Chapter 2145: Continuing the Investigation, the True Culprit Emerges

Today, Talibu's body and Soul have long since been annihilated, making it impossible to get an answer from Talibu himself, but the people and events he came into contact with might not necessarily have left no traces.

This is a simple yet extremely tedious and massive project.

Calimshan and Kaitemier had not previously realized that Talibu had been replaced, and their investigation direction did not head in this direction at all, so they need help this time.

If Xia Duo were to do it alone, it would be completely unrealistic, and Xia Duo is also very good at knowing how to use people; the ones most concerned about this matter are not him, but the two countries of Calimshan and Kaitemier.

Only by finding the true culprit as soon as possible can the fuse of war be thoroughly extinguished.

While communicating with General Hashimu, Xia Duo proposed that every single person who had contact with Talibu should be screened as much as possible, and even others who had contact with those people should be screened; not a single one can be missed.

On Earth, there is a saying called "six degrees of separation," which states that among the billions of people globally, it only takes at most six intermediaries to connect any two people, even if one party is an Eskimo in the Arctic and the other is a member of an African primitive tribe.

Although Calimshan does not need to screen the entire country, it will at least involve hundreds or thousands of people, and each one must be screened with extreme meticulousness.

It tests not only patience but also practical organizational ability, which is why Xia Duo reminded them repeatedly.

As for the Elves, Xia Duo proposed re-screening any Elf who had contact with Prince Xisi, especially since the incident happened not long ago and there is still relatively more traceable information, using behavioral analysis to screen them again.

Although it currently looks like a third party is plotting against the two countries, based on the previous Huanyuan analysis of the assassination scene, Xia Duo refuses to believe that there is no mole on the Elf side.

Perhaps there is a mentality of "not airing dirty laundry in public," not wanting to tell him, a human, or perhaps it is "avoiding mention of the superior's faults," which actually equates to saying the mole is the Crown King of Kaitemier.

Whether it is one of these two situations, or if the Elves really did not discover any abnormalities, Xia Duo cannot say for sure, but re-screening once does not hurt; the superiors just need to open their mouths, and there are plenty of subordinates below to do the work.

In addition to reminding the Elves to re-screen, Xia Duo also gave the Elf side a task—to perform a Prophecy using the vague image profiled from the assassin's characteristics, with Talibu's own behavioral traits removed.

Of course, the vague image here is not the specific appearance of the assassin's body, but refers to their style of conduct, behavioral patterns, and even some extremely subtle signature movements.

Most of these were imagined by Xia Duo, but the behavioral analysis method has already been given to the Elves, and the Elves can also independently restore the body's characteristics based on the partial behavioral traits exposed by the assassin.

What he proposed is only for reference, as well as an "outsourced prophecy order."

Since a judgment has been made, it must be excluded; Xia Duo himself does not know Prophecy, so it can only be handed over to the Elves to do.

Regarding this, Aisite naturally could not make the decision, and in the end, it was Special Envoy Yilatite who made the final call and agreed.

Next is the time to wait for news.

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Of course, during this period, Xia Duo was not idle either; he contacted the Northland Alliance, especially asking Keman to send people to Kaitemier to investigate the situation there.

Such as Prince Xisi's political views, reputation, his relationship with the Crown King of Kaitemier, and even whether Kaitemier is making preparations for war.

However, as for Kaitemier, Xia Duo is after all beyond his reach, not to mention that he is not very sure about the actual relationship between Keman and Kaitemier, so he only mentioned some investigation intentions superficially.

To compare with the information gathered by other countries in the Northland Alliance.

What Xia Duo least wants to see is that all of this is a prelude to Kaitemier and Calimshan colluding to invade the Northland; then everything he is doing now might be no different from a clown in the eyes of the high-level officials of Kaitemier and Calimshan.

In addition, war itself is not a good thing, and he wants to stay away as much as possible.

What he most hopes to see is that all of this is planned by Zhamu Dasi behind the scenes, and then Kaitemier and Calimshan, together with Sannata, suppress Zhamu Dasi, and then take the opportunity to establish a Southern Three-Nation Alliance.

Afterwards, the North and South will seek common ground while reserving differences and seek common development.

This is, of course, an ideal situation, but if a Southern Three-Nation Alliance with expectations of peace can be established, peace and development could become the mainstream.

Furthermore, the establishment of the Southern Three-Nation Alliance is also conducive to uniting all living beings to deal with various disasters caused by the collapse of the Dragon Madness Mythallar.

Xia Duo will actively deal with these disasters, but he will not carry everything on his own shoulders; firstly, he does not have that ability, and secondly, if everything relied on him, what would others do?

In fact, he has always liked a classic line from Earth—"Rule this country with Wisdom and strength, use powerful strength cautiously, true victory is to inspire the hearts of the people."

This is, of course, a joke, but the "mass line" that he has heard since childhood is not a joke; one must believe in the people and also rely on the people. The masses are not a mob, but the most powerful force to transform the world.

……

In the next two days, news was constantly transmitted back to Xia Duo, among which the most came from the Northland Alliance, some asking about the latest progress in the South, and some replying with the investigation results from Kaitemier.

The inquiries were all different, and the replies were also varied, but synthesizing all the information, two points still inevitably stood out.

One is the Northland's worry about the South, which can be seen from the almost uninterrupted inquiries; the other is that regarding Prince Xisi's political views and prestige in Kaitemier, Calimshan indeed did not lie.

Prince Xisi's prestige in Kaitemier is extremely high, especially since his view of returning to the mainstream has been recognized by most of the citizens, and he is considered the only choice for the next Crown King of Kaitemier.

As for whether Prince Xisi and Crown King Haigena were at odds, Calimshan said they were indeed at odds, but the investigation results of the Northland Alliance were exactly the opposite.

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It seems that rumors of the Crown King and the Prince being at odds have never spread within Kaitemier.

Among them, the reply from Keman was more detailed, mentioning that Crown King Haigena had long ago established Prince Xisi as his successor, waiting only until this diplomatic mission to various countries was over to announce it publicly.

It is a pity that Prince Xisi happened to die on the road while on a diplomatic mission abroad.

This might also explain why Kaitemier attaches such importance to the death of Prince Xisi; if the Crown King were really at odds with Prince Xisi, perhaps it would have been settled hastily, even if the public opinion was surging, what could it do?

On this issue, Xia Duo is more inclined to believe Keman, rather than Calimshan, which has a direct interest in the assassination of Prince Xisi.

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In addition to the news transmitted back from the Northland Alliance, there was also news from Kaitemier and Calimshan, but the results of the screening were not ideal; the two countries have only discovered a few individuals suspected of inconsistencies so far.

They cannot judge and need Xia Duo to handle it personally.

As for the prophecy targeting the assassin's characteristics, Kaitemier also replied, saying that the domestic Prophecy Ritual has already begun, and it will take at least three more days to get results.

If it does not require interpretation, it would still take at least one day.