Chapter 326 The Light of Miracle (two chapters in one, one update today)
This is an extremely dangerous world, especially Charles Square in the Rhine City.
Last night, in addition to the strange figure disappearing out of thin air, there was another strange story in Charles Square.
Crazy guy who repeatedly hits a streetlight.
There is no doubt that Lynch just learned to flash last night and started practicing immediately. He failed to control himself and hit a gas street lamp on the roadside several times, and was still seen by others.
I’m so ignorant, who hasn’t hit a street light a few times?
But Lynch's hunch was right, flash is indeed a useful skill.
Teleport within five meters of sight, with a fifteen-second cooldown.
It can be called a strategic skill. It is very useful for attacking and saving lives. Even if it is used for traveling, it is no problem. It just consumes a bit more. If you use it frequently, you will soon be exhausted. It can only be regarded as Use trump card.
The only regret is that this secret method cannot penetrate the conceptually closed area, that is, even if you can see the fence on the opposite side, you cannot penetrate it, let alone enter the room through transparent glass. The broken piece of glass on the first floor of the apartment That's the evidence.
There is also a bag on the forehead.
The landlady who had just been shocked by the cat talking was shocked again. With little Martha's gloating smile, she dragged Lynch and scolded her for a long time. He couldn't help but sigh, it's scary for a mature woman to be angry.
In short, Lynch spent the whole night until he ran out of energy and fell asleep with a severe headache.
I went to practice fencing and shooting for another hour early in the morning. After this period of hard training, Lynch's marksmanship has improved significantly.
Half of his bullets hit the target.
The coach tore up the suicide note on the spot and cried like a child in his thirties.
You cried too early, I will come to see you tomorrow.
Ignoring the shooting coach who rushed out to buy champagne, Lynch left the Police Club, but instead of going to the Hall of Order, he found a taxi waiting for guests and went straight to the riverside manor in the northern suburbs.
Yes, Mayor Howard was not in jail at all, but was under house arrest in his own manor by the Governor's Mansion, which made Lynch smell something strange.
The riverside manor is still the same, but unfortunately things have changed inside. The scene of those people drinking and laughing in the entertainment room seemed to still flash before Lynch's eyes. He had been in this world for more than forty days, but he was still not used to this kind of scene of separation and death, and he felt quite sad when he thought about it.
There were many police officers standing guard around the manor, which consumed a lot of police force. This made Lynch even more murmuring. Moreover, as soon as he informed his name, the police officers ran inside to report, and when they came out, they directly directed him Put it in.
It's like standing guard for Howard.
When Lynch met Howard, the former mayor was reading newspapers and eating breakfast in the garden, and there were even original servants serving him.
July is approaching, the flowers are in full bloom in the garden, and the fragrance is overflowing. Howard is sitting among several delicate flowers, surrounded by the breath of nature, and it is extremely comfortable to watch.
The problem is how this place looks like a big performance venue.
Lin Qi walked along and felt dozens of eyes peering at him. It's normal for someone to monitor me, but this is too exaggerated. This is no longer surveillance but onlookers.
Seeing Lynch, the former mayor did not have the slightest grudge. Instead, he took off his single-sided glasses, pointed to the chair opposite, and smiled politely: "Please sit down, Mr. Leviv, I didn't expect you to be so I arrived early and didn’t prepare breakfast for you. I’ll ask the chef to prepare another one for you now.”
"No need."
The corner of Lin Qi's mouth twitched, and he felt quite unhappy in his heart. So before, I risked my life to fight with him in a battle of wits and courage to bring him down. What was the purpose of it?
This made him unable to control his emotions and said sarcastically: "I didn't expect that the mayor could maintain such a good living condition after his retirement. It's really amazing."
"Haha, money and status, as long as you have one, you can enjoy a superior life, and I happen to have both, so I can do this even if I fail." He said, lighting up a cigar, "It's very unpleasant, But this is reality, it has never changed since the fifth century, and it will obviously not change in the foreseeable future."
Lynch knew that Howard was right, even in his hometown, the reality is so cruel. But he still shook his head and sighed: "Aren't they afraid of you running away?"
"Oh, if I wanted to leave, I would have left that night and wouldn't have stayed at all." The former mayor whispered. He smiled and said, "Actually, both Rudolph and Wayne are dreaming that I can escape. They might be willing to hold a farewell party for this. Unfortunately, I have no such plan yet. I will stay here. Their biggest trouble ”
Lynch frowned, realizing that what the other party said might be true. Miss Valente had said yesterday that the Royal Capital's attitude towards Prince William was also very ambiguous, so he temporarily put aside his hostility and asked: "Why?"
"If you haven't reached this position, you will definitely not understand, because I am a member of the Parliament." Howard said calmly, "No matter what crime I have committed, no matter whether there is conclusive evidence or not , given the current environment of Rand, no, it should be said that based on the environment of the entire Middle-earth continent, if you attack the mayor elected by the parliament, you will risk going to war with the parliament. But it is a pity that Rudolph and Wayne are obviously still alive. Not ready for war. "
Why don't I understand it? I understand it so well. Isn't this the dispute between the parliament and the royal power after the times develop to a certain stage? To put it bluntly, merchants and nobles compete for the right to speak.
The Rhine City Strange Object Incident. Lynch has already thought of a title for future history books.
No wonder they asked me to investigate privately, no wonder the guards were dispatched in the end, no wonder the attitudes on both sides are so ambiguous.
In a moment, most of the related questions in my mind have been answered.
"Now Wayne is most afraid that something will happen to me, so they won't be able to explain clearly. Those policemen outside are just to protect my safety." Howard smiled gloomily, "I guess he has been very uneasy these days, worried about me. If you die here without any reason, you should beg me to run away in a few days."
"Someone wants to kill you?" Lin Qi frowned, "People from the parliament?"
Howard was stunned and looked at Lynch in surprise: "If you think so, you must really understand the relationship between us. It seems that I underestimate you. But it's not to that point yet. Parliament It doesn’t want me to die, it’s the League of Shadows that really wants me to die.”
"Quiet?"
"No, it's more complicated than that." Howard hesitated for a moment and waved the servants away. Lynch understood and simply turned on the ability of phantom sound. Then Howard continued, "We are not actually members of the Shadow Alliance, we are just a cooperative relationship. They provide me with business intelligence, and I do things for them that are inconvenient for them."
"Even if these things mean rebellion?"< br>
"Of course, do you know how much their news can make me?"
Lynch felt his eyes twitching. The capitalists really had no bottom line.
"So I know very little about them. There is no need for them to kill me to silence me. They want me dead because of their plan."
That’s it! Lin Qi's breath was suffocated, his heartbeat accelerated, and he asked: "What plan?"
"I really don't know this. I only know that this plan is very huge and involves many forces, even some of the Lord God Church. "
Lin Qi nodded, there was a certain main god behind the black spider.
"As far as I know, their plan is divided into several parts. The first part seems to have been completed with the cooperation of a ignorant wretch. The second part has just begun, and my death is probably a result of the second part. This is exactly why I asked you to come. Cooperation is cooperation. They want to use my life as a stepping stone for their plans. They underestimate me and I will never tolerate it. Unfortunately, I only learned about it recently. , otherwise I must have prepared early.”
Well, the poor guy should be me. Although I don’t know the specific content yet, I have at least touched the tip of the iceberg. Lynch thought thoughtfully and asked, "I don't quite understand. In this case, why don't you just leave? The League of Shadows wants you to die here. If you just leave, won't they lose the reason to let you die? Their plan It will naturally fail.”
“I’m not sure whether their plan is for me to die here or outside. I don’t want to use common sense to bet on their plan. People who have done this before. They all failed." Howard suddenly showed a gloomy expression and said with raised lips, "And why should I leave? I can just torture Wayne and Rudolph."
"This is a bit ugly." Lin Qi said sarcastically, "If you lose, you lose."
Howard curled his lips and then explained: "This place has been carefully arranged by me for many years. There are fifteen The four major church knights are carefully protected, there are four guards directly under Nolin, there are special people from the Governor's Mansion's private guard to concentrate on guarding, and there are also seven-level strong men invited from the secret law seminar to personally take charge, not to mention The League of Shadows, even if someone invites the evil god to come, all these people can give it a try. So with such a safe lair, why should I take the initiative to leave? Haha, as long as I stay here, the League of Shadows can do nothing to me. I, Howard Hoffman, have lived for forty-eight years, and it’s not that easy for me to die.”
“What do you want me to do?” Lynch asked, “Add a layer of protection.”
"No, I just want revenge now, I want them to regret it." Howard smiled, with a sinister and malicious look in his eyes, "I guessed from their conversation what the Miracle Light item had planned for them. It has a great influence. They are looking for it, and even the evil god is helping them find it. And I remember that your other identity is very interested in this thing."
"That is to say, I don't know them. The specific content of the plan, but as long as the light of miracle is found, it can affect or even destroy their plan?"
"It can only be said that it is possible, and the worst result is that it has no impact on the plan."< br>
Lynch narrowed his eyes and stared at Howard. It was unknown whether his words were true or false, but now they sounded logically self-consistent. When compared with Lynch's own information, it was very likely that he was telling the truth.
It is better to draw out the fuel from the cauldron than to stop it from boiling. Since I am worried about their conspiracy and can’t find a clue, I might as well aim for the light of miracle.
"Okay, I believe you this time." Since there is a common enemy, alliance is natural, "Where is the light of miracle?"
"I only know a few clues." Howard leaned over and held Lynch's hand, whispering, "In... poof."
A ball of blue smoke suddenly appeared between the two of them. When he came out, the smoke vaguely condensed into the form of a beast lying on all fours. Two pairs of light spots lit up from what seemed to be its head, and he glanced back at Lynch.
Looking at each other, Lin Qi seemed to see the passage of time.
In a blink of an eye, the smoke turned around and spit out a long tongue-like smoke from his mouth, piercing directly into Howard's chest. No blood flowed out, but Howard screamed, and his body began to age rapidly. In an instant, his hair turned gray, and he fell to the ground completely silent.
In the blue smoke, there seemed to be a roar from the soul, and then it exploded and dissipated into the air as abruptly as it appeared.
All that was left was standing there, looking at the old and withered body on the ground with a gloomy expression.
At this time, Lynch seemed to have returned to the day he just traveled through, even more than that day, because Lynch felt extremely dangerous from the blue smoke.
Damn, it happens again.
Lin Qi's heart was beating wildly, and the strange scene still inevitably made him nervous.
Reliving the nightmare, will the clues we just obtained have to be cut off again?
No, I am no longer the person I was then.
I am a soul-changer.
Lynch suppressed his fear of the blue smoke and suddenly reached out and pressed down on Howard's body.
[Power, death, ability, deathbed resonance]
He was in a daze for a moment, and there was severe pain in his consciousness, but in the midst of the pain, a voice came.
Wilson Town, Milt's House, Wilson Town, Milt's House...
Then the sound stopped suddenly, Lynch was violently bounced away, staggered back a few steps, and then saw Howard shriveled up.
Looking at the body of a centenarian, Lin Qi felt cold all over. Although he had seen many strange deaths, it was still difficult to get used to it.
Why is this happening?
Assassinated?
No, the timing was too coincidental. Something happened just as he was about to tell the message about Miracle Light. It would be difficult for an assassination to grasp the timing so accurately.
Rather than saying that someone killed him, it was more like his act of telling the information caused something weird to kill him.
Hey, doesn’t that mean that my act of asking him for information directly caused his strange death? And then... the goal of the Shadow Alliance was achieved?
So they don't have to do anything but watch me come to him and kill him through me without revealing the secret.
If this is the case, these guys are too dangerous and impossible to guard against.
This is what Earl Hathaway said, it’s not what I did wrong, but what I did right is their purpose?
Fortunately, I had the dying resonance, so I didn't lose everything and got back half of the game.
The mutation quickly attracted the security personnel Howard mentioned, and soon the entire manor was completely sealed off.
Such a strange death left everyone in a daze.
There was no sign of attack and everything happened so naturally. How could anyone explain this?
And what is that thing that popped up?
So, these people grabbed Lin Qi and interrogated him. Lin Qi didn’t blame those people. Who made him the most suspicious?
However, the benefits of being careful about his identity for more than forty days finally came to light. After questioning to no avail, the guard respectfully sent Lynch out of the manor.
After all, everyone saw it, he really did nothing, and no one wanted to see the spectacle of the red moon in the sky in broad daylight.
But standing outside the manor, Lynch hesitated.
What now?
I don’t know what the light of miracle is. What's the use, I don't know, where is it, I don't know.
Everything is unknown.
All I know is that it is an advent-level wonder related to the power of light, and even the Swollen Daughter is interested in it.
That’s right, a big guy with the same danger level as the Gate of Illusion and Reality.
The only clue currently known is the information about the Milt family in Wilson Town, and one person has died mysteriously. There is no doubt that this matter is quite troublesome and dangerous for Lynch.
But now that he realizes that he may have done something unintentionally, and has received confirmation from Howard, although he is not responsible, he still has an obligation to avoid bad consequences.
I have opened the door to destruction, so close it with your own hands.
Men cannot run away from problems, no matter what dangers they face.
Lynch decided to try his best to find the light of miracle. No matter whether it was useful or not, he would hold it in his hands first.
Then the Milt family in Wilson Town should at least go to this address to explore the situation.
However, the situation is unclear, and there is even the possibility of a trap. It is still a bit reluctant to rely on your own strength.
Do you need a helper?
However, this cannot be said to anyone.
Not only is it a matter of trust, but Howard's example is there. Lynch doesn't know to what extent the revelation of the Miracle Light will trigger an attack by that strange entity, and he doesn't want to risk his life to test it. , I can only say nothing.
The problem is, if you don't explain clearly, you will let people follow you and risk your life. How can there be such stupid people in the world?
Maybe?
So, Lynch appeared in front of Scarecrow Club 304 on time at 11 noon.
Officer Natalie, who had just woken up, had disheveled hair and red marks on her face. There was a hint of confusion from just waking up in her capable appearance. The contrast looked quite interesting.
After spending the whole night reporting the incident at the girls' school yesterday, she just woke up and was blocked at home by Lynch.
Wearing lace pajamas, he opened the door in a daze. When he saw the person outside the door, he immediately picked up the pillow and smashed it a few times. Then he turned around and returned to the living room to mind his own business, and sat down on the sofa in a daze. He woke up and let Lin Qi follow him in.
Hey, I didn’t scream or hide anything this time, that’s weird.
"Are you busy?"
Officer Natalie looked down at her pajamas, showing concern for the mentally retarded.
"Then come with me. I have to go somewhere."
"Oh." Tossing her disheveled hair hard, the police officer rubbed her face, "Where are you going? What are you doing?"
“Can’t say.”
"Huh?" The lady police officer raised her eyebrows, "Then when will you come back? Let me explain."
"If everything goes well, I will be back tonight or tomorrow. I just want to understand the situation first."< br>
“What if it doesn’t go well?”
"It's hard to say. It depends on when the police will transport us back."
The air was silent for a second, and then a scented pillow hit Lynch's face. The sleepiness on the police officer's face was gone. He disappeared and his expression became serious: "Is this dangerous?"
"Well, maybe, someone has died because of this."
The tall figure suddenly disappeared from the living room, and in an instant he had changed into a full uniform and appeared in front of Lin Qi holding a sword.
“Let’s go, I’ll go with you.”
Huh, woman, you make me feel very subtle.
(End of this chapter)