The bowl was so large that she had to use both hands.
One hand is supporting at the side, and the other hand is open.
Place your thumb on the outer edge and support the bottom of the bowl with your index and middle fingers.
The moment it touched the bottom of the bowl, the girl's brows twitched.
It seems like there is also a note posted there...
She couldn't help but glance at the outside of the thatched house.
Red JaVale was delivering meals to others. Some police officers stood outside the security line and whispered with their colleagues inside. From time to time, someone would stare at this side.
Without saying anything, Hitzfeld pretended to drink the bean soup and put the bowl back, with the note at the bottom of the bowl already grasped in her palm.
Burying her head in her arms again and pretending to rest, she couldn't wait to unfold the note and was shocked to find that the words were written in red ink.
What shocked her even more was the content.
[Ethan Doyle's father, Eric Heidegger, was a traitor to Sarah's Homeland Security. He was responsible for the disaster that destroyed Amiron 41 years ago.]
[Ethan Doyle cannot be trusted.]
[Beware of everything he says and does.]
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Chapter 35 Examination
Hitzfeld finally touched the bowl of bean soup with three ingredients.
Since the food was very dry, it would be strange not to eat liquid food. Since the bean soup was confirmed to be fine, nausea was not enough to justify aversion to food.
It was surprisingly delicious.
The sticky mashed potatoes mixed with minced meat and sauce are enough to make people hungry with just a sniff. Not to mention the fresh and fragrant taste that bursts out the moment it enters the mouth. The words tender, smooth, fresh and fragrant go hand in hand, instantly conquering the girl completely.
Because of her small mouth, Hitzfeld drank the bean soup in six portions. Then she stared at the bottom of the bowl with a sense of unsatisfaction, and suddenly felt that this was not the kind of food that ordinary people could make.
I think we mentioned what ingredients this thing is made of when we were chatting before. If I remember correctly, it should be lamb, beef, fish and potatoes.
This is just the most basic raw material. First, the mutton smell must be removed with a skillful method, and the three kinds of meat must be boiled separately to make delicious broth, and then the broth is mixed according to the proportion and mashed potatoes are added... The production process is extremely complicated.
Not to mention that various spices need to be added during the soup making process, and the fish meat must be snow clam!
Snow clam fish is not cheap. It is one of the two major specialties of Green Town. Although the townspeople only sell snow clam fish for 21 goli per fish, the price will be several times higher outside.
It’s just that in a small transit town like Elnak, there is a restaurant that can develop such delicious food.
Given the price of raw materials and spices, Hitzfeld really didn't believe that the research was done out of sheer idleness.
She felt that this dish might have a long history. Sig, the owner of Xina's House, might have been a noble family somewhere many years ago, or at least a chef family affiliated with a noble family.
The only bad thing is the presentation.
If Hitzfeld hadn't been extremely hungry, thirsty, and hadn't had various concerns, he really wouldn't have considered touching it.
After swallowing the steaming hot meat soup, she was undoubtedly stronger than before. Seeing that no one came to collect the bowls outside the cordon, she simply stood up and stretched her body like some people did.
At the same time, she thought about the contents of the two notes and which one was lying to her.
In fact, it is more likely that they are all true...
The information about the Death Tree is very short and not complicated. As long as I am willing to verify it with Xia, even if she is wary of me and doesn't want to tell me the content directly, she can't stop me from reciting the information to her directly.
Therefore, it is unrealistic to use suspicion to create a double-blind test. This information is difficult to forge and should be true.
As for the second note, saying Ethan couldn't be trusted...
In any case, it at least provided a crucial piece of information - Ethan's father was named Eric Heidegger.
Heidegger, his last name is Heidegger, that’s the point.
Could this Eric Heidegger be the owner of the name she heard in her nightmare?
Could this be the person Heidegger that the dying girl thanked for the last time?
Could it be that the reason she thanked him was because Eric Heidegger did not fulfill the agent's code of conduct - he did not do certain things as ordered, which led to him being labeled a traitor and thus caused disaster in Amelen Parish?
So the scene in the nightmare is in Ameren.
But it seems that Blake-Sharon had not yet been to the North when he painted "The Tree of Life". Could it be that he really saw the scene in a nightmare?
He can't be a Devourer too.
The more he thought about it, the more Hitzfeld felt that this matter was complicated.
Xia Yibing also deduced what she had deduced from the Death Tree data—from the 40-year period. And she did it in a shorter and faster time than the woman.
She immediately realized that some of her previous assumptions about the Church of the Eclipse were problematic: they might have already obtained a large amount of intelligence about the Seeds of Destruction and were ahead of the Shadow Lions on this path, and today's situation might have been prepared a year ago.
No...more than that.
In order to prepare for the second golem curse, Dr. Grimman went to Blackwood Town many years in advance. The period of this arrangement is even longer than currently expected... What exactly do they want to do?
Now, "whether Ethan Doyle can be trusted" is not a big question for Hitzfeld.
On the one hand, she began to worry about the future fate of herself and Team 17 - because the information about the Death Tree was too terrifying, she was afraid that even if they eliminated the parasitic seeds, they would not be able to escape death.
On the other hand, she began to suspect that the Eclipse Church was advancing a huge conspiracy.
Because "Griman had been lurking in Blackwood for decades", "the lady had been polluted and corrupted many years ago", and "Casimir had been sent to investigate the information of the Seed of Destruction many years ago".
All this happened and exists.
Their ultimate goal could never be as simple as destroying the town of Elnak.
Yes.
Now that she lacked intelligence, she could not judge the real goal of these evildoers. But she was sure of this: the goal could be anything, except destroying Ernak, including killing her in the process.
It's not that this town has no value, nor that she, the Devourer, has no value. But even if they add up their lives, and the lives of Team 17 and everyone in the town, it's not enough for them to make such a plan.
It is impossible for an evil organization that is always thinking about how to cause a disaster on the level of destroying a city or a country to spend so much energy and spend so much money to destroy such a small thing.
"Asfen?"
She suddenly whispered the name of a puppet.
"Are you around?"
"If you were here, you would have seen everything I'm dealing with. I want to know what Anna thought about it... She and Villefort both know this, right?"
In fact, she was just testing.
I didn't really think Asfen had the ability to follow him in full view of everyone.
But what happened next was terrifying—she suddenly heard a whisper behind her:
"How did you know I was following you?"
...Is he a ghost?
Turning back suddenly, she saw a circle of wood grain on the wooden wall of the thatched house gradually twisting, and it vaguely formed Asfen's puppet face!
Can he blend into the environment in this way?
Oh, no wonder I didn’t find where he was hiding when I was in Green Town.
"That's not hard to guess."
Although she was terrified, she appeared calm.
"For a detective to not even be sure if someone is following her, her senses are too dull."
"Feeling?" Puppet Face laughed. "You mean inspiration or something like that? Then you are indeed very sensitive, but it's a pity that I can't understand that feeling..."
Nonsense, you're just a puppet without a heartbeat!
Hitzfeld grumbled to himself.
After being scared this time, she still had some complaints.
"What are you doing, Miss Hitzfeld?"
Another voice came from behind.
A group of policemen saw her behaving strangely and crossed the cordon to check on her.
"I'm analyzing the case."
Hitzfeld turned quickly and used his body to block the circle of wood grain.
"Please move aside." The police officers frowned slightly and put their hands on their weapons. "We don't want to be rude to you."
Helpless, the girl could only move aside.
Someone immediately came forward to check the wooden wall, and someone else came in to check the ground.
The wood grain has returned.
The small pipe on the ground was also sealed by Hitzfeld with soil and straw. The police officers checked carefully and found nothing, so they took her bowl and left.
Hitzfeld breathed a sigh of relief.
She hid both small pieces of paper in her clothes. Fortunately, these people were quite polite.
But she also began to seriously consider whether she should eat the note like the agents in the movies.
"If you are beginning to suspect that their target is not Elnak, then you are indeed right."
Asfen's whispers were heard again from behind.
"But this matter is so big that it's far beyond your control right now."
"Your Majesty asked me to tell you that if you really want to help, try to come back alive from Elnak Town."
Hitzfeld took a breath and slowly turned to stare at the wood grain.
"Is this the only request?"
Just need her to come back alive?
Or……
"You should understand what the exam means."
The puppet's face twisted again, as if trying hard to force a smile.
“There is a difference between passing and excellent.”
"If you want to get the right to join the war, you have to do better."
Chapter 36: Finding the Tracks
An exam?
Hitzfeld's eyelids twitched.
It is called an exam, but the process requires a group of people's lives to be put at stake. Such an exam is too strict.
The only way to escape from such a dead end is to get the right to participate in the war. What kind of war are Nian Lun, and Villefort facing?
But this is not something I should think about carefully now.
Just like the letter sent by Prince Berentan, all this would be meaningless if we could not return to the capital safely from the town of Ernak.
Taking a breath, Hitzfeld began to try to think about how to solve the existing problem.
Here she uses the reverse method.
She did not start her analysis from the perspective of the dilemma she was facing - because there was too little information, it would be extremely difficult to find the parasite among so many people, so she gave up for the time being - but instead began to simulate Sarah's position and consider why they sent her to Elnak.
Yes, "Sarah's Stand".
This includes Annual Rings and Villefort, as well as the library and security bureau behind these two people. Naturally, it is impossible to exclude the White Shadow Palace and the Sara royal family.
The order to send her and Team 17 to Elnak to investigate was given by the White Shadow Palace.
Regardless of whether this resignation was influenced by other forces, such as whether there were bastards like Vesta fanning the flames, it came from the White Shadow Palace and was an extension of the will of Sara VII... this is undeniable.
