Chapter 118: Twenty-one That’s just an echo!!!_2
Yong Xin didn’t turn his head as he asked, “You are Terrell’s apprentice?”
“Ah, yes, yes,” the hunched figure replied, “My na is Zamon. I am Mr. Terrell’s…”
“That’s enough,” Yong Xin said expressionlessly, cutting Zamon off. “No need for any extra introductions, I just need to know that from now on, you will be in charge of Terrell’s work.”
“Yes, yes.”
Zamon wiped his sweat.
To be honest, he was both excited and scared at the mont.
The excitent, of course, ca from the fact that he had finally co into contact with the legendary Mr. Yong Xin. Undoubtedly, this ant a step up in status for him. Anyone who could et with Mr. Yong Xin could be considered a core figure.
However, what scared him was… the reason for his rise was the death of the previous higher-ups.
Including his ntor Terrell and another who was working directly for Yong Xin, Ocot.
Originally, Yong Xin only contacted these two and let them handle affairs on his behalf.
But now, both had died, one after the other within two days. The first one’s body wasn’t even found after his death, and the second one, his ntor…
His body now lay on the mortuary table, and it wasn’t intact.
This naturally made Zamon panic. Who knew if, following this trend, he would be the next?
Yong Xin looked back at Zamon. He could feel the new servant’s unease, but at this mont, he had no mood to provide comfort. If Ocot’s death was sowhat expected and barely acceptable, Terrell’s death was completely unexpected and unacceptable.
So he directly asked Zamon, “Any results yet?”
“Sorry, Mr. Yong Xin,” Zamon tried to bow as low as possible. “Although the Skeleton Corps took over the scene imdiately and started the investigation, so far they have not identified Mr. Terrell’s cause of death. They can only roughly determine it was not a power of Lyra but an outsider’s crooked spell, very likely from one of the Four Great Secret Religions. Specifically…”
“That’s impossible,” Yong Xin interrupted Zamon expressionlessly and said, “Gerard? Terrell was in continuous communication with Gerard until his death. He is the only possibility.”
“That may be so, but Lord Terrell was in the Fourth District’s spire hall talking with Gerard, under the watch of countless eyes. Gerard didn’t… Clearly, the Skeleton Corps has also listed Gerard as a suspect, but without evidence, there’s no way to issue a warrant directly for Gerard.”
…And that was the crux of the issue.
Yong Xin was certain Gerard was behind it.
But how… how had he done it?
Yong Xin turned his head, taking another look at Terrell’s body.
The body was already incomplete, and in a way Yong Xin had never seen before.
His entire body was like a little figure in a drawing that had been erased in several spots, and those missing parts seed to have vanished completely, not found at the scene.
Even more so, not only the flesh had disappeared.
Yong Xin stepped forward, observing Terrell’s body more closely.
As a Lyran, tal bodies and chanical limbs were essential parts, and Terrell was no different. His chest, his arms, all had tal components, and these parts too were conspicuously absent.
But tal is different from flesh. A sharp sword can easily sever flesh, but it cannot cut through tal. If one forcibly destroys tal with power, there will undoubtedly be signs of “deformation.”
Yet on Terrell’s body, none of these traits were visible.
These tal parts, like the body itself, had disappeared out of thin air. The “cuts” at the ends where they had been severed showed no signs of cutting—as if they had always been that way.
None of the lost flesh and tal was found at the scene. It was as if these parts had never existed.
So, how did he do it?
“Mr. Yong Xin…” Seeing that Yong Xin remained silent for so ti, Zamon took out a bunch of parts from his pocket with trepidation, “These are the items you previously entrusted to Lord Terrell. They have been broken and only these pieces remain. Do you see…”
Yong Xin turned his head, looking at the shattered Desolate Ti Clock, his brows slightly furrowing.
If he wasn’t mistaken, this should be the reason Gerard had acted.
Terrell’s investigative actions had been discovered by Gerard, prompting him to act to avoid exposing sothing.
At a glance, it seed reasonable, but upon closer inspection, it seed hardly scrutinizable.
Firstly, unlike Ocot, Terrell was very cautious by nature. After knowing the thod of inspection, he should not have been found out by Gerard.
Secondly, from what Yong Xin knew of Gerard, he didn’t seem like soone who would ruthlessly exterminate to cover up his secrets. If Gerard’s actions against Ocot were sowhat justified, but directly killing Terrell really didn’t fit his character. If he were that kind of person, it wouldn’t make sense for him to have been persecuted for a full ten years without retaliation.
Thirdly, Gerard’s act of delivering a death blow didn’t seem rational. What exactly was he trying to hide? If he too possessed “Domination,” then wouldn’t murdering Terrell just confirm this? Did he think Terrell’s level of influence was truly the mastermind, and that by eliminating Terrell there would be no more threats? That’s impossible. He couldn’t be that foolish. But if not, then what exactly did he want to hide?
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