Two Cities, I build mecha in Picheng

Chapter 48 Detective Caitlin
Outside the brewery, three figures, one big, one middle-aged and one small, used the lighting equipment installed on Li Lin's power armor to run quickly in the pitch-dark brewery.

Because Li Lin's power armor is too conspicuous, and the noise when walking is relatively loud, and they don't know what's going on in the winery.

So long before entering the Wells Brewery, Caitlin originally planned to let Li Lin stay outside to respond, while she and Jess sneaked into the brewery to investigate.

But to their surprise, before they stepped into the gate of the factory, there was a loud explosion of a shock bomb inside.

There seems to be someone fighting inside!
The three of them looked at each other for a moment, then quickly realized, and went straight to the direction of the source of the sound.

"Li Lin, Jess, hurry up!"

There were several intermittent bursts of explosive bombs, and then everything calmed down.

Realizing that the battle was probably over, Caitlin couldn't help feeling nervous, and hurriedly urged Li Lin and Jess, who were left behind by her.

"You should slow down, Kate." Li Lin felt helpless, "It's dangerous for you to rush forward so rashly..."

"Yeah, obviously there are forces that we don't know about here, we have to be careful, we shouldn't be so ostentatious." Jess also persuaded a little panting.

"Of course I know this truth, but my parents..."

Kaitlyn didn't know what to think of, and stopped abruptly in the middle of speaking, and slowed down at the same time, at the same speed as Li Lin and Jess.

Li Lin thought that she was not so easy to talk because she was in a hurry, so he couldn't help being stunned, "Uh...you are?"

A trace of doubt flashed in Caitlin's eyes, "I think I know who I just fought."

"Huh?" ×2
"The riot caused by C shook the stability of the upper city, so Mrs. Gray took action." She quickly analyzed, "Based on the movement of the battle just now, it is very likely that C has been killed by Mrs. Gray..."

"Madame Gray..."

Jess glanced at the hammer in his hand, then glanced at the power armor on Li Lin's body, his throat could not help but wriggle.

"If the party fighting just now is really Mrs. Cinderella, then we are not..."

You were not afraid when you were studying Hex crystals before, why are you scared now?
Li Lin felt amused from the bottom of his heart, "What are you afraid of? Even if Cinderella came to find me, she should come to me, right? I invented the Hex energy crystal."

"Fuck you, you said before that I was responsible for not providing you with ideas, and now you want to take the credit for yourself."

Being interrupted by Li Lin, the tension in Jess's heart was relieved a lot, and he laughed and scolded.

Caitlin looked back at them and gave them an annoyed look, "Shh, don't be poor, you two, there is something wrong here."

Li Lin and Jess immediately stopped talking, and followed Caitlin who suddenly stopped walking back to the bifurcation intersection they had just passed.

She walked a dozen steps towards the other road, and then returned to the two of them, pointing to the side of the branching corridor ahead, "Do you feel anything?"

"Feel what? I don't feel anything?"

Apart from being very talented in scientific research, Jess seems to be a bit dull in other aspects, as if he focused all his potential on science, and didn't understand what Caitlin meant at all.

Caitlin gave him a blank look, then turned her gaze to the big steel man beside her, "What about you, Li Lin?"

Li Lin raised his eyebrows lightly, "Uh, if I have to say it, I have a sour taste of metal corruption in my mouth..."

Caitlin's eyes showed approval, "That's right! I didn't train you in vain some time ago."

After a short pause, she first pointed to the corridor they had just walked in and turned back, and then pointed to another fork in the road, and quickly analyzed with her right index finger against her chin:

"When we were coming here just now, I suddenly had a strong metallic rancid taste in my mouth. I didn't pay much attention to it at first, and thought it was my own problem.

"However, when I passed this side road and headed here, the taste in my mouth suddenly faded a lot. This sudden change made me feel a little abnormal, so I stopped you.

"When we came back to this fork, the taste reappeared, and then I just walked along this corridor, and the taste of rancidity in my mouth became stronger and stronger..."

Caitlin stopped talking here, and she believed that Li Lin and Jess could understand what she wanted to express.

"That's what you said... Indeed, I feel the same way."

Jess held the handle of the hammer and stood it on the ground with a thoughtful expression on his face.

"But the problem is, I often had the taste of rancid metal inexplicably in my mouth before? It's just not as strong as it is now, so what's the situation?"

"Think about it carefully, when did you have a rancid taste in your mouth?" Caitlin guided Jess to recall.

"Uh, I used my hammer just now, and I came to the bottom city to stand next to Li Lin tonight...

"Oh, by the way, I also had this feeling when I studied Hex crystals before!"

Speaking of this, Jess's eyes lit up immediately, and he reflected, "Could it be that the Hex crystal caused this situation?"

This……

Is there such a thing?
Even Li Lin, who knew the official background story, was a little confused.

Maybe it's because I didn't pay attention to some details, or there are differences between the real world and the background novel.

However, he felt that the culprit that caused the rancid taste of metal in his mouth was unlikely to be the Hex crystal.

"Anyway, according to the current situation, it is indeed the case." Caitlin said in a deep voice.

"Although I haven't seen the real face of Mrs. Cinderella, I heard that her whole body has undergone a Hex technology augmentation transformation, and even her heart has been replaced with a Hex core.

"If ordinary hex crystals can cause this situation, then it is understandable that the more powerful hex crystal on Cinderella's chest will make this situation worse."

Through the details in this regard, Caitlin was even more sure that the party fighting just now was Lady Gray.

After a brief exchange, the three of them changed directions and continued walking towards the depths of the brewery.

Not long after, under the light of the lighting equipment on the shell of Li Lin's power armor, they quickly found a woman lying in a pool of blood, who seemed to have lost her voice at first glance.

Caitlin's complexion changed slightly, and she hurriedly trot over and squatted down on one knee, and turned the lying woman over, and saw her staring eyes and a bloody seam on her neck where the blood no longer flowed out. .

"A Shuriman, the fatal wound was a sharp cut on the neck, which should be fatal with one blow... The wound is smooth, and it seems that the person who killed her was very skillful."

Then, Caitlin waved her hand to signal Li Lin to get closer, and carefully examined the corpse with the help of the light.

She reached out and touched the woman's body first. There was still warmth on the surface of the skin, which proved that she hadn't died long ago.

Afterwards, she checked the augmenting device that combined Hextech and Alchemy Technology, and noticed the green spots in the woman's tarnished eyes.

"Not only does she have hex technology, but she also has alchemy technology boost, so she shouldn't be a pure bottom city person...

"The green spots in her eyes are the same color as the liquid in the alchemy catheter, which proves that she was strengthened with alchemy potions before she died, and there is also a high-frequency vibrating knife invented by a genius craftsman Zevi over there.

"Combined with the current information, first of all, it can be completely confirmed that the person who just fought her is Mrs. Gray, which is why she has never fought with so many methods.

"Secondly, there is a high probability that this guy is C who kidnapped my parents. My parents are most likely somewhere in this winery."

Caitlin snapped her teeth lightly, then stood up, swapped roles with C, then checked the traces of the surrounding battle, lost in thought:

"Before Mrs. Cinderella came, C would definitely stay in a hidden location where she could look at the winery, but when Mrs. Cinderella came to her door, her first reaction would definitely be to run away.

"What Mrs. Gray wants is stability. With C's intelligence, it is very likely that she will try to blackmail Mrs. Gray with my mother who is a member of parliament.

"Since she fled in this direction, and the traces on the ground are not leading to the exit, it means that my parents are still alive, and they are probably there..."

Li Lin and Jess were taken aback by Caitlin's meticulous analysis.

Then, she squinted slightly to look towards the side of the corridor, and then strode over there, "Leave the body here and leave it alone. Find my parents first."

After running for a while, Caitlin heard no footsteps behind her, and looked back to see that Li Lin and Jess seemed to be still in place in a daze.

"Why are you still standing there in a daze! Come here, let's look here first!"

　Tip: In the main universe Shurima's novel "Bloodline", it is mentioned that casting magic will produce a metallic rancid taste in the mouth.

　　
　
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