Who hid My Corpse!-Chapter 232: Sixty-nine He plans to come earlier_2
Chapter 232: Sixty-nine He plans to come earlier_2
Because he understood that as long as the core problem wasn’t solved, caring about anything else was completely meaningless.
And the core problem, naturally, was…
Gerard looked again towards Ju, who was lying on the bed.
“What, are you planning to have a serious talk with her when she wakes up?” Bai Wei said indifferently, “To persuade her to abandon the destruction of Lyra, to wholeheartedly embrace goodness?”
Gerard shook his head.
“Hmm…that indeed won’t be of any use.” Bai Wei nodded slightly, making a guess, “After all, with her personality, as soon as she realizes that you are not the kind of person she imagined, she’ll immediately retract her venomous fangs, and she’ll agree to whatever you say, but you won’t know what she’s really thinking, right?”
“That’s not the reason.”
“Then what is it?”
“How am I qualified to advise her to let go?”
Bai Wei raised an eyebrow at Gerard: “I’m quite surprised to hear you say such a thing, considering that just half a day ago, for the sake of Lyra, you personally ended the life of your own son.”
Upon hearing this, Gerard fell into a long silence, as if Bai Wei had struck a soft spot in him at that instant.
Just when Bai Wei thought that Gerard wasn’t going to speak again, he heard Gerard say softly,
“It is precisely because of this that I do not wish for her to follow in my footsteps.”
“Heh, is that so?” Bai Wei asked with interest, “So what do you plan to do?”
Bai Wei paused for a moment.
“Moreover, if there really comes a day when she is determined to destroy Lyra, will you make the same decision as you did last night?”
Gerard was silent once again.
This was clearly not a question whose answer could be easily obtained.
But he did not have that much time to think anymore.
Because not long after dawn, a shocking piece of news suddenly spread throughout the entire Lyra City.
That was,
Bishop Oliver of the Sky Tower had returned.
…
Lyra City had five bishops, each responsible for managing a district.
Although they did not have a supreme Pope like other churches, Bishop Oliver of the Sky Tower was clearly a little higher in status and wielded more power than the other four bishops.
Although he had not shown himself for more than ten years, to the extent that Lyra’s people were almost about to forget the existence of such a bishop,
Just like when Bishop Hallman of the Fourth District passed away, people suddenly remembered that they had such a bishop.
But Oliver was obviously different from Hallman; the news of his return swiftly spread throughout Lyra City, and anyone going to the Sky Tower could see Oliver standing atop the tower, smiling and waving at the faithful.
That moment invigorated the entire Lyra.
Because of the series of events that had happened in Lyra City over this period, more than one person sniffed the scent of danger, and there was even a feeling of an imminent storm.
And at this time, the return of Oliver was like a stimulant injected into the people of Lyra.
The people’s support for him reached its zenith in an instant.
Countless individuals rushed to the base of the Sky Tower, looking up at Oliver as he made earth-shattering promises to the faithful.
“Children of Lyra,” he smiled and said to those present, “I know we are currently facing a tremendous crisis.”
“Bishop Hallman has passed away.”
“The Source Oil processing plant has been torched.”
“Someone wants to see us perish.”
“But we refuse.”
“In two days, our heroes will bring back new hope!”
“At that time, we will be reborn anew!”
People roared back at him, the applause seeming as though it could echo through the heavens.
Only a very small portion of people showed a hint of confusion.
“Crisis? What crisis are we facing exactly?”
“Not to mention the Source Oil processing plant was destroyed, Source Oil is depleted, right?”
“…Is this what crisis looks like?”
“What’s the new hope, then?”
No one could answer them, and they themselves didn’t have time to wonder for long, as when everyone began to applaud, they found that their mechanical prosthetics were clapping uncontrollably as well.
When the applause erupted, the doubt in their eyes instantly turned into frenzy.
…
“Speak, where did Gerard go?” A beam of light shone on Ina’s face.
Sitting in the interrogation room, Ina looked at the two Bone Knights interrogating her and said with a calm tone, “I don’t understand what you’re talking about. Gerard? I severed ties with him over ten years ago.”
“Then who were you waiting for last night?!” pressed the Bone Knight.
“I was waiting for the wind,” Ina remained calm, “and for the rain. Is that a satisfactory answer?”
Ina’s tone made the two Bone Knights feel a mixture of anger and helplessness.
Last night, Ina did not wait for Gerard, but waited for three impetuous members of the Skeleton Corps armed with heavy weapons, waiting inside the carriage.
It was then that Ina realized her and Gerard’s plan had been exposed, and she understood why Gerard never showed up last night.
Did this mean her father had known they were going to be exposed earlier, or had he realized something was amiss after he went and thus didn’t show up?
This was a source of annoyance for Ina.
Regardless of which possibility it was, why hadn’t she sensed anything and waited there foolishly? If it hadn’t been for the Bone Knights revealing themselves, she still wouldn’t know why.
After all, her father had been retired for so many years, and she was still an active Pioneer Knight.
Is the gap… really that big?
Since last night, this question had been on Ina’s mind.
As for the interrogation by the Skeleton Corps, she really wasn’t too concerned.
Because she knew very clearly that the Bone Knights didn’t have any evidence.
If her father had indeed shown up last night and was captured by them, that would have been concrete evidence. Otherwise, these Bone Knights wouldn’t be able to do much with her, especially since she had the backing of her identity as a Devil Knight, and normally, Bone Knights couldn’t interrogate a Devil Knight who had run into trouble.
Sure enough, after receiving Ina’s response, the two Bone Knights whispered to each other for a while, then said with dark faces, “Alright, you’re free to leave, Miss Ina.”
Ina nodded without saying much else and stood up to leave.
But halfway through, the Bone Knight stopped her again.
“Miss Ina, perhaps there’s something you still don’t know.” The Bone Knight spoke, “Last night, Gerard broke into the Sky Tower and killed a very important official.”
Ina paused, but didn’t turn back, asking plainly, “So? What’s that got to do with me?”
“It’s not particularly related, I just mentioned it offhand,” the Bone Knight said indifferently, “Is there a possibility that your foster father never intended to meet you and last night, he only used you as bait to lure us in? You better watch out for yourself.”
Hearing this, Ina stood in place for a while, but in the end said nothing and walked out of the interrogation room.
She was now in the headquarters of the Skeleton Corps.
She had been here yesterday, and at that time, the place was filled with injured members, but now it was almost empty of people.
Only her footsteps echoed in the deserted hall, the Bone Knights seemed to have vanished.
But Ina knew, it was because Bishop Oliver had returned and was holding a temporary speech at the Sky Tower, and most of the Bone Knights had gone there to maintain order.
But… did it really require so many people?
If it was before, Ina might not have thought there was anything wrong, but now that she had learned most of the truth from her father, she couldn’t help but wonder if this meant something.
She couldn’t find the answer herself.
Fortunately, she wouldn’t need to figure it out on her own.
Soon, she stopped in her tracks, her face filled with surprise as Gerard suddenly appeared in front of her.
“Father, you…”
“Take me to the Pollution Zone, now.”
Gerard spoke with a tone leaving no room for doubt.
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“The new deity… plans to come early.”
