Chapter 0501: Troupe Secrets
Alex shrugged. "Don't worry, you're giving for a bigger reward, we're all doing things, with a clear conscience, aren't you, but your masquerading looks good. ”
"Shut your mouth, just this once. Cliff pushed open the door to make sure there was no one in the hallway, and motioned for Alex to follow, and on the second floor, where the small troupe lived.
Stepping forward and knocking on a random door, Cliff smiled and said, "Sir, do you need service?"
It's no surprise that many hotels on the Eternal Continent always offer some special services, after all, most men are out and about.
The actor who opened the door took a look, and the girl was not Peugeot, even a little disgusting. "Get out of here, I'm not a random man. ”
The moment the door closed, Cliff squeezed in and pinched the other man's neck, and now he was one hundred percent sure that the other party was definitely not one of those wicked people, because those wicked people were not so easy to subdue, either the second possibility he had guessed before, or the one that Alex had guessed.
The actor wanted to scream, but at the moment his throat could not make any sound, and someone squeezed in through the crack in the door, and then closed the door, it was Alex.
"Don't move, sit on the edge of the bed, I have something to inquire about. Cliff's fingers slowly released from the other's neck.
The actor looked at the two, and now the other party's voice was clearly a man, and someone was dressed as a woman. "What do you want to do, I don't have the money. ”
His first thought was that these people must be robbers. "You'd better get out of here or you'll be taken to the Sheriff's Department if you're discovered. ”
"Yes, I'm afraid no one will know that we entered your room, and even if someone finds out, you will be the first to die. Cliff took out the dagger and put it against the actor's face. "Tell me, the person who hired you is there. He asked about the wicked, and only the wicked would hire them to play themselves.
"I'm not going to betray the boss, he's a kind man. The actor misunderstood, he thought that the other party was looking for Wyatt to rob, and Wyatt did have a lot of money there.
"Kindness?" Cliff removed the dagger from the other's cheek, pinched the other's mouth with one hand, and the dagger was inserted into the thigh, blood pouring out. "It's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard, that you call a demon a good person. ”
Alex kept an eye on the door, keeping an eye on the sounds outside the door to prevent someone from knocking on the door out of the blue, or pushing it open. "Cliff, you need to hurry. ”
"They're just ordinary people, and even if they find out, it's not a big deal. "Cliff is not worried at all, it is simply impossible for ordinary people to want to deal with them.
"We're paladins, we're people of the Holy See, and we're not just going to deal with these guys when we find out. Alex reminded. "Better not get into trouble, you promised me. ”
Cliff was unhappy with his companion's caution and urging, and stabbed his dagger into his opponent's thigh. "You don't have many chances, tell me where they are, don't lie. ”
The actor's leg was in pain, but he couldn't make any sound, his expression was pale, and he wanted to call for help, but the blood had completely stained the sheets red.
"By the way, I almost forgot that you can't speak. Cliff's hand pinching the other's mouth loosened slightly. "Tell me now, tell me everything you know. ”
"My head is Mr. Wyatt, and he lives in the next room, and you can find him. "The desire to survive and the pain make it impossible for the actor to continue to persevere, and he can no longer keep a secret in the face of death.
"Wyatt, right next door?" Cliff thought for a moment, and the dagger continued to dig deeper, pinch the other's mouth again. "I think you're a little misunderstood, I'm not talking about the head of your troupe, I'm talking about the people who hired you, a bunch of old men, where are they. ”
The actor looked frightened, and cried when his mouth was released: "I don't know what you say again, our big boss behind the scenes is a young man, not an old man." ”
It's a young man...... Cliff suddenly thought of something and looked back at Alex. "It looks like you're getting closer and closer to your guess. ”
Alex had a bad premonition. "We were deceived, the Holy See was deceived, the wicked people did not come out, the young man who left Corona Island must have been like this, he deliberately faked the departure of those wicked people from Corona Island to cover for himself. ”
"So the person who negotiated with the Holy See was the young man, not the wicked people, and he asked the Holy See to issue an abolition decree, which led to the king and the Holy See being at odds, and there was a war between the two sides, and then using the king to destroy the Holy See, which was his whole plan. Cliff was more thorough.
"We must hurry back and tell His Majesty the Pope what is going on here, so that this war can be avoided. Alex had a hunch of the seriousness of the matter.
But it had to be confirmed, and Cliff asked, "You've never seen a group of old men in the employment of that young man, right, so who is the author of the script you're performing now?" ”
"It was our leader, the young man who wrote it. The actor replied honestly, and from the conversation between the two in front of him just now, it could be heard that the other party's purpose was not money, so it was very likely to kill people, and begged: "Please let me go, I will tell you everything I know." ”
Knowing the story of those wicked people on Corona Island, he was still a young man, and the only young man who had come into contact with those wicked people was the guy who was sent to Corona Island, and now it was almost completely confirmed, Cliff pulled out the dagger and slit the actor's throat.
Wipeed the blood from the dagger and alerted his companions. "We are leaving now, and we will rush back to the Holy City tonight, and this matter cannot be delayed. ”
Alex opened the door and the two left, and when they reached the stairs on the second floor, Cliff went up to the third floor. "You wait for me outside, I'll be back when I'm done, you can't walk in such clothes. ”
In a room on the first floor of the second floor, Wyatt and Márquez are playing chess. "You wouldn't have thought that stupid Golden Bear would want to buy our troupe. Wyatt held a chess piece and learned the tone of the other party in the dining room. "You don't have a choice, I'll make you pay. ”
Marquez got up. "There's a damn dinner problem, I'm going to have to go and get rid of it, wait for me later. "Leave the room and go to the toilet with your stomach, there is no toilet in such a small hotel room, it is a shared floor, in the deepest part of the corridor on the second floor, when you get to the door of the toilet, you can see the figure of the staircase on the second floor when you turn around.
The figure was somewhat familiar, like someone he had seen before, but he couldn't remember who it was, so Márquez beckoned. "Hey man, are you from the troupe?"
The man didn't respond, still standing with his back on, Márquez didn't care, entered the toilet, and when he took off his pants, he suddenly thought of something and immediately rushed out of the toilet.
The person at the entrance of the stairs had disappeared, and he shouted urgently. "Wyatt, damn it, they're lackeys of the Holy See, they were here on the second floor. ”
The loud sound made everyone open the door and get out, only one room was not moving, Wyatt rushed out with a panicked look, and immediately pushed open the door of the room that was not moving, and saw the actor lying in front of the bed, which meant that the other party must have investigated something.
Once the matter here is exposed, Anruida will quickly learn the truth from the mouths of the papal minions, and when the time comes, everything planned will be over, and he quickly rushes out. "Hurry up and catch up, they must not have gone far. ”
Arriving at the bar on the first floor, Wyatt asked. "Has anyone suspicious ever come in? ”
"No, according to your request, the second floor is closed to the public. The waitress responded, hesitated for a moment, and then abruptly changed her words. "But there's a who left after a while in the room on the third floor, and I don't think that's what you're asking for. ”
Wyatt and Márquez chased after them, and they had to keep the two Holy See men at bay, at least not to let each other return to the Holy City.
"They are Eagle Badge Paladins, and the two of us are no rivals. Marquez reminded after Wyatt. "Shouldn't you call some helpers? ”
"It's too late, we don't have a helper. "Now it's just himself and Márquez, and it's obviously not realistic to find a helper, and Wyatt just hopes that it's still too late.
When he chased out of Hawke, he saw a horse coming slowly, and when he was close enough, Wyatt inquired, "Man, have you seen two people leave, or two horses?" ”
"Wyatt, what's going on?" the stranger on the horse asked, lifting the low brim of his hat, and the snowflakes that fell on the brim fell.
"God, it's the head. Márquez recognized it. "Mr. Downing, the people of the Holy See have killed an actor from the troupe, they must have found something. ”
Leaving from the Black Iron Continent and then returning here, he didn't expect to hear such news, Tang Ning felt the pressure. "They were still in the city and didn't leave. ”
I didn't see anyone on the way back, and there was only one way out of Hawk City. "Márquez, quickly report to the Sheriff's Department and the local military, and tell them that there are lackeys of the Holy See who are sabotaging and killing people here. ”
When Marquez left, Downing took Wyatt back to Hawk City, and it was not the same way to leave Hawk City, and there was a small canyon on the eastern outskirts, which was a natural barrier for ordinary people, but not a problem for the two Eagle Badge Paladins, and rode there quickly.
When they got to the cliff, they saw ruts and footprints, there were only two of them, usually when it snowed, there were few people in the suburbs, and there was still the breath of holy light here, and when they got to the edge of the cliff, there were also some footprints on the protruding stones, and they left from here.
"We had to get ahead of them at the exit of the little canyon. "In the darkness of the night, the horse's hooves splashed white snowflakes, and the horses galloped.
Originally, they had planned to leave the city gate slowly, but the greeting from the second floor made Alex and Cliff make a new decision. "I suspect that someone of them has recognized me, and soon they will find the body in the room. ”
Alex walked down the street of Hawke, thinking about what had just happened in the hotel, when he heard the greeting, but did not respond, because the voice was all too familiar to him. "I could tell that the man was the thief who had seriously wounded me. ”