Chapter 2504: Fearless of the Future

A cold case is too easily linked to others, so whether it is the Seven Towers, Yierlan, or other countries in the Northland Alliance, they all hope this investigation team will find facts as solid as adamantine to confirm the assassin's identity.

This way, countries that did not participate in the assassination can breathe a sigh of relief, without worrying that a war sparked by this matter will affect them.

Regarding identifying the assassin, it can be said that the countries of the Northland are of one mind, but on the issue of Xia Duo's life and death, the positions of these countries and the Seven Towers are completely different.

At present, the assassination incident has entered the investigation stage, and a very brief one at that; if Xia Duo were to die during the investigation due to the investigation itself, there is no doubt that the authority of the Seven Towers would be damaged.

But other countries are different; as long as the assassin's identity can be confirmed and it has nothing to do with their own country, it is actually better for Xia Duo to be dead, as this would make it highly probable that Netheril and the assassin's home country would erupt into conflict or even war.

Even if the war eventually ends, an irreconcilable hatred will have been created, and this is not a private grudge; even Xia Duo's opponents within Netheril would not be ambiguous on this issue.

In an alliance that is barely held together, another country having an enemy is undoubtedly a very good thing for one's own country.

Take Netheril for example; in the past, because of the irreconcilable hostility between Yierfalang and Keman, they chose to ally with Yierfalang to jointly oppose Keman.

For a country, there is no better situation than having one's enemy also be the enemy of one's ally, or in other words, the enemy of an enemy is a potential ally.

Bulundesi is clearly well aware of this, so when the investigation team proposed breaking the seal on Xia Duo's body for further examination, he shifted the problem to the Tower of Time.

He believes that the Tower of Time will not agree to a request that is highly likely to lead to Xia Duo's death, even if it might be conducive to identifying the assassin or finding Xia Duo's soul.

……

Since Hengchun Square was not the primary scene of the assassination, but merely the destination for the transfer of Xia Duo's body, the investigation team left here quickly after being rejected by the Tower of Time.

They returned to the Arcane Plaza on the ground to conduct a more thorough inspection of the primary scene.

And in the Tower of Time, in the top-floor Study.

Xia Duo watched coldly as the investigation team, composed of Elves and Dwarves, passed through the Portal and left, while Niya, standing to the side, showed a worried expression, "There are only two days left; how do you plan to end this?"

"It's very simple: just push it onto the Demon Descendants. Anyway, in the eyes of the Northland countries, the Demon Descendants are already extreme terrorists who specialize in sabotage. Moreover, from the surface, the Demon Descendants are also beneficiaries of this, so I have no psychological burden at all in pushing it onto them."

If the Demon Descendants had no intention of changing the Time Line, Xia Duo would actually have more sympathy for them; after all, in the Red Heart Alliance Projection Plane, he started out relying on the Chixin Tribe, a branch of the Demon Descendants.

In his view, the only sin of the Demon Descendants in the Main Plane is that they should not have had the idea of subverting the current Time Line; this is simply going against all living beings in the Main Plane, making them the most extreme terrorists who want to destroy the entire world.

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Then, correspondingly, it is not excessive for other living beings in the Main Plane to use any means to target the Demon Descendants for the sake of survival.

"Are you going to temporarily arrange clues related to the Demon Descendants for those investigators?" Niya asked curiously.

In Niya's view, the investigation team brought by the Seven Towers should be very capable, but since they haven't been able to find any clues related to the Demon Descendants, Xia Duo must be planning to arrange them temporarily if he wants to pin this on them in two days.

But Xia Duo gave a negative answer, "Don't worry, I've already arranged it."

And it's not just the Demon Descendants; the clues also point to Yierlan. Otherwise, if it were only clues about the Demon Descendants, how could Yierlan be made to shut up?

Xia Duo has not forgotten that his true goal is not to smear the Demon Descendants further, but to facilitate the signing of the New Covenant as soon as possible, and in the process, completely exclude Yierlan.

In the Red Heart Alliance, the Demon Descendants are not a group that everyone shouts to beat; on the contrary, they are highly respected, because only by joining the army and serving can one obtain the Demon Bloodline.

Once retired, the Demon Bloodline is also removed. This is partly because of the power of the Demon Bloodline, and partly because of the chaotic nature of the Demon Bloodline; even after 1,500 years, the Red Heart Alliance has not been able to completely control it.

They only managed to safely transform and remove it.

Xia Duo's projection identity in the Red Heart Alliance had military service experience, and later he entered Chixin University for further studies, then engaged in research work, and finally retrieved the original Advanced Permission Level, emptying the Ziliaoku of the Chixin Tribe.

Xia Duo knows by heart how to safely transform Demon Descendants and how to safely remove the Demon Bloodline. Moreover, this time he did not really transform the Saint Form Avatar into a Demon Descendant, but left behind a trace of Magic Energy with a hidden danger.

Pointing to Yierlan is accomplished through the previous activities of the Saint Form Avatar. After chatting with Yinaole and confirming that the other party's attitude toward Yierlan joining the New Covenant was not firm, Xia Duo had this plan and made concrete arrangements.

In this matter, the Demon Descendants are purely taking the blame, and they cannot argue their case, because the prerequisite for them to argue is being able to appear openly in the Northland's field of vision, which is exactly what they cannot do.

As soon as they appear, the first thing the Northland Alliance will do is not listen to their explanations, but immediately arrest them, interrogate them about the hiding places of other Demon Descendants, and then launch a suppression operation.

As for Yierlan, they also have grievances they cannot voice. The information Xia Duo left behind in advance is true and accurate, yet that "assassin" has long since vanished into ashes, leaving no evidence.

The clues found by the investigation team that Yierlan invited themselves cannot be denied by Yierlan. In this situation, what face do they have to mention staying in the New Covenant? Even if they really did, Netheril would not agree.

……

In front of the Projection Window, Xia Duo calmly explained his plan to Niya. Niya listened carefully at first, nodding from time to time, but finally asked out of the blue:

"What if this matter is exposed in the future?"

"Today's investigation team is the best witness. It is an indisputable fact that my body lost its soul. Even if it is eventually discovered that all of this was directed and acted out by me, I am bearing huge risks. And the most critical point is that I am not doing this for my own private gain, but for Netheril; this is enough to smooth over everything."

Speaking of this, Xia Duo could not help but sigh, "Where in this world is there a person who is one hundred percent perfect and flawless? I am just an ordinary person, just wanting to do my best to accomplish what I want to do."

Since he has done this, he naturally has the resolve to bear all the consequences. Conspiracies and open schemes—they are righteous if used righteously. He prefers open schemes, but that does not mean he completely rejects conspiracies. In fact, to put it another way, isn't a conspiracy just a form of flexibility?