Chapter 232 - Unexpected Reversal (1/2)

Chapter 232: Unexpected Reversal

Shang Jianyao didn’t agree with Joseph’s description. “He isn’t considered crazy usually?”

“Apart from being relatively brutal and hot-tempered, Mr. DiMarco is normal in other aspects,” Joseph argued.

Jiang Baimian didn’t let Shang Jianyao continue arguing and took the initiative to ask, “During that period of time, how was Mr. DiMarco’s performance different from usual?”

“Didn’t I just tell you?” Joseph’s expression became gloomy again as if he had recalled something bad. “He became even more brutal and was no longer tolerant of the guards. We were jittery when on duty every day, afraid that we would be executed for something as trivial as Mr. DiMarco hearing us farting accidentally.”

The other guard, Paul, echoed in sympathy, “Previously, a guard very trusted by Mr. DiMarco was beaten to death for such a trivial matter.”

Joseph continued, “Apart from that, Mr. DiMarco seemed to go crazy about wanting a child. When the group of lovers couldn’t get pregnant, he cast his gaze at his servants’ wives—who had experience in giving birth… We—we were very angry, but we didn’t dare to say a thing. Fortunately, Mr. DiMarco didn’t maintain this state for many years. Otherwise, we would’ve considered…”

At this point, he stopped and became vigilant. Clearly, even though he felt that Shang Jianyao was friendly enough, he was unwilling to reveal his dark thoughts.

If DiMarco learned of this, he would be the next person to be hastily buried in the valley here.

Jiang Baimian frowned and asked, “Did DiMarco return to normal because he finally had a new child?”

The more she listened, the more she felt that DiMarco’s obsession with children was abnormal. He was clearly sick.

It had to be known that apart from the one who died young, DiMarco still had two other biological children.

“No.” Joseph denied Jiang Baimian’s guess. “Maybe Mr. DiMarco slowly regained his clarity of mind after venting his anger time and time again. His clarity also rewarded him. Five months ago, a mistress of his finally got pregnant.”

“It might not be his.” Shang Jianyao raised a possibility.

“That, we aren’t sure.” Joseph didn’t help DiMarco deny it.

Jiang Baimian could tell that the Underground Ark’s guards had similar guesses. They might be secretly betting on who was the child’s real father.

She thought for a moment and asked, “Mr. DiMarco’s other two children are girls, and the one who died was a boy?”

This was the best explanation she could think of for DiMarco to go crazy after his young son died.

“The one who died was indeed a boy.” Joseph scratched his large nose. “But the other two are a girl and a boy.”

Jiang Baimian immediately lost her train of thought.

Shang Jianyao eagerly asked, “Can we follow you into the Underground Ark?”

“No.” Joseph and Paul shook their heads at the same time, looking a little terrified.

“Why?” Shang Jianyao expressed his confusion.

Joseph quickly explained, “There are three rounds of inspection at each entrance, and there are many guards. There’s definitely a problem if two of us come out and six of us go back!”

He understood that Zhang Qubing and the others wanted to use him and Paul to infiltrate the Underground Ark.

“I can communicate with them.” Shang Jianyao sincerely suggested a solution.

Joseph still shook his head. “It’s useless. We are all very afraid of Mr. DiMarco. Without his permission, we don’t dare to let any outsiders enter the Ark. Furthermore, cameras are installed at every inspection point. There are specialized guards in charge of the surveillance room. Once they discover a problem, they will immediately cut off power to the elevators and other facilities, completely isolating the Ark from the outside world.”

The other guard, Paul, added, “One of Mr. DiMarco’s hobbies is watching surveillance cameras. No one dares to be perfunctory in this regard.”

Unfortunately, Shang Jianyao’s Inference Clowning still can’t achieve a certain level of effect with the help of complicated conversions… The cameras can’t record sound either… Jiang Baimian felt regretful and smiled.

“Do you have any unnecessary misunderstandings about us? We don’t plan on using you to sneak into the Underground Ark. Instead, we want you to tell Mr. DiMarco that we wish to visit him and chat with him about the Old World. This is our main goal. Apart from that, there are only a few simple questions.”

Joseph and Paul heaved a sigh of relief, their bodies no longer tense.

The former asked happily, “Can you introduce yourself? Mr. DiMarco will probably ask.”

“A Ruin Hunter team. The team leader is Madam Qian Bai.” Jiang Baimian introduced them in Red River language and pointed at Bai Chen.

Joseph and Paul swept their gaze at them as if they were a little confused that their leader was the quietest and shortest.

Jiang Baimian knew that such an introduction was insufficient and boasted, “It’s the Ruin Hunter team that previously finished off the murloc Oracle and saved Redstone Collection.”

“Huh?” Joseph and Paul were a little confused. It was obvious that they were relatively ill-informed by spending all their time in the Underground Ark and didn’t know much about the outside world.

Of course, this was definitely limited to the lower echelons. Whether it was DiMarco or his butlers and guard captains, they should know about the Qian Bai Team, which had recently been in the spotlight in Redstone Collection.

“Just introduce us to Mr. DiMarco like that,” Jiang Baimian added.

“Alright.” Joseph and Paul agreed.

Right on the heels of that, their gazes landed on the burlap sack containing Butler Carl’s corpse. They seemed to be hesitating about whether they should report to the Underground Ark now or bury the corpse first.