novelonline Chapter 778: Angry Armor
Chapter 778: Angry Armor
Chapter 778: Angry Armor
Several days passed.
When Kobayashi and his friends finished making the clothes, they informed the kingdom's prosecutor Sena with great fanfare. In order to lure the criminal into the trap, they kept the clothes overnight and asked Aqua to remove the barrier in the mansion.
After that, they waited quietly for the criminal to take the bait.
As time passed, there was no movement in the entire mansion, as if it was completely asleep.
Of course, this is just an illusion.
Kobayashi and the others huddled in various corners of the living room, waiting for the prisoner to arrive. Huihui also changed her schedule rarely for this day. Yunyun, Aqua and Darkness also prepared ropes, nets and sticks, ready to give the prisoner a good beating.
Then--
A strange sound alerted everyone, and Xiaolin gestured to them to get ready. However, the door of the mansion was opened, and a person walked in quietly.
Probably to hide himself, he wore a black robe with the hood pulled low so his face couldn't be seen.
And I don’t know if it’s because he is too cautious, even if Xiaolin uses the Five Visions, he can only see his face blurry.
When the prisoner tiptoed in, he looked around first, and then seemed to be relieved when he found nothing unusual.
"Okay, that's it..."
He planned to find the clothes and steal them. However, Xiaolin did not give him the chance and immediately lit up the magic stone lamp in the mansion. Under the bright light, his figure was immediately exposed.
"What!?"
"——It's really surprising that there are guests at this time."
Kobayashi greeted the visitor as a host. Darkness and Yunyun walked to the door to block his escape route, while Aqua and Megumin headed towards the window.
In short, the prisoners completely lost their escape route.
Darkness chuckled and said, “You are wrong, Xiaolin. People who come in without permission are not considered guests.”
“We should call him a suspicious person!” Huihui raised the magic wand in her hand.
Aqua rubbed her hands, making a crunching sound, looked at the man in black robe with an unfriendly face, and said in a cold voice: "Okay, be prepared!"
"I won't let you escape this time!" Youyou also gathered her strength and prepared to use magic.
"Tsk!"
The man in black robe was very unwilling to see this and was shocked. However, at this point it was impossible for him to escape. It would be better to say that being caught was his final fate.
"I'll treat you well." Xiao Lin grinned and shouted, "Arrest him————!"
Darkness rushed forward first, but she was clumsy and was easily shaken by the black-robed man who turned around casually.
"Wait!? I can't even hit you in the face, how useless are you!?"
"This is not the time to say such things, Xiaolin! He's trying to escape!"
Just when Darkness revealed her position, giving the man in black an opportunity to take advantage, Youyou suddenly attacked.
"Light of Saber!"
“——It hurts so much!!!”
The man in black robe screamed.
Advanced lightning magic is no joke. Even if Youyou didn't really use all her strength, the high levels of paralysis and electric shock still made people feel very uncomfortable.
"Well done, Yoyo!"
"——I'm sorry, I don't want to hurt you. If you stay still, I won't attack you again."
Youyou said this very handsomely.
In order to prevent the man in black from escaping, Xiaolin used binding magic to trap him.
"Darkness, control this guy!"
"give it to me!"
"Aqua and Megumin, tie his hands and feet!"
"Got it!" "Understood!"
The two of them also pounced forward.
At this time, the kingdom's prosecutor Sena, who had been hiding in the mansion waiting for the criminal to take the bait, also walked out from another room. She looked coldly at the trapped man in black robes, and had already identified him as a criminal in her heart.
Xiao Lin snapped his fingers and said dangerously, "Come on, it's time to settle the score. How dare you frame us!?"
"What do you mean?" The man in black robe did not admit his fault. After all, as long as he refused to admit it, he could not be convicted... That should have been the case.
"Haha, you're playing dumb, huh?"
Xiao Lin didn't want to waste words with him, and said with some pride: "No matter what, at least you are now illegally invading our mansion, which is a crime, right Miss Sena?"
"Yes, that's right." The Kingdom's prosecutor Sena pushed up her glasses. "Because he is a criminal in the act, we can arrest him on the spot."
The dangerous eyes fell on the man in black robe, and he was so scared that he couldn't help but tremble.
"Tsk."
The arrested man in black robe had nothing to say.
"Okay, what are you going to do next?" Xiao Lin looked at him and said with a wicked smile: "We can hand you over to Miss Sena directly, but can you still achieve your goal in this way?"
This is a deliberate provocation, and the purpose is naturally to arouse the other party's anger and thus find out the other party's true intentions.
Honestly, it wouldn't be too easy to arrest this guy, but the question is why steal the clothes, or let them make them?
"Tsk." The black-robed man was shocked again. He looked at Xiao Lin unwillingly and asked, "Why, did you know I would come?"
"It's not that I know, but I lured you here."
Xiaolin spread his hands.
This guy is so stupid that he can be arrested successfully with just a little trick. However, Kobayashi doesn't intend to tell him the method and plan, after all, that would raise an issue.
But Aqua—
"If we place strict guards in the noble's mansion and during the transportation, you can only find a chance before we send out the clothes, right?"
"Hey, Aqua!"
"What does it matter? He's been caught anyway and there's no way he can escape."
"That's not the reason!"
Many villains lose because they proudly introduce their plans and methods, which allows the protagonist to find the flaws and finally kill them successfully. Although Xiaolin does not think of himself as a villain, he cannot speak recklessly.
Huihui was a little surprised.
"But it's exactly as Xiaolin predicted. If the criminal's purpose is as speculated, he will come here before the clothes are sent out."
And this sentence successfully stimulated the man in black robe. He twisted his body, stretched out his head and shouted at Xiaolin.
"Do you know my purpose?"
"You don't want us to make clothes, you want us to collect materials, right?"
Seeing that Aqua had failed, Kobayashi could only continue the conversation and explain his purpose to the man in black robe so that he would give up completely.
"——!?"
The man in black robe stiffened for a moment.
“It seems that I guessed it right.” Darkness said in surprise: “He is obviously a villain, but he can’t lie. It’s really surprising.”
"hateful……"
The man in black robe was somewhat unwilling.
Aqua was very curious. She couldn't help but ask, "What do you mean? Why do you want us to collect materials? I don't understand the reason for doing this at all!"
"It's very simple, Aqua."
"what?"
"The materials for making clothes are all something that the four of us can find ways to obtain. There are also magic props that can be purchased with money, right? If one person were to collect these things, it would take who knows how many years. And making clothes itself is just to inject a little magic into the stone slab. As long as we gather the materials, it will be a piece of cake."
Xiao Lin spread his hands and uncovered the black-robed man's purpose clearly.
Honestly, there's really no secret about him other than what he looks like.
"Hmph..." Aqua stretched out her tone in dissatisfaction, and said, "So you want us to work like slaves for you, right?"
She hated this kind of thing the most, so she was so dissatisfied.
The man in black robe had nothing to say.
Miss Sena, the prosecutor of the kingdom, looked at the man in black robes and said, "You are now suspected of invading a noble mansion and stealing. Do you have any excuses?"
I forgot that this guy also broke into the noble's mansion.
Then he is dead this time.
But the man in black robe was not a fool. Although he was caught, it was an unavoidable fact that he broke into Kobayashi and others' mansion without permission. However, the punishment he received was much lighter than the punishment for breaking into a noble's mansion.
That's why he will never admit his evil deeds.
"Huh, what are you talking about? You must be the wrong person!"
The man in black robe looked calm and composed.
However, Sena was not angry. She pushed her glasses and said, "Forget it. It's easy for us to see through the lies."
I forgot, there is a magic lie detector.
They suffered a lot because of that magic item, and I think the man in black will also taste the bitterness now. I hope he can be put in prison safely.
Then Sena said, "Well, leave this man to me, and let me handle the rest."
"I'm counting on you, Miss Sena." Kobayashi waved his hand casually.
After all, the next matter should be handled by the Kingdom Prosecutor, not to mention the most upright Miss Sena. It is really reassuring to have her help.
After a moment of hesitation, Hui Hui said, “Well, does that mean… the problem has been solved?”
"Well, um... Mr. Kobayashi, what will happen to me? What should I do? Will it be completely OK if I just don't say anything?" Aqua asked nervously.
"Oh, by the way, there is also your question..."
Xiao Lin also suddenly came to his senses.
Aqua had helped the black-robed man to break the barrier of the noble mansion without knowing it, so if she wasn't careful she would be considered an accomplice, but now she didn't know what to do.
Xiao Lin leaned close to her ear and whispered, "After that, find a chance to tell the truth. A poor cover-up will only aggravate the charges."
"how come……"
Aqua looked aggrieved.
"Don't run away and admit it." Xiaolin patted her shoulder and said, "I will apologize too, so you are not allowed to run away."
"I understand..."
Aqua finally accepted her fate.
“By the way,” Darkness looked at Sena again and asked, “What should we do with the clothes that the nobles have commissioned?”
“There’s no need to do it anymore, since the criminal has been caught.” Huihui said.
"No, it's better to do it." Sena thought about it and said this. She said seriously: "After all, you have accepted it. If you give up, it may give the nobles a reason to cause trouble for you."
She thought very carefully.
It can also be seen from this that Sena has a very bad impression of the nobles, so she is determined not to give them any chance to take advantage of her.
But it also reminded them.
Although making clothes is a bit annoying, since it’s the last bit, I’m not that angry anymore.
"Since we have gathered all the materials, let's do it quickly." Xiaolin looked at the stupid goddess who was happily carrying the stone slab and said, "Aqua, please inject the magic power into it."
"Okay, then, just do it casually."
Aqua injected her own magic power.
When the material disappeared in front of them and the light shone, everyone subconsciously covered their eyes. As the light gradually dissipated, what came into everyone's eyes was not the thin and beautiful clothes they had imagined, but -
"Hmm? What is this? Armor?"
"That's weird. Shouldn't it be clothes?"
Megumin and Aqua looked at each other.
Darkness then said, “Hey, Xiaolin, let me introduce the clothes that the nobles commissioned.”
"Okay, let me take a look..."
Xiao Lin took out the clothes from his arms and read them out in front of everyone.
"I'm meeting my long-distance boyfriend today, but where I'm going is—"
"Sorry, could you please get to the point?"
"Oh, oh... the point is, these are cute clothes for girls who are calm when they are angry."
After Kobayashi finished reading, he looked at everyone.
Yunyun thought for a moment and said, "I feel like the armor and the cute clothes are very different..."
"Yes, even if it's a bikini armor, it should be sexy instead of cute." Xiaolin pulled the armor and said, "Not to mention, this armor is not sexy at all."
This is a very heavy armor and has no feminine look at all.
Darkness was a little confused and asked, “Could it be that the wrong material was used?”
"Or is this the cuteness of today?" Aqua said subconsciously.
"No, no, no, that's impossible."
Xiao Lin waved his hand.
however--
"No, there is no mistake."
At this time, the black-robed man who was tied up tightly suddenly said this. Everyone looked at him and suddenly remembered that the formula of this dress came from him.
Xiaolin looked at him seriously.
"…What does this mean? What are you planning?"
"Is there something more important than this?" The man in black robe was not afraid of being questioned. Instead, he said with a mood of watching a good show: "What you made is the armor of anger."
"……what?"
"Anger is a much stronger emotion than any other. Do you know what that means?"
"What does it mean..."
Even a fool would know that he has been fooled.
I guess I was too careless. All the clothes I wore before were almost the same as the ones in the recipe, so I didn't have any vigilance at all. I didn't expect that the man in black robe took advantage of this!
Damn it, there's still an opportunity for me to take advantage of!
(End of this chapter)