Embers Ad Infinitum

Chapter 186: The Ultimate Villain

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When Long Yuehong in the back row nodded slightly, Shang Jian Yao next to him applauded:

"His acting ability is great."

He seemed to appreciate it.

Jiang Baimian turned his head, looked at Long Yuehong, and asked with a smile:

"Then which part do you think is most likely to be a lie?"

Long Yuehong pondered and said:

"I remember that Bishop Renato mentioned that he had decided to end the Mass and let Viel come out, but there was no response.

"I also observed it just now. There are loudspeakers in many places here. Renato's voice should be able to spread throughout the entire basement. It is impossible for Vielle to hear, and he came out after a whole night. ."

"Very good." Jiang Baimian praised, "Your observation skills are qualified."

She turned and asked:

"What if Viel was asleep?"

"He can't escape the bishop's search when he is asleep... Doesn't it mean that the awakened person can sense consciousness within a certain range?" Long Yuehong, who was praised, was much more confident, "The sleeping person can't move his position. "

Because there is an awakened person like Shang Jianyao in the team, he still has no shortage of "common sense" in this regard.

Shang Jianyao suddenly smiled and said:

"Don't you allow him to be an Awakened too?"

After rhetorical questioning, his expression became serious:

"I suspect the hide-and-seek ritual is an awakening ritual."

"Why?" Long Yuehong blurted out.

Shang Jian Yao began to analyze:

"look… "

As soon as she heard these two words, Long Yuehong's scalp tingled:

"stop!

"Don't look at me, just say it."

Shang Jianyao glanced at him, raised his finger and said:

"One, the hide-and-seek competition of the Vigilant sect is very ritualistic;

"Second, the number of awakened people who believe in religions that persist in age is significantly higher;

"so… "

Long Yuehong clapped her palms and said very confidently:

"So, the hide-and-seek ceremony is an awakening ceremony!"

Jiang Baimian, who was watching the whole process, sighed silently, raised his hand and pinched his face:

"Don't bully Xiaohong..."

"..." Long Yuehong's eyes moved slightly, and she looked sideways at Shang Jianyao with a little bewilderment.

At this time, Jiang Baimian added:

"There is no evidence that Masses by religious organizations are equivalent to awakening rituals."

Only then did Long Yuehong wake up:

"Forehead… "

Shang Jianyao smiled:

"Look, I don't need 'look' to convince you."

"Can this be called persuasion?" Long Yuehong replied angrily.

While looking at the road ahead, Jiang Baimian stopped the two from "arguing":

"Then the question is, when the awakened person is asleep, can he keep his disguise and not be sensed?"

"I haven't tested it." Shang Jianyao looked regretful.

Jiang Baimian continued to ask:

"Whether Viel is an Awakened or not, why didn't he come out when the bishop decided to end the Mass?"

Shang Jianyao replied without hesitation:

"Fun!"

Jiang Baimian turned to look at Long Yuehong.

Long Yuehong said quite rigorously:

"Look at the character.

"If it's Shang Jianyao, it's really possible that he didn't come out on purpose for fun.

"If not, what's the benefit for him to keep hiding? If he is not found by the bishop, it will be easier to wake up?"

"You really are my good friend." Shang Jianyao praised.

Only then did Long Yuehong realize that he had used the judgment that "the hide-and-seek ritual may be equal to the awakening ritual" without knowing it.

He hesitated for a moment and said:

"I, I am normal reasoning.

"And there is indeed such a possibility."

"Well." Jiang Baimian nodded and asked with a smile, "Is there any other possibility?"

"He didn't hear it." Shang Jianyao replied again.

Long Yuehong was about to say that Vielle was not deaf, or had a hearing impairment, but suddenly felt that this seemed to be insinuating the team leader, and forcibly closed her mouth.

Bai Chen, who was driving, looked ahead and participated in the discussion:

"If Viel doesn't come out, there are only two possibilities: one is that he doesn't want to, and the other is that he didn't hear it.

"Whether or not is a subjective factor. You have also analyzed it just now. It is difficult to make further guesses. With the number and layout of the loudspeakers in the mass venue, if Viel really didn't hear it, it can only mean that he was not at all at the time. basement one."

"That's right!" Long Yuehong suddenly realized, "Did Viel enter DiMarco's 'underground ark' through a ventilation pipe?"

In this way, no one can find him outside, and he can't hear the bishop's announcement of the end of Mass!

"It's possible in theory, but it's actually very difficult." Jiang Baimian explained, "With the style shown by the DiMarco family, I don't believe that the ventilation ducts they designed would be so easy to sneak in, and there must be a special person for the corresponding outlet. guard."

Having said this, Jiang Baimian laughed:

"I also suspect that the 'underground ark' has vents not only on the side of the church, but also in other places, and they are very concealed. Otherwise, the enemy outside will block this place, and the underground ark will not last long.

"Think about it, companies that can build internal ecological cycles normally wouldn't dare to completely turn off the air exchange with the surface."

If the corresponding surface area is seriously polluted, it is another matter.

"Hmm." Long Yuehong agreed.

Jiang Baimian continued with a smile at the corner of his mouth:

"It's not possible to go down, it's not possible to go up.

"Because many people like to choose ventilation pipes when they are hiding, I made a special observation before and after entering the church, and found that the Vigilance Sect did not specially send people to guard those places.

"Well, I can't rule out the possibility that they have been hidden inside, but according to my perception, it is not completely covered."

Long Yuehong added thoughtfully:

"In other words, it is very likely that Viel had left the church with the help of ventilation pipes from a place where the guards could not see, and hid in the ruins of the nearby city not long after the mass started.

"His purpose is to be the ultimate winner

"Is this a great honor for believers?"

Shang Jianyao immediately gave the "answer" with great interest:

"Can the champion of hide and seek get divine grace and awakening ability?"

"Who knows?" Jiang Baimian replied, "Strictly speaking, Vier is clearly violating the rules, but it has nothing to do with us being vigilant about the internal affairs of the sect. Alright, alright, go back to the redstone set and see what other quests you can take."

Seeing that the ruins of the city were close at hand, Bai Chen suddenly said:

"After listening to the DiMarco family, I feel even more that the investigation into the cause of the destruction of the old world should start from within the company, starting from the big boss, board members and the earliest archives."

How could Jiang Baimian have not thought about this, but he does not currently have the qualifications and authority.

The company can concentrate a lot of resources and use unimaginable technology to build such a magnificent underground building with internal circulation before the destruction of the old world.

The employees of "Pangu Biology" will not believe it!

Good at self-deception, such as Long Yuehong, I don't believe it, but I often find various reasons to help the company justify.

Regarding Bai Chen's words, Jiang Baimian could only laugh dryly:

"Wait for an opportunity.

"Xiao Bai, if you can say something like this, it shows that you have enough trust in us!"

As she spoke, she frowned, looking so unhappy.

Bai Chen still looked ahead, as if he was focusing on driving.

After a few seconds, she said:

"I didn't feel that way when I was wandering in the dirt.

"When I found out that the company had such an underground building, I wondered if I had entered the camp of the ultimate villain."

"This is a good thing." Shang Jianyao emphasized.

Long Yuehong also sighed:

"Fortunately, the major forces on the surface don't know where the company is and what it looks like inside. Otherwise, it would be difficult for them not to suspect that the company is related to the destruction of the old world..."

Speaking of which, he suddenly froze and found that the company's villain image was so indestructible.

Jiang Baimian smiled and said:

"In the future, if others don't want to get along with our 'old tune group', we'll show what the ultimate villain looks like!"

"Okay!" Shang Jianyao responded positively.

Entering the Redstone Set, because it was still early for lunch, the "Old Tune Group" and a group of four came to the Hunter Guild again.

Although they all wear masks, men as tall as Shang Jianyao and women as tall as Jiang Baimian are relatively rare in the entire Redstone Set. If they still act together, it will be the only one No branch.

"The arms mission has a follow-up." The clerk wearing a tiger mask took the initiative to greet.

"You saw through my disguise?" Shang Jianyao was shocked.

"If you break your legs, it will have a more camouflage effect." Long Yuehong has a rare chance to hurt Shang Jianyao, and naturally he will not let it go.

"When I entered the Redstone Collection, I always bent my legs!" Shang Jianyao emphasized.

"I don't." Jiang Baimian sighed.

Then, she laughed and joked:

"You walk like this, more like a monkey."

At this time, the clerk wearing a tiger mask interjected weakly:

"Are you still continuing the arms mission?"

"Yes." Bai Chen walked up and replied calmly.

The clerk said at once:

"Herwig's widow, Mrs. Teresa, came and said she would continue this mission. She is waiting for you at 'gunfire'."

After learning about the situation, the "Old Tune Team" quickly came to "Gun Fire" on the third floor.

Teresa did not hide, wearing thick black clothes and a hat with a long black gauze hanging down, sitting quietly on a chair.

Through the black veil that covered her, Jiang Baimian could vaguely see that she was from Honghe, with green eyes and a high nose.

So, she switched to the fluent Honghe language:

"Good morning, Mrs. Theresa."

"Good morning." Teresa responded in a slightly hoarse voice, then pointed to the chairs next to her, "Sit down."

She really used the Red River dialect.

When the "Old Tunes Group" was seated, she said bluntly:

"I wish to attach a task:

"Investigate the true cause of my husband's death."

"Isn't this the sheriff's responsibility?" Jiang Baimian asked rhetorically.

Teresa's voice grew a little louder:

"Han Wanghuo is a grey-speaking person, so he will definitely lean to that side!"

When she said the name "Han Wanghuo", it was a purely imitative pronunciation, not a word instead.

"Grey Whisperer?" Jiang Baimian frowned slightly.

"It's the people who speak Greyhound in the town," Teresa explained. "They are jealous of our Red River monopoly on the arms trade, and have always wanted to deal with us. They pushed Han Wanghuo up. Hehe, he looks like an outsider. , isn't it also a Grey Talker? He actually said that Herwig was too frightened to death!"