007: Sewer
The sewers were dim, with only a faint light coming in from nowhere. The leader of the Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info strolled through the sewers with lanterns, their footsteps particularly piercing in this enclosed environment, and strangely, no other sound could be heard, not even the sound of dripping water.
The passage here leads in all directions, as if there is no end, and the leader walks very carefully, he is the only one here who knows the right path. "Follow me, if you lose it, I can't guarantee you'll get out. The leader reminded that they had already lost a lot of people and that he didn't want to lose more. The rest of the people also know the severity, and there were once people who lost their way here, starved to death and did not find a way out.
I don't know how many forks they had passed, and the scenery around them began to change. The quaint walls have been turned into rocks, and the road under your feet has become earth. Seeing such a change, the leader's hanging heart also let go, which means that they are not on the wrong path.
As they moved on, the dim environment grew brighter, and the walls around them were lined with torches that lit their path. They walked to the end of the road, and at the end was a huge iron door with strange patterns tattooed on it, which seemed to be some kind of creature. The leader walked up to the door and gently slammed it.
A few seconds later, the iron door slowly opened with a heavy sound. Out of it came a man in a black robe, his face hidden under the hood. "You shouldn't have come. The man said slowly, revealing an invisible sense of oppression, which made people cry out in fear.
"I know, I know, but, but we ......," the leader seemed to be afraid of the black-robed man, and said in a low voice. "The prince knows that you have failed, and not only that, but you have made stupid mistakes, and the prince is very angry, and he will not accept you anymore. ā
When the leader heard this, he was very frightened. "Oh, Master, help us poor people, where shall we go without the Prince's guidance?" he looked very helpless, as if this was a more terrible thing than death.
The black-robed man just stared at him coldly, without a trace of sympathy in his eyes. "No, there is no chance, you have exposed the whereabouts of the prince to the enemy, and you will incur the prince's wrath, so go away quickly, while it is still too late. The black-robed man gave an ultimatum.
"Why, Master, I've been very careful, no one ever knows who we are, we can't reveal it?" the leader made a final argument, he was sure that they had never been detected, let alone exposed.
The black-robed man showed a rare smile, but that smile was full of sarcasm. "The enemy is between you, and you don't even know it, and you are not only defeated, but you are stupid. With that, the black-robed man stepped back and closed the iron door tightly.
"No!" the leader tried to rush in before the gate closed, but was shaken out by a mysterious force, and could only watch the door close.
When the gate was closed, the landscape around them changed again, turning back into the old sewers, filled with the sound of dripping water and the cries of rats.
"No, no, no, no!" the leader lay on the ground in despair, his hands still stretched out towards the door. "How so? How could this be? Who provoked the prince?!" The rest of the people were not so desperate, but they were also very angry. One suddenly remembered what the master had said before. "The master said, there is an enemy among us, and who is that enemy?!" he roared, and that was the culprit for their abandonment.
He scanned everyone present with suspicion, as if everyone was the culprit. And he didn't notice, everyone looked at him with suspicion.
At this time, Kyle Redan had woken up from the night. "When, Belle?" Eve woke up from her sleep in a daze, her personal maid, Belle, already waiting. "It's just dawn, Miss Eve, you woke up so early today. Belle helped Eve get dressed, then brought steaming toiletry water and towels. After Eve had washed up, she had the breakfast that Belle had prepared for her, and went out early.
Kagua waited outside the door all night, and after his previous dereliction of duty, he stood by Eve's side every step of the way.
After her assassination last night, Eve summoned the people in the security camp and ordered them to find out who was the mastermind of the operation. At the same time, he also interrogated the man known as Johnny.
Johnny "Ranger", a native of Virginia, was once a sharpshooter in the army, and was about to be executed for some reason in another battle, but was rescued by Nick, who happened to raid the camp, and then joined the Nicholas Mercenary Regiment, which was later known as the Nicholas Circus, and was an old comrade-in-arms of the commander of Nicholas.
One of the main reasons why he is called "Ranger" is also because after he left the army, although he was nominally a mercenary, he often acted alone, fought everywhere, and rarely returned to the mercenary group.
Eve arrives at the office and has Johnny brought up. Johnny looks to be in good shape, and although Eve has ordered him to be treated well, a murderer of a lord will not have a pleasant night in prison.
"Uncle Johnny, allow me to call you that, after all, you're a good friend of Uncle Nick. Evedi's tone was calm, and she couldn't hear joy or sorrow. "I don't believe you'd do such a thing, can you tell me why?" asked Eve, straight to the point.
"What's going on, Lord Count?" Johnny asked, as if he didn't understand what she meant.
"Please don't do that, Uncle Johnny, you're going to make it hard for me. Johnny is avoiding questions, and that attitude often means he's determined, which isn't good news for Eve. "If you don't tell me the truth, you're going to be brutalized, and I don't want it to get to that point. Eve muttered that he didn't want Johnny to be too difficult to deal with, so she would have to use tougher tactics.
"What are you talking about?" Johnny's eyes were blank, as if he really didn't understand what Eve was saying. "I don't know what I did, I don't know why I'm being held, what I'm saying is true, trust me. He said to Eve.
Eve was a little angry, she thought she was kind enough. "Well, if that's all you want to say, I've got deeper dungeons for you. ā
"No, no, Count Lord, believe me, IāI really don't know what happened, IāI don't remember. Johnny said anxiously. "Someone said I shot an arrow at you, the goddess is above, I swear I never thought of hurting you, how could I do such a thing, there must be something wrong. ā
"Enough! I didn't expect you to be such a coward, and now you have to make useless excuses for your crimes. Eve snapped up angrily. "Put him in the deepest dungeon. She ordered, and the soldiers dragged Johnny, who was still pleading, down.
After Johnny was taken away, Arthur, who had been waiting at the door, walked in. "Did he say anything? I guess, I don't remember anything. Arthur said in Johnny's tone. "I told you you wouldn't do it. ā
Eve sat back reluctantly. "But I still want to try. Eve wants Johnny to confess directly so she can spare him some of the suffering, even though he had tried to murder herself.
"What do you think, you're so smart, do you have any clues?" asked Eve, preferring to let someone else help with these reasoning problems.
Arthur shrugged, indicating that he had no clue either. "But I have an idea, I don't know if you agree with it. He said.
"What do you think? Tell me about it. As soon as Eve heard it, she knew Arthur had an idea. "Number one, I don't think Johnny is lying. ā
Eve was stunned for a moment, and then carefully recalled Johnny's demeanor before. "I don't know, but he doesn't really seem to remember what he's done. Eve said uncertainly, not quite believing that such a thing could happen.
"Second, I don't think it was a well-planned assassination. Arthur continued. "For whatever reason, you decided to go to the show on a temporary basis, without telling anyone beforehand, and as an assassination attempt against the lord, this group of people is mediocre, except for Johnny, who is indeed a marksman, the rest of the people seem to be just some ruffians. In the end, it doesn't make sense that they didn't have a mask, but they did it directly in front of so many people. Arthur analyzed.
Eve nodded in agreement, she also thought it was strange, she just didn't think about it so much. "Also, who do you think is behind this, who wants my life?" asked Eve.
"Given your terrible case breakdown, I think half of Kyle Redan is suspicious. Maybe they're just complaining about how inhumane the bill is that you don't allow people to defecate in the open. Arthur grinned and said jokingly.
Eve glared at him fiercely, she thought she was used to Arthur's indecency, but she always overestimated herself. "If that's the case, I'll have to issue another bill to build a public toilet in everyone's home, so that they can solve the problem of grain reincarnation without leaving their homes." ā
"Then you'll be called 'Cruel Countess' the next day," said Arthur. "But then again, I can't think of anyone who would do that against you in such a way. I mean, whoever hires a gang of ruffians in the hope of killing a knight with the blessing of the goddess? Arthur felt that this was too unreasonable, that they had too little information to find out the truth.
At this moment, a bloodied figure suddenly crashed in from outside the door and fell to the ground. "Orlando!" exclaimed Eve. Arthur hurriedly helped him up. Orlando was badly injured, but still conscious. "I'm out?hahahaha......" he said with a hard breath, as if he had just escaped from some horrible place.