Quadruple split.

Chapter 2586 Clues

As she had done countless times in the past, after a few casual words, the girl considerately changed the subject so that the other party would no longer worry about the predicament that had nothing to do with him.

She talked about the sunset on top of the cathedral after the other person left.

She talked about the two nests of flower finches in the courtyard of the Battle Sisters.

She talked about the dark circles that Fialli had developed under her eyes two days ago.

She talked about how even someone as strong as Xia Lian would get cramps while swimming.

She talked about the lively selection process of the investigation team which was in full swing.

She talked a lot...

But she kept silent about those resentments that would make someone feel guilty, self-blaming and concerned after hearing them, as if she had been a strong girl who was not concerned with worldly matters from the very beginning.

but it is not the truth.

Yu Chen knows this very well because she knows herself better than anyone else.

Mo Tan knew this very well because he could always understand anyone.

But both of them tacitly and carefully did not touch the tenderness and hardship that the girl deliberately left.

This world is so interesting.

In this way, it seems like the girl is bullying others.

……

"So, although Yali said that there was no problem, I think she is a little bit overwhelmed now."

While pouring himself sour plum juice, Yu Chen said with concern, "You should also know that although the support from the Fortune Church this time is nominally raised by the church, it is actually all Yali's own private money. In addition, in order to facilitate this support, she also made a gambling agreement with the Fortune Pope. If she loses..."

"You won't lose."

While Mo Tan used a serving chopstick to pick up a piece of tripe for Yu Chen, which had been put into the soup seven times and taken out eight times, he said in a light tone, "Although the process may not be easy, as an investee of the Holy Church Union, I am still confident that she can win this bet."

Yu Chen ate the hot pot with a smile, then put cherry tomatoes into the tomato pot and asked curiously, "By the way, Hei Fan, you just said that you are an investor of the Holy Church Union. Does that mean..."

"It's that 'could it be said'."

Mo Tan smiled and said happily, "I believe that the two dark circles under Her Highness Fiallie Graham's eyes are real. I also believe that she has indeed been suffering from problems such as lack of sleep and anxiety-induced hair loss. However... this is most likely not because she can't handle the things in the north."

Yu Chen blinked and asked in confusion: "What does this mean?"

"What I mean is that a bet with the Pope of Wealth is far from enough to make someone like her lose her composure."

Mo Tan spread his hands and said in a sarcastic tone: "Rather, the investment in the joint forces of [Dunbuya City Garrison & Skolk Rebels] is the least of her worries. After all, she only needs to spend the money, and I am the one who really considers how to get things done."

Yu Chen chuckled and said cheerfully, "I heard that your chief astrologer has changed the [Dunbuya City Garrison & Skolk Resistance] joint force into the [Black Brahma Independence Army] because the name is so long!"

Mo Tan: "...Can we not mention this? Every time I hear this damn name, I wish I could dig a hole in the ground and crawl into it."

"Isn't this good? Since no one has any objections, it proves that you, Hei Fan, are trusted by people."

Yu Chen poked the other person's arm playfully and continued to ask, "So, why is Yali so stressed? Hey, Yali is stressed... Phew, this is fun."

"Play less with Xiaoge in the future. Your sense of humor has started to become weird."

Mo Tan sighed, then shrugged and said, "As for Fei Yali's condition during this period, I think it is probably not caused by stress, but pure exhaustion."

Yu Chen was stunned for a moment: "Purely...purely tired?"

"Yes, I am just exhausted."

Mo Tan nodded vigorously and explained, "Our Lady of Wealth is not the kind of vendor who can only run two businesses at the same time. Although it's just a guess, with her unique resources and various industries across the continent, the number of 'businesses' that Fei Yali controls at the same time may have exceeded double digits. Even if most of them are managed by specialized personnel, the various things added up are enough to cut her regular sleep time in half."

Yu Chen was startled and asked in surprise: "Is it so powerful?"

"Didn't Xia Lian also say that Fiyali is the leader among the younger generation of God's Favored Ones. Even if we look at the entire continent, she is a genius among geniuses. She is completely different from Avery and Philip."

Mo Tan was not polite to his other two friends who were favored by God. He said bluntly, "As for Blake of the Sun Cult, unless he is the backbone of the minority or even the leader, he is not comparable to Fiyali at all."

pat-

The tomato that had just been picked up fell back into the soup. Yu Chen took a breath of cold air and asked Mo Tan in a low voice with an expression of disbelief: "The minority you are talking about, is it that..."

"It's the 'opposition party' of the Sun Cult, the minority that tried to kill me when I was in the Holy Mountain of Sumir."

Mo Tan nodded slightly, took a sip of the sour plum juice that Yu Chen poured for him, and said softly: "Although the possibility is not great, it is not unlikely that the Zhou Black we know is already one of them."

Yu Chen: “…Huh?”

"I also think this guess is a bit far-fetched, but...all signs indicate that the child is not as simple as he appears."

Mo Tan gently pinched his brows and said slowly, "Let's not talk about the feeling of being too precocious. The first thing that made me feel something was wrong was the way he interacted with Eliza Logan during his time in Academy City."

"Your Highness Eliza?"

Although Yu Chen didn't think as clearly as the other party, she relied on her particularly sharp intuition to ask: "You mean, the communication between them... is very equal?"

Mo Tan looked at Yu Chen in surprise. He had never expected that the other party could actually follow his train of thought. After several seconds, he nodded seriously and said, "Yes, this is a very crucial detail. You know, no matter how much Princess Eliza respects Blake, the Son of the Sun, the difference in age, knowledge and experience between the two is enough for her to treat him as an elder and pretend to be equal, like coaxing a child. But the fact... is not the case."

"If you put it that way, yes."

Yu Chen nodded slightly and said hesitantly, "Although they are indeed siblings, Her Highness Eliza's respect for little Black seems to have nothing to do with her status as the Son of God. Instead, it is a genuine interaction that places him on an equal footing. However, it should be normal to have one or two close friends of different ages occasionally, right? Xiao Qian is still in love with a four-and-a-half-year-old boy..."

"Wu ...

Mo Tan, who had just finished a mouthful of sour plum juice, almost choked to death in front of the hot pot when he heard this. After Yu Chen gently patted his back for almost half a minute, he was out of danger. With red eyes (from choking just now), he asked, "How old do you think the child is?" "Uh, four and a half."

Yu Chen realized belatedly that this topic was indeed a bit too explosive, so he coughed lightly and quickly made up for it: "Well...well, actually, Xiao Qian and that kid haven't officially established a relationship. In her words, the boy has been pursuing her, and she has a crush on him. Plus, if they cultivate feelings from a young age...well, although it's a bit outrageous, her original words are indeed 'cultivating feelings from a young age makes it easier to educate the other person to be the way you like'. In short, the two of them are in a half-talking state now, huh."

The corner of Mo Tan's mouth twitched: "...So what do you mean by half-talking?"

"In Xiaoqian's words, let's have a 'playful love' first."

Yu Chen's eyes wandered, and he said with a subtle expression: "If the child can grow up to an age where Xiao Qian won't be arrested by the police, and if the two of them continue to date, then it will directly turn into an 'adult relationship'."

Mo Tan: "..."

"cough."

Feeling somewhat embarrassed, Yu Chen shrank his neck and whispered, "I'm just giving an example, but this situation should also be possible, right? I remember that little Blake also likes Princess Eliza to come here."

"That's true, but the premise of all this is that whether it's a friendship or a romance, the two people must at least be compatible enough."

After organizing his words for a while, Mo Tan said with a subtle expression, "I'm not that familiar with Su Qian, and I don't know what kind of weirdo the four-and-a-half-year-old boy she's dating is, but Her Royal Highness Princess Elisa Logan of the Griffin Dynasty... is not a simple person."

Yu Chen immediately realized that what Mo Tan meant by "not simple" was definitely not the "not simple" like Tian Mimi, who looked like a quiet lady but was actually like a small nuclear reactor, and immediately asked curiously: "So what is it like?"

"She is the intelligence chief of the entire Griffin Dynasty's royal faction. In addition, she is also the agent of her brother, Emperor Chiwetel Logan, in many shady areas."

Mo Tan shared with Yu Chen the results of his investigation of the Southwest forces commissioned by the Wanderer Hostel and other organizations with a serious expression, and said softly, "This princess is known for her cold-bloodedness, unscrupulousness, cunningness, and ruthlessness. In the past three years alone, she has directly or indirectly 'dealt with' more than three digits of enemies, including nearly twenty people with hereditary titles. She has amassed more than 10 million gold coins for the royal family, and her 'record' has almost exceeded the sum of the past two royal families."

"!?"

Although he was good at judging people, Yu Chen was immediately shocked when he never expected that Princess Eliza, who was a little mysterious but graceful, intellectual and calm in Academy City, had such a background.

"So, I don't think that such a 'deep' prince would be so compatible with a naive and innocent Holy Son."

Mo Tan picked up a cooked tomato for Yu Chen and peeled it with a serving chopstick in a somewhat unfamiliar way. He said without raising his head, "Of course, I won't doubt Blake just because of this incident, but... during this period, the battle reports I found in Dunbuya City recorded a lot of puzzling content."

Yu Chen meekly accepted the peeled and juicy tomato that the other party brought to her, and after eating it nervously, she asked in the same nervous manner: "Hei Fan, what records did you see?"

"Some things seem normal at first glance, but after a little study and comparison, there are quite contradictory details."

Mo Tan also ate a small tomato (without peeling it) and said seriously, "You should still remember that the Golden Crown High Priest Warrens plotted to harm me and was eventually pushed out to bear all the consequences. Because I suspected that Knight Commander Jeff Harrington, who was the commander-in-chief of the Northern Expedition at the time, was an accomplice, or the 'leader' of the minority who sacrificed the pawn to save the king, I did some simple research on him when I returned to the City of Light. Although I didn't find any evidence to prove that he was related to the minority as expected, I did have a simple understanding of his military career."

Yu Chen did not respond, but just turned off the hot pot that had nothing to cook, and looked carefully at the guy next to him. His appearance, temperament, figure, and personality were all average, but he just made her care about him, and he was obviously very responsible but unaware of it, and waited for what would happen next.

"Contrary to the first impression, Knight Commander Harrington is actually a person who likes to use 'unexpected strategies'. For example, the raid on Blood Feather Terrace that he and Blake carried out when they entered Dunbuya City was very much in Harrington's style."

Having just burned his tongue on a small tomato, Mo Tan, who was now carefully poking heat dissipation holes on a second small tomato, lowered his eyes and said calmly, "But... that's just superficial information. In fact, after I studied the battle reports for two days and interviewed several soldiers who participated in the raid, I can basically confirm that the person who led the raid was not Knight Commander Harrington."

Yu Chen reacted immediately and said in astonishment: "Could it be..."

"I don't know whose strategy that was, but if we use the process of elimination, we will find that the only person who had enough status and influence to influence Harrington and make him obey his orders was His Royal Highness the Son of Heaven, Zhu Black, who was understood by everyone to be a "gilded" record."

Mo Tan put the tomato, which had already cooled down, into his mouth, chewed it slowly and said softly, "I can't really describe my feelings. I can only say that, underneath the appearance of clever tactics, only people with a certain level of character can use them freely. It's a very...kingly way of fighting."

"Well……"

Yu Chen pursed his lips and curiously stared at the other person's eyes that were filled with her every time he turned around: "What is the kingly way of fighting?"

"Probably..."

Mo Tan looked away, trying not to look at the other person's clear eyes that reflected a silly face——

"If we face each other head-on, I will be forced to give up on tricky tactics like misleading and controlling him, and go all out to fight him head-on."

"Will you win then?"

"affim."

"So confident?"

"It's just a bit tricky after all."

"What about the witch?"

"Eh?"

"What about Theresa Tarosa, the pretty, cute, quiet, introverted girl with extremely fair skin, as white as an animal, who loves you so much?"

"Uh……"

"Will you win?"

"..."

"Will you win?"

"Big...probably."