Luther, the commander of the Royal Guard, is a serious and silent man.
It is said that he was a sentry promoted from the border post by the Queen herself. He was a real strong man who was only responsible to the royal family and loyal to Her Majesty the Queen. If it weren't for his sudden arrival, no one would have even discovered that the Earl had died tragically in his bedroom.
Luther stood in the luxurious bedroom covered with blood plasma and yellow and white things. He kicked an energy stone rolling beside his feet and showed a look of contempt. "Idiot, you are an A-level sentry after all. You were killed before you could even trigger the alarm."
The subordinate sergeant came in, stood at attention and saluted, and reported the results of the investigation to him.
"He's an old hand. He used the Count's personal terminal to wipe out all video records and disable most of the security systems. He was very skillful and the data is basically unrecoverable. I'm afraid we won't be able to find any information about him. We don't know who he is or where he came from."
"He knows a little bit about everything. He has an invitation letter and is familiar with the terrain here. He can also kill the A-level sentinels without alerting the guards." Luther squatted down and touched the marks on the floor with his fingers. "He also knows how to destroy the brain to prevent us from tracing the memories of the dead. Interesting."
He stood up and pointed at a collapsed sofa in the bedroom. The sturdy sofa was completely deformed, leaving a terrible dent on the floor, but there was not a trace of blood.
"Here, there are traces of spiritual bodies fighting. The murderer is most likely a sentinel. He would not be unscathed at this banquet. James is not so incompetent."
He took off his gloves, strode out, and gave instructions.
"Let all the sentries gather in the banquet hall, including the guards from the Security Office and the mansion."
"Tell them to take off their clothes and check for fresh wounds. Immediately. No one should be left behind."
The soft music in the hall stopped and the lights came on brightly.
The guests gathered in various corners according to their status, whispering to each other. The Countess looked very sad. She sat at the top seat, covering her face with a feather fan. No one knew what she was thinking.
All the sentries were called to the center of the hall and stood in unison. They were asked to take off their coats and check for any injuries.
Although the sentries were cursing, both men and women calmly took off their outer clothes and trousers, leaving only their vests or undershirts.
The sentries were all calm about taking off their clothes, and were even keen on showing off their muscular bodies in front of so many guides.
On the contrary, most of the guides who retreated to the corner, regardless of gender, blushed and avoided looking. Only a few brave ones secretly took a peek.
It is a consensus in this world that sentinels can regard their bodies as beautiful, but guides need to be gentle, loyal and have a sense of shame.
Ni Ji unbuttoned his coat and shirt, leaving no other clothes inside.
His black vest and headscarf were stained with blood during the operation, and he had already secretly cut them into pieces and flushed them into the sewer while Tan Shu was still sleeping.
At this time, he took off his outer clothes, revealing his naked upper body and firm muscles, which attracted a lot of attention.
Ni Ji looked thin, but he was quite attractive without his clothes. He had broad shoulders, a strong waist, tight abdominal muscles, and scars from the battlefield, both old and new, all over his body.
Many people were looking at him, but he stood there calmly, but his eyes several times fell silently towards the corner where the guides were.
The guides were driven to a corner of the banquet hall. As they were fragile, they were considered the least likely to be the murderer, so they were the last to be checked.
Lin Yuan mixed in the crowd and quietly stuck her head out. She wanted to take advantage of the moment when all the sentries were there to find the person who had just hidden in the pipe.
The Count was murdered, the Sentinel was hiding in the pipes, and there was a blood feud that was seen in memory.
Lin Yuan vaguely felt that he had guessed something.
Is that sentry also looking for her? He wouldn’t want to kill her to silence her, right
She felt that according to normal human logic, when doing such a secretive and dangerous thing, they would not let go of an outsider who had discovered the truth.
But it's hard to say.
That person is just like himself, a gambler with abnormal thinking.
Lin Yuan didn't recognize him the first time. She had only seen Ni Ji many years ago, and a few days ago, Ni Ji was tied to the rack with blood all over his face.
She simply didn't equate the sentry in the crowd with handsome features and neat hairdo with the miserable prisoner from a few days ago.
It was the tentacles that pointed it out to her.
They all bent their tips in the same direction.
[That, it is that. ]
[It’s the big fish, that’s the one. ]
[There, there he is.]
[He was also looking at us, and I noticed it. ]
Lin Yuan saw him. He was tall and thin with an upright figure. As a sentinel, his appearance was even more beautiful than many guides.
Noticing Lin Yuan's gaze, the handsome, shirtless sentry gave her a look of shame and anger.
Shame and anger
Why did he have this kind of emotion? Lin Yuan once suspected that he had perceived it wrongly.
Not murderous intent, not a threat, and not anger
It is something very complicated, with a hint of shame and annoyance in the resentment, as well as a little gratitude and kindness.
Lin Yuan knew that he often couldn't understand the emotions of people around him. It had been like this in the past, and this time he didn't understand it at all.
It's all your fault. What rude things did you do to others
She blamed her spirit body.
[No, I just touched my head.]
[Tickling the soles of my feet, it's me.]
[I touched my fingers.]
[The collar went in, just a little bit.]
[I like ankles, you know.]
[I didn't do anything, I promise. Ah, he's so sweet.]
Finally, they all swore solemnly, "No, it's none of our business. We didn't do anything rude to him."
Is this what is called shame? She seems to have experienced this feeling herself.
Anyway, I'm leaving here soon and won't see this person again.
Can’t see it, can’t see it.
No matter him, no matter him,
It's okay, it's okay.
She finished the psychological suggestion and breathed a sigh of relief.
It relieves the rare psychological fluctuations.
In the sentinel team, Jiang Yangshuo happened to be assigned next to Ni Ji.
The man standing next to Jiang Yangshuo stood with his legs apart, his hands behind his back, motionless. His body was covered with frightening scars. He had a completely different aura from them, and it was obvious at first glance that he was a sentry from the border.
Jiang Yangshuo held out his hand to him. "Ni Ji, I've heard of you. The hero of the Northern Outpost, the Ice Blade. When did you come back?"
Ni Ji heard his voice and glanced over. He immediately recognized the man by his voice.
Just now, he was lying in a dark and closed pipe and heard the entire conversation between this man and her.
Ni Ji smiled calmly and shook hands with Jiang Yangshuo, neither too cold nor too hot.
An inexplicable complex emotion rose in his heart. This emotion came for no reason, like a thorn stuck in his heart, unable to be pulled out and touched, stuck there, uncomfortable, causing him to inexplicably ignite a fire in his heart.
This man is so lucky to have matched with that person.
He didn't want her.
You can't bear it, right? Incompetent idiot.
The sergeant in charge of the inspection searched around but did not find a single injured sentry at the scene.
"That's the spiritual body." Luther listened to his report and looked around the room.
"The only signs of a fight left at the crime scene were caused by the spirits. James' spirit is a giant crocodile. It would be difficult for the murderer to break through it and kill James in an instant without paying a price. Either the real body or the spirit would have obvious bite marks from the crocodile."
At a glance, he felt that all the sentinels at the banquet, including the newcomer of the Jiang family who had been quite high-profile in recent years, were mostly good-for-nothings.
If this murder had not challenged the Queen's dignity and he had not happened to be at the scene, he would not even bother to open his perception and take a look at these people.
Among so many people, only a few were worth looking at. Among them, a tall and thin young man attracted his attention the most.
Luther narrowed his eyes and looked closely at the scarred young man.
The man quickly noticed his gaze and looked back calmly, frankly and at ease, not at all afraid of his pressure.
An interesting guy.
I hope he is not the murderer.
The spirits of the sentinels appeared one by one.
Everyone was competing to change their spirits' forms to show their fiercest and most majestic appearance. At one time, hawks, coyotes, brown bears, and giant crocodiles took turns to show their bodies. The roars of tigers and wolves could be heard one after another in the large banquet hall.
It's a rare opportunity like this, finally we can compete on strength instead of looking at our wealth or appearance.
The spirits of the high-level sentinels deliberately released their powerful pressure, causing the spirits of the low-level sentinels to tremble in fear, crawl on the ground and be unable to raise their heads.
So, some people felt proud, while others felt ashamed.
Jiang Yangshuo's spiritual body is a majestic cheetah.
A beast with golden pupils stepped out from the void. It was huge, several times the size of an ordinary cheetah. It even reached the size of an African elephant, and almost occupied a small corner of the banquet hall.
The majestic giant cheetah looked around the crowd, bared its teeth and growled, causing exclamations from the surrounding people.
The more powerful the Sentinel, the more capable he is of making his spiritual body larger.
Jiang Yangshuo didn't show it on his face, but he was secretly proud. He humbly gestured to Ni Ji, indicating that it was his turn. However, he looked towards the group of guides, wanting to see if Lin Yuan was looking at him.
Among so many sentinels, his spirit body stood out. Did Xiao Yuan see it? Did he regret it
Just as he was daydreaming in his mind, the arrogant patrolling cheetah shook its body, and its huge body shrank visibly, even tucking its tail and hiding behind Jiang Yangshuo.
Almost everyone at the scene felt a chill at the same time. It was as if the cold sea water came with waves, sweeping across the entire banquet hall, and the cold water surface flooded over everyone's ankles.
A unique and clear chirping sound was heard, as if coming from the underworld, from the deep sea, passing through everyone's eardrums and lingering in their minds.
The high dome turned into the starry sky, the nine underworlds were connected, and the void descended.
A huge, mountainous whale poked its black and white head out of the dome.
Accompanied by the mysterious and ancient sound of whales, the head of the big fish slowly appeared in the air, pressing down on everyone's heads.
Everyone looked up in a daze, staring in amazement at the huge body that was slowly emerging. There, the killer whale's head almost occupied the entire roof, revealing the beautiful patterns outlined by those smooth lines.
The upper body was intact and the spirit was strong and powerful. It was impossible for it to be a traumatized spirit.
Besides, it was so big that it could hardly fit into the room, so there was no point in looking at it any further.
"Alright, alright, take it back." Luther waved his hand, not letting the killer whale continue to show off its huge body. He understood the sentinel's little thoughts in front of the guides. "One or two peacocks spread their tails, why make such a big scene? If this whole fish squeezes in, won't it tear down the house?"
Ni Ji calmly recovered his spiritual body, as if he still felt a little regretful.
No one knew that if they waited a little longer, the tail fin bitten by the crocodile and exposed with bones would be exposed in front of everyone.
But he won the bet, didn't he
He laughed and glanced at Jiang Yangshuo beside him.
He also calmly cast his gaze towards where the guides were.
Did she see that person
(End of this chapter)