Chapter 225 The truth about the flaming red lips
Poof.
The little deep diver's legs went weak, and he sat slumped at the entrance of the first mate's room. He held the wooden box in his hand and his eyes were straight. His mouth opened and closed, but no sound came out, like a dying animal. Big fish. The fish faces of other deep divers also had earth-colored faces, staring blankly at the empty wooden box.
Only the white-haired old deep diver remained calm, looked back at Lynch, and then jumped straight into the seawater under the big hole.
"It seems that we are really being used." Miss Valente's low voice came from the conch, "The other party is unwilling or afraid to conflict with them head-on, so they use us to attract the attention of the deep divers. The gem was stolen secretly."
"I heard a saying, the mantis stares at the bug, but it doesn't know that the bird is watching behind it," Lin Qi said in a dark voice, "It's just the simplest message. Manipulation, without even directly contacting us, makes us jump into the trap. This style and method reminds me of an old friend of ours.”
"Black Spider of the League of Shadows?"
"Yes, using truth to put us into a situation where we have no choice, naturally walking on the path he wants us to take, and ultimately achieving his purpose. This It’s so similar to his behavior in the last incident. I doubt that even if he is not the culprit, he is still involved.”
Lin Qi clenched his fists tightly and gritted his teeth and said:
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"Last time we were lucky enough to defeat Mordiggian and ruin his plan. He must not have given up yet, so he's here again this time."
"Is he targeting us? What exactly does he want to do? What to do?”
“I don’t know, but to be precise, he is targeting me.”
Lin Qi squinted his eyes, feeling uneasy in his heart. Since time traveling, every major event he has encountered has the shadow of the League of Shadows behind it, and it seems as if the other party is really targeting him.
Although I successfully won the confrontation every time, not only did I not suffer any losses, but I gained a foothold in this world. Everything went smoothly. But isn't it the same as today's incident? The target was tracked down smoothly, and then the gem was robbed amidst laughter and laughter.
Could it be that the choices I had made before that I had no choice in were actually made under their inducement and control just like this time, and those dangerous successes were also Just because the time has not come yet and the performance is smooth, once the time comes, there will be a reversal like now, and the GG will go smoothly?
Lynch couldn't be sure, but the more he thought about it, the more uneasy he became. He felt like he was trapped in a large invisible and intangible net. He was struggling desperately in the net, but he was getting deeper and deeper unknowingly.
The methods are so unpredictable that it is no wonder that even people of Duke Wien and Archbishop Trinleth's status are quite afraid of this shadow alliance.
"No, they are targeting us, Lynch and Diana." I was in confusion and uneasiness when Miss Valente's soft voice came from the conch, "No matter who he is, he Whatever I want to do, I am willing to fight side by side with my friends.”
"Ha..."
The uneasiness in my heart quickly faded away. Yes, in this world, I also have friends who are willing to fight alongside me. No matter what your real purpose is, just come and I will meet you. Break down your plot one by one, leaving you with nothing to achieve in the end.
Let’s start with this.
There was a sound of water, and the white-haired old deep diver emerged from the big hole. His hands were empty and he shook his head at the little girl with a gloomy expression.
"Wow", the light of expectation in the eyes of the little deep diver immediately dimmed, and he cried heartbreakingly while holding the box, "Mom, Dad, woo woo, I lost the gem, Wuwuwu..."
The old deep diver sighed and squatted next to the little girl. The girl threw herself into the old man's arms and cried louder. The surrounding deep divers also gathered around in low spirits, and for a while no one paid any attention to Lynch's presence.
"Would you like to come back first?" Miss Valente whispered, "I'm worried that it will be too dangerous for them to come to your senses if they wake up soon. It's better to retreat to a safe place first and then think of a solution."
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Lynch refused firmly. He must admit his mistakes and stand at attention when he is beaten. , he never shied away from his responsibilities.
If what the other party said was true, then the essence of the matter was that he was being used as a weapon, and the person who stole the gems was the real danger. Lynch felt that he had the responsibility to make amends, not to mention that he could not allow the mastermind behind the scenes to succeed, and he could get back whatever was stolen.
Take a step forward, but the sound of gentle footsteps alarmed a group of deep divers. Hundreds of dead fish eyes instantly stared at Lin Qi's face. The angry gazes made his heart beat faster and his forehead straighten. Breaking into a cold sweat.
But he just lifted his top hat and bowed slightly, and walked over to meet the deep divers. As he approached, a group of deep divers subconsciously moved out of the way, allowing him to walk all the way to the old Beside the deep diver and the little girl, they sat cross-legged on the ground casually. "The apostle in yellow has been invited back by us. The following content only represents me and my comrades talking to you. First of all, today's matter, I don't think I was wrong. I had good intentions at the beginning. Princess Chloe's hostility pushed the incident all the way to the current situation. Maybe she had a very good reason to show hostility, but I have no obligation to accommodate her and endure her malice, so she has reached this point. At least half of the reason.”
Lin Qi looked serious and spoke solemnly, showing no fear at all against the anger of this group of deep divers:
“But this does not mean that I have no responsibility. In fact, being used by others is a serious problem. I was not cautious enough to see through the other party's trick in advance, so I was willing to make up for my mistake and recover the gems as soon as possible while they had just taken away the things. You must have felt that just now. You actually mean no harm.”
The little girl stared at Lynch fiercely, rubbed her forehead where the muzzle of the gun had been pressed just now, and her clenched teeth gradually relaxed.
"It seems you agree." Lynch smiled, "So I need your cooperation and answer some questions for me so that I can retrieve the gem as soon as possible."
Little girl Shaking his body, he stood up from the arms of the old deep diver, raised his chest and raised his head, and said arrogantly: "Seeing that you did not show any malice, then I will give you this chance to make amends. If you can really help us chase If you return the lost gem, we will no longer hold you accountable for your previous actions, and we are willing to treat you like a friend. But... you understand, what do you want to know?"
"First explain the situation clearly, and then provide some suspects. Who do you think would do such a thing."
"We are the Wildwood tribe in the New World. I am Alice, the daughter of the tribe leader. This It's Merlin, the priest of the tribe." The little girl pointed to herself and the old deep diver, and continued, "That gem is a sacred object of our tribe and has been passed down from three thousand years ago."
Lin. Qi calculated that the Quaternary Period lasted for more than 2,800 years, and 3,000 years ago was probably the middle of the Quaternary Period.
"We have always regarded it as an extremely beautiful gem, and only used it as a ritual prop when holding sacrifices. It has been like this for three thousand years, but one day two years ago, a fleet of five ships suddenly docked in our small town. Town port. "
"Mom and dad entertained them warmly, helped them cure the sailors' infectious diseases, repaired the damaged ships, replenished them with supplies, and gave them many pearls and tortoiseshells. Making gifts. But they took advantage of the opportunity when all the young people in the town went to sea, raided our town, killed more than 300 of our compatriots, blew up my parents, and took away our sacred objects. . ”
“So we have been looking for them and found that they are a makeshift pirate team whose purpose is our sacred gem. It is said that someone paid them fifty kilograms of gold to steal the sacred object.”
"After they were robbed, they broke out into conflicts and dispersed. It took us two years to find four of the ships, and we found out from the enemy's mouth that the holy objects were lost in their civil strife, and no one could complete it. Commission."
"We have never found the fifth ship, and the whereabouts of the sacred object have been unknown. However, a few months ago, Chloe finally helped us find the sacred object, and then deliberately publicized it everywhere. We finally lured out this group of thieves who had been pretending to be merchant ships, and we successfully fed all the enemies to Dagon, hoping that he would dedicate his enemies' flesh, blood, and souls to the Lord of R'lyeh and comfort his parents. R'lyeh's soul."
That's it.
Lin Qi roughly clarified the context of the incident and also figured out the reason why the princess attacked him inexplicably. She probably misunderstood his position and thought that he had the same purpose as those pirates. It was considered mild to only act at the cocktail party. .
“So, what is Princess Clay’s identity??”
“I can’t tell you this, it’s her privacy.” Little Deep Diver Alice shook her head vigorously, “I We can only say that she is our friend, a friend who will not betray her. She does not want us to conflict with the local Rand forces, so we made an agreement with her never to go ashore."
"But why did she give the gems to you in such a sneaky way?"
"This was Chloe's idea." Alice shook her head in frustration, "It is said to be one of her partners, Rhine City The mayor came forward to ask her to borrow the gems, and the mayor actually represented a big shot in Rand. She couldn't refuse, but she also suspected that they were working with the pirates, so she used this method. ."
"That makes sense."
Lynch smiled bitterly and sighed. The so-called big shot must be William, the eldest prince of the Rose family, so he matched up with the information from West.
Miss Valente's voice came from the conch: "Have you already got an idea? Mr. Detective?"
"Well, there is a problem with the whole thing." Lynch thought about it. Said, "Her Royal Highness the Princess's very high-profile publicity gem was in her hands. She had been promoting it for several months, but the main messenger never took action. She was allowed to put the things in the bank vault for three months, but she just happened to Is it a coincidence that the princess used us to steal the gem within a few days? The timing is too coincidental.”
"You can't believe in coincidences in the mysterious world, Mr. Lynch."
"So it won't be a coincidence, but there is a deep-seated reason." Lynch raised the corners of his mouth and said with squinted eyes, "The only explanation I can think of is that if the thing was not stolen by the princess herself, then according to the original trajectory, the gem should have fallen into the hands of the main messenger smoothly, so they did not need to bother to steal the gem at all. Until the situation changes , they had to take action. According to the established trajectory, there is only one person who will get the gem."
"Prince William, Mayor Howard, I found you."
(End of this chapter)