Chapter 102 Countermeasures
"It's a pity that when I was crying, I saw them through the eyes of the mage." Panis sighed and shook his head and said, "If I could see them directly at that time, I would definitely recognize them this time, but if I observed through the eyes of the mage, the image was too blurry and I couldn't tell them. If His Royal Highness hadn't helped us expose their scam, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to connect the two things together yet."
"It seems that the possibility of the third guess has become even greater." Catherine clenched her fists tightly. In fact, the Knight girl was not calm and she did not have the joy of guessing the answer. While thinking about the third possibility, she had already considered that the massacre with a death toll of more than 800 people was very likely to be specially prepared for her and others, simply to turn the adventure group's sight to the border of the neutral place. Obviously, the other party had calculated the adventure group's reaction and knew very well that once she heard about it, she had heard about it.
The matter will definitely go to the scene to investigate and leave the Butt Plateau far away. Therefore, the Knight Girl was angry and vaguely blaming herself. Although she knew that she had done nothing wrong, she knew that nearly a thousand people had passed away due to reasons related to her. No matter how strong the person was, she would not be touched at all. Several moods were intertwined, and the Knight Girl's expression became very strange and she said in a cold tone: "And, if you consider it according to the third possibility, the timeline can basically be matched."
"Four days ago, they created a massacre tragedy. Almost at the same time as the massacre, they used misunderstandings to affect the bilateral trade between the two countries, forcing His Highness to come in a hurry. The prince arrived three days ago, which means he left within a few hours after he got the news. Therefore, the news of arriving here should have been known by the local officials here four days ago. So he ordered early to control the transportation of goods in advance to ensure that no trucks accumulate outside the city after you arrive at Your Highness." Panis took the pen in Freya's hand and drew a line on the paper. The time marked on the line
The node, while drawing, said: "The preparations for things have temporarily stopped here, and then two days ago, two days ago. We arrived at the Third Flame City. This is the first time we have entered the city since we left Barrow. A while ago, except wandering in the swamp, they were rushing to get there. However, after we entered the city, their opportunity finally came. Just two days ago, news about the massacre began to spread to various surrounding forces, and then on the night two days ago, the two disguisers passed the message to us."
"The next day was a day ago, yesterday morning, after we confirmed the news, we left the Third Flame City." Catherine also came over and sat with Pannis shoulder to shoulder, drawing on the paper with her head in touch: "At the same time, the representatives sent by Buter the two lords arrived at the Fortress of Wangshan and began to handle diplomatic affairs. The next night was last night, the misunderstanding between the two sides was resolved, and the goods transaction could continue. That night, your highness, you should have a dance party. I remember this was the diplomatic tradition of the Faral Empire."
"Yes, a dance party was held that night," Nicholas said: "This is already the practice of foreign affairs activities in the Empire. If it is carried out in the territory of the Empire, then a dance party will be held after the official duties are over. The farewell ceremony will be held the next day."
"Well, so it's easy to be included in the plan, so next this morning, Nicholas, you sent away two representatives of Butt territory." Catherine sighed and said with a wry smile: "After sending away the territory representative, theoretically, you should set off immediately and return to the capital to report the situation, and then rush from the capital to the place where the tragedy occurred. However, the subsequent events are separated from their plan and you did not set off immediately. Then we meet. Well, so far, all time points have matched, but there is one of the most critical time nodes that has not matched. If this problem is not solved, maybe all our assumptions will be overturned."
"That node is not a problem." Panis shook his head and said, "It can actually be matched."
"Did she mean the time when they created the tragedy?" Moore asked, "Indeed, four days ago, you had not arrived at the Third Flame City, and had not even left the Whispering Swamp. No, you had already left the Whispering Swamp. At that time, you had just entered Butt's territory. I'm afraid that nothing except you yourself knows that your target is the Third Flame City, but they have prepared everything and are waiting for you to appear."
"Who said no one knows, don't you?" Panis shrugged and said, "You can infer our whereabouts and then go to Third Flame City to wait for us to appear in advance. Why can't they do it?"
"I can guess it's based on understanding you," Moore said. "But they...well, since you are already enemies, they must have studied your past carefully, at least studied your past in the past few years. It's not difficult to guess that you will visit Master Fella."
"Yes, they can infer that it is not difficult to confirm our arrival time." Panis said: "Do you remember Ferek said at that time? Don't underestimate the masters' ability to control their own territory. It is easy to confirm the traces of several people within their territory. So basically, as soon as we stepped into Butte's territory, the tragedy happened, and the time connection was very clever."
"Well, now that there are specific guesses now," Moore asked, "How are you going to deal with it?"
"Everything is speculation. We cannot be sure whether the real situation is like this. Even the two disguisers behind the scenes are really the sand of time," said Panis. "But I have a principle to deal with similar problems. The more we want us to do something, the less we do. Similarly, the less we want us to do something, then we must do something."
"On the surface, they want us to leave the Butt Plateau." Catherine continued: "So, let's set out tomorrow and return to Butt the same route, and no longer go to the scene of the tragedy."
"Aren't you worried?" Moore asked in confusion: "What if it's the second possibility you guessed, is it really someone who wants to help you behind the scenes and uses this method to notify you?"
"It's very simple." Catherine smiled faintly: "I can only let him down once. No matter what, since a loophole has been found, there will be more and more things to investigate later. I think we will become very busy."
Chapter completed!