355. Trickier than expected
Thanks to the presiding judge's previous 'tap water', the name Lloyd is not only unfamiliar among the high-level of the Bright Order, but also has a great presence, and everyone knows that the eighteenth district of the Holy Inquisition has produced a genius new star.
However, this incident is obviously completely unrelated to the 'genius' and 'newcomer'.
So the chief knight in the field, who looked gentle and elegant, seemed to be very good at talking, took the lead in speaking out:
"Dermani, do you think this incident is something that such a young man can participate in? Do you want to pin your hopes on this kind of newcomer who has just joined the Order for three months? ”
The scholar beside him, the Grand Inquisitor from the Holy Court, also said:
"Demani, I know you're in a hurry right now, and the loss of Tirtus is indeed a result we don't want to see, but you don't want to talk nonsense when you're in a hurry, right? No matter how good the young man you say is, this matter is not something he can participate in. ”
Then it was the turn of the Presiding Judge, who wore a colorful clown mask, from the Court of Grace, and said:
"Although I also advocate saving Tirtus, but in his current situation, unless I use those few key holy relics, I can't imagine the slightest possibility of saving him, Demani, you better calm down first."
Finally, it was the gray-haired archbishop who tried to play the round again:
"Well, Tirtus is also the young man's mentor, and it's understandable that he wants to help...... Then since he has this heart, why don't you let him control a holy artifact and try it first? ”
As a result, when the presiding judge of the scholar heard this, he became anxious on the spot.
"How many times have you said that the few holy relics you thought of are the last reliance of our Order, and even the entire Bright City, and they must not be used unless they are absolutely necessary! If you want to use it, step over my corpse first! ”
And the chief knight also helped:
"You're jealous of your old bastards, and you're still thinking of letting a newcomer manipulate the relics? Don't you understand the side effects of those holy relics? Still thinking about taking in an excellent young man when you have already lost a presiding judge? ”
In the face of such accusations, the archbishop only shrugged his shoulders, and said without changing his face and heartbeat:
"It's not necessarily a bad thing to let young people go through more tests, not to mention that I advocate the use of holy relics to rescue Tirtus, and if I can get him back, then it is perfectly acceptable to sacrifice a few new people."
"Whew! I don't think you're trying to save people at all, you just want to take advantage of this opportunity to weaken and balance our strength, right? I guess the situation you want most is not to save Tirtus, but also to put in a few key relics and a few young people, right? ”
"You...... How can you spit blood? ”
"You old bastard, I said it? You've been in the same league with those politicians out there for too long, and your whole heart is already extremely dirty and dirty! ”
Obviously, the four high-level executives other than Big Brother cannot be said to have ghosts, but they also have different minds, and it is difficult to reach an agreement.
In the case that the Sage refused to come forward, when they quarreled with a result, Judge Tirtus was afraid that the first seven would have passed......
But the big brother who really wants to save people can't do anything......
I could only sit behind my desk, silently listening to these people's arguments, and then cursed in my heart:
Worms! It's all insects!
Then, in front of these people, he made an unbelievable hunting move-
He actually reached out and plucked his head off?
Then he threw it on the desk next to him, and the rest of his headless body leaned back in his chair, crossed his legs, and let these people make noise, he wouldn't listen, he wouldn't speak, anyway, he would put everything in the end and leave it to Lloyd to solve.
Then he said silently in his heart:
Don't let me down, Lloyd!
Our three holy judges, we can't do it without one!
I've been looking forward to retiring early, and then going to Mizcatok and handing over the Inquisition to you both.
If Tirtus can't come back, I'm afraid there is really no good way to take these worms with you alone, even if you are the face of the Sage......
So...... Don't let me down! My little brother!
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On Lloyd's side, after opening the portal and going back to the laboratory, he found that this place had changed back to the single-layer appearance of the usual place, but it was deserted, not only could no one see, but the light curtains that were flying everywhere before were invisible, and the data that was brushed like the stock market had also stopped.
It seems that this is a complete vacation?
But after a few seconds, a crack appeared in the space in front of him, and Professor Lawrence walked out of the portal.
At this time, the old professor had already changed out of the big mage hat and the stereotypical mage robe, but was dressed in beach pants and a sunhat, holding a fishing rod in one hand and a box of fish in the other.
Lloyd subconsciously glanced into the catch box.
Ha, a few small crabs and small conch with big fingernails.
"Why did you come back all of a sudden? Isn't the holiday season over yet? ”
The old professor looked at Lloyd in front of him and asked a little strangely.
"Sorry to bother you on vacation, I'm back for what Professor Emeritus Demani told you."
"Huh? I remember, but isn't that a trifle? With your current level, it should be easy to solve, right? ”
"Huh? Hastily? ”
"What's so hard about getting someone out of a different space?"
The old man and the young chatted for a few words, each a little suspicious, and then the old professor put away the fishing rod and fish box in his hand, put the iconic big hat back on, and asked:
"Tell me, what's stumbling on you?"
Lloyd described the current situation and difficulties in detail, and did not appear to be in a hurry.
With the help of the time difference, there must be more time in the academy to rescue the presiding judge, so there is no need to panic, not to mention that in terms of the difficulty of this question, it is absolutely impossible to solve it without clarifying the problem.
Professor Lawrence listened carefully to Lloyd's story, and then with a dark face, he scolded:
"How could Demani, an old rascal who wanted to save face, downplay such a complex and dangerous matter?"
"Ah???h
"When he contacted me, he only said that someone accidentally fell into another dimension, and asked me if there was a way to solve it, but he ignored the key details of 'trap' and 'cage'."
Professor Lawrence puffed up.
This made Lloyd speechless, although he knew that Big Brother was a little out of score, but he didn't expect it to be so bad?
At such a critical juncture, you still think about face?
But Lloyd immediately thought about it again and thought that the situation was a little strange......
Shouldn't this be at all? Big Brother is definitely not pretending to be concerned about the safety of the presiding judge, he is really anxious to save people, even if he is not in a good mental state and is a little crazy, it is impossible to be hasty at such a critical moment, right?
Wait a minute! Could it be......
He suddenly thought of something, and was about to open his mouth to ask a question, but he saw Professor Lawrence on the other side frowning, kept pressing his hand on his eyebrows, and asked in turn:
"What are the difficulties you just mentioned? Tell me again? ”
This reaction undoubtedly confirmed Lloyd's previous speculation.
Big Brother and Old Professor, unconsciously, have suffered the influence of [Forgetting]!
This effect is subtle and difficult to detect, and does not affect the victim's inherent memory, but will cause them to inadvertently [forget] small details.
And the reason why I still remember it very clearly is because of the help of the "Book of Truth" in my mind, and when I first confronted this gangster of the [Forgetting] department, it was with the help of the "Book of Truth" that I was able to crack his conspiracy.
If you don't have the Book of Truth in your head, I'm afraid you will quickly ignore these 'small details', and then you won't be able to find a solution to the problem at all.
Obviously, the gangsters on the other side have a considerable degree of understanding of Mizkatok and space technology, and have taken precautions against opening portals to save people in advance.
After brushing up his thoughts, Lloyd hurriedly said:
"Professor, the gangsters on the other side are quietly influencing you with the power of [Forgetting]."
"Well, I realized it too, so don't move and give me the letter for help you just mentioned."
Professor Lawrence was obviously not a good match, and he immediately thought of the crux of the matter.
The letter for help, which was stuffed to Lloyd by Big Brother with a bunch of the presiding judge's mailing addresses, was naturally brought into the academy and quickly taken out by Lloyd.
Professor Lawrence did not rush to reach for it, but changed a large top hat on his head, and then released a force from his body to wash the letter.
The power he unleashed made Lloyd feel a little familiar, déjà vu, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it.
But in short, it's not the common kind.
Professor Lawrence, who seemed to sense Lloyd's curiosity, took the initiative to explain:
"This is the power of [Annihilation], I don't know much about it, but it is just right to deal with this situation at the moment, it is simpler and more direct than the [veto] outside."
As he spoke, he finished the letter, and then changed back to the original mage hat before continuing:
"Okay, now it's no problem, the guy on the other side is extremely cunning, and he has a little weak, but extremely lasting power attached to this letter, which can affect the memories of others silently, if it weren't for your reminder, I'm afraid we wouldn't have realized it."
After that, he added another sentence scoldingly:
"[Forgetting] is a disgusting system, even in Mizkatok, which is born to be the enemy of all scholars!"
Lloyd nodded vigorously, agreeing with the assessment.
It turns out that this is the confidence and reason why the other party allowed the presiding judge to ask for help?
I'm afraid that he is not just trying to 'wait for the rabbit', and it is likely that he will continue to use this method to get the hostages to send more letters.
And the people trapped by him were all high-ranking bigwigs, and the letters were naturally sent to the high-level leaders of the major sects.
As a result, he was able to add strength to the chaos of several major sects, and at the same time, he quietly spread the power of [Forgetting], like spreading a hidden plague......
Originally, because of its characteristics, the [Forgetting] system was extremely secretive and difficult to detect, and everyone was worried about the safety of the hostages, so it was naturally even more difficult to detect his vicious tricks.
If it weren't for the "Book of Truth" that naturally restrained him, I'm afraid this thing would really succeed?
[Forget], everyone will be punished!
Although Lloyd didn't tell Professor Lawrence what he thought, the old professor had already formed a tacit understanding with him at this moment, and immediately changed the beach pants on his body into mage robes, and then gritted his teeth and said:
"How dare you spread [forgetting] in the space system? It's time for this arrogant rat to feel our wrath! ”
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and waved, and a low roar of machines sounded in the originally quiet laboratory, and the hidden light curtain flew up again piece by piece.
"Okay, tell me about the problem you encountered earlier, just in case, it's best to record it with a pen or instrument."
"Okay."
Lloyd patiently rehashed the previous question, and then wrote down the pen on paper as he spoke; Professor Lawrence listens and manipulates the light curtains to record.
However, after the letter was processed, it was safe, and it could no longer exude the power of [forgetting], and it returned to an ordinary letter for help.
Professor Lawrence, of course, would not have forgotten Lloyd's description for some reason, so he twisted his goatee and said:
"Well, it's true that the power is not strong enough to change the paper record, but the more it is, the more insidious it becomes, because I don't know what it is quietly making people forget......"
Then he took out a booklet that was not too thick and handed it to Lloyd, and commanded:
"This is the operating guide and precautions for the instrument here, you can learn it by yourself first, so that it is convenient for the rest of the process, and I am going to write a letter to that old fellow in Demani, reminding him not to receive any more letters for help!
I can't imagine what would have happened if there were more such letters. ”
With that, he 'conjured' a writing desk floating in the air out of thin air, and began to lie on it to write letters, in which he clarified the benefits and harms and reminded the risks.
While writing, he explained to Lloyd:
"Since this matter involves [forgetting], then it's better not to implicate too many people to come in, not to mention that this will still be a holiday, so only the two of us will calculate it next, you must read this manual well, and come to help me ...... later"
He originally wanted to arrange for Lloyd to help him, but before he could finish his words, he saw that Lloyd was already familiar with controlling those light curtains, and circled in front of him.
Still a little excitedly said:
"Professor, your equipment here is so exciting! Much better than the ones I use! ”
"It's not...... Have you read the manual? ”
"yes, it's pretty simple, and it doesn't have much content."
Lloyd replied casually.
With his current [cognition] of up to 500 points, plus the assistance of skills, and the cognitive level that has been upgraded twice, learning this operation process is faster than learning recipes.
"Then professor, I'll start first, you write slowly, be sure to convince the boss...... Oh no, it's Grand Inquisitor Demani, who sometimes falls into that inexplicable stubbornness. ”
Lloyd continued to speak casually, and then his hands flew on the light curtain around him, like an esports pro, and at a magnificent speed, he controlled the high-end equipment in the laboratory and began to calculate.
Professor Lawrence looked at this scene, and somehow, he didn't want to write a letter anymore, but rubbed his eyebrows again with his backhand.
Should I tell this guy, a normal researcher, that it would take at least a year or more to become proficient with the equipment?
If you meet a stupid person, you have been in the laboratory for several years, and you can't play with these devices......
This is the most advanced and complex space instrument of human civilization at present!
Can you ...... A little respect for the brainchild of the Equipment Development Section next door?
The more Professor Lawrence thought about it, the more he had a headache, and he couldn't help but shake his head vigorously and gasp again.
Hiss...... Don't think about it, don't think about it, this thing is not human! This thing is not human!
Luckily, I didn't really ask him to do it for me......
Fortunately, today's space department is on vacation, and I am ...... with this humanoid creature
Professor Lawrence rejoiced in his heart, and decided to go back and add a new rule to the laboratory-
Lloyd is forbidden to use high-end instruments without authorization!
On Lloyd's side, he obviously didn't notice the professor's abnormality, but was experiencing and feeling the smoothness and smoothness of the high-end instrument with all his heart.
It's so comfortable! It's so cool! It's like upgrading from a 2D paper man to a 3D kryptonite mobile game!
That's what qualifies as a calculator! What kind of calculations were all those given to me before?
However, it was precisely the use of this high-level equipment that allowed Lloyd to further discover the cunning of his opponent.
I really underestimated him before, and that guy's attainments and understanding in space are obviously not lower than his own.
He has a degree of control over the alien space that is a prison cell, which is not in line with theoretical knowledge, allowing him to turn into a cunning sea serpent in the sea, scurrying around the spatial vortex or the area of spatial disorder, and using this to hide himself, just like a sea serpent hiding in a coral reef.
Therefore, Lloyd couldn't catch his trace at all through a handheld device in front.
And right now, even with the help of high-level equipment, it still seems tricky and difficult.
So far, there has been limited progress, but the location of a 'coral reef' has been roughly delineated, but it is still difficult to catch a specific sea snake......
So since you can't catch it with your bare hands, can you change your mind and lure this guy in by himself?
Lloyd thought about it and had an immature train of thought.
Let's talk to the professor about it first.
(End of chapter)