Chapter 1727 The Incredible Skills Of The Culprit
Evan stared at both men curiously. Do they not know that they were poisoned at Daemonic Mount? “We’ve found the cause of your illness. It’s your greed.”
“Greed? What does that have to do with this illness?”
“Yeah! Also, what makes you think that we’re greedy?”
Evan looked right at both men, his eyes shining with a sharp glint.
“You were poisoned because you were going after the treasure!”
Both patients turned to one another.
“W-What are you talking about? I don’t know what you’re saying.”
“Y-Yeah, we have no idea what you mean.”
Both men were avoiding his gaze. Neither dared to even look in Evan’s general direction.
“Is that so? Okay, then how about this? I’ll give you a choice. Either confess now, or you can pack up and leave this hospital right away.”
The patients were speechless at his ultimatum.
They turned to one another once more. Their hesitance and struggle only lasted a short while because they knew that their lives were more important. If they died, they would have zero chance of finding the treasure, anyway.
Both men turned to Evan and started examining him closely.
“Y-You know about the treasure?”
“Of course I do. I also know that both of you went to Daemonic Mount.”
Silence greeted his words.
A surprised expression crossed their faces as they confessed, “We had plans to go to Daemonic Mount, but we fell ill before we got there. In the end, we turned around and came here.”
“Yeah. We were about ten meters away from the foot of Daemonic Mount when we felt uncomfortable and had to come back.”
Evan was a little surprised.
Faye was poisoned at Daemonic Mount itself, but these two men didn’t even reach it before they were poisoned. How did they…?
That was when Evan recalled what Nicole had said earlier. Faye is a good fighter, and the people at Daemonic Mount knew that they would be in trouble if they attacked her directly. That was why they tricked her and led her up the mountain.
These men probably aren’t good fighters. That’s probably why the people at Daemonic Mount attacked before the men even got close to the place.
What’s truly strange, however, was that neither man detected anything. I guess that means that the people at Daemonic Mount are more skilled than I expected.
“Before you fell ill, did you sense something strange? Think carefully. It’d help us find a cure.”
Something strange…
With that hint, the two men tried thinking back.
A few minutes later, both men exchanged glances before turning their attention to Evan. One of them said, “Before I was sick, I felt something like rain falling on me. When I looked up, however, I realized that it wasn’t raining at all. I still feel like I accidentally swallowed a few droplets, though, as there was a bitter aftertaste in my mouth.”
Bitter aftertaste… Faye also mentioned something similar after she was force-fed the poison.
Evan narrowed his eyes as a grim look flickered in them. I guess that was when they were poisoned.
The other guy then shared, “Did you say you tasted something bitter? I think I did too. I’m sure it wasn’t from any rain, though. I had some apples with me, and when I bit into the last one, I tasted something bitter. I assumed that the apple was just rotten, so I tossed it.”
“Wait, you threw the apple away because it was bitter?”
“Yeah. Dude, did you think that I threw it away just because I didn’t want to share it with you? I’m not that mean and only tossed it because it tasted terrible! Wait… Do you think the apple was poisoned?”
“What the hell? You didn’t even realize when your apple was poisoned?” complained the patient with an ice pack on.
“How was I supposed to know? I simply took it out of my bag, wiped it with my shirt, then took a bite…”
The two men argued away, but Evan didn’t care about that. He simply thought that the culprits were ridiculously skilled. They poisoned someone without anyone realizing it. With them protecting the place, I guess getting to that treasure won’t be an easy feat.
When Evan left the patients’ room, he saw that Nicole was exiting Faye’s room as well.
“How did it go? Were they poisoned at Daemonic Mount?” asked Nicole anxiously.
Evan shot a look at the room before answering, “Their incompetence made it so that they never set foot on Daemonic Mount. They were poisoned before they even got close. On top of that, the person who poisoned them was extremely skilled. The culprit practically acted like an invisible ghost and poisoned them without them realizing it. If I hadn’t forced them to think carefully, they would likely have died without ever knowing that they were poisoned.”
“That’s terrifying,” said Nicole. A fearful look crossed her face at the mere thought of it.
