However, sleep in the arbitration court is destined not to be sweet.

Phoenix and the other party's lawyer were arguing like chants in an unintelligible language. This was originally excellent hypnotic material, and Vita almost forgot that his duty was to be a witness for this side.

If someone calls your name when you are dozing off, you will wake up instantly.

Half asleep, Vita heard Phoenix calling his name loudly with a clear and loud voice.

Vita straightened up in confusion, and Marilyn poked Vita's waist and motioned for him to stand up.

Vita did as he was told, and saw Phoenix's eyes burning with fighting spirit. This made Vita involuntarily become serious.

Then Phoenix said a bunch of words that Weta couldn't understand in an impassioned tone, and then fell silent, as if waiting for Weta to answer something.

Vita didn't know what he needed to answer.

But the good thing about Vita is that he can adapt to changes.

So he frowned and nodded deeply with an expression that seemed to have been carefully considered.

It didn't matter what Phoenix asked, he just nodded.

Finally, Phoenix motioned him to sit down with satisfaction and continued to argue with the opponent's bald lawyer.

Vita sat down, approached Marilyn, and asked quietly: "What did he just ask me?"

"Uh-huh?" Marilyn opened her half-lidded eyes sleepily and looked at Vita in confusion.

At this time, Phoenix suddenly called Marilyn's name clearly and clearly.

Vita poked Marilyn's waist, trying to wake her up, but Marilyn slapped her away mercilessly.

Then she slept more soundly on Vita's shoulder.

However, Phoenix became even more impassioned, completely overwhelming his opponent with momentum.

…

The boring arbitration lasted for a long time.

Vita regretted not bringing the newly acquired Blood Crossbow to the Arbitration Tribunal for study. But he could only think about it. It was impossible for the Arbitration Tribunal to allow anyone to carry weapons.

Unless you are a powerful noble.

Vita thought about sneaking away during lunch break, but Marilyn kept leaning on his shoulder, so the plan failed.

And Joseph disappeared at some point and never came back.

As the sun set, the chief arbitrator banged the gavel, announcing the suspension of today's arbitration.

And Marilyn woke up instantly like a dozing student who heard the bell. She stretched greatly and turned to look at Vita.

Then she saw the wrinkles on Vita's shoulders and understood something instantly. She blushed and said hesitantly: "Thank you... thank you."

"?" Vita was a little confused and just nodded and stood up: "When will the dance start?"

Marilyn looked out the window. The tall clock tower could be seen as long as she was in the city center: "In about an hour and a half, do you need to prepare anything?"

"Just tell me what the door to the dance venue looks like."

…

Vita first went back to the investigator's house and stuffed the requested weapons into the small doors of the picture frame. He carried these small doors on his shoulders in sacks like Santa Claus.

Then he put on a crow mask and sneaked into the dance venue through the darkness. After using his own care for a long time, Vita slightly figured out the mapping relationship between the doors in the darkness and the door positions in reality. Then he cooperated with Marilyn from Marilyn

With the information obtained there, he successfully found the correct door.

There was about an hour before leaving the venue, and there were already quite a few waiters in the venue sorting out the tableware, placing the food, and making final preparations.

Vita infiltrated this time firstly to get familiar with the venue, and secondly to hide weapons around the venue.

The recent news about the murder of nobles in the newspapers was quietly causing waves, and the ball was a place where nobles gathered, so he had to prevent possible battles.

Even if the probability is slim.

The waiters came and went, but Vita could shuttle between various doors and had excellent skills, so the waiters were completely unaware that there was something new in the venue.

What troubles Vita is some people like him hiding in the dark.

These people have sharp eyes, a keen sense of smell, and are always vigilant like hunting dogs. They should be the bodyguards of the nobles.

Any further action might alarm these people. After Vita roughly figured out their number, he left an inconspicuous folding door on the beam and slipped away quietly.

…

Afterwards, Vita passed the time in a nearby cafe, waiting for the dance to start.

At six o'clock sharp, Vita got up, straightened out her dress, and walked to the venue.

The venue was on the top floor of a hotel very close to the arbitration tribunal. It was jointly booked by Baron Boyce and Baron Ed.

An endless stream of luxury carriages are passing by in a queue. When each carriage stops, a waiter will open the car door and help the richly dressed men or the gorgeously dressed women to get out of the car.

Most men will boldly take out a bundle of banknotes to reward the waiter when they get off the bus. This is related to their face. Every man comes here to more or less want to negotiate a business or two, or to have a relationship with a higher-level person.

Nobles took advantage of it to use it as capital in the future, or they wanted to meet a certain noble lady.

Their performance starts now.

Of course, Vita would not participate in such meaningless activities. He looked around in the crowd, trying to find Marilyn or Ridley.

However, it was Joseph who caught his eye first.

Joseph did not wear a white mask, and seemed to have put on a little light makeup to cover the burns on his face. He was holding a wine glass and chatting cordially with the ladies surrounding him.

Vita did not forget that the wounds on Joseph's face were caused by his own directional mine blast.

He felt a little guilty inexplicably, and wanted to blend into the crowd to avoid Joseph.

But Joseph spotted him. Joseph hesitated for a second, then shook the wine glass in his hand and threw it towards Vita.

The wine glass drew an arc in the air and flew in front of Vita.

In the next moment, Joseph's position and the wine glass were swapped. The glass was broken in Joseph's original position, causing a small commotion.

Vita took a step back: "It seems inappropriate to fight here."

Joseph remained silent, then shook his head: "I won't fight you anymore."

"?" Vita was a little relieved, Joseph was the kind of person who did whatever he said.

Seeing the doubt flashing in Vita's eyes, Joseph sighed: "You helped the lady with all your heart when I was charmed. I can no longer be hostile to you."

"But," Joseph changed the topic: "I will not forget that you killed Mr. Tenskenlenfer."

"It doesn't matter, I will never forget the 100,000 people killed by your viscount." Vita shrugged: "Compared to this, you seem to be very familiar with the ball?"

"Yes, as a knight of the Shelley family, attending such an event is very familiar to me."

"Speaking of which, you also support killing the elf, right?" Vita remembered that Joseph was sitting in the witness box with him today.

"Yes, I will never let go of the culprit who soiled my loyalty to the Shelley family." He was referring to the incident where he was seduced and drew a knife on Abby.

Vita narrowed her eyes: "This shouldn't be the only reason why you attend this dance, right?"

Joseph was silent for another brief period, and then said with a smile: "Mr. Vita, you are really sharp."

The two walked into the venue together and presented the envelope as an invitation letter together.

When he reached a secluded place, Joseph continued: "Mr. Vita, have you seen the callout from a week ago?"

"I saw it." Vita nodded. He learned about the fight between the two factions of nobles from the newspaper a week ago and combined with the nurse's words.

"The newspaper didn't say who was responsible for the massacre at the amusement park and the police station." Joseph seemed to be under heavy pressure: "If the group that advocates letting the elves win, then Mr. Tenskenlenfer will

Being arranged to be the mastermind behind this series of events, the Shelley family will really cease to exist."

Vita nodded: "On the other hand, if the elf is finally decided to be executed, then all incidents, including the massacre in the industrial area, will become the work of the elf alone, and Tanskenranfer will be demoted from the mastermind to a victim.

A charming little accomplice, how can your Shelley family get away with it?"

Joseph nodded: "That's right. If the Shelley family is cleared, then I can make some operations and let Miss Abby live an aboveboard life."

Vita fell into deep thought. He would never forget that the mastermind behind the massacre in the industrial area was actually Tanskenranfer, even if there were too many accidental factors.

It can be seen from this that Joseph's motives are actually shady.

But Tenskenranfer is already dead, and Joseph's goal of wanting the elf to die is consistent with Vita's goal. This is the main contradiction at this stage.

It seems that the two can continue to form their unreliable alliance. Last time the two worked together to kill the Headless Horseman, and Vita actually cherishes this powerful partner.
Chapter completed!