Chapter 124: Suspicions
Baiza's archery skills directly shattered the confidence of the rest of the contestants, and they didn't want to compete anymore.
Lugo stood even more dumbfounded, unable to believe his eyes.
Forget about the 100% moving bullseye hit rate, forget about the three arrows at once, and what is the last rear arrow chasing the front arrow???
The arrow that was originally fired to the left was chased by the rear arrow, and the direction was directly to the right, and it still fell in the bull's-eye.
What is this concept?
This means that on the battlefield, even if the enemy is hiding behind cover, Baixa still has the ability to change the normal shooting path of the arrow through this archery technique of chasing the front arrow from the back arrow, and attack the enemy behind the cover.
This is no longer a question of whether archery is accurate or not, but a direct breakthrough in the conventional tactics of the bow and arrow, which is difficult for ordinary soldiers to achieve, and it is absolutely impossible to do without strong innate talent and unremitting efforts.
When Lugo was sluggish, Baixa walked over and patted him on the shoulder, deliberately teasing: "Next time you shoot a hare, remember to share one with me." β
"Grandma's, you're a god of war! Give you a magic weapon, I doubt you can shoot down the dragon in the sky! Lugo slapped Baiza on the shoulder, laughing and hugging him.
There were 4 rounds of archery competitions, but there was no suspense anymore, with Baiza's almost crushing archery in front, the contestants gave up on treatment and began to play one by one.
There were also people sitting on the ground and performing archery with their feet stretched out their bows, which caused the audience to laugh.
Chino was watching Baixa the whole time, and Baixa had been chatting and laughing with his companions, no different.
At the end of the race, Baixa was far ahead, with Lugo in second place, and the rest of the place needed no further mention.
Chino walked up to Baixa, gave him one last look, withdrew his gaze, nodded and said, "Your archery skills are indeed admirable. Yesterday Jashan Hitchtto gave me a bottle of a one-star hawkeye potion as a reward for drinking it to permanently enhance your static vision. β
Lugo gasped: "Baiza, you kid has made a lot of money, and a one-star permanent potion is worth 20 Golden Moons!" β
The effect of the Eagle Eye potion is to greatly enhance static and dynamic vision, which means that you can see farther and see faster movements.
In terms of effect, the Hawkeye potion is not as powerful as Lugo's lightning potion, but for Baiza, who is a marksman himself, this is simply a tailor-made potion, and his battlefield ability will be enhanced several times or even more than ten times.
The contestants were very sad, but they did not regret it, even if they turned back time, they could not defeat Baiza, and there was no suspense about the ownership of this potion.
Baiza was in a complicated mood at this time, on the one hand, he was glad that he had a brother like Paladin, and the two secretly plotted, calculated or unintentional, and escaped from Chino's clutches.
But at the same time, Baiza was also remorseful, regretting why he had shot the letter in the first place.
Chino is a terrible person, but he has nothing to say about the care of the faithful, how can he do such a stupid thing.
In order not to make Chino look unusual, Baixa deliberately made himself excitedβin fact, he was really excited to be able to become a transcendent being, and he expressed his gratitude to Chino.
At the end of the race, the soldiers returned, and they searched around Twilight City, but found no sign of Captain Balcenturion, and there was no record of him leaving the city at the four gates.
Soon, Chino issued a warrant for Nabal's arrest with a 1,000 Silver Moon, and sent the warrant to 11 towns within the jurisdiction of Twilight for a full search.
1,000 Silver Moons can not only be used to buy a house in a good location, but also allow yourself or your children to go to school, and under the lure of this huge amount of money, in addition to the commoners looking for Baal everywhere, many professional bounty hunters are also moved.
But seven days passed, and no one found Baal, and this guy was like he had evaporated from the world, and there was no trace of him.
...
On the night of the 12th, Chino's bedroom, he was wearing pajamas, and he was reading the search reports that came from everywhere.
The window was cracked open, and the little black cat squeezed in, shook off the snow on the windowsill, and then entered the house.
The dark shadow changed, and the cold clothes returned to their human form, and reported: "There is no residual smell of Baal in the city, and it is impossible to capture his movements. I've also checked all the city gates, but there's no record of leaving the city. β
Chino put down the report in his hand and fell into deep thought.
Baal, who was originally one of Brooke's men, was suspicious of the explosion of the banquet and Brooke's death, so he took advantage of the investigation at the scene of Ray Sakhar to shoot arrows and whistleblow, and later learned the news of the archery competition, thinking that he was being targeted, so he absconded on the eve of the competition... This chain of events makes logical sense.
It's just that, with Chino's understanding of Baal, with this guy's clumsy IQ, he was able to escape from Twilight City without leaving a trace? Even the smell was completely wiped out, and even the winter clothes could not find him.
It's kind of weird.
Could it be that he usually pretends to be stupid, but is actually a very smart person?
Or is there another accomplice who advises him?
Or...
Chino asked in a deep voice, "How is the situation on the other side of Baiza?" β
Hanyi replied: "According to your request, I have been secretly staring at him for the past 7 days, but I haven't found anything abnormal, his life is very regular, training during the day and drinking at night." β
Chino: "Who are you drinking with?" β
Wintercoat: "Mainly Lugo, Paladin, and some officers. β
"Paladinβ" Chino thought for a moment, his eyes getting deeper and deeper, "Did Paladin go to Puro before?" β
Hanyi recalled the record sheet of the city gate defenders, nodded and said, "Yes, on the 4th of Huixue, that is, the day before the archery competition, he went to Puluo and came back on the 8th. β
Chino: "Why did he go to Pulo?" β
Hanyi: "The record says that it was a merchant who sent freshly slaughtered sheep to a local nobleman in Pulo. β
Paladin would periodically report on the merchant's plan, and this order Chino had an impression, and it was indeed true, and the timing was also in time.
But...
Sheep slaughtered...
Chino went on to ask, "Did Paladin get out of town through normal formalities?" β
Hanyi nodded: "Yes, at least the records say that it is a normal procedure." He left the city from the East Gate that day, and the original text of the duty record was 'The pass is complete, and the goods are checked and correct, and they are allowed to be released'. β
Chino made a gesture, signaled the winter clothes to turn into cats, and then went out and walked to the railing, and called downstairs: "Guards, go and find the person in charge of the East City Gate on the 4th of Huixue to see me, thank you." β
Fifteen minutes later, the captain who was on duty that day was brought into the office by the guards, and he said respectfully: "First meeting, Administrator, is there anything to find me?" β
Chino: "On the 4th day of the snow return, did you see Paladin?" β
Wu Chang didn't think twice: "That's right, he went out of the city from the East City Gate to do business, and I was on duty that day." β
Chino: "What's in his car?" β
Wu Chang still didn't think twice: "Sheep, a cart full." β
Chino: "It's very fishy, the bloody kind, it's slaughtered." β
Wu Chang: "Yes. β
A treacherous look appeared in Chino's eyes: "Have you double-checked with your men?" Are you sure there's only sheep in the car? β