Chapter 41 Lin Ruo's Plan
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July 5th, Thursday.
Tingen City — —
"So, there was a member of the Aurora Order lurking in the divination club you joined, and when you went to play the role of a diviner yesterday afternoon, you happened to encounter the Punishers' arrest operation, and you even helped out? Not bad, you've already rendered meritorious service just after becoming an Beyonder!" Lin Ruo, who had come to Tingen as usual, raised his eyebrows slightly after listening to Klein's account of the Beyonder battle he had witnessed yesterday afternoon, but he wasn't too surprised.
After all, although he often joked that the Storm Old Pigeons were always late when it came to big events, Lin Ruo also knew that the Storm Old Pigeons were actually very quick when they did things.
Moreover, unlike the Nighthawks, who often carefully planned their actions, using Beyonder abilities and Sealed Artifacts to reasonably control the scene in a slow and unhurried manner, the Old Pigeons' actions were sometimes just 'don't be a coward, just do it!' What plans, what arrangements, just go in and get it done!
This can be seen in the Storm Old Pigeons' performance when Klein used Big Girl… Oh no, Danitz as bait to hunt "Steel" Maveti in the third volume of the original work, which really startled Klein.
"It's not really helping, just doing a little insignificant auxiliary work." Hearing Lin Ruo's words, Klein smiled a little embarrassedly, and then recalled something and said with emotion: "Speaking of the Punishers' style… it really feels quite different from the Nighthawks'!"
"After all, they are a bunch of grumpy old pigeons, strong men who just go in and attack!" Lin Ruo also laughed, then remembered something and reminded: "So, Klein, never have any expectations for the Storm Old Pigeons' patience, they don't have that thing."
Klein nodded in agreement, then asked with some confusion: "I understand grumpy… but why are the Punishers called Old Pigeons?"
"Of course, because they are always 'cuckooing'!" Lin Ruo said almost without thinking.
Klein: ?
Was it the meaning he understood?
"Cough… just kidding, Old Pigeon can be regarded as my nickname for the Punishers, it doesn't really mean anything special." Lin Ruo cleared his throat, then changed the subject and said: "So, the Aurora Order member named Heiners Vincent was killed on the spot, right?"
"Yes!" Klein nodded, seemingly recalling as he said, "Actually, they seemed to want to capture him alive at first, seemingly wanting to learn something from him, but something unexpected happened during the arrest… Hanass Vincent suddenly lost control… In the end, the Punishers could only kill him."
Unexpected… tsk!
Lin Ruo's eyes darkened for a moment, completely able to guess what the so-called accident was. Then he returned to his original state, smiled, and asked: "Klein, how does it feel to participate in an Beyonder battle for the first time?"
He didn't intend to talk too much about Vincent, after all, the matter of Ince and 0-08 was not suitable for Klein and the Nighthawks to know for the time being.
"It feels… complicated!" Klein's expression became subtle, and he said: "To be honest, I was a little scared when the battle happened, and a little excited… Fortunately, the ending was good."
"It's normal, I was like that when I fought for the first time, you'll get used to it in the future." And then become a crazy adventurer that pirates of the five seas fear… Lin Ruo's smile also became subtle, and he continued to chat with Klein for a few words, then began today's teaching — by the way, although he was very busy in Backlund, Lin Ruo still insisted on going to Saint Samuel Cathedral every night to make up lessons.
After all, he is now a man with two burdens, and even if it is to avoid misleading others' children, he must study hard.
And in this kind of learning, two hours passed quickly, and Lin Ruo returned to Backlund once again.
"It's time to go to Tingen…" Lin Ruo took a slight breath, his eyes were dark and unclear, and then he raised his hand, and a faint light condensed into a pen belonging to truth in his palm.
Lin Ruo wrote:
[This Saturday, Megose will go to the Divination Club to divine whether her marriage will be happy and fulfilling.]
The reason why he wrote such a [Truth] is very simple:
Because Lin Ruo planned to go to Tingen in person to meet Megose and confirm her situation.
This matter can only be done by Lin Ruo himself, and even only [Truth] can be used to complete a coincidental encounter, and no one can be allowed to investigate Megose's whereabouts.
Lin Ruo wanted to prevent his actions from being noticed by 0-08 — this was different from the one in Backlund. The declaration in Backlund was partly because there was no other way, and partly because it was itself a part of the plan to design 0-08 and Ince, but it had no direct relationship with the other party, and it was not in the same city, and the arrival of the Evil God's offspring itself might be foreseen, so Lin Ruo dared to do that.
But if Megose had already been injected with some Beyonder characteristics of the Death God's descendants by Ince, or even was pregnant with the Evil God's offspring, at this moment, Lin Ruo would be alarming the snake if he let anyone investigate and approach her.
So this matter, only Lin Ruo, who can perfectly hide himself from 0-08's sight, can do it.
The reason for arranging the meeting on Saturday was because Lin Ruo wanted to see if Ince would still arrange for kidnappers to send clues to Klein and the others tomorrow, which is Friday, now that Ray Bieber had been taken to the Storm Territory by him.
"Ding Dong — —"
Just then, the doorbell suddenly rang, and Lin Ruo immediately dispersed the pen in his hand, walked over and opened the door, and saw a familiar face.
Irimei Cati!
Compared with their first meeting, Irimei Cati was obviously much more haggard, and his eyes were even more red and a little swollen.
"Mr. Irimei Cati, please come in, are you okay?" Lin Ruo immediately asked with a puzzled and concerned expression. He actually knew why this was, because just yesterday, Miss Li'er's parents had taken back their daughter's body.
This naturally attracted the attention of the Punishers, but because Lin Ruo had cleaned up very cleanly, they didn't find him at all, but instead, as Lin Ruo expected, they were guided to investigate other directions.
This basically allowed Lin Ruo, the person involved, to calmly continue to be his innocent detective, a little transparent.
"No need…" Irimei Cati shook his head, he didn't enter the door, but just said: "I'm here to cancel the commission…" When he said this, Irimei Cati's eyes stared at Lin Ruo, seemingly wanting to confirm something.
"Did something happen that I don't know about?" Lin Ruo, who was being stared at, naturally didn't flinch at all, and asked with a puzzled expression, without revealing any flaws.
He was indeed puzzled, after all, Irimei Cati's performance obviously suspected something, but logically speaking, the other party shouldn't know how to find him anyway.
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