate or not." ”

"I guess it should be accurate. Eric pointed to the base of the wooden box, "Perhaps the warning was just a little joke on the part of Lord Uncor. ”

Chiko and Robert looked at the pedestal that Eric was referring to, and saw a meaningful word engraved on the pedestal: Believe.

"What does that mean?" asked Robert, puzzled, "why put a mechanism on the wall if you trust?" ”

Eric speculated, "Lord Oncor is considered to have a ghostly talent, and I think he is both a master of the mechanism and a legend who does his own thing and goes beyond the ordinary. To make these arrangements, he should just want to test the trust of the two founding leaders of country K. If you don't pass the test...... Perhaps in his eyes, it was just a realistic and innocuous joke, or perhaps he himself had absolute trust in his two colleagues - this mechanism would never be opened. ”

"Joke?test?, you mean there is no pamphlet to record the scandal at all?" Chiko asked in surprise.

"I even suspect that the Founding Fathers had no idea that their colleagues had written such a warning on the last pages of the Codex. Rather, the later ones happened to discover these two warnings, which had been meant to be a joke, and took them silly—for they could not understand the friendship between Lord Oncor and the two. Eric suddenly felt that he and Lord Oncor were a bit of a "stinking kindle".

At this time, Robert's walkie-talkie made another noisy sound, and this time it could be vaguely heard: "Police-Can-Te-Shot-"

"Kante was shot?!" Robert didn't expect this to happen. As a colleague for more than ten years, Robert angrily pulled out his matching gun and rushed forward, not caring that the walkie-talkie that had not been properly placed fell from his pocket to the ground.

"I'll take a look. Chiko also hurried to follow. Now that the National Investigation Bureau and the police station have exchanged fire, the nature of the matter has become more complicated, and if either of the two sides dies in a shootout, the CIA, as the assistant investigator, will also be responsible.

"The CIA really can't afford to have any more accidents. ”

Knowing that things were out of control, Eric crouched down to pick up the walkie-talkie on the ground, and just as he stood up accurately, he suddenly noticed a strange symbol under the desk. He memorized the pattern of the symbol and stood up, and the books on the shelves of the Chamber of Secrets also appeared with this symbol several times. Eric casually pulled out a few books and flipped through them, and found that they all recorded the evolution of ancient alchemy, and one of them introduced the symbols and meanings of various alchemy in ancient times.

"Could it be that Lord Onco is obsessed with alchemy?" Erik wondered. Suddenly, Eric flipped to a page of drawings in a black book. The eerie place on the drawing sounded very familiar to him, but he didn't know when and where he had been there. Eric was not reconciled and continued to think deeply. Drawings were imprinted into his mind, opening pitch-black doors, but one after the other, seemingly endless.

At this time, the walkie-talkie that Robert dropped made a noise again: "Mosquito - there - fire - medicine - powder - " Although the sound is intermittent, the meaning is already very clear, the mosquito's environmental data has the element of * powder.

"But how could there be a * in this villa, where would it be hidden?" said Eric, feeling that the situation had become more serious.

Eric glanced at the drawing again, ready to leave the chamber immediately. At this moment, the books on the shelves began to tremble slightly, and the shelves that had been nailed to the wall began to crack a thin slit.

The slit grew bigger and bigger, and just as Eric lamented the subtlety of the mechanism, there was a sound of footsteps on the other side of the slit. A moment later, a familiar face appeared in his sight.

When he first saw his eyes, Eric felt intensely:

This is an avenger.

Ten minutes later, Eric walked out of the chamber. As soon as he returned to the room, he saw Robert and the police officer holding their guns and slowly retreating back to the room with their backs to the door. After a while, Eric saw George holding Kanter, who had been shot, and walked in triumphantly, followed by seven or eight agents of the National Investigation Bureau.

When George saw Eric, he said grimly, "I should have killed you in the first place." ”

Eric saw the wound on Kanter's shoulder and immediately decided that it was the sniper who had ambushed the old water tower. "Damn, forgot to tell Kanter that there was a sniper ambush on the old water tower. Eric silently repented in his heart.

Robert asked exasperatedly, "Eric, did you know that there's a stinky cockroach on that damn water tower!"

"I'll admit it, Kante shot — well— I'm responsible. Eric saw that Kante's wounds were still oozing blood.

Kante panted and joked: "I'm glad that our great detective finally has a time to make a mistake." You should be happy too. ”

At this time, Chiko finally arrived at the room with the CIA agent who had been missing for a long time. She walked between Robert and George, faced George and warned righteously, "George, you have crossed the line!"

"Do you know what boundaries are? Let me teach you. George pressed Kanter's head and put the gun against the back of his head, "Give me something, I'll let him go, that's the boundary." ”

Robert roared angrily, "Idiot, I've said it so many times, there's not even a fart in there!"

George smiled grimly, "Do you think I'm a three-year-old!

"Well, you win. Eric walked over to Chiko, "It's in the secret room below. ”

Chiko and Robert listened and glanced at Eric inexplicably. But Robert then gave an order that surprised Chiko: "Okay, guys, let's all lay down our guns." Listen, damn cockroaches, I just want Kanter, and you want that obscure booklet. ”

At this moment, there was a rumbling noise outside the window. Not far away, a black helicopter was rapidly approaching the villa. George finally waited for his "killer idea", he put away his gun, and put on a reconciled look: "Of course, but I still hope that you can rest in this room for a while." I must make sure that this booklet is indeed in the underground vault and not that it has been moved by you. With that, he beckoned to the helicopter.

Eric gave Robert a look, and Robert immediately ordered everyone to get out of the way to the chamber. George took three agents and walked into the secret room triumphantly.

Chiko quietly stood behind Eric, biting her ear and saying, "You know, there's nothing there. ”