"I don't understand what you're talking about. Chester grimaced and gritted his teeth and said, "Your stupid story has too many holes, and too many will only make people feel ridiculous." Everybody knows how much I love Betty, and they all know that Neo is my best brother, and you think I'm going to hurt them for your sake? I'd rather hurt myself than have them be wronged in the slightest. ”

"That's a good point, but it doesn't make sense. Pannis sneered and said, "I'll show you an interesting illusion, how about it, dear Mr. Chester, would you be interested in watching it?"

"Hmph, you go ahead and pretend. Chester clasped his hands to his chest and said to Pannis, seemingly calm, "I'd like to see what else you're going to do, and if you want to do it, you can do it, idiot." ”

"Okay. Pannis nodded, "Lina, there is a door on your left, you push the cabinet behind the door open, there will be a basement entrance on the floor, let's explore the secrets in the basement." ”

"That's the workshop where I make traps. Chester leaned against the pillar of the room without panic and said, "What do you want to find there? pliers or anvil? Or is your illusion just to show you my furnace?"

"I came into the basement, and it was indeed a workshop. Lina's cold voice came from underground, "But as he said, there's nothing in there except these tools and half-made traps. ”

"Don't be in a hurry. "The show has just begun, so how can the high tide part appear so quickly." ”

"You'd better hurry, if it's too slow, I'm not sure the person I'm looking for will make it through. Lina's voice paused, and she added, "Of course, it doesn't matter to me whether she lives or dies, but I don't have that much patience to wait for you." ”

"Okay, okay, I got it. Pannis sighed, stretched out his hands to everyone, and said, "The lady below is already in a hurry, so let's get to the point, I wonder if the three of you have the courage to go down with me to explore this mysterious basement?" Dear Mr. Chester, you, as the most courageous hunter in town, will not refuse. ”

"Mr. Adventurer, are you telling the truth?" Old Dack, who had been silent, suddenly rushed forward. Grabbing Pannis's clothes and shaking them, he said, "Betty her, Betty her, she, she's really down there, and she's still alive?"

"I'm 80 percent sure she's still alive. "Pannis did not repounce old Dack for his rudeness. Still kept a faint tone and said, "As for whether she is really down there, let's go down with me and see." ”

"Okay, I'll go down. Old Duck changed his previous age, as if he had changed people, and quickly climbed down the ladder down the basement, Pannis's eyes were fixed on Chester, and he made a gesture of please, Chester's face was very ugly, his eyes glanced around, and finally he snorted heavily. Climbed down the ladder.

The basement was originally dark, but after Lina came down, she had already lit the oil lamp on the wall for the first time, and the dim light came out of the lamp, illuminating the entire basement in a hazy light. Looking around, you can see a lot of metal ingots piled up in the corner, some scattered molds, and in the middle of the basement is a small furnace, which is not lit now, and it is pitch black inside. In front of the furnace are stacked with tools for casting and forging. There was also a workbench next to it, with knives, scissors, and broken leather, and it was indeed a trap-making workshop.

"You all see, there's nothing here. Chester gritted his teeth and made a look of grievance: "How far do you want to slander me? Don't think that you are an adventurer and can just accuse others of crimes." ”

"Don't be in a hurry. Be patient with a bit. Besides, do you really think that your poor arrangement can escape the observation of an explorer?" Pannis smiled mysteriously and said to Lina, "Lina, have you ever carefully observed the inner workings of a furnace before, especially this old-fashioned furnace that uses coal as fuel. ”

"Who's going to observe that kind of thing without anything. Lina hugged the book. Said angrily: "It's nothing more than a pile of ashes inside." ”

"But maybe there's a different kind of furnace. Pannis raised his chin at the furnace in the middle of the basement, "For example, if you check it, you may find an unexpected gain, such as an underground secret room hidden in the basement." ”

"Well, that's true. Lina sneered through her nose and leaned over to the furnace to take a look: "How do you crack this?" ”

"Small traps. Pannis's attention didn't seem to be focused on this, he was just talking, not doing anything, but his eyes were still on Chester's body: "In the simplest way." ”

"Is it the easiest way?" Lina removed the mace from her waist, and after a few words of prayer, the white light of the magic covered her arm and the mace, and after the white light, she swung the mace at the furnace, and the mace slammed into the furnace with great force, giving the illusion that the entire basement was shaking. Under the hammer, the sturdy furnace was smashed apart, revealing a swarthy hole below, the space below the hole was very deep, and it was pitch black inside, only a long ladder could be seen extending downwards into the dark space.

"Go down and have a look. Pannis said, "Maybe we can save her, well, maybe." ”

"It depends on the mood, if it's not troublesome, it's okay to save it, if it's troublesome, don't think about me saving people. Lina took the lantern that Pannis had handed her and hung it on her waist, and climbed down the ladder, leaving only the last words still echoing in the basement.

Just as Lina was crawling down, Chester finally couldn't take it anymore, and he was smart enough not to attack Panis and Lina, nor to run away, but to rush at Old Dark, pulling out the talisman dagger from his waist on the way. Pannis remained unmoved, just quietly watched Chester's last madness, seemingly unconcerned whether Old Duck had been kidnapped or not. Chester approached the old man's side smoothly, and at the same time he was overjoyed with the dagger on the old man's neck, but in the next moment, he suddenly felt a whirlwind of the world, and the person had been thrown to the ground heavily, and old Dark, who had been trembling before, was stepping on him at this time, staring at him viciously.

"Stupid young man. Pannis shrugged and said unsurprisingly, "That's the price of looking down on the older generation." Do you really think that you are the most powerful hunter in the younger generation, can you underestimate the hunters of the older generation, hehe, it's so naïve. ”

"Thank you, Mr. Adventurer. Getting closer and closer to his daughter, Old Duck gradually calmed down, and then kicked the dagger in Chester's hand, stepped on Chester's neck and said, "If you hadn't exposed him, I'm afraid everyone would have been deceived by him." ”

"Don't thank me. Pannis waved his hand: "Actually, the people he plays for happen to be our old opponents, I didn't expect to find their traces here, which is also an unexpected gain." Dear Mr. Chester, you must be very unwilling, the plan is almost successful. And you're probably wondering how the hell we're going to see through your arrangement, right? Hehe, I can only say that you really underestimate high-level professionals, in fact, from the very beginning, Catherine and I had a lot of doubts about you. ”

"Don't believe it, it's okay, we'll have to wait for a while, we can talk slowly. The smile on Pannis's face at this time was like a demon, and he said to Chester, who was curled up on the ground and was trampled on his breathlessness: "An ignorant girl who was restricted by her father, ran away from home with her beloved lover, and ended up dying together when she met a monster on the way, there is nothing suspicious about it, but there are a few details in it that have to be paid attention to." ”

"First of all, have you ever seen someone leave a note for her family before she runs away from home, does she leave it in her bedroom? And I specifically asked, or in the drawer of her dresser, does she want her father to see it, or does she not want to be seen? If she doesn't want to be seen, wouldn't it be better if she didn't leave a note? I can ask you to pass on the last word, just like you did in Nao. If it looks like it's seen, it shouldn't be put in a drawer, so there's probably something wrong here. ”

"Second, Neo's house is very neatly packed, you should have cleaned it up, but you ignored his animal pen. If he had been prepared to run away from home, then the usual belongings of the two sled deer that he valued the most would have been packed up long ago, but what about the actual situation? Many of the items in the pen were obviously new, and they were not as neat as the ones in the house, and it was easy to see that they had decided to leave on the fly. Well, I see, it's because it's outside, and it's easy for the neighbors to find out. ”

"These two points can induce suspicion, and once it appears, it is very difficult to control it. So, when inspecting Neo's house, according to the proportion of items reduced, Catherine deduced that when Neo set out, she only slacked off food for one person, and the number of other items was not right, and then checked Betty's side, she only took her belongings and did not make any preparations for the long trip. This is not a runaway from home, it is completely in the snowstorm to send her to death in the wild, so her suspicions about this matter are even more serious. ”

"As for me, because my nose is a little bit smarter than others, I found more problems. Pannis suddenly looked up to the west, and although it was impossible to see anything except the basement, he still frowned a little worriedly, and then continued: "Dear Mr. Chester, you have left too many questions. (To be continued.) )

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