Rumors Run Rampant, the Mysterious Sherlock

Time passed again.

At dawn, there were less than twelve hours left until Nightless Sky Fire Apricot.

Paris, who had been busy all night, stood at the side door of the Nightless Sky Family, looking somewhat tired. After inhaling an orange-flavored stimulant, he felt a little refreshed.

"Whew, that's getting exciting!"

Entering through the side gate of the Nightless Sky Family, you will find the Nightless Sky Family's auditorium and Banquet Hall. Whenever the Nightless Sky Family holds any large-scale events open to the public, such as family anniversary celebrations, the inauguration ceremony of Family Head, or the wedding of Direct Lineage, they will choose to hold banquets and ceremonies here.

Compared to the overall simple and rustic style of the Everlasting Heavenly Palace, the decor here is more luxurious, and the Everlasting Heavenly Palace crest, which burns and leaps like fire, can be seen everywhere, as if deliberately showing off and emphasizing the prestige of the Everlasting Heavenly Palace.

Standing at the side entrance, President Paris looked up at the vigilant Nightless Sky Family guards on the wall, as well as the many security personnel disguised as Servant hidden in the flowerbeds and greenery, and the newly installed scanning equipment at the level of the latest prototype and concept machines. A smug expression appeared on his face.

"It's absolutely impregnable."

As Paris sighed, Nightless Sky Huo Le emerged from the side door—this Miss also looked sleepy, clearly having not slept all night.

"Is it as solid as a rock? Let's hope so!"

Compared to Paris's confidence and pride, Nightless Sky Huo Le seemed somewhat worried.

Both of them got up in the middle of the night to work overtime, and after a whole night of working through the night, they reorganized and rearranged the "safety protection" work that had already been set up, raising it by at least two levels.

The defenses of the Nightless Sky Family are now almost comparable to those Family Head Royal Nobles visiting and meeting with each other!

With the personal instruction of the Nightless Sky Family Head, all security work for this coming-of-age ceremony was to be handled by Nightless Sky Huo Le —this was originally a good opportunity to expand his sphere of power, and could be considered a "good job."

But...

That only applies if it's just a normal, safe coming-of-age ceremony.

Having been reminded by Lin Yu yesterday, Nightless Sky Huo Le already knew that someone might be planning to assassinate a Royal Nobles here, so he naturally became nervous.

Even though the defenses had been set up during the day as if there was a high probability of Assassin attempting to kill Royal Nobles, Nightless Sky Huo Le Nevernight still had to work overtime again that night.

The reason is simple—the news that someone wanted to assassinate the "Royal Nobles" had been leaked!

"A reshuffling of power among Royal Nobles," "The Nightless Sky Family sets a trap to kill their guests," "The struggle between the Mercury Family and the Autumn Family," "The internal strife within the Saint Orchid Family intensifies," "The Solence Family intends to use this to launch a full-scale war"...

Various rumors and speculations arose, with people speculating about the reasons, mostly revolving around the grudges, feuds, and conflicts of interest among the Royal Nobles.

After all, in the eyes of the people of the City That Never Sleeps, the only ones who would dare to target Royal Nobles are other Royal Nobles!

In order to clear their name, the Nightless Sky Family, as the host, had to make a show of force immediately – which is why Nightless Sky Huo Le and Paris worked overtime all night.

After a whole night of effort, the rumors about the Nightless Sky Family did decrease significantly, but Nightless Sky Huo Le did not feel any sense of slack.

On the contrary, she had enough of a headache.

An executive from Truth Company walked over and handed a tablet to Nightless Sky Huo Le.

"Your Excellency, this is a summary of rumors and online public opinion monitoring for this hour..."

Nightless Sky Huo Le looked at the list of rumors arranged into two lists based on their appearance time and popularity, his temples throbbed with pain.

"As expected, the rumors are no longer limited to the family level..."

As time goes on, the rumors are becoming more and more specific.

The Nightless Sky Fire Apricot, the Nightless Sky Huo Shu, Qiu Xinliu, Sherf Solence, Saint Orchid Kui, Saint Orchid Lai... and even Nightless Sky Huo Le himself.

Almost every prominent member of the Royal Nobles present was simultaneously suspected of being both the mastermind and the target of the assassination, sparking widespread discussion.

Various hypotheses and inferences have emerged one after another.

Among them, the rumors about Nightless Sky Huo Le have been consistently among the top three most popular topics—and have been going on for several hours.

President Paris also looked at the Rankings above, observing the expression on Nightless Sky Huo Le's face, and said in a low voice, "These rumors are indeed excessive... but you see, even a highly respected gentleman like Arter Mercury is being talked about so recklessly, which shows that these rumors are really unreliable."

"In the past, these Noble, both high and low, treated your royal family with utmost respect. But now, faced with this critical moment, they have all revealed their dark intentions and ugly faces, and their attempts to take advantage of the situation are truly disgusting."

"However, Your Excellency, please don't worry too much. We have made thorough preparations, and there shouldn't be any problems."

"Besides, we all know that you are definitely not the so-called mastermind... and you are certainly not the target of the assassination."

As President Paris spoke, Nightless Sky Huo Le sighed, "If the assassination target were me, it wouldn't be so bad. It's precisely because we don't know who it is, and it probably won't be me, that it's so worrying."

Nightless Sky Huo Le spoke, he rubbed his temples. "Besides, the hypothesis that I'm some kind of mastermind is too absurd, and it's actually less of a concern for people, but..."

Nightless Sky Huo Le swiped his finger across the top ten trending rumors and found one about Sherlock.

"Why would anyone suspect that Sherlock orchestrated this assassination...? That's insane, it's a slap in my face."

"Although Sherlock has become a bit tougher lately, how could he suddenly have the courage to assassinate Royal Nobles?!"

President Paris, upon seeing Sherlock's name and hearing Nightless Sky Huo Le's words, paused for an uncharacteristic two seconds before quickly offering words of comfort to his Family Head: "Your Excellency, this is indeed absurd... It must be that Mr. Sherlock has been too prominent lately, thus attracting jealousy—the taller the tree, the more the wind will blow."

Nightless Sky Huo Le's expression softened slightly. "That should be the case, but this guy just happened to disappear at this particular time... which has allowed this ridiculous rumor to only get worse."

At this moment, "Sherlock" has suddenly disappeared from the City That Never Sleeps for almost a whole day, which is quite unusual compared to the frequency with which he made big news almost every few hours a while ago.

Nightless Sky Huo Le didn't know where he went either— Paris's message to Nightless Sky Huo Le was, "Mr. Sherlock left yesterday saying he was going to prepare some 'surprises' and then he left."

Therefore, even the Nightless Sky Huo Le couldn't help but feel a little worried.

"Sherlock, what are you doing?"