Chapter 304 Two Courtyards
The Next Day
Game Time AM08:17
Violet Empire, Royal Capital Salamun, Mercury Courtyard
Cassie He and Lewen were sitting under the long eaves of the main room, with a little uneasiness on their faces. Although they didn't even know why they were uneasy, these two high-ranking officials of the Fire Claw Territory just felt a little panicked for no reason.
If I have to say the reason, it may be because the orange-haired girl not far away who has become the backbone of everyone has been standing in the center of the courtyard with a frown for almost two hours...
Without cynicism Say hello and don't care He recklessly went to the Magician's Guild to relax, and he didn't even use the arbitrary excuse of "go to the third stall from the left on the main road in the old city to buy me half a catty of Huosu fruit and peel it off" to order others to run errands. It’s not like Miss Futaba’s style at all! !
Maybe because of this, both Cassie and Levine were a little flustered.
One minute later
“Hmph!”
Futaba snorted lightly without looking back, startled the brothers who were exchanging glances with sad faces not far away, and then said coldly: "Can you two stop sitting there with such dead expressions on your face?" Staring at this lady over there? Also, Cassie, are you a little too relaxed?”
Before Levin could realize the meaning of the second half of the sentence, he saw Cassie sitting next to him. His body trembled, and he turned around suddenly and threw out a short knife!
A mage's eye hidden behind the two men was penetrated with a 'pop'.
"When did you..."
Kathy turned her head to look at Futaba with some shock, her slightly hoarse tone was full of disbelief: "Although I don't have it now He is on high alert, but even so, it is impossible to miss such an obvious surveillance magic!”
"Nothing is impossible." The girl shook her head slightly, and lit a warm flame beside herself without any casting process: "When you maintain a high level of vigilance, there will be something like this every once in a while. When you are not very focused for a few seconds, and when you are in a normal state, there will be a few seconds that can be called 'relaxed' every once in a while. That mage eye is what I use to summon at that moment. Of course, this requires a certain understanding of you as a person. Without this period of time together, I think there is nothing I can do. Take advantage of this gap...so don't be too inferior~"
Kathy looked at Futaba silently for a while, then suddenly leaned over and saluted: "Thank you."
"You're welcome."
Futaba didn't even ask the other person Why did he thank you and just raised his eyebrows slightly: "So why did you two look so sad just now? To be able to show that kind of expression, it must be at least the level of someone who has passed away, right?"
Cassie knows her words well. His level was too weak, so he simply didn’t speak.
On the other hand, Lewen, the housekeeper of the Fire Claw Territory, smiled bitterly and spread his hands: "I don't know, Cassie. I felt that you were a little abnormal... uh, or maybe you were uneasy, so I felt depressed for no reason. Come on, it’s not as extreme as you said.”
“Oh, my intuition is so sharp.”
Futaba looked at Lewen with a smile and asked with interest. Were you a bitch with a broken wing in your last life?”
Although he didn’t quite understand what the girl meant, Lewen knew that it was definitely not a good thing, so he just laughed twice. Didn't answer the question.
But Cassie shook his head and said something fair: "Your performance is too obvious."
"Oh, you're right. I have become very emotional recently... no, I have become very emotional since a long time ago." Futaba did not refute Cassie's words, but just sighed softly: "It's a pity that until today I I just discovered that, so I became more and more restless..."
Lewin was stunned for a moment, and then cautiously tested Asked: "What do you mean?"
"If you don't understand, just ask directly, don't act as if you have already guessed what is going on." Futaba rolled her eyes at him, and a pair of beautiful eyebrows frowned slightly: "I mean, when it comes to dealing with the Marshall family, I seem to have thought too little before."
[Not enough! ? 】
Lewen looked at the girl in front of him in confusion. He couldn't imagine where the so-called "young" was! In order to trick Buffy Marshall into coming to the imperial capital, she did not hesitate to put together all the lords, including the emperor. She even memorized all the files left by Ned in a short period of time in order to kill him with one blow. In order to block the news, she even He made more than five plans to force the opponent to stay in the Red Garden! In order to advance the situation to the current situation, she even made unscrupulous demands to the emperor repeatedly, and even offended several grand dukes with rude words, in the land of the Violet Empire!
All Futaba did was to bring dominance and rhythm into her own hands, and the facts proved that she had indeed done it. At this moment, the Grand Duke of Marshall and all his entourage were all banned in the Red Garden, and were jointly established by all the lords. The investigation team even rushed to Mercury City on the second day of the meeting at Purple Nine Hall. , all the nobles, including the emperor, are watching the development of the situation tacitly. At least at this stage, no one is lending a helping hand to Marshall openly or secretly. Everything is developing in the most ideal form as predicted by Futaba. Then...
In the end, she actually said that she had thought too little! !
Lewin, who couldn't understand at all, had to cough dryly: "You can't be serious, are you?"
"Is it fun to tease you?"
Futaba and Lewin passed by and said calmly as he walked into the main house: "I did think less about it, although it is almost impossible in terms of layout and implementation. There are almost no flaws or hidden dangers, even though I have reduced the room for the Marshall family's comeback to infinitely close to zero, even though I used deception and inducement to reveal the trump card he used to communicate with the family internally, even though I calculated mentally or unintentionally. I got the upper hand in the situation and was fully prepared, but it was not enough..."
Levin and Cassie followed Futaba into the house. The former looked at the girl curled up on the chair playing with her hair in confusion, and shook his head in confusion: "I don't understand."
Although Cassie didn't speak, his eyes also flashed with the light of 'I don't understand +1'.
"It's very simple. There is never an unbreakable dead end in this world, so there is no foolproof plan." Futaba gently fiddled with his hair and explained calmly: "Basically leaving no loopholes and hidden dangers does not mean that there are absolutely no loopholes to exploit. Infinitely approaching zero is definitely not equal to zero. An important and key trump card is not necessarily the final trump card. The plan is indeed almost perfect, but the closer it is, the closer it is. Perfect things cannot tolerate any accidents. Yes, accidents, even a trivial accident, may ruin my 'almost' perfect situation! The concentrated sulfuric acid poured from nowhere melted into scum!”
Cassie shook her head gloomily: “I can’t imagine how Buffy Marshall could make a comeback in this situation.”
"It's reasonable that you can't think of it, but what's even more terrifying is that I can't think of it either."
Futaba put her chin on her knees and muttered in a low voice: "You can't prevent or remedy it if you don't expect it. The more perfect you are, the less room for error you have. If that guy knew about it, he would definitely laugh at me, like, 'There is no such thing as anything.'" A foolish act as a backup measure', 'a rubbish plan that was blindly swallowed up' "Zhao", "The emotional scum of a dead otaku girl" and the like... Damn it... why did I realize it so late..."
This is the first time that Lewen has seen Futaba so entangled, Subconsciously, he also panicked and asked uneasily: "Is the situation really that bad? "No, just the opposite. No matter how you analyze it, the situation is very good for us." He said: "But this is based on the fact that we have not left any detours for ourselves. On the premise of returning to space, that is to say, if any accident occurs, we have almost no decent way to deal with it.”
Although I didn’t fully understand what Futaba meant, it doesn’t matter. The faces of Cassie and Levine quickly turned ugly.
"Of course, you don't have to worry too much. Didn't I say it before? I have suppressed the possibility of all accidents to a minimum."
Futaba jumped down from the chair and appeared as if she had changed her face. A refreshing and bright smile: "And we are not completely without a way out. Although I do have no backup means, I also accidentally left a lead before."
It was so ups and downs that I almost didn't have a heart attack. Levin swallowed and asked very stiffly: "What's the introduction?"
"Buffy Marshall's expression when he was detained in the Red Garden that night."
Futaba Weiwei He narrowed his eyes and sneered: "I believe that at least at that moment he was really at his wits' end, and everyone present at the time witnessed his ugly face that was a mixture of anger, despair, regret and confusion, even though it was only for a short time. It only lasted a few seconds, but there was actually no difference between the shocked look and a direct confession. I believe that the emperor and other dukes were already a little confused at that time, otherwise they would not be so cooperative with me in the future. , so...even if something happens, their first reaction must be 'Buffy Marshall is playing some trick', not that I or the Fire Claw Leader want to slander a duke."
Levin nodded, his expression still uneasy: "But this is just an idea..."
"It's good enough to make others have the subjective impression of 'I'm afraid Marshall does have a problem'." Futaba Bu He interrupted him patiently and said in a deep voice: "Although I also think that I think too much, but..."
"But what?"
"But why is it already this time? , no one has come to find us yet..."
At the same time
Violet Empire, Royal Capital Salamun, Crimson Court
“Did I ask anyone to come in?”
Buffy Marshall in the study raised his head coldly, his eyes bloodshot. Staring at a young guard who came in with breakfast, he said in a deep voice : "Get out!"
At this moment, he is no longer the elegant gentleman he was before. Although he is not as drunk, disheveled, and panicked as Futaba imagined before, this man is Violet top of power pyramid One of the eight lords does look a little embarrassed. His beard has obviously not been trimmed since that night. Although his hair has been simply taken care of, it is no longer as shiny as before. He wears a handsome noble robe. It is even more covered with wrinkles, obviously He basically spent the first few nights sitting in a chair...
So, although Buffy, who was very strong, would not collapse so easily, she still inevitably lost a little weight. Circle, the complexion is also quite bad...
"A little disappointed~"
The young guard who was in a panic a second ago suddenly laughed, and then he sat on the chair opposite Buffy openly, while playing with the silver medal on his chest. Gray Marshall family coat of arms While saying casually: "But at least it's better than the worst case scenario I expected. If I had just opened the door and seen a drunk holding a barrel... Well, fortunately your spirit is still strong."
【What is he talking about? 】
【Who is he? 】
【How did he get in? 】
【What is his purpose? ! 】
Buffy Marshall took about a second and a half to finish thinking, then showed a spring-like smile to the other party, and stretched out his right hand: "Nice to meet you, my Friend."
"Oh?"
The guard raised his eyebrows in surprise. He asked slowly: "Why are you sure that I am a 'friend'?"
"It's too simple." The Grand Duke of Marshall said with an undiminished smile: "If you are my enemy, all you need to do now is You can expect a 'trial' anywhere but here, right?"
The guard nodded, stretched out his right hand and shook the former lightly: "Wise decision, respected Duke Buffy Marshall, my name is Gawen, and I am your undoubted friend."
" It's an honor, then..."
The Grand Duke of Marshall retracted his hand and went straight to the point: "What did you bring me? What do you want?"
"Oh?" Gawen? He raised his eyebrows and smiled, raising his finger to point to his cheek: "I thought you would ask me first 'who are you' or what is happening to the person who really has this face? As far as I know, this young man I am extremely loyal to you."
The Grand Duke of Marshall smiled: "Didn't you just say that the status of 'undoubted friend' is enough. As for the owner of your current appearance... If necessary, I can make him disappear to better free up this identity."
"No, he's in the cellar in the backyard. Remember to release him later." Jiawen waved her hand and shook her head: "As for me, you can call me Miss Jiawen or Ms. Jiawen. That's fine. It seems you don't Not surprised, let’s get straight to the point..."
"All ears."
Chapter 301: The End
(End of this chapter)