Chapter 1146

We Are Very Familiar

The drunkard's eyes were filled with terror, and he nodded hurriedly.

Shadow Cheng Shi slightly withdrew his hand and let him go. The drunkard hurriedly said:

"Spare my life, spare my life, I'll say everything. As long as you don't kill me, I'll say everything!

I did come for that thing, but I don't know where it is either!"

That thing!

A flash of light appeared in Cheng Shi's eyes, and he spat out two words: "God's Gift."

"Yes, it's God's Gift!"

"Have you seen that God's Gift? What is it?"

"I haven't seen it!" The drunkard shook his head faster than a rattle, "I only saw Kandert kill Koshna to snatch the God's Gift, I..."

"Wait! Who?

Kandert killed Koshna?"

Cheng Shi was stunned, "Wasn't Koshna killed by a group of Redicor citizens whose hearts were filled with jealousy?"

"Yes, that's also correct, but those people were brought by Kandert in the first place!

He bought some emotion-controlling potions on the black market and used them on those people, and then, while those poor wretches lost their minds, he secretly controlled Koshna and let those people plunge their daggers into Koshna's throat.

So he is the culprit behind everything!"

Hearing this, Cheng Shi suddenly realized: "So the person who killed Kandert and played him... was you!?"

The drunkard's pupils shrank, and he widened his eyes. He blurted out: "No!"

But soon he was defeated under Cheng Shi's gaze and said dejectedly:

"It was me...

I didn't intend to kill him; I just wanted to pay homage to the god's gift, but he didn't give me a chance at all and even threatened to judge me for blasphemy. I was forced to take action."

Cheng Shi didn't expect that his unintentional stakeout would actually catch a big fish. He said with great interest:

"Tell me, explain the whole thing from beginning to end.

If you haven't lied, I can consider sparing your life."

Under the threat of death, the drunkard dared not hide anything and told Cheng Shi everything he had experienced one by one.

The drunkard's name was Max, a black-market merchant wandering in the underground of several cities. Kandert's potions were bought from him.

"Believers of 【Foolishness】 rarely buy medicine from me; my customers are often unpious multi-faith believers.

So when I recognized that the person secretly trading with me was Kandert from the Fool-Forbidden Office, I targeted him.

I knew that when they risked their lives to embrace foolish acts, there must be huge interests involved.

I am very interested in interests, so I have been secretly following him.

Until one day, he used the potion he bought from me to pollute the sanity of several citizens, letting them kill Koshna in a state of mental confusion... I knew I had bet right; I had mastered the biggest secret in this town!

After witnessing this scene, I hesitated for a long time whether to use this as leverage to get some treasures from the other party, but in the end, curiosity prevailed. I wanted to know why a deputy of the Fool-Forbidden Office would kill his superior.

Fighting for fame and profit is no secret, but believers of 【Foolishness】 rarely use this unconvincing way to prove themselves. You should know that they are proud and cannot accept self-embracing foolish acts.

So on the night Koshna died, I sneaked into Kandert's residence and saw Koshna's corpse and the report on the table.

That was when I learned that the statue would babble, and Koshna's investigation also had results: the statue had bestowed a God's Gift upon Koshna one night!

Kandert killed Koshna precisely because of that God's Gift; he wanted to swallow the god's gift alone!

I made some noise because I was too shocked. Kandert discovered me, but since I am not a local and have no direct conflict of interest with him, I was not panicked.

I just wanted to see what the God's Gift was, but Kandert refused me repeatedly and even wanted to kill me. I had no choice but to fight back.

I killed him, but I didn't find where the God's Gift was.

So I thought about playing Kandert and retracing his life's path; maybe I could discover where that thing was hidden.

But on the first day I took office, I found someone had dug up Kandert's corpse...

That person, it should be you, right?"

"......"

Quite smart.

However... the God's Gift disappeared?

Cheng Shi's face darkened; he didn't expect he had done a stupid thing.

He had thought the person who killed Kandert would be the mastermind behind the scenes, but he didn't expect the murderer was also just thrown into the deep end, knowing nothing.

If he had known this, he should have asked Kandert's corpse where the God's Gift was hidden. Now, the only chance for a Q&A had been wasted by himself.

Sigh, if Long Wang were here, at least believers of 【Memory】 would have a way.

There was indeed a 【Memory】 believer in the trial, but unfortunately, he was killed by himself. Even if he weren't dead, with that person's face, he probably wouldn't cooperate with him.

Cheng Shi frowned and asked again: "Did you tear up Koshna's report?"

Max was stunned and immediately shook his head:

"No, I deliberately put it in the most conspicuous place, just wanting to let people close to Kandert discover it, so I could observe if they had any reaction, to find new clues.

But everyone respected him very much; no one committed the act of knowing foolishness and acting foolishly."

Not him?

Cheng Shi was also stunned. He was wondering if there was a fourth party in this matter?

"What was written on the last few pages of the report?"

Max recalled carefully:

"It was Koshna's method of verifying the babbling...

He replicated the behavior of everyone who heard the babbling, found no problems, until finally, he was annoyed, drank a bottle of wine, and really fell drunk in front of the statue, and then the statue bestowed the God's Gift upon him.

I was just pretending to sleep in front of the statue to replicate his behavior, harboring a one-in-ten-thousand chance to see if I could get another God's Gift...

But the statue had no reaction, and I didn't even hear the babbling. It's probably because I'm not a believer here."

The statue protects believers; it's reasonable that non-believers cannot feel the gaze.

Cheng Shi nodded and asked casually: "Who do you believe in?"

Hearing this question, Max became serious in a second, and he bowed his head and whispered:

"Fictional laws, talk of the universe, my Lord... 【Chaos】!"

"?"

Although he had long guessed it, at the moment he heard that this black-market merchant stirring up trouble in Redicor was "one of his own," a strange sense of absurdity rose in Cheng Shi's heart.

What is this?

【Chaos】's little brother stirring up extreme muddy water for 【Chaos】's big brother in the trial?

But your water is too muddy; it's so muddy that I can't even find the God's Gift.

Cheng Shi curled his lips and continued:

"Since that's the case, then you searching for escaped prisoners is also to find clues?"

"Yes, I was desperate and grabbed at anything. Everyone who had contact with Koshna and Kandert was counted as a clue.

Originally, I hadn't thought about those poor wretches, but I heard they escaped while seriously injured and dying, so I thought the God's Gift had taken effect, so I sent people..."

Quite meticulous; worthy of being my 【Chaos】 person.

It's just that these were all useless things. Cheng Shi had listened for so long and figured out the beginning and end of the event, but only the most critical part was missing.

Was that God's Gift really the Eye of Mockery, and where was it hidden by Kandert?

He pondered for a moment and asked again: "What's up with the eyes of Koshna's corpse?"

"I don't know. When I saw his corpse at Kandert's house, his eyes had already been dug out. I think it's very likely that Kandert was afraid someone would discover he was the mastermind through the information remaining in the eyes, so he destroyed the evidence...

You also know that for those who believe in 【Foolishness】, their eyes are somewhat strange."

"......"

I think you are being sarcastic about 【Foolishness】 believers, but your sarcasm is very much to my liking.

Cheng Shi hummed and let go of Max.

"You can go."

Max was overjoyed: "Really?"

"Really.

But you cannot leave Redicor. At least until I find where the God's Gift is, you'd better stay here and listen to my summons at any time.

Of course, I won't restrict what you do. If you can find it before me and bring it to me...

I don't mind putting in a good word for you in front of Lord Altman."

"!!!"

When he heard the name of that Lord, Max trembled all over: "You... know that Lord?"

Cheng Shi curled the corners of his mouth, smiling meaningfully.

"Not just know, we are very familiar."