Chapter 492 Reasons
Chapter 492 Reasons (Part )
"I am so sorry!"
After looking at the robber brother and sister with their hands tied to the chair with belts and extremely ugly faces, the captain of the crew who rushed in from the auxiliary cabin couldn't help but wipe the cold sweat from his head, and then bowed to the ground without hesitation.
"It's our fault that our inspection failed and you got scared!"
"It's okay. It's not your fault."
Leon smiled when he heard this, and then he said while playing with the fake gun in his hand:
"The guns they were holding were not real guns, and they were not even made of iron. Instead, they were made of painted wood. I guess they disassembled the guns and mixed them with the sundries in the suitcases before bringing them up.
Because there were no metal parts, the strong magnetic scale you used to check the luggage could not make the weight of the luggage heavier, allowing them to mix the two fake guns up.
Unless you can search every passenger's luggage, this kind of inspection is unavoidable, and you have done your best."
"This... I'm very sorry, thank you for your understanding..."
Seeing that Leon didn't seem to have any intention of pursuing the matter, the captain of the airship let out a long sigh. After giving the robbers a murderous look, he signaled the guards behind him to arrest them, and bowed to Leon and the female reporter again, saying:
"Your Excellency, we are very sorry for what happened today. I will take these two people away first, and I promise to give you an explanation!"
"There's no rush yet."
After raising his hand and pressing down to stop the guards who wanted to arrest him, Leon smiled and said:
"I have something I want to ask them. I wonder if there is a quiet private room on the airship. If there is, please arrange one for me."
"Yes, there is..."
After hearing Leon's request, the guard chief hesitated for a moment and then reminded him:
"But these two are bandits who want to hijack the airship. If you stay in the same room with them and get hurt..."
"Will not."
Leon shook his head and said in a face that would not allow rejection:
"If I can catch them once, I can catch them a second time. Just go and arrange the rooms."
"This... since you have a request, then fine."
Seeing that His Excellency the Prince insisted again and again, the Chief of the Guards, who was still receiving a salary from the Kingdom's Ministry of Transport, naturally did not dare to continue to object.
But he was afraid that Leon would be careless and really fall into the hands of the robbers, so the captain of the guards asked someone to go to the warehouse to get a few thick ropes for tying up the airbags. After tying up the robbers and their siblings like dumplings, he took Leon and the female reporter to a small room and introduced them eagerly:
"Your Excellency, this room was originally used to balance the load and prevent the airship from rolling. Although it is a little off the center, it is definitely quiet enough. I will take people to guard it at a distance to ensure that no one will disturb you."
"Thank you."
After nodding and thanking the captain of the guard, Leon closed the door from the inside, and then smiled at the robber brother and sister who were thrown on the cabin floor and tied up like two maggot babies:
"Chat?"
"Pooh!"
As if angered by the smile on Leon's face, the robber brother who had successfully transformed into a maggot arched twice on the floor, protecting the robber girl behind him, and then glared at Leon and said:
"You liar! We have nothing to talk about with you!"
"Isn't it a bit too much to call me a liar? "
Leon blinked when he heard this, then smiled and asked back:
"Since you showed up, I haven't told a single lie. How come I'm a liar?"
"..."
"Besides, I don't even know you. I just went out for a normal trip, but you put a gun to my head and threatened me to do this and that. In this case, even if I really lied to you, it doesn't seem to be a problem, right?" It seems to be true...
After hearing Leon's question, the robber couldn't help but feel uneasy. He hesitated twice and then shut up.
The robber girl who was protected behind him observed Leon's expression for a while, then stared at Leon's eyes and took the initiative to speak:
"Sir...if you let him go, I can take you to the palace of the Kingdom of Korok!"
Ok?
After hearing what the robber girl said, Leon's eyebrows couldn't help but raise slightly, and he looked at her with some surprise.
This kid...seems quite capable?
After failing to hijack the airship and being tied up like a maggot baby, most people's brains would have been overloaded, but not only did she calm down, she even had the energy to think about her own ideas, and she was actually trying to negotiate terms.
Although children in this world are generally precocious, for a child who is only about twelve or thirteen years old and has not been exposed to many things, this calmness and rationality are extremely rare...
At least she's better than Nicole.
"She asked you, why do you keep looking at me?"
The female reporter felt a little awkward when she saw Leon's look. She instinctively thought that he must be thinking about something impolite. She couldn't help but glare back, then turned her head and asked curiously:
"How do you know we want to find the Korok Palace?"
"..."
See, what I said.
Seeing the robber girl's tense body relax a little and a hint of joy in her eyes after hearing the female reporter's question, Leon couldn't help but shook his head and looked at the female reporter helplessly.
Your brain... is really far ahead of this half-grown kid's.
Before you asked this question, she didn't know what you wanted and was just making a blind guess to test the waters. I should be able to trick the answer out of her with just a little coaxing.
But after you asked this question, she will know what we want and will definitely hold on to this only trump card tightly. If you don't give a solid promise this time, such as releasing her brother, she will definitely not speak.
……
"I'm just guessing."
After looking at the stupid... innocent-looking female reporter, the robber girl was glad that there was someone not so smart here, and she complimented him:
“From your temperaments, it’s obvious that you two are not ordinary people, and you don’t seem to be the cruel type. It’s unlikely that you would waste your time on two failed gangsters.
So I guess you two might want to know something, and the only thing I know that might be helpful to you 'nobles' is the location of the Korok Palace."
"No wonder……"
After listening to the robber's explanation, the female reporter nodded in realization, then turned back to look in Leon's direction, her bright eyes flashing with surprise, and she communicated through her eyes:
Leon, look at this child, she is so smart!
Let’s say, is it possible that she’s not smart, but that you’re a little… pure?
Looking at the female reporter being fooled around by a half-grown child, Leon, who felt a little headache, couldn't help but pinch his brows. He felt that this field trip would not be easy.
Apart from anything else, Nicole's intelligence means she has been able to survive safely in the Cleanup Bureau until now, probably thanks to her father's help.
She could already imagine that in the past, when she was performing tasks in the front, Director Aquarius followed behind with a helpless look on his face, rushing to clean up her mess. But now, it was obvious that the job of cleaning up the mess had fallen on her.
Hmm...wait, if I'm doing her father's job now, then doesn't that mean I'm her step-sister...
(End of this chapter)