Qi Ji glanced upwards, thought for a moment, and asked the first question:
"What is your purpose in assassinating Donna?"
"She...knew some things...she shouldn't know..."
The man's shadow hesitated for a second or two, then slowly spoke in a hoarse, dry voice:
"We... must eliminate... destabilizing factors..."
"What are you planning? Why do you want to kill people just because she heard a few words?"
Qi Ji asked, his eyes narrowed slightly.
She had an impression of this man. Yesterday, when she first came to the Imperial University and went to the core library to acquire knowledge, she accidentally heard two people having a secret conversation.
One of them was Donna’s mechanics lecturer, Professor Vincent; the other one... was the guy who was almost burned to carbon by himself.
Later, Donna accidentally overheard the conversation between the two. Although Professor Vincent seemed to have brushed it off, this man... seemed to still be brooding over it.
That day, when Donna was leaving the library and on her way back to the dormitory building, she was almost killed by a broken falling branch. It was also his doing!
It was he who tampered with the big tree, causing the branches that should have been healthy and strong to break.
Qi Ji still remembered that he and Vincent had an agreement that the two of them would conduct some transaction at a "Hibiscus Bar".
And the time is this afternoon, only a few hours left.
It was obvious that there was some unspeakable secret between the man and Vincent.
The secret was so important that even though Donna had just accidentally overheard their private conversation and didn't even realize anything was wrong, he still wanted to kill this ordinary civilian student.
"Forehead……"
Faced with Qi Ji's sharp and direct questioning, the man's shadow showed a hint of hesitation on his dull face.
But this only lasted for a few seconds, and his expression returned to calm, and he replied calmly:
"We need some intelligence... Vincent is an underling we developed here, responsible for... passing on the intelligence obtained by the informant..."
intelligence?
Qi Ji thought back to the scene of their meeting and conversation. It was indeed a bit like the scene in the movie where underground spies handed over intelligence.
"In other words, Vincent was bribed by you and volunteered to pass on the information?"
"right……"
The man's shadow nodded stiffly.
Qi Ji leaned back on the back of the rocking chair, crossed his arms, and asked with interest:
"So, what is the information?"
She was really curious about what kind of crucial information this guy wanted to trade that would make him use such cruel means.
But this time, the man's shadow did not speak. It just remained in a dull state, floating in the air without moving.
Qi Ji checked and found that no relevant confidentiality restrictions were in effect.
This means that he really doesn't know the answer to this question.
"Tsk, that's right..."
She actually had a feeling that this question would not be answered.
This was because the man was obviously just a contact. If the secret was really so important that it must not be leaked, he would definitely not let a small contact know the specific details.
But what surprised her was that the man was a beginner level righteous mage, and he was undoubtedly the backbone of any faction...
But now he is just an insignificant minion?
"and many more……"
Qi Ji suddenly thought of something, frowned slightly, and asked as if to confirm:
"Are you from the renormalization movement?"
The man's shadow shook his head without hesitation:
"No, we will not associate with those who compromise, cowardly, and blasphemous people who distort the will of God."
"really……"
Qi Ji nodded slightly as if he suddenly realized something.
This guy is definitely not a member of the Reorganization Movement. Otherwise, as a member of one of the nine orthodox churches, it is simply unbelievable that he would assassinate civilian students in order to keep a secret.
"That……"
Qi Ji stared at the man's shadow thoughtfully, with his fingers crossed:
"Which faction do you belong to?"
The shadow's expression suddenly changed, and the dullness and stiffness were replaced by a fanatical and pious look:
"We are the spokespersons for the true will of the 'Goddess of Disaster' Fusa! We are the flowers blooming on the ashes of the ruins! We are..."
An almost crazy enthusiasm blossomed in those harsh and cold eyes, and the voice became distorted and extremely crazy:
"We are the 'New World' sect!"
Chapter 256 Chance Encounter
Imperial National University, the square outside the core library.
Donna walked out of the back door of the library, crossed the square, and headed towards Beiyuan with heavy and somewhat hesitant steps.
His handsome and tender face was filled with doubt, bewilderment, and a bit of uncontrollable uneasiness.
After the beautiful long-haired sister who was suspected to have a relationship with Xiaoyao left with the man who was burned beyond recognition, Principal Luo Meng, who was dressed as a cleaner, asked him to stay and talked with him for a few minutes.
However, rather than being a "conversation", it was more like a unilateral "explanation" by Principal Roman, who roughly explained to her the origins and reasons for all this.
After a brief exchange, he let himself go.
However, Principal Roman's explanation not only failed to resolve Donna's doubts, but instead added a lot of even greater worries and confusion.
According to Principal Luo Meng, he had offended some people in his early years. Later, in order to escape the pursuit of those enemies, he changed his appearance, abandoned the past, cut off all ties with his past identities, and started again.
But those people obviously did not give up and had been searching for the trace of their "archenemy", Principal Luo Meng, for more than ten years.
And today, they seem to have found some clues and tracked them down to this school.
Those guys all belong to an illegal mysterious organization, whose distinctive feature is that most of the extraordinary people under its command are mages or clergymen from the "Chaos" realm.
Moreover, their methods are extremely vicious and they have no taboos to achieve their goals. Almost every member has committed unforgivable and horrific crimes.
And the thin man who tried to kill him was most likely a member of that mysterious organization.
Perhaps I knew some information that I shouldn't know intentionally or unintentionally, and thus became his target, and finally decided to kill him to silence him and prevent future trouble.
The more Donna listened, the more frightened she became, and a chill ran down her spine.
"I'm just an ordinary student who wants to study hard, find a good job, and improve my family's financial situation. Why did I encounter something like this..."
She felt extremely terrified when she thought that she was being targeted by an illegal organization that even Principal Luo Meng described as "cruel and vicious", and that they had actually carried out an assassination attempt.
"Yesterday morning... I was almost hit by a branch. Could it be those guys who did it?
"Also, last night when I went to bed, my head hit the corner of the bed and I almost bled... Could it be that those people also arranged it? For example, they smeared poison on the corner of the bed...
“… Ugh… Dad, I’m so scared…”
The more she thought about it, the more frightened she became. It was already summer, but she was sweating profusely.
But in the end, Principal Luo Meng also gave her a reassurance:
"... From now on, I will instruct the security to strengthen the patrol and access control within the campus to prevent outsiders from sneaking in. I will also pay more attention to it. You should not leave the campus during this period...
“However, even so, it is difficult to completely stop those guys from watching us. Their methods are always beyond everyone’s expectations.
"Besides, if we use too much force, it will only attract their attention and make them more convinced that there is a 'big enemy' in this school...
"You seem to know that little vampire? Actually, before I investigate the whole matter and find a solution, you can try to seek help from her...
"I have some confidence in my own judgment. You can trust that little girl to a certain extent. At least, she won't hurt you..."
Donna agrees!
She had met the beautiful sister once in Xiaoyao's tree house in the morning and knew that this beautiful girl with long and smooth black hair had a close relationship with Xiaoyao.
In addition, he had experienced two life-and-death crises in the past two days, one was a "falling branch" and the other was a "library panic", and both times he was saved by these two black-haired girls!
She subconsciously had a liking and trust for these two people.
Therefore, as soon as she came out of the library, she immediately set out for the Beiyuan grove, hoping to find one of the two black-haired girls, in order to seek shelter and to ask for further information.
"……Um?"
After walking for about ten minutes, passing through a paved path winding through the lawn, she suddenly realized something and turned her head to look to the side.
She saw a familiar figure walking on another path about ten meters away from her, with his head lowered, his hands in his trouser pockets, and his face looked solemn and uneasy.
He seemed to be worried about something, or afraid of something. In short, he looked very worried.
"Professor Vincent?"
Donna recognized the man's identity immediately.
It was Vincent, the lecturer of his mechanics class!
She had seen him in the library yesterday morning, and he had explained a point of knowledge to her.
"Forehead?!"
Hearing Donna's cry, Vincent was awakened as if from a dream. His whole body trembled violently and he looked towards the source of the sound with wide eyes.
Then he saw Donna waving and greeting him, with a pure and flawless smile on her face:
"Hello, Professor Vincent!"
"Ah, it's Donna..."
Vincent was stunned at first, then he looked Donna up and down with a slightly concerned look.
After discovering that the other party was unharmed, he breathed a sigh of relief for some imperceptible reason, as if he was relieved about something that had been bothering him.
His expression suddenly became a little more relaxed. He took his hand out of his trouser pocket, and a friendly smile appeared on his bookish and gentle face. He greeted casually:
"Are you going to Beiyuan?"
"Yes!"
Seeing an acquaintance, Donna's anxious heart relaxed a lot, and her tone slightly returned to its usual cheerful and light tone:
"Professor, you seem to be going out?"
Donna noticed that Vincent was heading towards the west gate of the school, and it was obvious that he wanted to go out of the school.
"Well," Vincent nodded with a warm smile, "I just finished my lecture and have to go out to do something."
"Oh, then I won't bother you!"
Donna politely ended the topic, said goodbye, and was about to part with Vincent, continuing to walk towards the North Garden Grove.
Vincent also turned around, but after taking a few steps, he seemed to have thought of something. His expression suddenly became serious and his steps stopped involuntarily.
He turned his head and looked around carefully and seriously, as if he was confirming something.
After observing the surroundings for a while, he turned around hesitantly and looked at Donna's back as she walked away with light and cheerful steps. Then, as if he had made up his mind, he clenched his fists and shouted, not too loudly but very forcefully:
"Donna, wait a minute."
"Forehead?"
Donna stopped, turned around in confusion, and looked at Vincent:
"Professor, what's wrong?"
"that……"
Vincent swallowed with some difficulty, and finally said hurriedly:
"You better be careful recently!"
