After listening to Paul's words, Gao Fei's heart moved, and he quickly opened the astrolabe and checked the task list.
Sure enough, a new side mission was spawned: Paul Porter’s Secret Investigation!
The strange thing is that so far, this side mission can only be promoted by Paul alone. As the protagonist, he can neither intervene nor interfere, as if it has nothing to do with him.
"It seems the time has not come yet." Gao Fei thought to himself.
Based on past game experience, he predicted that this branch plot will develop like this:
Paul investigates Captain Dantès alone, trying to find a breakthrough in this man and find out the mastermind behind the assassination.
In the early stages of the investigation, progress will be relatively smooth, but when Paul discovers key clues, the plot may take a turn for the worse, causing him to fall into the hands of the villain and put his life in danger.
Only then will the protagonist take over this side mission, try to rescue Paul, and at the same time reveal the true face of the mastermind behind the scenes.
Of course, this is just a more cliched screenwriting idea.
As for whether the game's plot will follow his predictions, or whether there will be some unexpected twists and turns, we'll have to wait and see.
Patos, the aquatic capital, is known as "the pearl on the Bologna Peninsula" and "the never-extinguishing lighthouse on the Golden Horn".
Compared with Avalon, another royal capital that Gao Fei is more familiar with, which is also a world-class metropolis, Patus has two most outstanding features.
First of all, the sunny weather, blue sky, white clouds and golden beaches provide a beautiful background for this city with millions of residents.
In contrast, Avalon, the "Fog City", rarely sees a few sunny days throughout the year. It is either covered in heavy fog or rainy. Most of the gentlemen who go out wear windbreakers and carry umbrellas. The whole city gives people a gloomy and depressing atmosphere.
Feel.
The second advantage of Patus is that the streets here are very clean. In addition to the hard work of the municipal department, such as checking whether there are dung bags hanging on the backs of the cattle and horses pulling the carts along the street, the sea breeze blowing along the streets all year round also
Contributed greatly to clearing garbage and dust from the streets.
The spacious and clean streets, with the buildings on both sides of the street all having white walls and blue roofs, make visitors from afar feel particularly refreshed.
Avalon's streets are regularly cleaned by sanitation workers, but the city's biggest source of pollution is coal smoke.
There are too many factories around the city. The noise of steam engines and the smoke directly emitted into the air have turned the entire city into a huge workshop, so that the sky is polluted by soot and appears a strange purple under the sunlight.
Of course, there is no such thing as the best of both worlds.
Although the coastal city of Patos is clean and beautiful, its level of modern manufacturing is far inferior to Avalon, the capital of the Kingdom of Feijin.
Many precision machines and instruments, including military products, can only be imported from the Kingdom of Feizhen or the Empire of Korath, which have more developed magic industries. As a result, the Aquamarine Kingdom is in an awkward position among the great powers of the Varese world, and is ridiculed as
"A second-rate power that bullies the weak and fears the strong".
In addition, building a country's most important capital on the seaside is not a good thing in the long run.
"Patus is hit hard every year during the typhoon season. Occasionally, the wind and waves are so strong that the tide breaks through the breakwater and the entire city's streets are flooded with seawater. Citizens have no choice but to go out in flat-bottomed boats."
Sitting on the carriage heading to the embassy, Paul introduced the customs and customs of Patus to Gao Fei.
"It wasn't until recently that the capital established a protective barrier that it was completely free from the seasonal threats of tsunamis and typhoons."
"In addition to natural disasters, war is also a real threat."
Paul continued.
"If a country locates its capital on the seaside, it will certainly facilitate logistics and trade, but it will also be more vulnerable to attacks from the sea."
"In the history of the Seablue Kingdom, it has always been harassed by pirates, and the capital was captured twice by the enemy navy. The royal family and ministers had to flee to inland cities overnight."
"In order to avoid the recurrence of such embarrassing incidents, the Aquamarine Kingdom has spent most of its funds on building its navy in recent years, and has built a powerful fleet second only to the Feizhen Navy."
While everyone was chatting, the carriage slowed down slowly and stopped in front of the embassy.
Paul got out of the car first, showed his ID to the reception staff of the embassy, and was warmly received by the Ambassador, who had been waiting for the distinguished guest to visit.
At the luncheon table of the embassy, Gao Fei asked the Ambassador about the situation of Queen Borja, and also wanted to know more about his duel opponent Adam Rulf.
It's a pity that the Ambassador seemed to have some scruples, and all he said was diplomatic rhetoric, and failed to provide Gao Fei with any valuable information.
Gao Fei was a little disappointed at first, but after carefully observing the Ambassador's expression and body movements, he knew better.
Why does the ambassador keep chatting and talking politely?
It's not that I don't want to say it, it's that I don't dare to say it.
From the subtle hints on his expression, it was not difficult for Gao Fei to guess that the embassy banquet hall was not a safe place to speak freely.
In this restaurant, any hidden corner may have a listening device installed, and any waiter may be a spy planted secretly.
Living in such an environment, diplomats must be cautious in their words and deeds. They may not even dare to talk nonsense in their sleep. You can imagine the mental pressure they endure.
"Rebirth of the Great Era of Fighting Waves"
"I don't like the atmosphere of the embassy." After the luncheon, Lisa couldn't help complaining, "People here are all pretentious, full of official rhetoric, and are not sincere at all... Can we find a hotel outside, ourselves?"
Spend money and live more comfortably.”
"My eldest lady, please stop being willful!" Claire scolded her angrily, "We are diplomats and do not live in the embassy. Where do you want the ambassador to put his face? Those people outside are always watching.
What will the tabloid reporters think and write about our every move?"
"What Sister Claire said makes sense, we must do as the Romans do." Gao Fei comforted Lisa.
Umberto smiled and said to Claire: "I'm not used to living in a place with such a strong political smell. Don't you know how to 'disguise'? Put on a disguise for me and I'll take you to the street."
How about going shopping and buying some beautiful clothes to wear to the diplomatic ball in the evening?"
"Okay, okay!" The red-haired girl jumped excitedly.
"Ms. Rosie, it's rare that Mr. Esposito is enlightened and takes the initiative to ask you out for a tryst. You are not allowed to reward him with a kiss?"
Paul stood next to him with a wicked smile on his face and fanned the flames.
Claire blushed and glared at him fiercely. She originally didn't want to pay attention to this guy who was making trouble over nothing, but Gao Fei and Lisa were also making noises nearby, which made her a little embarrassed.
