Chapter 57 Guesses and Clues
Bing Zhixie breathed a sigh of relief after getting rid of Sufina's tracking. He really didn't expect that Sufina would suddenly appear there. It stands to reason that there was such a big commotion in the college. Like everyone else, she should have tightened security around the dormitory or searched elsewhere, but instead she showed up there. The college's security protection for the Great Blue Crystal Tower has not been reduced due to the matter at hand. Fortunately, he had disguised himself this time, so he probably wouldn't be recognized, but the academy's suspicion of suspicious students will be further deepened, that's for sure.
After taking off his disguise, Bing Zhixie returned to the dormitory and told the three of them that security had been tightened in the college and all the small shops selling late-night snacks were closed.
Wein was filled with resentment and buried his head in the quilt: "It's better to sleep. You won't be hungry when you sleep."
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Hundreds of searching security guards and patrols conducted fan searches around the area in the direction where the killer disappeared. Sophie and some of her colleagues also joined in.
In the woods, Zoya, leaning on a spear and wearing two mustaches, was conversing with the chief security officer of the imperial capital about the situation just now. Agnes, the vice president of the college, also came here: "Zoya, the person who didn't expect to come is you."
Zoya was about to light a cigarette when he saw a lady coming but didn't light it up. He looked up and down at the woman in front of him who had a short ponytail, black-rimmed glasses, a black office uniform and a short skirt that covered her hips. He identified her for a while before testing her. Asked: "Hanke Agnes?"
Agnes took off her glasses and said: "What's in your eyes did you recognize me."
"Oh, you His appearance has changed too much from before, I... really didn't recognize it. Now..." He looked at it again: "He is actually a teacher from the college?"
Agnes said: "I am the vice president of this hospital."
"Ah, disrespectful." Zoya hurriedly adjusted her appearance.
Agnes saw that he was wearing a very old red light armor, and his brown hair was a little gray: "You have changed a lot from before. You haven't reached the age of gray hair yet, why? Is this so? I couldn’t recognize you when you were so high-spirited back then.”
Zoya touched it. He laughed and said, "I'm just unkempt. I'm used to the poverty in the mountains."
Agnes nodded: "I remember that after we parted, we took a back seat. It’s been nearly twenty years now, right? Why did you suddenly come to the imperial capital this time?”
"It's nothing." Zoya sighed: "I missed the days in the palace, so I came back to take a look. But when this happened, His Majesty asked me to come over temporarily to help."
"Your Majesty really doesn't know I feel sorry for you. I haven’t seen you for so many years, and I’ll let you work as soon as you come.”
Zoya chuckled. Then he said: "Stop talking about me, what about you? I heard you are married?"
"The child is almost sixteen years old." Agnes said.
"Uh... time flies so fast." Zoya sighed again: "I think when I was fifteen or sixteen years old, you and I still had..."
"After this, will you go back?" Agnes asked.
Zoya nodded: "But I will come back. I will not leave until I find him again!"
"If you don't mention him, I will almost forget about him. Yes." Agnes looked at the searching figures in the woods in the distance.
"You will never forget that person." Zoya said plainly but very firmly.
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By daybreak, the search was coming to an end. A patrol came to report that signs of damage to the warning mechanism were found on one of the college walls.
In order to prevent outside unscrupulous elements from sneaking in, and to prevent students from sneaking in and out of the college, Curantine College has set up magic circles and traps on the hills and walls outside the college. It's not harmful, but it can be used as a warning.
After the last foreign mission student was killed, the college has inspected and repaired all the surrounding institutions and magic circles to ensure that there are no omissions. The damaged area this time must have been reserved for the retreat of the assassination. route. But knowing this is of no use, other than knowing that the killer has probably left the academy.
The search is on hold for the time being. Sheriffs will also conduct inspections of businesses and shops in the college during the day, but they don’t hold out much hope.
In the conference room of the main teaching building of the college, Agnes, Amir from Water Kingdom, and other officials and teachers discussed what happened tonight.
"What can be determined now is that the killer is a male, about 180 centimeters tall, with a strong body, and the weapon he used is a brand-new 'Mellon Blade', which is consistent with the wounds on the two students who were killed last time. In addition, the killer is He should be a warrior, and he has the ability to be invisible for a long time. In addition, the purpose of this assassination is probably related to the country's situation." Ethan Dafenk, who had messy hair and looked listless, made a speech. Summarize. Some people have doubts: "Why is the killer's purpose related to politics?"
Zoya said: "Before I came, I had a certain understanding of the case. After the last incident, Your Majesty is worried that the killer's purpose is to destroy the Demon Moon and its friendly neighbors. The political affairs officer and I discussed the assassination and concluded that this was the first time that Walter Country had come to Magic Moon to participate in such an event. It had only had normal diplomatic relations with our country before. If a murder occurred, the relationship between the two countries would be affected. It has significantly regressed, so it wants to destroy the relationship between Demon Moon and its neighboring countries. It's a good choice. In the past few days, I have been squatting near the college dormitory where I stayed, and as expected, I was waited for."
A teacher said dissatisfiedly: "Since you are here. Guess, why did you tell us earlier and take precautions? ”
Zoya said: "First of all, too many people know that being prepared may arouse the killer's alert; moreover, this is just a guess after all, and cannot be 100% certain. But I did not expect that the other party would use a puppet to remotely control Support, this is my carelessness.”
The sheriff in charge of the case said: "Let's not talk about it anymore. According to this calculation, the real culprit behind this incident is most likely Saint Bikoya from the south. Saint Bikoya and our country are in the same situation, and there have been many wars in history. There are countless times. Although there have been no major wars for a long time, border conflicts have continued."
"There is also the Holy Gripen Empire in the northwest. Ye Lengbuding said: "In the past two or three hundred years, wars between the Gripen Empire and us have occurred from time to time. Our Demon Moon has always been the biggest obstacle to the Gripen Empire's eastward policy. If we have bad relations with our neighboring countries and pass it on, As for Saint Biko, this will also be of great benefit to them."
The administrative officer nodded: "What Teacher Kuiye said makes sense." Everyone also agreed.
Agnès said: "The most important thing now is to uncover this hidden group of people. We cannot let these people continue to be so unscrupulous in the imperial capital. Do you have any methods?"
< br>Everyone was silent for a moment.
Hubble said: "I think we need to make two preparations. One is to apply to His Majesty to spread spies in the city to collect intelligence. Secondly, we will speed up the activities of the exchange group and shorten the schedule to complete it as soon as possible to avoid this kind of thing happening again."
“Is the latter method too passive? And it treats the symptoms rather than the root cause. At the same time, it will damage the majesty and honor of our Demon Moon Empire."
Hubble said: "There is no other way. The enemy is in the dark, and I am in the light. The most important thing now is not to let the killer achieve his goal. Well, let’s talk about it later.”
Everyone discussed it and decided to do what Hubble said.
Agnès looked at Sofina and said, "I heard that someone tried to break into the Blue Crystal Tower at night a few hours ago, but you stopped them?"
Sufina, who had never spoken, nodded, and then denied: "I'm not sure whether that person came to break into the Big Blue Crystal Tower. He was just discovered by the guard near the flower bed."
"Not sure. "?" Agnes thought for a moment and then said, "Well, we won't discuss this here today."
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After dawn, what happened last night came true. became the focus of discussion among students. However, the college soon released a new message. The friendly matches with foreign exchange missions will start tomorrow, which is a few days earlier than expected. The student must be simple after all, and his attention was quickly attracted by the news. He didn't care much about what happened last night, and he didn't make too many connections.
In the morning, the list of contestants sent by the college was announced. He Xun was successfully selected for their dormitory building, and there were three other people whom they did not know, or whose names they had heard but had not seen. In addition, Dolores' Selt will participate in the competition as a quota designated by the academy.
"Dolores K. Selt..." Seeing this name, Big Law was somewhat unwilling to accept it. Ever since Selt came to Curantin, he was eager to have a fair contest with this noble son who became famous in the imperial capital. But in this friendly match, he lost the selection, but Selt became the academy's designated candidate. It is undeniable that this is the academy's recognition of his strength, and it also proves that the other party is superior to him.
Wayne is not that sensitive. He is a rough-celled creature and is already looking forward to tomorrow's 'battle'!
“Let’s go have breakfast.” Carol said, because it was a holiday today and everyone got up late.
Bing Zhixie said: "I won't go, you can go."
Luo Dao: "You always don't eat breakfast according to the rules. This is not good for your health."
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After the three people left, Bing Zhixie left alone.
The college looks the same as usual, except that there are a few more sheriffs visiting. They were not looking for students to question, they were just looking for merchants and shops scattered throughout the college.
Some of the owners of these shops live outside the college, and some simply live in the shops because they find it too far to go home. Kurantin's relaxed and friendly environment in the past allowed them to enter and leave the academy freely without the need for further questioning. But they also have some familiarity with recent events, so most stores are happy to be interviewed by peace officers. They don't want to lose the college's business. The income here is often better than outside the college.
(End of this chapter)