readytorunbook Chapter 715 The girl loves to play but can't stand losing.
Chapter 715 The girl loves to play but can't stand losing.
"Huh? There's no reason. I... I'm called Lillian. I'm from Mondstadt, not Helsie. I just heard that Linni's performance was amazing, and I missed the time to buy tickets, so... I stole a ticket."
What Lillian recounted next was indeed very dramatic, just as Frynn had said.
Lillian, who was holding someone else's ticket, was "coincidentally" chosen and was doused with the primordial water of the fetal sea from the balloon. However, "coincidentally" she wasn't a Fontaine and wasn't dissolved. Startled, Lillian kicked the box door open, creating a huge thud, but "coincidentally" Linnie didn't hear it. Cowell came upon hearing the noise and, finding Lillian hadn't dissolved, assumed the drug's effects were delayed and tried to put her back in the box. However, Lillian made a "last-minute counterattack," knocking her unconscious with a vase and then "coincidentally" being stuffed back into the box and onto the stage. Then, "bang," "thump," and that was the end of it.
"And what about you? Why didn't Linni, who returned, or the subsequent guards find you?"
Having already reached the brink of failure, Funina wanted to grasp at the last straw.
"I was soaking wet, so I changed my clothes and hid in the suitcase that held the costumes. I waited until everyone left before sneaking out and hiding inside the opera house. But I had no idea the water tank would fall down, otherwise I wouldn't have stuffed it back into the suitcase..."
Paimon clapped his hands and said, "So, in our deduction, the last piece has been put in place, and that's the whole truth! Linnie, Lynette, innocent, yay!"
Just as the cheers began on the defendant's side, Xu Ning saw the Water God on the plaintiff's side slowly crouching down.
Navelette's voice rang out abruptly, "The trial is not over yet, and the prosecution cannot leave. Ms. Furnessa, do you have any further objections to Linnie's claims?"
Funina stood up sullenly. "At this point, you could have just not asked me, could you have at least given me some face? Okay, okay, no objections, I give up, really."
Xu Ning looked at Funina with amusement. She looked like a child who had just lost a lollipop, the kind who loves to play but can't stand losing.
"In that case, Linni should be found innocent, and the final decision can be made by the Cardinal of the Decree."
After Navilette finished speaking, the next step was to instruct the Cardinal to issue his final judgment, and then the trial would conclude.
But after waiting for a long time, no verdict was issued, and murmurs of discussion once again filled the hall.
"Oh, is it a paper jam? Or do you also feel that something is wrong?"
Xu Ning looked at the scales below the judge's bench. The scales were clearly leaning towards Lin Ni's innocence, but the result was still pending, as if the scales had discovered something unreasonable but couldn't put it into words.
A moment later, however, a piece of paper popped out from beside Villette's hand. Villette glanced at it and formally announced, "Linnie and Linette are innocent."
After saying that, Villette slowly turned her head in another direction. "Now, please explain, Officer Vaughn..."
"How did you find the Primal Sea of Origin water in Linni's luggage?"
Ever since Lillian emerged from the magic box, Vaughn, who provided new evidence, has been in a state of great unease.
However, because Navelette made him stand in the center of the stage to give a report, he had no way to escape under the watchful eyes of everyone and could only stand there, letting the immense anxiety surround him.
Only after hearing what Navelette said did Furina notice him.
"Yeah, yeah, I almost forgot about you, the one who made me make the wrong judgment!"
Navelette said in a deep voice, "So, the companion mentioned in Cowell's notes is actually you, right?..."
Funina shouted angrily, "...How dare you give false testimony here?"
Navilette: "You know very well how to get your sentence reduced..."
Funina: "...Or I'll make you spend your whole life with the Permit Scrolls!"
Villette's lips trembled slightly as she forced herself not to issue another warning to her boss.
However, under the verbal onslaught from the two, Vaughn was already sweating profusely and his defenses crumbled.
"I... I was just following orders. They said this was the best opportunity to shift the blame for the serial disappearances of girls onto Linni and the Fools..."
Seeing that Vaughnken had spoken, Navelette seized the opportunity to apply a little more pressure.
“Now that things have been exposed and the secret of the Primordial Sea of Pregnancy water has been revealed, you have become a thorn in the side of your leader. Only by confessing everything can you get the protection of the guard team.”
Vaughn's face turned red, and he became even more agitated.
“I’ll tell you everything… Our boss discovered that the water from the primordial fetal sea can dissolve people, and after diluting it extremely, extremely, it makes people excited, the more they drink, the more they want to drink, and they can’t forget it even if they want to…”
Xu Ning, who was drinking in the VIP section, was startled and looked down at the wine gourd in his hand.
"No, he must not be talking about me. My wine is not that kind of cheap stuff."
Vaughn's face grew increasingly red. If Xu Ning were watching him at that moment, she would surely have noticed his abnormality.
Unfortunately, Xu Ning was trying to justify his drinking behavior.
"We made a lot of money from this, and our boss is that...that guy...uhhhhh..."
Xu Ning suddenly looked up, and in a flash, he disappeared from the VIP seats and appeared on the stage.
Vaughn ultimately failed to reveal the name of the person behind it all, and his body was rapidly dissolving.
The entire scene was in complete chaos.
Navigette immediately ordered the opera house to be sealed off, with all personnel prohibited from moving and subject to questioning.
Xu Ning ignored everything. He stood in the center of the stage, facing the entire audience, his elemental vision fully open, examining any possible clues.
However, even after Vaughn behind him completely dissolved, Xu Ning couldn't find anyone exhibiting any unusual behavior or actions.
"Is the method so mysterious? How could it dissolve a designated target silently in full view of everyone? Or was it that Vaughn was given the Primal Sea of Emptiness water beforehand?"
Xu Ning looked up at Villette and pondered for a moment, "The person behind the scenes couldn't possibly have timed things so precisely, and Villette had positioned Vaughn in the center of the stage beforehand. At that time, the person behind the scenes couldn't be sure whether the attempt to frame Linnie would succeed or fail. But if some kind of mechanism had been activated just now to dissolve Vaughn, such a covert method..."
Xu Ning's gaze slowly swept across everyone's faces, and when he saw Lin Ni, he hesitated slightly.
Magic hat?