Chapter 31 The truth about the neck ring? ...
How could the Duke die suddenly?
Lin Zhi's hands froze. He had just left the ward, and the Duke died right after?
His conversation with the shadow didn't even last more than ten minutes.
Lin Zhi's eyes were slightly cold.
unless……
"Your Majesty..." Noel's guards rushed over, "The young Duke orders us to sentence this murderer on the spot!"
Lin Zhi frowned.
Little Duke.
After the Duke's death, Noel would naturally inherit the Duke's title, becoming the new owner of the Delan family and the leader of the powerful.
——The Duke’s death was a blessing in disguise for him.
Lin Zhi looked at the men approaching the shadowy figure and said coldly, "Anyone who dares to kill him is disobeying my orders, unless you want the Delan family to bear a stigma."
"How dare you?"
Lin Zhi paused, then saw Nuo Er standing by the door, looking at him with a smile, "Everyone, don't stop yet."
Noel's face was full of pride, without any pain of losing his father.
He walked into the room and waved everyone away, as if he wanted to talk to Lin Zhi alone.
"Little friend, you can't listen to what's coming next."
Noel suddenly raised his hand and punched the black shadow in the stomach.
His movements were graceful and quick, as if he was just waving his hand casually, but the black shadow then vomited blood and fainted.
Lin Zhi looked at Noel expressionlessly.
The emperor's dissatisfaction and pressure made Noel's movements a little stiff, but he still stood in front of Lin Zhi fearlessly.
Lin Zhi spoke up, "The Duke's death is related to you."
It's a statement, not a question.
Noel chuckled.
Lin Zhi took a deep breath.
——Noel is really crazy...!
After Noel drugged him, using his own pheromones, he knew that Noel was a lunatic, but he didn't expect that this man was so heartless that he would attack his "disobedient" relatives for the title.
"Your Majesty... My father is old and incompetent." Noel took a few steps forward, approaching Lin Zhi. "But I am different. If you only let me stay by your side, I can become your sharp sword, your loyal dog."
"Wouldn't it be better if it were me?" Noel had an almost crazy smile on his face. He looked at Lin Zhi with wide eyes, his body trembling slightly, as if he was excited about everything that was happening at the moment.
"My sister, what's so good about that stupid Omega? Let me go with you..."
He was about to get closer to Lin Zhi again.
Lin Zhi said coldly: "Stop."
Noel froze subconsciously.
But he quickly reacted, kneeling on one knee with a smile, holding Lin Zhi's hand, and speaking in a voice as soft as reciting, "I have admired Your Majesty for a long time and have longed to be closer to you, more intimate with you. Doesn't Your Majesty know this?"
Lin Zhi pulled his hand back, his tone cold, "You and I are both Alphas."
Even if he wasn't, Noel should have confirmed that he was an Alpha.
Lin Zhi just found it unbelievable and ridiculous.
He originally thought that Noel had drugged him in order to test the family, but now it seems...
Are you sick?
"So what?" Noel gasped.
That's strange.
He has clearly done this, so why is Your Majesty still not looking at him straight in the eye?
Do you look down on him?
Why?
Does Your Majesty always act so condescendingly in front of everyone?
No……
"Your Majesty has someone else's pheromones on him! Your Majesty has always been aloof and aloof, never approaching anyone. Now that he has it... well, he has to have it anyway, so why can't it be me?"
Noel looked at Lin Zhi stubbornly.
“…”
Lin Zhi thought to himself, could it be that Noel noticed the subtle change in his scent?
How did you notice?
Lin Zhi took a few steps back in disgust.
"Noel, you're crazy."
"Just think of me as crazy. Your Majesty, let me get straight to the point." Noel stood up and pointed at the shadow, saying, "If you let me follow you, I will naturally obey your orders. Otherwise..."
"On the contrary?" Lin Zhi's eyes sternly said, "Why, kill me?"
Noel's expression also changed slightly, and he said sinisterly, "Your Majesty, please consider this carefully."
After that he left.
The door was closed with a "click", and Lin Zhi knew that there were layers of guards outside.
Lin Zhi sneered. He believed that what Noel said about his long-term admiration was all fake.
I really admire him, but why doesn't he obey my orders? And I'm using this as a threat, which is too cheap.
What really drives Noel is actual power.
Adolf is now guarding outside the hospital with his men, not far away, but Noel's attitude clearly shows that he is unwilling to let him take the black shadow away. If Adolf breaks in forcibly, Noel will surely fight to the end, or even find an opportunity to kill the black shadow.
Noel naturally didn't want the shadow to be taken away or to be tried in court, in order to expose himself as the murderer of the Duke at any time.
What Noel wanted was either that Black Shadow died immediately so that he could take the blame for killing the Duke; or that Lin Zhi would be on the same page with him and cover up the matter for him, then it wouldn't matter whether Black Shadow was dead or alive.
"Ding Dong."
At this moment, Lin Zhi received a message from Lu Yuan.
Lu Yuan: [Your Majesty, are you so obsessed with the necklace?]
Lin Zhi paused.
He subconsciously looked towards the door.
Could it be that Lu Yuan arranged for someone to lurk in the hospital?
Who is it?
Medical staff?
That’s right, this hospital is located between the upper and lower cities, so it is not difficult for Lu Yuan to place his own people there.
Lin Zhi raised his eyebrows.
Lin Zhi: [Since you knew this, why didn’t you just barge in?]
Lu Yuan: [Do you know what you are talking about?]
Lin Zhi thought to himself, Lu Yuan must have been furious after knowing about the neck ring, and now he was actually willing to communicate with him and test him?
In the past, he would have brought his men in to kill them long ago.
Lin Zhi: [But as you expected, the negotiations failed, and we need to directly snatch the person.]
At the same time, Lin Zhi also sent a message to Adolf.
The next moment, Lin Zhi turned around decisively, took out his pistol and fired at the shadow's handcuffs and leg irons.
The iron handcuffs broke with a sound, and the black shadow woke up with a start. Lin Zhi let the black shadow climb onto his shoulders, kicked open the door and rushed out with him.
"Bang--!"
The Glory Army that surrounded him immediately came over. Lin Zhi's eyes flashed, and he raised his hand and fired with his pistol. If someone approached him, he would just use his hands and feet to repel them.
The black shadow was also struggling to assist Lin Zhi with the stolen pistol.
——No one can match your Majesty’s skills except Lu Yuan.
And Lin Zhi was His Majesty after all, so the Glory Army didn't dare to shoot at him at all, but just tried their best to target the black shadow.
Lin Zhi protected the black shadow tightly. Seeing a bullet about to go towards the black shadow, he moved sideways to block it and was hit by the bullet on the arm.
hiss……
Lin Zhi frowned slightly, thinking that his arm was really in trouble. The wound he suffered when he protected Lu Yuan in the lower city had not yet healed, and now he had a new wound in the same place.
The Glory Army was shocked by this and fired even more slowly, fearing that they might actually "kill the king."
This injury did not affect Lin Zhi. Lin Zhi quickly led the black shadow to fight his way out and meet up with Adolf.
"His Majesty……!"
Adolf took the black shadow and protected Lin Zhi as he was about to board the aircraft.
“Boom——!”
Adolf subconsciously protected the black shadow and Lin Zhi, pushed them forward, and pressed them to the ground.
Behind them, their aircraft were directly blown into pieces.
Lin Zhi looked up and saw that the Glory Army had brought out their cannons. Although they didn't dare to shoot directly at Lin Zhi, they could still blow up the aircraft.
The wreckage of the aircraft was emitting black smoke. Lin Zhi covered his bleeding arm with one hand and pulled the black shadow up with the other.
The royal private soldiers surrounded and protected several people, the Glory Army was also observing, and the battle situation around them was stalemate.
Nuoer walked out and looked at Lin Zhi from a distance with eyes full of heartache, "Your Majesty...how did you get hurt?"
"Pa!" He slapped the captain of the Glory Army beside him. "I told you to chase the murderer, why did you hurt His Majesty? Can't you see that His Majesty is being held hostage by the criminals?"
Lin Zhi looked at Noel with a stern look.
Boom——
At this moment, to everyone's surprise, an artillery bombardment with greater firepower than the Glory Army fell around Noel.
"Little Duke, be careful...!"
Lin Zhi saw Noel's figure engulfed in black smoke and gunfire. Turning around, he saw dense black spots on the horizon.
The black spot is getting closer and closer...
They were Lu Yuan’s aircraft and warships that broke through the clouds!
The leading aircraft rushed to Lin Zhi, the hatch opened, and Lu Yuan jumped down holding the rope with one hand, landing not far from the ground, and directly put his other hand around Lin Zhi's waist.
Lin Zhi felt the strong arm around his waist, and the next moment he felt his feet leave the ground, followed by a feeling of weightlessness.
Lu Yuan took him onto the aircraft, and Adolf and Black Shadow were also lifted up by other mercenaries.
As soon as they returned to the aircraft, they saw Noel crawling on the ground not far away, covered in wounds. It seemed that he was seriously injured by the artillery fire.
If he hadn't grabbed the Glory Army beside him as a human shield at the critical moment, he might not even be alive now.
Noel looked at Lin Zhi with a ferocious face. His face was covered with blood, which made him look even more ferocious. He raised the small instrument in his hand tremblingly, as if it was a warning or a threat.
——It’s the remote control for the neck ring.
Lu Yuan's eyes flashed and he wanted to jump down.
We can't let Noel hold it down!
When the button on the remote control is pressed, the shadow's neck ring will explode, killing its owner on the spot!
Lin Zhi had just been brought up by Lu Yuan and was still leaning against him. Seeing this, he subconsciously tightened his arms and hugged Lu Yuan.
It is a blocking action.
Lu Yuan paused. He lowered his head and could only see the back of Lin Zhi's head and the figure clinging to him. The arm that was blocking him was still bleeding. The blood soaked the entire white sleeve, making a mess of His Majesty the Emperor's gorgeous dress.
A complex emotion flashed across Lu Yuan's eyes, and then it was replaced by ferocity, "Lin Zhi, you..."
“Click.”
Noel pressed the red button on the remote.
“……!”
But at the same time, the collar on the black shadow's neck... fell apart.
After the collar fell apart, it fell from the black shadow's neck.
It was as if that button was not used to kill, but to release.
Noel stared with his eyes wide open in disbelief, and Lu Yuan and the other mercenaries were also dumbfounded.
Adolf said sternly, "Your Majesty has already modified the neck ring. No one will die. Let's go!"
The aircraft left the hospital, and Noel roared at the Glory Army to catch up, but the Glory Army was no match for the mercenaries.
Inside the aircraft, Lu Yuan stared at Lin Zhi in a daze.
...A modified neck ring?
Lu Yuan just felt his head buzzing.
Lin Zhi, neck ring, transformation...
When Lin Zhi saw that everything was settled and the black shadow was safe, he breathed a sigh of relief. The arm that was holding Lu Yuan immediately lost its strength and he and his arm slid off Lu Yuan.
Lu Yuan hugged him subconsciously.
"Hello……!"
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