The Tale of the Kraken

Chapter 269 Self Protection
Yuan Mu's words made Ying Long's eyes widen in surprise. Although Yue Bing and the others didn't speak, they clearly displayed disapproval on their expressions.

At this time, everyone heard Yuan Mu's unhurried voice, he said: "We are all his old friends for many years, if there is anyone in this world who would believe his innocence, I think it might be us. You admit that, don't you?"

"That's right, I've known him for at least seven or eight hundred years." Yue Bing nodded and said.

"I've known him for even longer, I really never imagined that he would do such a thing." Ying Long also continued to add.

"Well, if that's the case, we don't need to be afraid of this investigation. To put it bluntly, this investigation will only prove Lu Shi's innocence, right?" Yuan Mu said, smiling a little cunningly, and continued. , "But you still object, right?"

"That's because..." Seeing this, Yue Bing immediately opened his mouth to refute.

Yuan Mu interrupted her with a gesture, and said, "I know you don't want to believe it, and neither do I, but I still want to say that Yang Yang and Ning Yuan's deduction is the closest to the truth.

Our relationship with Lu Shi is so close that we can't see what happened, but they are different. Their relationship with Lu Shi is far less intimate than ours, so they can see the crux of the problem .

If today's incident had been changed to anyone else, you would not object to investigating him, but you would object to Lu Shi.Do you know why? "

"The close relationship between us makes us reluctant to doubt him on the one hand, but on the other hand, there is a voice in our hearts telling us that this is wrong, and there is indeed something wrong with Lu Zhi.

Otherwise, if you change someone else, for example, I, Ying Long, or Old Gu Hong Yuan will be investigated today, will you disagree?I'm afraid you are eager to investigate quickly and get the results quickly, and then talk about this matter as an after-dinner joke, right?So, what is it that makes us so resistant to investigate Lu Shi?Have you thought about it? "

His words silenced everyone. It was indeed like what Yuan Mu said, if they changed their partner today, even if it was Yang Yang or Ning Yuan who were not very close to him, they would not object so much.

Because nothing can be found out at all, and even if it is found out, since the relationship is not close, it will not be hurt too much.

So in a sense, Yuan Mu was right. They said that they valued friendship, but they were just protecting themselves. The ones who were really afraid of investigation were not Lu Shi, but themselves.

"Then what do you think about this matter?" Ying Long thought about it, but couldn't find a good solution. Finally, he got angry and pushed the blame back to the highly intelligent people in this action group. Yuan Mu, who appeared as a military figure.

Fortunately, Yuan Mu has long been used to such things, and he didn't care about Ying Long's sudden violent temper. Instead, he smiled and said, "What else can I do? Just investigate as you want."

"It's easy for you to say. Lu Shi is not here now. He is chasing after that flower demon. Now you say you want to investigate, how do you investigate!?" Ying Long was originally unhappy because he insisted on investigating Lu Shi.After seeing his indifferent and carefree smile on his face, the anger in his heart could hardly be contained.

So he said loudly: "I don't care about this matter. Since you want to investigate Lu Shi, you should take full responsibility yourself. I won't help you with anything!"

"..." Yang Yang looked helpless at Yu Zhongwu acting like a child and throwing a tantrum. Although he didn't want to doubt his friend, when all the evidence and clues pointed to Lu Shi, he felt a little helpless. Millions of people are unwilling, so they can only bite the bullet and accept it.

In contrast, Ying Long's childish approach is a headache.

You can talk about coaxing him, it's weird to think about coaxing him at such an adult, besides, he is the ancient great demon Yinglong, what do you use to coax him?Is it really necessary not to investigate because of his disturbance?
Obviously it's impossible, but you don't want to coax him, what if he suddenly goes crazy one day when he's upset?At that time, it will be too much trouble if you can't stop it, and you can't fight it.

Here Yang Yang is looking at Ying Long with some worries. Over there, his good friend Yuan Mu who has been chasing monsters for tens of thousands of years said, "Lu Shi went after monsters, so let's wait until he comes back after chasing monsters, but this investigation is my responsibility." There is really no way to do it alone.

You also know how complicated this matter is, you let me do it alone, how can you bear it?Besides, since we are all friends of Lu Shi, we should do this investigation together, so as to be worthy of him. "

Ying Long raised his eyebrows when he heard the words, as if he heard something unusual from his tone, so he raised his eyebrows and asked, "What do you mean by that?"

"It literally means it." Yuan Mu said, looking around and said, "First of all, I just said that I absolutely believe in Lu Shi's character, but there are indeed too many things wrong with him recently.

Therefore, this investigation is imperative even if Yang Yang and the others don't bring it up.And it all started from Dr. Chen's clinic, so I think no matter what the truth is, we have to start from the beginning to investigate this case. "

"How to check? Go to the mortal police for the case files?" Hearing what he said, Ning Yuan asked curiously, "Is that useful? Dr. Chen's body is lost, so I can only ask their forensic room for autopsy materials, right?"

"Why do you think we need to ask them for anatomical materials?" Ying Long looked at Ning Yuan and said, "Let's not talk about whether those materials are really detailed, let's just say that the subject of our investigation this time is not Dr. Chen's murder case and cause of death, but another monster, Lu Shi, do you think that case can help?"

Ning Yuan, who knew that he deliberately didn't give him a good face because he doubted Lu Shi, touched his nose and didn't answer. He decided that in the next time, unless someone well-known asked him to answer questions or answer questions, he would be the A total dumb.

Seeing that Ning Yuan did not refute, Ying Long also knew that he had gone too far.I and Lu Shi have been good friends for hundreds of years, but others are not.

I believe in him because of my long-term friendship, and others have no such obligation. Besides, as Yuan Mu said, every word they said came after reasonable inferences, and those clues were sorted out by everyone. There is no question of selfishness.

And as an ancient great monster, it's embarrassing to think of it as an embarrassing thing to say goodbye to a mortal even if you are as angry as a child.

"Dance in the Rain is right. We now have no fewer clues than the mortal police. And most importantly, what we are investigating now is not any clues or mortals, but a monster like us. In that case, mortals' clues are basically useless." Yuan Mu looked at Ning Yuan, then at Ying Long, and finally opened his mouth to help the two of them: "Fortunately, we still have clues."

"Do you have any clues?" Yang Yang also sensed that something was wrong with the atmosphere, so he actively interjected, "No matter what the investigation is, the murderer who killed Dr. Chen must be found before proceeding to the next step, right? But now there are no corpses. Where can I find clues to investigate?"

"You're half right." Yuan Mu chuckled lightly, and corrected: "We really need to find the murderer who killed Dr. Chen first, so that we can continue to follow up all these clues, and only then can we verify whether our deduction is correct or not. But the other half of you is wrong, who said the body is gone? Didn’t the body appear in the news just now?”

"You mean...!"

"Are you crazy!?"

"what do you think!?"

Yang Yang and Yu Zhongwu screamed in unison after hearing his last words, and even Yue Bing couldn't help but retort.

Ning Yuan, on the other hand, was very calm about his words, as if what Yuan Mu said just now was just saying that everyone would go to a barbecue at night, or in other words, if Yuan Mu really said that everyone would go to a barbecue at night, Ning Yuan's expression would be even worse than that. Now a little more vividly.

Ning Yuan's abnormal behavior attracted everyone's attention, so Yuan Mu asked, "Ning Yuan, what do you think?"

"I think this is a feasible clue." He said, raised his head to look at everyone and said, "First of all, the only clue we all know now is Dr. Chen. The most critical factor in things, without him, many things would not be what they are now.

So I think that instead of looking for clues in other places, it is better for us to find the most critical factor directly. "

"There is also the most important point, time." Ning Yuan said, glanced at Yu Zhongwu and said: "You just said that Lu Shi went to chase the flower demon. No matter what the result is, he will always come back, regardless of the investigation. Whatever the result, I think the best time is before he comes back.

If he has no problems, of course everyone will be happy. When the time comes, everyone will tell him this matter as a joke. If he really has something to do, it’s better to give everyone a time as a buffer period, so as not to do anything impulsive. "

To be honest, his words sounded a bit cold-blooded, but when you think about it carefully, they are reasonable and there is nothing to criticize, so Yuan Mu nodded and decided on the next action plan: "Yue Bing, please go down in private. Look for the current whereabouts of this Dr. Chen, and notify me as soon as you find it, and the rest of you will have a good rest, and plan to meet up with this Dr. Chen."

(End of this chapter)