"Rumble"

As its name suggests, Leiyun City is prone to thunderclouds and rain all year round. The sky might have been clear just a moment ago, but then it would soon become covered with dark clouds and heavy rain fall.

The quality of Solandel's sleep tonight was very poor. She had insomnia at first, and then woke up again after a few minutes of sleep. She slept like this until midnight, and finally fell into a deep sleep, but an inexplicable chill spread throughout her body.

Let her wake up from her dream.

Solandel rubbed her eyes and poked her head out of bed. It turned out that the wind was blowing too hard and the window was blown open. No wonder it was so cold.

At this time, it was raining heavily outside, and the thunder light illuminated the haze that filled the sky. The rainwater swayed in the sky, blowing by the strong wind, making a howling sound, constantly splashing into the window, and wet the floor.

Solandel put on her slippers, ran over and closed the window again, locked all the locks, and prepared to go back to sleep.

There was no warning for the "boom", her pupils dilated violently, and her heart rate suddenly reached the extreme.

someone

Through the dim light of the bedside candle, Solandel could vaguely see wet shoe prints scattered on the floor by the window, spreading all the way into the darkness on the other side of the room, as if something was lurking.

She was very sure that these were not her own shoe prints, nor were they the shoe prints of Burton's departure. It wasn't raining at the time.

These shoe prints appeared after she fell asleep, which means one thing

There is someone in the room now

who is it?

The cold breath traveled through Solandel's body like a poisonous snake, and the surroundings were as silent as a tomb. The only sound was the sound of heavy rain hitting the windows, and the oppressive feeling was like countless arthropods crawling to bite her scalp and heart.

It has to be said that after experiencing the sniper assassination, Solandel's psychological quality was greatly tempered. She did not show fear or panic, but pretended not to notice anything, walked to the bed and muttered: "

"I'm so thirsty." His hand seemed to be reaching for the water cup on the bedside, but it was actually reaching for the crossbow next to the water cup.

Just when Solandel was about to touch the crossbow, a familiar voice came from the darkness: "Do you want to kill me? Little princess."

This voice made her immediately startled, and she quickly picked up the candle and turned around: "No?!"

In the darkness, Kino's face was shrouded in shadows and blurred, but under the light of the candle, he could vaguely see the pair of amber eyes reflecting the candle light, and he could occasionally hear liquid dripping on the floor.

The sound seemed to come from walking in the heavy rain for too long, and I was completely soaked.

Solandel asked hurriedly: "No, are you okay? Thundercloud City is now blocked, and the entire Guards Corps is looking for you!"

Kino did not answer this question. He stretched out his hand wrapped in soaked white gloves, with water droplets quietly dripping from his fingertips, and slowly pointed at the crossbow on the bedside: "Can you please hand it to me? Thank you."

Without any hesitation, Solandel directly picked up the crossbow and handed it to Kino.

Kino took the crossbow, plucked the arrow, pulled the string, and aimed. The arrow pointed at Solandel's heart like a beast's teeth, and his fingers silently touched the trigger.

Solandel first subconsciously took a step back, but then quickly took a step forward, returned to her original position, and looked at Kino with clear eyes.

Chino: "I have targeted many people. If you take a step back, I can understand. If you take a step forward, I can also understand. But like you, if you take a step back and then take a step forward, I can't understand."

Solandel: "I retreated because I was afraid of being pointed at by the crossbow."

Kino: "What about one step forward?"

Solandel: "You are the one holding the crossbow. I have nothing to be afraid of."

Kino had no words, he could only hear the sound of the crossbow trigger spring reaching the firing edge, and the god of death was opening its ferocious claws.

"Kakaka"

Kino's finger reached the firing limit, and was about to trigger a powerful crossbow shot, piercing Solandel's heart, but he did not continue to move forward. He put down the crossbow, and his hand wrapped in white gloves stretched out from the darkness: "Little princess, put the

Give me your hand."

Solandel stretched out her hand to Kino.

Kino held Solandel's weak and boneless hand, pulled it into the darkness, put it to his lips, felt the temperature on it with his most sensitive part, and then said softly: "Your hand is very cold, please reply.

Get under the covers and don’t catch a cold.”

Solandel was very obedient, returned to bed obediently, pulled up the quilt, then looked at Kino in the dark, and asked with concern: "No, why are you coming here? There are sentries everywhere near the mansion. I am here for you."

Said to be the most dangerous place!"

Kino: "To be honest, I don't know why I came here. Maybe I want to see if you are a fool like them."

Solandel said firmly: "I always believe in you! Even if they all say that you attacked my brother, I still believe that you were framed."

Kino: "Why?"

Solandel blurted out: "Because you are my friend!"

Kino: "When you make a judgment about something, you should not rely on your relationship with the other person, but analyze it based on the facts. Just because you regard a person as a friend does not mean that you can trust him without any reason.

Being tied up in a relationship is a very dangerous thing, it will affect your judgment."

Solandel pursed her lips, not knowing how to answer.

Kino: "Think again? Why was I framed?"

Solandel opened and closed her red lips, pondered for a moment, then quickly raised her head and said: "There are many doubts about my brother's assassination."

Chino: "For example?"

Solandel: "For example, before the attack, I saw the reflection in the cathedral bell chamber and felt the danger from that direction, but Administrator Grabo said that the assassination location was in a private house. There was a conflict of information."

Chino: "Did Bolton investigate later?"

Solandel: "After investigating, the guards said that no traces were found in the bell chamber of the cathedral."

Kino: "So? What do you think?"

Solandel looked very confused and said hesitantly: "I actually don't know. I thought I could see clearly, but they also said that I had delusions due to too much pressure after stress. Indeed, I was very confused at the time.

I was nervous, and I once doubted whether I had really seen it wrong. To be honest, I don’t know.”

Kino: "If you can't even believe it yourself and are so hesitant, how can you use it as a basis?"

Solandel lowered her head in despair, not knowing how to answer.

Kino: "Think again."

Solandel hugged the quilt tightly and fell into deep thought. She didn't know how long it took before she suddenly realized something: "Motive!"

Kino: "Go on."

Solandel: "Unless he is a crazy lunatic, a person must have some kind of motive for committing a crime. Whether it is material or spiritual, whether voluntary or forced, he must be able to obtain positive benefits or relatively small benefits from committing a crime.

negative losses.”

"But in fact, you have no grievances against my brother. We only met once at the New Year's banquet. You will not gain anything by killing my brother. Therefore, you have no motive to do this at all."

Kino: "We have only known each other for half a year. What you have seen of me may be just the tip of the iceberg. Are you so sure that I have no motive for assassination? You don't need so many reasons to kill a person. It may be for money, it may be to vent anger, and there are

Maybe he's not polite, or maybe he can't appreciate music."

"Ta." There was a snap of fingers in the darkness, followed by Kino's mysterious smile: "Do you know what others think of me? Kino Van Helsing is a madman."

Kino's rebuttal put Solandel under great pressure, and she was at a loss and speechless.

Chino: "So, in terms of motivation, what do they think of me?"

Solandel's voice obviously weakened: "They say you are a Bloodthorn assassin who received the golden assassination order against my brother."

Kino: "Look, here's the motive."

Solandel hurriedly said: "But those are just assumptions! Although Executive Grabo produced two golden assassination orders, his words were all 'I guess', 'I think', 'I think' he

There is no substantive evidence, it can only be regarded as an idea at most, but cannot be used as evidence!"

Chino: "Besides me, is there a second suspect?"

Solandel: "The successor on the golden assassination order is 'Han Yi'. According to their guess, you are this Han Yi, so until there is no other evidence to break the guess, you are the only suspect."

Kino: "Look, this speculation seems empty, but in fact it is not low in credibility."

Solandel's voice was so thin that it was almost inaudible: "But I don't believe it."

Kino: "Then think again."

Solandel was like a puppet being controlled at this time. She hurriedly took the folded clothes at the foot of the bed and found her small notebook inside.

During the day today, accompanied by Lorna and some of her personal guards, she explored the street where Burton was assassinated, the houses that were recognized as the scene of the assassination, the cathedral that she thought was strange, and the surrounding suspicious places.

Because of her noble status, she could also directly enter and leave the evidence room, and was accompanied and guided by a professional alchemist, who conducted a comprehensive survey and analysis of all evidence.

During the entire investigation, Solandel recorded all the suspicious points in a small notebook, hoping to find a breakthrough and help Kino clear his suspicions.

She has little power, and her network of connections is not as broad as that of her brother. Her only advantage is that she has read many books. Thoughts and pens are her only weapons that can help Kino.

At this time, Solandel opened the small notebook and read the details recorded on it one by one. She muttered: "The other doubtful point is the gun! The weapon that assassinated my brother was seized from the aliens. It is called

"Sniper rifle" weapon."

"According to records, the sniper rifle was stolen from the Star Castle on the 2nd of the Red Lotus. At that time, you were in the Twilight City, with me and Lorna, and it was impossible to go to the Star Castle thousands of miles away.

steal!"

Kino: "This doesn't mean anything. I don't have to steal it myself. I can let others steal it, and then bring it back to me. You won't even notice the whole process."

Solandel: "But that doesn't make sense! There are so many assassination methods, why go to all the trouble to steal a sniper rifle?"
To be continued...