Chapter 33 This Pendulum Is Broken
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According to Irimei Cati, he noticed something was off with his girlfriend, Lia three days ago.
Of course, Irimei Cati couldn't really say exactly what was wrong, as he relied entirely on his intuition.
"I have a general understanding of the situation. Now, please tell me your request, Mr. Irimei Cati! Do you simply want to confirm whether the person is actually your girlfriend, or do you need me to further investigate her identity and your girlfriend's whereabouts?" After listening to the description, Lin Ruo pondered in his heart while maintaining a perfect and gentle smile on his face, and asked.
"I… I hope you can find Lia and bring her back safely. I will definitely pay you a satisfactory reward." Irimei Cati's emotions became agitated again, and he spoke almost urgently. Then, he took out a stack of gold pounds from his bag and said, "Here are thirty pounds. If you can bring her back, I will give you another one hundred and twenty pounds!"
Lin Ruo glanced at the stack of gold pounds and raised his eyebrows.
He knew that although one hundred and fifty pounds wasn't much to him, it was probably the limit Irimei Cati could come up with in a short period.
Lin Ruo didn't rush to take the money, but said, "Mr. Irimei Cati, although it may not be appropriate to say this, I still have to remind you that if Miss Lia has really been replaced by an unknown person, then she herself may have already been killed. You need to be prepared."
Irimei Cati trembled upon hearing this, and his lips moved a few times, as if he said something. Then, he took a deep breath and said, "If she really… had an accident, please find her remains. I will pay the reward as usual."
"Okay." Lin Ruo nodded and then asked, "As for the person impersonating your girlfriend, do you need me to investigate her identity and purpose?"
Of course, he was just asking. In fact, regardless of Irimei Cati's answer, Lin Ruo intended to investigate her background.
It wasn't just out of curiosity or a sense of justice, but also because Irimei Cati lived on this street. If something happened to him, it might affect him. In that case, Lin Ruo might as well take the initiative to avoid being caught off guard when something happened.
"The person impersonating her…" Irimei Cati seemed to hesitate for a moment, and finally said, "Don't worry about her… just if you confirm that she is not Lia, please, Detective Ross, help me call the police. I don't want… to continue letting her stay by my side…" His voice faintly revealed some fear at the end.
"I understand, I will." Lin Ruo nodded with a gentle smile, and then asked Irimei Cati some more questions before sending the client out the door.
After Irimei Cati left, the business smile on Lin Ruo's face instantly disappeared, and he narrowed his eyes slightly.
He then opened the drawer and took out the crystal pendulum he had bought before, and whispered, "I am not Sequence Five of the Seer pathway. This is a fallacy."
With the fallacy activated, Lin Ruo, who had successfully simulated the abilities of the Marionettist, naturally didn't hesitate to use the traditional skills of the Seer.
"Irimei Cati's girlfriend has been replaced by someone else."
As Lin Ruo's voice fell, the pendulum in his hand began to rotate clockwise, which meant that Irimei Cati's girlfriend had indeed been replaced by someone else. It wasn't just Irimei Cati overthinking.
Lin Ruo was not surprised to confirm this, and then divined, "This matter involves Beyonder factors."
The pendulum then rotated under Lin Ruo's gaze, first counterclockwise for a quarter of a circle, then fell down, then clockwise for half a circle, then fell down again, and finally stopped moving.
Lin Ruo: ???
Is this pendulum broken?
Even if divination failed, it shouldn't be this kind of result!
Even though he had a million things to complain about in his heart, Lin Ruo became vigilant at the same time. After all, if the divination produced such a result, if there wasn't a problem on his side, then the other side must be extraordinary.
Becoming vigilant, Lin Ruo then used the fallacy ability to simulate the Sequence 4 ability of the Seer pathway, and then divined again whether the replacement of Irimei Cati's girlfriend involved extraordinary factors. This time, he got an accurate result—this matter did involve extraordinary factors.
"This is a big deal…" Lin Ruo said with emotion, and a thought flashed through his eyes. He then divined another matter, that is, whether he would encounter danger if he participated in this matter.
The divination result was that there was danger, but it wasn't a big problem.
This made Lin Ruo raise his eyebrows, and then he ended the simulation of the Magician ability and stretched.
"Divination is not omnipotent… I have to remember that!"
He muttered, his half-closed eyes made it impossible to see what he was thinking.
…
Afternoon, Backlund, West Borough—
"A cup of coffee, no milk, no sugar, thank you!"
A gentle voice sounded in her ear, and the coffee shop's receptionist, who had been slightly dazed, immediately came back to her senses, and looked at the person in front of her while answering.
It was a young man with ordinary features that made him completely unnoticeable in the crowd, with black, fragmented hair and caramel-colored eyes. The receptionist glanced at him quickly, explained the request to the kitchen staff, and then stopped paying attention and continued to stare in the previous direction, not knowing what she was thinking about.
The black-haired young man obviously didn't care, and after ordering, he casually found a place by the window to sit down, looking out as if he was admiring the scenery outside the window.
The black-haired young man was naturally Lin Ruo, who was disguised using the Faceless ability. The reason he came here was to stake out Irimei Cati's "girlfriend."
According to the information he collected, Lia and Irimei Cati were both teachers, but Irimei Cati was a school teacher, while she was a dance teacher, specializing in teaching various social dances to the young ladies and wives of noble families.
Today, the noble family she was teaching was across from this coffee shop. From Lin Ruo's location, he could basically guarantee that he would be able to spot "Lia" the moment she appeared.
Moreover, according to the information provided by Irimei Cati, she herself had a habit of drinking afternoon tea. Every time she finished teaching here, she would often come to the coffee shop where Lin Ruo was now to have a cup of coffee and rest.
Although Lia herself had been replaced, since the imposter was intentionally imitating Lia's various habits to disguise herself, then the possibility of continuing Lia's previous habit of entering the coffee shop was very high, which would undoubtedly help Lin Ruo observe.
It was also during this waiting that Lin Ruo's coffee was served. He took a sip and saw a brown-haired, blue-eyed girl walking out of the house across the street.
With just one glance, Lin Ruo narrowed his eyes and then looked away.
It's a weapon!
Lin Ruo had his first judgment.
The other party is definitely not a Seer pathway Beyonder!
This was the second conclusion Lin Ruo drew.
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