Chapter 359 The Cat's Neck
What does the identity of prince mean? In Xiaozhen’s opinion, it means that I am very cool and you should quickly follow my orders.
It was the twentieth minute since he became Prince Alsiel, and to be honest, Xiao Zhen was feeling very bad. Not long ago, the father of the eldest princess, Bazalu, who was widely respected in Xiyiqi, suddenly died when Xiao Zhen and a certain galactic thief came to visit.
There is a saying in the galaxy that a person should die at the right time. The death of Prince Alsiel is the standard antonym of this saying. Even a fool can see that this is a typical trap of blaming others. Even third-rate detective novels would not bother to write this. In order to prevent him and Yin Ran from being smashed into a pulp by angry bugs, Xiao Zhen cut off 90% of the tentacles and implanted them into Prince Alsiel's silent body. His specific feeling now is: It hurts so much!
On the one hand, it was the mental pain caused by cutting Xiao Zhen's body, and on the other hand, it was the organic pain left in the brain of Prince Alsiel's body. The moment the tentacles merged into the corpse, Xiao Zhen discovered that the prince had suffered great pain before his death, and his brain was severely damaged. After the consciousness was directly connected to the prince, the pain increased several times.
Xiao Zhen, or rather Prince Alsiel at this moment, endured the pain while maintaining a stiff and kind smile. Fortunately , the prince's men did not seem to notice anything unusual.
The young man, the attendant who was very picky about Xiaozhen and Yin Ran at the beginning, his name was Kong Dai.
During these 20 minutes, the handsome young man kept asking in a fearful manner whether the following schedule would proceed as usual and whether he would meet the next guest. Xiao Zhen was very impatient. Then he found that if he showed the standard Prince Asher-style melancholy smile, Conte would stand there and giggle like his life was being strangled, just like a little dog wagging its tail. So relying on the smile method, Xiao Zhen shamelessly tweeted all the following schedules and then asked Conte to leave.
At the twenty-fifth minute, Mr. Cat finally arrived.
When Mr. Cat entered Prince Alsiel's study, the "Prince" was pleased to see that the cat was also wrapped in a local small-sized robe and was also sprayed with the "Queen's Royal Jelly Scent" perfume.
Prince Alsiel assumed a solemn posture, waiting for Mr. Cat's salute.
But what made him angry was that Mr. Cat didn't even shake his whiskers, let alone show any surprise. He glanced at him and said, "Tsk, you sinner."
"I am a prince, you should salute me." The prince said majestically.
Mr. Cat walked up and jumped directly onto his desk.
"Very good. I think you are ready to spend the rest of your life in prison now." Mr. Cat said, "You are actually expecting a ten thousand year sentence package, right?"
"It was just an accident."
"Well, an accident." Mr. Cat repeated in a mocking tone, "So after an underage Homo sapiens, you are going to be a prince? Oh, I didn't expect you would not even let the dead go."
"It's temporary. Now that the prince is dead, we can't escape suspicion. So he must be alive now, even if it's just on the surface." Prince Alsiel said, "And I noticed that the prince is a super superior person on this planet, and I now have considerable authority."
"oh?"
"This is not only to escape the charges, but also to make it easier to rescue Liu Xingquan and Captain Ban. A prince's identity can accomplish a lot." When mentioning the names of these two companions, Prince Alsiel clenched his fists.
Mr. Cat looked him up and down, and he came forward to sniff Prince Alsiel's body, "You are controlling a corpse now, you have to take some measures, the freshness of this body will not last long."
"This is one of the reasons why I asked you to come. I need your assistance." Prince Alsiel sent a list to Mr. Cat. "Also, help me check this."
"Hmm?" A cranial perspective image appeared on Mr. Cat's retina. This was the scan of Alsiel's fatally injured head that Xiao Zhen had scanned.
"Look at this cut surface. It's a fatal wound caused by a small weapon entering his skull. Please help me check what weapon caused this wound and see if there are any clues."
"Okay." Mr. Cat accepted the image. "Although he is dead, can't you read his memory?"
"His brain was severely damaged. I can only read a little bit of information that remains." The prince spread his hands. "Unfortunately, of course he has no memory of the time when he was victimized. Also, before you came, I checked the surveillance. Unfortunately, the prince's study did not have surveillance for privacy reasons. This really became a closed-room murder case."
"..." The cat was silent for a moment, "I really doubt whether you can play the role of prince well now."
"Don't worry, the memories of Alsiel that can be read contain many of his acquaintances, and the largest number of them are the Queen and the Princess. This means that I won't be unable to recognize even the Queen and the Princess."
Mr. Cat narrowed his eyes. "Tsk, you are just a prince who has fallen out of favor anyway. You don't need to worry about whether or not to please or fawn on the queen."
No, I'm worried about the Queen coming to see me. Really worried!
"There is one more question."
"What?"
"Are you hiding something from me again?"
“…”
Seeing Mr. Cat put on an unfathomable and distant face again, the prince sighed, "I just want to know one thing now, do you know anything about the True Selection Special Drink?"
“…”
"I have a hunch that this bottle of drink is definitely not a simple dispute between nobles." The prince raised his eyes, "Mr. Cat, this is about Captain Ban and Liu Xingquan. As a friend, you should tell me some necessary information."
“…”
"Tell me, what is it?"
"It's that drink you accidentally sold for only $1,500."
“No need to emphasize the 1,500 yuan!”
"Do you really want to know the reason?"
"ah?"
"Do you really want to know why the True Selection Special Drink is being fought over?"
The prince sensed the strange tone in Mr. Cat's words, "What is the reason?"
Its golden eyes stared at him, "This is all because of you, Xiaozhen."
The prince stared at the cat in front of him. He was a little confused at first, but then a chill rose from the soles of his feet. "What did you say..."
"Chakodo."
“…”
"From the moment you implanted that thought in his dying moments."
I don't know how Cha Keduo knew about the real special drink. "...It's still just an ordinary drink." The prince said, "You witnessed its production process."
"It was originally a bottle of ordinary beverage. But after Cha Keduo's brain was digitized and preserved after his death, the meaning of this bottle of beverage has changed."
The prince's face was gloomy: "Digitalization? You mean his brain data was placed in a memory box." He knew what this meant. This was a taboo technology that had always been condemned. Because of this, the Galactic Federation had strict control over the digital preservation of brain information. Only certain people with special value would have their brain data preserved after death.
"Yes, his memory was preserved in the data. But the problem is that before the execution, Chakodo had a desire to drink the True Selection Special Drink, and this information was spread throughout the galaxy by the news media along with his execution."
"...I understand." The prince said, "There is something in Chakodo's memory."
"Almost. First of all, I want to make one thing clear to you. Chakodo holds a secret. This secret is locked in his brain by several codes. With his death, this secret was also transferred to the memory box. Originally, this box was to be properly handled inside the Eye of Supervision, but a while ago, its copy was leaked."
"Leaked?" The prince really wanted to say that your Overwatch Eye was too lame, but considering that he was now a non-staff member of the Overwatch Eye, it seemed a bit disrespectful to complain about the organization in front of his superior, so he did not say anything else.
"It's a traitor." Mr. Cat's voice was as cold as winter frost. "The traitor provided the copy of Chakodo's memory box to the heretics who should not touch this secret."
"..." The prince suddenly realized something, and he said in a deep voice: "Memory boxes usually have multiple passwords set."
"Yes, this is Cha Keduo's memory box. Those traitorous heretics should not be able to open it. But the memory of intelligent creatures contains emotions. Even if it is just a pile of electronic data now, it will still react according to the memory and emotions. Cha Keduo's last wish before his death was to taste your True Selection Special Drink. In the eyes of those traitorous heretics, this bottle of True Selection Special Drink is the breakthrough to open Cha Keduo's memory box."
"..." The prince said with difficulty, "Wait, is this the only bottle left on the market?"
"Yes, the bottle you have is the only one left on the market."
"Wait, isn't that a very important item? Why don't you lend me the money?"
"Why do you think the Duke would be willing to help you bid?"
The prince looked Mr. Cat up and down. He shouted, "So these 700 million are obviously public funds!"
"hehe."
Prince Alsiel stroked his chin. At this moment, the information in his mind was rolling in turns. Mr. Cat's explanation seemed to explain everything, but there were still subtleties. "I still have a question. The informant who provided information about the bounty hunter also wanted to choose a special drink. Who is he?"
"Good question." Mr. Cat looked at him straight in the eye. "The answer is simple, because the bounty hunter you are hunting is working for a heretic force."
"The heretical forces you are talking about are..."
"Black Box Club." Mr. Cat said calmly.
Black Box Society. Of course, he knew what the name Black Box Society meant. It was a crazy and evil interstellar heretic organization, the untouchable dark side of the galaxy, and the source of countless desperate disasters.
"How could the bounty hunter who disturbed Liu Xingquan's planet be related to the Black Box Society?"
"It's a joke of fate." A fleeting hesitation flashed across Mr. Cat's face, "Liu Xingquan's fate is extremely special."
"What about Prince Alsiel and Prince Rinaru's bidding for the True Selection Special Drink?"
"The Black Box Society is behind the fight between Prince Alsiel and Prince Linaru for the throne, but it is currently unclear to what extent the Black Box Society has influenced them."
"..." The prince closed his fingers, and the transparent tentacles emerged from his body again restlessly. "So everything now is related to the Black Box Society."
"Yes." Mr. Cat said calmly, "Your True Choice Special Drink triggered all this like a butterfly flapping its wings. It is the source of all the chaos now."
"And our enemy is the Black Box Society," said the prince.
"That's right. As the source of everything, now that things have come to this, please play the role of the prince well and uncover the Black Box Society in this battle for the throne." Mr. Cat said meaningfully.
The prince smiled at the cat and pressed the button. Conte came in and flew into a rage when he saw the cat squatting arrogantly on the prince's desk. He picked up the cat by the scruff of the neck, apologized to the prince, and carried it out of the study.
