In the hall on the first floor of the IBC, Ellie and Theo Joy were already waiting here, and when Lloyd and the others arrived, Lotus complained with a little dissatisfaction on his face, "It's too slow." Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"We've just arrived, too."

Immediately, it was coldly dismantled by Theo. He Xu's words were complained about, and it was obvious that there was also her favorite "Big Brother Lloyd", and of course she had to defend him.

Ignoring the unhappiness on Hexu's face, Lloyd almost sprinted to the front desk.

"Miss Mariabell, is there time?"

"Well, Officer Lloyd, it's a misfortune you're here. Just now an important client from the Empire came to Miss Mariabel—but Miss Mariabel told her that you could wait here for ten minutes at most. ”

Seeing the obvious bitterness on Lloyd's face, the waiter also felt embarrassed: it was obvious that he had asked them to come over, but Miss Mariabel didn't have time when they came, how embarrassing was this......

The lounge area at IBC is fully equipped and all kinds of furniture are of first class. The soft leather sofa easily embraces the human body, and it is comfortable for people to forget about depression for a while.

"Well, please use tea."

A girl timidly came over with a teapot with an apologetic expression: "Sorry, I made you wait a little longer." ”

"It's okay, it's okay!"

Lloyd hurriedly humbled himself, after all, there was no conclusive evidence on his side.

The waiter poured a cup of black tea for each person in turn, and finally sent an apologetic expression before leaving.

Ellie sighed, her mood was very tangled now.

I hope that my lover's assumptions are correct, but I don't want Mariabel to collude with this great conspiracy. In desperation, she could only pin her grievances on the teacup in her hand.

"Wait, Ellie......"

Just as Ellie's delicate lips were about to touch the hot tea, You suddenly stopped her, and the young politician's heart flashed with content such as poisoning and killing......

"What? Could it be that it is toxic? ”

Ellie hurriedly asked, Cross Bell's current situation made her a little embarrassed.

"No, that's not the case...... Underneath your cup, there's something ......."

You reached over and pulled out a small object that had been folded into square pieces from under Ellie's cup.

After unfolding, there is a moon-white letter of worship......

"Blubran?!"

Joshua was stunned: When?!

Brublane, the Gentleman of Strange Thieves, is the best "swindler" in the Society, and in terms of his ability to infiltrate, he is known as the Big Three along with Joshua and Tsuki. But the three men had different approaches. The best of these was Joshua, who infiltrated entirely on his own. Moon, on the other hand, can sneak into the other party's shadow and enter the underworld, so her infiltration is almost logical.

And Brubran, the easiest. A cross-dressing monster thief can easily transform into anyone, and then swagger into it.

What a terrible cross-dressing technique and observation......

Could it be possible?!

Joshua put his hands on the knives behind him, looked around, and in the end, found nothing. The waiter who poured tea for everyone was gone.

Damn it......

You ignored Brubland, who was more interested in the contents of the letter.

After unfolding, there is a "manifesto" of "posturing" in the style of Brubrandt

The little emerald princess was wandering

On the opposite side of the fleeting sunset

In a castle carved with azure and azure

Look for what is true in everything

so

Reversal of authenticity

In an endless spiral of counterfeits

O sleeping man

It's true

Or a fake

[Friendly reminder: the little princess did not leave Crossbell]"

……

Lloyd, who leaned over, read the letter with a black line on his face.

Uh, how do you say that?

What the hell is this for?

Epic?

Or something else?

However, the emerald little princess, the description mentioned in the first line at the beginning, made Lloyd feel very real, this is a metaphor for Kia.

"Brubland...... This guy ......."

It's the same with Yu Chensi, this cautious man obviously thought of a certain time, when he was teased by Brubland. Forced to wear inexplicable clothes, that bastard, if caught, is absolutely going to give him a good look - like shaving his damn hair! The monster thief who pursues beauty has lost the beautiful hair that he is proud of, tsk.

"Na, Brother You, I feel ...... Blubland may be giving us a hint. ”

Joshua's face was grim.

He is the original executor, and he has the deepest intersection with Brubland, and he is also the one who knows Brubrand the most among the people present. He first left behind the conclusions that everyone was most concerned about, and then began to analyze them slowly.

"Although he is a chaotic man who is loyal to his own desires, he is also a very professional 'monster thief', and when he gives out a teaser card for some reason, he will definitely give him the 'treasure' he agreed to as a reward. I feel that since he has given us this notice, I am afraid that there is really something in his grasp. And...... Emerald and little princess are two adjectives...... I think it's very likely that it's Kia. ”

I didn't expect to be here, at this point in time, I suddenly heard Qiya's name!

This......

If it's really according to what Joshua said, it's really really Qiya's news. It's not clear what the reason is, and it's not clear if it's a trap...... But......

Lloyd looked at Yu Tatsumi with a confused gaze, hoping that this action guide would give some guidance.

After all, of all the people present, he was the one with the most experience in fighting with the association, even more experienced than Joshua.

"Go ahead. If it's a strange thief gentleman, he may really disguise himself as the Sword Saint of the Wind...... Although there are many mysteries, there is a value in a try. ”

Yu's words tugged at Lloyd's heartstrings like a demon's whisper, and he thought so too.

"However, let's divide the soldiers into two ways."

According to Yu's conception, the team should be divided into two teams.

Group 1: Estelle, Joshua, Ellie, Theo, Rei, Hoo.

This group continues to wait for Maria Bell's session at IBC. With Ellie, a "relation", and Theo, a "guide network expert", and the Estelle family as "bodyguards", the safety of this team is guaranteed.

Group 2: Tatsumi Yu, Lloyd, Lixia, Randy.

This group is in charge of unraveling the strange thief's inexplicable teaser and finding Kia. This group is all masters of combat, and Yutatsumi and Lloyd are both think tanks, and they are very familiar with Crossbell, which is more convenient than Joshua and other outsiders to find "puzzles".

But until then, everyone sat down together and discussed around the small cards.

Brubland's teaser may seem haphazard, but there is a certain pattern.

First of all, the colors he mentioned are basically correct.

Maybe he'll use metaphors, like fire instead of red, but not deceively.

"Then when it comes to color, it is 'emerald colored' and 'azure and azure'...... By the way, 'sunset' can also refer to red or orange****? ”

Ellie immediately took out her police notes and tore up a page of paper to record them.

"Yes, but color can also be a metaphor. For example, when he was in Liber, he used the term 'red and black' to refer to the casino's wheel. ”

Yu Tatsumi opened up Ellie's thoughts.

"Ah...... That's what it means! I thought Joshua was trying his luck at the casino! ”

"Hey Istelle......"

Hearing his girlfriend say this, Joshua could only smile bitterly.

"In other words, they might all be some kind of 'metaphor'? ――It's so troublesome, it feels like I'm writing poetry. Where did he come up with so many inexplicable metaphors! It shouldn't be deliberate, I thought about a few words first, and then played with my life to open my mind or something! ”

Randy grabbed his skull hard, he was not good at reasoning, and he couldn't do it for this kind of literary and marginal gadget.

"So, Crossberry, what's blue?"

He Xu said, trying to use his brain.

However, this time the problem is not "too few clues" but "too many clues...... Such a big Crossbell, there are too many blue things! Flowers, clothes, dyes, and even some cocktails are all blue. The goal is too broad.

Also, if the sunset is a certain color, there will be even more red.

At the end of the day, it's not much of a clue.

Just as everyone was pondering, Lloyd suddenly slapped his head and said, "I know, it's the City of Mirrors of Mishuram Water Park!" ”

“……”

Hey, that's a big contrast!

All of us were working on solving the puzzle in earnest, and suddenly you told us that you had solved it! What a gap!

Randy's face was obviously unpleasantly black, and this feeling of being crushed by someone was really terrible.

"Forehead ......"

Lloyd sensed Randy's unfriendly gaze and scratched his head to explain to him.

In fact, Lloyd did not solve the mystery from the beginning.

The reason is simple, he is not good at it.

However, one thing he knew was that Kia was hiding somewhere in Crossbell.

So the question is, how many places can hide people?

The answer is no.

Because Crossbell had just experienced that kind of disaster, and now almost every house is under martial law, and there are Wehrmacht soldiers patrolling everywhere, so the city of Crossbell can basically be ruled out. The surrounding villages are also true, and it is almost impossible to hide a child under martial law.

Then, the Belgard Gate and the Tangula Gate can also be excluded for the same reason. If Kia is hidden there, it will be too easy to be discovered.

Then they need a place off the beaten track, and at this point, the ruins around Crossbell are a good choice, the Monastery of the Moon, the Sun Fortress, and the Tower of the Stars. But there are demonic beasts in these three places, and it is too dangerous to put Qi Ya alone. If someone accompanies you, then it is a trap, and the likelihood is greatly reduced. And what reduces the possibility even more is the sentence that Azure and Azure are inscribed, these three places, everywhere have nothing to do with Azure.

Using the elimination method, nearly ninety percent of Cross Bell's places have been basically excluded.

Eventually, the boy fixed his gaze on the wetlands of Arian Heard and the Mishuram Water Park. Of these two places, one is full of blue flowers (cerule), and the other is built on the surface of the water (cerulean).

Then, the sunset is not fleeting, and anyone who is keen on sky observation knows that the duration of the sunset is not too short, so this should be an image. Suppose Kia is in these two places, and the one "opposite" them is...... Cross Bell.

And Crossbell has just experienced a sea of fire...... The flames that burned the sky red, likening it to a sunset, are not too much.

And, if really in these two places, then the "castle" is also well explained. That is the City of Mirrors in Mishuram, the only "castle" in all of Crossbell...... And the mirror, which is interpreted as "the reflection of everything that is real", is also fine. After all, that's what mirrors do.

After getting the answer, it all went backwards.

Calm analysis, bold exclusion, and hypothetical derivation. Lloyd was more of a search than a puzzle.

"Indeed, it is quite possible here. After all, after just experiencing this kind of thing, there are almost no people who will go to Mishuram to play. In fact, I think it's closed, right? ”

You nodded, and had to admit that Lloyd's method was more effective than guessing on his side. You also thought of using methods other than puzzles to find Kia, but he started from the action mode of the strange thief gentleman, which was much worse than Lloyd.

I don't know when, this teenager who needs to make his own points, can already make conclusions before himself.

It's a bit lonely.

You smiled bitterly and shrugged.

"Yes, it's closed. Ah, in that case, it is indeed possible to hide little Kia here! ”

Ellie bit her lip and nodded silently.

"Then, let's wait here for Miss Mariabel, and you can get there. I'm worried that the organization that pursues Kia is not just an association......"

There was no need for Joshuado to say, Lloyd couldn't hold it anymore.

"Everyone, let's go quickly. Take Kia, take it back! ”

"Oh!" x3 (To be continued.) )