Red Moon Returns

Plop.

The little deep diver's legs went limp, and he slumped down at the entrance of the main mate's room. He held the wooden box in his hands, his eyes were straight, his mouth opened and closed, but he couldn't make a sound, like a dying big fish. The fish faces of other deep divers were also pale, staring blankly at the empty wooden box.

Only the white-haired old deep diver remained calm, looked back at Lynch, and then jumped directly into the sea water under the big hole.

"It seems that we are really being used." Miss Valente's low voice came from the conch, "The other party is unwilling or afraid to confront them head-on, so they use us to attract the attention of the deep divers and secretly steal the gems."

"I've heard a saying that the mantis stares at the insects, but it doesn't know that the bird is staring at it from behind." Lynch whispered with a gloomy face, "It's just the simplest information manipulation, and it didn't even contact us directly, but it made us jump into the trap. This style and method reminds me of an old friend of ours."

"The Black Spider of the Shadow Alliance?"

"Yes, using the truth to make We were trapped in a situation where we had no choice, so we naturally took the path he wanted us to take and finally achieved his goal. This is too similar to his performance in the last incident. I suspect that even if he is not the culprit, he is involved behind the scenes. "

Lin Qi clenched his fists tightly and gritted his teeth and said:

"Last time we were lucky enough to beat Mordiggian and ruined his plan. I guess he still didn't give up and came again this time."

"Is he targeting us? What exactly does he want to do?"

"I don't know, but to be precise, he should be targeting me."

Lin Qi narrowed his eyes and felt uneasy. Since he crossed over, there has been the shadow of the Shadow Alliance behind every major event he encountered. The other party seemed to be really targeting him.

Although he successfully won the confrontation every time, not only did he not suffer any losses, but he also stood firm in this world. Everything went smoothly. But wasn't today's incident the same? He tracked down the target smoothly all the way, and then the gem was robbed in laughter.

Could it be that the choices he made before, when he had no other choice, were actually made under their inducement and manipulation, just like this time, and those close calls were only successful because the timing was not right. Once the timing was right, there would be a reversal like now, and he would be able to get a smooth result?

Lynch couldn't be sure, but the more he thought about it, the more uneasy he became. He felt like he was trapped in an invisible and intangible net. He struggled desperately in the net, but he was getting deeper and deeper without knowing it.

The means were simply hard to guard against. No wonder even people of the status of Duke Wayne and Archbishop Trinles were quite afraid of this shadow alliance.

"No, he is targeting us, Lynch and Diana." I was feeling confused and uneasy, and Miss Valente's gentle voice came from the conch, "No matter who he is, what he wants to do, I am willing to fight side by side with my friends."

"Heh..."

The uneasiness in my heart quickly faded. Yes, in this world, I also have friends who are willing to fight side by side with me. No matter what your real purpose is, just come on, I will counter your tricks and smash your conspiracy one by one, so that you will achieve nothing in the end.

Let's start with this.

With a "splash" sound of water, the white-haired old deep diver came out of the big hole, empty-handed, and shook his head at the little girl with a gloomy expression.

"Wow", the light of expectation in the eyes of the little deep diver immediately dimmed, and he cried heartbreakingly while holding the box, "Mom and Dad, woo, I lost the gem, woo woo woo..."

The old deep diver sighed and squatted beside the little girl. The girl threw herself into the old man's arms and cried even louder. The deep divers around him also gathered around in a depressed mood, and no one paid attention to Lynch's existence for a while.

"Do you want to come back first?" Miss Valente whispered, "I'm worried that they will wake up and cause trouble for you. It's too dangerous. It's better to retreat to a safe place first and think of a solution."

"No, you call Manager West back too, wait for me on the shore, and let me handle this."

Lynch refused very firmly. He must admit his mistakes and stand at attention when he was beaten. He never evaded his responsibilities.

If what the other party said was true, then the essence of this matter was that he was used as a weapon by others, and the person who stole the gems was the real dangerous person. Lynch felt that he had the responsibility to remedy it, and it was impossible to let the plan of the mastermind succeed. He had to get it back in the way it was stolen.

Stepping forward, the light footsteps startled a group of deep divers. Hundreds of dead fish eyes instantly stared at Lynch's face. The angry eyes made his heart beat faster and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

But he just raised his hat and bowed slightly, and walked towards the deep divers. As he approached, a group of deep divers subconsciously made way for him, allowing him to walk to the old deep divers and the little girl, and sit cross-legged on the ground casually.

"The apostle in yellow has been invited back by us. The following content is only for me and my comrades to talk to you. First of all, I don't think I was wrong about what happened today. I had good intentions at the beginning, and it was Princess Chloe who showed hostility first, which pushed the incident all the way to the current situation. Maybe she has good reasons to show hostility, but I have no obligation to accommodate her and endure her malice, so she is at least half of the reason for this step."

Lin Qi looked serious and spoke solemnly, without showing any fear of the anger of this group of deep divers:

"But this does not mean that I have no responsibility. In fact, being used by others means that I was not cautious enough and failed to see through the other party's tricks in advance. I bear a great responsibility. So I am willing to make up for my mistakes and take advantage of them just to take away the things. I got the gem back in no time. You should have felt it just now, I actually have no ill intentions towards you."

The little girl stared at Lynch fiercely, rubbed her forehead where the muzzle of the gun had been pressed just now, and her clenched teeth gradually relaxed.

"It seems you agree." Lynch smiled, "So I need your cooperation and answer some questions for me so that I can retrieve the gem as soon as possible."

The little girl shook her body, stood up from the old deep diver's arms, raised her chest and raised her head, pretending to be arrogant and said: "Seeing that you did not show any malice, then I will give you this chance to make amends. If you can really help If we recover the lost gem, we will no longer hold you accountable for your previous actions, and we are willing to treat you like a friend. But... you understand, what do you want to know?"

"First explain the situation clearly, and then provide some suspects. Who do you think would do such a thing."

"We are the Wildwood tribe in the New World. I am Alice, the daughter of the tribe leader. This is Merlin, the priest of the tribe." The little girl pointed to herself and the old deep diver, and continued, "That gem is ours. The tribe’s sacred objects have been handed down from three thousand years ago.”

Lin Qi calculated that the Quaternary Period lasted for more than 2,800 years, and 3,000 years ago was probably the middle of the Quaternary Period.

"We have always regarded it as an extremely beautiful gem, and only used it as a ritual prop when holding sacrifices. It has been like this for three thousand years, but one day two years ago, a fleet of five ships suddenly docked in our small town. town port.”

"Mom and dad entertained them warmly, helped them cure the sailors' infectious diseases, repaired the damaged ships, replenished them with supplies, and gave them many pearls and tortoise shells as gifts. But they took advantage of the town's When all the men in their prime went to sea, they raided our town, killed more than 300 of our compatriots, blew up my parents, and took away our sacred objects.”

"So we have been looking for them and found that they are a makeshift pirate team whose purpose is our sacred gems. It is said that someone hired them to steal the sacred objects for fifty kilograms of gold."

"After they were robbed, they broke out into conflicts and dispersed. It took us two years to find four of the ships, and we found out from the enemy's mouth that the holy objects were lost in their civil strife, and no one could complete it. Commission."

"We have never found the fifth ship, and the whereabouts of the holy objects have always been unknown. However, a few months ago, Chloe finally helped us find the holy objects, and then deliberately publicized and exhibited them everywhere. Finally, these people who had been disguised as merchant ships were The thieves were lured out. We successfully fed all the enemies to Dagon, hoping that it would dedicate the flesh, blood and soul of the enemies to the Lord of R'lyeh and comfort the souls of parents floating in R'lyeh."

I see.

Lin Qi roughly clarified the context of the incident and also figured out the reason why the princess attacked him inexplicably. She probably misunderstood his position and thought that he had the same purpose as those pirates. It was considered mild to only act at the cocktail party. .

"So, what is Princess Clay's identity??"

"I can't tell you this, it's her privacy." Little Deep Diver Alice shook her head vigorously, "I can only say that she is our friend, a friend who will not betray. She does not want us to conflict with Rand's local forces. , so we agreed with her never to go ashore.”

"But why did she give you the gems in such a sneaky way?"

"This was Chloe's idea." Alice shook her head in frustration. "It is said that one of her partners, the mayor of the Rhine City, came forward to ask her to borrow gems. And the mayor's borrowing of gems actually represented a Lan As a big shot in Germany, she really couldn't refuse, but she also suspected that they were in a group with those pirates, so she used this method. "

"Then it all makes sense."

Lynch smiled bitterly and sighed. The so-called big shot must be William, the eldest prince of the Rose family, so he matched up with the information from West.

Miss Valente's voice came from the conch: "Have you already got an idea? Mr. Detective?"

"Well, there is a problem with the whole thing." Lin Qi said thoughtfully, "Her Royal Highness the Princess has a very high-profile publicity gem in her own hands. She has been promoting it for several months, but the main messenger has never done anything, allowing her to take advantage of it. The things have been stored in the bank vault for three months, but just a few days after Her Royal Highness stole the gems, she used us to steal the gems. The timing is too coincidental. Is this a coincidence? "

"You cannot believe in coincidences in the world of mystery, Mr. Lynch."

"So it won't be a coincidence, but there is a deep-seated reason." Lin Qi raised the corners of his mouth and squinted his eyes. "The only explanation I can think of is that if the thing was not stolen by the princess herself, then According to the original trajectory, the gem should fall into the hands of the main messenger smoothly, so they didn't need to bother to steal the gem until the situation changed, and according to the planned trajectory, there was only one person who would get the gem. ”

"Prince William, Mayor Howard, I found you."