Please charm this NPC

To be honest, Ran Wenyu hates this mod for finding things, it is more troublesome than finding missing persons.After all, the missing things are really invisible, but most of the missing people will leave more or less traces of their activities.

When he first entered the module, Ran Wenyu didn't know where to start, but the long-winded talk of Priest Thomas just now clarified a suspect for him.

In Ran Wenyu's view, Priest Thomas's narration was exceptionally detailed, and he seemed to be doing his best to serve the investigators, wishing to tell all the information he knew in one go and frankly.However, he talked too much, but rarely said the point, but more like a means of confusing the public.

Speaking of which, since something is stolen and the investigator is required to retrieve it, the thief and the stolen item should be around the investigator. Otherwise, with the strength of a few investigators, it is impossible to find a needle in the vast sea of ​​people. .And doubting all the NPCs that appeared around them was their most normal breakthrough—as for the priest Thomas who first appeared in front of them, he was naturally a target that needed more attention.

Ran Wenyu had to start to doubt the kind-hearted priest Thomas in front of him. He couldn't figure out whether his remarks were concealed on purpose, or it was out of the old people's habit of nagging, or it was a module requirement, so as to increase the difficulty of the module. , asking investigators to extract key points from these redundant messages—the thieves are not human beings.

However, they have just entered the module and haven't really started the investigation yet, so they don't rush to rule out this suspicion, but they just have to be careful not to fully believe the information given by Priest Thomas.

"Why are you so suspicious?" Ran Wenyu raised his eyebrows.

"It's because of a surveillance video." Priest Thomas sighed. He stood up, walked to his desk, and clicked on a video file placed on the computer desktop.

The investigators immediately got behind him and stared intently at the video.

The shooting time was at night, and the location was Thomas' office. Priest Thomas pointed to the screen, "This is the surveillance video I checked several times, and the only one I picked out might be the time of the theft. It happened nine days ago. night."

The office was pitch-black, only the moonlight came in from the window, giving the only light.Suddenly, investigators saw a twisted object outside the window, like a thick rope or something like that.The picture just disappeared in a flash, and the next video picture fluctuated violently as if it was disturbed by a signal, so that the situation in the office could not be seen at all.This fluctuation lasted for 13 minutes before returning to normal, and this time was long enough for anyone, or any creature, to sneak into the office and steal the Holy Grail.

Jerak stretched out his hand and rewound the video, pausing at the moment when the distorted black figure appeared.After looking carefully for a moment, he turned his head to look at Priest Thomas and Ran Wenyu: "What is this thing, can you see it?"

Priest Thomas didn't hesitate at all, and shook his head with a wry smile.Ran Wenyu hesitated for a moment, then secretly asked KP: "If I use Cthulhu Mythos skills, can I tell it?"

【Does not. 】KP rejected his application - because Ran Wenyu said that he would play an NPC, so the communication between him and KP, Alia and Gerak could not hear at all.As for the discussion between Alia and Gerak in private, since they didn't ask for it, KP would not take the initiative to help them shield their cuties.

KP: [It’s just a momentary blurry image captured on the surveillance screen, you can’t make any judgment based on it. 】

Ran Wenyu was already prepared for KP's answer, so he could only shake his head regretfully at his teammates who were looking forward to him.

Jerak was a little discouraged.

After viewing this video repeatedly for a long time, they did not get any useful information in the end, but at the very least, they knew the time when the Holy Grail was most likely to be stolen, which was a little gain.

After confirming that Priest Thomas could no longer provide any useful information, the investigators left the curator's room.Before leaving, Ran Wenyu asked Priest Thomas to send this video to his mailbox so that he could check it repeatedly when needed, and the other two investigators also had the cheek to ask for a copy.

After leaving the curator's room, the three found an empty corner and started talking.

"According to the current clues, I suggest checking the surveillance cameras around the library on the night the Holy Grail was lost." Gerak suggested, "The monster used some means to disable the cameras in the curator's room, but it may not be able to affect all the surrounding areas. camera, as long as there is a camera that captures its general appearance, we should be able to follow the clues."

"If the camera didn't catch it, we can also look through the news reports of that night and the next day." Alia blinked, and her thoughts were obviously more fashionable than the strict Jerak, "Seriously There are definitely no news reports, but there may be reports on the lace news, and if there are eyewitnesses, it is very likely that they will complain on Facebook.”

Ran Wenyu listened to him and felt that his teammates were quite flexible this time.Modern people like to share any strange things they encounter on social networking sites. It is said that someone who has been in a car accident or has a bloody head has to take a photo first, post it on Moments, and then call an ambulance.In this way, looking up social networking sites such as Facebook may have a miraculous effect.

Since there was nothing in this discussion that needed to be blocked, and the two teammates did not hide what he meant, Ran Wenyu acquiesced that he had heard everything.The little friend had a good idea, Ran Wenyu felt that he had nothing to add, he pondered for a moment, and then said slowly: "Do you think what Priest Thomas said is trustworthy?"

Hearing this question, Aliya and Gerak were startled, and both looked at Ran Wenyu.

Ran Wenyu's current status is an NPC, and he is also an NPC whose status is several times higher than that of Alia and Gerak, so his words are very straightforward: "There is an idiom in our country that guards itself and steals itself. The Holy Grail is placed in the In Priest Thomas' office, he's the easiest person to steal the Grail, isn't he?"

"This, this is impossible?!" Aliya's eyes widened, and she almost lost her composure, "If you lose the Holy Grail, you will be punished by the gods. This is what Priest Thomas told us, and we were also informed by High Priest Amphier. Certainly. Once the Holy Grail is lost, Priest Thomas, the custodian, will definitely not be able to escape God's punishment, why would he take such a risk?!"

"Maybe there are difficulties, maybe it's forced." Ran Wenyu raised his eyebrows, "No one can answer this question before the investigation, but it can't rule out his suspicion, can it?"

Aliya and Jerak looked at each other with puzzled expressions.

"Do you think Ran Wenyu's conjecture is possible? We really can't believe what Thomas said?" Aliya asked uncertainly.

"I don't think Priest Thomas is suspected." Jerak pondered for a moment, and his tone quickly regained his composure. "The identity of Priest Thomas is more like importing an NPC, in order to provide us with a clue to continue the investigation. If he says nothing, we can't." Believe me, if you provide us with a fake video, then we have no starting point for investigation. Just like solving a problem, you can derive conclusion B only if you know condition A, and if you don’t even know condition A, Then there is no possibility of drawing conclusions. Ran Wenyu is an NPC, and he doesn't know the unspoken rules among such players, so he suspects Priest Thomas."

When Gerak said this, Aliya felt relieved: "Then how should we answer Ran Wenyu, should we just deny it?"

"That won't work. He has a higher status than us, and he is young and frivolous. He is still the person leading the investigation in name. We must follow him, but we must not be led astray by his thinking." Jerak shook his head, "Are you a woman?" You can show your trust in Priest Thomas, my child, and I will smooth things over for you. There is no evidence now, and Ran Wenyu's suspicion is just suspicion, but the investigation still has to follow the rhythm we decide."

Ran Wenyu, who silently listened to them discussing how to deal with him: "…………………"

Thinking that the discussion was all right, Aliya nodded to Gerak, and then looked at Ran Wenyu.

She brushed her long wavy hair behind her ears, her face was a little ugly, she seemed to be holding back her anger and forced her to be respectful, and her tone was also cold and hard: "I believe Priest Thomas would not do such a thing!" Alia's blue eyes were burning , staring straight at Ran Wenyu, "He is a respectable priest, and his belief in the gods is more devout than anyone else! He will never steal the Holy Grail!"

Ran Wenyu, who silently watched Aliya's performance: "..."

——Extremely complicated mood.

"Okay, Aliya, calm down." Gerak put his hand on Aliya's shoulders, pretending to comfort him, "The deputy dean doesn't understand Priest Thomas, that's why I have this misunderstanding, and I also believe him I will not do such things that violate my beliefs and harm others. However, from the perspective of an outsider, the vice-priest considers issues more calmly and rationally than we do, and his words are also very reasonable. Listen to partial beliefs, and everything must be based on evidence. As long as we continue to investigate carefully, Lord Thomas will definitely clear up the suspicion."

Aliya took a deep breath, nodded to Gerak, and then forced a smile to Ran Wenyu: "Sorry, Mr. Deacon, I was too excited and was rude."

Gerak also looked at Ran Wenyu and smiled: "My lord vice priest, Aliya is a little impulsive, please forgive her for being impolite. Apart from the clues provided by Priest Thomas, we currently have no other direction of investigation, and we should use this as a basis first. Check it out, what do you think?"

Ran Wenyu: "……………………"

Ran Wenyu blinked his eyes, and suddenly had a bad thought: "KP, tell me, as a qualified NPC, at this moment, should I ask them to persuade me?"

KP: 【…………………………】

KP let out a chuckle—this was the first time he smiled after being rejected by Ran Wenyu.

【Interesting. ] He seems to have finally recovered from the depression of being broken up, and he is full of emotion.

"Well, I also think it's interesting that they are acting in front of me and trying to convince me." Ran Wenyu couldn't help laughing, "So I also want to cooperate with them seriously~"

[No, I mean you are very interesting. 】KP laughed, 【He abruptly turned a cooperative group into a confrontational group. 】

Ran Wenyu: "……………………"

——You still have the face to say it!Isn't this a good thing your NPC did? !

KP: [If you want to persuade Ran Wenyu, please ask investigator Jerak or Alia to do a persuasion. 】

KP: [Persuasion check: Gerak, 50/67, failed.It's a pity that your words didn't move Ran Wenyu, he still stubbornly insisted on his doubtful candidate. 】

Jerak & Alia: "……………………"

The stubborn Ran Wenyu: "…………………"

--what to do?I always feel that this mod has been spreading its wings on the verge of collapse since the very beginning!