Mystery: Start with the Reader

After Elaine left the room with some doubts, Abner squeezed his chin, and asked Xio who was also thoughtful: "Is Baron Larry the one who was dragged by the living corpses and werewolves in the hall?" Retribution knight'?"

"Yes... This is indeed a bit strange... It stands to reason that even if someone got something in the hall, it should be the 'Reaper' Colonel Myron who had no opponent at that time..." Xio said hesitantly.

"There must be something we don't know about here... You know, the matter of 'arresting Baron Larry' was supposed to be a secret of your MI9, but the person who just summoned it told a maid... It seems to be deliberately leaking information." Abner thought for a while and analyzed.

Xio pursed his lips, and suddenly sighed: "It feels like the Loen military is full of conspiracies...it seems like everyone has it..."

Although she didn't have much sense of belonging to MI9, she was a full member of it after all, so it was somewhat complicated.

That's not because George III wanted to become a god. In order to hide the truth from the Orthodox Church, he naturally had to sacrifice some interests and cooperate with some secret organizations...and since there is cooperation, we must not be too serious about some of their small actions, or even add fuel to the flames ...it will inevitably become more and more chaotic.

Although Abner knew the root of the crux in his heart, he couldn't talk to Xio, and only told her to meet Her Highness Vera as soon as possible.

After all, that princess is a member of the royal family, so she will definitely not be assigned too dangerous a task. Hugh can get credit for following her, but he won't be easily treated as cannon fodder or abandoned son.

"I understand..." Xio nodded, then packed his luggage, and when he was about to leave, he looked in the direction of the basement with some reluctance, and murmured: "I still haven't soaked in a hot spring..."

Although she passed the internal inquiry of MI9, she did not have any problems. Even in order to avoid being "prophesied" or "divinated", Abner did not tell her the specific situation of the "boat ticket" due to the calculated The earliest time for the "Phantom Empire" to dock at the pier will be next June, so Abner is not in a hurry to tell others, lest the secrets be leaked.

But MI9 still sent a small team to watch her from a distance.

Speaking of which, although that team was acting secretly, it still couldn't hide it from Abner's eyes, so he knew everything about the other party's heartbeat.

However, because of their existence, it is difficult for Abner to activate the "Teleportation Altar" to avoid being discovered.

Hearing Xio's regret, Abner smiled and said: "After your mission is completed, can't you go anytime? Besides, I have had people covertly replace a lot of Feysac's Kinghorn. You can buy that hot spring hotel."

"Okay." Xio nodded, and habitually wanted to raise his hand to grab his yellow hair, but then remembered that he had spent a lot of time grooming them before the Tarot meeting, so he couldn't help but stop.

"Abner, I have something to ask you for help." Xio raised his head and said seriously.

"What's the matter?" Abner asked curiously.

"The hat on your maid's head that can change the 'hairstyle'...I want one too."

...

Bayam, in the small three-story building where MI9 is ​​located, military demigods Tester and Georgina are questioning a local person in charge of intelligence:

"Who asked you to spread the word about us in the 'hunt for Baron Larry'?!"

"Your Excellency... yes... it was Colonel Myron's order..." the person in charge replied tremblingly.

"Myron?" Tester and Georgina looked at each other and asked again, "He also told you that Baron Larry took the box?"

"It seems to be..." The person in charge tried hard to recall, and sweat dripped down his forehead.

"What is it like?" Duchess Georgina frowned and asked.

"It's just... I remember Baron Larry taking the box, but I can't remember how I knew..."

The person in charge said a few words as if in a dream, and then came to his senses, "By the way, Colonel Myron asked me to spread the news.

I also only remember the result... but I can't remember when and where I met the colonel. "

"Can't remember?" Tester waved his hand to let the person in charge leave, then walked around the room with a frown, and then asked Duchess Georgina who was wearing a black evening gown: "What do you think?" look?"

Duchess Georgina thought for a while and analyzed:

"According to Mountbatten, the box was taken away by Myron and Card, and it has nothing to do with Larry...

"However, if this is Myron trying to divert attention, it is too stupid, and it is not at all something that a regular MI9 officer would do.

"Of course, there may be a problem with the box itself... The 'Prisoner' path is good at cursing. It is not impossible for him to be magnified in his 'desire', distorted his thoughts, and even replaced by another person."

"That makes sense..." Tester nodded, and continued, "But it doesn't rule out that a third party is messing up the water!

"Maybe, they just want to mislead us to give up tracking Larry and go to Tyron instead...

"But the reverse is also possible...

"Even if we expand our thinking, their purpose is to let us find those two separately, but the real target is Kade?

"It depends on how well our opponents know us..."

Georgina thought for a moment, then spread her hands and said, "This way I fell into a thinking trap... just like Roselle's joke: 'I predicted your prediction, you have a prediction and I predicted your prediction. ...'."

"Yes, we have to find a way to regain the initiative..." Tester pondered for a while, as if remembering something, and asked, "Is Vera coming to Bayam soon?"

"Yes, it will arrive tomorrow at the latest... Do you think so?" Georgina's eyes lit up after she replied.

"Vera's promotion to demigod, I'm afraid the people behind the scenes don't know yet... In this way, we can divide into three groups.

"Let Vera lead the team to hunt down Larry, you lead the team to find Tyron, and I go to find Kade... In this way, the three parties have demigods to follow, and there is no fear of the people behind the scenes playing tricks."

Tester was full of confidence.

Next, after the two finalized the details, they ended the meeting.

However, before Test returned to his lounge, an idea suddenly popped up in his mind: Is Prince Mountbatten's words really believable? Even if he was questioned by Georgina and me when he was in the Southern Continent...

But he immediately forgot the idea and pushed open the door of the lounge.

...

On a battleship that had just escaped from the violent sea, Prince Mountbatten stared at the calm sea that was completely different from the sea behind him, and asked Vera who was also looking at the sea: "Auntie, why are we going to Bayam?"

Vera turned her head sideways, gave him a meaningful look, and answered irrelevantly: "You'd better be more careful when you get to Bayam... After all, I might not be walking with you..."

As she spoke, she glanced at a seagull with black eye circles on the mast.

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