# 1269
Chapter 1270: I Can Only Try
"You can come out now."
In the silent room, Lin Qiye exhaled softly, and a wisp of smoke mixed into the breath, quickly forming into a figure cloaked in black.
No. 27 stood in the dim shadows. After a long while, he spoke in a low voice:
"There are traces of thunder left in this area..."
"This is next to Thor's temple, of course there would be his presence." Lin Qiye glanced at Asgard shrouded in hazy moonlight outside the window. "The most dangerous place is the safest. You can recover here. Thor won't discover you for a while."
He turned and walked to the table to sit down. He noticed that No. 27 was still standing in the corner's shadows like a statue, and asked with confusion:
"Won't you sit down?"
"I recover faster in the shadows." No. 27's voice was hoarse. After a pause, he continued, "You shouldn't have risked hiding me in your body."
"Why?"
"I helped you kill a god, you helped me find someone. That's our deal... The deal didn't require you to save me. My assassination failed, you could have abandoned me and protected yourself. There's no need to take such a risk."
After hearing No. 27's solemn words, Lin Qiye was stunned for a moment, then smiled helplessly:
"There's no need to be so particular about this. Saving you was just convenient."
"This isn't being particular, it's respecting the contract." No. 27's voice was unprecedentedly serious.
"...Think whatever you want."
Lin Qiye had figured out that this No. 27 probably had a stubborn streak, so he decided not to pursue this line of reasoning. Instead, he asked:
"By the way, how did you know that your assassination failed?"
No. 27 didn't speak, only reaching beneath his cloak to pull out something pitch black and toss it onto the ground.
The object rolled across the floor, exposed to the moonlight streaming through the window. Only then did Lin Qiye clearly see it was a strangely shaped skull.
Strange, because the surface of this skull was pockmarked and uneven, as if拼接 from the shattered skulls of different people, lacking any of the symmetry of a normal human skull.
As expected, just like Loki's corpse from the underworld.
Lin Qiye thought to himself.
"When did you manage to infiltrate Asgard?" Lin Qiye asked the question he cared about most.
"After parting with you that day, I had been hiding near Asgard, but because Bifröst was broken, I couldn't enter. It wasn't until Thor and the other gods descended into the mist through Bifröst that I took the chance to enter Asgard in reverse." No. 27 spoke unhurriedly. "After that, I had been looking for an opportunity to assassinate Loki, but the timing never ripened. It wasn't until Thor brought you back from the outside world that I caught a whiff of opportunity. When the one-armed war god was resting, I hid in his shadow. Since both he and Thor are Loki's enemies, if I could seize the moment when they injured each other, I could kill Loki in one strike..."
"However, someone who can survive having their heart pierced and head severed... that's the first time I've seen that." No. 27's voice fluctuated slightly, as if both baffled and helpless.
"This assassination was my failure... but next time, I won't miss."
Lin Qiye, upon seeing this, didn't say anything more. He simply leaned quietly against the wall, resting his eyes.
...
The morning sun bathed the ground. Lin Qiye's eyelashes trembled lightly as he slowly opened his eyes.
From entering the King's Treasury to being taken to Asgard midway, his mind had been in a state of high alert. After resting his eyes last night, he had fallen into deep sleep before he knew it.
After a good night's sleep, Lin Qiye felt refreshed and energized. His gaze swept across the surroundings, and he found that No. 27 in the corner had vanished.
"No. 27?" Lin Qiye called out softly.
"I'm in your shadow," No. 27's voice came幽幽地.
"Have you recovered your strength?"
"Half recovered... still need some time."
Lin Qiye nodded, about to speak again when his shadow suddenly wavered, and No. 27's voice rang out again:
"Thor is coming."
Upon hearing these words, Lin Qiye's gaze sharpened. He immediately said, "Like yesterday, hide inside me!"
After one round of cooperation, No. 27 swiftly turned into smoke, flowing into Lin Qiye's lungs with his breath, and disappeared from the room in an instant.
A few seconds later, a powerful knock came at the door.
He still knows how to knock?
It seems he hasn't discovered that No. 27 is hidden with him.
Lin Qiye coughed twice. "Please come in."
The door opened, and Thor's tall figure stood outside. Since the door frame was somewhat small relative to his build, from Lin Qiye's angle, he could only see Thor's neck.
"Myles, come out." Thor's helpless voice came from outside.
Lin Qiye got out of bed and quickly walked out.
Thor stood outside the door with a haggard face, somewhat listless, as if his divine power had been overstrained.
"Lord Thor, what happened to you..."
Lin Qiye naturally knew that Thor had spent the whole night chasing No. 27, both physically and mentally exhausted, but at this moment, he still needed to put on an act.
"I'll get straight to the point, Myles." Thor lowered his head, gazing into his eyes, speaking seriously. "You said your divination can only be used once per day, so today I want you to find someone for me."
"Find someone again?" Lin Qiye was stunned. "Who?"
"The foreign god assassin who attempted to kill Loki yesterday."
Lin Qiye: ...
Seeing Lin Qiye's somewhat odd expression, Thor thought he hadn't understood, and continued: "The mysterious foreign god who beheaded Loki in the underworld yesterday. The Norse forces and I turned Asgard upside down last night, but still couldn't find him... However, he must still be hiding somewhere in Asgard.
I know pinpointing a god's location is very difficult for you, but just like yesterday, I only need a general area."
Lin Qiye coughed twice, hesitated. "This... I can only try."
"Then try." Before Lin Qiye could say more, Thor's broad palm patted Lin Qiye's shoulder, nearly shaking the 27 inside his lungs out. "During the fight last night, I injured him quite badly. I brought a vial of his blood; perhaps your divination can use it."
Lin Qiye took the blood vial from Thor, his expression somewhat complicated. He then curiously asked:
"By the way, what's the background of that assassin from yesterday?"