What is there to say?
A person cannot be without secrets.
No matter how powerful or outstanding a person is, it will be difficult for him to gain a position in the hearts of others unless he can reach the extreme in this regard.
Because it is so beautiful and there is no threat.
Because of his family, Hitzfeld has experienced the warmth and coldness of human nature since childhood and understood this truth earlier than many people.
So even though she needed to confess the existence of her left eye and insomnia to the Wheel of Fortune, Shadow Lion and other organizations, she still kept the biggest secret.
This eye allows her to hear the whispers in the dream world and see all the traces left by living beings in time and in the dream world.
The effect becomes better as the seventh day approaches.
The idea of watching the game came to her suddenly after she read the newspaper and learned that there was a game in the afternoon. She thought that since Changxia had a dream world, then a large stadium that could gather tens of thousands of people at a time, when those people cheered - even though they couldn't feel it and couldn't control it - the gathered spirit would definitely have an impact on the dream world.
It may be very weak, but it can assist her in entering that state.
It may also not have any effect.
But she could just give it a try first... Anyway, she could also visit the first crime scene by the way. It's just a few steps away, so it won't be a loss no matter how you calculate it.
And now she knows that it really works.
But the effect was too good. She felt as if she was sitting in a giant monster's mouth instead of a chair.
There was no longer any sight to be seen around, only endless darkness filled with gray fog.
The backrest and the cushion of the chair were like the open jaws of a troll, trying to swallow her up bit by bit amidst the continuous whispers. She felt as if her whole body was sinking continuously.
"Zheng——"
A flash of sword light.
The darkness was shattered, and all the illusions and whispers disappeared. After a brief moment of dizziness, Hitzfeld's body shook violently, and he finally felt his mind and body return to reality.
It feels like walking down the stairs in the dark, but you counted the wrong steps. You thought you were on flat ground, so you took a step as if you were walking on flat ground, but you missed the step.
When the foot lands on real flat ground, although the person appears to be still stable, mentally there is a feeling that the whole world is shaking - exactly the same feeling.
"Hitzfeld!"
The ponytail swung, and a tall shadow quickly rushed over to support her.
"What on earth did you just do..."
Xia Yibing was a little surprised and confused.
There was no warning at all; Hitzfeld became like this completely out of the blue.
His face was pale, his chest heaving, and his whole body sat back as if he had lost strength. The only exposed eye was staring straight into the void opposite, as if even his soul had flown away.
If she remembered correctly, this was not the first time she had seen such a situation.
When they were in Blackwood, they were looking at the clock tower on the street, and Hitzfeld suddenly became like this, and then he fell directly into the shadow and was swallowed by the evil demon.
She had always thought that Hitzfeld happened to be attacked by the evil spirit, but now it seems that at least her previous changes had nothing to do with the evil spirit.
"do you need my help?"
Teni was about to step out the door, but stopped when he saw this scene.
It’s not that he wanted to meddle in other people’s business, but - there were guards outside the door and stadium staff.
So many people are watching.
Right?
He was a prince, and it would have been ungraceful for him to just walk away when he saw a girl in need of help.
And it happened to be a problem after he came out...
If he doesn't care, who knows what kind of gossip will leak out...
"I am fine."
Hitzfeld covered his head and stood up with the help of Xia Yibing.
I still feel a little dizzy.
Especially since there were bursts of noise coming from outside, she felt like vomiting when she heard the gathering sounds.
But she still insisted on standing up, staring at the young man with her one eye.
Teni's eye twitched.
Facing those blue eyes, he felt as if he was seen through.
It made him very uncomfortable.
"May I ask where your Highness got his pocket watch?"
The situation is now clear.
The reason why Onia Folland concealed the crime committed by Mianza was not to please her husband.
She was coerced!
And it is very likely that this is not ordinary coercion... After all, Ouniya is an extraordinary person as an agent. Although the treatment of Shadow Lion cannot be said to be particularly good, it is not bad either. If she has financial difficulties, she can directly ask the organization for help. How could she possibly engage in gambling?
In the illusion, the man in black who was coercing and bribing Ouniya gave her a very strange feeling.
She seemed to have seen the other person somewhere.
She noticed that the man was shaking his pocket watch at Oonia while he was talking.
As the pocket watch continued to shake, Ogna's will to resist became weaker and weaker.
After that, her entire attention was devoted to the watch.
She remembered every detail of it, so she could confirm it - this thing was exactly the same as the gold-plated pocket watch that Prince Tenize used to tell time before!
"Oh, I guess this is my personal matter..."
Teni's face suddenly turned gloomy.
"Since you are all fine, then let's do this."
He nodded and left with his guards.
"Hitzfeld...?"
Xia Yibing now had a feeling: it seemed that she was the only unlucky person who didn't understand what had happened.
"Go on...report to Chief Villefort."
Hitzfeld sighed.
"What are you reporting?"
"The Sara Sports Association and the backer behind it, His Royal Highness Prince Tenize, may be in collusion with the Eclipse Church."
"this--"
Xia Yibing was stunned when she heard this.
"Do you know what you are saying?" Then his face became extremely stern, "Accusing the prince... If it is proven to be your fault, then you..."
"It must be related."
Hitzfeld interrupted her.
"The Victory Bonds odds are being manipulated by an official, and that official is the Competitive Alliance... You don't understand how ambitious they are."
She took a breath and planned to explain to Xia Yibing the series of links she had deduced.
But at this moment, she felt a sudden sharp pain in her brain.
"Hitzfeld..."
A tired, weak male voice suddenly sounded among them.
"Hitzfeld... I... I can't hold on any longer..."
"Please... go find Grace..."
"please……"
"please……"
Chapter 55: The Warmth and Fickleness of Human Relationships
The sound only lasted for a moment, and by the time Hitzfeld reacted and tried to listen carefully, the tingling sensation had disappeared.
Whose voice is this?
Sounds like... Ferdinand?
Hitzfeld was stunned for a moment and couldn't figure out what was going on.
"Hitzfeld!"
She was awakened, and when she looked up she saw Xia Yibing holding her shoulders, her face full of concern.
Yes……
She regained her composure.
The voice just now was not her own.
Ferdinand... If that was really Ferdinand, he would have proactively pronounced her name, which meant that the abnormality was under his control.
There was no need to hide this matter, so she immediately told Xia Yibing what she had heard about Ferdinand's call for help.
"That's it..."
The more Xia Yibing listened, the more solemn her expression became, and her cold brows gradually furrowed.
"This is a form of communication," she said to the girl. "It raises the soul to the dream world and uses the dream world as a medium to communicate with a specific person... It's convenient but extremely dangerous!"
Hitzfeld realized on his own why it was dangerous without any explanation.
According to her understanding, most of the Shadow Lion agents, although they are extraordinary beings, their most extraordinary aspect is that they can ascend their souls into the dream world.
They command their spirits to walk in the dream world, grope through the gray fog, track down traces of evil, and listen to the whispers of living beings in the mist - this is actually listening to the mumblings of ordinary people in their nightmares.
That's as far as they can go.
In the dream world, they dared not make any big noise, because no one could see through the gray fog, and it was impossible to know what was hidden in the darkness.
Not to mention that the dream world is changing all the time. Even if it is the same location, there may be nothing behind the gray fog today, but the next time you go there, there may be a nightmare monster hiding there.
Human spirits are weak, and ordinary nightmare monsters are difficult to deal with, not to mention the evil gods and demons that make people shudder.
Therefore, there is a consensus in the circle of extraordinary people: when walking in the dream world, unless it is a life-and-death situation, one should avoid making any noise to attract attention.
It is very similar to the concept of "Dark Forest".
Thinking this way, she also understood how critical the current situation was.
Ferdinand used this method to convey her message.
why?
What difficulties did he encounter?
And how long has he been fighting this difficulty?
Had he been calling her for a long time, but because of her special situation, it was difficult for her to get close to the dream world except in the synchronized state, so she hadn't heard it before?
The first thing Hitzfeld thought of was Ferdinand's illness.
This was the news she confirmed from Villefort, but she was so frightened when she saw the code book last time that she forgot to ask until she left.
"Hitzfeld." Xia Yibing shook her shoulders, "...Can you go back by yourself?"
She has to deal with two things at the same time - reporting Prince Tenize's possible crimes and finding out what happened to Ferdinand, but she is alone!
“Go to Villefort.”
Hitzfeld held her wrist steady.
"I can go back to 221 alone."
"And have you forgotten - the Security Bureau and the Library should have sent people to follow me."
