Chapter 42 Jessica's Identity
Chapter 42 Jessica's Identity
Upon opening the door, Su Tu saw Lila's slightly immature face.
"Mr. Su Tu, it's almost time. We should set off."
Lira's voice carried a hint of respect, a stark contrast to her previous attitude towards her avatar.
That makes sense, considering his true identity is, after all, the second son of a duke.
Even if the church designates it as a calamity, it's not something a royal reconnaissance team can easily provoke.
Unless it's the captain of the Royal Scouts, everyone should speak to you with respect.
It has to be said that the gap between classes is just that simple and unadorned.
As for the captain of the Royal Reconnaissance Team, Su Tu thought that His Majesty the King was too busy with state affairs to come here.
"Lead the way." Su Tu's tone was calm, while his gaze secretly sized up Lira.
Lira's expression was subtle, the same as usual, yet somewhat strange.
In those clear eyes, one could clearly see emotions such as fear and resentment.
However, the other party believed that they had concealed it very well.
This also made his expression look somewhat subtle.
'It seems that last night's events have had a significant impact on him,' Su Tu thought to himself.
Seeing the other person turn around and lead the way, he silently lifted his foot and followed behind them at a leisurely pace.
Lira's steps were light, and every move she made revealed her wariness, as if it had become a habit after training.
He wasn't surprised by this.
After all, the role of the reconnaissance team in the capital was similar to that of the Embroidered Uniform Guard in the Ming Dynasty.
The king, bearing the title of captain, used this sword to firmly grasp royal power.
Whether it was investigating cases, assassinating officials, or monitoring nobles and officials, he could always provide the king with a satisfactory answer.
Of course, the church is not under the supervision of this group.
There's nothing we can do about it; the power structure of this world is just too delicate.
As far as Su Tu knew, royal power had previously firmly suppressed divine power.
After large-scale calamities occurred, divine authority gradually became equal to royal authority.
Even now, divine authority has been subtly suppressing royal authority, yet it remains within a certain controllable range.
However, Su Tu believed that all it would take was a trigger for divine authority to suppress royal authority.
Fortunately, these things are relatively far from Su Tu, otherwise it would have been another bunch of troublesome troubles.
All I want to do is enjoy the avatar game, complete tasks, and improve my character's abilities.
Apart from that, everything else seemed quite troublesome to him.
The same applies to baptism, and also to the current quest to find and purify the crown.
Fortunately, these two things are closely related to the mission of the third phase, otherwise he would not want his main body to get involved in these matters.
After walking through the corridor and passing through the gate, the two arrived at a square surrounded by four buildings.
At this moment, four people were standing in the square, chatting idly.
Of course, one person didn't join in the other three's chatter, but stood quietly in place.
Her thick-rimmed glasses made her look rather silly and cute.
Su Tu was slightly taken aback when he saw this person.
However, he maintained a calm demeanor on the surface and was led by Lira to the man.
"Jessica, this is Mr. Su Tu, who is also in charge of this operation."
After Lila introduced Su Tu to Jessica, she prepared to introduce Jessica to Su Tu as well.
Before he could speak, Jessica stepped forward first, extending her hand with a smile.
"Su Tu, the first of the four dukes in the capital to suffer a calamity, I know him."
"I am Jessica, the third daughter of the Duke of Jorgos."
As Su Tu listened to the other party's introduction, a strange light flashed in his eyes.
As expected, someone who possesses an S-rank high-heeled magical artifact must have an extraordinary background.
The only thing he didn't expect was that this person was actually Duke George's third daughter.
Duke Jorgos is a newly enthroned duke, having been promoted 10 years ago, and could be considered the last legend of the empire.
Su Tu didn't know exactly what she did, but he had heard that it was related to a witch.
Of course, these are not important.
The important question is, why would the Duke's third daughter join the Royal Scouts?
Why would the king agree to allow noble families to join the royal reconnaissance team?
These were the first questions that came to Su Tu's mind after listening to the other party's introduction.
However, finding the answers to these questions will probably not be that easy.
He wasn't surprised that this guy would participate in this operation.
She was the one who went to room 001 in Beller to find the person in charge of the team that was purifying the crown.
It's normal for her to come along now.
Not to mention the high-ranking members of the Royal Reconnaissance Team, who still harbored doubts about Su Tu, the parachuted leader with the title of "Calamity".
If anything happens, Jessica can take over immediately.
Su Tu could only glean this much information from Jessica's answer.
Without clues, he couldn't figure out some of the questions and doubts in his mind.
He simply didn't bother thinking about it and led the group to Beller Lane.
The group remained silent on the way. Jessica didn't speak, Su Tu didn't want to talk, and the others didn't dare to speak.
So none of them uttered a word the entire way until they arrived at Beller Lane.
"Jessica, where is room 001?"
Standing at the entrance of the alley, Su Tu focused his gaze on Jessica and posed the question directly to her.
Only by doing this can one fully demonstrate the meaning of knowing nothing.
Jessica naturally had no doubts about Su Tu's question.
After all, this is his first time here, so it's normal that he doesn't know number 001 Beller Lane.
When she came here before, she wouldn't have known the exact location of the house if there was no house number.
"The room whose door collapsed on the ground is room number 001. The eight bodies were also found in this room."
Jessica's answer let Su Tu know that no one would doubt that he had successfully obtained the Purification Crown.
"Then let's go look for house number 001 again."
As soon as Su Tu finished speaking, he stepped into the alley.
Seeing this, the others silently followed.
For them, it doesn't matter who is in charge or whether the operation can be successfully completed.
The operation was successfully completed, and they received a reward, though it wasn't much.
The failure of the operation had nothing to do with them; the only one who would be punished was the person in charge of the operation.
So all they need to do is one thing: do their job honestly and avoid being blamed by the person in charge if they fail.
Soon, led by Su Tu, the group arrived at the door of room 001.
That is, the house whose red wooden door was kicked to the ground by Jessica.
However, when the other team members came to Su Tu's side, they found that he had no intention of going in at all.
He was just standing at the door, staring at the doorplate on the wall next to the door.
Seeing this, the group was puzzled and instinctively looked towards the door number.
After seeing the contents of the doorplate, their pupils all contracted slightly.
Then, they tacitly turned their gaze to Jessica.
"How is this possible?"
This was the first thing Jessica said after seeing the house number.
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