33: Identify patterns and study notes

At this moment, in the crowd, Mirar, who had just finished work at the Exchange, watched with a cold eye.

Her lips were even slightly pursed, a hint of mocking laughter in her smile.

“These idiots, do they really think Gevas is grieving?”

Mirar sneered silently. If these people knew that Nem was actually killed by Gevas, they’d probably drop their jaws in shock, wouldn’t they?

At this moment, Gevas also saw Mirar in the crowd.

Mirar nodded at him, then disappeared.

Gevas, however, maintained his composure, still feigning an appearance of profound sorrow to deceive the onlookers around him.

Of course, there were also some clever people who became suspicious.

After all, the Barto Family had, in just two days, first lost their patriarch, and then their eldest young master.

The only heir left for the Barto Family was the youngest young master, Lola, who was Gevas’s nephew.

To call it mere coincidence, only a fool would believe it.

However, even if these clever people guessed there was something fishy going on, they dared not speak out.

Firstly, the Barto Family was not a good bunch to begin with.

Their deaths would only make people cheer; no one would ever seek revenge for them.

Secondly, Gevas was the captain of the Hibo Town constabulary, and also a powerful Just Knight.

Without evidence, who would dare to spread rumors in this town?

Therefore, for a period of time thereafter,

Although the town occasionally heard some rumors, overall, the deaths of Barto and his son did not cause much of a stir.

Time flew by, and it was now the middle of the night.

In Litton’s backyard, in the storeroom.

Ron opened his eyes, and the system prompts came to mind.

They were: the Hibo Town mayor’s gauntlet, the Exchange supervisor’s glasses, the big merchant’s money bag, Gevas’s wolf tooth, the missionary’s amulet, Gevas’s marital status, Gevas’s mistress hiding a Breathing Technique, Gevas starting today to falsely investigate Barto’s injury to acquire more slaves, the Kura City Thieves' Guild’s withdrawal, relaxed security, Harrington’s romance novel alchemy construct.

【Ding! Today’s intelligence is as follows—】

【1. Starting today, Gevas will use the pretext of investigating Barto’s injury to force more free people into slavery.】

【2. Gevas’s marriage to his wife was an alliance without affection. Because his wife only bore him two daughters, he has grown increasingly dissatisfied in recent years and secretly keeps a beautiful mistress outside.】

【3. Gevas’s mistress bore him a son two years ago. Overjoyed, he plans to find an opportunity in the future to make his illegitimate son his heir, and has made ample preparations for this.】

【4. The wolf tooth necklace on Gevas’s chest is a low-tier alchemy item, with the effect of releasing the pressure of wolf-type magical beasts, causing wild animals to feel fear, with wolf-type creatures being most affected.】

【5. Hibo Town Mayor Sanchi possesses a Knight’s Sword, which is a low-tier alchemy item, with the effect of slightly enhancing strength and speed, and can conduct battle qi.】

【6. The chief supervisor of the Exchange, Luther, possesses a pair of glasses, which is a low-tier alchemy item, with the effect of automatically adjusting to the appropriate prescription and providing a small bonus to observation skills.】

【7. The Harrington novel collected by the Knight School is a sealed low-tier alchemy item, containing Harrington and Rowling’s study notes. The specific unsealing method is — click to expand.】

【8. In the secret gold-hoarding courtyard Barto set up in the Commoner District, besides money, food, and other items, some self-defense weapons were also prepared.】

【9. All internal members of the Kura City Thieves' Guild have now withdrawn, leaving only a few peripheral members for lurking and intelligence gathering.】

【10. The Kura City United Knight Order has now been completely disbanded, all surrounding towns have lifted their martial law, and the results of recent wilderness investigations have been announced to the public.】

At this moment, Ron’s eyes flashed.

This time, with the intelligence refresh, he no longer read and analyzed it word by word from beginning to end, as he usually did, but quickly skimmed through it once.

When Ron saw the intelligence related to alchemy items,

“As expected, this system intelligence really does have a pattern to follow!”

Ron was immediately overjoyed, clenching his fists in excitement.

After he had clarified his thoughts yesterday, he repeatedly silently chanted words related to alchemy items.

Of course, besides alchemy items, there were actually many other things that could enhance his strength.

But in order to test whether the pattern existed, he had to find a term that was not easily involved and had a smaller scope to experiment with.

And the term ‘alchemy items’ perfectly fit this condition.

After all, alchemy items were extremely precious; it was estimated that there would be no more than five in the entire Hibo Town.

And in all the days Ron had activated the system, he had received nearly two hundred pieces of intelligence in total.

However, less than three of them were related to alchemy items, and all of those were related to that alchemy mask.

So, if Ron chanted silently, and the next day, the refreshed intelligence included more than one piece of information about alchemy tools,

That would indicate that the intelligence refresh pattern indeed existed!

It was based on this consideration that Ron chose the term ‘alchemy items’.

After chanting for a period of time last night, the impression in his mind deepened continuously.

Almost all his thoughts were about how to obtain alchemy items.

Thus, today’s system intelligence refresh,

Among the ten random pieces of intelligence, four pieces of information about alchemy items appeared!

“To be safe, I can try again tonight...”

Ron mused inwardly; if once wasn't stable, then twice.

If tomorrow night’s intelligence refresh still showed information related to alchemy items,

Then it would conclusively prove that his conjecture was completely correct.

Immediately after, Ron carefully read the intelligence from beginning to end again.

“Hmm? This Gevas’s actions are truly despicable and shameless!”

The first piece of intelligence made Ron exclaim in wonder.

“Not only did he personally kill Barto, but now he’s going to use his name to commit heinous acts?”

“However, this guy is very likely to target me next, so I must be careful.”

Ron muttered to himself, but he wasn’t overly worried.

After all, he had long since thought of a countermeasure.

Although it wasn’t a foolproof plan, it was enough to deal with Gevas.

Ron’s gaze shifted, and he continued to look down.

“Gevas has a mistress? And an illegitimate son?”

Ron raised an eyebrow; this piece of intelligence was quite interesting.

If he used it well, perhaps he could, like when he dealt with Barto before, orchestrate another assassination by proxy?

“Wolf tooth necklace... Knight’s Sword... glasses...”

After a quick glance, Ron’s gaze shifted directly downwards.

After all, these things, good as they were, were all owned.

With his current strength, he couldn’t obtain them at all, so he simply skipped them.

“Hmm? Harrington and his wife’s study notes?”

Upon seeing this, Ron’s eyes finally lit up, and his spirits became invigorated.