Jiang Baimian was about to ask when she saw that the elevator had already arrived at the first floor, opening its doors and the hall doors.
She pondered briefly, pointed forward, and indicated that they should get into the elevator first.
Since there was no sound coming from the stairwell, Long Yuehong had no objection and followed Jiang Baimian into the elevator.
After Bai Chen and Shang Jianyao entered, Jiang Baimian pressed the number "6."
Their destination was actually on the eighth floor.
"What were you listening to just now?" After the elevator started to ascend, Jiang Baimian lowered her voice and asked.
Long Yuehong, while inwardly praising the team leader's prudence, recalled and said:
"We heard a man and a woman talking, saying something about betrayal, something about most nobles accepting, something about holding power or not..."
Due to the current environment, he could only pick out a few key points to state, which made Jiang Baimian frown slightly, and Bai Chen feel both puzzled and lost.
Seeing that the elevator had already reached the sixth floor, Jiang Baimian suppressed the urge to continue questioning and led the three members of the "Old Task Force" out, going all the way up the stairs to the eighth floor.
This apartment building was considered decent in the Qinggang Olive District, divided into several units, with only four rooms on each floor. Jiang Baimian easily found the one described by General Focas.
Shang Jianyao had already taken out the key found on the captured individual from his tactical backpack and opened the door with a click.
The living room inside was quite large, but the furnishings were rather simple, with only an old sofa set, a cabinet, three chairs, and a coffee table.
"What exactly did they say?" Jiang Baimian casually closed the door and blurted out the question that had been brewing in her mind for a while.
Long Yuehong quickly took advantage of his still relatively clear memory to roughly repeat the conversation between the man and woman, even simulating the corresponding tone.
Finally, he gave his own guess:
"It should be someone from one of the factions in today's unrest who was betrayed by their allies, and one of the survivors came to question the other party."
"Doesn't he want to live?" Shang Jianyao showed an expression of admiration.
Long Yuehong could understand what he meant:
Their forces had betrayed them, and they still came to find someone to question, wasn't that walking right into the trap and courting death?
This not only required abandoning intelligence, but also having enough courage.
"In a few more years, they can be accepted by most nobles and slowly walk into the sunlight... who doesn't hold power is the key..." Jiang Baimian skipped over Long Yuehong and Shang Jianyao's conversation and thoughtfully asked, "From the first sentence, which force can you think of?"
Bai Chen, who had a deep understanding of the situation in the "First City," immediately answered:
"The 'Desire Saint' sect!"
Many nobles were secretly worshiping "Mandala," indulging their desires.
The "Old Task Force" had experienced this firsthand, as evidenced by the late-night parties at Old K's house.
"So that person dared to come and question, he and that woman have, have a certain amount of affection..." Long Yuehong suddenly had a bit of an epiphany.
He originally wanted to use "slept together many times" or "often had relations" to describe the state between the man and woman, but felt that these words were too vulgar, and ultimately used "affection" instead.
"You tainted the word 'affection.'" Shang Jianyao unceremoniously commented.
Not giving Long Yuehong a chance to argue, Jiang Baimian thoughtfully raised the second question:
"Who do you think that man could be?
"The force he belongs to can influence many nobles in the 'First City,' creating opportunities for them to slowly accept the 'Desire Saint' sect; the force he belongs to has suffered extremely serious blows in this unrest; his own status should not be low, and he is likely still an Awakened, or has other abilities, otherwise he would not do something like finding someone to question, and he wouldn't be qualified; that woman mentioned 'who doesn't hold power is the key'..."
This combination of information, stripped away piece by piece, made Long Yuehong feel that the answer could ferment at any time, but it was just missing the last bit, the most crucial bit.
At this time, Bai Chen suddenly said:
"Asus, the son of Governor Beuris, Asus."
Long Yuehong stared in astonishment at this companion, only to see that her expression was solemn with a strange feeling.
"Why do you say that?" Long Yuehong asked subconsciously.
"His status is sufficient, his father is the leader of the conservatives, the most powerful figure in the 'First City' before the unrest, directly related to 'holding power'..." Bai Chen said several things in one breath.
She paused for two seconds and continued:
"He is at least an Awakened at the 'Sea of Origin' level, belonging to the 'Mandala' domain."
"How do you know?" Long Yuehong had just blurted out when he received a look from the team leader implying that he should not ask any more questions.
Oops... Long Yuehong vaguely understood something, and felt very regretful in his heart.
He remembered that after Xiaobai was caught by the slave trader Eugene, she was sold to the First City and worked as a slave for a while before finding an opportunity to escape.
Bai Chen's lips moved as if she wanted to force a smile, but ultimately failed.
However, her tone was still quite calm, very calm:
"Because his price is highly suspected of being 'sex addiction,' and he possesses an item with abilities similar to the negative effects of the 'Six Senses Bead,' a dried flower used as a bookmark."
The negative effect of the "Six Senses Bead" is "increased lust," and as an ability, it is likely in the "Mandala" domain.
This time, Long Yuehong didn't ask how she knew.
An unspeakable silence appeared in the room.
After a few seconds, Jiang Baimian cleared her throat and said:
"We discovered very early on that the 'Desire Saint' sect seemed to be cooperating with the 'Anti-Intellectualism' sect to create conflict, wanting to incite unrest, which is very unfavorable to the conservatives and to Beuris.
"Asus and his father didn't notice at all before?
"Or rather, the early actions of the 'Desire Saint' sect were authorized by them, equivalent to a nail driven into the enemy, but in the end, the 'Desire Saint' sect betrayed them?"
Associating with the conversation between the man and woman, Long Yuehong intuitively believed that it was the latter possibility.
"The water in this unrest in the First City is very deep." Shang Jianyao raised his hand and stroked his chin.
He and Jiang Baimian both looked at Bai Chen and Long Yuehong normally, not avoiding anything, and put on a posture of seriously discussing the issue.
Jiang Baimian nodded slightly and said:
"'Who doesn't hold power is the key' is a really interesting sentence.
"I don't know what that lady herself wanted to express, but if you put it on the level of Celestial Worthies's game, it can be interpreted as:
"'It doesn't matter who the 'First City' is influenced by, as long as it's not 'Zhuang Sheng' or 'Shattered Mirror,' 'Bodhi'..."
"Is this the attitude of the September Celestial Worthy 'Mandala'?"
Bai Chen slowly nodded:
"Possibly."
"In that case, the Celestial Worthies might also be divided into factions." Shang Jianyao wondered which old-world entertainment materials he was reminded of.
Jiang Baimian "mm"ed, then smiled:
"We few ordinary people are thinking about the problems at the level of the Celestial Worthies again, uh... let's write it down first, it's useless now, but it may be useful in the future."
She then restrained her smile and said seriously:
"One of the abilities in the 'Mandala' domain is 'sixth sense,' the reason why that lady didn't continue speaking is likely because she noticed someone was 'eavesdropping.'"
"They discovered us?" Long Yuehong "hissed" once.
Jiang Baimian nodded almost imperceptibly:
"If they act quickly, they should be able to see our elevator ascending to the sixth floor, and here, I have observed, there are no surveillance cameras.
"In other words, they shouldn't be able to track this room, unless they use a wide-range ability to do a blanket influence, but if it's really Asus, he is definitely the target that the new governor wants to get rid of quickly, hiding is already too late, if there is no way to silence them very quietly, it is unlikely that he will take the initiative to provoke a fight.
"So, after he can't find us, he will choose to quickly leave this area."
Speaking of this, Jiang Baimian turned to look at Bai Chen:
"Xiaobai, go to the window and observe, if you can find Asus's figure, maybe there is a chance..."
She raised her right hand and made a gesture of shooting a gun.
Bai Chen pursed her lips, picked up the "Orange" rifle, and nodded as she turned to walk towards the wall with windows.
Just at this moment, Jiang Baimian looked to the side.
Diagonally opposite there was the stairwell.
"Someone is coming up, three of them." As usual, she reported the situation she sensed.
Because the number of people was wrong, she didn't care too much.
However, upon hearing her words, Shang Jianyao reversed his right hand, attempting to remove the tactical backpack.
During this process, he said quickly:
"Only one person."
The bioelectrical signal shows three people, but the human consciousness senses only one!
This shows that two people deliberately concealed and hid their own consciousness fluctuations!
Jiang Baimian easily understood Shang Jianyao's meaning, but her skin suddenly felt very itchy, the kind of itch that made her want to scratch it vigorously.
ps: Asking for monthly tickets at the beginning of the month ~