Chapter Five Separate Actions

  In a certain room of the Tower of Eyes, Zheng Hanfei was racking his brains to decipher the letter, but no matter what method he used to think about it, he couldn't crack it smoothly. For a moment, Zheng Hanfei felt that his reasoning had fallen into confusion.

  Knock, knock! At this time, the sound of knocking on the door came from outside, causing Zheng Hanfei's eyebrows to furrow slightly. Unfortunately, this was not his home, so he could only helplessly open the door, and a familiar face suddenly appeared in his line of sight.

  "Di Luo?!" Zheng Hanfei exclaimed in surprise, he didn't understand why Di Luo would come looking for him, after all the little conflict between them hadn't been resolved yet.

  "May I come in?"

  "Whatever!" After a brief moment of contemplation, Zheng Hanfei turned around and walked towards the desk, continuing to analyze the notice letter, leaving Di Luo standing outside with a puzzled expression.

  "Hey, you're still cold to me!" Di Luo walked into the room, casually closing the door behind him. He glanced at Zheng Hanfei who was leaning against him and couldn't help but scratch his head, "It's not like I said anything that bad to you, do you have to hold a grudge?"

  "Are you Di Luo?" Zheng Hanfei looked at him with a questioning gaze.

  "You... what do you mean!" Di Luo was visibly annoyed, "I am me, who else can I be?"

  "Residual image!" Perhaps it was discovered that Di Luo had no flaws, Zheng Hanfei continued to stare at the notice, saying indifferently: "You are very likely to be his disguise."

  "Hey, didn't he just escape? How could he possibly take such a risk and come back again? Is he stupid?"

  "Alright, I'll temporarily assume you're Di Luo," Zheng Hanfei said, "What brings you here? Don't tell me you're just bored after eating."

  "Of course, I'm going to help you crack this prediction letter!" Di Luo shook his finger, indicating that Zheng Hanfei was completely wrong. "I heard that the other party is also a magician, so I guess there might be some magical techniques set up on his prediction letter, and since I'm also a magician, I can be of great help to you in cracking it."

  "Are you so kind?" Zheng Hanfei looked at Dilo with a suspicious gaze, he always felt that Dilo was like a weasel visiting a chicken on New Year's Day - not good intentions.

  "You figured it out so quickly!" Di Luo scratched his head, let out a sigh and said, "To be honest with you, I'm too lazy to run around with the company president and the others, so I just ran over here."

  Zheng Hanfei didn't say anything. He knew that with Di Luo's help, they could crack the code faster than he could on his own, so he casually handed the notice to Di Luo.

  Bang! Di Luo successfully caught the speeding notice letter, picked it up and examined it carefully, while Zheng Hanfei looked out of the window, lost in thought.

  "Do you understand?" After a long time, Zheng Hanfei slowly spoke up. From his tone, it seemed that he didn't have too much expectation of Di Luo.

  Di Luo shook his head, pointing to the sentence on the notice "The bloody mountain castle, depicting a tragic drama of human beings." He said: "After looking for so long, I only found that the location where the residual shadow appears is one of these three buildings."

  "This is nonsense!" Zheng Hanfei couldn't help but shout, "This kind of information that even a child can understand I've already figured out long ago, can you be serious for once?!"

  Diro grunted and threw the notice at Zheng Hanfei, then walked out of the room. Since the other person looked at him with such disdain, he might as well keep his distance, lest he get angry and worked up over nothing.

  I really don't know what he's thinking! Zheng Hanfei helplessly shrugged his shoulders. Although Di Luo inherited the British bloodline, unfortunately, from the surface, he didn't have that kind of intelligence...

  British?! English?! At this moment, a flash of inspiration appeared in Zheng Hanfei's mind. He took a glance at the notice on the table and a faint smile emerged from the corner of his mouth.

  So that's how it was, time really flies, hurry up and inform Ouyang Xiu, let him have some sense of time.

  Thinking of this, Zheng Hanfei hastily took out the Sherlock Detective Agency badge from his pocket, turned the regulator behind the badge and shouted at the badge: "Ouyang Xiu, are you there?"

  "What's wrong?" came Ou Yang Xiū's voice from the badge, "Could it be that... you've already figured out the notice?"

  "There's only time, but I'll tell you anyway, so you don't have a sense of time."

  "I'm not you, speak up!"

  "That's great!" said Zheng Hanfei, "We were all deceived by the residual shadow. First, the first four sentences of the notice: 'The king and queen meet, meaning a happy life, the fate of the five princes and princesses, one will die in the mirror.' In fact, these four sentences are clear when read in English!"

  "You're talking about...English words and letters?!"

  "That's right, the English for king is King, and the English for queen is Queen. So when it says five princes and princesses, it refers to the five letters between K and Q in the alphabet, L, M, N, O, P. And finally, one of them dies in the mirror, which is the reflection of 'L', that is, nine o'clock."

  "I got it! There are still two and a half hours before the notice, I will definitely investigate the three buildings, you focus on cracking it, don't let me down!" After finishing speaking, Ouyang Xiu hung up the communication, it seemed that he also had some discoveries there.

  Disappointed? If I've disappointed you, then I'm not worthy of being your opponent! Speaking of which, this time I really have to thank Di Luo. After the case is over, I'll apologize to him. Zheng Hanfei put away his badge and continued analyzing the other sentences on the notice.

  ……

  On the other side, in the Shadow Pavilion, Ouyang Xi and his team were investigating the scene. The layout was similar to Sterling's exhibition, except that there was no red carpet here, and many round tables were placed on the venue, making the road not straight. However, this also met Ouyang Xi's requirements, after all, a too-straight road would make it easy for the residual shadow to escape after getting its hands on something.

  Ouyang Xi found at least dozens of cameras in the meeting room, including desktop and pinhole types. If he hadn't been so sharp-eyed, he wouldn't have discovered so many.

  In the center of the Shadow Pavilion, Ouyang Xi saw what was known as the Star in the Shadow and exclaimed in surprise: "Huh? Isn't this the Black Pearl?"

  The other three people were attracted by Ouyang Xiū's voice and walked onto the stage, looking at the Shadow Star covered in glass, with extremely rich expressions on their faces.

  "This should be a natural black pearl." Wang Bo suddenly said, "I remember that the mother-of-pearl lives in the waters of the atolls of French Polynesia."

  "That's right!" Ou Yang Xiu nodded, "Most black pearls have a diameter of 9-10 mm, and about 60% of them do not exceed 11 mm. Therefore, 11 mm is generally considered the boundary for high-quality black pearls, and this 'Star in the Shadow' has a diameter of about 16 mm, it's truly a star among black pearls!"

  "And judging from the luster of the pearl, its nacre must be very thick and thin, no wonder it's a treasure collected by Yuancui." Wang Bo sighed, "I didn't expect Zanying's eyesight to be so high, he can actually distinguish such precious things."

  "Do you know? Zanying once said, 'Things of little value, I'm not willing to steal.' From this, can his vision be any poorer?" As he spoke, Ouyang Xiuzai put on gloves and examined the display stand.

  "Low value?" Zhou Zheng couldn't help but blink his eyes, "This thing doesn't even have a market price to refer to."

  "So that's why he targeted it! Thanks to this black pearl, I have a chance to catch him." Finding nothing unusual on the display stand, Ouyang Xu patted his hands and asked the others, "Have you found anything unusual?"

  "No!" Everyone shook their heads.

  "Let's go then." Ouyang Xiū pointed to the outside of the door. At this moment, he decided to go and investigate the most suspicious building - Time Building. Who knows, perhaps the remnant shadow might be there, after all, it was the best hiding place.

  "Let's tell Young Master about the situation here first," Wang Bo suggested, "and let him analyze it."

  "Alright!" Ouyang Xiu nodded and took out his badge, calling Zheng Hanfei to inform him of the situation on site and his own thoughts.

  ……

  "Really?" After listening to Ouyang Xi's general introduction, Zheng Hanfeng pinched his chin and said, "I think the Shadow Tower shouldn't have any problems. As for what you're thinking, I somewhat disagree. If I were a residual shadow, I would simply transform into one of the people who just entered, no need to go through so much trouble hiding in the Time Tower."

  "Perhaps he thought we would think that way, so he hid in the Time Building. Don't forget those words: 'The most dangerous place is also the safest place!' " Ou Yangxiu did not give up and said according to his own idea.

  "Whatever... just go ahead with your idea then." Zheng Hanfei said somewhat helplessly, "Anyway, my main task now is to decipher the notice, I don't have any right to interfere with you."

  "Thank you..." He said softly, and before Zheng Hanfei could ask any questions, Ouyang Xiuhang quickly hung up the communication device and walked towards the tallest building - Time Tower.