“What else, there’s nothing to it.”
Bacon clearly remembered locking up the fruits in the safe along with everything else, but only the fruits disappeared and he didn’t know why either.
Lin Xiao stroked his chin and pondered about it.
According to Bacon, his safe was extremely reliable and there was no exterior damage, and he never lost the only key that could open it, so it couldn’t have been stolen.
Since Lin Xiao wasn’t there and he didn’t know anything about locks, he wouldn’t be able to do what Rosie and Caesar did.
“Bacon, when did you last see the fruits?”
“In the afternoon the day before you came, I’m sure they were still in the safe then.”
“So that means the fruits disappeared the night before I came? … Did anything happen that night?”
“I don’t think so… oh right, it seems like there was a thief but they didn’t steal anything expensive.”
“A thief?”
It might not be that important, but Lin Xiao felt like something was wrong so he carefully asked Mina about what had happened that night.
It turns out that a thief slipped into their storage and lit a fire in the backyard. They only realized there was a thief after putting out the fire, but they didn’t steal anything expensive and just took some inexpensive colored crystals, and the fire was set on a pile of rubbish so no one put it to mind. Deborah just ordered the guards to increase their vigilance and went back to sleep.
Something worth mentioning was that Bacon also went to put out the fire. Although he didn’t do much, he was indeed there and Mina could confirm it.
That night he wasn’t in his room, which gave them time to steal the fruits, but Bacon didn’t think the thief took the fruits.
“There was a lot of expensive stuff in the storage, but he stole the most inexpensive colored crystals, so it was probably some common thief, how could he open my safe and steal the fruits?”
“Common thief huh, that might not be the case… let me ask you, do you not have a lot of guards on patrol?”
“No, there’s a lot, the night patrol system is quite perfect.”
“If that’s the case, did anyone catch the thief? Or even catch a glimpse of the thief?”
“… No.”
“That’s strange… how could a common thief evade your patrol then set fire in the backyard and sneak into the most important place in the supply station without being spotted… that doesn’t make sense.
Because they didn’t lose much, no one cared much about the incident, but Lin Xiao realized the problem.
Since the thief could sneak in so easily then he must have been experienced, so how could someone like that steal something so worthless? There was perhaps only one explanation, his goal wasn’t the crystals, he stole them just to show he was there.
“Additionally… why did he set fire in the backyard? You said the backyard was filled with trash so it didn’t matter if it was set on fire if he wanted to create a diversion, wouldn’t it be better to set somewhere more important on fire?”
The stolen items were worthless and the fire was set somewhere where it didn’t matter… even if there was a theft, they had no losses so no one paid much attention to this incident, perhaps that was their true goal!
“Lin Xiao, so you’re saying they used the fire and theft to distract us from the fact that they stole the fruits so that you wouldn’t notice?”
If Lin Xiao knew about all this earlier, he might not have come here and would have investigated more. Because of the pretense of peace, it made him let down his guard.
“So he tricked you to come here… but why? … Could this be a trap and he wants to kill you!?”
After a bunch of reasoning, even Mina could come to the correct answer!
It was clear that they did all this to make Lin Xiao let down his guard and come to this mountain!
“Hey, aren’t you making a big deal out of nothing?”
What bullshit reasoning, what a joke! Bacon didn’t believe that Lin Xiao was that smart that he could deduce they set a trap for him just from a bunch of stories and without any evidence. And Mina was dumb too, she was already duped and completely took Lin Xiao for some great detective.
“Bacon! Lin Xiao’s reasoning is right, it’s not making a big deal out of nothing… okay, since you don’t agree, then do you have a better idea?”
“Hmph, of course.”
“Then tell us.”
“I think he’s too full of himself! I admit you’re strong and as Gotham’s dragon, your identity is comparable in name to the king… but you aren’t actually a king, why would they go through so much trouble to set a trap to kill you?”
“I don’t know… maybe they’re jealous of how handsome I am.”
“Haha, forget it… even if someone wanted to kill you, they would just send an assassin straight to you.”
“Hm… pork boy, I’m not bragging, but that won’t work.”
“Why not?”
“Because a normal killer wouldn’t be able to kill me, or rather, they wouldn’t even be able to get into my room.”
“And you still say you aren’t bragging?”
Lin Xiao was not afraid of any killers, with how sensitive Elena’s detection is and he sleeps in the same room as her, how could any killer approach them? Not just that, but there was a genuine killer right next to him! ShenDai Ying was a first-rate killer and the number of killers stronger than her was countable. She also understood positions ambushes and various killing techniques… so in this case, how could anyone kill her lover Lin Xiao?
So a direct way wouldn’t work, they would have to work a bit and lure him into a trap.
Just like right now.
As they spoke, they arrived at the center of the dense forest and there stood a huge ancient tree. It was completely different that the other trees as it was completely gray and looked mutated.
“That’s the tree! Do you see it? The small blue things shining in the canopy, those are the sacred crystal fruits!”
Bacon didn’t want to hear Lin Xiao brag anymore, so he quickly ran toward the tree, but was dragged back by Lin Xiao.
“Mina, Bacon, get back here! Don’t move independently… even though I see them as well, but we need our lives to take them! All of you follow me closely! I’ll protect you… Elena, try sensing to see what’s suppressing you… Sister Ying, get ready to fight, if Elena senses anything, then I’ll cooperate with you immediately.”
“Tsk, how annoying, there’s clearly nothing here, what are you all getting nervous for?”
Bacon completely ignored Lin Xiao’s warnings and planned to slip away to climb the tree!
“Bacon, c-come back here! Stop causing trouble for Lin Xiao!” Mina tried grabbing onto his sleeves to stop him.
“Hmph, what danger can there be? If you guys are scared, you can just wait for me down here, and I’ll climb up myself!”
Bacon pushed Mina aside and ran out!
“Bacon! You…”
“Forget it.”
Just as Mina was about to run after him to try and stop him, Lin Xiao gently held her back and shook his head.
Perhaps Bacon didn’t notice yet, but when he approached the tree, there was a strong surge of magic power that gathered towards the roots of the tree.
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