Shut up, brave man! I don't want to atone for my sins to you!

But she soon thought of the most likely candidate——

Crazy John.

Mad John might know the existence of this "wall". No, not only that, Lacele even suspected that she knew the truth about all Diesel's abnormalities. Otherwise, why would that guy be so obsessed with assassinating the emperor?

Following this logical reasoning, it coincides with their conjecture:

His Majesty the Emperor Diesel may be the source of all the abnormalities!

So Lacielle asked Charles directly:

"Do you think Crazy John knows the truth? But he also went to the White Tower to study. There is no reason for him to hide the truth and not ask for our help..."

Charles shook his head, denying the first half of Rachel's words:

"No, not just Crazy John, there are others as well."

"other people?"

"Or rather, other 'things'," Charles added emphasis, "Diesel won't just have a tall and thin ghost."

He didn't finish his words, but Lacie had already filled in the rest of them in her mind.

As demonstrated in The Dream of Existence, Slender Man is extremely contagious and his speed is extremely exaggerated.

Just like when you find a cockroach in your home, there are actually a large number of cockroaches running rampant in places you can't see - it stands to reason that there must be other slender ghosts in Diesel's territory.

And in the past thirty years, they must have found ways to break through the invisible wall and reach the outside world, just like the infected old investigator.

But without exception, they all failed, otherwise someone in the outside world would have discovered the trace of the Slender Man long ago.

For thirty years, neither Mad John nor the Diesel people who were infected and turned into slender ghosts had been able to break through this "wall". Lacelle even felt that in a sense this "wall" could be called the Wall of Sighs.

Even the two of them, a witch of dawn and dusk and a brave warrior of the present world, could only stop in front of this wall of sighs.

"What?" Lacie was inexplicably unhappy. "If this 'wall' is to prevent pollution from leaking out and contain anomalies, it's now clearly blocking the solution to the problem..."

So she couldn't help but think of a famous line:

"What have you been protecting?!"

The barrier that was originally built to prevent pollution leaks has now become a solid shield standing in the way of pollution and anomalies.

It really makes me... I don't know what to say.

Laceel glanced at the Wall of Sighs with mixed feelings, then turned to look at Ciel, crossed her arms, and asked:

"So what do we do now?"

Charles was silent for a moment, then withdrew his hand from the Wall of Sighs and asked in a low voice:

"If the White Tower doesn't hear from you for a while, will it send new investigators to Diesel?"

"Of course, according to the procedure, seven days after I completely lose communication with the White Tower, a new investigator will come to Diesel." Lacier paused and narrowed her eyes. "But this is the general situation, and the current situation in Diesel is obviously beyond the scope of the general situation..."

"So, I think the next person who will visit Diesel will not be an ordinary investigator, but one of the legendary investigators in our White Tower."

"...Legendary investigator?"

"Yes," the witch looked at the hero with contempt, "How come you didn't know?"

Without waiting for the hero to explain, she continued:

"There are many investigators in the White Tower, nearly a hundred senior investigators, but there are only five legendary investigators above them."

"All of the five legendary investigators are as powerful as super-level mages. Therefore, they all shoulder much heavier responsibilities than ordinary investigators..."

"—Mediate wars, explore secret places, correct history, and uncover the truth."

"If it's them, they will surely be able to resolve Diesel's abnormality and restore true peace and tranquility to this country, right?"

When she said this, she couldn't help but reveal an expression of longing.

Those legendary investigators were the only ones in the Pan-Continent whom she could truly admire.

Although she could have been one of them - even now, she still has the title of "Half-Step Legendary Investigator", but later she chose to live in seclusion in the Sea of ​​Forest.

Moreover, distant water cannot quench immediate thirst.

Before getting the investigator's walking stick and noticing the existence of the tall and thin ghost, Lacquer had just contacted Lao Deng. According to the procedure, they had to continue to stay in Diesel for at least six days before the legendary investigator could enter Diesel.

Therefore, what they need to do now is to survive for six days in Diesel.

This is not difficult at all.

All you need to do is be quiet and do nothing, sleep in the hotel for six days, and the magic soldiers will descend from the sky.

So Lacielle immediately wanted to grab Charles and say to him:

"Elbow! Follow me back to the inn."

But when she looked up at Charles, she found that Charles had been standing beside her without her knowing when, with his head lowered, staring at her with burning eyes.

"..."

Lacie was startled and subconsciously tried to dodge back.

At this moment she suddenly heard Charles ask:

"Compared to them, am I...so much inferior?"

Perhaps because he had never asked this kind of question to anyone before and because he was tongue-tied, Charles spoke a very short sentence haltingly and discontinuously.

So it's like a seesaw, if one side goes down, the other side will follow up

Laceel's courage, which had shrunk due to fear, swelled again.

hum!

She thought to herself, oh wow, she's quite cute. Hehe, this is the innocent little virgin. He can't stand hearing his sweetheart praise others. He gets jealous when he hears it, and the air around him becomes sour.

This is really unreasonable if it's not a tease!

Don't take advantage of me, you bastard.

Based on this principle, Miss Witch tilted her head, with a mischievous expression on her face and a teasing tone:

"Why, you're not convinced, but the legendary investigator is amazing..."

After a pause, she seemed to "wake up", clapped her hands, and said in a long voice:

"Oh - you are unwilling to accept it, because I said that the legendary investigators are very powerful? You feel unbalanced? But I am just telling the truth. The legendary investigators of our White Tower are braver than you..."

She didn't finish her words.

Because Ciel interrupted her.

The man approached her silently, almost sticking to her. The terrifying aura forced her to swallow back the rest of her words, leaving only a cute little exclamation.

The seesaw, which originally belonged to the brave man, was pushed down again by the end that was lifted high.

Lacey panicked.

She thought to herself, this, this, this... why is he so angry? No, he just can't afford to play? Besides, she didn't say anything excessive, so why did Charles turn from talking to hitting on her?

There is a saying that a good man never suffers a loss in front of him! There is also a saying that a real man can bend and stretch!

A man of insight is a wise man. Lacie quickly began to think about how to slide down and kneel to escape today's disaster.

But then she heard Charles whisper to her:

"Well, I'm just...jealous."

"???"

Although Charles' tone was extremely awkward and his voice was pitifully low, Laciel still heard clearly what he said.

She couldn't believe her ears.

what?

What did Ciel just say to her?

He...he he he...is jealous?

It's incredible, my brother!

She was just waiting for the battle, why did Charles suddenly surrender? Even the French soldiers didn't salute so quickly, okay?

But perhaps it was not a surrender. Lacier felt that this was more like a retreat to advance.

A straight ball, a straight ball of extremely high purity!

But being straight-talking only works on people who share the same admiration for you, and she, she...

Lacey originally wanted to sneer.

She even planned to tell Charles ruthlessly while sneering:

"Hehe, Xiao Deng, your straight ball is the most useless."

However, when these harsh words came to her lips, they were inexplicably tinged with sweetness. Lacie even felt that her words would turn into marshmallows and could not hurt anyone at all.

So after struggling for a long time, she still couldn't utter a complete sentence.

All her big words, inexplicably, turned out to be strange in the end.

So, facing the hero's direct shot, the witch who had seen through everything lowered her head, a little unhappy, but responded timidly:

"I know, I know. You... you are also very capable. This should be fine, right?"

She even gave up on herself a little.

[To be continued]

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46. ​​Best Location

Lacele felt that Charles had probably guessed her true identity.

But even if he guessed it, he wouldn't say it.

He just kept beating around the bush.

So, now their relationship has become quite... strange.

Lacele was crouching there with her head in her hands, covering her ears and playing dumb like an ostrich, while Charles was circling around her, beating drums and gongs, pouring out his heart, trying to break her three-dimensional defense.

The hardest mouth in the Pangaea meets the most sincere heart, and it is still unknown who will win.

But let’s put aside the romantic feelings for the moment. How to solve the anomalies in Diesel is the most pressing issue now.

Rachel's solution was to do nothing.

Anyway, as long as they sleep well in Diesel for a week, legendary investigators will naturally come to Diesel to help them solve the anomaly - the witch feels that this is the safest and most reasonable solution, at least it is more reliable than the two half-baked people acting rashly.

But Charles felt that he couldn't just sit there and wait for death.

Although it was unlikely that Diesel's abnormality would deteriorate sharply in a short period of time, since they had already come to Diesel, they should do something within their ability...

For example, they can continue to conduct investigations.

They have almost figured out the whereabouts of the first investigator who came to Diesel, but what about the second one?

After all, the old gentleman wasn’t the only investigator who disappeared in Diesel.

After conducting the last few experiments on the Wall of Sighs, the two men, who still had not found a way to break through, returned to the hotel they rented near Manifestation Square.

The otaku witch, who seldom goes out and almost never exercises, kicked off her small leather boots as soon as she returned to her room, threw her pointed hat onto the coat rack like a frisbee, then threw herself onto the bed, rolled over twice, and lay down on her side while hugging the pillow.

so tired!

Although not as tiring as when I was in the Brave Squad, it was still tiring!

Lacele buried half of her face in the pillow and cursed Charles.

Damn hero, wouldn't it be nice to just sleep in the hotel for seven days? Why do you have to continue investigating... What the hell! Is there anything else to investigate in Diesel?

All known clues lead to the Emperor, and the person who brought them all the clues...

Crazy John, who couldn't tell which side he was on, obviously wanted them to storm the palace right now, kill the emperor, and seize the throne.

But the more this happened, the more Lacie felt that they couldn't do that.