GBP Chapter 695 I don't believe you'll silence me.
Chapter 695 I don't believe you'll silence me.
As Xu Ning expected, this incompetent guy who carried out his assassin mission with the behavior of a bandit was no match for Charlotte.
Even after realizing that the dagger in his hand could not harm Charlotte, and he had no choice but to switch to a pistol that might cause trouble because of the gunshot, it was still the same.
While dodging bullets, Charlotte's professional instincts kicked in, and she crouched down to snap two close-up photos. However, a few razor-sharp ice shards shot out from a hidden slit on the side of the camera and embedded themselves in the bandit's wrist and shoulder.
"Ouch..."
The sudden pain from the attack caused the bandit to drop his pistol, shattering his resolve to complete his mission.
Taking advantage of the moment when he raised his dagger to force Charlotte back, the bandit also turned and ran, just like Xu Ning had done earlier. He ran past a large clump of bushes and disappeared.
Charlotte leaned halfway out, scratched her head, and said with a worried expression, "He ran away so fast again... Tsk, it's all that guy's fault. My interviewee has disappeared. Where am I supposed to find him now?"
However, Charlotte was unaware that, behind the bushes not far away, her interviewee was leisurely drinking while holding the robber who had just been about to commit a crime in one hand.
"Heh, I was wondering why that navigator from Melucin was saying something like 'Don't put sharp things on the cushions' all of a sudden. Looks like you've been with us since we boarded at Hailu Port. So, after we jumped ship, you jumped off the other side of the tunnel too?"
The thief was being held by the neck and suspended in mid-air by Xu Ning. He was barely able to breathe, so he couldn't possibly answer Xu Ning's questions.
Xu Ning didn't expect to get any details about the counterfeit food case from the robbers; after all, he wasn't a reporter from Fontainebleau.
His only concern now is what caused the situation Brother Huang encountered last time.
"Those who kill shall die, and those who injure shall be punished. You took money to take lives, so you must have been prepared for this. Drink this last drink, and in your next life be a law-abiding good person."
Xu Ning raised the Dust Concealment Gourd, forcing out a stream of wine into the robber's mouth. At the same time, he loosened his grip on the robber's neck with his right hand and patted the robber's chest, allowing the wine to flow smoothly into the robber's stomach.
The robber gasped for breath, clutching his throat, "You gave me this drink... ahh..."
Just like the scene Kong described, the bandit quickly turned into a puddle of water in front of Xu Ning, leaving nothing but a set of clothes and the dagger on the ground.
"Disappeared so completely? They say daughters are made of water and sons are made of mud, but in Fontaine, are they all made of water?"
Xu Ning muttered something and turned to look at the woman in green beside him who was using hand seals to maintain the mist of alcohol.
When the little snake saw Xu Ning suddenly looking at him, it immediately sensed something was wrong and released its magic spell, ready to jump into the gourd.
Xu Ning reached out and grabbed the back of her neck, pulling the blue dress, which was halfway inside her body, out again.
"Why are you running! Look what you've done!"
"What does this have to do with me! It was Wendy who encouraged me. She said it would be fine and that the taste would be even better. Besides, just like people with alcohol allergies can't drink alcohol, if he can't drink, that's his constitution. What does it have to do with alcohol? Everyone else is drinking it, isn't he?"
Xu Ning wholeheartedly agreed with what Qingyi said.
In fact, he had been thinking about this reason ever since he arrived.
However, we cannot obtain any strong evidence yet, and we will probably have to ask the current water god of Fontaine in person.
"Crack!"
A crisp shutter sound rang out.
Xu Ning turned around and saw Charlotte, like a frightened little rabbit, fiddling with her camera while shrinking behind the bushes.
Xu Ning casually tossed the blue-clad woman into the gourd and shouted, "Stop hiding! If you want to take pictures, come out and take them openly. If I really make a move, do you think you can escape?"
Charlotte walked out, chuckling sheepishly as she stroked the phonograph camera.
"You know what I'm here for, right?"
Xu Ning said irritably, "Is it that hard to guess? You told me you're a reporter, and you even followed me to Qiufen Mountain. How could I not know you came for those few people who dissolved?"
Charlotte walked over, took several close-up photos of the soaked clothes and ground from different angles, then turned to Xu Ning and cautiously asked, "Can I ask what you did to him that... turned him into this?"
Xu Ning didn't bother to hide anything and said directly, "It's nothing, I just gave him a sip of the wine I brought."
Charlotte pulled a small notebook from her leg pocket and took notes diligently. "So, your wine contains a substance that can dissolve people. But it's said that your wine has been sold in several other countries for a long time without any similar issues. Is it because your formula has been changed recently, or is this substance only effective on these few people, or rather, the people of Fontainebleau?"
"Some unknown substances have indeed been added recently, and as far as we know, only the Fontaine people have shown signs of dissolving."
As Xu Ning sipped his drink, he casually answered the young girl's question. Watching her scribbling away, he asked, "Answer me a question too. Why did the special patrol team react so strongly to this? Did similar incidents occur before our merchants arrived?"
Charlotte was slightly surprised. "You were able to deduce this from these clues? Well, there's a case that has plagued Fontaine for over twenty years, but to this day, the real culprit hasn't been found, and there's no way to reconstruct the killer's methods unless we can prove a point of view correct..."
Xu Ning tapped the ground and asked, "Can a person dissolve in water?"
Charlotte nodded eagerly, "Yes, if we can prove that, many inexplicable things will make sense, and it might even help us find the real culprit... and even help many innocent people..."
Xu Ning laughed and said, "So, you came to Qiufen Mountain with me this time just to get us 'murderers' to go to Fengdanting with you to be tried? And to find out what liquid we used to kill you? And then help you solve that case that has been bothering you for years?"
"Big reporter, have you always been this brave? Just to verify a point of view, you're even willing to expose your identity and accompany the murderer?"
Xu Ning shook the wine gourd in his hand, "You should know that we are in the middle of nowhere right now, and I have such a good helper who can easily destroy evidence. Now, as long as I silence you, it will be as if this never happened."
Charlotte pursed her lips and carefully hung the camera back on her waist.
“I don’t believe you would kill me. I’m a senior reporter for Steambird Newspaper, and I’ve never misjudged anyone.”