Chapter 721: Chapter 8: The Seal Case (Part 1)
“Not bad, the stuff was indeed stolen by !”
Even Mo Yuankai was startled by this spectacle, as the two female knights stared blankly for a full three seconds before screaming in unison, “What on earth are you doing?!” “My God, the seal of the Dawn Knight!!”
Jane let out a distinctly impolite shriek as she lunged with her arms outstretched, her montum as if she were about to strangle soone to death. Gongsun Ce tossed the box into the air, and Jane hurriedly changed direction, clumsily catching it. She let out a huge sigh of relief and then shouted angrily, “What are you doing?! Who are you?! Do you have any sense of sha in your heart, being so brazen after stealing?”
Gongsun Ce blinked and made a shushing gesture. Mo Yuankai had a thought, but said nothing, instead tapping Orianna’s shoulder from behind to signal her to stay calm. Orianna looked around in confusion and heard Gongsun Ce say in a haughty tone, “Where did this country bumpkin of a woman co from, daring to pose such questions about my noble na!”
Jane’s face turned red with anger, and Orianna could fully understand her friend’s feelings – just listening made her fists clench.
“I am Jane Della, the honorable Justice Knight of the Morton Royal Knights, the attendant of the esteed Dawn Knight!”
“Oh…” Gongsun Ce pondered for a mont, then waved his hand dismissively, “A nobody from nowhere, never heard of you, now scram! Find soone of real status to accuse .”
Orianna was close to fainting with rage, “Do you have no manners at all! Did you co out here alone just to steal?! Even as a prank, this is too much!”
Gongsun Ce said in surprise, “What a strange thing to say, as if you knew . When have I ever t you?”
Orianna was almost breathless, and Mo Yuankai stepped forward with a smile, “Then do you know ?”
“Who is this craftsman?” Gongsun Ce squinted and made faces, “As a lone thief, I naturally don’t know you.”
Jane pointed at Gongsun Ce’s face, her fingertips trembling, “You impertinent young punk, go talk your way out of this with the juvenile detention center and the police!”
“Roar~~~~” Gongsun Ce sighed exaggeratedly, “I’m afraid the juvenile detention can’t handle ! Moreover, can you call out my na? Do you know my identity? Do you understand who you’re talking to and whether you really have the right to handle ?”
Gongsun Ce abruptly stood up from the sofa and approached the knight attendant. Miss Jane, not tall, was overpowered by his proximity, her presence weakened, like a bullied minority in a schoolyard: “What… what are you trying to say…”
Gongsun Ce put on a ludicrous smile, “Miss, who do you think I am?”
“— You are Gongsun Ce, the prevaricating deceiver of the City of the Firmant, one of the eight most dangerous superpower users.”
A clear female voice appeared at that mont, its calm tone infused with convincing confidence. The silver-haired woman walked into the room, her heels clicking on the wooden floor, a sound that made Jane relieved, and she quickly ran to the woman’s side, grievously saying, “Knight Alandia, this person barged into the house claiming he stole your seal!”
Alandia took the box, turning it in her hands and observed a drop of wax oil that had just dried on the edge. She glanced around the room, calculating in her mind.
Alandia looked at the stupefied young man and asked indifferently, “Do you have anything else to say, Mr. Gongsun?”
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Gongsun Ce was indeed stunned for a mont. He had not expected his reunion with this person to be in such an… awkward situation. But in less than half a second, the joy and surprise in his heart were replaced by doubled irritation and indignation.
The young man’s defiance and irritation led him to make a aningless gesture, Gongsun Ce sat back down on the sofa and provocatively said, “I’m a superpower user? How can you tell? Based on the faulty intelligence work of your Morton Country?”
“Hey, Ah Ce!” Even Mo Yuankai thought his brother was being too much, but Alandia was still calm in the face of provocation.
“The obvious facts. Your attire is completely out of sync with Supibia’s and even Morton’s mainstream styles, and you wear it naturally, not ostensibly to grab attention, which suggests that such bizarre clothing is not unusual in your everyday life; the fabric of your garnts is not ordinary, with self-cleaning and temperature regulation features, which ans the blood you once got on yourself is now mostly gone, and it also enables you to move around in the snow without feeling cold; you entered 91 Dawson Street earlier than anyone else, and yet there is no sign of the lock being tampered with, which ans you probably used supernatural powers or technological gadgets I am not aware of.
With the addition of your age around 16, distinctive clothing, and your persona… With so much corroborative information, it isn’t difficult to deduce your identity and background.”
“…”
Gongsun Ce was speechless all of a sudden, and Jane stood next to the Dawn Knight with a proud look, as if she had said those words herself.
Mo Yuankai whispered, “…Detective?”
Orianna glanced at the chagrined young man and said proudly, “Yes, Knight Alandia is the country’s finest detective!”
Gongsun Ce gripped the armrest of the sofa tightly, still stubbornly saying, “…all your speculation! It doesn’t count as evidence!”
Alandia’s hand flashed with white light, a semi-transparent white screen unfolding in her hand, rapidly displaying lines of text. Her gaze settled on one line and she read, “Mnemosyne Record. 9:03:34 PM, in front of 91 Dawson Street, Gongsun Ce. Do you need more evidence?”
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