Reaching into his pocket, the elf held something and slapped it lightly on the table: "Look. ”

Nervous at the sound of metal crashing, Vicor watched his fingers slowly stretch out, and his eyes widened: it was another snow crow emblem, and the silver chain above it had been broken.

"Huh?" opened his mouth in astonishment, and Vicol asked in confusion, "Is this ...... How come you have one too?"

"Ten days ago, when I was in the Shenmu Forest, I saw a frozen corpse buried deep in the snow. Grimacing, Sebodat took out the black pipe again and placed it next to the emblem: "I found it and the pipe at that time, and thought it might be worth some money, so I took it on my body." ”

"Wait...... Wait!" Vicol interrupted the elf's conversation and glared at him in shock, "You said the corpse...... How deep is it buried in the snow?

"Why did the snow crow who should have lived to report die so far away - shouldn't he have asked this first?" Forgetting Vicol with a complicated look, the elf's expression suddenly relaxed: "Your reaction is really good, it seems that I have found the right person." ”

What did my reaction look like...... "What do you mean?" Confused by the sudden return of lighthearted aura, Vicol opened his mouth, but only asked this: "I wanted to ask too...... Judging by the time, how could the deceased report it!"

"I want to know that, too. Grabbing the black pipe, the elf's expression began to solemnize again: "But judging from the information you told me just now, it must be a replica who went to report." ”

It's quite possible...... No, it's almost a certainty! A sense of fear immediately filled his mind, and Vicol immediately thought about what this meant: "If he was indeed replaced by a clone after death, then there must be a lot of confidential information that is difficult for ordinary people to obtain has been leaked by him using the privilege of the snow crow." ”

"Do you say 'after death'?" As if thinking about something, Cyberdat came back to his senses and said suspiciously, "The body died from a piercing wound to the chest. But according to what you just said, shouldn't you freeze the body with black ice if you want to create a replica?"

"No, that's usually the case. Shaking his head, Snow Raven said quickly, "That mad dog has fought with his own clones, and there is obviously a way to create clones without freezing the deity. ”

"I really didn't listen to that. Acknowledging his mistake, the elf fell into deep thought again. Seeing that he had no desire to speak, Vicor, who was restless in his heart, asked: "Then let's say that the person who went to report is a clone, let's talk about something else...... Do you remember what was unusual about that corpse, like expressions?"

I didn't pay attention to his expression, but...... He was covered with a layer of frost, something special. Closing his eyes, the Ranger seemed to be struggling to remember the situation: "In short, it is impossible to infer the time of death. Because his body was well preserved by the ice and snow and did not decay in the slightest. But it shouldn't be too long to die, after all, Winter's Breath has only begun for about twenty days. ”

That's long enough, isn't it?, thinking about whether he had found the dead from the list, Vicol suddenly felt that something was wrong: how did the elf know the name of the snow crow?

Just as he was about to ask questions, the elf whispered, "The point of the problem is not there for the time being—the main thing is that the corpses are buried deep in the snow. If I hadn't stepped into the air and fell into that one-meter-deep snow cave, I wouldn't have found it. ”

"Snow Cave...... What's the matter?" Imagining how deep it was, Vicol immediately picked up the conversation: "In order to avoid being discovered by outsiders, it was buried by someone." ”

"That's the problem. After a moment of silence, the elf held his chin and looked very solemn: "I remember very well when I climbed out of the snow cave. The edge marks of the cave were very unnatural, as if a hole had been forcibly smashed in the frozen ground with some force. ”

The more he listened, the more confused he became, and Vicol felt that he was about to be dizzy: "Don't talk about this pit, anyway, you tell me first...... How do you know the man's name?"

"Huh, you're also a snow crow, you should know. As if extremely surprised, with a puzzled expression, Cyberdat pushed the broken chain emblem and the list to Vicol: "It's from the back of the emblem." Then check off the list. ”

On the back? How did I not know that there was a name on the back of the badge? Picking up the badge and flipping it to the back, Vicor, who was originally skeptical, was dumbfounded for a moment: on the back of the badge, two small words were clearly engraved: Ivan Myerton.

Looking at the list in disbelief, he quickly found the same name in the list of snow crows, which included himself, and there were only eight people. Although he had been mentally prepared for this, the moment he actually saw it, he still felt a pain in his temples: since Lord Mace's letter to Lord Odys did say that these people had come to participate in the report, there was no doubt that this Ivan was definitely a clone.

"I'm thinking...... Could it be a mistake?" The elf's words immediately came into his ears, mixed with incomparable uncertainty: "After all, I have never seen Myrton in his life, so I can't be sure if the corpse is himself." ”

Oh, by the way, outsiders like to call people they don't know by last name...... "It can't be someone else." Putting down the emblem, Vicol subconsciously clenched his pipe: "The snow crow emblem is extremely important, how can it be in the hands of outsiders?"

"Maybe it's lost by accident. As if trying to get the better of things, Ranger pointed to the pipe, "The bearer can tell that he is from Winterfell, so it's not unusual to pick up this emblem." ”

Speaking of the Snow Raven Emblem...... Immediately remembering what he had cared about before, the snow crow, who didn't care about discussing it anymore, immediately pulled out the medal and flipped it to the back. However, under the metallic luster in front of me, there is no name of my own as if I remembered.

I've looked at this emblem many times since I knew I couldn't have missed something so important...... Looking at the two pendants in a daze, a sudden sense of horror surged in his heart: although it was only an inference, this thought was enough to explain it all.

I have long felt that there is something wrong with Ivan's badge, it turns out that it is too worn and obscure the luster. This would have been nothing, after all, the emblem had probably been around the owner's neck for decades. But once these two clues are linked, it is completely enough to explain the truth that may exist behind this scene......