Chapter 197 What a Crazy Woman
Amyia lay on the table with her eyes closed.
Then a flawless silver needle pierced into the delicate skin.
After a few seconds, it was pulled out.
The pierced part has turned black, and the black color is spreading upwards at a speed visible to the naked eye, quickly swallowing up the silver needle and breaking it down into dust particles that blend into the air.
Seeing this, the middle-aged woman holding the silver needle let out a soft "tsk" sound, then immediately raised her staff and whispered twice, and the black color stopped invading.
"See?" The woman turned her head and looked at the group of young girls behind her who were full of worry. She said calmly, "The limbs of the worm, the glands of the poison dart frog, and the venom of the three-step snake. There are three kinds of toxins that I can see, and they are all the most deadly. They are really afraid that she will not die. Didn't she feel anything wrong when she drank it?"
"No, not at all." Emilia's companion asked nervously, "Teacher Adele, Emilia, she..."
"It's too late to save him. He's dead." Adele's calm words interrupted the second half of Emilia's sentence. "It was too late to send him here. The body is already cold. Why would I save him?"
This one sentence caused everyone present to fall into silence.
They were all the people who had been in the lobby when Emilia collapsed, Helvinia among them.
They looked at Amy, who had just been laughing with them but was now separated from them. Everyone had complicated expressions, but most of them were shocked and terrified. Amy's two companions seemed unable to accept this fact and started crying.
But Adele was not very moved. After throwing the silver needle into the trash can, she also glanced at Emilia, who was already a corpse, and then asked: "Let me guess, has she been invited? An invitation to form a band, and it's a band of Neiqu?"
After these words were spoken, all the girls present were stunned.
"Professor Adele, do you know Emilia?"
"Of course I don't know her. She's not my student." Adele said calmly, "It's just that I've seen this kind of thing many times twenty years ago."
...have you seen it many times?
The girls looked a little confused.
"The number of places for the inner songs is fixed for each grand ceremony, and the three major academies compete for it." Adele said casually while packing her things, "Some people can get in, and some can't. Those who can't get in will find ways to squeeze out. Here, this is one of the methods, and it's the most direct method."
To squeeze out a spot by killing people?
The girls present all had faces filled with astonishment and fear, as if they had never expected such an operation to be possible.
Emilia's companion immediately asked, "In that case, the people who poisoned Emilia are those who are in the same musical scale, that is, the competitors who were squeezed out by Emilia?"
"But there are a hundred people with the same musical scale as Emilia!"
"Not everyone is qualified to compete with Emilia. At least the voice quality should be similar to Emilia's."
The girls immediately started arguing, and one of them pointed at the other and said excitedly, "She! She is the Fifth Tone!"
Then he immediately pointed to another one.
"And her, too!"
"Is there something wrong with your brain? One third of the students in the three colleges are Fifth Tone! According to you, they are all murderers?!"
“But you were there!”
"I don't even know her!"
The argument gradually turned into a quarrel.
During this time, Adele just watched calmly without saying a word.
Until her eyes fell on the only person in the room who hadn't said much, and then she raised her eyebrows in slight surprise.
"Helvetia?"
That one name instantly silenced everyone present.
Seeing that Adele had discovered her, Helvinia also stood up and said very obediently: "Teacher Adele."
"You're back to school so early, too. I thought you would go directly to the Second Hospital after the Seven Syllables." Adele walked towards Hevinia slowly, "Well, there's nothing for you to do here, I'll take you out first."
Seeing Adele and Helvinia about to leave, the remaining girls subconsciously asked: "Teacher Adele, what about us?"
"You guys?" Adele looked back at them and said calmly, "Wait here until I come back to do a tracking test to see who poisoned you."
Emilia's companion opened his mouth, and then subconsciously pointed to Helvinia: "But why doesn't Helvinia need it?"
"Because she's Jinyin." Adele said, "Any questions?"
And so, Adele sent Helvinia out of the room.
Helvinia said to Adele: "Teacher Adele, I can actually stay and do the tracking test."
"No need." Adele said calmly, "Everyone here knows that you are the only one who is not a suspect."
Hevinia said "Oh", and then continued walking with Adele. During the time, she couldn't help but secretly glance at Adele, as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.
Adele naturally noticed this, and she said calmly, "If you have anything to ask, just ask directly."
Hevinia shuddered like a frightened rabbit, and then asked cautiously, "Teacher Adele, you said before that this kind of thing happens every time at the ceremony. Is this... true?"
"What?" Adele glanced at Helvinia, "Do you think I'm lying to you?"
"No! Of course not!" Helvinia shook her head nervously, "I'm just... surprised."
"You are normal to be surprised." Adele said, "Because it has nothing to do with you. Jinyin has always been an outsider and no one can compete with Jinyin."
At this point, Adele paused.
"But your family never mentioned anything about this? I thought they would at least ask you to be a little more cautious."
Hevinia realized that she seemed to have revealed a flaw, so she calmly began to make amends: "It was indeed mentioned, but it was just a casual remark. Maybe it's not a big deal in their eyes."
"For the nobles, this is really not a big deal," Adele said, "because this is just a competition between ordinary players. The nobles all have a place in the inner music. Even if they don't get a place this time, they will get one next time. Their status will not be affected. Only ordinary players need to work hard to get this position, because they only have this one chance."
There was a hint of sarcasm in Adele's words.
Helvinia couldn't help but glance at Adele.
If Hevinia remembered correctly, Adele should be the youngest teacher in the three colleges and she is only in her thirties now.
If you calculate the time this way.
She should have experienced the grand ceremony twenty years ago as a student.
Helvinia thought of some possibilities.
At this time, Adele had already sent Hevinia to the teaching building and then stopped.
"Arianna seems to like you very much." Adele said, "For her sake, I'll give you a few words of advice. Before the ceremony is over, try not to touch things given to you by others. Although no one will want to harm you, it will be troublesome if you are affected by some strange things."
"I see." Helvinia still answered obediently, "Thank you, Teacher Adele."
Adele nodded and turned back.
But Hevinia asked one more question.
"Can you find the murderer?"
Adele stopped, looked back at Helvinia, and then said meaningfully.
"You know, Miss Helvinia. The ceremony is a grand occasion for the nobility."
"But for us, it's an opportunity... and it's the only opportunity."
"Enjoy your event, and don't worry about the rest."
After saying this ambiguous statement, Adele walked away.
But what she didn't know was that her receding figure became clearer and clearer in Hevinia's eyes.
It even passed over the thick robe and fell directly on the deepest skin.
Helvinia took in every detail of Adele's silver note.
So much so that after Adele left, Hevinia immediately covered her left eye to relieve the sudden pain.
"I say you really are not afraid of death." Bai Wei's sigh echoed in his mind, "Why did you activate [Watch] at this time?"
The stinging sensation immediately faded away, and her eyes that could see through everything gradually returned to normal. Hevinia knew that it was Bai Wei who helped her turn off the "faucet".
"Her words concerned me a little," Helvinia said, "so I took a look at her notes."
"So what do you see?"
"Her notes aren't particularly good," Helvinia said, "even worse than Arianna's."
Bai Wei seemed to understand something and said with a smile: "Do you think that she became a teacher because of the profit she made at the ceremony 20 years ago?"
Helvinia nodded. "She is also very familiar with the poison. Judging from the time, she should have been a student twenty years ago."
"Interesting." Bai Wei said with interest, "In your opinion, she who knows so much about poisoning and eliminating other students is likely to be the one who poisoned them 20 years ago? The murderer has become the teacher, right? That's why you want to confirm it?"
Helvinia nodded again.
"Although it's not particularly well-founded, this guess is still worth affirming." Bai Wei said, "However, what kind of person she is has nothing to do with you now... Oh, I see. Are you worried that she might be the next Arianna?"
Hevinia didn't say anything, but Bai Wei felt that he might have guessed right.
Arianna must have left a big psychological trauma on Hevinia, so now if she finds someone in danger, she will confirm it first.
This condition was not available before, but now with Bai Wei's eyes, Hevinia can act more cautiously, obviously not wanting to go through the same thing as Arianna again.
"It's good that you're so alert." Bai Wei said, "But I advise you to be more cautious. If you use my abilities so recklessly, you may not be able to survive until after the ceremony. If this happens again next time, just let me help you."
In fact, Bai Wei also felt quite happy.
In the past, Bai Wei had tried every means to make Uru and Gerald use their powers.
But now Hevinia has done the opposite. If the cost of the rules were not too high, she would probably want to turn on [Attention] all day long.
So much so that even Bai Wei had to guard the door for her to prevent her from really dying.
So... is this a case of the tide turning?
As for Bai Wei's kindness, Hevinia naturally would not refuse. After nodding slightly, she asked, "What should I do next?"
Obviously, Hevinia still hasn't forgotten that she is now "working" for Bai Wei.
"What? You only collected one of the seven sounds, so you don't know what to do?" Bai Wei said with a smile, "If you really don't know, just collect the pretty boy's sound first, and then consider other things after that."
The pretty boy that Bai Wei was referring to seemed to be Phoenix.
Young Master Jinyin, a super noble who aspires to challenge the Taichu family, is as easy to kill as a chicken in Bai Wei's mouth, and Hevinia doesn't think there is anything wrong with it.
After getting rid of Haddock, Hevinia also clearly realized that her identity was no longer the same.
Previously, Bai Wei had always said that she was a mantis mixed in with a group of birds, trying to catch a cicada.
She thought this metaphor was very vivid. Especially after being schemed against by Arianna and Daphne, Hevinia deeply realized how naive her previous idea of collecting the seven tones on her own without any external help was.
If it weren't for Bai Wei's help, she wouldn't have had the slightest chance of success.
But now, she has such power, and can also see more things through Bai Wei's vision, so questions that she had never thought about before also came to her mind.
"Do we really have to act so quickly?" Hevinia thought for a while and said to Bai Wei, "Will this alert the enemy?"
"Oh?" Bai Wei saw that Hevinia seemed to have some ideas, so he said with interest, "Go on."
Hevinia said, "If I act right away in such a short time, it will definitely alert the Golden Sounds. And the Golden Sounds are different from ordinary players. Most of them have status and background. If they realize my existence in advance and become alert, it will become more and more difficult later on."
"so what?"
"So..." Hevinia expressed her thoughts, "Instead of collecting them one by one, why not mark them in advance and collect them together when the ceremony is approaching. With your strength, it shouldn't be difficult to do this."
"Well, it's a very good idea indeed." Bai Wei said with a smile, "It also suits your personality. It's safer to play it safe."
He paused.
"So, do you want to do this?"
Helvinia was silent.
That is undoubtedly the better approach.
The winner is always the last one to hide.
but……
"The ceremony is a grand event for you, but it is an opportunity for us, the only opportunity."
She suddenly thought of this sentence, and then thought of more things.
"It's so comfortable." She said softly.
"Um?"
"They are so comfortable. They are irreplaceable, and they don't have to risk their lives, so naturally they don't have any sense of crisis. This kind of life is really comfortable." Helvinia said, "Even if it is a ceremony that happens once every twenty years and can change the fate of countless people, it is just a bloodless event for them."
Bai Wei didn't say anything, but he could probably guess what Hevinia wanted to say.
"But what if I let them see blood earlier?" Helvinia said, "What if I let them know the existence of the Golden Book from the beginning? Will they still be so comfortable then?"
Bai Wei smiled: "Is this your choice?"
Helvinia said nothing, but her eyes said it all.
"What a crazy woman."
Bai Wei said with a chuckle.
"But it's interesting."
"I, allow it."
(End of this chapter)
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