Chapter 163: Four Questions

Xia De held the relic with one hand and reached out his right hand to Miss Beiyasi. The latter stared at him, then looked at the finger bone.

In the shadows of the alley, the expression on her face underwent a subtle change, and it took a long time before she grabbed Xia De's hand and held it tightly:

"Detective, you must explain clearly."

That voice was no longer the relaxed one when discussing rewards with Xia De a few minutes ago.

"Of course, I'm very sorry... can you relax a bit."

The other party's hand strength was great.

"Hold on for a few seconds."

Saying this, the life ring behind Miss Beiyasi actually emerged. Xia De thought there was still a fight, but no spirit rune was activated; instead, the life ring itself flashed with light.

That light shone toward Xia De, and a golden scale phantom appeared beside Xia De and Miss Beiyasi.

"Detective, you need to regain my trust."

"Hmm?"

Looking at the scale phantom, Xia De immediately thought of what Miss Annette said, that the final manifestation of the Chosen One was the life ring turning into a weapon. Now it seemed that although Miss Beiyasi hadn't succeeded yet, the power she mastered was becoming more and more.

"Detective, if you want me to continue trusting you, then relax your thoughts, don't resist."

"What?"

Xia De didn't understand.

"Kindness, evil?"

The female Ringed Shushi who held Xia De's hand tightly asked. The light of the scales flickered before Xia De's eyes, and the brilliant light illuminated a part of the alley. Afterward, the scales tilted toward the left almost immediately with overwhelming force.

The vigilant expression on Miss Beiyasi's face changed:

"Oh? Detective, I didn't see it, you are actually so kind... no, what kind of great good person are you?"

She looked at Xia De suspiciously. Xia De had some guesses about this; it was probably because he had been in this world for too short a time, and this scale could only judge his experience in this world.

Miss Beiyasi's attitude improved significantly, and at the same time, her expression was not as serious as before. She asked again:

"Order, chaos?"

The scales returned to balance, and then fell to the left at a faster speed, as if someone was pressing it to tilt with their finger:

"Hmm? Such a strong sense of order? It seems you have received very strict education and identify with rules and order."

She looked at Xia De with the eyes of looking at a magical animal, and her palm relaxed, seemingly wanting to let go.

"No, what I identify with is civilization."

Xia De explained. At this moment, Miss Beiyasi's palm grabbed tightly again:

"Miracle, blasphemy?"

The scales shook slightly, but soon maintained balance, tilting toward the left in a way that was hard to detect. Xia De had been in contact with the good god 【Innocent Creator】 many times and had also swallowed the evil god's divinity. In terms of himself, he identified more with miracles, but the blasphemous divinity still remained in his soul.

Therefore, the scales maintained an almost balanced posture.

Miss Beiyasi frowned, but didn't comment too much:

"Enlightenment, whisper?"

Both stared at the scales. Afterward, they saw the scales slowly move to the left, to the lower left, downward... it flipped over, turned into golden light spots, and scattered in the air.

"..."

Miss Beiyasi let go of Xia De's hand, and the flipped scales also disappeared before their eyes along with the life ring. Xia De felt amazed by what had just happened. He didn't expect the "Chosen One" to have such interesting abilities. The female Ringed Shushi looked at Xia De and asked very seriously:

"Detective Hamilton, which fallen ancient god's holy child are you?"

"Holy child? What? No, no, I'm just an ordinary person."

Xia De shook his head hurriedly. He felt a bit tired and missed the cat at home.

"Take me to your house."

Miss Beiyasi said, looking at the street lamp light at the alley entrance.

"Hmm?"

Xia De looked at the brown-haired girl in surprise.

"There are some things I want to talk to you about. I fully trust my ability, so I think our cooperation can continue."

The corpse was left in place without being dealt with. Miss Beiyasi said she had a way to hide this matter, and then the two walked out of the alley one after the other.

This place was very far from Xia De's house, so in the end, they boarded a taxi carriage. Because of Miss Beiyasi's outfit, the driver looked at Xia De in surprise, seemingly misunderstanding something.

When opening the downstairs door of No. 6 St. Derand Square, it was 9:50 PM. Xia De turned on the gas lamp in the foyer and invited Miss Beiyasi into the house.

On the way, the two didn't say a word.

Returning home, Xia De felt a great sense of relief. Seeing the orange cat Little Mia running over to welcome him, he felt incomparably warm in his heart.

Miss Beiyasi sat directly on the sofa. She had been here before, so she wasn't unfamiliar. Xia De returned to his room to change out of this expensive formal suit before returning to the living room to speak.

"I am a correspondence Ring Ringed Shushi, that's it. I didn't say it last time because I didn't want to expose myself in front of the church's Ring Ringed Shushi. If you want me to apologize for lying, of course, that's no problem."

This was Xia De's opening statement.

"Understood, I also know the situation of correspondence Ring Ringed Shushi. Rest assured, I won't go to report you."

Probably because of the four questions just now, Miss Beiyasi's attitude was still okay.

Xia De stroked the cat on his lap, looked at her face, and asked again:

"Miss Beiyasi, now you know my Ring Ringed Shushi identity. But I still have the willingness to cooperate with you. As a Ring Ringed Shushi of the church, do you still want to cooperate with me?"

The young girl nodded slightly; she seemed to have thought it through on the way:

"Detective Hamilton, although I am dissatisfied with your initial concealment, I also know the situation of academy-style Ring Ringed Shushi... Our identities can indeed provide many conveniences for each other. If you want to continue cooperating, I think there is no problem."

"Speaking of identity, I am actually a member of Military Intelligence Section 6, but I will only get the documents tomorrow."

Xia De added. The brown-haired girl looked at him with strange eyes:

"Introduced by that Miss Galina? No, no need to explain, this identity is also very useful... After the four questions just now, I intended to trust you again. Having one more friend like you is indeed not bad. However, I hope everyone can be open and honest."

"No problem, what do you want to know?"

Xia De sat up straight. Under the gas lamp light in the living room, Miss Beiyasi actually saw golden cracks appear on his body at a certain moment, but they disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"Answer one question, and we will continue to cooperate."

Thinking that it was just a hallucination caused by fatigue just now, she shook a finger, and Xia De naturally wouldn't disagree:

"Very fair, please ask."

"Do you know... 【Truth Society】?"

"What?"

Xia De frowned. He indeed didn't know. Miss Beiyasi, who was observing his expression, finally breathed a sigh of relief:

"It's good that you don't know."

"Is this also your enemy?"

Xia De asked back. The brown-haired female Ringed Shushi nodded and took the initiative to serve the tea Xia De prepared, which meant there was no rift between the two:

"Detective, I have many secrets. 【Truth Society】 is an organization composed of a group of lunatics, claiming to pursue truth, but they are the blind and foolish ones. Of course, this has nothing to do with you. I will tell you the story between me and them when I have time. This involves some ancient secrets, ancient ambitions, the power of the Zhengshen, my Sunlight Gun, some ancient stone tablets..."

It sounded like a story with legendary qualities. Xia De thought for a while and suddenly asked:

"Is the logo of the Truth Society you mentioned an equilateral triangle, with a circle at each vertex, and a winged person in the center?"

"What is that?"

Miss Beiyasi shook her head.

"It's good that it's not. Actually, I also have many secrets; this is one of them. Oh, Miss Beiyasi, if you have the chance, can you help me go to the church library to check this logo. Of course, be careful not to be discovered, because I'm also not sure what exactly this is."

"No problem, the church library has a rich collection. If there is an answer, I will tell you."

She leaned back on Xia De's sofa, and only then did she finally relax:

"Detective, you want to know the information I obtained tonight, right? Okay, listen to me."

Her voice was very light, and she didn't look like the strength she had in the alley just now at all. Somehow, Xia De suddenly felt a bit sorry for this young girl. She was still too young, yet had experienced too many things.

After 【Mercury Blood】 hid in Tobesk by breaking into pieces, Baron Hull, as one of the organization's sponsors, naturally knew some situations. Although Miss Beiyasi didn't directly ask for the hiding place of the seriously injured Silver-Eyed One from him, she found out who might know the Silver-Eyed One's location.

Miss Beiyasi's long road of searching still had a long way to go.

After the organization dispersed, they sought items to synthesize the Angel-level relic 【Mercury Blood】, some of which were hidden in the hands of ordinary people related to the organization. Baron Hull had two pieces in his hands, but the Baron himself didn't know what they were.

Xia De inquired carefully, and there was no red liquid substance, but a silver doll and an emerald.

"Detective, I know you really want those two relics. But relics without known characteristics are only dangerous in hand. Regarding those two relics, I will report them to the church through my channels and let the church recover them. When the time comes, if there is a bounty, I can share a portion with you."

Xia De had no opinion on her arrangement. The person who found Baron Hull was Miss Beiyasi, while Xia De was responsible for luring him out, so they both contributed to this matter.

Although he didn't find the 【Fake Philosopher's Stone】, Miss Beiyasi obtained a list of people who might hold relics like him from Baron Hull.

That list only had two names: one was Mr. Pangton, the factory owner of the steam engine screw factory in the east of the city, and the other was Mr. Roosevelt, the accountant of the Star Grass Public Tobesk Nursing Home.

Baron Hull had met these two and knew they had intricate relationships with 【Mercury Blood】.

"What I'm looking for is the 【Fake Philosopher's Stone】; I don't care about other things."

Xia De stated his attitude; this was the premise of cooperation.

"These two names, I can report to the church one day later, which is Tuesday. Before that, you can let your companions look for the things they want. If they find them, they are yours; if they don't find them, they will be the church's later. But you must guarantee that if it's not what you are looking for, don't take it away, to prevent disturbing those two people and making the church lose the next clue."

Miss Beiyasi was not a person who could follow the rules very well. Even as a member of the Zhengshen Sect, she didn't seem to care much about the regulations of the Dawn Church Ring Ringed Shushi. But she was indeed a kind and upright girl. If divided by camps of good and evil and order and chaos, although she was in the good order camp, she was very close to neutral.

This was probably also the characteristic of the "balanced" Chosen One. ===== CHAPTER 164 =====