Tokyo underground city

Chapter 155 Malice

Lin Huai'en has already come to a conclusion about what happened to him.

At first he felt angry, but soon he realized that he should look at this matter more calmly.

"All monsters attack me together..."

"Someone should be trying to teach me a lesson."

"But the dozen or so malicious intentions that followed probably weren't all intended to murder me."

Capturing the details of enemy attacks in detail is the advantage of [Sword Theory], but it can also become its disadvantage when facing many threatening targets——

"You're awake, Mr. Lin."

Catalina was the first to discover the situation on Lin Huaien's side.

Being entangled by Yuan Ximu and unable to do anything, she immediately turned her body around,

"Sorry, it's a side effect of the skill, I took a nap."

What surprised Lin Huai'en was that Marilla was also by Yuan Ximu's side. The girl's face turned red and she rarely showed anger towards Catalina.

Considering that he was asleep not long ago, Lin Huaien knew that this was not her acting skills.

At least not for his acting.

"Mr. Lin! It's the explorer from Windrunner who got the strength of the bait skill wrong! Only you have the bait that exceeds the threshold, reaching more than ten times that of the others!"

Marilla got ahead of Yuan Ximu and explained to Lin Huaien: "Katrina's subordinates insisted that they got the dose wrong and refused to admit that they were instructed by others!"

"Instructions? Whose instructions?"

Catalina frowned and retorted:

"Mr. Lin has only known us for a few days. The only person who knows who he is is Miss Xiyang Xixue. Who would come up with the idea of ​​murdering Mr. Lin in such a short period of time?"

After speaking, Catalina quickly turned to Lin Huaien: "I'm sorry, Mr. Lin, because my supervision was unfavorable and caused your injury, I have revoked the license of the troublemaker! I will also apply to the headquarters for condolences to you later. Jin, it was my dereliction of duty that such an accident occurred! But please understand, no one expects to see such a result!"

Looking at Catalina, Lin Huaien nodded:

"It's true as you said, we have no evidence now."

"But for the sake of your company's credibility, I think you should conduct a self-examination to prevent it from being really done by your company's employees - then it will be a criminal matter."

Lin Huaien's tone was calm, but Catalina's expression was solemn: "I understand, please don't worry, I will confirm the situation again. If someone really instigated him -"

"You don't need to say anything, we will also transfer them to the legal authorities!"

"Okay." Lin Huaien nodded, acknowledging the measures Catalina planned to implement——

"Please fulfill your duty of supervision!"

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"Just let her go like this?!"

Looking at Catalina's leaving figure, Yuan Ximu felt a little angry.

"If you don't let her go, are you still stalking her?"

Lin Huai'en looked at Marilla and decided to be calm:

"I know someone tried to kill me, and it was enough that they didn't succeed -"

"I'm already on guard. It won't be easy if they try to do anything else."

"Do you want me to go talk to the old man and remove your identity as an actor? It will be safer if you don't participate in the filming of the crew."

Yuan Ximu was still a little worried.

"No need." However, Lin Huai'en shook his head, "They have already done this in front of everyone. If this happens again, no one present will be able to escape the involvement, and it is likely that the criminal police will intervene -"

"Whoever has the final say will have the final say at that time, but it won't be up to them."

Lin Huai'en couldn't help but sneered. Although Officer Shao seemed unreliable on the surface, similar matters were really his responsibility.

"I think... could it be Nalan Mingde and the others..."

To Lin Huai'en's surprise, Marilla listened to the conversation between the two people, hesitated, and stammered to reveal her original companion: "Na, Nalan, regarding the fact that you took away your identity as a swordsmanship instructor, He has always been very dissatisfied, and Zhou Tianang is also encouraging him to find a way to teach you a lesson...could it be planned by the two of them this time? "

Lin Huai'en glanced at Marilla. Although the girl's expression was weak, she had a risk-taking attitude.

If this is also her acting skills, then Lin Huai'en can only admit that her acting skills have evolved.

Therefore, he thought for a while and finally expressed his true thoughts:

"I don't think so. If it's really the two of them, you and Princess Diana will definitely know some rumors. Even you don't know their plan, which means they are just talking."

Lin Huai'en knew the young man's thoughts very well. Although Nalan Mingde complained on his lips, he was at least convinced in his heart.

After all, Lin Huai'en defeated him in an upright manner. A boy who can study dungeon skills so deeply, even if he is distorted because of his youth, must have his own pride in the things he insists on.

He would not choose to use such a despicable method to murder Lin Huai'en, otherwise he would never be able to raise his head in swordsmanship in the future.

Relatively speaking, he was more worried about Mu En and Shen Wanshan.

He had the reason to worry about Mu En a long time ago. Almost at the first sight of the two people meeting, they felt a little uncomfortable.

And Mr. Shen...

Lin Huai'en did not forget his last sentence "CUT".

If it were to achieve the desired effect, the "God of Tragedy" might really put him on a rack and roast him——

No one will die anyway.

Therefore, Lin Huai'en decided to confront Shen Wanshan.

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"You ask me, is it the excessive amount of bait I arranged?"

In the director's tent, Shen Wanshan sat behind the projector, looking at the footage on the screen, speaking slowly:

"Why do you think so?"

"Because of your 'CUT', it made me feel that you were the only one staying out of the whole incident."

Lin Huai'en replied unusually calmly.

However, Shen Wanshan just shook his head silently: "'Stay out of it'... There is nothing 'expected' on the shooting scene. The shooting itself was an 'accident', and the 'accident' was also on the scene. I just did my duty as a director." , I just captured the best shot of the scene.”

With that said, Shen Wanshan operated the projector and let Lin Huai'en see the scene when he shouted "CUT".

To be honest, this shot is not that good. Due to the rush of time, it does not even focus on Lin Huaien's side face.

However, Lin Huai'en's superb swordsmanship was still captured.

Lin Huai'en looked at this shot that could only be said to be unsatisfactory, and was somewhat silent.

"If scenes like this were shot under my instruction, then my reputation as a director can be smashed."

Sure enough, Shen Wanshan's tone was slightly mocking: "But I can't blame you. Other directors may shoot movies step by step, but I can wait three years for the shot I want."

“I’m more of a documentary filmmaker than a movie director.”

Shen Wanshan turned back, looked at the movie screen and continued:

"The best scene must be an accident -"

"Because even if the actor were to perform it again, she would not be able to recreate the 'accident'."

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Leaving Shen Wanshan's tent, Lin Huai'en sighed.

Still nothing.

"The only person who openly conflicts with me is Nalan Mingde."

"Director Shen and Mu En have motives, and Marilla's suspicion cannot be ruled out."

"But all said and done, these four people are all 'possible' - lacking motivation and lacking sufficient means."

"The entire Windrunner is managed by Catalina. Even if Mr. Shen and Mu En have any ideas, they cannot skip Catalina and instruct the bait operators to attack me."

"Marila and Nalan Mingde are even less capable."

"Is it really just the operator who doesn't like me?"

Operational accidents and private dissatisfaction were classified into the same category by Lin Huai'en. Anyway, he could not distinguish the difference between subjective intentions and objective mistakes.

But after ruling out most possibilities, even he had to admit that this might be the closest answer.

He just replaced an important supporting role, but it caused the entire crew, at least a dozen people, to be hostile to him.

So how do Hara Yumu, whose acting skills are too outstanding, and Marilla, who easily attracts male attention, survive in a place like this...

Thinking about all the weird behaviors of Nalan Mingde and Marilla, he didn't have much desire to be angry.

.

Now that we have come to a conclusion, we no longer have any doubts.

But because of the previous accident, he released Coco and secretly hid it in his clothes.

Anyway, the sword master's dojo uniform was black, so no one could notice that the shadow in his sleeves was much darker.

Except for the previous accident, the subsequent filming went smoothly.

The three tree leopards were released again. Even without the assistance of [Sword Theory], Lin Huai'en easily defeated them by just relying on enhanced perception.

No one even felt any difference between him before and after.

"So... is this why the mummy swordsman told me not to rely too much on [Sword Theory]..."

Lin Huai'en looked at the tree leopard corpse on the ground, wiped the blood on his face, swung his sword to shake off the blood on the blade, and inserted the sword back into its sheath.

2.5 nerve reflexes and thinking memory allowed him to perform this action in one go, as if what he was holding in his hand was not a double-edged long sword, but a single-edged samurai sword.

Nalan Mingde was stunned when he saw his action. He subconsciously wanted to imitate it, but accidentally injured his hand.

This made Lin Huaien a little funny, and more and more denied the possibility of him trapping her——

Although at the moment when the tree leopard pounced on him, among the people who were ready to see his joke, there were definitely Nalan Mingde and his accomplice Zhou Tianang.

[When I was conceiving the plot of the second volume, I had been thinking about whether the line of 'malice' could be drawn out. If it couldn't be drawn out, I was ready to give up. 】

[It’s great to be able to draw it out so smoothly. 】