Kiana and the Captain's Bizarre Adventure

Chapter 266 Placer Gold (2)

After that, Sand Gold and Ladio arrived at the Morning Dew Mansion. Although they had been invited, the owner of the mansion clearly did not want Sand Gold to come to him easily.

After a series of decryptions, Sand Gold finally arrived at the meeting room at the deepest part of the room. The following events unfolded as Sand Gold had anticipated. On Sunday, they retrieved all the items that had been confiscated from him and demanded that Sand Gold hand over the cornerstone hidden inside.

To prevent Sand Gold from lying, Sunday even used the power of Tong Xie. As a result, Sand Gold will be corrupted by Tong Xie's power whenever he lies. Once the corruption is complete, Sand Gold will become a follower of Tong Xie and a member of the family. This has nothing to do with his own will, which is extremely domineering.

Moreover, even if you don't lie, it only slows down the rate of erosion; the erosion will still be completed in time.

The solution is simple: either Sunday takes action to remove it, or death occurs.

Unfortunately, under this dream of family management, it was virtually impossible for Sandstone to die. Moreover, the family would never allow Sandstone to die on their own territory, as that would give the company a legitimate reason to openly invade Pinocchio. Therefore, death was almost impossible from the very beginning.

However, the foundation stone is also very important for placer gold, and it is certainly not something that can be handed over so easily.

Therefore, in the following period, because Sand Gold did not cooperate with Sunday, even though Sunday saw through his plan and obtained the "Sand Gold Stone", Sunday did not remove the influence on him.

On Sunday, feeling confident of victory, he simply released Sand Gold. Since he already had the foundation in his hands, Sand Gold, which had been corrupted by the power of harmony, was no threat. Of course, the price for being able to move freely was that Sand Gold would need to investigate matters related to death during this period. If Sand Gold could uncover the truth during this time, Sunday would naturally not mind helping Sand Gold access the power of words.

Moreover, he still had other uses, so on Sunday, the dreamer sent out his own spies to monitor the movement of the gold nuggets.

Seeing Sand Gold wandering the streets investigating clues, the anxiety of the person who had been holding their breath was relieved. When Sand Gold arrived at the Crook Film Park, a lockdown order was issued on Sunday, allowing Sand Gold to complete his plan without interference.

Yes, having taken the position of head of the family on Sunday, he certainly wouldn't be so naive as to believe that there were no other ways to obtain gold.

If we're talking about what he's going to do next, it's probably to lure out someone and get that person to help him complete his death.

This way, they can also take the opportunity on Sunday to send out a disruptive factor. The current undercurrents in Pinocchio are too great to withstand someone with the power of an Envoy acting openly.

That's right. There is actually a third way to forcibly contact the power of words, which is to use the power of the messenger level to dispel it. This is also the reason why Sunday insisted on getting the foundation stone before releasing the gold dust.

But doing so would be tantamount to suicide. Now that the gold nugget is in Sunday's hands, and because the other party tried to sneak it in by mixing his own nugget with the jewels, he also lost his colleague's nugget. So it's impossible for him to ask his colleague to remove the curse.

To forcibly remove the Word of Power Sand, one must either find another messenger to obtain His help, or die directly.

In Sunday's eyes, Sand Gold's arrival at the Crook Film Park was nothing more than an attempt to trigger a major incident that would force the hidden messenger in the crowd to intervene, allowing Sand Gold to use the messenger's power to access the Word of Power.

After completing all this, Sand Gold will most likely die on the spot, so it is necessary to seal off the entire Crook Film Park in advance in order to avoid causing panic.

What Sunday didn't expect was that shortly after Sand Gold entered the Crook Film Park, the Star Train crew also arrived there, and if he remembered correctly, the person accompanying them was a man named Gallagher who had once worked for the Watchmaker.

However, this person later grew tired of opposing the family, so he surrendered and joined the Hound family. His joining caused some unrest among the watchmakers, which gave the family an opportunity to wipe them out completely, leaving only a small number of people to escape to an unknown place with the watchmakers and lie low.

Out of gratitude and in mockery for his betrayal of his companions, the family gave him a job as a sheriff, a position he was reportedly very unpopular with.

But is this information really true? On Sunday, he sensed something was off about this information. He had a feeling that the deaths over the years might be closely related to this man named Gallagher.

So on Sunday, he left the meeting room to begin investigating Gallagher's background and identity. Shortly after that, Walter and Mei arrived at Asahi Mansion to begin their investigation.

"That's roughly how it is. Now that Sand Gold is in the Crook Film Park, he'll probably cause a big scene at the last minute."

“After all that, you still haven’t told him where his own aventurine is,” Gallagher said. “But to be fair, his deception was quite clever. He used the topaz in plain sight to make Sunday subconsciously believe that the ‘aventurine’ he confidently pulled out next was real, when in fact it was fake. The base stones Sunday was actually holding were topaz and jadeite.”

"No one expected him to disguise jadeite as aventurine. After all, in nature, jadeite and aventurine look almost identical, making it difficult for laymen to distinguish between them at a glance. However, the former is much more valuable than the latter. As for real aventurine..."

As Kiana spoke, an expression of admiration appeared on her face. She admired Sand Gold's courage and boldness, since what he did was considered highly disrespectful by the followers of the Amber King.

"Actually, I saw the aventurine on Sunday, in that pile of jewelry that the aventurine was used to scatter as a form of wealth. It's just that it was completely smashed and mixed in there."

"You mean he smashed his foundation?" Galah looked at Kiana in disbelief.

“That’s right.” Kiana nodded in affirmation. “Don’t underestimate the resilience of the foundation stone. It was only smashed. Once it’s restored, it can still be used once or twice.”

"Of course I know that. I just didn't expect him to dare to smash the foundation stone that symbolizes part of the body's protection. This is already a major violation in the company's eyes."

"It doesn't matter. In the end, the foundation stones they have are just a medium for diamond to share His power. Diamond is a result-oriented being. As long as the result is good, He won't mind. He might even help the gold dust withstand the punishment it will face later."

You know all of this?

"Of course! Don't underestimate my intelligence network!" Kiana said, head held high.

"Actually, this is all information you obtained through countless dream cycles, right?" Gallagher retorted.

"Ahem!" Kiana coughed. "Alright, get ready. He'll probably ask you to come to the Morning Dew Mansion on Sunday. If he questions you about the robin, bring him along too."

"Take him to Dream Reef?" Gallagher asked incredulously.

“Yes, that’s right.” Kiana nodded.

"Is this something you've experienced?"

"You can understand it this way: all you need to know is that once you bring Sunday to Dream Reef, the mastermind behind it will naturally come to light."

Upon hearing Kiana's words, Galah subconsciously frowned: "So you're saying that even if this Sunday wasn't the mastermind, it's still closely related to the mastermind!"

Kiana nodded silently.

"Should we still take him there? You know, Liumeng Reef is our last sanctuary, and I don't want to lose even that."

"Don't worry," Kiana reassured him. "With Robin around, he won't do anything to harm Dream Reef. In fact, with Robin around, it's even possible for you to turn him against you, isn't it?"

"Come on, you might fool the people on the Starry Sky Train, but you won't fool me," Gallagher said sternly. "If Sunday could really be turned, how could he still be trapped in the cycle of dreams? Besides, isn't the person Sand Gold is looking for Miss Huang Quan? After all, Sunday's harmonic power far surpasses that of others, and only Miss Huang Quan's nothingness could possibly break his incantation. If Miss Huang Quan isn't here, what use would his rampage at the Krok Film Park be?"

“I told you you can’t fool Galakh.” Nian Gao said, “But you can rest assured about Sister Huang Quan. In the end, all Sand Gold needs is a powerful force that can give him death. Whether he can break the power of words is just a side thing to him.”

"so?"

"So just leave it to us, and breaking the spell will be a piece of cake!" Nian Gao said confidently.

"Let's leave it at that. If we stay any longer, they'll start to suspect us too, won't they?" Gallagher asked.

“Indeed,” Kiana confirmed. “Now that the cooperation has been reached and I have resolved your doubts, let’s part ways.”

The two then said their goodbyes. The person who came to pick up Galah was the captain. Galah would accompany the captain for a period of time before heading to the Asahi Mansion, until an invitation was sent on Sunday.

Meanwhile, when Kiana returned to the entrance of Krok Film Park, she found that Xing and the others had disappeared. After sensing their location, she realized that they had gone back to the Golden Hour to meet up with Welt and the others.

Out of curiosity, Kiana also returned to the Golden Hour, since it was a foregone conclusion that Welt had discovered Mei's identity.

Without the protection of the Herrscher of Knowledge, Mei's subtle actions were far too obvious to Welt. It would probably only take a few minutes for Welt to discover Mei's true identity. She wondered if Welt would reveal Mei's identity to others.

To be honest, Kiana was quite curious to see the surprised look on Hoshi's face, since Hoshi had not only come into contact with Yomi during this trip to Pinocchio, but had also interacted with Mei.

For example, at the beginning of the 'real' Daydream Hotel, it was Mei who helped Hoshi get rid of the gold dust's entanglement, and later when Hoshi took 'Yomi' to find her room, she encountered the real Yomi herself.

Also, when Hoshino first used the clock trick, she met Mei. Later, when she and Black Swan were in the hotel in the dream, she followed Mei for the first half. Later, when investigating the clues left by the Firefly, she cooperated with Black Swan to switch Yomi herself, so that Yomi and Sam could fight each other. Mei then returned to the golden moment to prepare to contact Welt.

Standing with Hoshi and the others alongside Welt was Mei herself. However, to Kiana's surprise, Welt did not reveal that Mei and Yomi were identical beings and that both of them had been in contact with Hoshi.

It seems that Walter chose to keep it a secret because he knew that now was not the time to talk about it, as doing so would only cause more confusion for others.

"..."

“Since Walter has decided to travel with you, it means he trusts you, and we trust his judgment as well,” Himeko said.

“Your relationship is truly enviable,” Mei said.

Seeing that both sides had finished introducing themselves, Kiana also appeared in Himeko's line of sight, so Himeko also introduced Kiana.

"And this is our companion from Walter's hometown, named Kiana. She will be traveling with us for the next period of time."

Kiana and Mei exchanged glances, their eyes meeting briefly in the air, before they began to greet each other as if it were their first meeting.

"Hello, my name is Kiana, nice to meet you!"

"Hello."

"But you really do look a lot like one of my friends!"

"Yeah…"

After chatting for a while, the two gradually became acquainted.

Seeing this scene, Himeko couldn't help but sigh that it was indeed easy for young people to find topics to talk about. As for Hoshi and March 7, they had already considered Yomi as a friend.

Only Welt was troubled by Kiana and Mei's somewhat clumsy acting. Didn't he know about their relationship? If Kiana didn't have a boyfriend, Welt had no doubt that the two of them would end up together.

However, now was not the time for idle chatter, and Walter decided to get back to the main topic due to his blood pressure.

"As you can see, Miss Huang Quan is not a dangerous individual and has no hostility towards the Star Train. Sand Gold's previous accusations were only one side of the story. Therefore, he has an obligation to provide a reasonable explanation before we continue our cooperation."

It was clear that Himeko also wanted the conversation to get back to the main topic. She had only interrupted earlier because she hadn't found a suitable time. Now that Welt had started, Himeko naturally picked up where she left off.

"Are you trying to... create a situation where all three parties are involved?"

“There must be a deeper logic behind Sandstone’s actions. I suspect he was aware of Pinocchio’s secret from the beginning and has been laying the groundwork to uncover it,” Walter analyzed. “In that case, the position of the Star Train in his plan is crucial. In the worst-case scenario… he might use us to do something outrageous.”

Assuming things really do escalate to that point, having another friend is always a form of insurance. The situation in Pinocchio's neighborhood is far more complex than in Belloberg and Xianzhou.

"The protagonist exists for this very purpose!" Xing shouted passionately.

"Hey! You're talking nonsense again... But actually, it's true, no matter what, we can't ignore Pinocchio's safety." March 7th often complained, but she also agreed with Hoshi's idea that they couldn't ignore Pinocchio's safety.

However, compared to the passion of the two young people, Himeko appeared much calmer.

"To unravel the mystery of the watchmaker, we'll inevitably need the information the company possesses. Even if danger lurks ahead... but facing challenges head-on is the path to progress, right?"

“No objections. What about Miss Yomi and Kiana?” Walter asked the question whose answer he already knew.

“Of course I will come along,” Mei said.

"Me too."

"Let's go! But...where do we find him?"

"Don't worry, if someone has really set up a trap... they will definitely try to invite us in."

“Himeko is right,” Kiana said. “And I also know where the gold dust is now.”

"Where? Where?" March 7th asked.

“I know you’re in a hurry, March, but don’t rush.” Kiana said, pressing down on the somewhat agitated March. “Just like Himeko said, he will come to invite us, and right now.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of gold dust came from the advertising screen on the street.