Chapter 216: Meeting of Three

Even though he chased toward the first floor immediately, Xia De was still a step slow.

When he arrived at the first floor, he happened to see Miss Beiya looking reluctant, being dragged into the side corridor by someone wearing white gloves.

Ladies attending banquets, even if they wore gloves, generally wore lace gloves with very complex styles and craftsmanship, while ordinary white gloves were mostly worn by men.

"Miss Beiya is in trouble?"

Xia De frowned and followed immediately. Of course, before pushing the door to enter that corridor, he first inquired from the waiter in the banquet hall what that side was used for.

"Sir, that leads to the kitchen and also provides empty rooms for the chefs in the back kitchen to rest."

The chefs who could cook and prepare snacks and drinks for banquets of this level were indeed worth arranging special rest rooms.

Xia De nodded and walked into the corridor. Although ordinary guests were not allowed to walk into this "staff area," Xia De couldn't be considered an ordinary guest.

The banquet was in the middle stage, the kitchen was still busy, and the dining cart didn't pass through here, so there was no one in the corridor, only the faint sound of men and women discussing today's dishes at the corner at the end of the corridor.

Because of the location and layout, only one side of the corridor in front had rooms, and the other side was a wall with oil paintings hanging. And since there was no commotion coming from the corner, it meant that the person who forcibly dragged Miss Beiya here hadn't taken her away from this corridor.

"Five rooms in total...... Can you find Miss Beiya?"

【My perception can only be exerted at close range. No, even if you stick to the door, it won't work, unless the other party also sticks to the door.】

Currently, although he couldn't hear the sound of fighting, nor were there obvious traces of miracle elements, Xia De was still a bit worried about that slightly immature girl.

He hesitated in front of the door for a moment, and just as he was about to knock to test, the woman's voice in his ear finally gave a hint:

【There are traces of whispering elements behind the third door, almost right behind the door.】

"Didn't you say that I must see the relic for you to feel the whispering elements?"

Xia De thought while walking quickly toward the third door on tiptoe.

【This time is different. This relic is very special. You can understand it as it is spreading power spontaneously.】

"Understood."

Confirming that there was a holy emblem brooch of the one-time sunlight gun in his pocket, he held the gun in his right hand—the normal one—and the color of the silver moon lit up in his left hand.

This series of actions was kept as light as possible, and then he walked to the door on tiptoe, not hearing any sound inside. So he counted to three in his heart, bent his legs slightly, held his breath, and slammed into the door.

The sound of slamming the door was masked by the noisy sound coming from the banquet hall. Xia De rushed into the room, didn't feel the door hit anyone, so he neatly rolled on the ground and flipped into the interior of the room.

But he didn't encounter an attack, instead he heard footsteps fleeing toward the bedroom position of this suite:

"Want to run? This is definitely not a good person. Why would a good person run?"

【Probably because you don't look like a good person.】

"Don't disturb me."

Miss Beiya had probably been held hostage, and the footsteps weren't messy, indicating that the number of the other party was only one. In this situation, the other party fleeing obviously meant that the other party wasn't strong, or was worried that Miss Beiya and the intruder would join forces.

"Should also just be a low-ring Shushi."

He thought to himself, chased into the room, kicked open the bedroom door that had been closed, and then saw a quilt flying toward him like a hard wall:

"What kind of move is this?"

Worried that this was a trap, he just used the silver moon light in his hand to tear the quilt in front of him. The muzzle pointed forward, maintaining attention and ready to let the silver moon tear the enemy at any time, but after taking a step forward, he found himself stepping on a bed sheet. Before Xia De could react, the bed sheet was quickly pulled by an invisible force, and then he lost his center of gravity and fell to the ground.

The bed sheet quickly wrapped him up, but after lightly slashing with the light in his hand, the bed sheet also became rags. Smoke spread rapidly in the room at this time. The other party probably didn't want Xia De to see his face.

"In which direction are the whispering elements?"

【Right in front of you.】

When he climbed up, he actually saw the bed in the bedroom flying straight up, as if wanting to crush him:

"Can't let him escape."

Confirming there was no wind in the room, he saw heavy curtains covering the window through the spreading thick fog. Xia De didn't care about the bed pressing toward him, but stretched out his finger, letting the silver moonlight bloom at his fingertip.

【You want to......】

"Silver Moon!"

The next moment, it was as if a silver sun exploded in the room. In an instant, the brilliance even made Xia De, the miracle user, feel severe discomfort in his eyes.

The flying wooden bed was also split in two by the light of the silver moon. Xia De kicked open the split wood, maintained the high-brightness light in the room, and faintly saw two figures in the light trying to escape from the window.

"How come both are women? Hmm? Why is Miss Beiya fleeing?"

He rushed over with a gun in each hand. While the lingering light at his fingertips hadn't fallen, he pointed them at the backs of the two women on the left and right.

"Don't move, I'll shoot whoever moves!"

The moonlight extinguished completely at his fingertips. The room seemed to have been steamed once, and it was abnormally dry. All items still had the lingering light of the silver moon, and the holy appearance could even be said to be an unknown sanctuary.

Miss Beiya's figure on the left dissipated like foam, and at the same time, the sound of thunder and lightning came from behind him.

His wrist hurt, and his right hand dropped the gun uncontrollably, but Xia De didn't go to pick it up, instead looking in surprise at Miss An Na Te wearing an evening gown on his right:

"It's you?"

Miss An Na Te heard the familiar voice, put down the small golden knife in her hand, turned around, and looked at Xia De in surprise with her purple eyes (Author's note):

"It's you!"

Behind Xia De, Miss Beiya, who was holding a sunlight gun and intending to pierce his brain, also stopped her movements. Although her eyes were injured, her ears were still good, and she also asked in surprise:

"It's you?"

All three were stunned there, and the atmosphere was a bit awkward for a while.

Xia De, whose eyes were intact, and Miss An Na Te looked at each other. Xia De was surprised that Miss An Na Te's eyes were not injured.

This kind of encounter was not in the plan, but obviously they couldn't leave at this moment. The young detective and the fortune teller both wanted to ask the other party with their eyes what the situation was now.

"Miss Beiya, you actually know Miss An Na Te?"

Before Miss Beiya realized something was wrong, Xia De took the lead and questioned, his tone as if he had been deceived:

"Why didn't you tell me before?"

Miss An Na Te looked at him in surprise, not expecting Xia De to ask this.

Miss Beiya stammered:

"Yes, I know...... wait......"

She also reacted:

"That's not right...... I why should I be questioned by you? Detective, you also know Miss An Na Te? Speaking of which, could it be......"

Although Miss Beiya's eyes were temporarily injured, her head wasn't injured:

"Wait a moment, how do you two know each other? No, this is a bit wrong! Detective, you tell me, what exactly is going on?" ===== CHAPTER 217 =====