Chapter 8 Interlude between life and death

[Dear Lord Herron-Campbell:

The Borgia wine you ordered has been replaced by poisoned wine, and the target of the poisoning is the Grand Duke of Bavaria.

If you believe my advice, please come to the Cairns Hotel Wine Cellar for yourself.

—Nightwatchman Rhine]

That's right.

Although Su Wen had never heard of the Night Watch organization, he could get relevant clues through the [Time Travel] game.

On the supernatural side, the Night's Watch is a lawful organization that emerged in response to disasters.

Moreover, Campbell himself has awakened to extraordinary qualities.

so.

After learning about the 'zero sum game' plan.

For Su Wen, who has a flexible moral bottom line, the best option is to find another organization to fight with those anti-social guys.

As long as it has nothing to do with me.

He is sitting in front of the computer.

Look at the plot prompts given by the game:

[Your reminder made Mr. Heron Campbell feel more cautious while being suspicious]

[He decided to come to see you, but at the same time he also secretly called in the security forces he hired from the Duchy of Suargyer]

[The next move will be the key to whether you can enter the Overlimit Act as a lawful camp]

【your choice】

[1. Enthusiastically come forward to discuss classical poetry with this young nobleman, build a relationship, and establish a personal relationship]

[2. Put yourself in his shoes and explain the current situation and the subsequent impact of the over-limit bill]

[3. Pretend to be mysterious and leave a few sentences of unknown meaning to prepare for joining Gotham City and playing the Riddler]

This is option three.

Su Wen was speechless.

Every time he plays a story-based game, the most annoying thing is that some mysterious old man-like characters leave him some unclear hints.

Then before he could ask a question, the old man leaned over and felt cold.

I didn't find out until I finished the game.

Those incomprehensible words are just a incomplete version of the background introduction and have nothing to do with the game content.

Can the Riddler get out of Gotham?

Su Wen maintained an attitude of serious research and decided to try option 1 first.

[After Mr. Herron Campbell came to the wine cellar]

[You had a serious discussion with him about Percy Bysshe Shelley, the most talented lyric poet in the history of English literature]

[Also deeply analyzes the fragments of "To Wordsworth":

Poet who eulogized nature, you once shed tears and saw things pass, and you will never return:]

[Ten minutes later, you were chatting happily. 】

[A waiter from the Cairns Hotel came to the hotel and chose to call the police because he could not find the missing Master Samuel. 】

[As the most obvious stranger in the banquet hall, you were shot to death on the spot. 】

"Am I going to be shot to death?"

Su Wen watched the game automatically deduce the CG plot caused by this garbage function.

I finally understood why I was chosen as the lead player.

The AI ​​level is too low.

besides.

Brother Heron, you and I have a very happy conversation, can't you please save me for Shelley's sake?

What a plastic friendship.

Too plastic.

He was speechless and decided to follow the original plan 2.

[After Mr. Herron Campbell came to the wine cellar]

[You told him the information you know]

[And your identity as a night watchman has not been suspected]

"Mr. Rhine, do you mean that someone wants to use the precious wine I sent to poison the Grand Duke of Bavaria?"

"Yes, you don't have to believe what I say."

Rhine is Su Wen’s self-proclaimed name.

"But this 'Fake Master Samuel' who fell to the ground is probably the clearest proof."

Heron was doubtful.

Then, the last trace of doubt he had was eliminated by the test results of the bottle of wine by his men.

"According to chemical analysis, there is indeed something wrong with this bottle of wine. Trace amounts of mutant lily of the valley venom were detected in it, which is highly toxic."

"We must tell Duke Reinhard quickly."

After Su Wen said the situation appeared, he realized that this was a crisis, but it was also an opportunity.

And Su Wen.

Just waiting for him to say this.

As a fake night watchman.

He also needs a stronger witness.

A ducal heir.

Herron-Campbell needs clarification due to his involvement in the assassination.

[Because you have the same interests, he doesn’t care and doesn’t have the time to check whether you are a real night watchman]

[You successfully persuaded the noble Heron Campbell (heir to the duchy)]

[The situation is urgent, please rush to the main venue of the banquet hall immediately to protect 'Josef Reinhardt' and 'Sofia Reinhardt']

Right now.

An ordinary killer who was originally hiding in the banquet hall due to [Cognitive Modification] was found strange by the security guards at the venue after the death of the 'zero-sum game' spiritual transcendent.

"The pretender is dead, please carry out the assassination work in time."

Hear the beep in the headset.

The remaining killers hidden in the venue also understood that this was their last chance.

They emerged from a hidden corner. The exposed killer first shot at the crystal chandelier lighting the banquet hall, and then the others prepared to assassinate Duke Reinhard in the chaos.

This assassination team is highly professional and cooperative.

So Su Wen also died more than ten times in a row.

【Sixteenth file reading】

[Reading position: ten seconds before entering the banquet hall]

In completing the step of [Protecting Duke Reinhardt], he can only try to pass the level by continuously recording the location of the last time the enemy appeared.

The moment the huge glass chandelier crashed down.

Su Wen calmly relied on the bunker to carry out the clearance work according to the planned process.

The first is the killer disguised as a translator near the corner of table three.

[Identification: Darknet killer, hired by the high bounty of the 'zero sum game']

【boom】!

Kill with one shot.

Secondly, a killer disguised as a cleaning lady pretended to take refuge and rushed towards the safe escape route.

Su Wen rolled and kicked the stool that was closer. In a perfect physical translation line, the stool hit the killer, making him unbalanced. Then, a silenced Glock bullet hit him accurately between the eyebrows.

Finally, two assassins dressed in guard uniforms prepared to attack Duke Reinhard at close range.

He rushed forward.

He used his body [thicker than twice the blood volume of a normal person] to block the fatal dagger stabbing of this veteran Duke.

Then he fired two shots in a row and finished the job even though he was injured.

In the banquet hall alone, he killed four of the deadliest killers.

As the heir to the duchy, Heron was not a coward.

The extraordinary characteristic (leader) gives him powerful battlefield interpretation and command abilities.

With just a silver table knife he picked up, Heron Campbell also killed a killer who had blended into the crowd at close range.

Although the third transcendent who belongs to the 'zero sum game' has not been found.

But Su Wen looked at the hereditary Duke of Nordic Loba who was so close, his clothes stained with blood but still majestic and calm.

I understand that this game is mostly completed.