long night fire

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Shang Jianyao was the first to speak, and he said with a serious face:

"The death from illness may be a real death from illness, or it may be a disguised death from illness."

"The body has been cremated. The Gerstberg sheriff's assistant who was in charge of handling this matter and the forensic doctor who inspected the scene have been approached by many relic hunters. They always said that the deceased had no trauma, no poisoning, and no trace of homicide." Long Yuehong quoted the content in the materials.

Bai Chen said "hmm":

"Although there are probably one or two awakened among so many relic hunters, and the corresponding words should be true, we still need to confirm it ourselves."

"What I mean is." Shang Jianyao quickly changed his words, "The ascetic monk did die of a disease, but the disease was produced by the ability of an awakened person, and there is no external trace."

At this moment, a word popped up in Long Yuehong's mind:

"Cardiac arrest".

Jiang Baimian nodded lightly:

"No matter what the situation is, according to the information, the ascetic monk has been ill for a while. Does he feel that he is not far from death?"

"It's hard to say." Shang Jianyao retorted, "Why does a person who is not far from death go to the factory area in the middle of the night?"

According to the data, the survey result at that time was that there were no traces of dragging at the scene, and there were no footprints of other people.

"Maybe I made an appointment with someone there, but that person 'missed the appointment'?" Long Yuehong tried to guess.

"It's a possibility, but currently no one knows who the deceased went there to see, and why. Three years have passed, and there is no clue in the information." Ayutara Samyak Sambodhi, there is another possibility that monks who knew they were going to die took the initiative to pay homage to the steel-making furnace in the factory area and sit in front of the symbol of the Tathagata who is free in the world."

"It's reasonable." Gnava felt that this convinced himself.

Jiang Baimian thought for a while and said:

"Assuming this possibility is true, how will the monk who is about to die of illness arrange the Buddha treasure beside him?"

As a folklorist, she referred to the statue of Bodhi as a Buddha treasure to show its importance.

"If it was me." Long Yuehong spoke enthusiastically, "With no companions, I would have hidden the statue of Bodhi somewhere in advance, and then sent a telegram to the headquarters to inform them of this matter, and ask them to come and pick it up in time, um, The result is still lost."

Gnawa moved his metal-cast neck left and right:

"If this is the case, the hidden location must be included in the information provided by the employer. This is a very important clue, which can be used to carry out more efficient and targeted investigations."

The reality is that there is no data.

"Then I don't understand..." Long Yuehong whispered.

At this time, Shangjian Yaoyin smiled cruelly:

"Maybe the employer is not equal to the ascetic monk's fellow disciple."

Jiang Baimian nodded slightly:

"Also, why did that ascetic monk come to Gerstberg near the ice field and the harsh climate when he was in poor health and carried a Buddha treasure? He thought he didn't die fast enough and the Bodhi statue was not easy to lose. ?”

Chapter 64 Clues

Bai Chen took a look at Gnawa, did not give him a chance to exhaustively, and tried to speculate by himself:

"Maybe the headquarters of the faction that the ascetic monk belongs to is somewhere in the ice field. It is safest to go back from Fort Gerst. Who knows, after he arrived here, his condition became serious and he could only stay here."

Jiang Baimian's eyes moved slightly and said:

"Two problems, one is that the ascetic monk should have arrived in Gerstburg in March, and died in April. In that season, even ordinary people would freeze to death even if they went to the ice field, not to mention that he was not in good health. ? If their headquarters is really in the ice field, I think after he arrived in Gerstburg, in order to protect the Bodhi statue in his hand, he would not be stingy to send a telegram to the headquarters, asking the high-level to send a team to pick it up, which can be close to a month Time passed and nothing like this happened."

"Maybe the person he met at the steelmaking furnace in the factory area was sent by their headquarters, and it turned out..." Shang Jianyao muttered softly.

It turned out that it was a life-threatening ghost, which detonated his illness from a long distance away.

The honest Gnawa disagreed with Shang Jianyao's statement this time:

"I don't need to go to the factory area in the middle of the night to meet my companions. The ascetic monk usually did not hide in Gerstburg for alms."

"Yes, yes." Long Yuehong echoed.

Jiang Baimian didn't worry about this, and continued:

"Second question, it can be inferred from the data that when the ascetic monk first arrived in Gerstburg, although his body did not look very good, he would not remind people of death. That is to say, the initial paragraph Time, his condition has not deteriorated, and he still has the ability to travel far.

"Then what was he waiting for at Gerstburg?"

"Wait for the people from the headquarters to pick him up!" Shang Jianyao replied very simply.

"It may also be waiting for summer." Bai Chen said thoughtfully.

"Yes!" Long Yuehong suddenly realized, "He is waiting for the summer to come and the climate of the ice field to become mild, and then he will go to a certain place in the ice field."

Why not use Fort Dougster to go to other settlements of other forces, because there is a better route, which does not have to accept the test of bad weather, and there are more than one.

There is a high probability that it was the cold spring and bad air in Gerstburg that made the ascetic monk's condition worse.

Jiang Baimian nodded invisibly:

"The closest and most noteworthy place to Fort Gerst is Koning Meath."

Although this was just a bold guess, it still made Long Yuehong and the others palpitate.

In this case, Koningmis may be the source of many problems and many things.

"Also, there are people from the Eighth Research Institute lurking in Fort Gerst, the main purpose is to collect materials, and the headquarters of the Eighth Research Institute is determined to be somewhere in the ice sheet." Jiang Baimian proposed another way in a supplementary way. possibility.

The red light in Gnava's eye sockets flickered:

"There is also a possibility that the ascetic monk originally asked someone to meet in Gerstburg, so he came to the harsh climate and stayed here for a while until his condition worsened."

Shang Jian Yao suddenly smiled:

"So, why did that person or that force make an appointment at Fort Gerst?"

No one answered him, but in everyone's mind, and in the main module, a noun flashed at the same time:

"Eighth Research Institute".

Shang Jianyao didn't care about the brief silence, and happily made up a story:

"Perhaps, the faction that the ascetic monk belonged to was destroyed by a certain party because of the statue of Bodhi. He took the Buddha treasure and dragged his sick body to Gerstberg all the way to seek the blessing of some people or some force, but he failed. can wait.

"It is also possible that he betrayed the forces he belonged to, stole the Bodhi statue, tried to go to a certain place, and completed a certain thing, but was blocked by the weather in Gerstburg. His condition worsened day by day, and finally he was unable to support...

"This can explain why three years later, the person who issued the mission knew that he died in Gerstburg, and the Bodhi statue was lost."

Papapapa, without waiting for others to respond, Shang Jianyao clapped his hands and applauded himself.

Dangdang, Gnava is very polite.

Jiang Baimian exhaled slowly:

"Did you read too much old world entertainment materials...

"What you said is more reasonable and less obtrusive in the world of martial arts and fairy tales."

But I think what he said is decent, there is a certain possibility... Long Yuehong just muttered, but didn't say it.

Jiang Baimian changed the topic:

"However, both of these situations are hypotheses, and there may be certain traces of them that can be verified."

"How to verify?" Bai Chen asked slightly surprised.

Jiang Baimian smiled:

"Since the employer knows how to issue a mission in the Hunter's Guild to drive the relic hunters to Gerstburg to find the Bodhi statue, before that, will he or they also announce through the Hunter's Guild that they have found any clues about the ascetic monk? Task?

"Two to three years later, they finally made sure that their target died in Fort Gerst."

Bai Chen nodded slightly:

"Go to the Hunter's Guild to check the mission records of the previous three years?

"This is all confidential information..."

She didn't go on, because she remembered that her team had planned to send Gnava to invade the local guild's system and modify the hunter levels of the four of them in their new identities.

That being the case, by the way, checking the past task records is just a matter of consuming a little more power.

Moreover, with Gnawa's retrieval level, the four carbon-based people in the "Old Tune Group" will be beaten by him. It only takes him a few seconds to complete the screening or traversal, or even a few seconds. arrive.

After some discussion, the "Old Tune Group" came up with a preliminary plan for investigating the Bodhi statue:

One is to visit key witnesses, examine the corresponding evidence, and use the ability of the awakened person to determine whether the ascetic monk really died of a disease;

The second is to "check" past mission records at the Hunter's Guild—since it can be confirmed that the ascetic monk died in Gerstburg, the corresponding tracing request should have been posted in the local guild, and it was posted not long ago, even within half a year Otherwise, the publisher of the Bodhi statue mission would have already locked down the whereabouts of the ascetic monk.

The third is to learn about the anomalies in the past three years through intelligence brokers and randomly selected residents of Gerstburg—the "Old Tune Group" believes that the statue of Bodhi is so valued, it should be a little miraculous in itself, if it If it falls into the hands of people who don't know it well, it may bring disasters or strange phenomena.

The fourth is to visit all the people who have been in contact with the ascetic monk according to the information. The key point is to find out whether the monk has asked about Conimis or a certain place in the ice field. It will take a lot of time, Jiang Baimian Going to do it last.

By the time the "Old Tune Group" had finished their work, the sun had already reached the center of the sky, but under the cover of layers of yellowish air, it appeared weak.

Under the urging of Shang Jianyao, Jiang Baimian and others left the hotel to look for something to eat.

Considering that they would take Lao Ge to the Hunter's Guild later, the "Old Tune Group" knew the nearest one, and chose the "Old Henry" restaurant again, so as not to encounter any accidents and side effects when they went to strange places indiscriminately.

Seeing them, the brown-haired waiter took the initiative to entertain them yesterday evening and led them to find a remote place to sit down.

After recording the dishes they ordered, he said in a low voice:

"You should have been to the Hunter's Guild, do you still want to ask the friend I know?"

"This is exactly what we wish." Jiang Baimian nodded.

After confirming that some high-performance batteries have been charged, she has a lot of confidence.

Of course, she planned to meet the intelligence dealer tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, that would be safer.

"Where is your friend and what's his name?" Shang Jianyao asked proactively.

The brown-haired waiter didn't speak, just looked at them with a smile.

Bai Chen took out a spare knight silver coin on her body and handed it to him.

The brown-haired waiter reached out to take it, and smiled more warmly:

"Her name is Gittes, and she works at the Fire and Iron Hotel."

Shang Jian Yao suddenly showed a distressed expression.

That knight silver coin was wasted!

This is the intelligence dealer they know!

"She's off today, and she should come to us for lunch later." The brown-haired waiter continued, "I'll introduce you to each other."

Gittes is really well-known for being well-informed... I really can't tell... Jiang Baimian sighed secretly, and the female receptionist appeared at the door of "Old Henry" restaurant.

She was wearing a linen shirt, trousers of the same color, dark black boots, and a dark leather jacket. Her honey-colored hair was still tied casually, and her gray-blue eyes were large and lifeless.

Gittes came in like this, acting as if she was sleepwalking, and almost bumped into the table and chairs several times.

This state is too bad... the price of the awakened?When encountering similar things now, Jiang Baimian's first reaction is the price of the awakened ones.

The more abnormal it is, the more likely it involves the awakened ones!

"Gittes, someone is looking for you." The brown-haired waiter greeted with a smile.

Gittes raised her eyelids, glanced this way, and walked over slowly.

"What do you want to know?" She asked a little warily.

Shang Jian Yao blurted out in astonishment:

"You don't know us anymore?"

He looked aggrieved and disappointed.

Gittes thought about it, and finally remembered:

"Are you a hotel guest?"

She didn't seem to have much memory of what happened in the morning.

"Yes." Jiang Baimian said to the brown-haired waiter, "Add a chair to Ms. Gittes."

After Gittes sat down and the waiter left, Shang Jian took out a photo of his father and handed it to the information dealer: