Amid the steam of the industrial revolution, mysteries surge beneath the surface. Cults and secret societies seek the extraordinary in the shadows, while hidden gods gaze upon humanity from the hea...
"Oops... I can't seem to get any other useful information. I can't find those human bombs just by relying on these clues..."
Dorothy frowned and thought so in her heart. She took out her pocket watch and looked at the time. It was already ten forty. She had just been monitoring for half an hour and had no other clues except finding the eight-pointed spider. The most urgent task now was not to catch the mastermind, but to pull those people with bombs tied to their bodies out of the crowd.
"We can't wait any longer like this. We must take some other measures. Otherwise, it will be too late..."
Looking at the time gradually elapsed on the pocket watch in front of her, Dorothy thought anxiously in her heart that continuing to eavesdrop and waiting for Sadow and the others to reveal the clues would essentially be waiting for death. Now there was only a little over an hour left, and action had to be taken immediately.
"But the problem is... the intelligence I have now is not enough for me to find the human bomb in the crowd. What should I do? Try to notify the hunters on guard around and ask them to stop the party and evacuate the crowd? But what if this directly stimulates those guys to go all out and detonate directly? "
Just like that, among the celebrating crowd, Dorothy stroked her chin and thought distressedly, thinking about how to solve the current dilemma. At this moment, something changed on the stage of the party.
At this moment, an acrobatic show on the stage ended. After the actors left the stage amid applause, the neatly dressed host walked onto the stage again. He looked at the audience with a smile, and waited for their applause to die down before speaking loudly.
“We are very grateful to the young people of the Dos Acrobatic Troupe for presenting us with a wonderful performance. They are worthy of being a well-known acrobatic troupe in Tivian. Do you think their performance is good?”
The host shouted to the audience, and the audience almost all shouted "good show". Seeing this scene, the host continued to speak with a smile.
"Yes... it was very good. The funny performances by the clowns from the Weird Face Circus were very good, as were the mime performances from the Gogo Theater. The skills of the young people from the Dos Acrobatic Troupe were also very good. For tonight's party, Her Highness Isabel invited all the outstanding actors from Tivian to perform for us.
"Everyone, perhaps the excellent performances before have already made you scream with excitement, but let me say that you still need to save the biggest surprise for later. Princess Isabel said before that she has prepared a surprise for tonight's party, and now I will be very honored to reveal the true face of this surprise to you. Now let us invite one of the most charming women in Pritt, the talented dancing star, and the most shining ruby in Tivian—Miss Adele Briouze to the stage!"
The host declared vigorously on the stage, and stretched out his hand to the stage curtain behind him. As the melodious music of the orchestra sounded, the huge curtain slowly opened, and a dark figure jumped out from behind it.
The bright red dance skirt embellished with sparkling jewels blooms like a rose in the whirling of her graceful figure. The slender arms wrapped in dark black silk flexibly turn and the light dance steps are like a crane constantly stepping on the stage. The dancer wrapped in a touch of red dances gracefully on this stage that attracts everyone's attention.
Following the host's announcement, Adele led her dancers from behind the curtain to the stage. When the beautiful figure in red appeared in front of everyone, thunderous cheers and applause broke out from the audience, louder than any previous show.
The people at the scene didn't expect that the surprise guest of Princess Isabelle was actually Adele, the most famous female dancer in Tivian. They didn't expect that such a party for ordinary lower-class people would have such a big star. When this dancer famous in Tivian appeared at this people's party, the warm atmosphere at the scene reached an unprecedented peak. The voices calling for Adele's name were endless.
"Hey! Dorothy! Have you seen it? That's Adele! Is it the big star Adele? I've always wanted to watch her show, but I didn't expect her to be here. It's incredible!"
In the crowd, Greg looked at Adele on the stage and patted Dorothy's shoulder enthusiastically and shouted, while Dorothy looked at the familiar figure on the stage with a surprised look.
"The surprise that the princess mentioned... was actually Adele? Adele actually came to this folk party to participate in the show! ? "
Dorothy opened her mouth slightly in surprise, and then not long after, Dorothy immediately thought that maybe she could ask Adele to help solve the current problem.
"With Adele's ability... maybe she can help me find those flesh bombs!"
Dorothy continued praying, and without further ado, she immediately began to use the information channel to contact Adele on the stage, preparing to pass on a prayer message to inform her of the complicated situation of the evening party. The last time she and Adele were looking for her teacher Darlene, Dorothy successfully established an information channel by asking Adele to pray to Aka.
Dorothy pretended to pray to Aka as if she was contacting other people, and then prepared to send the content of the prayer to Adele through the information channel. However, at this time, the system issued a prompt.
'Warning, the transmission target has been detected to have a transmission obstacle, and the information cannot be transmitted effectively
The system's voice echoed in Dorothy's mind. Dorothy was stunned for a long time before she asked the system in her heart.
'There is a transmission barrier? What's going on?'
'It is detected that the target of the transmission has actively set up a barrier to the transmission channel to hinder the transmission. The information cannot be delivered to the target. You can perform forced transmission to break the barrier and transmit. However, this will also cause the target to suffer uncontrollable mental damage.'
The system explained this to Dorothy, and Dorothy quickly understood the general situation after listening.
In simple terms, there seemed to be a psychological barrier in Adele's mind that prevented mental intrusion. Without her permission in advance, anyone who interfered with her mind would be blocked by this psychological barrier. It reported Dorothy's method of using the information channel to directly insert information. This seemed to be a mental defense measure that Adele, a senior spiritual Beyonder, had established for herself in some way, and this measure prevented Dorothy from inserting words into her mind.
Of course, according to the system itself, it can easily break through this defense to pass the message to Adele, but the problem is that this will hurt Adele's spirit. This result made Dorothy very embarrassed. She didn't want to hurt Adele's spirit because she would need her help to find someone later.
"But... the problem now is that I need to find a way to contact Adele before I can ask her for help. If the information channel is not working, I can only rely on the "Sea Navigation Journal", but Adele doesn't look like she carries the communication book with her. Even if she does, Adele is not like Neveu and Vanya. She doesn't have my puppet mark on her body. Even if I write something down, it's hard to remind her in time..."
Dorothy thought distressedly that she urgently needed to contact Adele, but she couldn't find a suitable way for a while.
Dorothy stood there with a frown on her face. She was so anxious that she almost stamped her feet. At this moment, an idea came into her mind.
"Oh yeah, it seems like this is possible... Although it might expose something a little bit, I can't care too much about it now."
Dorothy thought so in her heart, and then she secretly strengthened her determination. She glanced at Gregor beside her, and saw that he was still looking at Adele attentively. She reached a hand into the small bag she carried with her, and after groping inside for a while, she touched the magic box inside.
Dorothy secretly opened her magic box in her bag by touch alone, and then took out something from it. Holding that thing, Dorothy took her hand out of the bag, and then Dorothy looked up from her hand and saw a piece of letter paper, a piece of letter paper exuding a strange fragrance.
This piece of letter paper was from the first letter Adele sent to the detective. Because the fragrance on it was too strong and unique, Dorothy suspected that there was something wrong. After reading the letter, she put the fragrant letter in the magic box and then scented herself with stone powder.
And now when Dorothy took out the letter again, the fragrance on it showed no sign of weakening. The moment the letter was taken out of the magic box, Adele, who was dancing on the stage, couldn't help but glance at a corner of the audience nearby. After a slight start, a slight smile appeared on her lips.