Chapter 9: True and Fake Gems
The jewel that attracted the retired bandits to come out of the mountain again was actually a fake, and everyone was dumbfounded, and even the commander of the railway guard, White, was a little stunned for a while. And the train was made like a sausage roasted in high heat, and Trump was almost angry, because in a short time, many newspaper reporters would have flocked to the station, and the next day's headline would have read: The railroad empire is in danger? The dragon was attacked by bandits, and the people in power did nothing.
"Hehe, if you immediately offered this gem with both hands as if you had seen a goddess at the beginning, you would have avoided an inexplicable battle?" Fred sneered.
"I'll tell you a story, Doctor!" Garley touched his broad-bladed sword, "When we were training in the field in the kendo department, we needed to make a fire, so we went looking for flints. We looked around, repelled a lot of monsters, and finally found some, and when we came back, we saw a guy leisurely eating roast pheasant, do you know why? Because that guy can do magic, and he can burn a mountain with a sneeze!"
"This... Looks like you're having some problems communicating...", Sophia muttered quietly.
"That feeling is the same!" Gary glared at Sophia viciously, causing her to shut her mouth in fright.
"Hey, Doctor, don't we have a hidden department at Leiby Academy, and you're the instructor?" Bell sighed.
"Calm down, y'all!" Huai Zhizhi calmed down and waved his hand, "Cocteauge, you have explained to me the ins and outs of the incident!"
If his eyes could kill, Dogge would have been riddled with holes and would have died with a whimper, and he wanted to bury his head in his ass at this time. After a while, he finally raised his head, grabbed his hair fiercely, looked at his child, and his expression was full of exhaustion: "It's not as simple as you imagined, and now, I have nothing to hide......
"I received a letter from the military a little over a month ago that I needed my help researching a gemstone. As soon as I got there, they immediately arranged for me to test the magic fluctuations in it. At first I wanted to ask them something else about Crimson Star, but they wouldn't reveal anything and wouldn't allow me to ask any more. So I don't know the ins and outs of the gemstones. Later, I had to do my research as they instructed, only to find out that the crimson star could store magic!"
"Isn't it true that magic gems can also store magic?" asked Dona.
"It's not comparable to the Crimson Star!" said Dogg excitedly. You should know that magicians can perform magic because they can feel the various elements around them through the meta and convert them into corresponding magic; ordinary magic power stones are only used to store magic artificially, and the energy I detected inside the crimson star seems to allow the magician to have a completely surpassing self-exertion; later I tested it further, and found that the energy transmission inside is endless, and it can actually absorb the surrounding elements by itself, and convert them into the magic required by the user, and what is even more surprising is that it absorbs much faster than some famous great magiciansThis result caused a sensation in the army, and I was originally just thinking about completing the mission, but gradually I became interested in this crimson star, so for more concrete data, I decided to bring it back to my laboratory for further research. At this point, the Doctor actually showed a slight smug look at his research room.
"I seem to have heard of such a gem in the army. White muttered, "But how could such a confidential incident come out?"
"That's inevitable!" the doctor shrugged, "the army sent someone to study with me, claiming to be an aid to me, but in fact it was just surveillance. I was not the only one who came to this conclusion, and all the people involved in the study were present. The news spread quickly, and by the time the reaction came, it was too late to hide it, and now even the thieves knew about the existence of the Crimson Star. ”
"In that case, the army actually agreed to let you take you back to your own laboratory for research?"
"Maybe the results of the current experiment won't make a difference for them, so when I offered to send it back to my lab, there was no objection from the military, and it was decided to participate in the transportation in several groups to interfere with those who had the heart to snoop. Think about it, how could a person like me, who didn't know any martial arts at all, carry such a valuable item, and they made several identical fakes, gave me one of them, and then entrusted the Knights to escort them. And the real Crimson Star was sent directly to my lab by the military. I'm just a façade!"
"So, you're carrying a confusing fake?"
"Hehe......" Dogge suddenly smiled bitterly, he was silent for a long time, as if he was sorting out his thoughts.
"As you think, that would have saved you from the previous battle. Finally, he looked up again and said, "What happened next really surprised you. When I got on the train, I wanted to see how far the fake could be copied, but when I opened it, it wasn't a fake, but a real Crimson Star!"
Everyone was amazed. "Am you not mistaken? Can you tell the real from the fake at once?" Wright wondered.
"No, the fakes were so perfect that if you didn't have much contact, even the other researchers at the time, you wouldn't be able to tell the difference. But I've studied it too many times before, and it's like an organ in my body, and you can tell if it's real or fake just by touching it. The doctor affirmed.
"Could it be that the people in the army who want to snatch the gems have adjusted their bags in advance?" Bell interjected.
"That's the only explanation! The man who transferred the bag didn't want to face the forces of the army directly, and would definitely choose to attack from my side, so he changed to the real Crimson Star before I left. So when I found out, I immediately asked to change my position and arrived in the last carriage. ”
"According to you, it must be someone in the military who can do this!" White did not shy away from it, even though he was also a soldier.
"Wait, you said the gem was fake, but it doesn't seem real yet?" Fred asked.
"I was about to tell you that when the thief broke into the train, I thought he had joined forces with the man in the army to snatch the Crimson Star. However, it turned out that I was wrong again, no, I completely underestimated that person!"
"Thinking wrong again?!" everyone couldn't help but become solemn when they saw this.
"Are you sure that from the very beginning of the carriage to fight the thieves, and during the time several knights guarded our father and son, this gem box has never been separated from me until now, right?" asked Dogg word by word.
"Sophia, you've been guarding the Doctor all this time, haven't you?" Bell asked, turning his head.
"Of course, don't underestimate people!" Sophia seemed a little dissatisfied.
"Good!" Dogg took a deep breath, "I just checked it again, and now this crimson star in my hand has become a fake again!!"