Circle of Inevitability
Chapter 527

Putting himself in another's shoes

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Falin Port under Sunlight is like being dyed with a touch of Golden, and there seems to be a bit of sucrose sweetness in the air.

Lumian stood at the window, thinking about where "Devil Warlock" would be now:

When he was rescued last night, Bourman was in a deep coma. He certainly couldn't tell Undead, who was driven by him, where to go. Therefore, Undead should have followed instinct and habit and dragged Bourman to a place where he often went and was safe enough.

Normally, Fidel's house would be the first choice, but when Lumian searched there, no trace of Bourman's return was found.

His initial guess was that when Bourman killed Fidel's family and Waiter's servants, he asked those Undead to help. They had remembered that 16 Coreas Street was a battlefield and an unsafe place, so they chose other Hideout.

Where will that be?

Lumian took out the Bourman information provided by Franca and the rest of the information he learned from Philip, Batna and others from "Traveler’s Bag". He read it again and tried to put himself into "Devil Warlock" to simulate his mental state, thoughts and action choices:

Bourman was born in Mist Province, also called Winter Province, in the north of Intis, which is on the border with the Feysac Empire. The folk customs are relatively rough and they love strong liquor.

His wife Helen is a native of Falin Port, but does not have Archipelago blood - her grandfather was a sugar merchant who traveled between Falin Port and Leucer Harbor. Later, he was attacked by pirates and lost most of his business. He could only rely on the Plantation he had saved up to buy to support the family.

Helen was born and raised in Plantation, and saw it being sold after her grandfather died due to conflicts between her parents. Her family received a sum of money and moved to Falin Port. After that, the death of her father and the serious illness of her mother made her embark on the path of an adventurer, and she met Bourman.

Both of them had encounters in their adventurous careers, gained extraordinary powers, and purchased real estate at Falin Port, planning their lives in the future when they grow old and no longer want to take risks.

A few years ago, they hired a ship with a group of adventurers they were familiar with and went out to sea to hunt for treasure. As a result, they encountered Sea Monster. Only Bourman and two other adventurers survived.

After that, Bourman started trying to be Resurrection's wife, getting more and more crazy.

"Treasure hunting at sea? Are there really so many treasures in the sea?" Lumian muttered, thinking that the possibility of Bourman still being in Falin Port was very high.

Here are his best memories and traces of the years he and his wife Helen lived together. When he was preparing Concealment's hiding place, he would subconsciously choose this area.

Lumian continued to read the following part of the information with this guess in mind.

As he thought, Bourman's previous dangerous attempts all occurred in the area around Sea of Fog Archipelago, including other islands and the villages and towns along the coast of the Northern Continent. If you connect them into irregular concentric circles, you will find that the "center" is at Saint Tique Island Falin Port.

Bourman uses Falin Port as a base and tries Resurrection everywhere... He has never done anything in Falin Port before, why is it an exception this time? If I were Bourman, In the Half-Mad state, Falin Port will definitely regard Falin Port as a spiritual home, a collection of all good memories. Normally, he will not destroy the order here, and will even secretly maintain and deal with some bold pirates and adventurers... Lumian analyzed thoughtfully.

He replaced Falin Port with Cordou Village, thinking that if the death of Older Sister had nothing to do with Cordou Village and there was still peace there, whoever dared to affect Cordou Village's daily life or change the state there would be his own enemy!

He frowned slightly, feeling that there might be some very important details that had not been clarified about the explosion the night before. The subsequent decision of Bourman to kill Fidel and his whole family after one wrong sentence may also be due to this factor - Fidel has cooperated with Bourman for many years. It should not be unclear that his mental state is unstable and he may go crazy at any time. How could such a shrewd businessman not consider the possible impact of his words on "Devil Warlock"?

Moreover, Bourman wanted to kill the adventurers Louis·Berri in order to cover up his cooperation with Fidel. He already killed Fidel, so why is there any need to silence Lumian?

Maybe based on Fidel's experience, he could convince Bourman to wait a few days before taking action. Who knows, Bourman was already in a crazy state at that time, and he would act completely instinctively.

After thinking for a moment, Lumian decided to enter Falin Port again and visit the "former residences" of Bourman and Helen.

Although it had been sold by Bourman long ago and replaced with funds for Resurrection's experiment, and was closely watched by Official Beyonder, there is still the possibility of leaving important clues:

What if the crazy Bourman insists on returning to his "former home"?

After instructing Lugano to take care of Ludwig, Lumian went down to the deck and met Philip.

The safety director of "Flying Bird" looked at Lumian with a complicated expression. He did not mention the room that seemed to have been bombarded by artillery, and said to himself, "I divided the remaining repair cost between the participating workers and Waiter."

What he meant was, I paid for all the people who should be silenced.

"You can also get one yourself." Lumian responded with a smile.

Philip shook his head and sighed, "Nothing like this will happen on the way from Falin Port to Santa Port. This is the best reward for me."

"I'll try my best." Lumian said sincerely.

He didn't make any promises, after all, some things were beyond his control.

He also wanted to arrive at Santa Port safely and began to track Core Member, "Wandering Poet" and "Ultraman" of "April Fool's Day".

Philip stared at Lumian for a few seconds, as if thinking about whether to report this guy in advance.

He sighed again:

"The port closure will be lifted tonight, and tomorrow morning, 'Flying Bird' will sail again. Don't miss it."

Lumian nodded and asked curiously, "'Devil Warlock' caught it?"

"No, but it's basically nothing to do with the ships in the port, and he didn't hide here." Philip said casually, "Bourman also killed the big businessman Fidel's family last night. They seemed to have a cooperative relationship before. Maybe Fidel wanted to betray him..."

Speaking of this, Philip glanced at Lumian keenly:

"Last night, there was a fight in your room. Is it related to this matter?"

"What do you think it has to do with it?" Lumian asked funnyly.

Philip After thinking about it carefully, there is really no way to connect these two things.

Seeing this, Lumian waved his hand, put on Golden-Yellow Straw Hat, went down the gangway to Dock, and left the port area.

As soon as he arrived at Sun Square, which had many wanted posters posted, he saw an Archipelago man with brown skin, deep sunken Eye Sockets, and dark eyes coming up to him and handed over a folded Paper with a large number of words and simple patterns printed on it.

"Travelers coming and going, this is the Falin Port travel guide, which has the most beautiful scenery, the most unique food and the most charming shops." Islanders introduced enthusiastically, "It can help you spend a wonderful few days here."

Lumian asked very cooperatively, "How much is it?"

"No need to spend money, it will be given to you for free!" Islanders replied in a high-pitched voice, "This is printed by the government and is specially provided to tourists. I hope you can leave a good impression on Falin Port."

"That's great." Lumian took the travel guide with a look of "surprise" and unfolded it on the spot.

This part is an introduction to the beautiful scenery, and part is a recommendation of various shops, including cane sugar shops, style Bar, famous food shops, etc., etc.

With a swipe, Lumian pulled out Revolver and pressed it against the center of Islanders's forehead.

Islanders was stunned, and after a few seconds he stammered, "No, I don't charge you, you don't have to pay, I didn't lie to you!"

Is such a small thing worth drawing a gun?

I'm going to call Police!

Lumian smiled and asked, "What is the relationship between these recommended stores and you?"

"No..." Islanders felt the coldness of the gun and gradually changed his words, "They, they paid us to recommend them, and some of them were opened by our partners."

"How many are normal stores?" Lumian asked without being affected at all.

"Ninety percent." As soon as Islanders finished speaking, he saw the adventurer on the opposite side pulling Revolver's hammer back.

He quickly added, "Ninety percent has to do with us."

"What about those scenery?" Lumian chuckled.

"One hundred percent, fifty percent, only Plantation and Primitive Tribe are related to us." Islanders was so frightened that his body was shaking.

Lumian shook the unfolded travel guide, looked at Islanders with a smile and said, "Point out the real ones."

Then Islanders quickly clicked on different contents, worried that the other party's gun would suddenly go off.

Lumian then put away Revolver, took the travel guide, and walked to the open-air market on the other side of Sun Square.

He just said so much to that Islanders. On the one hand, he wanted to scare the liar, but on the other hand, he suddenly had an inspiration:

For Bourman who has lived in Falin Port for many years, are some of the food and scenery here also part of the beautiful memories?

When he was frustrated, killed his best partner, and suffered defeat in the battle, would he, being crazy and paranoid, go to a place with good memories to draw strength and fill his soul?

Lumian Ask yourself, if you were in that state, you would probably behave similarly.

Rationality may tell him that this may be tracked and discovered, but Half-Mad people often don't listen to Rationality.

Therefore, whether it is scenery such as lighthouse moonlight, Volcano sunset, or delicacies such as Repto minced pork, Gasparo paella, Santique chocolate Ice Cream, etc., there is a possibility that "Devil Warlock" will secretly visit you.

And in that state, he would most likely not handle the traces very carefully.

Lumian pressed Golden-yellow Straw Hat above his head, walked through the open-air market, and walked towards the cliff mountain outside Falin City.

The lighthouse of Falin Port is right there.

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