Chapter 475: The thief with a changeable personality
found an unlocked room on the first floor, and Ronald and Conse easily climbed in. In the dark room, only a sofa and a low table could be vaguely made out. It looked like an idle person.
"Ronald... Ronald, let's search in this room first!"
Standing in the dark room, Cons He was still not as bold as Ronald. He looked at the light coming from the keyhole of the door with some fear. There was no logic in his words, and he seemed to just want to delay time.
Ronald, who came in earlier, had already put his ear to the door, listening carefully to the movements in the corridor outside.
Aware of the sound coming from behind him, he immediately raised his fingers to cover his mouth and said in as low a voice as possible:
"Shh-"
"There's something going on outside."
Kang Si instantly gave up any thought of speaking.
At this moment, the room where the two of them were was so quiet that they couldn't even hear breathing.
Keep this quiet.
Ronald finally heard what the noise outside was.
Two groups of footsteps with different rhythms approached from far away and finally disappeared into the distance after passing through the corridor on the first floor. During this period, intermittent conversations could be heard.
"You... Master is here... let's... get off work early tomorrow, right?"
"Who knows..., anyway, our work is much easier than those workers!" "
But it's unusual for Master to entertain guests so late tonight. Ah."
"I heard that the gentleman brought a book written by a Scotsman. It was just written this year. It seems that it can make people a lot of money?" "You can make money by
reading this book... then, then We...?"
"...I'm illiterate, thinking about this..." "
..."
The people outside moved away from each other and disappeared, but Ronald did not change his posture.
Leaning against the door with a frown, he thought about the conversation between the two people just now, and his mind began to speculate on everything that might happen.
After all, this is a trial of the original code, a pure illusion composed of the original code.
Ronald could not ignore things that could be ignored under normal circumstances. After all, this kind of thing might be the key to the trial.
At the same time, Cons, who was still lowering his voice, finally couldn't help but whispered again after several suppressed breaths:
"Ronald, how are you now? Is he still there?"
"He is gone, let's continue. Right."
After answering Cons's little question, Ronald carefully opened the door to reveal a gap, and then quietly observed the situation in the corridor.
within visual range.
The situation in the office building was exactly what Ronald had deduced before.
Although it looks brightly lit from the outside, there are actually very few people inside the building, and no one is passing through the corridor now.
Referring to the conversation between the two people who just passed by here...
If you guessed it correctly, the owner of this factory, Matthew Bolton, was entertaining a distinguished guest, so most of the human resources were summoned near him.
With a wink at Cons behind him, Ronald immediately walked in front and left the room.
"Kang Si, remember not to be afraid when you meet people. Just treat yourself as a subordinate of the guest who is here. Don't show any guilty expressions. If the drawings of the steam engine are placed here, it should be in an office or something like that. We can always find the place if we look slowly."
"I...I know."
Kang Si nodded with a grimace to express his understanding, and then followed Ronald who was walking in front.
At this point, he actually had no other choice.
Since you have embarked on the road of stealing, it is only a matter of time before you face such a situation.
As for now...
Ronald at least seems trustworthy.
Listen to his orders first, and then see how the situation changes.
What follows is a slow exploration process by the two of them as they wander around the office building. Under Ronald's cautious yet bold command, it only took them twenty minutes to successfully check out all the rooms on the first floor that could be inspected.
Regarding the drawings of the steam engine, the result was the most unsatisfactory result of getting nothing.
Although there are things related to steam engines in the office building, they are far from the actual drawings. At most, Matthew mentioned his vision for the future in the letters he stored.
Of course, this process is still somewhat special for Ronald.
After identifying letters and some written records, he figured out the time node where the illusion occurred.
The year is 1776.
An important year that makes people think deeply.
If Ronald's inference was true, then this original trial would be extremely malicious to those who accepted the trial. Rather than saying it is an original trial, it is better to say that this is a deadly trap for killing people.
Just when Ronald's face became more and more ugly and he began to approach the stairs leading to the second floor, Conse, who had just made up his mind, couldn't hold it anymore.
This guy has the mentality to be at the level of a thief.
At the end of twenty minutes of exploration, all the courage he had mustered to break the jar was gone.
With his voice trembling from fear, Conse continued:
"Ronald, do we want to continue?"
"There are a lot of people up there!"
Although Ronald looked unhappy, he immediately rejected it. Conse flinched:
"Let's keep looking! Think about it, the reward this time is a full thirty pounds. How long does it take an ordinary person to work to accumulate such wealth? Cons, don't give up on the important things in front of you because of timidity. Opportunity."
"If you can get this money, will anyone still laugh at your experience of being kicked out of the factory? As long as you have money, all this will no longer be a problem!" "..."
Ronald
's words hit the point directly. Cons's psychological weakness.
He froze in place, his eyes changing again and again.
Finally, the thief's expression stabilized, and as he passed Ronald's position and walked towards the stairs, he said viciously: "
Okay, Ronald, I listen to you! Let's continue to the second floor!"
"If there is no room on the second floor ! If we find it, let's go to the third floor and continue looking. No matter what tonight, we will get the water boiling and steam engine drawings..."
Suddenly, Kang Si's expression froze on his face.
At this moment, he was walking in front of the stairs, then turned to look at Ronald behind him and said harsh words. But within the sight of Cons, Ronald, who was originally calm, suddenly became extremely serious, and his pupils were still locked tightly on the stairs behind him.
As if he felt something, Kang Si stiffly turned his head and looked behind him.
Just above the stairs, a little girl wearing servant clothes was standing there, looking at him blankly.
"Chirp chirp chirp—"
Suddenly, an even more unexpected change occurred.
At this moment, outside the office building, the cry of a nightingale suddenly sounded.
The three people who went to another building...
did they succeed? !
(End of chapter)