Investigation

Ophelia remained calm, smiling.

Thor was sure that beneath those vivid red lips, she was grinding her teeth in rage.

But the Sky City Lord stayed silent for several seconds before continuing. "Yes, Krum did find a way to avoid my surveillance within White Glaze Castle in Sky City."

She looked at Pearl, whose mouth was being covered. "But I've also thought of a way to deal with it. Would you like to hear?"

Pearl's eyes widened, and she made two muffled sounds.

"But I don't want to tell you."

Olivia's words made Pearl's eyes blaze with fury again.

Thor stepped forward, blocking Pearl from view. "Do you want me to continue studying the biography of the Water God that Krum was reading before he died?"

Ophelia shook her head. "You may be a genius, but knowledge of the Water God isn't your area of expertise. I'd be better off asking a few ordinary scholars to study it than asking you. In fact, I found only the first half of the biography on Krum's dead body. He hid the second half."

She couldn't help lifting her head a little higher, revealing a slender, soft, snow-white, crooked thing that looked nothing like a neck.

"I'm secretly searching for the second half of the biography now. At the same time, I've closed most of the routes out of the city and am monitoring the entire island for anything unusual. So I can't work with you right now."

"I understand." Only then did Thor finally realize what Ophelia was busy with. "You're investigating the cause of Krum's death and retrieving the hidden biography. Once you've done that, you can help me contact Pearl in the Phantom Color World?"

Ophelia finally nodded.

"Then our deal can begin." Thor nodded in greeting, then turned to