Chapter 364: Incognito Visit
Security personnel and gendarmerie quickly took control of the situation.
After the cheers surrounding Prince Alsiel gradually died down, the entire venue was in an unnatural commotion. The prince could feel the anxiety and fear rolling in the air. The guests exchanged glances with each other, exuding a smell of uneasiness.
Director Daxi appeared in front of the prince, her face even paler than before. "What are you doing?" Prince Linaru asked loudly, "This is outrageous!!"
There were three important current royal family members at the scene, including the Queen's heir. If Prince Alsiel had not discovered the invisible weapon in time, the consequences would have been disastrous.
Director Daxi lowered her head slightly, and her cold face became a little more embarrassed. It was unforgivable for such a thing to happen at the venue of the princess' graduation ceremony. The appearance of the invisible hidden weapon meant that it bypassed all security reconnaissance and defense systems. This was a major omission that must be held accountable for security intelligence work, and the director of the Intelligence Bureau was obviously responsible for it.
"We will investigate this matter thoroughly," said Director Da Xi, "and please ask your highnesses to leave here first."
Prince Linaru was still furious, and Prince Alsiel turned around and avoided the guests who tried to comfort him.He looked towards the center of the venue, where the prince's daughter, Princess Alji, was standing.
She was surrounded by a group of women, who were dressed the same as the princess. They were probably the same trainees and teachers as the princess. After the princess jumped off the stage, the group of female Xiyiqi surrounded her. They exhaled an unusually tense smell and stared at the surroundings with hostility, as if that could drive away the assassin who was hiding somewhere.
The princess was looking at him, and the prince read worry and anger in the girl's eyes, as well as an emotion he could not understand.
"Alji," the prince called in a low voice.
"Father," the princess said, and then she calmed down and signaled the students around her to make way. She walked towards him. At this time, the nervous and flustered little girl who had just called for her father disappeared, replaced by a royal princess with a solemn expression. She saluted him with a dignified posture and graceful movements, "Father, I'm so glad that you are safe."
“……” The prince was speechless.
Then the princess lowered her eyes again, as if hiding behind the scenes. Is this the attitude a daughter should have when she sees her father? The prince tried to probe the princess's subconscious, but she had obviously received special anti-reconnaissance training and could not see clearly for a while. The prince soon realized that the students and teachers who surrounded her and watched her meeting with him were the reason why she acted restrained and distant.
She didn't want to show her closeness to her father in front of them. Uh, is this some weird Western etiquette?
Xiao Zhen could feel some fluctuations remaining in this dead body, which began when Princess Alji entered his sight. So, he stopped thinking about other things and walked straight forward. In the surprise of the guards around the princess, he did what he wanted to do before and what the corpse still wanted - he reached out and touched the princess's head.
Her curly hair was very fine and soft, and it felt like touching fine silk. Alji's eyes widened, and his light gray pupils looked straight at him. After the prince put his hand down, the princess seemed to have not yet come to her senses, like a doll that was frozen. After a few seconds, the prince sensed a light and subtle breath, which came from the princess's pure joy.
Afterwards, the students and teachers took the princess away. A place where assassination activities have occurred is not a safe place. For safety reasons, it is natural for the princess to evacuate quickly.
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The prince watched the princess go away, and a whisper came from beside him, "Tsk, in a little while, Carrie will also be taken away by those guys." At point, Prince Linaru came to his side. He stared at the backs of Princess Alji and the others, with a hint of chill in his tone.
He quickly read Linaru's shallow consciousness at the moment, and a larva in a cradle emerged in his mind. It was very young and exuded a sweet scent. That was the little princess Carrie. It turned out that according to the Xiyiqi etiquette, the princess was raised by the prince for two years after birth, and then the princess would be taken to the Jingsi Academy for training, learning language, mathematics, physics, astronomy, philosophy, martial arts, navigation, military and other subjects. Princesses can only enjoy their childhood for two years after birth. From then on until adulthood, her time will be filled with learning. During this period, the prince rarely has the opportunity to meet the princess. Even if he can meet the princess, he must keep a distance from the princess. If the princess shows a tendency to rely on her father, she will be regarded as not mentally firm and weak in temperament.
This was a very dangerous mistake for a princess whose succession was unstable.
No wonder this daughter treats me, her father, in such a strange manner. At this moment, Xiao Zhen just wants to raise his arms and shout: Wang Quan really turns people into ghosts!
Prince Linaru's expression was one of sadness, that in the near future, the little princess would be taken away from him, and like Alji, she would be alienated from her father, but soon this sadness turned into a strange emotion. Linaru turned his head to look at him, his face tense, his eyes first stayed on Prince Alsiel's face, then drifted to the prince's shoulder, and then to the side farther away, he spoke word by word, "Just now, you saved me."
No, you're overthinking it. It's a shame that your armor didn't work. "It was just a coincidence."
Linaru's tense face showed strong resistance and dissatisfaction again. Hey, do you want to talk to me or not? Finally, the overly handsome man exuded a slightly spicy smell, "This is obviously the negligence of those bastards in the security agency, but I have to thank you."
He gritted his teeth and said the second half of the sentence. After he said this, he turned around quickly, and his gorgeous cloak brought up a gust of hot wind. He walked away surrounded by guards.
Goodbye. The prince looked away, and his eyes unexpectedly met with that of Sherlock Holmes. Holmes, or the shadowed inspector of the Security Committee, was standing in a corner of the meeting room, staring at him thoughtfully. When their eyes met, the inspector simply walked towards him.
But he had just taken two steps when he was stopped by the military police. Because of this accident, Director Da Xi ordered that everyone at the scene, except for members of the royal family, must be investigated from head to toe.
Very good. Inspector Sheying is still an inspector after all, and the prince is actually a corpse now. He is too lazy to deal with the Security Committee and cause trouble, so let this Sherlock Holmes and the Intelligence Bureau deal with it.
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The scheduled dinner was cancelled because of the sudden terrorist attack.
It just so happened that Xiao Zhen had no interest in the insects' dinner. According to the arrangement, his next destination was the 72nd Rescue Center of Director Lucy.
After leaving the venue, the prince said to Conde who followed closely behind him: "Let these guards go back by themselves."
"What?" Conte looked confused.
"I am going to inspect the shelter soon," said the prince. "I do not need these people to accompany me."
"They must guard your side, Your Highness." Conte protested fiercely, "They must guard your side, Your Highness, your safety..."
That hidden weapon almost killed me or someone present, and I didn't see you guys play any role. I can beat a hundred of you by myself. The prince's expression was serious, "I know this is the duty of the guards, but now that so many of you are following me, it will make me more conspicuous."
"But..." Conte was stuck by his twisted logic.
"As a prince, it's not a good thing to be too conspicuous." The prince said, "Now I want to go to the shelter in plain clothes."
“This is too dangerous!”
"Conte, who would have thought that after experiencing an assassination attempt, the prince would dare to travel incognito." The prince said, "Now is the best time to inspect."
“But it’s too dangerous.”
Are you a repeater? Seeing that he was extremely stubborn, Xiao Zhen grinned at him, slowly revealing a standard Alsiel-style melancholy smile, "I'm not going alone. I have you, Conte. You will protect me, right?"
“…”
Great, done.
His guards left with his airship, and to outsiders, he had already returned to the palace. But in fact, the prince, second only to the emperor on this planet, was speeding through the streets with Conte on an inconspicuous civilian motorcycle.
The prince sat in the back seat, while Conte drove in the front seat. The night breeze blew on Xiao Zhen's face, and he finally felt a sense of relief from the heavy pressure. He looked up at the sky and breathed in the fresh air. Above the dark night sky was a pale satellite. This satellite was an important industrial base of Xiyiqi and also the star domain fortress of the Xiyiqi fleet. Around this satellite, you could vaguely see spider-like silver threads, among which the constantly flickering light spots were the ships coming and going.
"Your Highness."
"Um?"
"Why do you always insist on traveling alone?" Conte asked, his body in the driver's seat kept a certain tilt, pulling out a flexible arc. At this moment, the prince could only see the back of his head, but he could also guess the serious expression on the young man's face.
"Because I want to see what Xiyiqi really looks like." Now they have left the brightly lit commercial district of the city and entered an old city area. Along the way, the street facilities here are much older and more outdated. The number of pedestrians on the street is also gradually decreasing.
"Your Highness, isn't that what you are seeing now?"
"Conte, when you stand too high, some things are not clear. Your words may involve many interests and change the fate of some people forever. So the people around you will only let you see what you want to see. And these often blind your eyes."
“Your Highness…”
"Like now, when the two of us are just ordinary citizens, it will be much easier to see some things." The prince turned his head and looked at the other side of the street, "Conte, slow down."
"yes."
Conte slowed down.
"Look over there."
Two passers-by were walking on the other side of the street, and about ten meters behind them were a few locals who were acting suspiciously.
The two passers-by walked forward without knowing anything, and soon several people behind them caught up with them, shouted something at the two passers-by, and then robbed their things. The two passers-by screamed and resisted, but were soon knocked down and beaten by the gang.
"Robbery in the street? How could Yemai City allow such a thing to happen?" Conte said angrily.
"Let's go and take a look."
After a roar of the engine, Conte stopped the car. The prince jumped out of the car and asked, "What are you doing?"
The group stopped beating and snatching for a moment, and stared at the prince. They didn't seem to recognize who he was. That was good.
Passersby lying on the ground screamed, "They're robbing!"
A Xiyiqi stepped on the passerby's head and stopped him from shouting. He shouted at the prince fiercely: "Get out of here if you know what's best for you!"
"Well? What if I don't want to leave?" The prince looked at these highway robbers. They looked young, their clothes were dazzling, and they held weapons like blades and electric batons. On Lola, such people were called gangsters.
"Then you're courting your own death."
As soon as he finished speaking, fifteen or sixteen street thugs dressed in similar clothes emerged from behind him. Unlike the upper class of Xiyichi, they did not have implanted adapters. At this moment, they were in the form of huge insects with strange limbs wearing bright clothes. They glared at the prince and Conte fiercely, with murderous intent.
"Oh, I am so scared," said the prince.
