A Changed Plan
All eyes were on Lin Yu.
Nightless Sky Huo Le finally realized that something was wrong.
"Sherlock...?!"
She asked, somewhat incredulously.
"What exactly do you want?!"
Although there was no concrete evidence, intuition told Nightless Sky Huo Le that Sherlock before him seemed to be the source of all the chaos tonight.
Lin Yu ignored Nightless Sky Huo Le, simply leaping lightly off the display case platform, and then spoke to Nightless Sky Huo Ming.
Have you thought it through?
Compared to most Noble, the Nightless Sky Huo Ming, who has long lived in the Great Wilderness, is more decisive.
Upon hearing Lin Yu's question, Nightless Sky Huo Ming immediately nodded.
"Okay, deal—I'll give you half of the Jade Laurel, and you let me leave."
She opened the wooden box in her hand, inside which was a stack of leaves, emerald green and translucent.
The shimmering light flows through the veins of the leaves, creating a captivating sight.
Nightless Sky Huo Ming took out four of the pieces and looked at Lin Yu.
"How can I make sure you'll let me go after I give myself to you?"
You can put it on the ground.
Lin Yu spoke calmly. Nightless Sky Huo Ming hesitated for a moment, then slowly took two steps back before placing the leaf on the ground.
Lin Yu made a "please" gesture.
"Alright, you can go now."
Upon hearing this, Nightless Sky Huo Ming turned around and realized that the barrier behind him had been removed at some point.
She pushed open the door in surprise, seemingly unable to believe that things had actually gone so smoothly.
Looking at the night sky outside the door, Nightless Sky Huo Ming for a moment, then turned around.
"Well... Good luck."
As she spoke, she led the Great Wilderness People away from there.
After seeing off Nightless Sky Huo Ming, Lin Yu reached out his hand, and the seawater on the ground swept up the leaves and into his arms.
Then, Lin Yu turned around again and looked towards the auditorium.
At this moment, the seemingly effortless control over the "Alchemy Array" finally shattered the last hope of the Nightless Sky Huo Le on the other side of the barrier.
"So it really was you who did it, Sherlock... Why?"
"Nightless Sky Huo Le" looked at Sherlock and asked incredulously.
Lin Yu smiled and shrugged, "Sorry, Your Excellency."
"I'm afraid I'm going to completely ruin this celebration."
He crossed the transparent barrier formed by the Alchemy Array between the auditorium and the exhibition hall, his feet resting on the seawater that flowed closely behind him.
Among the Noble who were huddled together, Lin Yu passed by a Duke, and suddenly the seawater rushed towards the Duke.
"Cough, cough!"
The Duke struggled violently and painfully, trying to stop the seawater from rushing into his mouth and nose.
However, after shutting down all Alchemical Creation, this Duke was no different from an ordinary person. Even though his bodyguards were all skilled fighters, they were unable to defeat the invisible seawater!
Perhaps with specialized equipment, they could handle such a bizarre situation...
But now, there's nothing they can do.
Even though several bodyguards rushed towards Lin Yu, trying to demonstrate their excellent professional skills.
But Lin Yu only needed to use more seawater to dismiss them as well.
In just a few minutes, he drowned a Duke on the ground.
This horrifying scene outweighed any verbal threats, plunging all the Noble, regardless of their status or position, into a state of panic.
Because Lin Yu was demonstrating this to everyone in a very powerful way through his actions.
He would indeed kill.
And...
This is just the first one.
Soon, a second drowning victim appeared—this time, it was an executive of Truth Company who died.
If the first death served as a reminder to everyone present that the "Sherlock" before them was actually a madman who would kill at the slightest provocation, then the second death told them...
He not only kills people, but he also commits indiscriminate killings targeting the powerful and wealthy.
And when the two deceased men's resistance against Sherlock proved to be of little use...
Only one path remains for these powerful and wealthy individuals.
Escape!
It's unclear who let out the first scream, or who started to panic and run away first.
The initial chaos in the auditorium was confined to a few areas, but with Lin Yu's indiscriminate killing and the panicked escape of the Lin Yu figures, everyone was forced to flee.
Amidst this chaotic scene, only the Nightless Sky Huo Le stood firm.
"You're not even going to hide, Your Excellency, Nightless Sky Huo Le City?"
Lin Yu looked at Nightless Sky Huo Le with great interest.
His tone was calm, as if he wanted to play hide-and-seek with Nightless Sky Huo Le.
However, this is on the premise that we must ignore the two Noble beside Lin Yu who were almost choking to death and were struggling on the ground trying to get closer to him.
The other person sat down in the chair, his expression complex. "If you want to kill me, then go ahead."
"I'm just so sorry... I really thought you'd been captured just now, and I was even thinking about how to rescue you. Now it seems like I'm making a fool of myself."
"The commission to assassinate Royal Nobles... you were involved, weren't you?"
"Are you creating this bloodshed here to cover up your real killing targets?"
Upon hearing this, Lin Yu also stopped moving and killing, and temporarily sat down opposite Nightless Sky Huo Le.
"Truly perceptive, Lord Huo Le —to instantly discern my intentions without even having read <The ABC Murders>."
Lin Yu praised.
Of course Nightless Sky Huo Le had no idea what the <The ABC Murders> was; she simply frowned.
"So how did you manage to return here after being taken away by the Security Bureau? Was it a body double?"
As if he had made up his mind, Nightless Sky Huo Le seemed to have asked abruptly.
"Yes, a stand-in."
Lin Yu nodded slightly.
"What is the point of doing this?"
"Nightless Sky Huo Le asked, and Lin Yu shrugged. "At first, I wanted to create an alibi for myself and take advantage of the chaos to make my move secretly, so that no one would suspect Sherlock —after all, he's in jail with the Security Bureau."
"However, just now... I understood some of the clues left to me by Nightless Sky Fire Apricot, and realized that taking action secretly is not an option."
Upon hearing Lin Yu's words, Nightless Sky Huo Le frowned slightly.
"The Nightless Sky Fire Apricot?"
"Of course, she's my temporary Accomplice —but neither of us knows the full picture of the other's plans."
"So, she probably discovered my plan just now and pointed out its flaws in a message."
"To kill that Royal Nobles, I absolutely cannot act stealthily... so I had to temporarily change my approach to make myself more conspicuous."