Chapter 17: Mentality Gradually Collapsing
Su Xiao closed the image on the tablet; he had no interest in watching the Moon Goddess bathe for long.
At present, the Imperial Capital appeared calm on the surface, but undercurrents surged beneath. The death of Ying Hou had temporarily halted the conflict between the Old Holy King and the Moon Goddess. The two needed to deal with the legacy and military authority left behind by Ying Hou.
Su Xiao first needed to confirm one thing: where the Moon Goddess had hidden the Will Rune Stone. Once the location was clear, Bubu Wang had a high probability of stealing it.
Having Bubu Wang search the Moon Monastery on his own was unrealistic. That place was not only vast but also heavily guarded.
Su Xiao quickly devised a plan, roughly as follows:
First, he needed to make the Moon Goddess feel that the Will Rune Stone had already been stolen. If so, she would personally go or send someone to check. At that time, Bubu Wang would follow closely behind, thereby obtaining the location of the Will Rune Stone.
It was a simple plan, but how to execute it depended on Bubu Wang’s performance.
Given the Moon Goddess’s terrifying intelligence, if someone told her the Will Rune Stone was stolen, she simply wouldn’t believe it and wouldn’t go to check, thus failing to expose the stone’s location.
Making the Moon Goddess herself feel that the Will Rune Stone had been stolen was the key. As for how to do it, the answer was equally simple.
Bubu Wang needed to steal something extremely important to the Moon Goddess. Once a significant item was stolen, and the Moon Goddess found no clues, she would inevitably become suspicious.
If that still didn’t work, Bubu Wang would continue stealing until the Moon Goddess’s mentality completely collapsed.
Just as Su Xiao was about to start executing the plan, the door was suddenly knocked on. The Little Vice Officer opened it and found a messenger.
The Little Vice Officer handed Su Xiao an oil-paper envelope. After tearing it open, Su Xiao saw a long string of codes written on the paper, part of which was in the script of the Ximoro Empire and the Rodan Empire.
This was a highly encrypted letter. Deciphering it based on the sequence in the memory image, Su Xiao derived four words.
‘Holy King Assassinated.’
Su Xiao crushed the letter into fragments. According to what he knew, the Holy King had always been in the Lurenfei Palace, making assassination unlikely. However, this letter was sent by Crow Eye.
“Commander, is something big about to happen?”
“The Holy King has been assassinated.”
“!!!”
The Little Vice Officer’s face was full of a ‘what the hell’ expression.
“Then what do we do? Take the chance to curry favor? Was the assassination fatal, or is he half-dead?”
“If that old geezer died so easily, I’ll call you Commander from now on.”
“Uh, right, that makes sense. So who did it? The Moon Goddess? Someone from the Ximoro Empire?”
The Little Vice Officer scratched her head. Every time she acted with Su Xiao, she felt her intelligence wasn’t up to par. The only good news was that her Commander wouldn’t scheme against her.
“The one who did this is very likely someone from our Ninth Unit. Otherwise, what was sent wouldn’t be a secret letter, but a direct summons to the Lurenfei Palace.”
Su Xiao lit a cigarette. This habitual action helped him focus his thoughts more.
“Commander, I’m easily scared, don’t frighten me. Someone from the Ninth Unit who could do this… uh, actually, there are quite a few. So we…”