Chapter 48
What kind of gun-fighting technique is this?
It’s a weapon that can kill a thousand enemies but inflicts eight hundred damage on itself...
In a state of anemia, drawing one’s own blood, Xia Er had no idea how many shots she could fire; at most, it could only be used as a finishing blow.
However, if it were to be drawn unexpectedly, there might be a chance to turn the tide.
Xia Er returned the deadly Blood Roland to the storage.
As the gun blade transformed into a flash of crimson light and vanished, a warmth spread through her body, gradually easing the fatigue and dizziness caused by her anemia.
Dong—
Outside, the clock tower chimed at six-thirty, signaling to the workers that it was time for a break.
Xia Er quickly sat down in a chair, forcing herself to endure the mental dizziness from multiple simulations, and reopened the simulation.
She needed to simulate the future, and the longer, the better.
Xia Er needed to know if the insider information she had brought back would change the future.
The system's simulation interface unfolded before her, and her gaze locked onto the future simulation.
“Future: 1h (Year 741 of the Holy Calendar, June 18, 19:30) (Cost: 10 fate points)”
One hour later?
Xia Er frowned slightly.
This was the last thing she wanted to see; it was very likely that she wouldn’t witness the subsequent developments in the simulation.
After pondering for a few seconds, she opened her notebook and began to write.
【Immediately find Ai Wei Na and inform her of the new intel. It would be best if she could directly summon a powerful member of her family to assassinate Xie Lun in advance.】
【The notebook will keep track of the events; I need to know the details more thoroughly.】
Ai Wei Na was relatively easier to manipulate for Xia Er, as the constraints of their contract meant she wouldn’t expose Xia Er.
But if seeking Ai Wei Na still couldn’t change the outcome, she would have to take the emblem and letter directly to the Church to report.
At that point, it wouldn’t be about whether she would be captured by the Church and made a saintess, but rather about how to survive.
Holding the notebook, Xia Er silently recited:
“Future, No.2.”
A dazzling silver light flashed, and her vision was enveloped in a silvery haze.
...
“Future”
“Year 741 of the Holy Calendar, June 18, 19:30”
“Countdown - 23:59:59”
When Xia Er opened her eyes, she found her surroundings had changed.
She was in the center of a vast study, sitting on a sofa, a pencil in her hand, and a notebook resting on her lap.
My notebook.
Xia Er quickly flipped a page and saw her own Chinese characters.
【Year 741 of the Holy Calendar, June 18, 18:31】
【The text on the simulation page is becoming unclear; it seems I have already started the simulation.】
【Year 741 of the Holy Calendar, June 18, 18:45】
【I arrived at the police station as fast as I could, but Ai Wei Na was no longer there. I had to hire a carriage again and rushed to No. 15, Jazz Bridge District.】
【Year 741 of the Holy Calendar, June 18, 19:29】
【I reached No. 15, Jazz Bridge District by 19:02... Ai Wei Na was in the reception room, meeting Xie Lun.】
【He came to poison her.】
【I pushed open the door to the reception room and insisted that Ai Wei Na step out for a moment.】
【This action was quite rude to both of them, but thank goodness, the contract took effect; Ai Wei Na didn’t seem put off and agreed to my somewhat disrespectful request, leading me to the study while leaving Xie Lun alone.】
【Though Xie Lun appeared polite, it was clear he had grown wary of my unusual behavior—if he waited too long in the reception room, he might choose to leave.】
【In the upstairs study, I directly revealed the new intel obtained from the “intelligence network”: Xie Lun was coming to assassinate her; the insider was Xie Lun.】
【Ai Wei Na was skeptical until I produced the Church’s letter and handed it to her; only then did she reluctantly believe me and prepare to have her guardian test the waters. Her family’s influence was in An Su, and due to the investigation of the epidemic, she had given the ordinary servants at the manor a long holiday this afternoon, leaving only her and a third-tier guardian.】
【Ai Wei Na had been gone for a while; I decided to wait here for the outcome.】
【Third-tier against second-tier, we had the advantage.】
The notes ended there, and Xia Er took a deep breath, realizing that things were not simple.
Ai Wei Na was actually poisoned today? When would the poison take effect and claim her life?
Thinking carefully, Xia Er realized she hadn’t seen Ai Wei Na after the 20th... When she signed the contract with Ai Wei Na in the simulation, it was still the evening of the 18th, and Ai Wei Na had been perfectly fine then, even having time to investigate cases in Clock Tower Alley.
It was her own leak to Ai Wei Na that had prompted Xie Lun to harbor murderous intent against Ai Wei Na in advance.
Dong—!
A loud crash echoed from downstairs, shaking the entire house.
They were fighting!
**Chapter 52: The Outbreak of Battle (Part Two)**
Xia Er sprang to her feet and dashed toward the door just as the study door was flung open.
Who?
The shadow behind Xia Er stirred, ready to spring into action!
The door swung open, revealing Ai Wei Na, who quickly slammed the door shut behind her. She reached into her waist pouch and pulled out a shimmering blue diamond-shaped stone, hurling it directly into the wooden door.
Pale blue patterns rapidly spread across the door, soon covering the entire vast study.
“He really came to kill me!” Ai Wei Na gasped, glancing at Xia Er and quickly saying, “The ‘Crown Guardian’ should be able to kill him. Keep an eye on the door for me; I need to call for help.”
With that, she turned her back to Xia Er and moved to the center of the study, pulling out various bottles and jars from her pouch. Just from the exquisite crystal bottles, one could guess the materials inside were quite valuable.
Xia Er’s shadow slipped out, standing by the door, while she prepared to draw the deadly Blood Roland at any moment.
“What’s happening outside?” Xia Er asked tersely.
She needed to know more to respond better in reality.
“When I brought the ‘Crown Guardian’ in, his expression was already off. He was highly alert; we barely exchanged a few words before he secretly released a toxic mist, and the ‘Crown Guardian’ was affected... I should trust you and let the ‘Crown Guardian’ ambush him,” Ai Wei Na explained, all the while drawing strange patterns on the floor.
As Ai Wei Na placed the materials down and murmured incomprehensible words, the symbols before her ignited, and the items within the symbols gradually vanished in the blue flames.
After completing all this, Ai Wei Na finally let out a sigh of relief: “At the latest, someone will bring the antidote in five hours.”
Boom—
The entire house shook again, dust and debris falling from above, and the oil lamp on the wall flickered ominously.
Hearing this commotion, Ai Wei Na’s brow furrowed deeper. She murmured, “Is the ‘Crown Guardian’ still not done fighting? Before I came up, Xie Lun’s legs had already been severed...”
Third-tier against second-tier; the advantage should be overwhelming.
“He drank the potion on June 13,” Xia Er said, her gaze fixed on the wooden door. “If he’s in a state of despair, the potion might consume his sanity, turning him into a mindless third-tier ‘Source of Plague.’”
Ai Wei Na pressed her lips together tightly. At this point, nothing Xia Er said surprised her anymore.
The Xia Er she had just met today, who initially seemed like a pleasant, quiet beauty, had brought her shocking intel within just a few hours.
Even after she reported to the Church, it had only been a little over two hours, and Xia Er’s intelligence network had already uncovered the insider, even knowing when he drank the potion!
It was as if someone had been following Xie Lun twenty-four hours a day, witnessing him drink the potion firsthand!
He had already taken the potion in advance... that was dangerous.
If he truly became a third-tier madman, the defense-specialized “Crown Guardian” might not be able to stop him.
The “Crown Guardian” could forcibly take her away, but at least half of Jazz Bridge District would be shrouded in a deadly plague.
Most of the residents here were nobles and merchants who had no involvement with extraordinary powers. If the “Source of Plague” rampaged here, a significant number of the elite would surely perish, causing a massive upheaval in An Su, and the Russell family wouldn’t be able to completely distance themselves from it.
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