Chapter 180 Question
In No. 23 Greenshade Town, the corpse Brandon led Nephnis into the room. After arriving at the living room, he waved and asked them to sit down at the coffee table.
"Please take a seat."
Hearing Brandon's words, Nephthys nodded and sat down. Then Brandon poured Nephthys a cup of tea from the teapot on the coffee table and handed it to her.
"Thank you... I, I just came here to pick up some things, so I'll skip the tea for now." Nephnis smiled and thanked Brandon, and Brandon nodded and sat in front of her.
At this time, Dorothy's small corpse puppet discovered that the two men who were originally monitoring across the street had secretly lurked next to House 23 and tried to eavesdrop under the window.
"You saw someone coming over, so you wanted to listen to the conversation?"
Dorothy thought as she watched the scene outside the house that the fact that the two of them had come to eavesdrop was obvious proof that Nefernis was not of the same kind as them.
While monitoring the two men outside the house, Dorothy controlled Brandon inside the house and spoke to Nefernis.
"Well, let's get started. Miss, in order to prove that you are indeed the owner of that piece of craft, I need to ask you some small questions."
"Ask, I will try my best to answer." Nephnis nodded affirmatively. She looked very calm, while Brandon thought for a while before asking.
"First of all, Miss, can you tell me when you lost this thing?"
"Hmm... let me think about it. I lost it on the afternoon of the 10th. I was passing by the clock tower at that time, so I walked around the upper floors and visited some school statues on display. I think that's when I lost it."
Recalling what was published in the newspaper, Nephnis answered, and Brandon nodded to her answer and continued.
"Oh, I did find it on the afternoon of the 10th, but I've already published this information in the newspaper, so I need a more specific time. Miss, can you tell me exactly what time you went to the clock tower?"
"What time is this..."
Hearing Brandon's words, Nephnis was slightly stunned. After thinking for a while, she answered.
"I think... it's around 5 o'clock."
"Wrong, it's 4 o'clock."
"Ah... I'm sorry, Mr. Brandon. I usually have a bad memory and I can't remember the exact time I went there. I just know it was in the afternoon of the 10th." Hearing that her answer was wrong, Nephnis smiled awkwardly and replied, while Brandon continued to speak.
"I see... Well, it happened a few days ago. It's normal to forget it if you didn't remember it. Then let me change the question." As he spoke, Brandon took a sip of the tea on the coffee table, then looked at Nefernis in front of him, whose expression had become a little nervous, and continued to ask.
"The thing I picked up is a tetrahedron...or a triangular pyramid. It has four corners, but one of them is broken. Can you tell me how many corners are broken?"
"How many corners..."
Listening to Brandon's words, Nefernis frowned slightly and pondered for a while, then continued with a helpless smile.
"I'm sorry, I just said that my memory is not very good, Mr. Brandon, can I change the question?"
After listening to Nefernis's answer, Brandon's expression became serious. He looked at Nefernis and answered solemnly.
"I'm sorry, miss, this is not the way to claim property. You haven't answered two questions in a row, so I can assume that you are not the owner of this property. It is not a gentleman's character to claim someone else's property.
"So, you should go back now. I won't report you to the school for misconduct."
Dorothy controlled Brandon and said that he couldn't just give things away casually, because he knew clearly that the other party was an impostor. If he asked the other party two random questions and let him guess and take it back, it would make others suspicious. He now had to try his best to make Brandon pretend to be a real person who picked up the stored items and wanted to find an ordinary person.
Anyway, Dorothy can track the fish that fall back to their nests later, so it doesn't matter whether she gives them bait or not.
“Uh, this…”
Listening to Brandon's words, Nephnis's face panicked a little, then she looked around and as if she had made up her mind, she looked at Brandon with a serious expression.
"Mr. Brandon, to be honest, I am indeed not the owner of the artifact you found, but what I want to say is that the thing you found is not something that ordinary people can possess!"
Listening to Nefernis's words, Brandon frowned slightly, and then responded seriously.
"The things I picked up...are not something that ordinary people can possess? What does this mean?"
"Well... what it means is that the thing is far from being as simple as it seems on the surface. If an ordinary person like Mr. Brandon holds it, it is easy to get into danger! Because of that thing, you... might steal it and be targeted."
"I'm being watched now."
Listening to Nephnis' words, Dorothy thought about this a hundred meters away. From the previous conversation, she could already see that the student in front of her was obviously secretly aware of the matter, but how much did she know? Was she an extraordinary person? And was she related to the two guys outside who were closely monitoring her? Dorothy still needed to confirm all these things, so she manipulated Brandon to continue talking.
"Will I be targeted because of that? Haha... Miss Boyle, you are exaggerating. It's just a small handicraft. How could I be targeted because of this? You are not trying to cheat me and make me give it to you. And even if someone is really targeting me, I can call the police."
"No, what I said is true! If you keep that thing, there will definitely be very dangerous people targeting you. I admit that I really want that thing, but I didn't come to cheat you specifically to get it. Besides, the police are useless to those guys.
"So, the best thing you can do right now is to give the thing to me, or even just throw it away, but don't let it fall into the hands of those guys."
Nephnis said seriously, this time there was a hint of urgency in her tone, and looking at her expression, it seemed that she was really worried about Brandon's safety, which surprised Dorothy.
"Hey, this senior seems to have a bit of a story. She seems to be in an antagonistic relationship with the two guys outside the house. She is new to the secret world and obviously not very scheming. Maybe we can try to get something out of her by talking like this."
Thinking of this, Dorothy controlled Brandon to ponder silently for a while, and then continued to speak.
"Well... Miss Boyle, I can see the sincerity in your words and expression. You don't seem to be lying. I can consider giving you the thing, but the premise is that you must explain the whole story clearly. Who are those dangerous guys you mentioned? What's so special about this thing? Why would it hurt me if I carry it with me? Explain it to me clearly, and I will consider giving you the thing."
Brandon said seriously. After listening to Brandon's words, Nephnis hesitated for a while, but finally made up her mind to speak.
"I can tell you something, Mr. Brandon, but don't tell it to anyone, including the police!"
"Okay, I promise."
Brandon said this, and Nephnis breathed a sigh of relief, thought for a while about how to start the conversation, and then continued.
"First, the first question is, who are those guys... To be honest, I don't know much about their background, I just know that they are very dangerous, they are a gang... well... you can think of it as a gang in the lower river area of the city, and they are the most dangerous kind of gang. And the thing you said you picked up is exactly what the gang needs very much, and they will use many extreme and cruel means to get it.
"And the name of this gang is - The Eight-pointed Nest."
Just as Nefernis finished saying the name, there was a sound of breaking glass all around, and a dagger swirled out of the broken window and flew straight towards Nefernis.
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