Squid Who Loves Diving

Chapter 228 Opportunity

“Captain Han?” Not only Long Yuehong and Bai Chen, but even Jiang Baimian was quite surprised.

She remembered that when she and Shang Jianyao returned to the defense line that Han Wanghuo was responsible for, there were many corpses lying there, and blackened areas were everywhere.

In such an environment, Han Wanghuo could die at any time, just like the other town guards. His status as a sheriff wouldn't make him any luckier.

If he had sold the information about Bishop Renato's return to headquarters to the Fishmen and Hill People, he wouldn't have needed to be at the forefront himself. He could have found an excuse to move to a less vulnerable position.

It would be like not only selling the rope to hang himself but also sticking his head into the noose.

Unless Han Wanghuo's true strength was much greater than he showed, and he was confident enough to survive the rush of the Subhuman coalition, but someone with that kind of strength wouldn't need to be so calculating... Jiang Baimian flashed through such a thought in surprise.

At this moment, Shang Jianyao made a firm response:

"I don't believe it."

Song He's explanation was about to come out, but it was blocked back.

The forensic doctor Wei Le next to him couldn't help but say:

"You haven't even heard the reason yet, why are you immediately saying you don't believe it?"

"I believe him," Shang Jianyao gave his reason.

"Then why do you believe him?" Wei Le seemed to want to argue with Shang Jianyao about what was right and wrong.

Shang Jianyao glanced at him:

"A man's intuition."

"..." Wei Le suddenly felt that the other party was full of loopholes, yet had no loopholes at all.

Shang Jianyao sincerely began to teach him:

"You can refute 'What kind of man are you?'"

"And then?" Wei Le subconsciously asked.

Shang Jianyao frankly stated the subsequent arrangement:

"I will take off my pants and show you whether I'm a man or not. Then, you will be unable to bear this insult and become very angry. Then, we can go out and have a fight, accompanied by music."

What is all this... Wei Le looked blank.

Seeing that Shang Jianyao had successfully diverted the topic, Jiang Baimian sighed helplessly and looked at Song He:

"Informer Song, what is your reason?"

Because Wei Le was there, they were still speaking in Red River language.

Song He withdrew his gaze, his expression becoming serious again:

"He might be a Subhuman."

"Subhuman?" Jiang Baimian didn't expect to receive such an answer.

Similarly, Long Yuehong and Bai Chen were quite surprised.

Thinking of Han Wanghuo's yellowish sclera, they all became thoughtful.

"Subhumans are also humans," Shang Jianyao tried his best to express his point of view.

Song He skipped his words and pointed to Wei Le beside him:

"This was discovered by Doctor Wei Le."

Wei Le took over the topic and sighed:

"To be honest, I don't want to believe it either. I have a pretty good relationship with Captain Han. He even tells me which smuggling caravans will bring their own prostitutes."

Speaking of this, his expression became a little more serious:

"Didn't Captain Han get injured in the battle before, on his left arm?"

"Yes." Long Yuehong said that he had witnessed it with his own eyes, and Bai Chen also nodded slightly.

Wei Le continued:

"I'm a doctor after all, and I thought I'd take a look at it for him and treat the wound. If it gets infected, that wouldn't be good, right?

"As a result, he actually refused me, saying that he could handle it himself. Later, when he went to that room in the police station to change his dressing, I thought it might be inconvenient for him with one hand, so I finished the remaining water, preparing to go in and help him if he encountered any difficulties.

"We're both men, so I didn't knock. I opened the door and went straight in. Who knew, I actually saw patches on his arm, like, like not very dense scales, with an amber tint.

"At that time, Captain Han pulled down his sleeve with a swish, not caring about the wound at all.

"Then he looked at me and asked me why I suddenly came in. At that time, his eyes were very dangerous, just like when my previous boss saw me and his wife lying in bed.

"I quickly pretended that I hadn't noticed anything and said I wanted to come in and help him change the dressing. Captain Han's eyes quickly returned to normal, and he said that he had already changed it.

"After coming out, the more I thought about it, the more something seemed wrong. As soon as I got off work, I rushed to the church and found Informer Song.

"Informer Song told me not to panic, to pretend that nothing had happened, and to do some observations secretly."

After Wei Le finished speaking, Song He added:

"Today, things have changed, involving the issue of selling intelligence to Fishmen and Hill People. I can't wait any longer, so I have to come to you for help."

Jiang Baimian listened quietly and smiled:

"Informer Song, you can actually go to him yourself. I believe he won't hide anything from you."

Nor will he do anything unfriendly to you.

Song He sighed:

"I have a pretty good impression of Han Wanghuo. In these three years, he has really done a lot of practical things.

"As you know, because of doctrinal issues, I, as a clergyman, can't get the Redstone Town residents to trust each other and face the outside world together. Han Wanghuo has at least achieved the last four words.

"I have also seen his seriousness and responsibility. If I ask him personally, regardless of the outcome, there will be rifts in everyone's hearts afterward, and it may not be easy to get along in the future. But you are different. You are outsiders. Even if you know something, you will leave quickly and let the secret be buried."

Informer Song's words mean that he's giving Han Wanghuo a chance? As a clergyman of the Vigilance Sect and the de facto town chief of Redstone Town, he certainly can't show favoritism. We are outsiders, and we can do whatever we want... Is this the real intention behind his request? Jiang Baimian thoughtfully organized her words:

"I think we first need to clarify one point:

"Whether Captain Han is a Subhuman or not has no necessary connection to whether he sold intelligence.

"Even if he is a Subhuman, it doesn't mean that he betrayed Redstone Town. At that time, he was really risking his life in the line of fire to block the enemy."

Song He showed a gentle smile:

"Yes, that's what I think too."

As expected... After this conversation, Jiang Baimian confirmed her previous guess and said "Mhm":

"I will divide the task into two parts: one is to find Captain Han to confirm whether he is a Subhuman, and the other is to find the person who sold the intelligence to the Fishmen and Hill People."

"Very good." Song He quite appreciated this plan.

Jiang Baimian then smiled:

"Since it's a task, what's the reward?"

Song He's gaze swept over the four masks one by one, and he said meaningfully:

"I wonder if you are interested in some knowledge related to Awakened?

"I can't reveal too much confidential information. I can only say that what Tan Jie can know, you can also know."

It seems that we solved the Fishman Awakened, and we also explored the Forbidden Temple and returned safely, allowing this Informer to confirm that at least one of us is an Awakened. Starting from the fact that Awakened inevitably have some strange behaviors, it's not difficult to guess that Shang Jianyao is likely to be... Jiang Baimian didn't need to turn her head, she could guess with her toes that Shang Jianyao must be looking eager to try now.

She "ahem"ed and said:

"Knowledge is always very expensive. This reward is indeed good.

"Informer Song, we trust you, so we don't need to go through the Hunter's Guild."

Song He smiled again:

"Okay."

Now that they had accepted the task, Jiang Baimian quickly entered a state of readiness:

"Informer Song, you have to give us a list.

"That is, who knew about Bishop Renato's emergency recall to headquarters before the Fishmen and Hill People invaded? This should be a secret, and not too many people should know about it."

"I've already prepared it." Song He took out a folded piece of paper from the pocket of his black cloak. "It's divided into two parts. One part is the people who were in the church at the time and witnessed the whole thing. The other part is the people who were notified later."

And the former all knew that Bishop Renato was suffering from "Heartless Disease".

It's easy to talk to smart people... Jiang Baimian took the paper with a slight sense of joy.

She didn't rush to look at it, but first sent Song He and Wei Le out of the room, and said that they would start the investigation early tomorrow morning.

After closing the door again, Jiang Baimian spread the paper on her bed.

The first part included the aliases of the members of "Qian Bai's Team", namely Qian Bai, Zhang Qubing, Xue Shiyue, and Gu Zhiyong.

"This part can be ignored for now," Jiang Baimian said as she looked at it. "But it can't be ruled out that one of them deliberately changed the information about Bishop Renato suffering from 'Heartless Disease' to Bishop Renato being urgently recalled to headquarters, so as not to expose themselves later. Anyway, for the Fishmen and Hill People, there is no essential difference between the two things."

As she spoke, her gaze fell to the part below.

This included the clan chiefs of several large families among the Graymen, several more influential smugglers among the Red River people, and high-ranking town guards with great abilities such as Tan Jie and Han Wanghuo.

If Hervig hadn't died and Anherbhus hadn't been suspected of selling arms to Subhumans, they would definitely be on the list of people who knew about the changes in the church in advance.

As her gaze moved down little by little, Jiang Baimian suddenly saw a name that was both familiar and unfamiliar:

Dimarco.

"Hey, how could I forget the people from 'Underground Ark'..." Jiang Baimian was stunned for a moment and muttered to herself.

As one of the three pillars of Redstone Town, the strength of "Underground Ark" may be stronger than that of the Graymen and Red River people. They are the first to be notified by the Vigilance Church no matter what changes occur.

Long Yuehong immediately echoed:

"Yeah, they stay underground all day long. Except for doing some business, they don't even care about the Subhuman invasion..."

Speaking of this, Long Yuehong was stunned for a moment.

Bai Chen helped him say the words that followed:

"They are quite suspicious."

Long Yuehong "Mhm"ed and asked:

"Team Leader, do you suspect them?"

"Indeed, a bit, but this is not the most important thing." As Jiang Baimian spoke, she laughed. "Aren't we worrying about how to contact Dimarco and investigate the situation when the Old World was destroyed? This is an opportunity."

Before Long Yuehong and Bai Chen could respond, Shang Jianyao exclaimed in admiration:

"You're so bad."