888 The Source of the Poison, Part Two (1/2)
Translated by XephiZ
Edited by Aelryinth
Linging's fingers typed quickly on her laptop and brought up several blurred images.
”I was wondering why their deaths felt so familiar! Check this out, this is the incident about someone being poisoned that the manor is trying to hide. Don't you remember? The City Hunters even came to investigate it, but that perverted captain was easily taken care of by Carly!” said Lingling with excitement.
”What does this have anything to do with the tea?” said Mo Fan in confusion.
”I'm starting to put the pieces together. Just give me some time, and I should be able to find out more about the poison, and come up with an antidote to temporarily suppress it,” Lingling rose to her feet and headed for her room with her laptop.
”Where are you going?” asked Mo Fan worriedly.
”I stored information related to all kinds of poison on the cloud. The signal is totally blocked off by the Black Vatican. I'll need to build a tool to bypass the signal to retrieve the information I need. This might take some time,” said Lingling.
”It's unsafe for you to be alone,” said Mu Ningxue.
”The Black Vatican is mainly focusing on the Golden Battle Hunters. They won't have time to care about us, as long as we don't expose ourselves. Even if they found out there are Hunters among the guests, they won't be suspicious of a first-schooler. You two better start moving and find the members of the Black Vatican. Otherwise, even if we managed to deal with the poison, they will still escape in the end!” said Lingling.
Mo Fan and Mu Ningxue nodded.
They decided to let Lingling handle the poison, since they could not provide her with any assistance. The Black Vatican was indeed impressive when it came to using all kinds of strange methods to achieve their goals. Luckily, they had brought the genius Lingling along. Otherwise, they would have no choice but to wait for rescue.
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After Lingling left, Mo Fan nudged Mu Ningxue on her elbow and said, ”You're pretty observant. I almost forgot about the tea.”
”It only crossed my mind for a second. I never thought it would actually be the case. Now when I recall it, it did seem like everyone here at the ranches was received by the manor, and everyone was served with the special black tea. Carly and the butler would watch them drink the tea, and even those that did not drink it during the day, a maid would bring the tea over at night and explain that it could possibly help with sleep, or even serve the tea during breakfast. In simpler terms, you can find their special black tea everywhere...” said Mu Ningxue.
Now that Mu Ningxue had mentioned it, Mo Fan somehow recalled that the manor did not really provide them with drinking water, but their special tea...
”There must be people that didn't drink the tea, but only a few, I assume. Almost everyone, including me, you, and Lingling, were poisoned by the tea. The poison stays inside the body, and will only relapse under certain conditions. The victim will then vomit black blood and turn into the black stuff… damn it, I believe I drank almost a whole bucket of the tea during our stay here!” exclaimed Mo Fan.
Mu Ningxue was too embarrassed to even mention it. When Mo Fan was told that the tea was their specialty and was provided for free, he had been drinking the tea like a bull. If the poison worked according to the amount consumed, Mo Fan would be among the first ten people to die of the poison.
Luckily, the few hundred corpses outside the manor had implied that drinking more of the tea did not necessarily make the poison stronger.
Mo Fan and Mu Ningxue did not share their discovery with the others, since they had yet to find the solution. It would only invoke fear among them.
The poison was on standby in everyone's body. They were still unsure of how to control the poison. Standing out too much would only make them easy targets.
”Mo Fan, I beg you...” Guo Wenyi suddenly appeared beside Mo Fan.