The carriage staggered slowly to the side of the road, and Holden and his party sat in the carriage, not acting rashly, waiting for the movement outside; But outside the carriage was also quiet, there was no sound, time fell silent, and all eyes fell on Holden: what to do?
None of them were able to determine the situation, and the only source of information was Nightingale - however, Nightingale was no longer there, and the details could not be confirmed.So, what should be done now?
Through the induction net, Horden could detect that there were three figures standing next to the road, and they did not take the initiative to step forward, but just put their hands crossed in front of them, and stood in place like this; Holden thought calmly for a moment, gave his little friend a look, and then directly pushed open the carriage door and took the initiative to go down.At a glance, you can see that the three figures are all wearing black suits, the style is not much different from the waiter uniform customized by Hodden in "Adrian's tailor's shop", the most obvious difference should be the coat, each of them is wearing a long black trench coat, and wearing black leather gloves, Hodden immediately comes to mind the chic figure in the "Matrix".Immediately afterwards, Robben and the other three people also followed in Holden's footsteps, and Yuguan walked down."
Is there anything I can do to help you?"
The black suit led by him showed an amiable smile, and his respectful and courteous posture was impeccable.Rather than being as unhurried as usual, Hoden showed a slightly restrained and nervous appearance - after all, he is a waiter, whether he is a poor student or a homeless man, which can say a lot about things, and this is the time when acting skills need to appear."
Uh......
We need ......
Cipher, right?
”Hoden was somewhat cautious.The black suit didn't speak, just smiled and gently bowed his head in affirmation."
Federiou."
Hodden spoke the code eagerly, then looked expectantly at the black suit, as if ready to dive into tonight's work.The black suit bowed his head slightly, confirming Holden's code, "You go to the carriage over there, and they will escort you directly into the banquet site to prepare for the start of today's dinner."
Remember, don't ask, don't look around, don't wander around, just focus on your work. ”Hoden nodded in a panic like a nodding doll, and then strode toward the carriage that was parked a short distance in front of him on the right.Robben and the others also obediently followed.Regarding the code, Nightingale said at the beginning, this is an exclusive code, and it is updated once at every banquet, and the last one cannot be carried over to this time - in other words, those who were able to go to the banquet last time may not be able to go this time, unless they get an updated code.Without the code, Hoden would have been able to find a way to enter the Arena Palace, after all, their last visit to explore the path was not in vain.But the point is how not to alarm the guards, how to blend seamlessly into the banquet, how to hide the traces quietly, how to complete the investigation without alarming the host and guests of the banquet......
These questions are the key to determining the direction of tonight's mission.To this end, Holden prepared two sets of plans.The first plan is to start with the nobles, and the twelve noble insignia were detected in the Umani Church that night, and Hodden's intuition believed that they would also attend tonight's banquet, and the matter of spirit beasts was also very likely to be closely related to the banquet, so they only needed to choose one of them that was relatively relaxed, probe their code, and then they would be able to enter the banquet smoothly.The second plan is to start with the commoners, Nightingale once said that on the day of the banquet, their mailbox will be put into the letter letterhead, only for the day, then, they only need to find the same intermediary as Nightingale, probe the code, and then they can enter it unconsciously, the difficulty and risk are lower and smaller than that of the nobles.Eventually, a small surprise lightened their load – Nightingale.Although Nightingale was dead, and the apartment he lived in was destroyed and burned; But never underestimate the resilience of the slums, and in a short time his apartment was rebuilt and fully occupied, restoring the prosperity of yesterday as if disaster had never existed.The only exception was Nightingale's house, perhaps because Nightingale's death that night was so tragic, or perhaps because for some other reason the other rooms were all occupied, but not his own; However, according to the landlord, the tenant of that house has also been confirmed, and after the rent is reduced, there are still poor people who cannot refuse the temptation of rent concessions, and they will officially move in next week.Horden pretended to be a student tenant in the hope of finding a good and affordable house, but after "unfortunately missing out", Hoden said goodbye to his landlord and quietly opened Nightingale's exclusive mailbox, and then found something interesting: a code.Not just November, but also September and October.In other words, after Nightingale's death, the code continued to be sent, as if it were ......
The person in charge of delivering the code had no idea that Nightingale was dead.In this regard, Hodden has many speculations - could it be that Nightingale's death had nothing to do with Mr.
Harford's dinner, but some other personal vendetta?
So the dinner code was still delivered.If so, then many of the clues that Holden has found need to be redirected.But Holden is more convinced of another possibility, the mastermind behind the murder of Nightingale and the person in charge of delivering the dinner code are two different departments, and there is a lack of communication between them, there is no communication between them, and the speed of news updates is relatively slow, so the current situation has been led.Of course, Holden's guess may have been wrong, but Holden finally decided to take the risk of gambling, not because he trusted his instincts, but because there were two codes in the mailbox, September and October, which showed the law of stable delivery, if it was just for fishing, he didn't need to stick to it for three months, so he still believed his reasoning.It turned out that Holden's guess was correct, "Federio" was indeed a code, and then the group passed the first hurdle without any problems.Moving from one carriage to another, but this time the journey was not long, as the Arena Palace was already in view, and in less than ten minutes, the carriage stopped again, and Holden and his party left the carriage, and a side door could be seen directly in front of them - but it was not deserted, which also meant that they should have crossed the circle of confusion and entered the real part of the Arena Palace."
Cipher."
Another black suit standing at the door interrupted Holden's gaze to look at the room, and his expression and tone were slightly irritable, not because of emotions, but because he despised Holden and his party, and even refused to look at them with a straight eye, so he spoke contemptuously and casually.()