Chapter 30: Reims's Basic Deduction
But soon Lance poured cold water on him: "No, I only remember the specific content of the vague memory that I remembered when I fought the undead apprentice before. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoAs for anything else, I still can't remember, especially who I am. ”
When Veronica heard this, the smile on her face froze and disappeared. However, after a moment of solidification, Veronica quickly regained her composure, she combed a strand of her long hair hanging down behind her ear, and then smiled and comforted Lance, saying, "It's okay, Lance, it is a little improvement to think about." That's a good sign. ”
Lance's pale and flared lips also showed a hint of a smile, and nodded, telling Veronica that he was okay with a relaxed expression.
"What about the other details? Can you remember?" asked Captain Barger, looking at Lance with a serious face.
"I only remember this one, and I seemed to be going to go with them somewhere, so I wanted to go with them. So after a sword contest with his caravan guards, Spark, 'Old Bear', agreed to hire me as a makeshift guard. I can't remember it until I got to that place. ”
Captain Bagh grabbed the hair on the back of his head in disappointment, and let out a long breath: "Yes, the clue is broken again." I only know the name and place of origin, except for notifying the family to come and collect the body, there is no other use. ”
Lance looked around, and although the ground was messy, he could still clearly see the footprints of the scene. Lance, supported by Veronica, seemed to be in thought, thoughtfully observing the ground around him one by one, and then looking through the wounds of the dead.
At this time, when a young soldier on the side just wanted to complain about Lance's serious nervousness, the captain Bagh said, "Shut up Lao Tzu!" stopped the soldiers' desire to complain and vent their dissatisfaction.
Lance looked at the footprints one by one, and said with a serious look on his face: "You see, these footprints are indeed very well preserved. And I looked around and removed these new footprints. In fact, we can find the owner of every footprint. Something strange though. ”
"What's the matter?" said Bag, looking at Lance, who had walked back to the caravan leader's body.
Lance looked at the soles of the caravan leader's shoes, and then at the footprints on the ground, and suddenly closed his eyes as if he had lost something. After exhaling a breath of grief, he seemed to have made up his mind. Then he patted his dirt-stained hands and said with a serious face: "One, I only found the footprints of the people of this attacked caravan. But the footprints of those who ambushed him were found. Two, look at this series of footprints beside this chief. I can still clearly deduce what happened when the leader fell. ”
Bagh looked at Lance with interest and touched his goatee: "Huh? Reasoning out? Interesting, red-eyed boy, let's hear it." ”
Lance began to demonstrate live, saying, "Based on the pattern of the footprints around the caravan leader 'Old Bear' Spark, I judge that it should belong to two people. And based on this string of neat traverses and footprints that don't belong to 'Old Bear' Spark, I can infer what happened here. It was supposed to be before the caravan leader 'Old Bear' Sparker died, and there was one more person to defend him. And these neat traverse movements and footprints in front of him indicate that he used weapons to fight. ”
And Bagh and Quincy followed Lance's instructions and words step by step.
Bagh touched his goatee and nodded his head in realization, the smile on his face piling up brighter and brighter.
But in obvious contrast, Lance's increasingly solemn expression made Veronica, who was secretly observing Lance, notice a hint of strangeness and became more and more worried.
But for some unknown reason, suddenly the guard dodged to the side, and at the same time, the guard's sword was also knocked to the ground. And at this moment, the 'old bear' Sparky was thrown to the ground by an object. ”
After explaining the bloodstained standard sword that had fallen on the ground beside him, Lance followed the footprints and said, "According to this series of coherent footprints, it seems that this guard is not ready to fight back after this attack. And he directly chose to run away. ”
The faster Lance spoke, trotting all the way to a place more than ten meters away, and everyone hurriedly followed.
At this point Lance came to a stop at a place that was a little out of the battlefield. But there are coherent footprints on the ground, and here there are also messy horseshoe prints.
Lance pointed to the footprints, then looked into the distance and said, "Based on the length of the footsteps, the guard must have sprinted here at great speed, and then took a caravan horse that had stopped here and fled." ”
"Haha, you kid can!" After listening to this, Bagh suddenly threw his waist up and laughed: "You are so little, according to my years of experience, it is indeed really like this. ”
Lance doesn't look like a detective who enjoys the thrill of solving a puzzle at this point. Instead, he bit his pale lips, his face full of tangled.
At this time, Quincy on the side looked at the footprints on the ground with disdain, and then sneered and said: "So, the deserter who abandoned his honor and left his leader and comrades to run away alone is you, a kid? If I were you, I'd kill myself now. ”
Veronica glanced at the footprints on the ground and immediately understood, and she retorted, "Quincy, how can you say that about Lance. Even if he left at that time, there must have been a reason to force it! I'm sure Lance wouldn't have run away innocently! Not to mention that Lance wasn't from Idris and didn't need to follow your rules. He at least resisted, but now that the momentum is gone, what's wrong with Lance retreating?"
"Could it be that this red-eyed boy is the one who escaped?" it dawned on Bagh that he was so happy that he forgot that this kid was the one who survived the caravan.
But when Bagh thinks about it, this statement doesn't seem perfect.
Because according to Lance's previous description of his recollections. He just said that the caravan would take him to a place that would pass by halfway. And in that place, Lance would part ways.
Whereas Reims is found in the Coast Mountains. In case Lance says to part ways, the place to go is the Coast Mountains. It is very likely that Lance had parted ways before the caravan was attacked.
But Bagh learned from Quincy and Veronica to look at the footprints on the ground, and Bagh suddenly understood.
It turned out that there were two sets of footprints on the ground, and the two sets of footprints were exactly the same pattern. One group was the deserter's footprints, and the other was Lance's new footprints. At this moment, all doubts and worries were dispelled. It seems that this deserter is Lance.
Quincy, meanwhile, looked at Lance with contempt and said aggressively:
"Hmph, even if what you say is reasonable, I look down on this kid. There is no word 'run away' in the dictionary of warriors. A warrior should fight until the last moment, until death. Not to mention that his leader is still there. Veronica, you are also a citizen of Idris. Don't you even know that? I think you'd better keep your distance from this cowardly man. ”
The White Dragon Princess Loxani was also furious when she heard that this kid named Quincy actually said this about Lance. No matter how much Lance hates it, he can only scold himself, and no one else is allowed to scold:
"Sister Veronica's family with who's going to do your shit?! You face and face are paralyzed! If I were a human girl, I wouldn't marry you! Lance will throw you off eighteen streets with just her expression and sense of humor! Shut up your mother!"
At this time, the other soldiers also reacted. Hearing Quincy's last words, the soldiers seemed to be poked at the excitement, and they all echoed Quincy's point of view. After all, it was very unpleasant to see this stinky boy who was so close to Veronica, and now how can he seize an opportunity not to take advantage of your illness and kill you. So everyone began to help Quincy and said:
"You female dragon, wait until you really become a human. ”
"That's right, this grandson is a coward who abandons his comrades!"
"Yes, yes, this kind of person should be despised by every Idris. ”
"That is, someone promised to help you. You run away when others need it most. What a shame!"
"Rubbish!
"Veronica, let go of him. Don't stand with him anymore with this kind of garbage, shame!"
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Hearing this, Veronica's originally delicate face was also occupied by anger, and she couldn't care about the face of everyone living in the same town. She refuted without the slightest concession:
"What do you look down on? What are you? Who are you to judge others in this way? Have you ever seen Lance fight? Do you know how Lance fought to the death against three undead apprentices, fifty Metatu guards, and five orc wolf cavalry? How did he use his own blood to fight his way out? Anyway, as far as I've seen so far, Lance is the bravest man I've ever met!"
As she spoke, Veronica grabbed Lance's arm tightly and said, "I'm still going to stand with Lance!" If you think I'm a shame, stay away from me!"
"Okay, do you want to know the facts of the case?"
Lance suddenly raised his voice and said a word, and then tried to squeeze out a smile at Veronica and said:
"It's okay, Winnie. Thank you for supporting me so much. Just hear that you believe me, and I'm enough. As for other people, I don't care, and I don't care what they say about me. Time and action will tell, so I don't need you to defend me anymore. But I also know that, judging by the current evidence. There's a real good chance I'm a deserter, and there's nothing to excuse it. ”
Although Lance deduced that the guard who abandoned his teammates and fled during the battle was indeed himself, he also felt that his escape was indeed not in line with his inner creed. But when he heard Veronica's defense of himself, Lance also remembered what Veronica said to himself before:
"I don't think it's important whether you were full of evil before you lost your memory, but what you do in the future is what matters. ”
Even if he used to be a deserter, so what? Lance, who had figured it out, didn't dwell on it anymore, but said to the captain Bag, "I already know pretty much what the man who attacked the caravan is. Uncle Bagg, do you still want to know?"