The disappearance of Cousin Huck is indeed related to the disappearance of Grand Duke Stuart's parents.
According to all the information Levi obtained from Hong's memory, when the academy was just destroyed and the rules for becoming a scientist were completely lifted, the bottom-level students of Xinlan School had just experienced a wave of bloodbath.
It all started because a second-generation upper class person cheated to pass the assessment to obtain the key, but after he actually got the key and injected it into his body, he failed to become a scientist because of his lack of knowledge about the natural rules of this world.
This put the second generation, who was highly expected by the family, under tremendous pressure. He did not want the outside world and his family to know about his incompetence, so he framed a group of farmers and workers' children for stealing the keys issued to him by the school.
But what he never expected was that because the Western Region was unable to produce keys independently, the keys owned by these cities were all inventory from hundreds of years ago. As one key was used, one less key was needed, resulting in each city in the Western Region having even more control over keys than the college.
After receiving his report, all the low-level students in Xinlan School were strictly controlled, and the police officers used severe torture on more than ten students who they considered to be the most suspicious. As a result, half of them were tortured to death, and the remaining half were forced to admit their involvement in stealing the keys in order to survive.
This incident then affected many people and implicated more innocent people.
It was at this point that the rules and restrictions of becoming a scientist were lifted.
Among the low-level students who were originally detained in the police station, some awakened the power to master the rules and escaped from the police prison.
Then he accidentally escaped to the suburban estate where Grand Duke Stuart's parents lived all year round, and took the elderly couple hostage, hoping to escape from New Zealand.
However, these people's efforts were ultimately unsuccessful. The Stuart Archdukes personally took action and captured almost all the escaped students in less than two days. They killed them and dumped their bodies in a mass grave in the suburbs.
But there was only one person who disappeared with the Archduke's parents, and that person was Huck's cousin.
This student who had just awakened to become a first-level scientist, along with two elderly people with limited mobility, seemed to have disappeared from the face of the earth. With Xinlan strictly checking the entry and exit of people and controlling the train station, he could not be found in the entire city.
When Hong came to Xinlan, she also brought an extremely crucial piece of information.
Once, someone from the Stuart family contacted Green Day privately, claiming that the identity of the current Grand Duke of Stuart was very problematic!
It was still unknown whether he was a member of the Stuart family or how he got to the position of the Grand Duke and became the Chosen One! The "parents" who had never returned to Newland City since the current Grand Duke ascended the throne and had always lived in the suburbs under strict supervision knew the truth of the matter. They were not kidnapped by the students of cousin Huck, but voluntarily helped these students escape together.
After Hong came to Xinlan, in addition to the first meeting with the Grand Duke, she has always wanted to find Huck's cousin and the Grand Duke's nominal parents.
This is an extremely crucial handle. Even though the current Grand Duke has already secured the title of Duke and possesses the power of the Chosen One, in the final analysis, the Stuart family, whose original name was Wei, is different from other families in the Western District.
As one of the two royal families that divide the world, a considerable number of people and forces are closely united around the Stuart family because it is one of the only two families in the world with royal status.
Just like the Western District Education Foundation, the people in this organization are not all from the Stuart family. The purpose of these people gathering together is that every Grand Duke of Stuart has noble royal blood flowing in his body.
But now, if it is revealed that the current Grand Duke Stuart is actually just an outsider and not a true royal descendant, then these people will certainly not continue to stay in New Lan as they do now, and the reputation of the Stuart family will inevitably plummet. In the future, there is no need to even think about returning to the central government to drive out the An family and become a royal family again.
If the bloodline of his descendants is not pure, then what qualifications do they have to be emperor?
As for Green Day's recruitment, Ta Gong's reply was ambiguous. Obviously, he felt that the current situation was still unclear, and joining either side would be a very risky choice. It would be better to wait, either until the situation became clear or until the last critical moment, before making a decision.
Of course, Green Day would not be satisfied with such an answer, so Hong naturally brought out the lost "parents" and said half as a threat and half as a lure, saying that as long as the Grand Duke was willing to completely side with Green Day, then no matter whether he really had royal blood flowing in his body, there would only be one affirmative answer in the future, and no one would have this question anymore, and he would not have any concerns at all.
The Archduke did not agree immediately, and Red actually never really found Huck's cousin and "parents".
The two sides have been in a stalemate for the time being, and Hong has been keeping an eye on the Hack family for two weeks, hoping to find a breakthrough from this family and completely get hold of the Grand Duke's handle in order to gain the initiative.
Looking at the half-dead bird lying on the ground, Levi slowly stood up. He smacked his lips and felt that there was no safe place in this world.
He originally thought that the West was far away and there were no major conflicts internally, so it should be more peaceful than the East Region and the central government.
But in fact, this side is the most chaotic, and now they are ready to beat the dog brains out and force all the chosen ones to stand in line! However, from Levi's point of view, chaos is a good thing.
If all the chosen ones in the West were to get along harmoniously and act like a united family, that would be real trouble for Levi.
After learning all the information about Green Day and the city of Shinran from Hong, this parrot was completely useless to Levi.
Levi had no intention of controlling her or making her do anything in Green Day.
Levi learned from Hong that the power of the Chosen One inherited by someone in Green Day was the mind control in biology. At the level of the Chosen One, that person's control over the mind could even subtly change people's cognition on a large scale! It was very easy to see through Levi's current mind control, and Hong herself was not an ordinary third-level. She was similar to Le Yue in the past. Levi could control her mind, but it would consume a lot of energy, so keeping her would be more trouble than gain.
So, holding the illusory handle of the knife with one hand, Levi pointed the tip of the knife at the pair of empty eyes on the ground with an expressionless face, as if it had turned into an evil bird that had lost its soul and was left with only a body, and then stabbed it down without hesitation!
The blade pierced Red's heart, and in a gushing blood, one of the leaders of Green Day died.
After dealing with the bird, Levi dealt with some follow-up matters.
He changed the memory of Rachel's family, making them think that the parrot was starved to death tonight. At the same time, he also took over the power that Green Day had cultivated and supported in New York.
The key is the tax officer. Levi changed the image of "Mr. Red" in his memory into himself. Through him, Levi can indirectly control others.
The abnormal vibrations that occurred in this area tonight are easier to explain. It can be solved by having the tax officer issue an official document regarding a regional earthquake. As the chief officer of the agricultural area, this matter can be said to be a trivial matter for him.
Just as Levi had a great harvest tonight and got on the tax collector's special car to take him back to Huck's house, he was still planning in his mind how to use the information he got from Hong to get close to the Grand Duke of Stuart.
The tax officer sitting in the front passenger seat suddenly received a call.
After hanging up the phone, he turned to Levi respectfully and said.
"Master Hong, the people from the Grand Duke's Palace sent a message that the Duke has agreed to join them, but he requires us to produce proof to prove the promise you made to him."
The tax officer was not qualified to know the terms that Hong and Grand Duke Stuart negotiated privately.
But after hearing him say this, Levi knew what the Grand Duke wanted.
Hong claimed that she could help the Grand Duke settle the matter, which meant that she was confident of catching Cousin Hack and the Grand Duke's "parents". This kind of thing could not be proven by words alone, so of course something practical needed to be produced.
"Reply to him and ask him to wait for five days at most. Within five days, I will let him see the person he wants to see."
The tax collector gave Levi a reply as he requested. Not long after, Levi was sent back to Huck's house. When he knocked on the door, it was gently opened from the inside.
Huck stuck half of his face out, and when he saw that the person who came back was Levi, he opened the door completely and said with surprise in his tone.
"You're back! They didn't give you any trouble? We all thought you were in danger. Even if it's a police station or a police station, it's not a place where ordinary people can go in and come out safely!"
Levi shrugged.
"I haven't committed any crime. They just checked some things about my identity. Of course they won't make it difficult for me."
From the memories of the tax officer and Hong, Levi learned that Xinlan and Green Day had different focuses on how to find cousin Huck.
The Grand Princess Stuart sent people to guard and keep a close eye on cousin Huck's biological parents, while Huck's cousin family was handed over to the police station for surveillance.
As for Hong, because she once mastered the biological selection, she, like Levi, saw for the first time that Huck's mind was specially protected by someone. This was obviously unusual and was an extremely crucial clue.
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From the moment they were involved in this matter, Huck's family was actually pushed into the abyss.
Regardless of whether the people are found in the end, their fate is foreseeable.
Originally, when Levi came into contact with Huck, he wanted to stay at his house and wait until Huck's cousin came to see him again to use it as a starting point to learn more about the matter.
But now, after catching such a big fish as Hong, there was no need for him to wait any longer.
Following Huck into his home, it was obvious that the whole family had not slept because of his sudden taking away.
When she saw Levi coming back, Huck's mother, the thin peasant woman, hurriedly turned on the stove, thinking that Levi must not have eaten anything at the police station, and wanted to heat up some food for him.
Julia, the little girl who had listened to Levi's stories for a week and learned to write a lot of words, looked at him nervously.
"They didn't hurt you, did they? Wu Wei? I heard that among those who were taken away by the police, few could walk out intact!"
Levi just ruffled her hair and smiled.
"Then you have misunderstood them. I'm not a criminal. How could they possibly hurt me?"
Huck's father sat in a chair, smoking and looking at Levi without saying a word.
As a person who has lived in an agricultural area for most of his life, how could he not know the methods and tempers of those people in the police station? Even if Levi really had no problems, the moment he was brought into that place, he would have no chance of getting out of trouble without being skinned alive.
And the fact that he could come back talking and laughing like he is now, there is only one possibility, that the young man who claims to be Wu Wei is in cahoots with those people in the police station!
Perhaps it could be described as a more distinguished status, but for the Huck family, this is just a nature.
Of course, Levi also saw what Huck's father was thinking.
He pushed Julia's back and rushed the girl to her own room.
"Go review the words I taught you during the day. I'll check your dictation tomorrow. If you make a mistake, I won't tell you adventure stories."
After sending the youngest away, Huck's mother was still busy in the kitchen, leaving only three men in the room: Huck, Huck's father and Levi.
The atmosphere fell into silence for a moment, and Levi sat on the chair and did not speak immediately.
Huck opened his mouth, wanting to say something to break the slightly awkward atmosphere, but he didn't know what to say.
In the end, it was Levi who took the initiative.
"You should also understand that because of your cousin, you are being targeted by many big shots."
When Levi said this, he was not looking at Huck, but at Huck's father.
Although this old farmer is not as cultured and knowledgeable as his son, and does not understand the real hidden truth, he is the de facto head of the family.
Huck's father just looked at Levi with a tired expression.
"You are one of these big shots, right?"
Levi said calmly.
"I'm different from them. In their eyes, your fate is only death, but I can help you survive."
The old farmer just shook his head and smiled bitterly.
"The promises made by big people are actually all the same."
"Perhaps I am not the same as those great men you mentioned?"
Levi said softly.
"I remember that your family are all the most sincere believers of Twilight. I wonder if you have heard of a pastor named Sun Wei."
(End of this chapter)