Superpowers of Sky City

Chapter 345

Since the end of Prince Charles' case, Gongsun Ce's life has fallen into an "unstable" calm.

The pursuit of the kingdom's myth has reached an impasse.On the one hand, because of the Queen's statement at the end of the meeting, both Loningles and Elandia had to choose to temporarily suspend the investigation; on the other hand, they did not have any more clues at hand. They only knew about the play they had seen. They asked Douglas, but the memory of the old craftsman had obviously been manipulated, and he couldn't remember the results of his investigation.

The only clue left was the thick paper report, and that document was in Situ Yi's hands.Gongsun Ce went to the troupe again later, the head of the troupe with a tall hat and white robe only smiled and said that the play was still being rehearsed, and he would invite him when he was ready.The clues were cut off like that, and they couldn't make a closer inference than that night, so they had to return to their daily lives.

The eldest brother's daily life is to go to repair the armor and get off work on time, while he, a guy with nothing to do, runs around with the Dawn Knight.Often when Elandia's phone rang, some police officer or junior knight panicked and claimed that they had encountered an unexplainable mystery, and the dawn knight put on her deerstalker hat and led her (caretaker) superpowers away. Crime scene.

The most common cases are homicides, followed by theft and occasionally fraud.Cases without fatalities often involve high-ranking people. After all, no one dares to disturb the most famous detective in the capital (although he thinks Elandia doesn't mind investigating some ordinary cases), so they And ran all over the streets of the kingdom.

Three weeks passed by in such a hurry, and the day of the duel was still a few days away.This afternoon was rarely free, so he called Caldesia to chat.The top hat girl asked curiously on the phone: "Is traveling in the kingdom fun?"

"It's not fun." Gongsun Ce said listlessly, "I have been called up three times in the middle of the night in the past two weeks, and I wake up early almost every day. It's more like going to jail than traveling."

"...Are you sure you went to Superbia and not some concentration camp?"

Gongsun Ce yawned: "I'm sure, this place is really bad..."

During the conversation, the old lady in the coffee shop served him hot coffee and gave him a small biscuit by the way.Gongsun Ce quickly smiled and nodded to the old man, put the biscuit into his mouth and chewed.The slightly bitter taste diffused with a little sweetness, which made him feel good.

There was a knock on the window next to the seat, and a girl of high school age waved to him outside the store, then ran away shyly.This is the client of their Suitou Gang a few days ago. She was suspected of stealing something while working in a supermarket. Gongsun Ce scanned around with telekinetic power to help find the lost item.

"This place is okay." The superpower changed his words, "It's not too good, and it's not too bad."

"Tsk tsk, your nonsense skills have grown again."

"My crap isn't getting any use for me lately and I'm almost out of a job. Okay. Cut it, bye."

Gongsun Ce dialed the phone, and the Dawn Knight on the other side of the table put down his detective novel.He hurriedly said before the other party spoke: "Ordinary friends, not girlfriends!"

"My doubt is that you also have friends, Mr. Gongsun." Elandia said.

Gongsun Ce slapped the table: "Am I an autistic weirdo with zero social skills in your eyes?!"

"You are indeed autistic and withdrawn." Elandia agreed.

"Please don't use this tone of 'Watson, you found the key'! And why can't we have friends with autism? You discriminate against social fear!"

"The fact that you don't have social anxiety, on the contrary you are very good at getting close to strangers."

Elandia moved her coffee cup forward, bringing it closer to Gongsun Ce's cup.She draws a line between the two glasses.

"But you will deliberately maintain a distance from others, so that the relationship between each other is within a range that is lower than close friends and higher than casual acquaintances. It is difficult for such a person to have friends, because you will put what you want to cross the line People take the initiative to block out."

Gongsun Ce pushed down his glasses, raised his voice and said, "Speak with evidence."

"You resist physical contact. You never talk about your life. When others offer to be alone or to go out, your first reaction is often to refuse." Alandia listed observations one by one, "In order to maintain You will not hesitate to lower your image in the eyes of others, for example, you will deliberately attack Miss Cricket's figure when she invites you out."

"You're exaggerating. I just don't like girls with flat chests."

Elandia looked him in the eyes and said, "But you have more respect than you show yourself: you never comment on, or ridicule, someone else's appearance."

Gongsun Ce was at a loss for words.He was a little bit ecstatic, because Elandia seldom praised him; at the same time, he felt embarrassed, just like the embarrassment when a bad boy was found secretly feeding a kitten——My tricky way of thinking is a crazy cool What's wrong with you saying "you know how to respect" the mysterious and unpredictable image of Ba?After this, how can you mess around on the road when you go back?
"Okay, I admit that I deliberately kept my distance. This is our habit. And you can't say that I am special because of this... Will you talk about your past everywhere?"

"will not."

Gongsun Ce clapped his hands: "That's right! I have friends other than my elder brother because I have known each other for a long time, and I have become friends without knowing it. We know each other well and don't have to worry about this problem. But for those who are not so close, I will definitely There are concerns. This concern cannot be quantified, because there is no such definite boundary in the human heart.

Interpersonal communication is not a love game, and there will be no such convenient mechanism as saying that you have completed daily tasks, favorability +1, and completed critical time relationship changes.Without quantifiable indicators, how can you judge whether a person is an enemy or a friend? "

Elandia said confusedly: "I don't understand your analogy, what is a love game?"

"that is……"

Gongsun Ce tried his best to describe one of his favorite entertainment methods with elegant language.Dawn Knight thought for a while and said, "This means that you are in love with a virtual woman in the computer?"

Gongsun Ce leaned down on the table in despair: "Ah, yes, yes. To tell you the truth, I actually have an electronic wife. She has a great figure and a double ponytail. She has a gentle and kind personality and tells me about Gongsun Ce every morning. It's time for you to get up, and everything is fine except you can't touch it."

"You are always used to solving problems with lies, so you don't want to show your sincerity," Elandia commented.

"I'm glad you can control it? You are sincere to everyone, but they don't buy it from you."

Gongsun Ce poured sugar and milk into the coffee, turning the liquid in the cup into a chocolate-like brown.He stirred the spoon slowly, wanting to say something, but didn't know what to say.

here we go again.It started again.Ever since the case of the prince was over, he often felt this sense of contradiction that he didn't know how to describe.He found that this woman's way of life was at the other extreme from his own. They always wanted to correct each other's thinking and make them more like themselves, because they both hated each other's nature.

Yes, disgust.He really hated the way the Knights of the Dawn behaved, and he believed Elandia must hate him too.But he also felt that arguing and arguing with her and following her around to investigate the case were...not annoying.

It feels so conflicted, like this country.He hated many things here, but he also enjoyed this unusual life.

Gongsun Ce finished his coffee and put it on the table: "I have nothing to do, I'll go out for a stroll, I'll be back later."

"Please don't go too far away."

"Good good..."

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Gongsun Ce strolled on the streets of the inner city for a few minutes, and felt a little boring. The reason for this boring was that he couldn't find the value of his own existence.

Although he promised to help his elder brother, he didn't do anything meaningful in the past three weeks. Elandia could solve all the cases by herself, and his elder brother didn't need his help when repairing the armor.Gongsun Ce just talked nonsense behind them, just like he did before.

A pendant who can speak well, without him, nothing will change.

""

He whistled loudly, distracting himself with random thoughts.He stopped in front of the window of a clothing store, thinking about whether he should buy himself a British-style outfit as a souvenir.His face was reflected on the window glass, and a figure walking towards him was also vaguely reflected.

When he turned his head, a girl with yellow hair and black skirt stood not far away and curtsied to him, her manners were as elegant as the daughter of a nobleman.The visitor looked familiar, but Gongsun Ce didn't remember the identity of the other party for a while.

"Do you remember me, Mr. Gongsun?" The woman in the black skirt smiled.

Gongsun Ce managed to overlap this person with his own memory, and he was really surprised.

"You are... Jane Diella?"

The knight entourage in his impression was an ordinary vulgar woman, dressed in vulgar linen clothes, with yellow hair tied into two braids, and when he was emotional, he would show a vulgar expression, like a village girl.

But now she is wearing a black dress with white silk borders, with black suspenders wrapping her legs, exposing her round skin from shoulders to elbows, only covered by tulle.Her braids are loose, she has light makeup on her face, a snake-shaped earring on her right ear, and a purple flower in her hair.Her appearance is still the same as before, but her image has completely changed.

It was difficult for Gongsun Ce to equate her with the woman in the past. Was the change in her attire really so significant?So that even a person's temperament will be completely different?
Jane picked up the corner of the skirt and turned around in place: "I'm glad you still remember me, sir. What do you think of this dress?"

Gongsun Ce narrowed his eyes: "Not bad. Much prettier than you were before."

"Thank you for the compliment. I've actually always liked nice clothes... but I wasn't able to dress like this before. You know, I'm Elandia's squire and I'm from a poor family. I can't dress like a woman Same, that would invite people to gossip."

"It's a good thing I'm not a knight now." She lowered her eyes, "I can live in another way, more free than before... Oh, I'm sorry, I haven't talked to anyone for a long time, and I said too much inadvertently." Much. I hope it doesn't bore you."

"No, no, that's not true. Mr. Gongsun, I have never thought that others talk too much." Gongsun Ce pushed his glasses, "Then, what can I do for you?"

"I'm here to apologize to you, Mr. Gongsun."

Jane's words exceeded his expectations, she lowered her head, looking quite ashamed.

"At that time, my heart was blinded by jealousy and prejudice, and malice made me do such stupid actions. During this time, I gradually calmed down and realized my mistakes... I dare not ask for your forgiveness, sir. I just wanted to apologize to you and put an end to that incident."

Jane bowed deeply, then raised her head, looking at him pitifully, with mist in her eyes.Gongsun Ce originally planned to say something harsh, saying that you, a wicked woman who is still gossiping behind her back, would have the nerve to show up in front of Lao Tzu and get out of here, but seeing this, she couldn't help but feel soft-hearted.

What is the need?She has already been punished, and it doesn't make any sense to add insult to injury now, instead she looks like a stingy villain.After all, he and Jane are just acquaintances once, he is not qualified to blame this person for Alandia, it will only make everyone feel bad.

Gongsun Ce put one hand in his pocket and said, "I don't care. You should apologize to Elandia more than me. You hurt her very much."

"I have no face to face her." Jane said softly, "I have done too many things to be sorry to her...I...I can't appear in front of her again..."

She took a deep breath, as if she had made up her mind: "I know this is too shameless, but I want to ask you to help me, sir."

"I help? What are you doing?" Gongsun Ce frowned.

"I really thought that the Dawn Knight destroyed the armor, because I saw the whole process with my own eyes. But now that I think about it, maybe it's not the case...

I want to make amends for past mistakes.The Dawn Knight is still troubled by this, but I have no face to appear in front of her.You are much smarter than me, can you please help me prove the innocence of Knight Elandia? "

Holy fire armor.The original purpose that brought them to the kingdom, the case that triggered all this...

The incident that everyone avoided talking about made the knight Elandia deeply suspicious.

"Let's listen to it." Gongsun Ce said.

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The incident itself is not complicated, and it can even be said that the matter is so simple that it can be conveyed in a few words.

Not long after learning that the calamity of glazed glass was coming, Dawn Knight proposed to cooperate with the chief mage to do a maintenance and repair on the armor of the star knights, so as to be fully prepared to deal with the coming disaster.

Elandia herself is good at creation, and Roningrus' living spirit spell is also very convenient in this respect.The high-level officials of the kingdom agreed, and the maintenance work began.The two repaired from the Seventh Knight's "Minghua" all the way to Dawn Knight's own "Shenfeng". The process was very smooth, and they really discovered some hidden dangers caused by years of use.But when it comes to the old leader's "sacred fire", the situation has changed a bit: the holy fire armor has the function of stabilizing the barrier, and it is usually placed in the secret room of the Knights' headquarters, so it must not be moved lightly, and there are only three keys to open the barrier of the secret room. Put it in the hands of the old regiment leader, the queen and the chief mage respectively.

The dawn knight and the chief mage agreed to enter the secret room early that morning to repair the armor.However, when Elandia and Jane arrived, the old mage was late.Dawn Knight had expected it, and opened the door with a key borrowed from the captain.

After that, things developed a little strangely...

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"At that time, I was standing in the corridor, before I entered the door. The knight Elandia entered the secret room first, but stopped immediately."

"She stopped?"

"Yes, I don't understand why. At almost the same time, the knight Elandia sealed off the entire headquarters of the knight order with the law of impermanence. Then she asked me to find the chief mage, and specifically asked me not to use the law of impermanence .”

Jane was quite confused: "I followed suit right away and met His Excellency Luo Ninglusi near the headquarters building. At that time, the knight Orianna was also nearby, and I thought that something might have happened, so I called her to join us. Hurry up. But when we go through the door..."

"What did you see?" Gongsun Ce asked.

Jane hesitated for a while, pinching the corner of her skirt with her hands, and said: "We saw the knight Elandia standing near the armor holding a sword. She seems to have just come out of the shadow and mist... The pure white sword light flashed, The holy flame armor was split into two."

It is simply a ready-made "crime scene".If Jane Diella is the only one who can say it, and even the old idiot and Orianna also saw this scene, there is no possibility of perjury...

Gongsun Ce thought for a while, then asked, "Mnemosyne's record?"

"During that period, only Knight Elandia used power."

Knew it.Otherwise, it would be unreasonable.

Gongsun Ce pushed down his glasses: "I probably understand. The last question, why do you doubt the Dawn Knight? What motive does she have for committing the crime? What good does breaking the old captain's armor do to her?"

Jane looked around and said, "It's hard to say, but...some people think...that's in her favor. Because the duel before the imperial court is at the beginning of July. You know, every five years, the star knights Seats will be rearranged, and the outcome of the duel will affect it."

This is really the first time I heard that your level is related to the outcome of the duel.

This new information quickly reminded Gongsun Ce: "Fuck, they don't think that..."

Jane was extremely dull, and she was silent for a long time before she came to her conclusion.

"Many people say that the Dawn Knight's move is to interfere with the upcoming duel, so as to firmly hold the position of the first seat. In this way, she will definitely be the new leader."

(End of this chapter)