Bell Tower Academy's control was not as strict as Guanwu's, so at least Lu Ning didn't need anyone to notify her when she found Jiefeni. Students in the magic department prefer to pray at this time. According to the theory of magic, it is the transition between morning and dusk, the reversal of light and darkness, when it is most likely to produce a connection between heaven and man... and other words that feel full of metaphysics.
Jiefeni was also praying in the school chapel, and Lu Ning's arrival was an unexpected surprise. The two quietly walked out of the chapel without disturbing other students and came to a quiet room next to the chapel.
"Lillian, why are you here?"
"I……"
"I want to find you too, you know? Anri is back!"
Anri? Lu Ning recalled that it was the name of the second-hand bookstore owner.
"He has been missing for a long time, right?"
"The boss said he had some personal matters. Anyway, the bookstore is open again. We can continue to look at the collection of books there!"
"Oh, no problem. But Jiffany, I came to you this time because I want to ask you something."
"Huh? Tell me."
"How about that holy bell?"
"It's very easy to use. It's like my own arm. No need to break it in! Lilian, I must thank you. I didn't know you had such a great ability!"
"Don't say that. You also paid for it, so I should reach a level that satisfies you. What I want to verify is, on the day you got the Holy Bell, did you show it to anyone else?"
Jiffany recalled it.
"Didn't we go to the Green Silver District that day? It rained on the way back, so I wrapped the Holy Bell in my clothes... But when I returned to school and applied for a personal training room to my instructor, I showed it to her. "
"Your mentor?"
"Yes, I always need to prove that my strength has increased. By the way, my mentor's friend happened to be visiting at that time. He is also an alchemist and he also admired this holy bell! He said that this may not be the best. A powerful weapon, but the most suitable weapon for me!”
"That alchemist should be a male, a senior alchemist, right?"
"It should be. If you want, I can help you ask the instructor."
"Please." Lu Ning nodded.
Jiffany walked out of the room and came back five minutes later.
"His name is Xu You, he is a mixed race, and he is indeed a high-level alchemist. But according to his mentor, something seems to have happened to him recently..."
"I regret."
"It's nothing. Accidents, big and small, always happen in Evarang. It can be cured according to the instructor's advice, so it should be fine." Jefni cheered up, "Lillian, this is a rare occasion. Do you want to come here?" Check out Bell Tower Academy? Although there are few subjects here, the scale is no smaller than Guanwu and Huoshi!"
"I'm actually willing, but it's too late now. I'm also living in someone else's house. I'll be angry if I go back to my host's house too late." Lu Ning smiled helplessly, "Well, there's a lecture in your college on the tenth day of the class schedule. , I will go to class on Daohe-Axia’s research on mythical beasts, why don’t you be my guide then?”
"sure!"
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Lu Ning returned to the One-Eyed Squid. Since she had to go out for several days in a row recently, she would refine potions for Old Howard for several days before leaving. However, although Old Howard valued potions, he was also a little worried. Lu Ning's whereabouts.
"Nothing happened, right?"
"It seems that you also know that there is some trouble in Eva Gallery."
"It's hard for magicians to avoid causing trouble, and Evar Gallery is a concentrated area. But Lillian, you have to know how far you can escape." Old Howard closed the door of the shop. "If there is any problem, I can’t protect you from a place like this.”
"Yes...who is coming again?"
Howard nodded and took out a baggage from behind the counter. "This was given to me by a paladin. I don't know when you met such a person."
"It happened a long time ago." Lu Ning took the baggage, "And that matter is over. The paladin has taken over the subsequent matters. It has nothing to do with me. You don't have to be so nervous."
Old Howard sighed, with disbelief written on his face, but without saying anything more, he turned and walked towards his house. Lu Ning carried the baggage back to her room, locked the door, and then opened the baggage.
Sure enough, it was Dilea who gave it to her.
Inside the baggage is a wooden box with a somewhat oriental look, probably provided by Jin Rui. There was a letter on it, signed with Dilea's name in a neat handwriting. She didn't open the box, but took out the letter and read it.
Roughly following the incident of the broken monk, Delea contacted the "priest" she was guarding, Prayer Stevenson, and Stevenson also used his influence in the parliament to successfully recruit some The participants persuaded them to launch a secret investigation into the matter. In these days, they found some lurking cross-dressers in the central city. However, these were spies planted by external forces in Evarong, and there were very few actual clues. On the other hand, Stevenson went to Cherupo, the official member of the Department of Divine Arts, for verification and learned that in fact, the informants inside Evarang were all under surveillance and could not cause any big trouble.
Under Jingrui's reminder, the investigation focused on the outsiders who entered the Ewa Gallery this time. However, such an investigation is difficult, because it is difficult to confirm the identity of outsiders, and many people have the habit of cross-dressing when going out. Even if Stevenson has some say, he is not a local after all. He uses his own After all, the search that can be done on the grounds that the guardian knight was attacked is limited.
However, Dilea and Jingrui made some progress. When they were investigating in Qingjin District, they met the guard captain Chen there. Probably because he is from the East like Jingrui and understands Buddhism, he immediately promised to arrange guard forces to investigate the area after learning the inside story. At the same time, as an insider of Evarang, the captain also introduced another person with greater authority-Oris.
This authority does not refer to an official position. Oris is just an ordinary soldier, but he belongs to the exclusive city patrol guards in the inner city. In other words, he belongs to a team with cross-regional patrol and law enforcement powers. The area that Chen can investigate is limited to the Qingjin District, but Oris can call on all the case files from the external 12th district and the central 7th district to assist in the investigation. It can be said that he has a low status but has real power.
With the help of these two people, the various incidents that occurred after the magic book was stolen will naturally not be covered up, and the Magic Council will never block information from internal personnel. After obtaining the information, Oris immediately organized and summarized it and reported it to the captain. After the three-day reprieve, the document and related information were deleted as necessary and handed over to Dilea and Jingrui who were cooperating. Dilea felt that Lu Ning also needed to know about this, so she made a copy and sent it over - after getting to know these two people, it was easy to find Lu Ning's address.
Dilea described the overall process in about two pages, but Lu Ning knew that there would be a new round of investigation after last night. But another name worth noting is the "priest" that Delea guarded as an entourage, Stevenson. If it weren't for the same name, this person should also be one of the people targeted by the Star Circle Sect as mentioned by Sabre. .
"Okay, here comes another question."
Lu Ning did not rush to open the box and study the information inside. Instead, she picked up a piece of parchment and started to deal with the previous case. After all, she had to investigate with Rochester tomorrow.
"The information we learned today can basically confirm the murderer's attack logic. Let's not mention Boliwell as the first case for now. What do the alchemist named Xu You and I have in common?"
She drew arrows on the paper.
"After rescuing Boliwell, I immediately tested the green energy, and the result was probably not very good. More importantly, I was the first alchemist to come into contact with the refined product. Immediately afterwards, I made After the Holy Bell was given to Jiefeni, Xu You became the first alchemist to come into contact with the Holy Bell."
Changing the color, she continued to draw the backward arrow.
"The alchemical attack Xu You encountered caused the clothes on his body to become hot and metallized. He ran directly into the Alchemist Association for help. Who would he have contacted first at that time? If Xu You had been severely burned at that time, he would have definitely found a way to help. It is easy for him to strip the metal and use the refining method of artificial life to make the metal leave on its own. If Rochester's friend happened to be in the association at that time, some emergency treatment should be carried out."
Next arrow.
"The cursed doll was blown up, and the alchemist was seriously injured and passed out. This time Rochester has already mentioned that someone conducted an on-site investigation. Since there will be many people on site to investigate, the order is often not the focus. The focus is the degree of authority. People are likely to Ignore the first person who examined the remains of the cursed doll, and this one was attacked in an alleyway.”
Lu Ning's writing paused.
"This can also explain why the time interval between the next attacks is lengthened, because the alchemy product this time is bone fluid transformed from bones. It is definitely not easy to be contacted by others when it is sealed inside the body, and the real reason...I'm afraid In order to regenerate the bones, after a few days of recuperation, I was ready to take out the accumulated bone fluid, and was contacted by a new alchemist - and so on."
She realized a problem.
If this inference is correct, then who was the first to come into contact with the alchemical product of yesterday's murder and the plant transformed by alchemy? Rochester seems to have said that the alchemist's friend found the body when he went to call for help...
Regardless of whether it is correct or not, the first thing to do is to inform!
Lu Ning hurriedly organized the things on the table, put on her apprentice robe and rushed out of the door, heading straight to the Alchemist Association in the Moonstone District.
Fortunately, the association would be open all day long. Lu Ning rushed into the association, only to find that her status as an apprentice was blocked here.
"You just need to protect your safety."
The alchemist in charge of reception didn't even listen to Lu Ning's speech and directly rejected her intention to ask.
The people Lu Ning met in Evarang had always been very friendly. From the three Catherines to Rochester, the teachers in various lectures, and hidden strangers like Jaze, no one seemed to care about Lu Ning's apprentice robe. But today, Lu Ning finally felt that class discrimination still exists in this magical world, or in other words, class discrimination will definitely exist wherever there are people.
This alchemist didn't discriminate with contempt, he just ignored all Lu Ning's requests, or in other words, all the requests that he thought were inconsistent with his apprentice status. Lu Ning could feel that he didn't pay attention to what she said because he didn't trust her own judgment at all.
At this time, it was completely unrealistic to expect to meet any acquaintances here by chance. Lu Ning couldn't use any violent means, and his level of magic was not very high.
"Even if it can prevent more deaths, you are not willing to help me check it?"
"Member information is secret. And the association is already investigating this matter. You just need to protect yourselves and don't worry about anything else." The receptionist's attitude was lukewarm, and there was absolutely no fault in his words and deeds.
Lu Ning's anxious mood calmed down.
"Then, let the next death serve as a warning to you. I have no responsibility to save people. I just hope you remember that something will happen to the person I want to investigate today."
"Okay, is there anything else you want to say?" The receptionist nodded.
"No more." Lu Ning turned and left the association's door.
What she didn't realize was that the receptionist had been watching her leave the door, and this action was not even noticed by the receptionist himself.
“If you can save someone, you will rescue them easily, but if there are obstacles, you will decisively give up.”
A few blocks away, on another quiet residential street in Moonstone, a hooded figure was running quickly past.
"You have the talent of a detective but don't have the psychology of a detective. It's you, Lu Ning."
With these words, Juno jumped up, climbed over a wall, and fell into an exquisite courtyard. She ducked to the window, and a diamond knife popped out between her fingers. She quickly cut a perfect circular hole in the window and jumped in.
The identity of the owner here can be seen from the alchemy books, schematic diagrams of alchemy formations and draft formulas piled on the desk. Juno glanced past these things and looked at the door.
"come out."
At the corner of the door, a "thin sheet" squeezed out from between the gaps. It grew long in the wind and turned into a huge mouth full of sharp teeth.
The next second, the mouth was blown to pieces. Juno had an extra gun in his hand. A bright crystal of light was embedded in the part that should be the magazine. That quiet but extremely lethal light Instantly purify this abnormal product.
"I'm not talking about these minions - the true murderer who relies on alchemy, the invisible murderer. Since you have driven alchemy, you should be able to show up here." Juno stared at the air coldly .
"Oh? Do you want to finish me off?"
A voice that seemed to echo in the empty valley appeared in Juno's ears.
"The detective is not responsible for trying the murderer." Juno answered simply, "But the detective is responsible for preventing the next victim from appearing."
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