Embers Ad Infinitum

After a few seconds, Jiang Baimian said doubtfully:

“But Butler Ulrich said that Lars’ whereabouts were unknown.

"How about you look at the photo again and make sure it's this person?"

As she spoke, she stood up, put the photo Lehman gave her on the coffee table, and pushed it towards Dimarco.

In other places, this would definitely be impolite behavior, but in Hongshiji, this is respect for others.

Vigilance is essential.

DiMarco put down his right leg, leaned forward, and picked up the photo:

"How could I remember it wrong? Isn't this Lars?

"Ulrich doesn't know about this. I have several servants who wear masks for a long time and are only controlled by me."

He glanced at the photo casually and put it in his pocket.

"Okay." Jiang Baimian didn't dwell on this matter. Anyway, Lehman had to confirm it in the end.

"Last question." She raised her index finger, indicating that she must be true to her word.

DiMarco nodded lightly:

"Say it."

Jiang Baimian considered his words and said:

"Did you leak the news that Bishop Renato was urgently transferred back to the headquarters of the Vigilance Sect to the fishmen and mountain monsters?"

She asked very directly, but without any questioning meaning.

DiMarco clasped his hands and laughed:

"When the new bishop arrives, I will communicate this matter with him."

He didn't admit it, but he didn't deny it either. In the eyes of Jiang Baimian and others, this was almost equivalent to giving a positive answer, and he was confident and didn't care about being known at all!

But if that was the case, why did he shoot Butler Carl? Is there another reason? The child's real father? Jiang Baimian's thoughts spread out involuntarily, and then he quickly put them back.

She subconsciously glanced at Shang Jianyao and found that her companion was leaning forward slightly, looking like he was about to pounce.

At this time, Di Marco straightened up:

"That's it for today."

The other party had said it so straightforwardly, so naturally Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao couldn't keep going on, so they stood up at the same time and left politely.

When he was approaching the door, Jiang Baimian suddenly remembered something and turned around and asked:

"Mr. Dimarco, were you the ones who attacked us with rocket launchers and forced us to continue investigating the arms case?"

Dimarco, wearing a black mask with white stripes, was still sitting on the sofa, nodded and said:

"It was Karl who ordered us to go down. He didn't want to hurt you, he just wanted to give you a little stimulation.

“Those guys on the ground are getting greedier the more they get and they need to be hammered down.”

"So, you also sent someone to kill Heweig?" Jiang Baimian glanced sideways at Shang Jianyao and directed the topic to another matter.

DiMarco chuckled:

“I thought about it, but before I could make up my mind, he died.

"There's no need for me to lie about such a trivial matter. Even if I admit it, it won't do any harm to me."

Jiang Baimian said "hmm":

"Aren't you afraid that the Gray Whisperers and Red River people from Hongshiji will unite to attack the 'Underground Ark'?"

Di Marco's eyes slowly swept over the faces of the four members of the "Old Tune Group" and said calmly:

"If it weren't for the church, whoever I want to be the master of the Red Stone Collection can be the master of the Red Stone Collection, even fishmen and mountain monsters are no exception."

At this moment, Long Yuehong and others heard the extreme confidence in Di Marco's tone:

He believed that the "Underground Ark" could easily deal with the Gray Speakers and Red River People in the ruins of this city.

"The church's armed forces don't seem to be particularly strong..." Jiang Baimian replied deliberately.

She did not mention the bishops and warnings of the Awakened - this is the key strength of the Vigilant Sect in the Red Stone Gathering. She wanted to see if she could use this to learn something about the Awakened from Di Marco.

DiMarco smiled, and even though he was wearing a mask, his laughter gave him away:

"Not all deacons like to look at their own churches like 'Yougu'."

ah? Does this rise directly to the executive level? Jiang Baimian was shocked.

This was different from the answer she expected, but it seemed more exciting.

If she had not personally experienced the "watching from behind the door", she would have thought that DiMarco was just joking, pointing to "vigilance" beyond the normal range.

And now, she believed that the other party had probably also encountered the gaze of "Yougu".

"Why do you say that?" The person who spoke was Shang Jianyao, who was very interested in this.

DiMarco smiled:

"Can't you tell from some of the awakened people in the church? They are always overly sensitive. They are either easily angered, have very low self-esteem, or are extremely vigilant. They will react excessively to the slightest stimulation.

"On the other hand, how could the 'Yougu' who is in charge of vigilance not keep a vigilant eye on her churches to guard against potential accidents?"

"That's it..." Jiang Baimian had a new understanding of part of the price of the "Yougu" field.

She even had some doubts as to whether the nature of the price was caused by the unintentional and inevitable infection when the power was "given" by the corresponding ruler.

Of course, this is just a guess and cannot explain everything yet.

Di Marco seemed to have thought of something, and added with a smile:

“If you can’t find the murderer of Herwig’s death among his enemies, you can consider this aspect.

"Maybe he just had a little quarrel with someone, or even just made a few jokes about someone, and then he was resented by the other person and killed him as soon as he had the chance."

Jiang Baimian asked with understanding:

"An angry person like Brand?"

"Almost." DiMarco issued the eviction order again, "You have enough problems."

Jiang Baimian stopped staying, opened the red wooden door, and walked back to the corridor that was also carpeted.

They immediately followed Butler Ulrich and headed straight for the elevator.

As they walked, Shang Jianyao fell to the back of the team.

Jiang Baimian glanced at him, just in time to meet his gaze.

Phew, Jiang Baimian exhaled helplessly.

Soon, they arrived at the elevator entrance and entered the car one after another.

At this time, Dimarco, wearing a black mask with white stripes, also came out of the room and met the guards, including two military exoskeleton devices.

Suddenly, Shang Jianyao turned around and took off the grenade on his armed belt.

He took a step forward and shouted loudly:

"This is given to you for the people of Red Rock Market!"

While shouting, the muscles in his right arm bulged, and he threw the grenade at Dimarco and others with all his strength.

The two guards wearing exoskeleton devices and six other guards responded at the same time. Some used the auxiliary system to explode the grenade halfway, some subconsciously raised their hands to prepare to shoot at the elevator, and some pounced. towards DiMarco, trying to knock the owner into the room.

However, all of their hands lost "feeling" at this moment and were unable to make the movements they wanted.

Only two of them, barely finishing their thoughts, knocked DiMarco into the room, causing him to stumble and almost fall.

Snapped!

The grenade fell to the carpet, but did not explode.

Because Shang Jianyao didn't pull the tab at all.

At this time, he had retreated into the elevator, raised his hands, covered his eyes from both sides, and saluted Di Marco and others.

The next second, the elevator door closed in front of him.

Seeing this scene, several guards were stunned.

…………

In the ascending elevator, Ulrich, who was responsible for guiding the way, was shocked and angry.

"you?"

"I just scare them and give them a little stimulation. It won't explode." Shang Jianyao, wearing a monkey mask, replied with a smile.

Ulrich calmed down, looked at Jiang Baimian's pistol pointing at him, and asked doubtfully:

"Why are you doing this? Helping the townspeople of Hongshiji to uphold justice? But they haven't decided what to do yet."

Shang Jianyao smiled and said:

"That's one thing.

"What their decision is has nothing to do with what I want to do."

Having said this, he laughed again:

“On the other hand, our team leader said that after finding the person who used the rocket launcher to scare us, we should use the same method to scare him back.

"We didn't bring a rocket launcher, and the environment here is cramped, so we had to use hand grenades."

While they were talking, the elevator door opened and they returned to the underground floor.

"You don't need to tell me my name at this time, just say what you want to do." Jiang Baimian replied angrily and funny as he walked out of the elevator.

Having said that, she quietly gave Shang Jianyao a thumbs up.

Our "Old Tune Group" will take revenge when we have it, no more, no less!

…………

In the reception room, Dimarco, wearing a black mask with white stripes, stood firm.

"Master, are you okay?" a guard asked urgently.

They had discovered that the grenade would not explode unless the ring was pulled out.

DiMarco glanced in the direction of the elevator and shook his head:

"fine."

…………

Ulrich did not expect such a reason, and he suddenly thought that everyone on the other side was crazy.

Since there was no big problem, he didn't want to get entangled, and quickly pressed the down button, wanting to get out of contact with this group of people quickly.

At the same time, Long Yuehong also expressed her views on Shang Jianyao:

"How handsome!"

It feels great to have revenge!

Although Bai Chen didn't say anything, seeing that she had been helping Shang Jian Yao to guard the surroundings, he knew what her attitude was.

After the elevator door closed again, Jiang Baimian glanced at Song He, the warning person coming from a distance, and asked Shang Jianyao doubtfully and curiously:

“Why did you salute in an ‘anti-intellectual religion’ way in the end?

"Putting blame on them?"

Shang Jianyao replied calmly:

"I thought about it, this way is the most sarcastic."

"..." Jiang Baimian said helplessly, "Why didn't you awaken to 'provocation'?"

…………

DiMarco had gone deep underground and returned to his room.

Apart from him, no one else exists here.

Wearing a black priest's uniform, he casually took out the photo of Lars given by Lehman from his pocket and glanced down:

Lars in the photo has short flaxen hair, light blue eyes, a high nose, a light beard around his mouth, and a small blue birthmark on his forehead.

"Heh." DiMarco laughed and threw the photo into the trash can.

He immediately walked to the full-length mirror and prepared to change into a set of home clothes.

At this moment, a guard outside the door reported:

"Master, the people sent to the lake came back and said that through long-distance observation, it was initially confirmed that there was nothing unusual happening on the island."

"I understand." DiMarco nodded slightly.

After speaking, he raised his right hand and took off the mask on his face.

The full-length mirror in front of him quickly reflected his face:

Underneath the flaxen hair are light blue eyes, a tall nose, a blue birthmark on his forehead, and a slightly amused and sarcastic smile hanging on his lips.

At the same time, he gently spit out a name:

"Yan Hu..."