The Embers of King's Teyvat Journey

Chapter 788 New Discovery

2024-07-19

After fleeing the courthouse, Yu Jin headed straight for the "crime scene" without looking back. He had assumed it would be difficult to find, but he had underestimated the commotion from yesterday—everyone on Fontaine Street was talking about it!

The discussion didn't end there; some even went so far as to call on their friends and gather in groups of three or five, saying they wanted to go there and take a look.

After all, the explosion and fire last night were quite rare. For the Fontainebleau residents who love to watch the excitement, it would be a shame not to go and see it.

So Ember didn't need to look at a map or ask for directions at all. He just followed behind a group of people and soon arrived at the ravaged street.

"Wow! Was this blasted out by people? Could this have been a chemical plant before?"

"Hmph! What do you think? I heard this was orchestrated by an executive officer, and the power of that kind of person is beyond our imagination."

"Back off! Back off! Don't disturb the scene!"

The dilapidated streets were littered with rubble and cracks, and the ground, which had melted and then reformed, was full of potholes, as messy as fur that had been roughly kneaded.

Everything here is so different from the orderly scene elsewhere in Fontainebleau that it's no wonder the onlookers are full of exclamations of amazement.

The curiosity of the local residents of Fontainebleau was thoroughly satisfied, but the security guards on guard duty were in for a rough time.

The makeshift barriers did nothing to stop the curious Fontainebleau residents. The more civilized ones kept quiet and commented from the outside, while the less civilized ones ran inside and stomped on the glassy ground, making it crunch loudly.

This kept the security guards extremely busy, either driving away people who were running in or on their way to do so.

"Hey! What are you doing? Get out of here right now, or you'll trample this place!"

A security guard saw Ember cross the cordon and run over, and immediately tried to drive him away.

However, Yu Jin was not flustered at all when he saw this, because he had come prepared!

"I have a certificate!"

As he spoke, he took out the certificate that the court had given him.

“Datalia…is that the executive’s agent?” The nearby guards gathered around, and after confirming it was him, they stopped bothering Ember.

But just to be on the safe side, someone followed behind Yu Jin—mainly to prevent him from ruining the scene.

"Executive... how come even the agents are so peculiar?" The man muttered under his breath when he saw Yu Jin's unusual attire.

"Shouldn't you be concerned about my investigative abilities? Why are you focusing on my appearance?"

Ember raised an eyebrow in response.

"Investigative ability? Forgive my bluntness, but many times agents are just going through the motions."

"Following procedures? What do you mean?"

Yu Jin scratched his head. Could there be some twist or turn in this?

Upon hearing this, the security guard squatted down and carefully touched the ground.

"The solidified rock is dark gray in color, smooth on the surface, and seamless inside. It is preliminarily estimated that it solidified as a whole within no more than 24 hours."

After saying that, he gave Yu Jin a look. Why is the agent system considered more of a formality? Because many people simply lack the ability to investigate and solve cases.

Many agents who arrived at the scene could only watch helplessly; the security team was the one who did the heavy lifting.

But this time is different from before. Is Ember an ordinary person?

"Hmm... the terrain slopes from south to north, with the thickness gradually decreasing. The eruption site... should be here!"

Yu Jin rested his chin on his hand and tapped a corner of the street. That wasn't all; after the security guard's demonstration, he now had a clearer understanding of the agent's job.

So he took out a notebook.

"The rock surface has spiral, tree-like piercing patterns, which must be from a lightning-throwing attack. The source... is here!"

While writing and drawing in his notebook, Yu Jin also put purple marks on the broken ground.

"There are scratches all around, scattered in a ring shape, and some traces contain residual lightning element... Sword energy? More or less."

He went to another location and repeated the same action.

"The solidified rock is warped up; there must have been a huge explosion here!"

"There's a dent here, marks of heavy pressure. Was someone thrown out?"

"Footprints? In a series? It seems that your opponent is quite strong."

……

Ember ran back and forth through the ruined streets, while the guards who had been crouching on the ground were now dumbfounded.

"Hey! I roughly know what happened." Yu Jin patted the stunned security guard on the shoulder as he pulled him up.

"Is that all you know?"

The security guards looked on incredulously.

"Nonsense, I may not be good at other things, but when it comes to combat, I'm an expert!" Yu Jin said confidently.

“You see, they should have been standing in these two positions at the beginning.”

"The person opposite you, young master, struck first, causing a huge explosion. Then you released lightning, and then the other side somehow melted the place. After that, the two of them started a hand-to-hand battle..."

The guards were stunned by Yu Jin's reconstruction of the scene. It took them a long time to recover from their shock.

"Would you be interested in becoming an advisor to our law enforcement court?" He shook Yu Jin's hand with great enthusiasm.

Are there many murders around here?

"Um... not much."

"That settles it. I can't do anything about things that aren't violent conflicts. Besides, I can't analyze the random punches either."

Yu Jin shrugged, indicating his helplessness. His analysis had been so smooth; it was still the two young masters who had acted more disciplinedly and with greater freedom.

If you just put a sack over his head and start hitting him with bricks, he's helpless.

"Phew... alright." The guard had no choice but to give up. He looked around and suddenly felt bored.

“You’ve seen right through this place; I don’t think there’s any useful information left. Whether you want to reconstruct the case or defend that officer, the next step should be to take a walk around the area.”

The security guard looked up and suggested to Yu Jin, "We've finally met someone who seems like a great detective; of course we should make good use of him."

Putting everything else aside, as long as it reduces my workload, I'm not at a loss.

"It seems that's true!" Upon hearing this, Yu Jin pondered for a moment, then hurriedly pulled up the cordon and ran out of the scene.

However, he soon began to doubt his life choices—the area around the scene was full of people, making it impossible to investigate.

"When is that judge's trial? I definitely want to go see it!"

"Tch~, whether there will be a trial or not is still uncertain, after all, he is an executive officer."

"There must be a trial, so I won't have to pay back the money I owe him! Hahaha!"

……

As Yu Jin walked through the crowd, his ears twitched. If he wasn't mistaken, did someone just recognize the young master?

Pushing through the crowd and following the source of the sound, Yu Jin saw a group of burly men.

To his slight surprise, the burly man's expression was completely different from the others. Most of the others were just watching the show with a detached, amused attitude, or at most, gloating. But they were different.

This group of people looked like they had drunk too much; their rough faces were flushed.

"Do you know the young master?"

"You are……"

"His agent is someone he knows."

"Sorry! I was just talking nonsense. We are currently raising your money!"

Upon hearing that Yu Jin and the young master knew each other, the burly men who had just been excited immediately slid to their knees.

Looking at them cowering like ostriches, someone who didn't know better might think they'd seen some kind of monster.

"How many bottles did you drink? You're this drunk?"

Yu Jin bent down and picked up the bottles and jars on the ground. They were drinking alcohol in broad daylight with nothing in them. They really knew how to do it.

"Wait... this thing... isn't it a bar?"

The empty glass bottle was rotated, and under the sunlight, the remaining liquid inside refracted a blue light.

Chapter 789 The Circulating Seawater

2024-07-19

"What is this?"

Yu Jin shook the bottle in his hand and asked the group of burly men.

"It's wine, but it's good wine, quite strong, and cheap," the group replied without hesitation.

It's been a long time since we've found something so good and inexpensive. If the wine weren't sold in bulk, they would have really wanted to support the manufacturer and buy more of their products.

"Where did you buy it? Take me to see it."

Yu Jin's eyes darted around, and he patted the group on the shoulders, saying, "If we catch them, wouldn't that be considered making amends for the young master's mistake?"

"You like wine too? Then you've come to the right place. This wine is excellent. I guarantee you'll never forget it after just one sip."

"I don't drink alcohol. Besides, you've laced this with something."

The others assumed that Yu Jin was just embarrassed to admit it. They chuckled and led the way.

Away from the scene, Yu Jin followed several burly men whose faces were as red as monkey bottoms as they weaved through the streets.

Soon, they stopped near an old newsstand.

"No, where is everyone?" One of them sauntered over to the newsstand and patted the window, which was covered with old newspapers, in confusion.

No matter how he patted it, there was no response. This suddenly ignited a nameless anger within him.

"Damn it, I'll kick this lousy door down!" The man raised his foot and was about to kick it hard.

However, just before he could kick, his thigh was firmly gripped by an iron hand.