Fence near the fence.
The punisher "Rage People" who "pacified" all the horses and grooms came to join the "Sailor" teammates and together they protected "Student of Reasoning" Corvo to perform ritual magic.
Corvo held the ceremonial silver dagger, imbued with spirituality, and walked in a small circle around the gas pipe that had cracked open.
Invisible power spurted out from the silver knife. They were full of spirituality and connected with the air, forming a sealed wall that separated the space within the circle from the outside world.
After the spiritual wall was raised, Corvo took back the silver dagger, placed two specially-made candles to represent the Lord of Storms, placed ordinary candles symbolizing "I" below and in the middle of them, and lit them one by one.
Then, he took out the homemade "storm essential oil" from his pocket and put a drop of it into three candles.
Zhi!
The light mist fills the air, creating a mysterious atmosphere.
“I pray to the power of the sky;”
“I pray to the power of the sea;”
“I pray for the favor of the storm;”
"I pray that you will give me the strength to find the wrongdoers."
A gentle whirlwind appeared out of thin air inside the spiritual wall, and was rendered into a specific shape by the thin mist.
Standing in the center of the whirlwind, Corvo felt as if a storm was rising in his mind, which greatly improved his already strong thinking and reasoning abilities.
A crouching grass...a fallen green leaf...obstacles and spaces on the transfer route...a fleeting black shadow...the direction where the gunfire sounded...no personal belongings were left behind...
In brainstorming, a large number of details and clues are quickly connected, and time by time, the truth becomes increasingly clear.
In the end, he got a more detailed and accurate chain of clues and a new image of the shadow.
Different from before, this time the black shadow is much clearer, and there are also some possible body parameters.
The most important thing is that the whirlwind brought a breath to Corvo——
The aura belonging to that outlaw!
…
The banquet hall of Earl's Palace.
The guests and servants were on both sides, and the atmosphere was quiet and serious.
Zhali failed to find a chance to escape, so he could only follow the other servants back to the banquet hall, hoping to get away with it.
The chaotic sounds outside the villa gradually subsided, and the lighting in the hall has been restored. What reassures everyone is that the situation is obviously under control, and there are no other casualties.
After the guests calmed down, they started talking quietly among themselves.
The "Arbiter" guard stood near Count Levitt and watched with cold eyes, turning a blind eye to these actions.
At the moment, he has two things to do - to protect the count himself and to maintain order on the scene. The other things should be taken care of by the punishment agent who will be reinforced after being notified and the MI9 who arrived.
Zha Li looks normal on the outside, but inside he is actually quite restless.
One moment he regretted his impulsive killing, the other moment he felt very happy, the next moment he felt that he could not escape the law, the next moment he fantasized about saving the hero...
…
The plot of "beauty saving heroes" is indeed happening, but the target is not Zhali.
After leaving the underground ice cellar, Qili returned to the surface.
At this time, under the suppression of several extraordinary people in the Earl's Mansion, the chaos inside and outside the villa was coming to an end.
She turned carefully around and found no sign of Varina.
"Did he get caught just after meeting him? Fortunately, I am very optimistic about him..."
Thinking that she had not been able to convey the complete arrangements due to the accident, and that the arrangements she had left in the room had not been destroyed, Qili hesitated for a moment and took out her makeup mirror and Varina's mirror from her pocket. Blood beads.
She stretched out her hand and wiped it, and the mirror surface was immediately dyed with a dark color.
Then, she placed the blood beads on the mirror and saw the blood beads moving on the mirror on their own, pointing out a direction.
"there?"
Qili maintained her invisibility, carefully avoiding several Beyonder guards, and chased in the direction of Varina.
…
Varina did her best.
We started observing secretly at seven o'clock, arranging the plan and route in detail, taking into account every detail.
Finally, when the time on his pocket watch reached ten o'clock, he executed the plan as quickly as possible.
Shoot, move, light, escape.
The whole process went as smoothly as he expected.
If we don't take into account the cost of sneaking in to destroy the gas pipeline in advance, in this operation, he only had a few seconds to actually invade the Earl's Mansion.
A few seconds after running out of the Earl's Mansion, Varina entered the sewer entrance that was opened in advance and carefully restored the manhole cover.
After entering the dark sewer, he felt much more relaxed.
Because in the sewers, he would at least have a geographical advantage.
As Wariner moved carefully, trying not to leave any clues for following, he reflected on whether there were any oversights. After a long time, he came to the conclusion——
I really tried my best.
There is nothing to think about. Unless someone enters Viscount Stott's house to search, he will definitely stay there for a whole day and will not leave under the cover of darkness tomorrow night.
…
Qili followed the guidance of the divination and ran along the street. The more she walked, the more doubtful she became.
"Where is he going?"
"Running so fast, I can't even catch up. Are you being chased?"
She suppressed her doubts and followed the divination results, finally stopping near the garden pavilion of Viscount Stott's house.
Then, she was confused.
The blood beads had stopped moving in the center of the mirror, which meant that she was very close to Varina.
But what about people?
She was also an excellent "assassin", so she would not miss an easy hiding place, but after searching the area, she could not find Varina.
This aroused her competitive spirit.
She stamped her feet angrily, determined to find Varina before she would be willing to do so.
Looking around again, she finally remembered that Varina might be hiding in the underground space.
After a while, Qili entered the underground wine cellar of Viscount Stott's house through the servants' passage. She looked at the blood beads returning to the center of the mirror and smiled in victory.
See if I don’t find you!
One lap, two laps...
Qili moved quickly and quickly searched the wine cellar five times, but she still couldn't find Varina.
…
After Varina moved from the sewer to Berklund Street, he got into Viscount Stott's house as quickly as possible and hid in the underground wine cellar.
It was already late at night, and since there was no banquet, most of the servants had returned to the servants' room to rest, so the underground wine cellar was very quiet.
Varina was worried that his spiritual power was not enough, so after confirming that no one was around, he even withdrew from his gray vision and squatted quietly in a corner, trying his best to maintain the two "shadow hiding" abilities.
Therefore, he could not find Qili who was following her.
Of course, because Varina used two hiding abilities at the same time, Qili couldn't detect Varina.
The two of them were in a stalemate across the distance.
