Chapter 400 399. Eat a Moon Shadow Candy First to Reduce Your Sense of Presence

At night, Dorothy, led by Mo Cheng, approached the city lord's mansion bit by bit from countless blind spots and dark corners.

As early as during the day, Mo Cheng wandered around the area twice, and even set up a bird's-eye view point on the distant bell tower to record the nearby topography.

He found that he especially liked this kind of city that had not experienced the baptism of those [Assassin's Creed] players. These cities would not lay traps at high places or set up mazes in important areas. What would they look like from a distance? Same thing.

"Are you familiar with this neighborhood?"

When Mo Cheng led Dorothy out of the shadows in a blind spot and dodged three vigilant patrolling guards, Dorothy couldn't help but asked in a low voice, "Even if you are a stalker instructor in the academy, You can’t find a hiding place so quickly in a strange place. Isn’t this your first time here?”

"No, this is my first time going abroad. I have always stayed in Aundair before."

Mo Cheng also lowered his voice and answered, but did not explain why he was so proficient in stealth.

Sneaking is a difficult thing, and leading someone through the patrol's line of sight is undoubtedly an even more difficult thing.

If it were Mo Cheng himself, he could simply walk in with [Ghost Walk]. But if he brings someone with him, he can only rely on the stealth skills he learned in the [Shadow Sect] and his own experience to bypass many patrols and sentry posts.

Because Dorothy is the person involved, and only she can discover some clues and want to investigate the incident, Mo Cheng will definitely not be able to detect anything wrong faster just by running to the scene by himself.

As Mo Cheng moved forward, his brows furrowed tighter. The area where the city lord's residence is located was put on guard for some unknown reason, but it wasn't that the guard was too tight. On the contrary, the guard was too loose.

This level of vigilance is similar to the situation where a company that has been fishing for a long time suddenly receives an inspection from a superior company and immediately makes a surprise attack.

It would be normal if it were placed elsewhere, but it is absolutely abnormal if it is placed here.

According to Dorothy, the city lord was assassinated. Not to mention sealing off the city to find the murderer, at least a high-intensity search was inevitable.

But according to Mo Cheng's observation, the Napa Port was operating as usual, and not a trace of wind was revealed.

This kind of strict guarantee that the news will not leak out is actually a strange thing.

At the same time, as he went deeper and deeper, Mo Cheng's expression became increasingly weird.

"I remember you said before that the pursuers set a fire in the city lord's mansion?"

Mo Cheng pointed to the brightly lit building not far away, "It looks like the fire prevention measures here are very advanced."

The city lord's mansion that came into view showed no sign of a fire. Not only the buildings, but also the surrounding trees, flowers and plants showed no signs of burning.

In order to confirm that this was not transplanted or induced later, Mo Cheng also dug up some soil to make sure there was no black ash.

There have been no fires here.

This one Dorothy said was different.

Was it Dorothy's misjudgment because she was too nervous, or...

Mo Cheng glanced at Dorothy without trace. He didn't completely believe Dorothy, or he was still confirming whether the [Dorothy] in front of him was the real [Dorothy].

However, he hid the suspicion in his heart very cleverly, but now that he saw the place where the things he told Dorothy happened, he would naturally increase the other party's suspicion.

Looking at the still-existing City Lord's Mansion, Dorothy's face looked a little strange. She frowned and kept thinking about her memories, "It's a little weird. Either there is something wrong with the City Lord's Mansion, or there is something wrong with my memory."

"What to do?"

"Go in and investigate the clues."

After realizing that her memory might be modified, Dorothy became more determined to go in and investigate. Only through in-depth investigation can she find out which side has the problem.

Mo Cheng hugged Dorothy's waist, then suddenly burst out with strength, tapping his toes across the wall and reaching the interior of the city lord's mansion.

The whole process was neat and tidy, not sloppy, and didn't even leave many traces for people to follow.

Dorothy looked at Mo Cheng with a strange expression on her face, "How many times did you climb over the wall before you could do this kind of thing?"

She could see that Mo Cheng's smooth flow could not be achieved without hundreds or thousands of practical operations.

"Many times."

Mo Cheng let go of Dorothy's hand and stretched out his fingers to point them one by one. "I went on a date with my senior sister until after closing time and took her back to the dormitory over the wall. I took the girls over the wall to have supper outside." At night, of course I am better at serenading girls downstairs."

Mo Cheng raised his eyebrows, "They all call me [Florence Nightingale]."

"So what you're doing now is considered a date?" Dorothy had a half-smile on her face, one hand silently placed on the back of her waist, "You led a woman over the wall at night. Your behavior is very disturbing. Zha Cheng."

"somebody is coming."

Mo Cheng, who was about to continue joking, suddenly changed his expression and took Dorothy to hide in the bushes. After a while, he poked his head out of the bushes.

After seeing the person leaving, Dorothy curled her lips and put away the recording instrument in her hand.

"Let's go in and investigate. Do you have any ideas?"

Mo Cheng pointed at the house not far away. It would be fine for him to sneak in alone, but if he took Dorothy with him, the probability of being discovered would increase significantly.

Dorothy did not speak, but after making a few secret gestures, a hazy moonlight shrouded her, and then Mo Cheng felt that Dorothy's breath began to become vague in his perception.

"[Shadow Moon] I reduce my presence, but I can't be seen by them head-on."

Dorothy explained the function of this spell in a low voice, and Mo Cheng nodded, "Having moon shadow candy will reduce your presence, right? Follow me closely."

With that said, Mo Cheng took Dorothy's hand and avoided everyone by climbing through the window and entering a guest room. "The dungeon, the city lord's room, and the butler's quarters. These three places need to be searched."

Dorothy nodded and whispered: "The city lord's room is in the middle of the third floor. The dungeon must be entered from a room on the second floor. I don't know the specific address of the housekeeper's residence. Where should we go first?"

"Go to the city lord's room first, and check to see if the city lord is dead."

Mo Cheng put his ear against the door and listened to the movement outside, but then he had a strange feeling.

It felt like a premonition, telling him something.

Mo Cheng's figure gradually faded, and he used [Ghost Walk] to pass through the closed door and observe the environment in the corridor.

As soon as he came out, his pupils shrank suddenly.

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