novelden Chapter 712 One Lie After Another
Chapter 712 One Lie After Another
Xu Ning glanced at it and gave a cold laugh.
It seems our Supreme Judge is quite shrewd; no wonder he deliberately set a one-day deadline.
However, we still lack courage. In this treacherous world, how can we always hope that our enemies will make a fool of themselves?
“Mr. Xu Ning,” Charlotte said, her face contorted with worry as she rubbed the photographic camera in her hand, “I’ve obtained a lot of incredible information from these security guards, including information about many important figures in Fontainebleau. These matters involve the interests of too many people in Fontainebleau, and I want to take this opportunity…”
You little brat, after all that beating around the bush, aren't you just trying to run away with my glasses?
What happened next really didn't concern her much, but tomorrow's trial would definitely be big news. Could she really bear to do that?
"Letting you play for a couple more days is fine, but tomorrow's trial..."
Before Xu Ning could finish speaking, Charlotte excitedly shouted "Yay!" and ran off with the camera in her arms.
"The two days you mentioned start from tomorrow. I can't waste today's time for two interviews, and I certainly can't miss tomorrow's trial. Ahhh, time is so tight. I suddenly understand the mentality of those thieves..."
Charlotte grumbled as she ran downstairs, leaving Xu Ning standing silently behind her.
“Ahem,” Xu Ning tapped the back of the chair next to her, “What did she mean by ‘the psychology of a thief’? You should know the answer to that, right?”
The voice from the shadows answered decisively.
"I don't understand. My possessiveness is only as big as the crystal core of the crystal butterfly, which is why I choose to steal small things."
"What about her?"
"About ten times the size of Fontainebleau."
Xu Ning sighed sadly, "You mean I can't get my things back, right?"
Kong, Paimon, and Navia talked until late at night before finally going to sleep. Xu Ning could tell from their expressions that they hadn't come to any conclusions.
The Linni siblings appeared much calmer than the other three, showing no signs of anxiety despite the trial scheduled for tomorrow. They greeted everyone and went to rest.
Xu Ning was the only one who didn't sleep.
He was not worried about tomorrow's trial.
The people sitting around the card table all have hidden cards in their hands that no one else knows. As long as the stakes are attractive enough, everyone will be eager to play their cards.
There's one card that Xu Ning still can't figure out.
Xu Ning sat in the darkness, looking down at the judge's bench, where a huge mechanical scale stood.
The person sitting behind the scales, what card are you?
It's summer now, and dawn breaks early, so Lady Funina arrived very early as well.
Xu Ning could tell from her raised chin that our Water Goddess was full of confidence. She probably obtained all the case files with a snap of her fingers yesterday and felt that she had the victory in her grasp.
Upon seeing Kong's expression, even Xu Ning could see that Funina's "arrogance" was growing infinitely...
"Ha! You all look so dejected. Your investigation yielded nothing, didn't it? Of course, how could a guilty person produce proof of innocence? But don't stop here. You're a formidable opponent, so don't surrender so easily. I'll be very disappointed, hahaha..."
Xu Ning realized that if it weren't for the fact that this water god always liked to shoot herself in the foot, she would actually be quite deserving of a beating.
But precisely because this guy gets humiliated so often, his annoying trait always presents a kind of silly and cute dramatic effect.
Supreme Judge Navelette solemnly walked to the judge's bench. "Now that both sides are present, the trial shall begin. The cause and effect are already known to everyone, so there is no need to repeat them. Mr. Linnie, please explain the procedure of the magic trick first."
Linnie was quite straightforward and had Linette demonstrate it on the spot.
Actually, the whole magic trick isn't complicated.
The tunnel connects the stage and the audience seating area to two boxes, each containing a box inside the other.
The only difference is that the track car will automatically transport the lucky audience member's inner box to the stage, while Linnie will automatically pass through the tunnel to reach the box in the audience seats while Linette is dressed up to attract the audience's attention.
Therefore, Linni's testimony was simple: after going down into the tunnel, he went to the box in the audience area, so he was completely unaware of the crime.
lie.
Xu Ning shook his head speechlessly.
Linnie's lie was so poorly told that even silly Fou couldn't be fooled.
Navelette turned her head expressionlessly. "Ms. Furnessa, do you have any objections to this?"
Furina laughed and said, "Of course, Mr. Linni, you're lying."
"Helsey was kidnapped, Cowell was killed, so many things happened in one minute, how could you have been sitting in the box in the audience without knowing anything? Didn't you notice anything unusual?"
Linni said calmly, "I've been paying attention to the deafening countdown, since I need it to keep track of time, and I haven't heard anything particularly unusual."
“But at about thirty seconds, there was a muffled thud in the room. I believe everyone heard it, but you didn’t know it at all. This not only means that you weren’t in the box, but you weren’t even in the tunnel at that time. So it’s very clear who committed the offense.”
Faced with Funina's irrefutable evidence, Linni was speechless and couldn't utter a single word for a long time.
Yet another lie.
Xu Ning sneered inwardly. Even if Linnie didn't hear it at the time, how could Linnie not tell her brother about these unusual events after spending the whole day yesterday searching for evidence and discussing details?
The flaws that could have been covered up with a random string of statements were deliberately given to the opponent to use against them.
Do you really want to go to Mero Petersburg?
But it wasn't over for Funina; she was still pressing her advantage.
"Speechless now? But I haven't used up all my weapons yet, Linnie. You and Lynette are actually from the House of Hearth, aren't you?"
The audience erupted in uproar.
The House of the Hearth? The Fools?
If it's the Fools, then everything makes sense. It's likely that the girl's disappearance is entirely related to them, and this incident is no longer a simple accident.
Linnie said somewhat indignantly, "Our identities have nothing to do with this case, do they?"
Navelette cut off the murmurs from the crowd and turned to ask, "Regardless of whether there is any connection, are the two points raised by Ms. Furina true: that you were not in the tunnel or the box when the muffled sound came from the opera house, and that you and Lynette are both members of the House of Hearths?"
Linni remained silent for a moment.
"true."
Navelette pressed on, "Then we need to clarify one thing first. Mr. Linnie, why did you disappear from both places during that crucial minute of the magic trick? Where did you go?"
Linni hesitated for a moment before finally speaking.
"I went out through the ventilation shaft in the tunnel and entered the basement of the opera house, which is the room where the underground core of the oracle machine is located."