Quadruple split.

Chapter 304 Two Courtyards
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The Violet Empire, the capital of Salamune, the Mercury Garden

Sitting under the long eaves of the main house, Cassie and Levin both had a little uneasiness on their faces. Although they didn't even know why they were uneasy, the two high-level cadres of the Fire Claws just felt a little uneasy for no reason. Panic.

If I had to talk about the reason, it might be because the orange-haired girl not far away who seemed to have become the backbone of everyone had been standing in the middle of the courtyard frowning for almost two hours...

He didn't say hello with cynicism, he didn't go to the Magician's Guild to relax, and he didn't even use the willful way of "go to the third stall on the left of the main road in the old city and buy me half a catty of Huosu fruit and peel the skin" It's not at all like that Miss Futaba's style to ask others to run errands for a reason! !
It may also be because of this that both Cassie and Levin were a little flustered.

a minute later

"Humph!"

Futaba snorted softly without looking back, startled the buddy not far away who was exchanging eyes with frowning faces, and said coldly: "Can you two stop sitting down with a dead mother's expression on your face?" Staring at Miss Ben? And, Cassie, aren't you a little too lax?"

Before Levin could understand the meaning of the second half of the sentence, Cassie, who was sitting next to him, was shaken, and suddenly turned around and threw out a dagger!

A mage's eye hidden behind the two was pierced through with a 'poof'.

"When exactly did you..."

Cassie turned her head to look at Futaba in horror, her slightly hoarse voice was full of disbelief: "Although I'm not on high alert right now, it's impossible to miss such an obvious surveillance magic!"

"Nothing is impossible." The girl shook her head slightly, and lit a warm flame beside her without any spell casting process: "When you maintain a high level of vigilance, every once in a while there will be so The few seconds when you are not focused, and when you are in a normal state, there will be a few seconds every once in a while that can be called 'slack', and that mage's eye is what I call It came out, of course, this requires a certain understanding of you as a person, if I don't get along with you for a period of time, I don't think I can grasp this kind of gap... So, don't be too inferior~"

Cassie stared at Futaba in silence for a while, then suddenly bowed and saluted: "Thank you."

"You're welcome."

Futaba didn't even ask the other party why he thanked him, but raised his eyebrows slightly: "So why did you two look so mournful just now? To show that expression, at least you have to be at the level of a dead relative, right?"

Cassie knew that his wording level was too weak, so he didn't speak at all.

On the contrary, Levin, the head of internal affairs of Fire Claw, smiled wryly, spread his hands and said, "Cassie, I don't know, I feel that you are abnormal... er, or that you are restless, so I fell down for no reason. Get up, it's not as exaggerated as you said."

"Hey~ You have such a keen intuition."

Futaba looked at Le Wen with a smile, and asked with interest: "Could it be that you were a bitch with broken wings in your previous life?"

Although he didn't quite understand what the girl meant, Le Wen knew very well that this must not be a good thing, so he just laughed a few times and didn't answer.

On the contrary, Cassie shook her head and said something fair: "Your performance is too obvious."

"Oh, that's right, I have recently... no, I have become very emotional since a long time ago." Futaba did not refute Cassie's words, but sighed softly: "It's a pity that until today I have become very emotional." I just found out, that's why I became more and more restless..."

Le Wen froze for a moment, then cautiously asked tentatively: "What do you mean?"

"If you don't understand, just ask directly, don't act as if you have already guessed the following." Futaba rolled his eyes at him and frowned slightly: "I mean, in dealing with the matter of the Marshall family, I seem to have thought too little before."

[Less still! ? 】

Le Wen looked at the girl in front of him in a daze. He couldn't imagine what the other party's so-called "less" was!In order to lure Buffy Marshall to the imperial capital, she did not hesitate to put all the lords including the emperor together. In order to kill one blow, she even memorized all the files left by Ned in a short time. Made more than five sets of plans to force the opponent to stay in the Red Court!In order to advance the situation to the current situation, she even brazenly made repeated demands on the emperor of the empire, and even offended several grand dukes with rude words, in the land of the Violet Empire!

All Futaba did was to bring the dominance and rhythm into her own hands, and it turned out that she did. At this moment, the Grand Duke Marshall and all his entourage were all confined in the Red Court, and all the lords jointly sent people to form a The investigation team rushed to Mercury City on the second day of the meeting in the Hall of Purple Nine. All the nobles including the emperor watched the development of the situation tacitly. At least at this stage, no one was in the open Or secretly reaching out to Marshall, everything is developing in the most ideal form Futaba predicted, and the result...

In the end, she actually said that she had thought too little! !
Le Wen, who couldn't fully understand, could only cough dryly: "Are you serious?"

"Is teasing you fun?"

Futaba and Lewen passed by, and said lightly as they walked into the main house: "I really didn't think too much, even though there are almost no flaws and hidden dangers in terms of layout and implementation, even though I have already turned the Marshall family back. Compressed to infinite and close to zero, even though I used deceit and inducement to open the hole card he used to communicate with the family, even though I grabbed the upper hand in the case of mental arithmetic and unintentional, and I was fully prepared, but this not enough……"

Levin and Cassie followed Futaba into the room. The former looked at the girl curled up on the chair and playing with her hair in a daze, shaking her head in confusion: "I don't understand."

Although Cassie didn't speak, his eyes were also shining with the light of "I don't understand +1".

"It's very simple. There has never been an unbreakable deadlock in this world, so there is no foolproof plan." Futaba gently fiddled with her hair, and explained lightly: "Basically no flaws are left." And hidden dangers do not mean that there are absolutely no loopholes to exploit, and infinitely approaching zero is definitely not equal to zero. An important and key hole card is not necessarily the last hole card. The plan is indeed almost perfect, but the closer to perfection, the easier it is. No accidents, yes, accidents, even a trivial accident, may ruin my "almost" perfect game! Even if there is no flaw in the silk, it may be splashed from nowhere Concentrated sulfuric acid melted into dross!"

Cassie shook his head gloomyly: "I can't imagine how Buffy Marshall will turn the tables in this situation."

"It's reasonable that you can't think of it, but what's even more terrifying is that I can't think of it either."

Futaba put her chin on her knees, and muttered in a low voice: "If you can't think of it, you can't prevent or remedy it. The more perfect you are, the less error-tolerant you will be. If that guy finds out, he will definitely laugh at me, like, 'There is nothing wrong with me. A foolish move for a backup', 'a crap project that got swallowed up blindly', 'the emotional scum of a dead nerd girl' and the like...damn...why didn't I notice it so late..."

It was the first time Lewen saw Futaba so entangled, and subconsciously panicked, and asked a little uneasily, "Is the situation really that bad?"

"No, on the contrary, no matter from which angle we analyze it, the situation is very good for us."

Futaba gave a sunny answer with a sad face, and then said in a deep voice: "But this is based on the premise that we have not left the slightest room for detours, that is to say, if there is any accident, we have almost no What a decent way to deal with it."

Although they didn't fully understand the meaning of Futaba's words, this did not prevent the faces of Cassie and Levin from quickly becoming ugly.

"Of course, you don't have to worry too much. Didn't I say that I have suppressed all the possibilities of accidents to the minimum."

Futaba jumped down from the chair, showing a refreshing and bright smile as if she had changed her face: "And we are not completely without retreat. Although I really have no backup means, I also left an introduction unintentionally before."

Le Wen, who was so ups and downs that he almost didn't have a heart attack, swallowed, and asked very stiffly, "What's the introduction?"

"Buffy Marshall's expression when he was detained in the Red Court that night."

Futaba narrowed her eyes slightly, and said with a sneer: "I believe at least at that moment he was really helpless, and everyone present at that time witnessed his ugly face mixed with anger, despair, remorse and bewilderment, Although it only lasted a few seconds, there is actually no difference between the stricken look and the direct confession. I believe the emperor and other dukes were already a little worried at that moment, otherwise they would not Then cooperate with me, so...even if something happens, their first reaction must be 'I'm afraid Buffy Marshall is playing some tricks', not me or the Fire Claw leader just wanting to slander a duke."

Levin nodded, his expression still uneasy: "But it's just an idea..."

"It's good enough to make others have the subjective impression that 'I'm afraid Marshall really has a problem'." Futaba interrupted him impatiently, and said in a deep voice, "Although I also feel that I am thinking too much, but..."

"but what?"

"But why is it already this time, and no one has come to find us..."

at the same time
The Violet Empire, the capital of Salamune, the Red Court
"Did I call someone in?"

Buffy Marshall in the study raised his head coldly, stared bloodshot at a young guard who came in with breakfast, and said in a deep voice, "Get out!"

At this moment, he has completely lost the appearance of the elegant gentleman before. Although he is not as drunk, unkempt, and panic-stricken as Futaba imagined before, this one of the eight lords at the top of the Violet Pyramid of Power looks He was indeed in a state of embarrassment. His beard had obviously not been properly trimmed since that night. Although his hair had been simply groomed, it was no longer as shiny as before. The handsome noble robe on his body was even more wrinkled. Apparently he basically spent the first few nights sitting in a chair...

Therefore, even though Buffy, who is quite strong, will not collapse so easily, he still lost a small circle of weight inevitably, and his complexion is quite bad...

"I'm a little disappointed~"

The young guard who was flustered just a second ago suddenly laughed, and then sat down on the chair opposite Buffy, playing with the silver-gray Marshall family crest on his chest, and said casually: " But at least it’s better than the worst scenario I expected, if I just opened the door and came in and saw a drunk man holding a wine barrel... Sigh, fortunately your spirit is still tough.”

【What is he saying? 】

[Who is he? 】

【How did he get in? 】

【What is his purpose? ! 】

It took Buffy Marshall about a second and a half to finish his thinking, and then he showed a breezy smile at the other party, and stretched out his right hand: "Nice to meet you, my friend."

"Oh?"

The guard raised his eyebrows in surprise, and asked slowly, "Why are you sure I'm a 'friend'?"

"It's too simple." Grand Duke Marshall said with an undiminished smile: "If you are my enemy, then you just need to wait for the 'judgment' anywhere except here, isn't it?"

The guard nodded, stretched out his right hand and shook lightly with the former: "A wise decision, respected Duke Buffy Marshall, my name is Gavin, and I am your undoubted friend."

"It's an honor, then..."

The Grand Duke Marshall withdrew his hand and went straight to the point: "What did you bring me? What do you want?"

"Oh?" Gavin raised her eyebrows and smiled, and pointed to her cheek: "I thought you would ask me 'who are you' or how is the person who actually has this face now, as far as I know You know, this young man is extremely loyal to you."

Grand Duke Marshall smiled: "Didn't you just say that the status of 'undoubted friend' is enough, as for the owner of your current appearance... If necessary, I can make him disappear so that It's better to empty out this identity."

"Forget it, he's in the cellar in the backyard, remember to release it later." Gavin waved her hand, shook her head and said, "As for me, you can call me Miss Gavin or Ms. Don't be surprised, let's get straight to the point..."

"All ears."

Chapter [-]: The End

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