Chapter 187 Forbidden Technique, Linking Magic Circle, Main Stone
Sang Jincheng was taken aback for a moment, then said with certainty, "You're bluffing me again!"
Pei Hening shook her head: "Really not this time."
This time, she tricked Mary, not Sang Jincheng.
Before the other party could answer, Pei Hening's phone rang.
She took it out and looked at it, her expression becoming more serious.
[Anna]: The renowned scholar Senasi is dead. His body was dumped in a storage room on the 14th floor, and his head is missing.
[Anna]: News of Senasi's murder has not yet been made public.
[Anna]: Mayor Blanche means to send the three of us away from Nerna Port first.
[Tsuibisi]: I didn't say I was leaving.
[Anna]: This was Blanche's decision, not mine.
[Tsuibisi]: I'll contact her first.
Sang Jincheng was filled with doubt when he saw her sudden change of expression.
Just moments ago, Tribes was asking her questions aggressively, so what's going on now?
[Tribis]: I heard you're going to send me away from Nerna Port? Reason.
[Blanche]: You'd better listen to me. Now is not the time for you to be willful.
[Tsuibisi]: What can you do if I don't listen?
[Blanche]: You insist on doing this?
[Tsuibisi]: Yes.
Dawn Casino, 8th floor, temporary mayor's office.
Blanche held the victim's autopsy report and read it through from beginning to end. Then she picked up the document that had been on the table earlier. The situation in Port Nernar was far more complicated than she had imagined.
Blanche felt a pang of regret; perhaps she shouldn't have invited that bastard Tribes over.
"Knock knock—"
Blanche shoved the two documents into the drawer and said coldly, "Come in."
Sheriff Renee walked in in her uniform and stopped in front of Blanche: "Blanche, you have a new lead. Shouldn't you share it with me?"
Blanche rested her head on one hand, looked at the person in front of her and laughed, "How strange, the famous Sheriff Renee actually needs my help?"
"Blanche, don't make things difficult for me on this. You don't want more people to die, do you?"
Blanche grabbed a pen from the table, twirled it, and said in a cold tone, "You're threatening me with this? Even if I give you the evidence, I haven't seen you do anything to catch the murderer and bring him to justice."
"Time is too tight, and I have limited information. It's normal that I can't catch them. You don't need to be sarcastic."
Blanche opened the drawer, took out the autopsy report, and handed it over.
"I've blocked the news from the 14th floor, but it won't stay hidden for long. You need to hurry."
Renee took the autopsy report from her and nodded: "I understand."
Before she left the temporary office, she said, "The real owner of Dawn Casino is former Mayor Warren."
"Blanche, some of your actions are too obvious. Be careful."
Blanche looked up, her eyes cold: "What do you know?"
Renee didn't reply, and left with the autopsy report.
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"You came here to prevent others from uncovering the bombing from ten years ago, is that right?"
Sang Jincheng nodded dejectedly: "Yes."
She chose to lie down; Tribes's mission clearly conflicted with hers.
She couldn't beat the violent woman, so completing the mission was out of the question, but there was still hope for the battle royale five days later.
Who are the people in the photo you blacked out?
Pei Hening pulled out the ten names Chu Xuange had sent her: Carter, founder of Blue Space; Field, designer; Eugene, world sprint champion; Peier, painter; Barton, diplomat; Merke, royal translator; Senaxi, renowned scholar; Marie Tisse; Marshall, heir to the Exxon Group; and Sofia, violinist.
Sang Jincheng knew the mission was beyond completion, so he completely gave up and said whatever came to mind.
"Me, gambling king Mary, tycoon heiress Edward, pharmaceutical company founder Wan Xiya, top supermodel Elena; royal family member Cromwell, heir to a certain country Prince Peter, botanist Jefferson, philanthropist Adams, collector Lausa."
Neither of these lists includes her nor the explorer Ben.
Perhaps she should go and meet this guy.
Pei Hening then sent the list to Chu Xuange.
But there was still no news from them.
"I've said everything I need to say, can you just let me go? Or take me out of here."
Pei Hening carried her to the living room as she requested, with Mary on the east and Mary on the west.
"Ding-dong—"
Someone rang her doorbell.
She walked towards the entrance; she wanted to see who it was.
After she left, Mary looked up and glared fiercely at Sang Jincheng.
Sang Jincheng looked at her resentful expression with a puzzled expression. What was going on?
She painstakingly tried to get Mary to cooperate, wanting to know what she had done to offend her! Why was she giving her such a cold shoulder for no reason?
Pei Hening noticed that the person outside the door was Anna. After thinking for a moment, she opened the door and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Blanche asked me to come and help you pack your things. She's arranged a private cruise for us at 5 p.m. today."
Anna didn't understand why Blanche suddenly made this arrangement.
Pei Hening was not happy. She walked out and locked the door: "I'm going to find Blanche. Are you coming with me?"
Anna nodded and obediently followed behind her. The two took the elevator directly to the 8th floor.
Pei Hening sensed something was wrong as soon as she stepped out of the elevator; there were quite a few police officers patrolling the 8th floor.
She even saw the hothead she had met on the first floor earlier.
When the hothead saw her, he casually looked away. He had heard from his colleagues that this girl had a powerful background, and it was best not to offend her if possible.
The temporary mayor's office.
Pei Hening pushed open the door and went in, but didn't see anyone.
Where did they go?
As she spoke, she took out her phone, about to call Blanche.
[Field]: "Images" "Images" "Images"
[Field]: It's a magic circle with a certain link attribute, a forbidden technique. They might be in the next round, or they might have discovered it and need to contact each other. What I need is the main stone.
Chu Xuange's words were cryptic, but Pei Hening understood them perfectly, and her expression became extremely serious.
What Lu En asked Chu Xuange to take was the main stone that could connect the highway survival route with the magic circle of this world.
When 823786 taught her the principles of magic, he briefly mentioned the magic circle, explaining that once the main stone is removed, the magic circle will be rendered useless.
The price of using forbidden techniques is far too high to accept: life, soul, memories, emotions, curses...
Pei Hening lowered her eyes and typed, preparing to send out her guess, but after only two words, the system started to remind her.
[Turbid]: Blue Star—
[Note: Out of character (OOC)]
She stopped what she was doing, and the system notification disappeared.
[Turbid]: Blue Star is also acceptable—
[Note: OOC value +--]
Pei Hening fell silent and didn't continue probing. The system was too stingy; she hadn't even said anything, and it was already threatening her with OOC (out-of-character) values!