◇ Chapter 80 Sake
66 was stunned: "Huh?"
Bai Yu said: "I just think it's too coincidental."
The deserted and dilapidated building of the Duke's Mansion, the glasses with the perfect degree in the corner, and the cat that seemed to be deliberately reminding him of the direction.
If it was an accident, with so many factors combined, how low would the possibility be?
Bai Yu slowly closed his eyes: "Wait until tomorrow morning."
He had a guess in his mind, which he needed to confirm with Duke Imur in person, and then make some more attempts, and perhaps he could come to a conclusion.
But Imur refused to see him for several days.
The interrogator had a deadpan face and said, "Mr. Bai, it is true that the Grand Duke dotes on you, but you have no regrets and are unwilling to surrender. The Grand Duke will not see you."
Bai Yu seemed to be thinking: "This is it."
He seemed to have irritated Grand Duke Ymur.
The next few days were peaceful and uneventful. Bai Yu read books and newspapers in the small building, feeling contented. His food was the same as before, and he had nothing else to lack for. Bai Yu tentatively said it was cold, and the next day, the floor heating became a little warmer.
If nothing unexpected happened, they would remain in a stalemate for a long time, but late one night, something big happened in the Duke's Mansion.
Bai Yu washed up as usual and fell asleep. He was awakened by gunshots outside the window. He half sat up and saw flames rising into the sky.
Soon, gunshots and screams were heard outside the small building where he lived. Bai Yu pushed the door tentatively, but was blocked by the expressionless guard. He then stood on the balcony and looked out. The fire and shooting took place just outside the small building, and he could faintly hear footsteps and scolding.
The Duke's Mansion seemed to have been attacked, but it did not affect him and he was captured by the guards.
Within half an hour, the gunshots subsided, the flames died down, and the small building returned to the quiet and heavy night. Thanks to the operation of the guards at the Duke's Mansion, the attack did not cause any trouble.
Bai Yu couldn't leave, so 66 went down and floated around, then came back and imitated Bai Yu:
"I heard the guards chatting. They said the assassin was coming for you. The Black Robe Society wanted to kill you. Someone in the mansion leaked the information and passed on the news that you were here. However, they didn't expect the guards near the small building to be particularly strict, so they failed."
——There shouldn’t be many guards for Bai Yu alone, but what was unexpected was that Grand Duke Imur also rested here. The small building was like an iron barrel, and even flies could hardly fly in.
But Bai Yu didn't know this.
He paused slightly: "Will Black Robe want to kill me?"
It is not surprising that the Black Robe Society wants to kill him. Although Bai Yu knows nothing, the original owner has been in the Black Robe Society for many years and may know some secrets. Now that his identity is exposed, the Black Robe Society will naturally want to eradicate him.
66Just as he finished speaking, there was a gentle knock on the door.
Outside the door was the interrogator. The stern silver-haired old man was holding a sealed document and bowed slightly to Bai Yu: "Sir, you should have noticed the commotion at the door. I am here on the orders of the Grand Duke. Perhaps we should have a talk."
Bai Yu: "Please come in."
He still had a monocle on his nose. The old man had taken his glasses away a few days ago, but the old man seemed not to notice and just handed the document to Bai Yu: "Maybe you should take a look at this."
It's an interrogation report.
The people in the Duke's Palace were quick and agile. As soon as they arrested the assassin, they tied him up and took him to the interrogation room, pried open his mouth, and obtained a confession.
Bai Yu raised his hand to read the confession. The old man explained it concisely: "Sir, I will get straight to the point. These assassins are from the Black Robe Society. The evidence is irrefutable. It was a direct order from the top leaders of the Black Robe Society to eradicate them completely."
The old man stared at Bai Yu, his gaze sharp as a knife: "The organization you are loyal to wants you dead."
He tried to see reluctance and anger on the face of the handsome young man in front of him. These emotions would be the key to unlocking key information, but Bai Yu's face was calm, his brows didn't even twitch, his handsome face was empty, without any emotion.
66 poked him: "Host, you have no reaction?"
Bai Yu pushed up his glasses and asked curiously, "Should I have any reaction?"
Not to mention that the Black Robe Society wanted to kill him, even if the leader of the Black Robe Society was performing a striptease in front of Bai Yu, Bai Yu wouldn't even bother to take a look.
He is not loyal to the Black Robe Society, he just wants to go home.
The old man frowned slightly. The young man in front of him was extremely determined and more difficult to deal with than he had imagined. The old man changed his words, trying to appeal to his emotions and reason.
He leaned forward slightly and said kindly, "Mr. Bai, you know how you have been treated in the Duke's Mansion these past two days. The Grand Duke has treated you well. You are a prisoner, but you have no shortage of food, clothing or daily necessities. In this situation, do you have to betray the Grand Duke and disappoint him?"
Bai Yu's expression changed slightly.
Humans are not plants or trees, and yet Imur, a mere Grand Duke, behaves like this. It is false to say that he has no feelings at all.
Seeing this, the old man struck while the iron was hot: "Grand Duke Imur, please consider our old friendship. If you are willing to abandon the Black Robe Society, we will not treat you unfairly. Besides, with your relationship with the Grand Duke, you will be able to rise to prominence in the future. Wouldn't it be much happier to follow the Black Robe Society?"
Bai Yu sighed slightly.
It’s not that he doesn’t want to surrender to the Grand Duke’s Mansion, but that he can’t.
As a spy, if Bai Yu wants to turn against the Society, he must come up with some valuable information, whether it is a list of the Black Robe Society's internal members or the next plan, to prove that he is no longer loyal to the Black Robe Society, so that people will be convinced. It is not good to just say that he is not a spy and he wants to turn against the Society.
But the problem is that Bai Yu really doesn’t know.
The Black Robe Society acted cautiously. Not only did they use a single line of communication throughout, but the venue of their gatherings also changed frequently. The only cathedral in the west city that Bai Yu knew of was already deserted.
He couldn't tell Grand Duke Imur that he actually came from another world, was bound to the system, replaced the original owner's identity, came here to complete a mission, and was not loyal to the Black Robe Society. If Grand Duke Imur believed this, he would be crazy.
Besides... he wanted to be sure of something.
Bai Yu then said, "Sorry, I have no comment."
The old man narrowed his eyes and said, "Mr. Bai, please think it over carefully."
Bai Yu: “I’ve thought about it.”
“…”
Separated by a wall, Imur slowly closed his eyes.
Even at this point, the doctor was still unwilling to betray the Black Robe Society.
He was pinching a piece of document with his fingertips, his fingers were twitching and trembling, his thick brows were tightly furrowed, filled with pain.
During these days, he had wanted to help the doctor countless times. Since he wanted to die, since he was looking for death, then...
But in the end, he looked at the doctor's calm and indifferent face in the mirror, then lowered his eyes to the information, revealing only a wry smile.
"I can't blame you."
You can't blame the doctor for being like this.
It was an investigative report recording Bai Yu's life.
When the doctor became a servant in the Duke's Palace, he also submitted a document.
But that information was embellished by the Black Robe Society and was not true. Based on the confessions of the assassin and his wife, and after further investigation, the report in Imur's hand restored the true situation.
The Black Robe Society had concealed a lot about the doctor's past, and the guards unraveled the mystery and conducted an investigation for a long time, comparing testimonies from many parties, before they had the current information.
According to previous records, Bai Yu was born in a middle-class family in Illia. He grew up in the love of his parents, had excellent academic performance, was admitted to the top medical school in the city-state, and became a practicing doctor after graduation.
His career was going smoothly. He was optimistic and handsome. He was the object of admiration of all the female classmates in the class and received dozens of love letters in one night. He also played the violin on behalf of the medical school at the campus graduation party. The boy had a handsome and clean face, wearing a white shirt and black trousers. He sat under the spotlight in the center of the stage. Imur could imagine how charming such a doctor would be.
At that time, the Duke's Palace's personal guards believed that the doctor's background was clean and beautiful and there was no problem at all, so he passed the selection of the Duke's Palace's male servant.
But Imur now knows that this is not the case.
The original owner was an orphan, had no parents, and had never learned to play the piano.
Before Ymur came to power, the old duke was cruel and licentious. He launched several wars against other countries and created countless war orphans. These orphans were taken in and educated by the Black Robe Society. After years of brainwashing and high-pressure coercion, they became characters similar to Deadpool.
The original owner was one of them.
These children were then sent to all directions and became people of all kinds from all walks of life in order to consolidate the power of the Black Robe Society.
For example, Madam, because of her beautiful face, was packaged as a rich lady and given to an old man who was a local mining entrepreneur as his second wife. This is also the origin of her nickname "Madam". After the old man died, his property was managed by the Black Robe Society.
Hammerhead Shark was physically strong, so he became a street thug and took in a group of younger brothers to do some dirty work for the Black Robe Society, such as murder and robbery, which were inconvenient to handle.
The doctor used to be thin and a boy. Although he had a handsome face, he was not very useful. In the beginning, he was the most bullied among the children in the Black Robe Society.
The wife said in her confession: "Bai Yu hated cats because when he was a child, he once fought with a wild cat for food and got scratched by it, which caused him to have a high fever."
Fortunately, the original owner had good grades and went out to study. With the help of the Black Robe Society, he became the leading doctor on Xike Street. The doctors in Illia are respected, and the original owner was able to get to this position, which was considered a success.
Growing up in such an environment, the doctor was loyal to the Black Robe Society, and Imur did not blame him.
He was just a little sad.
It turns out that they were strangers destined to fight each other with swords from the very beginning.
Imur pursed his lips silently, thinking: "...It's better not to meet."
If the doctor hated cats, why did he save him? He would have died if he had been left lying on the riverbed, and now he would not have been imprisoned.
Facing the death threat from the Black Robe Society, the doctor remained calm, as if he was determined to resist to the end. Through a layer of glass, the interrogator quietly made a gesture.
That was a common gesture among interrogators, meaning: "A worthless person who can't be pried open."
They have been in charge of torture for so many years, and there are always some tough cases that are time-consuming and thankless. When encountering such cases, the usual practice is to kill the person directly and drag him to the back mountain to bury him.
Bai Yu is indeed a useless person as he is unwilling to even confess about being betrayed by the organization.
But of course Imur couldn't do that to the doctor.
When he was dying on the riverbank, it was the doctor who picked him up. When he was repeatedly sick and had a fever and pain during the mutation period, it was the doctor who put him in his arms. Imur still remembers that warm embrace. It was the first embrace Imur had received since he was a child.
The old butler was standing by and saw the expression on the Grand Duke's face. Imur's eyelashes trembled, and his beautiful lake blue eyes lost their luster. He had to lean over and remind him: "Grand Duke, if you just let him go, I'm afraid you won't be able to convince the public."
The nobles of Ilria were not fools. Bai Yu was surrounded by people at the banquet. Today, the Duke's Mansion had such a thing again. The upper echelons could not hide it. The identity of the Black Robe Society of Doctors was exposed. If the Duke insisted on not taking any action, arresting people and releasing them as he pleased, it would be tolerating evil and disregarding the law.
As a grand duke, Imur had to follow the law and give an explanation to others.
“…”
There was a long silence.
When it was almost midnight and the moon was about to disappear, Imur raised his hand and rubbed his brow wearily, then said, "Butler, go... prepare a glass of wine."
He spoke every word with difficulty.
A respectable noble always needs a decent death, such as hanging or poisoning, because compared to stabbing or shooting, the body of such a death is intact and can be buried decently.
So 30 minutes later, the interrogator knocked on Bai Yu's door again.
The doctor was leaning on a recliner on the balcony reading a book. He was still wearing a white shirt, but he had taken off his windbreaker and hung it on the back of the chair. A smoky grey plush blanket was spread on his knees. His slender fingertips gently turned the pages of the book as he read with great interest, looking calm and gentle.
The interrogator lowered his eyes and saw that it was an album introducing local customs and culture. The page that Bai Yu turned to said that the neighboring country was rich in spices and slaves, and that the boys and girls were bright and beautiful.
Bai Yu saw him and pointed at the page and asked him, "I heard that a neighboring country once presented slaves to the former duke. Is it this neighboring country?"
Interrogator: “…Yes.”
At this time, Bai Yu was still in the mood to read some books and ask these random questions.
In a second, the doctor saw the wine held by the interrogator. Bai Yu raised his hand slightly to adjust his glasses and smiled, "Is this my verdict?"
The old-fashioned old man was holding a wine glass. The sterling silver goblet was filled with sake. Under the light, the wine reflected a dangerous flame blue color.
The interrogator said sternly, “Yes.”
Bai Yu: "I am about to die, can you let me see the Duke?"
Inquisitor: "The Duke does not want to see you"
"Still don't want to see me?" Bai Yu raised his eyebrows and smiled, his tone quite meaningful, and then said, "Okay."
He took the glass calmly.
66 leaned on his shoulder and couldn't help but cheer: "Can we finally leave?"
Although in the original book he was shot by the Archduke and now he is poisoned by wine, but fortunately it is almost the same and he should be able to pass.
Bai Yu closed the book and sighed slightly: "66, I'm sorry, I may have to apologize to you in advance."
66: “?”
This apology came out of nowhere, and it had a bad feeling in its heart: "What's the apology? Isn't this a good thing? Host, how have you ever been sorry to me? Wait, explain yourself clearly first--"
Before he finished speaking, Bai Yu picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp. His Adam's apple rolled and the wine flowed down his chin and into his collar, leaving a dark mark.
66: “…”
The effect of the medicine came quickly. Bai Yu reached out and grabbed the edge of the couch, closed his eyes, and fell down immediately.
“…”
The system wanted to kick him twice: "Damn host, can you please explain yourself clearly before you die?"
Having said that, it still dutifully reached for the wine glass——
After the host "dies", the system has to detoxify and send the person back.
But when the analysis report of the wine was presented in the system, 66 scratched his non-existent forehead and felt that a virtual hair had fallen out.
——Is this wine poisonous?
How come it doesn't have any lethal ingredients?
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