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"So, Liu Yu, what do you want to say?"

Dan Heng then looked at Liu Yu.

"Actually, it's pretty much what you think. Cocolia has indeed been hiding some things."

Liu Yu nodded and continued speaking.

“She never believed you or your story from the beginning. In her mind, the star core is uncontrollable, let alone something as unreliable as sealing the star core.”

"You mean... she arranged for us to wait at the Goethe Hotel just to appease us?"

March 7th raised his doubts.

"You could say that!"

Liu Yu nodded.

"But why?"

“In March, let me give you an analogy…” Liu Yu paused for a moment, “You’ve had amnesia for so long, and suddenly someone comes up to you and says she knows your past and where you were born, and wants you to go with her to that place. Would you go or not?”

"Of course I can't go! We don't know each other, there's absolutely no trust between us!" March 7th immediately refused.

"But what if this person is someone you know, and you've been through some events together?"

"I can consider it."

March 7th nodded.

Looking at March 7th's appearance, Liu Yu nodded.

Dan Heng sighed. "March, when you go back this time, you should come to the think tank and read more books."

"what?"

March 7th was taken aback, glanced at Dan Heng, and then looked at Xing.

"Why did Danheng suddenly bring this up?"

Xing reached out and ruffled March 7's hair. "March, I think Teacher Danheng is right. Reading more books will benefit you!"

"No, do you guys think I'm stupid?!" March 7th suddenly realized, stomping her foot. "And Xing, you're not much better off, are you?!"

"But I think that before we go along with what the other party says, we should at least verify some things first."

Xing stroked his chin and said...

"Well……"

March 7th suddenly felt a little wronged.

Why!

"So, everything is based on a foundation of trust." Liu Yu looked at everyone. "We are outsiders, so this kind of relationship naturally doesn't exist. But we suddenly told Cocolia that we could seal a star core they couldn't control. Do you think... they would believe us?"

“Indeed!” Danheng said, “Ever since I finished talking with Cocolia, I’ve felt something was off, but I couldn’t quite put my finger on it. Now I understand.”

"Besides... Cocolia herself has already been bewitched by the Voice of the Star Core. It's even less likely that she'll trust us."

"Wait, Liu Yu, are you saying that Cocolia has been bewitched by the Star Core?"

Danheng and March 7 exchanged a glance, their expressions turning serious.

“Yes!” Liu Yu nodded. “You also know that Hilva once researched star cores, but Cocolia unilaterally terminated the research, right?”

"Ok!"

"You mean?"

"Yes, I was bewitched from that time on, and now... it's too late!"

Liu Yu sighed.

For a moment, the entire room fell into dead silence.

“Speaking of which…” March 7th looked at Liu Yu suspiciously, “We’ve only been apart for a short time, how do you know so much?”

This immediately made Liu Yu pause.

Oh no, it seems I've said too much and made a mistake.

Liu Yu thought for a moment, then a flash of inspiration struck him, and a smile appeared on his face.

"I found out about these things by infiltrating Cripperburg."

"You... infiltrated?"

March 7th and Xing exchanged a glance, and Dan Heng was also somewhat surprised.

"Otherwise, who do you think orchestrated the game in front of Cripper Castle?"

Liu Yu shrugged and grinned mischievously.

March 7th paused for a moment, looking at Liu Yu with a strange expression. Just as he was about to say something, Dan Heng seemed to have heard something and immediately summoned the Cloud-Striking Spear.

"March, Xing, Liuyu. Something's happened..."

No sooner had he finished speaking than a series of hurried footsteps sounded from outside the door, followed by the door being kicked open.

"Surrender! You outsiders who attempted to disrupt the order of Beloberg and attack Lady Cocolia!"

Chapter 26: 36 Techniques for Binding Prisoners

At this moment, Liu Yu was a little confused.

The current plot development is beyond his expectations. According to the normal procedure, the Silvermane Iron Guard should come tomorrow morning to issue a warrant for the trio's arrest on the grounds of attempting to assassinate Cocolia.

But now...

Wait a minute, did I just hear some other charges?

An attempt to overthrow the Belloberg order?

No, they found me so quickly?

But Liu Yu quickly realized what was going on.

This wasn't some kind of discovery; it was just a baseless accusation pinned on the trio. He had simply happened to be in the room talking about Cocolia with March Seven and the others.

As for the fact that the time was moved up...

After thinking about it for a moment, I understood.

This is not a static game world, but a real world. It is normal for things to change because of what happened today.

"what's up?"

On March 7th, he stared blankly as the door was kicked open. Dan Heng then swung his spear and blasted the Silver Mane Iron Guards who had entered out of the house.

"Don't worry about what happened. I guess Cocolia is trying to pin these things on us with baseless accusations."

Without the slightest hesitation, Liu Yu hoisted March 7 onto his shoulder as if carrying a sack of potatoes, kicked the French window behind him, and jumped out.

Following closely behind him was Xing, and Dan Heng came last.

"What do you mean by 'fabricated charges'? You clearly did it!"

March 7th muttered a complaint in a low voice

"In a way, it really is our business!"

Xing added quietly from behind.

"After all, we're a team, aren't we?"

Dan Heng echoed this sentiment.

In fact, after learning what Liu Yu had said, he quite agreed with Liu Yu's approach.

It's time to stir up trouble for the unchanging Beloberg. Only in this way can they carry out the sealing of the star core to the end. Fishing in troubled waters is the best way to do things in a place where Cocolia's spies are everywhere.

Moreover, they still don't know enough and need to continue their investigation, but Cocolia won't let them continue their investigation openly.

Even if this doesn't happen now, it definitely will happen later.

The group jumped out of the floor-to-ceiling windows of the Goethe Hotel, only to find Jepard leading a squad of Silvermane Iron Guards charging out of the hotel lobby.

Not far away, Bronya was also leading a group of people toward them.

After looking at it, Liu Yu turned around and carried March 7th forward at full speed.

Xing and Danheng ran wildly behind, leaving Bronya and the others to chase after them.

As they approached a small square near the old town, Liu Yu turned a corner and put March 7 down.

"Huh? No?"

On March 7th, Yun was initially grateful that Liu Yu had carried her, but what did it mean that he would put her down in the blink of an eye?

"You guys hide here well. It's dark now, so it's easy to hide."

Liu Yu spoke to Xing, Dan Heng, and March 7th.

"Wait, what do you want to do?"

On March 7th, they realized something was wrong.

"Look at me."

At present, Liu Yu estimates that Bronya and the others have only received orders to arrest the train trio and are unaware of their own situation.

There was no information about him being an exception. Even when he first met Jepard, he and Sambo had already slipped away, so Jepard had no idea what he looked like.

Therefore, there is room for manipulation here.

Seeing that it was almost time, Liu Yu put on the Fool's Mask, reducing the presence of his identity as Liu Yu to some extent, but not to the point of being invisible. At most, he would appear as just another passerby.

"Help!"

He yelled and rushed around the corner, colliding with Bronya's squad.

"Ok?"

Bronya paused for a moment, and the Silvermane Iron Guard beside her pointed their muskets and halberds at Liu Yu.

"Report, it's not any one of the wanted trio."

After clearly seeing Liu Yu's unremarkable, almost ordinary appearance, one of the silver-maned iron guards reported to Bronya.

"Sir, it's so late. Why are you still here?"

"I was having a secret rendezvous with my girlfriend when suddenly three vicious thugs rushed at us..."

"Wait, you said girlfriend? Where's your girlfriend?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Yu immediately became anxious.

"Sir, please save my girlfriend! Those three thugs have kidnapped her!"

"This is a terrible situation!"

Bronya's expression turned very unpleasant.

When he first heard that Cocolia had been assassinated by these three people, he didn't believe it. But now that he heard that they had taken hostages, his distrust vanished instantly, replaced by overwhelming rage.

"Someone, come with me to rescue the hostages!"

In the shadows, March 7th, Xing, and Dan Heng watched Liu Yu's actions with wide eyes.

Seriously, is this guy such a good actor?

Also, why do I feel like Liu Yu is a stranger to us? If I hadn't been staring at him, I would have wondered if I would have forgotten that this Liu Yu, who looks like a stranger, is our companion.

Just as Bronya was about to lead her people to the corner where Xing and the others had disappeared, a dozen smoke grenades fell from above, filling the surrounding area.

"Oh dear, I'm late!"

A flippant voice rang in March 7th and Xing's ears. The two of them froze for a moment, then lost consciousness.

At the same time, amidst the dissipating smoke, Liu Yu's eyes lit up.

Is it finally here?

Sambo!

Without the slightest hesitation, Liu Yu picked up a brick from the ground and smashed it down on Bronya's head.