Chapter 332 "Barn's Conspiracy"

After leaving the inn, the group once again came to the room where Fang was, but Melf, following the Emperor of Shakespeare to the negotiations, did not accompany them.
"Next, White Tiger will have to work hard." Chen Fan looked apologetically at White Tiger.
"Helping each other is natural."
Upon hearing White Tiger's words, Chen Fan quickly took out a special saddle and placed it onto White Tiger's back.
Watching Chen Fan's skilled movements and the well-fitted saddle on his back, Baihu instantly knew that Chen Fan had been paying attention to him for a long time.
Now, it's the perfect timing for him to fulfill Chen Fan's wish. It seems that for the next period of time, he would become a thoroughbred mount.
Next, with the collective effort of everyone, they quickly placed Fang on the back of the white tiger.
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"Alright, since everything is ready, let's set off for the Port of Gothiwschwott," Lex exclaimed eagerly.
"Can we walk over there?"
"Sure, but why?"
Seeing the puzzled look on everyone's faces, Zig scratched his head in embarrassment, "Isn't this a return to our long-lost hometown? After all, we've been taken care of here for so long, I want to immerse myself in memories."
“Can you stop being so sentimental, let's hurry up and leave.” Alice urged as she pushed Zig.
“We can take our time walking to the harbor and buy some local specialties to bring back with us.” suggested Caige.
Zig, who was being pushed, waved his hand and said, "No need, no need, my dad doesn't need those. Alright, let's hurry up and go to the port of Gothestworth."
However, on the way to the port, Zig, despite saying he didn't need to buy anything, still bought a lot of things.
The main reason is that Chen Fan has a huge space, so everyone stuffed all the specialties they bought into it, which reduces the trouble of carrying them, leading to everyone buying so much.
After dawdling to the street, everyone found that it was surrounded by soldiers from Spabia and Invideria.
“The security here seems very tight,” Nia remarked as she watched the patrolling soldiers.
White Tiger, carrying Fang on its back, stretched its body and said, "According to my sources, Spopia and Invidea are holding a separate summit."
"Is the summit about the previous battle? Wasn't it resolved because of McPhee's intervention?" asked Taozi curiously.
"Probably there's something they don't want the Arcadia Holy See to hear. After all, this is a matter belonging to our country, and naturally we don't want other countries to intervene," said Chen Fan.
"Well, Invidia has kept some distance from Acadia, if the Pope gets involved in this matter, it will definitely not look good. So, we still need to do some superficial articles."
The one speaking is Zig, after all, as the first prince of Loxuria, he is quite clear about this kind of thing.
“置喙是什么意思？”伊丽丝凑上前来问道。
“笨蛋，让你平常不好好读书，现在知道什么叫头发长见识短了吧？置喙在这里的意思就是指受到他人干预啦。”
"Chen Fan rubbed Alice's head in annoyance and messed up her hair into a tangle."
"Oh! My hairstyle, Chen Fan, I'll bite you to death."
Looking at the two playing around, everyone else seemed quite helpless. This kind of daily occurrence was also very common for everyone, so no one found it strange.
"It's a pity that Melvyn can't travel with us this time. Being a country's leader is quite exhausting," Tiger said regretfully.
"Indeed, Melvyn is not like someone here, who just idles around all day. He's not at all like a royal from a country," Nia said, with a hint of sarcasm.
"What do you mean? I was very concerned about the state affairs when I hadn't left Luxuria." Zig looked at Nia dissatisfied.
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And at this time, the Melvef everyone was discussing was discussing state affairs with her brother, the Emperor Nafer, in a room.
“Gula's governance plan?”
Meleve thoughtfully said after hearing Nafel's governance plan for Gula.
“Well, yes, to dispel the dissatisfaction of the other party, at least there must be such concessions.” Nafel nodded.
“元老院不会接受的吧。”
“我会使用选任特权，当然，这也是建立在罗德里希议员肯帮忙的基础之上。”奈费尔无奈地说道。
Upon hearing Nefel's words, Melfa was full of astonishment, "To think that the royal prerogative is to be used... in that case, I have no objections either. Your Majesty's determination is truly admirable."
Looking at her sister in front of her, who had dressed herself up as a man since she was young, Naefer felt both pity and joy.
After all, when Melf was crowned emperor at a young age, she relied on her outstanding ability and powerful combat power to support her stable reign. Otherwise, as just a child, she would not have survived the power struggles in the empire and would have been exiled.
"I am relieved to be able to have your understanding."
Just as the two were talking, suddenly a figure pushed the door open and rushed in.
Looking at the newcomer, Melva asked in surprise, "Acting President Nirooni, what's the rush? What's the matter?"
"I'm very sorry to disturb you all. It was impolite of me, but there is an extremely urgent matter that has brought me here in person."
Looking at the breathless Neeruni, Nefel directly asked, "It seems like it's not something good. So, what is this extremely urgent matter?"
"Here's what happened..."
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At the port, a group of people finally arrived at their destination after a long day of shopping.
"Next, we are headed to Loxulia, but according to plan, McPenny should have prepared the boat for us already," Zig said, looking puzzled at the dock full of warships.
However, the group was not worried about this at all. After all, it's quite simple for everyone to get a boat. Besides, there's Chen Fan, the rich and generous philanthropist, in the team. If everything else fails, they can just rent a boat to go to Loxuria.
"Are we really going to leave Meilefu and Jiatu here?"
Looking at the hesitant Taozi, Chen Fan helplessly said, "What do you mean 'leave'? Everyone's positions and purposes are different. And I think they should be busy with official duties now."
"That's true, but I still feel a bit regretful, after all, it's not easy for everyone to come this far together."
"I can understand that, but... Oh look, speak of the devil, here they come," Chen Fan, who had been about to say something else, exclaimed as he saw two people walking towards them from a distance.
Before long, Malfoy arrived with Gakudo in front of the group.
"Malfoy, is everything done? Is he ready to travel with us?" Peach exclaimed in surprise.
Facing Taotao's question, Melf nodded.
"I received an urgent situation just now, and I came here hoping to get your help."
"What urgent situation could be so serious that even your countries can't solve it?" Chen Fan asked in surprise.
"Just now, the acting president of Naluni contacted me and I got amazing news from him. The former president of Avatalia, Bane, is planning to take action against the people at the summit."
This news immediately caught the attention of the crowd.
"Is Barton crazy? He actually wants to carry out an assassination. Does he want to start a world war?" Laura asked in astonishment.
“Indeed, if a large-scale bloodshed is triggered during the talks, then every country would suspect others of attempting to assassinate them, and war would be inevitable.” Chen Fan nodded.
“Who says war can’t make money? Barn is just someone who will stop at nothing for money,” Peach also looked down on Barn.
“Besides making money, I guess Barn also wants to take this opportunity to make a comeback in the Chamber of Commerce. After all, we really made him suffer before, even losing his position in the Chamber,” Chen Fan speculated.
"It's all the fault of those useless people in the Chamber of Commerce. They let him get away and now he's come up with this scheme. We should have sent him to the Spavia prison."Please note that the translation has been done based on the provided content and the original tags have been retained.
"Regarding this matter, the acting president of Nieruni said that all cases related to the chamber of commerce will be handled privately," Meleph said.
Peache had a look of realization, "So that's why they came to us?"
Meleth nodded in agreement, "If we mobilize the army, it will bring the matter out in the open, contradicting the original intention of the Chamber of Commerce."
"In this respect, we are just the right candidates, with decent fighting ability and not belonging to any faction."
Laura had a look of realization.
"I won't force you. If it's not feasible, I will find a way to deal with it with Jia Gutu."
"Are you being so distant? Since you have come to ask us specifically, it must be difficult to handle the situation, right?" Chen Fan looked at the other party with a smile.
Hearing Chen Fan's teasing, Meilefu nodded slightly embarrassedly, "Um~ it does look like you said."
After a pause, Meilefu calmed down and continued, "Since it's Barns's conspiracy, I don't think it's just about assassinating important figures."
Gajuto also added: "According to the acting president of the Niruni, that previous factory manufactured several giant weapons, and one of them is now missing."
After listening to Barn's story all the way, Lex looks very sad.
"President, no, former president, has known each other for a long time, I didn't expect him to do such a thing..."
"Well, we'll take care of this." Chen Fan nodded decisively in response to Meilefu's request.
"Thank you very much. With this, I can focus on protecting the emperor. I'll be counting on all of you, and I will reward you all for your efforts." After bowing to the crowd, Meilefu turned and left with Jia Gudu.
"Hey, Meryl, if the situation is resolved, remember to ask the guild to pay us more money. After all, we helped them deal with that scumbag, Bain, and the guild is so rich, so don't let them be too stingy." Alice reminded Meryl loudly from behind.
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Due to taking on this temporary task, the group's journey to Loruxia has temporarily come to a halt.
And time-wise, the summit is about to begin, so everyone is very pressed for time, and therefore, they cannot stick together and must start searching for clues or suspicious individuals separately.
After searching around, the group of people gathered together again.
"Okay, everyone, let's all talk about what we found," Chen Fan said after looking around at the group.
“First, let's start with the basics. The summit will take place on the giant beast of Spebya,” Laura relayed the information she had inquired about.
“So, if it's an assassination, what methods are generally used?” Chen Fan looked at everyone.
“I know three ways, the first one is to sink the giant god beast battleship with heavy firepower during the negotiations.” said Peach.
“This is not possible. Baine does not have such a powerful weapon, otherwise he would have attacked any country long ago.” Chen Fan denied this possibility.
“那就第二个，派人在会谈的时候进行刺杀。”桃子很快将第二个答案说了出来。
“虽然有这个可能，但是要知道在会谈的时候，肯定是戒备森严，不说连一只苍蝇都飞不进去，一个大活人肯定是进不去的。”陈凡接着否定掉。
“Then the only possibility left is the third one, using poison to kill. When I was in the hall earlier, I overheard some soldiers talking about the ingredients, which is why I thought of this possibility.” Peach stated her third possibility.
"According to your inference, the third one is indeed the most likely to happen, after all, this is the easiest to implement. If even the chef is on the other side, then it is even more foolproof. Plus, in case the poisoning fails, those catering staff can continue to assassinate those leaders." Chen Fan nodded in agreement with Peach's statement.
“If it’s poison, when would the other party have administered it?” Alice asked curiously.
“I heard about this from Lex and the guards of the warship just now. Some people have been moving large quantities of food into the ship, and it’s being transported in huge wooden crates,” Mia said, raising her hand.
“It makes sense now, the other party must have hidden poison in the ingredients, using the smell of the ingredients to cover up the smell of the poison,” Chen Fan clapped and said.
“Chen Fan, your brain is really amazing, I guess your reasoning is almost spot on,” Zig said admiringly on the side.
Chen Fan waved his hand nonchalantly, "It's nothing, just some deductions. I wouldn't have been able to come up with these things without the information that everyone has gathered."
“接下来就是最后一步了，尼娅，你们有打听到是什么人来担任厨师这些餐饮人员吗？”
“没有，那些士兵非常警惕，这些都没有跟我们说。”尼娅摇了摇脑袋。
"I know, I know," Tiger said, flapping his big ears and dancing with joy.
Then, at Chen Fan's signal, he told what he had learned.
"Just now, while I was playing with a little girl, oh no, I mean, while I was asking her questions, she told me she had found a group of turkey people wearing chef's clothes, and also that when Spebia was making artificial blades, Bane also used turkey people as his henchmen."
"Not bad, little Tiger's information is very timely. It looks like it should be like this. So we need to pay attention to the Firebird people later. As for this, there are not many Firebird people in Arcadia. If we pay more attention, we should be able to find the other party's group."
In the end, Chen Fan came to a conclusion and prepared to thwart Barn's conspiracy with the others.