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Chapter 3861: Clues in the Picture
Chapter 3861: Clues in the Picture
The canvas is hung on the wardrobe.
The wardrobe was placed on the left side of the bed. In other words, when Alfred was sleeping on the bed, he could see the canvas as long as he leaned to the left.
The tapestry is on the wall above the head of the bed. You cannot see it when you sleep on the bed, but you can see it at first glance when you open the door and enter the bedroom.
In general, both the tapestry and the canvas are relatively conspicuous, but in terms of positional relationship, Alfred should like the canvas more than the tapestry.
After all, the fact that he could see it while sleeping in bed, and even watch it until he fell asleep, was enough to show how much Alfred loved this canvas.
"If I had to choose, I would choose canvas." Zuniga looked at the canvas and tapestry, stroking his chin and declaring his preference.
Ingres silently glanced at the canvas…the swimsuit canvas.
He silently glanced at the tapestry again: a blanket for teenage idols - the tightly wrapped version.
He somewhat understood the joint choice of Zuniga and Alfred.
The content on the canvas is a swimsuit, but it is more than just a swimsuit. On the sunny coast, on the beach with coconut trees, a sexy beauty in a velvet bikini lies on a beach chair, seemingly basking in the sun. The exposed skin is rubbed with tanning oil, revealing a healthy, dark bronze complexion. Only the velvet straps are loose, revealing light sunburn marks on the skin.
She held her head high with sunglasses on and stretched out her hand to try to block the dappled sunlight projected from the shadows of the coconut trees.
This is the overall representation of the canvas.
A half ball pressed on a beach chair, the swimsuit straps untied, skin covered with brown oil, toned and sexually tense thighs, and a round buttocks.
In addition to giving people a sexy impact, it also brings sunshine and fitness.
When Ingres first saw it, he also thought that the canvas had good expressiveness, and at least as a "painting", it was very attractive.
But other than that, he didn't see any "hidden clues" in the canvas.
The reason why the canvas was sent to Zuniga as a "suspected clue" was mainly because the presence of this canvas was too strong, making it impossible not to pay attention to it.
As for the tapestries on the walls, they are different from the canvases and are of a completely different style.
On the tapestry are a group of pure and innocent girl idols who are wrapped tightly, each posing in an "invincible youth" pose on the colorful neon stage.
The "nun" praying with her hands on her chest, the "student" standing on one leg dynamically, the "dancer" doing a side flip on one hand, the charming "girl" casting seductive eyes, the cool "strong woman" wearing sunglasses sitting on the center bench... The girl idols with different shapes but the same style bring completely different impacts and are also different interpretations of "youth is invincible".
At present, Angel couldn’t figure out anything fishy about the girl idol on the tapestry.
However, their movements were too many and too fancy, and Angle had no idea if there were any hidden clues. After all, he was completely blind to the girl idols in Modern City.
"If Alfred really hid the clues on the canvas and the tapestry, which one do you think it would be?" Angel looked at Zuniga.
Zuniga was silent for a moment, then slowly spoke: "Well... who is Alfred?"
Angel: “…Didn’t I say that?”
Zuniga: “Did you say that?”
Angel thought about it and realized that he really hadn’t told Zuniga the name of the former noble knight.
It's not that Angel forgot. If he hadn't gotten the "Alfred Intelligence Collection" from Lizzie, he himself wouldn't have known the name of the former noble knight.
Thinking of this, Angel simply shared the information he had obtained from Lizzie with Zuniga.
Zuniga repeated in a low voice: "Alfred Royston... This name fits his status."
"Ok?"
Zuniga: "In this continent, Alfred means noble, and Royston means elegant, principled, and honorable."
"The names of the powerful families in several cities I have traveled to have similar words. In the City of Misty Forest, Royston is even the surname of a pure-blood family."
Angel's eyes flickered: "You mean, Alfred might be a noble from the Fog Forest City?"
Zuniga shook his head. "I just want to say that the surname Royston is very common among the powerful and wealthy in this continent. Common people don't dare to take this surname. As for whether Alfred is from the City of Misty Forest, it's hard to say, because there are families with the surname Royston in several other cities."
In short, the name is very suitable for the meaning of "noble knight".
But at the same time, since Alfred could use this surname, it is very likely that he had a certain background, and a powerful background.
Of course, this “powerful person” in the background may not be in the modern city.
But even so, Alfred, who has such a noble surname, shouldn't be from the underground district...
Angel recalled what Bonette had said before.
The seven knights of the Dark Round Table are mainly the Noble Knights. Moreover, according to Bonette, the Noble Knights are the first in line to join the Knights.
The other knights who followed joined the group under the witness of the Noble Knight, so their identities could at least be verified by each other, but they didn't know where the Noble Knight came from?
Could it be that the Noble Knights are not actually from the underground streets? From the first to the current, they all came from the "sunlight"?
It is even possible that every noble knight is a man of the Dark Lord.
Otherwise, why are the Noble Knight and the Dark Lord so close?
Seeing that the horse was about to run away, Zuniga coughed twice, calling Ingres back to his thoughts and bringing the topic back on track: "You asked me just now, which one is more likely to contain clues, the canvas or the tapestry?"
"My answer is... both are possible. However, I prefer canvas."
"As for the reason, there are too many people on the tapestry. Everyone has their own movements, outfits, and styles. If the clues are really related to these, then the clues are too complicated."
"Anyway, if it were me, I definitely wouldn't hide the clues on such a complicated tapestry. It's not a murder case, why make it so complicated?"
Zuniga personally speculated that if Alfred really left clues in his home, he probably thought: If I disappear, at least someone can follow my path and find where I am.
In this case, it certainly wouldn't be too complicated for Alfred to leave clues.
The tapestry looks complicated, not as simple and clear as the canvas... and it is elegant and graceful.
Ingle did not comment on Zuniga's preference because he himself did not know the answer.
Ingres turned his eyes to the swimsuit canvas.
"If there is a clue here, where would it be?" Angel asked puzzledly.
Zuniga gestured with a number: "Three possibilities."
"When you look at this lady sunbathing, what part of her body do you notice first?"
Ingres's eyes swept across the sexy girl on the canvas, from her feet up to her toned thighs, and finally to her smooth back...
"I should have noticed the tan on her back."
The dark brown oil applied to her skin, coupled with the sun's exposure, made her skin darker overall, but the areas bound by the bikini still retained a pale complexion.
It is also these pale sunburn marks that are very eye-catching.
Zuniga: "Yes, just like a black spot on a pure white paper, a white spot on a black paper, people will always magnify their attention on the minority."
"Does the shape of this sunburn look like a row of numbers?"
Ingres observed carefully and used all his imagination, but he just couldn't see the so-called numbers.
"Look at the first number horizontally, the second number sideways, the third number lying prone, the fourth number..." Zuniga said a long string of numbers and gave a number: "77167".
Angel: "%&*..."
Not to mention whether this number has any meaning, just observing these numbers requires you to use all your skills. Are you sure this number is true?
Besides, who would leave clues at a 360-degree angle?
Angel pointed to one of the girls in the tapestry: "Did you see her gesture?"
Zuniga: "Hand gesture? No, isn't it just an open palm?"
Angel said seriously: "According to my analysis, this represents the number five."
Although Ingle did not comment on Zuniga's analysis, Zuniga already understood what he meant by this inverse proportion.
Zuniga smiled awkwardly and said, "This is just a guess. If you think this sunburn mark doesn't look like a number, let's look at something else. There are two possible answers for this canvas!"
Then Zuniga mentioned two other possibilities.
First, the mottled shadows of the coconut trees cast on the girl, with spots of light. In Zuniga's "interpretation", these spots of light may be a reflection of astronomical constellations!
The arrangement of stars is used as a code, and once it is deciphered, it will be the clue that Alfred wants to tell us!
In response, Angel said nothing and directly contacted Gleipnir, who had just arrived at Prada Media, and sent her the light spot that Zuniga called the "star map".
When Gleipnir saw it, he simply replied to Angel: "Is this dust?"
After Angel's explanation, Gleipnir almost stumbled. Fortunately, Abigail transformed into a human form and walked in front to block Gleipnir.
Gleipnir: "That's bullshit star map. Don't believe his lies. I think it's better for you to wait until I hand in the main quest before asking him to help you!"
Angel didn't say anything and silently disconnected the call.
Then he looked at Zuniga and said, "That's impossible. You tell me the next one."
Zuniga scratched his head and talked about the third possibility: "Look, when she was shading herself from the sun, her hand gesture was slightly bent, and the sunlight shone down on her fingers, making each of their knuckles appear light and dark. There are six shiny spots, six shadows, and two invisible spots. Does this mean 662?"
Angel was listening attentively, but after hearing Zuniga's inference, he clenched his fists.
He now felt that Gleipnir was right.
Asking Zuniga for help is purely a negative improvement!
"What kind of speculation is this?" Angel asked helplessly, suppressing the fire in his chest.
Zuniga looked innocent: "It's always written like this in the detective novels I read. The clues are all very hidden and bizarre. I've also read a novel before where the deceased wrote in the crack of the mirror before dying, leaving clues to the real murderer..."
Angell: "???" The dead wrote in the crack of the mirror? Do you want to hear what you are saying?
The air was silent.
Zuniga was reflecting on himself alone. After a moment, he carefully reviewed the situation and felt that his reasoning was indeed a bit too far-fetched.
The main reason was that it was his first time to play a detective, so he was a little excited and wanted to "show off" in front of Ingres, so he habitually relied on the bizarre plots in the novel.
"Although the clues and reasoning I gave just now may be a little wrong, I still think that Alfred would not hide the clues so complicatedly." Zuniga: "It is even possible that the clue is right in front of us, but we just haven't thought about it yet."
Ingres did not speak, but silently observed the canvas and the tapestry next to it.
Although Zuniga said that the tapestry was too complex and might not contain any clues, a complex picture does not necessarily mean a complex clue. These are two different things.
While Ingres was observing, Zuniga also looked along, but he had already looked all the way when he came here, and still didn't find anything.
"It's past midnight now, and the daily news has been updated. Maybe I can try my luck with the daily news..."
Daily news is one of the special abilities of the gossip spirit.
Although the information given is random intelligence according to the ability description, Zuniga personally feels that this information will be affected by his personal emotions.
For example, he had always wanted to find the "outer space person", and the daily news gave him the information about the outer space person.
So, maybe as long as he was inclined to look for clues, he might actually find them in the daily news.
Thinking of this, Zuniga summoned his magic book...
On the other side, Angel also heard Zuniga muttering to himself: "Daily news?"
Zuniga: "Let's give it a try. We have nothing to do anyway."
Angel thought for a moment and said, "I remember you have 'Spot News'?"
Zuniga shook his head: "Pinpoint news can only be used on people, and the designated person must be within the field of vision, and it cannot be used on the same person repeatedly."
At this point, Zuniga looked at Angel: "You are the only person I can see. Are you sure you want me to use spot news on you?"
Angel: "Forget it..."
Zuniga didn't care. While operating the magic book, he casually said, "Speaking of fixed-point news, I actually used fixed-point news once yesterday, and it seems to have something to do with you."
Angel: "Huh?"
Zuniga: "Before I came to Beverly Care Center, I was attacked by the Smokescreen Scholars in the Central Block and entered the Challenge Space. Do you remember?"
Angel nodded: "I accepted this mission and completed it."
Zuniga: "Yes, when I woke up after failing the challenge, I wanted to find you, but I couldn't find you. Later, I only met a bakery clerk."
Angel: "You fainted on the side of the road, and it was the bakery clerk who took care of you."
Zuniga nodded noncommittally: "At the time, I used fixed-point news on the clerk."