Chapter 35: The Mystery
Looking at his long-lost old friend, for a moment, Tarrant's mind paused, he remembered an important matter, "Of course there are important things", Tarrant stood beside Lynn, looked at the garden outside the window and said: "I went to the slum last night, nothing has changed over there, let me recall the old days, the king of freewheeling fights, and you, the living 'sewer map'." ”
"It's a nostalgic old days, but it's a shame that we can't go back to that. Tarrant, you look like you're in your 30s, what have you been doing all these years, if I'm not mistaken, you'd be 25. ”
The face of the adventurer is always older than his actual age, and Tarrant shrugged, "I've always lived a life that satisfies me and makes me feel alive." Speaking of those days in the ghetto, remember the promises we made?" Tarrant looked at Lynn's expression attentively, he still smiled politely, and asked unhurriedly, "Which one?"
"Don't remember?" Tarrant was slowly shifting the topic to the point, "about the ghetto." ”
"Hehe, is it right to rebuild the slums?" Lynn shook her head helplessly, "The fantasy of my childhood seems so far away now, and I won't be able to transform the slum in a few hundred years." ”
"Maybe someone is doing what we wanted to do", Tarrant saw a newspaper on his desk, the first page was none other than the Feather Angel, he picked up the newspaper and pointed to the headline "Feathered Angel Escaped Again!".
"Feather Angel, that thief, he's been in the headlines several times, and this year's man of the year may be him, maybe it's you, the savior who defeated the Light Knight of Protection, and successfully stopped the Dark Elves. "Lynn knows a lot about the big things in Siant.
Tarrant tossed the newspaper back on the table, "The searchers are exaggerated, and their articles are mostly fictional. However, it may be true that the feather angel is throwing money into the slum every now and then, and seems to be planning to pave the streets of the slum with gold coins. ”
"It's just a thief, you're here for me?" Lynn was a little puzzled, he heard that Tarrant's point was not to reminisce about the past, nor to talk about childhood ideals.
"Special thief, remember a section of the drain near Old Joey's house?"
"I don't remember anything so long. ”
"The Feather Angel has set up a secret passage there, and he knows a lot about the underground world of the ghetto. ”
"So ......?" Lynn looked at Tarrant.
Tarrant spread his hands, "I saw you in the business district last week. ”
"Yes, isn't my property there, you didn't even call me at the time", Lynn's tone was full of regret, "Did you really forget all your former friends?"
"I didn't have a chance to say hello on that occasion, you walked fast. ”
"Hehehe, I usually have too much business, please forgive me, but that doesn't become a reason. ”
"No, it should have been the middle of the night, at Harrison's mansion," Tarrant remembered the cloaked man who had passed him on the path on the night of the theft of Harrison's house when he saw Lynn as he saw Lynn through the door.
Tarrant's words made Lynn's smile look awkward, "Harrison Mansion?"
"There's still something in your arms," Tarrant continued, with a victor's smile, "You've always been a fan of traps, haven't you, and do you continue to play with those things?"
"Wait, what do you mean?" Lynn took two steps back, "You think I stole Harrison's 'bystander'?"
Lynn had already thought of the theft of Harrison's house, and Tarrant confirmed that it was Lynn at that time, "No, don't get me wrong, I mean, that thief is in a lot of trouble, and many people are chasing him, and if he is caught, he may die, and if I have the chance, I hope to help him." "It's inhumane to get a rich man to admit that he's a thief, and Tarrant takes a roundabout approach.
"And how do you want to help him?" Lynn asked, understanding Tarrant's kindness.
"Someone commissioned a falcon to find out the whereabouts of a bystander, and I happened to be tracking this matter......
"You also work for the falcon?" Lynn was surprised that the Knight of the Light of Shelter would be involved in the falcon's work.
"No, the temporary interest collective, I need the clues of the bystander, it is important to me. ”
"Oh?" Lynn nodded meaningfully, "and what are you going to do?"
"I have a plan, I have found the clues of the bystanders, the falcon did not ask me to get it, my mission is done, but doing so will undoubtedly make that thief hurt, if ......" Tarrant vigorously tapped the newspaper on the table, "let the others know that this was done by the Feather Angel, and if the Feather Angel disappears from now on, no one will be harmed." ”
Lynn looked down in thought, "The Feathered Angel is gone?" as he weighed the pros and cons of the two options.
Originally, Tarrant only came to suspect that Lynn was a feather angel, but now, since he already knew the whereabouts of the bystanders, there was no need to track down the identity of the feathered angels, he just needed to confirm that Lynn would not be hurt after completing the task, Tarrant gently patted Lynn on the shoulder, "In addition, the bystanders should also return to its master." ”
Lynn walked over to the desk and sat down, looking at the table with a solemn color, and after thinking for a few minutes, he said word by word, "Tarrant, the feathered angel will not disappear. ”
"What?" Tarrant was surprised, the matter could have been solved perfectly, and he returned to his original condition.
"I thank you for your kindness, but do you know where I'm now?" Lynn pointed to every item in the study. As the heir of the family, I must inherit the business of my ancestors, my kingdom supplies most of the Zirconium crystal resources of the empire, I feed tens of thousands of laborers, ensure the normal development of the imperial team, and stabilize the strategic material balance of the Redstone Continent, without these, the distribution of power between the Redstone Empire will be completely chaotic, and it is impossible to predict what will happen, war or peace, when I do this, I just represent my family, every day I numbly make money, pile the family treasury higher than the mountain, I don't know what the point is to pile it higher, I live like a puppet, but I understand, if I don't do thisMy family will soon be replaced, interests will dominate, and I have to play my role as a successful businessman. ”
Lynn clenched his hands into fists, frowned, and said as if talking to himself: "The feather angel is the real me, no one can bind, no one can stop, no one can catch it, just like you just said, I do what I want to do, let me feel like I am alive, this is not for the pursuit of excitement, when I stand on the roof of the tavern, looking at the slum where I grew up, I feel that my life has meaning, you let the feather angel disappear, then my meaning will also disappear." Speaking of the Feather Angel, Lynn gave a soothing look.
When Lynn stood on the roof last night, he must have reveled in this freedom, Tarrant understood the feathered angel, and the reason why he was arrogant was because of his strong resistance after his humanity was suppressed to the point that it was difficult to survive, Tarrant sympathized with Lynn, and only lived his true self after wearing a mask.
"Tarrant, you can complete your mission, don't worry about me. ”
"I'm afraid that completing my mission will put you in great trouble, and both the Falcon and the Sheriff will find you in trouble!"
"Hahaha, just do as you say, the Feather Angel will let everyone know that the bystanders are in his hands, and no one can catch them!"
The confident laughter finally made Tarrant connect the person in front of him to the angel of the night, but the angel will also have the day when he will break his wings, "Lynn, something will happen sooner or later, and the basket of the feathered angel is getting bigger and bigger." ”
"Do you know how I dumped you last night?" said Lynn with a polite smile and a "businessman" mask.
"Speaking of this, I am puzzled, at the first fork in the sewer, how did you do it. ”
"It's very simple, I have a gadget that can cast a doppelganger, and at the fork I let it take you in the opposite direction, but it's only short for a short time, and it will disappear immediately. ”
"Despicable fellow," Tarrant said angrily, for such a simple reason, he did not expect that Tarrant's thinking had already formed a fixed mind, and he couldn't help but put his reasoning into a narrow framework and could not get the truth.
"Not only that, but the bounty hunters had set a lot of traps in the sewers, and I dismantled them. ”
Tarrant was shocked again, "In such a dark environment, can you find all their mechanisms?" If you rely on only one person to explore the mechanisms in the sewer environment and then dismantle them one by one, it may not be possible to complete it in a whole day.
"Spectator, I'm wearing a spectator, you can't imagine how amazing its power is, wearing it, I can see the source of magical energy, those magical energy traps are like lights in the night, they don't pose any threat to me. ”
Another oversight, forgetting the role of the bystander, the newsboy had said that it allowed the user to see what the eye could not see, and when he thought of this, Tarrant could be sure that the bystander was with the Feathered Angel, and he should have thought of this when he saw the trap that had been dismantled in the sewers, and Tarrant continued to ask in chagrin, "Then how do you explain the trap you triggered when you came out of Harrison's house?"
"I was just going to steal a sum of money, but I saw a bystander being placed in a display case, and I put it on out of curiosity, and its magical power made me very excited, and when I left, I didn't have to look for the trap to dodge, but I didn't expect that Harrison still had the oldest-fashioned bell trap in his house, and there was no magical energy, so I didn't notice. ”
The whole thing was as simple as that, and Tarrant sighed, his reasoning was too oversight, and if it was Warren or Biantris, they would have found these clues.
Lynn continued, "With the doppelganger technique and the bystander, who else do you think can catch the Feathered Angel?"
"Nothing is impossible, there will always be someone who will find out who you are. ”
Footsteps came from outside the study, getting closer. At Lynn's house, the servants don't make such rude noises when they walk, and a guest comes.
The door to the study was slammed open, and a voice shouted, "Feather Angel!"