Chapter 58: Suspension of Action and Mysterious Attack
Zhang Tianmiao frowned and walked through the corridor. His deputy chased him from behind. "Captain, we basically understand the situation. Sir Argyle must have been right. The person who took away the target was indeed Brianne.
-Caranthil-Princess of Misty Star."
While keeping up with the former, he continued: "The target entered the Continental League by chance. It seems that the staff of El Paxin got his number plate wrong. The opponent is from Kapka.
Apprentice alchemist, this is basically consistent with what we know."
Zhang Tianmiao stopped, put his hand in his pocket, fumbled for a cigarette, put it in his mouth, lit a match and the light illuminated his handsome and clean face, narrowed his eyes slightly, and took a deep breath.
He exhaled the smoke and then turned back and said: "So we lost track of the target again."
When the deputy heard this, he couldn't help but cried out: "Captain, it's not our fault, is it? We are much earlier than the time stipulated in the order, but what about those guys? A majestic knights can't even stop a child.
Not to mention stopping it, I didn't even delay it."
Zhang Tianmiao looked at him. "I'm not here to listen to your complaints."
The deputy shrugged, as if you don't believe it. "That's the truth. If you don't like to hear it, there's nothing I can do about it."
"Stop talking nonsense and say something useful"
The latter didn't care about this and just said: "Okay, our people have asked those dwarves before about the possible target of taking Aiwen Quinn to meet another elf hero Curufin in the Battle of Bain -
Captain Novelli, you know that the other party is the most outstanding alchemy master of the Elven Quinn clan. I heard what the old dwarf meant. Princess Brianne seems to value that boy very much."
"Then what do you think?" Zhang Tianmiao asked back.
"I think the credibility is very high. After all, Princess Brianne has no contact with the target before. There is no reason for her to suddenly take away the target."
Zhang Tianmiao shook his head and replied calmly: "You are wrong."
"I was wrong?"
"I dare to conclude that Brianne Caranhill-Miaoxing had planned it in advance."
"What?"
"I checked and found that Her Royal Highness the Princess did not have a mainland league in her itinerary for that day, and she changed her decision at short notice and arrived at the stadium almost before the start of the game. After the game, she went directly to the target without any unnecessary moves.
, so Sir Argyll would slow her down, which shows that her purpose is very clear."
"Wait a minute, captain, I don't think this makes sense. Brianne Caranthir-Miaostar is the hero of the Battle of Byrne, an elf princess, and a genuine aborigine. She would not have had the opportunity to contact the target before this
, how could it be possible to know in advance that the target would appear in the mainland league?"
"That's the problem."
Zhang Tianmiao lowered his head, put his hand in front of his face and took a puff. The dark red light from the cigarette butt flickered in the clouds and mist.
He took a long breath and then said: "As far as I know, before Princess Brianne went to the Elpaxin Arena, she met with three groups of people. Going forward in chronological order, it was the Chief Craftsman of Elpaxin.
Members of the meeting, Prince Coleman’s messenger, and two mysterious men.”
"There must be problems among these three groups of people. Among them, the personnel of the El Paxin Craftsmen's Association are the least suspicious, followed by Prince Coleman's messenger, and the most suspicious are undoubtedly the last two mysterious people."
The deputy looked at him in surprise. "Captain, how do you know this?"
Zhang Tianmiao also turned around and looked at his deputy. "Are you stupid? Of course someone from the Silver Wind Knights told me that."
"What," the deputy was a little annoyed when he heard this. "Why didn't they tell me?"
Zhang Tianmiao looked at him and replied calmly: "If you don't ask, they won't tell you."
The deputy opened his mouth, and suddenly felt that what he said made sense, and he was speechless. But how could ordinary people doubt Princess Brianne, a famous aboriginal, and a newcomer who just entered this world?
There seems to be almost certainly no connection between them.
Then he asked: "Then what should we do now?"
"You are also a member of the special reserve team. You are not just a worker. So let me ask you, if it were you, what would you do?"
"Let's try following Princess Brianne first? I've heard that there are other people around the target, a lion man and a Papalar man. Such a combination should be quite conspicuous?" the deputy asked tentatively.
Zhang Tianmiao looked at him as if he was mentally retarded. "Following the Elves of Alvin Quinn? Do you think you are more powerful than the Dawn Guard?"
The deputy couldn't help but conclude, the Dawn Guard is the imperial guard of Alvin Quinn's Elven Court. The elves have a long life. During the long life cycle, they are personally taught by the Master Sword Master and selected after years of training. Whether it is loyalty, martial arts or alertness,
Sex is the best choice.
In other words, the average level of the Dawnguard is thirty-five. In the mortal world, each one of them is a top master. If the number were not too small, this would be the top power in the first world of Etalia.
It would be a fantasy to ask people like them to track the Dawn Guards. Moreover, given the identity of Brianne Caranthir-Miscellaneous Star, it is unlikely that the higher-ups would approve such an action.
He couldn't help but frowned in distress, but suddenly he patted his forehead and said with a flash of inspiration: "Yes, the target's formal alchemist assessment is completed here, then he should go to Anji Na Temple to report.
"
Zhang Tianmiao shook his head. "Reports and tasks can be carried out at any time. Judging from Princess Brianne's whereabouts, the target may have been alert. It is unlikely that he would choose to report at this time of year."
"Damn," the deputy said with some annoyance: "Then this won't work, that won't work either, what do you think we should do, captain?"
Just as Zhang Tianmiao was about to answer, the communication crystal on his wrist suddenly lit up. He was stunned for a moment, raised his right hand, and pressed the crystal with his left hand.
Stargate Port ‘Ring of Ouroboros’
Ambassador Liao was standing by the wide glass window, watching the sunrise on a new day in low-Earth orbit. At the far point of his vision, on the huge and dark curved surface of the earth, a golden arc was rising.
Under his gaze, the oceans in the Western Hemisphere were turning from deep black to light blue little by little. The white cirrocumulus clouds in the Atlantic Ocean were like a layer of gauze, and their faint shadows were projected on the blue sea surface like plexiglass.
The time on the rubidium atomic clock was 17:15, and the seconds jumped seventeen times. The sound of communication cutoff came from behind. No one had slept for twenty-seven hours, and the ambassador also yawned, but the time
They were not allowed to take a nap on the ground.
The sliding door opened again, and a military attache brought a new briefing:
"Latest news, everyone."
Everyone stopped and looked this way.
Ambassador Liao had already received the briefing, glanced at it, and was a little surprised: "It said that Princess Brianne might have been informed in advance and went to take away the young man?" He couldn't help but raise his head and look at the man. "This.
Is it reliable?"
The military attache replied: "Based on the feedback from the Kaolin Merchant Alliance and the Silver Wind Knights, as well as the analysis of our intelligence department, they are basically consistent."
Ambassador Liao couldn't help but raise his eyebrows: "I didn't expect this Zhang Tianmiao to have two brushes. So, is there any further information about the three groups of people he mentioned?"
"The Elpaxin Craftsmen Association has already ruled it out, so it shouldn't be a big problem. As for the two characters of Brianne Caranhill-Miaoxing and Coleman Fox, they are outside our scope of contact.
, it is difficult to investigate directly. We can only start from their peripheral relationship network. After all, if it is the former informed by Coleman Fox, then he should have the opportunity to contact the target. This can be investigated starting from the people around him, but
No meaningful clues have been found so far.”
"As for the last two mysterious people"
"How?" the ambassador asked.
"no idea."
Ambassador Liao frowned when he heard this, but he had no choice but to do so. Although Kaolin-Ithulian had reached an agreement with them on a strategic level and the two sides had established certain diplomatic relations, this kind of relationship with strong monarchical and feudal overtones
The country has always been closed and conservative, and it has always been distrustful and wary of outsiders like them.
The country adheres to the principle of seeking common ground while reserving differences and non-interference in internal affairs in foreign affairs. There are many things that they cannot do without letting go, and often can only adopt roundabout means. This naturally leads to a reduction in efficiency.
He was silent for a moment and then asked in a low voice: "Is it possible that they are 'those people'?"
The visitor shook his head: "We can't rule out the possibility, but it's unlikely. After all, Brianne Caranthil-Miaostar is also the hero of the Battle of Byrne, so it's unlikely that she will be complicit with those people.
"
"Then did the staff at the star port over there tell me anything?"
"He successively took 170,000 yuan from that kid, most of which was the last delivery. He didn't tell the truth completely. I feel that there should be some concealments, but it doesn't mean much, from the perspective of the interrogation.
Most people will subconsciously avoid some details, and it is impossible for us to reproduce every link. As long as we have the evidence of the key links, we can complete the inference."
"One hundred and seventy thousand, how is the target's family environment?"
"Evidence is still being collected on the ground. This will take time. In addition, there should be no trace of those people behind the staff member." The military attache paused before continuing: "But the problem now is that there are still no clues to explain the 'spirit'
Derivative - Multiple Branch Control' question, where did the target learn this skill?"
Ambassador Liao breathed a sigh of relief.
"It doesn't matter," he said. "We must rule out the possibility of the 'Immortal' first. As for the Abyssal Scroll being a Yuanhai Scroll, and the multiple sub-controls being multiple sub-controls, although there is some connection, they are not completely consistent.
"
After solving this matter, his expression became serious. "Everyone, the target is now connected with Brianne Caranthil-Miscellaneous Star. I suggest that in principle the action task level be upgraded to the next level. Comrades are different.
Any opinions?"
He looked at the others and saw no objections before nodding and continuing: "Then, we will submit a new proposal within twelve hours. Before that, before the Stargate Management Department issues a new permission, everything will
Operation temporarily suspended"
Then he patted the table and said:
"Next, let's talk about another thing that happened five hours ago."
Within the El Paxin Craftsmen Association, Zhang Tianmiao silently put down his right hand. The communication crystal on his wrist was gradually dimming and losing its luster. The deputy looked at him and couldn't help but ask: "What's wrong, Captain, where is the star gate?"
What instructions are there?"
"Let's temporarily suspend our current mission."
"What?"
"Nothing, go get everyone together, we have new work to do soon."
"New job?"
Zhang Tianmiao looked at his deputy and replied word by word:
"Just five hours ago, Charter City was attacked by unknown forces. We lost three units there, and we haven't been contacted yet. The headquarters wants us to go there immediately to confirm the casualties and losses."
…
El Pashin Old Town, Crown Hotel, this is a hotel with quite a history. It stood here when El Pashin Old Town was not an old town, and several decades have passed since then.
The owner of the hotel has changed hands several times and continues to this day.
On the third floor of the hotel, the atmosphere in a room facing the street is a bit dull. It is already the time when the lights are on, and the room is also brightly lit. The light crystal on the lamp stand emits a warm glow. Through the lampshade, the red light not far away is reflected.
Large and small drawings are stacked on top of each other on the low pine table.
Next to it are two camel-hair couches, with Luo Yu and Parker sitting on both ends.
The Papalar man was curiously looking at the strange patterns and symbols drawn on the drawings, "Is this a heat pipe? Is this a balancer? Is this a compensator? Ha, I know this.
This is the magic storage crystal array!" Not far from the noisy Papalar people, the lion-man Red was leaning against the wall, holding a pipe in his paws and puffing away contentedly.
He squinted his eyes and looked at Parker before he finished reading half of it. The elf girl had already reached out and pulled the drawing out of his hand, glared at him, then took the drawing upright and looked at it carefully, and then raised his head.
His emerald green eyes looked at the square plover not far away.
Fang Yu scratched his head in embarrassment.
As for Sylvide and Siesta, the master and servant were sitting quietly on his side, sitting and standing.
Attila was about to speak when an exaggerated complaint came from outside the door: "I'm so angry. He actually said that there is no room specifically for cats. Did you see it, Jita? He must have felt that
There is something wrong with the two of us."
With these words, the little French girl pushed the door open angrily. Behind her was Kitta, who was short and as thin as a piece of paper. The latter was holding several tomes in his hands, almost covering her.
Half a body.
Fang Yu was startled when he saw this, and hurriedly walked over and took the book from Jita's hand. The little girl blushed and panted and thanked him.
Only then did he see Tianlan's angry face, as if he had been wronged a lot, with a look of anger on his face. He couldn't help but wonder: "What's wrong, Tianlan, Jita?"
"What's wrong? I'm so angry, brother Ed," Tianlan replied angrily: "Do you remember Mr. Hu Di and his cat, the cat named Miss Spoon? He let us go to Elpa
Xin went to see him. I went to the hotel with Gita this afternoon, but the annoying boss actually told me that he would never rent a hotel room to a cat unless he was crazy.
.I think he is really crazy. What happened to renting a hotel room to a respected cat lady? It makes me so angry!"
Fang Yu always felt that the direction of her attention was not quite right: "Are you looking in the wrong place?"
"How is it possible? Even if I am wrong, Jita cannot be wrong." Tianlan turned around and said, "Isn't it, Jita?"
Jita blushed and nodded.
This was a bit strange. Fang Yu thought that Hu Di would not lie to them about such a trivial matter, and it would not do him any good. In fact, even if he didn't have a cat named Miss Spoon living in the hotel
, so what?
It's not necessary at all
It was at this time that Tian Lan noticed some strange atmosphere in the hotel room. She stopped and looked at the others curiously, her eyes swept over the stacks of drawings and parchment scrolls on the table, and finally landed on Xi.
Ervide and her maid.
"Sister Sylvide, why are you here?" She was slightly stunned, then looked at the others: "What's going on?"