Chapter 1859: Sharing Intelligence

Cloudtop Tower.

After returning to Evereska, Xia Duo came here immediately. Following Ougesi's reply, he went straight to the Silver Star Layer he had visited just yesterday.

Although he had not yet been able to piece together a complete memory from the consciousness fragments of Gulite, he had parsed out many secrets the other party wanted to hide, especially regarding the content concerning Crown King Wuweilun.

His visit to Cloudtop Tower this time was to hand over the intelligence he had organized to Ougesi and the others. While Demon Descendants were worthy of sympathy, Xia Duo had not forgotten his main purpose for coming to the Projection Plane: to complete the design of the Floating City Mythallar, not to help Demon Descendants stage an independence movement.

Although investigating the Demon Descendants was also one of Xia Duo's goals for entering the Projection Plane, it was merely incidental. After obtaining Gulite's memories, this goal had effectively been completed.

In the Reception Room, not only were Ougesi and Fear Eye present, but Saijisi was there as well. Several Elves were drinking tea while each held a Crystal Ball in contemplation.

Seeing Xia Duo arrive, Saijisi immediately put down the Crystal Ball and stood up to welcome him, "Asuosi, interrogations and such are just too boring. Let's go survey the Mythallar Nodes instead!"

"Wait a moment, I have already asked for some clues."

"What?!"

It wasn't just Saijisi; Ougesi and Fear Eye were also wearing expressions of astonishment, hurriedly asking, "What clues did you ask for? What exactly is the relationship between this Gulite and the Funasi Chamber of Commerce? What exactly do they want to do by coming to Evereska?"

"The relationship between Gulite and the Funasi Chamber of Commerce is quite complex. Simply put, the force behind Gulite controls the Funasi Chamber of Commerce. As for what they are doing in Evereska—"

Xia Duo paused, glanced at Ougesi, and continued, "Just as we guessed before, they came here to recruit cannon fodder, planning to use them to raid Crown King Wuweilun's library."

"Is that really so?"

Hearing such news, Ougesi and Fear Eye did not appear very happy. Crown King Wuweilun's library was watched by many interested Elves, and such incidents were not rare.

Such news alone, even if confirmed, would be difficult to make the Wuweilun side make concessions in the Evereska Independent negotiations.

"Is there more?" Ougesi asked again.

"Of course there is!"

Xia Duo could see that Ougesi was not very satisfied with what he had just said, so he dropped the real bombshell, "Raiding the library is merely a smokescreen. Their true goal is to assassinate Crown King Yintewa!"

"For this, they are also planning to incite riots in several fortresses on the Wuweilun border to attract attention from within and outside Wuweilun."

"Assassinate Crown King Yintewa?!"

Upon hearing this, Ougesi could no longer sit still. He stood up and approached Xia Duo, staring fixedly into Xia Duo's eyes, "Are you sure? This is no joke!"

"I am very sure. As long as you follow my interrogation process, you can completely reproduce my interrogation results!"

"Then how did you do it?" Ougesi continued to press.

"It's very simple!"

Saying this, Xia Duo told Ougesi about his method of repeating insults like a broken record to Gulite yesterday, and emphasized that when bluffing the other party at the end, the emotions must be spot on.

"I'll give it a try!"

Ougesi said this and then remained motionless, clearly having projected his Perception into Gulite's Consciousness Cage. However, after several attempts, Ougesi's expression was not very good.

"Asuosi, is this really feasible? I tried several times and the other party didn't fall for it!"

The last time, Ougesi even transformed into Asuosi's image, but still failed to make Gulite reveal a flaw. This made him very annoyed; he had been cursed at several times but gained nothing.

Before Xia Duo could answer, Fear Eye, who was on the side, laughed out loud, "Ougesi, your acting skills still need improvement! I have already asked; the other party indeed intends to harm Crown King Yintewa! It's just that no more clues could be asked out. Asuosi, besides this, did you ask for anything else?"

"About the mastermind behind Gulite!"

Xia Duo did not mention the Demon Descendant matter. Such life-and-death secrets were hard to bluff out, and it was difficult for him to explain why he knew so much about Demon Descendants, or on what grounds he determined Gulite was a Demon Descendant.

Once such questions were not explained well, he might even be treated as a Demon Descendant by Ougesi and the others. Anyway, time had already been "reset," so Xia Duo couldn't be bothered to mention it.

"The mastermind behind Gulite, or rather the actual planner of the assassination, is very likely Lady Mailuwei of Wuweilun!"

"It's her? That's impossible, right?"

Ougesi immediately questioned this. Although he did not suspect that Asuosi was lying, he did not believe that Lady Mailuwei, as a student of Crown King Yintewa, would want to assassinate her teacher—though if the rumors were true, perhaps she was also his lover.

The most critical point was that Ougesi had never heard of any discord between Lady Mailuwei and Yintewa; on the contrary, their relationship had always been good, otherwise there wouldn't be rumors of them being lovers.

At this time, still not waiting for Xia Duo to speak, Fear Eye, who was more skilled in intelligence work, had already completed the probing, "I have already tried. Gulite's reaction to Lady Mailuwei is very obvious, while his reaction to other Wuweilun high-ranking officials is very flat."

"Can you confirm that he is colluding with Lady Mailuwei?" Ougesi asked.

"I can confirm it, but what is the use of just us confirming it? To make Crown King Yintewa believe it, we need evidence that is irrefutable!"

After finishing, Fear Eye turned his gaze to Xia Duo again, "Asuosi, what do you think? What do you think we should do now?"

After this incident, his trust in Asuosi had increased significantly, and he also had more expectations for the other party's abilities.

Regarding this, Xia Duo did not answer immediately. He was pondering whether Ougesi and Fear Eye knew that Gulite was a Demon Descendant, and if they knew, what kind of decision they would make!

"Asuosi, Asuosi, what are you thinking about?"

Saijisi pushed Xia Duo lightly. Xia Duo then came back to his senses and said to Fear Eye with slight hesitation, "Handing Gulite directly to Wuweilun should be the last resort. As for now, I think we should continue to dig deeper into the clues on Gulite."

Xia Duo spoke somewhat vaguely, but in fact, his true purpose was to let Fear Eye examine Gulite's physical body, thereby discovering the fact that the other party was a Demon Descendant Elf.

Involving Demon Descendants, even without hard evidence, as long as there was a confession, or even a bluffed confession, it would be enough to make Wuweilun take it seriously and be grateful.

Regarding Xia Duo's suggestion, Ougesi expressed agreement. Fear Eye hesitated for a moment, and ultimately nodded as well, "Let's set a three-day limit. I am worried that there will be variables on the Wuweilun side."

Although Fear Eye did not say it explicitly, Xia Duo knew that the other party was worried that Lady Mailuwei and the forces behind Gulite would completely clear away the relevant traces.

After all, the assassination plan was still in the early preparation stage and had not yet been truly executed. As long as they stopped in time and cut off various clues, they could completely clean up the relevant traces.