At that moment, among the crowd.
Miral, who had just got off work from the exchange, was watching coldly.
She even pursed her lips and gave a faint, mocking smile.
"These fools actually believe that Gwath is genuinely heartbroken?"
Miral sneered silently. If these people knew that Nemo was actually killed by Gwath, they would probably be shocked speechless.
At this moment, Gwath also spotted Miral in the crowd.
Miral nodded at him and then disappeared from sight.
Gwath, however, remained unchanged in expression, still feigning a look of deep sorrow to deceive the onlookers around him.
Of course, there were also some clever people who harbored doubts.
After all, in just two days, the Barto family first lost their head of the family and then their eldest son.
The only remaining heir of the Barto family was the young master, Lola, who was Gwath's nephew.
If this was just a coincidence, only a fool would believe it.
However, even if these clever people guessed that something was amiss, they did not dare to speak out.
Firstly, the Barto family was never any good to begin with.
Their deaths would only be met with applause; no one would seek revenge for them.
Secondly, Gwath was the captain of the Hipu Town constabulary and a powerful Just Knight.
Without evidence, who would dare to speak out of turn in this town?
Therefore, in the following period of time.
Although the small town occasionally still spread some rumors, overall, the deaths of Barto and his son did not cause any significant upheaval.
Time flew by, and it was now midnight.
In the backyard of Liton's house, in the storage room.
Ron opened his eyes, and a prompt sound came to his mind.
The intelligence included: the town mayor's brass knuckles, the exchange supervisor's glasses, the wealthy merchant's money bag, Gwath's wolf fangs, the missionary's amulet, Gwath's marital relationship, Gwath's mistress hiding a breathing technique, Gwath's plan to use the investigation of Barto's injury to enslave more freemen, the withdrawal of the Kurah City Thieves' Guild and the relaxation of the curfew, and Halington's alchemically crafted love novel.
[Ding! Today's intelligence is as follows——]
[1. Starting today, Gwath will use the investigation of Barto's injury as a pretext to force more freemen into slavery.]
[2. Gwath's marriage to his wife is devoid of affection. Moreover, because his wife has only given him two daughters, he has become increasingly dissatisfied in recent years and has secretly kept a beautiful mistress on the side.]
[3. Gwath's mistress gave birth to a son for him two years ago. Overjoyed, he plans to find an opportunity in the future to establish his illegitimate son as his heir and has made all the necessary preparations.]
[4. The wolf fang necklace on Gwath's chest is a low-level alchemical item, with the effect of emitting the pressure of wolf-type magical beasts, causing wild animals to feel intimidated, especially affecting wolf-like creatures the most.]
[5. The town mayor of Hipu Town, Sange, owns a knight's sword, which is a low-level alchemical item. Its effects include a slight enhancement of strength and speed and the ability to conduct combat energy.]
[6. The exchange's senior supervisor, Luther, owns a pair of glasses, which are low-level alchemical items. Their effects include automatically adjusting to the appropriate prescription and providing a small bonus to observational skills.]
[7. The novel collected by the Knight School is a sealed low-level alchemical item, containing Halington and Rowan's study notes. The specific method to unseal it is——click to expand.]
[8. In addition to money and food, Barto also prepared some self-defense weapons in the secret gold house in the civilian area.]
[9. The internal members of the Kurah City Thieves' Guild have all withdrawn, leaving only a few peripheral members to lurk and gather intelligence.]
[10. The Kurah City United Knights have now been completely disbanded, with all surrounding towns lifting the curfew and announcing the recent results of the wilderness investigation to the public.
At this moment, Ron's eyes flickered.
This time, the intelligence refresh was unlike the usual ones.]
Instead of reading and analyzing every word from beginning to end, he quickly skimmed through it.
When Ron saw the intelligence related to alchemical items,
"Sure enough, as I expected, this system's intelligence does have a pattern!"
Ron was overjoyed and clenched his fists in excitement.
After he had sorted out his thoughts yesterday, he had repeatedly recited the words related to alchemical items in his mind.
Of course, in addition to alchemical items, there were actually many other things that could enhance his strength.
But in order to test whether the pattern existed, he had to choose a term that was not easily involved and had a smaller scope for the experiment.
The term "alchemical items" just happened to fit this condition.
After all, alchemical items were very precious, and there would probably not be more than five in the entire Hipu Town.
Ron had activated the system for so many days and had received nearly two hundred pieces of intelligence in total.
However, the ones related to alchemical items did not exceed three, and they were all related to the alchemical mask.
So, if Ron recited it in his mind and the next day's refresh produced more than one piece of intelligence related to alchemical items,
that would mean the intelligence refresh pattern indeed existed!
It was for this reason that Ron chose the term "alchemical items."
After reciting for a while last night, the impression in his mind kept deepening.
Almost all his thoughts were about how to obtain alchemical items.
Thus, when the system's intelligence refreshed today,
among the ten random pieces of intelligence, four were related to alchemical items!
"To be on the safe side, I can try again tonight…"
Ron thought to himself. If once was not enough, then twice would be.
If the intelligence refresh tomorrow night still produced intelligence related to alchemical items,
that would completely prove that his guess was correct.
Then, Ron carefully read through the intelligence from beginning to end once more.
"Hmm? Gwath's actions are really despicable and shameless!"
The first piece of intelligence made Ron click his tongue in amazement.
"Not only did he kill Barto with his own hands, but now he is also using his name to do evil deeds?"
"However, this guy is likely to target me next. I must be careful."
Ron muttered to himself, but he was not too worried.
After all, he had already thought of a way to deal with it.
Although it was not a perfect plan, it was enough to cope with Gwath.
Ron shifted his gaze and continued to read on.
"Gwath has a mistress? And an illegitimate child?"
Ron raised his eyebrows; this piece of intelligence was quite interesting.
If he used it well, perhaps he could stage another "borrowed knife killing" like he did with Barto before?
"Wolf fang necklace… knight's sword… glasses…"
Ron glanced at them and then shifted his focus downward.
After all, these items were good, but they all had owners.
With his current strength, he couldn't obtain them, so he simply skipped over them.
"Hmm? Halington and Rowan's study notes?"
Seeing this, Ron's eyes finally lit up, and his spirit became invigorated.