Chapter 143 True or False
The three of them walked for about half an hour, and an abandoned building gradually appeared in front of them.
The building's exterior walls were peeling off and its windows were broken. It looked like it had been abandoned for a long time. Zong Fang stopped and turned to look at Qiao Sui Sui and Carl.
"We're here," he whispered. "This used to be a post station in the village of Dardligne. I've found some documents and materials here before. Although most of them have been damaged by moisture, there might still be some useful things left."
Qiao Susu stepped into the inn, which was filled with dust and damp smells. There were some blurry maps and faded photos hanging on the walls, and some documents scattered on the table, which clearly showed traces of life long ago.
Qiao Suisui looked around, and Karl stared out the door through the window to make sure no one was following.
"There is a log here, which looks like the notes of an experimenter." Zong Fang's voice attracted Qiao Sui Sui and Carl. They saw that there was indeed a record about 'enhancing the mental power of orcs'.
Qiao Suisui pondered, "There are also experimental files in the underground laboratory. If I'm not mistaken, the Federation wants to research a potion that can render orcs thoughtless and unconscious, while also increasing their mental strength and talents to the maximum."
Hearing this, Zong Fang did not react at all. Karl took a deep breath and shook his head, sighing: "What a fucking pervert."
"There are even more perverted ones." Qiao Suisui flipped through the handwriting, pointed out a few pages and said, "This page, this page, and these pages, what did you find?"
Carl read as he read: "'How much is this?', 'Please pass the thing to me,' 'The last matter has been settled.' Nothing special, just some everyday words."
Qiao Suisui asked, "Do we need to write down our daily conversations on paper?"
Carl was stunned, then went back to carefully read the entire notebook and found that many of the most common words were presented in written form. There were even several pages with answers in different handwritings, from different people, all discussing the same thing.
"This person can't speak?"
Qiao Suisui said in a deep voice, "Perhaps they can't speak. If this cruel experiment was truly initiated by the Federation, the level of confidentiality must be extremely high. Ordinary confidentiality agreements can no longer meet the confidentiality level of such explosive inside information. Therefore, perhaps every staff member in the underground experimental base is unable to speak."
Karl suddenly remembered a rumor he'd heard back in the Federation: a long-vanished department where everyone's tongues had been removed. He'd thought it ridiculous at the time and ignored it, but now, thinking back on it, it was horrifying.
Zongfang, who had been silent the whole time, spoke up: "Look at the last page of this handwriting."
Qiao Suisui picked it up and flipped to the page where she found some daily work details. Her gaze stopped on an unfinished sentence in the notebook. It stopped abruptly, clearly indicating the owner had left to do something else. She read it three or four more times but found nothing more.
"What happened to this page?" she asked.
Munakata said, "Time."
Qiao Sui Sui immediately looked at the time recorded at the top, and heard Zong Fang's emotionless voice: "This day is the day when Dadlinie was bombed."
Hearing this, Qiao Suisui suddenly looked at him, with a hint of suspicion in her eyes. She and Karl exchanged a glance, and both saw doubt in each other's eyes.
Carl was from the Federation, and even he didn't know when Dadligne was bombed.
Neither of them showed any expression as they listened to Zongfang continue, "Although this notebook isn't particularly important, the Federation has regulations that work-related paper documents cannot be disposed of at will. So if this experimenter were still alive, he would definitely come back to take the notebook. But the notebook is left here, indicating that after this day, no one will survive here. As long as we find a way to find out what happened on that day, everything will be revealed."
Qiao Suisui actually knew what happened on that day. According to the Archbishop, it was on that day that they were sent to Dadeligne, where Federation warships bombarded the area, engulfing them and the local residents in flames. But she never mentioned it to anyone, not even Carl. Besides Sang Yan, the only people who knew were either rebels or Federation personnel. Why did Zong Fang know this exact date so clearly, and was he trying to guide something?
She asked calmly, "So what should we do next?"
Zong Fang smiled at her gently and said, "We can go to the crime scene and see if we can find something."
Karl frowned and objected, "It's too dangerous there, Sui Sui, don't go."
This scene turned Qiao Susu's doubts into almost certain beliefs - the Zongfang in front of her was different from the Zongfang in her memory who always put her safety first.
She calmed her heart, which was beating wildly due to nervousness, and tried to keep her expression natural.
"As you say, when do we leave?"
Zong Fang gave the two of them a brief deployment. During the period, Carl wanted to object but Qiao Susu secretly pinched his palm. Carl's back paused, so he stopped talking and began to carefully observe Zong Fang's every move.
The three searched the dead bone prison for several days, finding nothing but corpses. One day, Zong Fang's arm was accidentally scratched. When Qiao Sui Sui saw it, she stood there in shock, then quickly lowered her head and pretended to take medicine from the medicine box to cover up her expression.
While applying medicine to Zong Fang, she casually mentioned, "After reading what I asked Karl to give you last time, do you have anything to say to me?"
Zong Fang lowered his eyes and was silent for a second or two. Then he smiled and took her hand, saying softly, "Of course, but I want to tell you after we go out together."
Qiao Sui Sui pretended to be shy and broke free from his hand. She said, "I wrote that letter for a long time, deleting and revising it, but it contains all the words I wanted to say to you."
Zong Fang stroked her cheek and said softly, "I know, Qiao Qiao, I have received your kindness." After that, he hugged her as if he was in love.
"I'm glad you got it." Qiao Susu responded, her fingertips trembling.
After she bandaged Zong Fang, she made an excuse to leave. When she turned around, her shy smile disappeared immediately, replaced by a cold sharpness.
She never wrote to Munakata.
She had already returned his talent to him a long time ago, but the wounds of this Munakata in front of her simply did not heal on their own.
In the next few days, Qiao Susu and Carl developed a tacit understanding. On the one hand, they needed to remain alert to Zong Fang, but pretended to have noticed nothing, as usual; on the other hand, they secretly observed to see what the purpose of this "fake Zong Fang" was.
(End of this chapter)
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