Upon seeing this paid comment, Nonomi fell into a brief silence.
It was better for her not to jump to conclusions or make any bets right now, as her wallet couldn't handle a second blow.
Furthermore, there was absolutely no evidence to suggest that Yuto was the mastermind behind the scenes.
If she had to say... it was his unsurprised expression when he heard the phrase "primordial sea water," and nothing else.
However, this could also be explained as a foreshadowing; perhaps there was something special about Yuto that gave him some kind of precognitive ability.
"If it's explained as precognition... then it's not strange at all..."
After realizing this, Nonomi gently nodded, seemingly acknowledging her own explanation.
At this moment, she was no longer the crazy Nonomi, but the professional plot analysis streamer Nonomi.
"Alright, alright, I won't go back on my word. If I said three max constellation and max refinement characters, then it's three max constellation and max refinement characters. I absolutely won't back out. I'll just quietly watch the story now and share some of my analysis on the plot's direction."
After giving herself some mental armor, Nonomi continued clicking her mouse, starting the next segment of the story.
...
Lumie looked at the golden rose in front of her, which seemed to be caught in a dilemma, and sighed softly, calling out with some concern:
"Miss Navia..."
"I'm fine, it's just a bit hard to accept at the moment..."
Miss Navia said as she slowly raised her head, her grey-blue eyes thoughtfully gazing at the room's door. After a moment of contemplation, she turned to Lumine and asked:
"Lumie, can you do me a favor?"
"What favor?"
"Help me... go investigate the location provided by Miles and Yuto, and see what the situation is like, to see if we can gather more favorable evidence."
Miss Navia said as she slowly stood up, her grey-blue eyes devoid of confusion, replaced by a look of composure.
Yuto was right; compared to the suspicious points about the other two, the suspicious points about Marcel could fill an entire guidebook like "Marcel's Suspicious Points Guide"!
She could actually feel those issues, but... after all, this was someone who had watched her grow up since childhood. It was truly difficult to imagine that such a person was the one who killed her Father and wanted to kill her.
Thinking of this, Miss Navia sighed softly, her grey-blue eyes quietly looking at Lumie in front of her, and she said softly:
"Please, partner."
"Leave it to me, I'll investigate thoroughly."
After saying that, Lumine and Paimon left the room and headed towards the hideout marked by Yuto.
Meanwhile, Miss Navia, after briefly composing herself, also left the room.
Looking at the passage leading to the depths of the Opera House, Miss Navia took a deep breath, then stepped forward into the Opera House.
At this moment... she suddenly felt a bit lonely.
Why weren't Miles and Silver by her side at this time?
Thinking of this, Miss Navia gently shook her head, a mature smile appearing on her face as she softly murmured:
"Perhaps... this is the purpose of growing up, isn't it?"
After saying this, Miss Navia walked towards the interior of the Opera House.
Before she had gone far, two familiar voices reached her ears.
"Miss Navia! Miss Navia! Please wait!"
She instinctively turned her head, seeing Silver, wearing sunglasses, and Miles, with grey hair at his temples, running towards her.
"You..."
Miss Navia was momentarily stunned, then asked with some disbelief:
"Weren't you in Beryl Region? How..."
Miles gently shook his head, smiling kindly as he said:
"Miss Navia is busy with the Master's affairs, how could the two of us... just wait in Beryl Region?"
"Exactly, Miss Navia needs manpower to investigate, and there are even such dangerous places... We were worried about Miss Navia's safety, so we came."
Silver said with a smile.
"You..."
Miss Navia's eyes reddened slightly, but quickly returned to normal.
She looked at the two people gently smiling at her and nodded slightly.
"Good! Then let's work together to bring a new resolution to Father's case!"
"Yes!"
...
By the time Miss Navia rushed over, the Judgment had already been underway for some time.
Tartaglia impatiently glanced at Neuvillette, who was standing on the judgment stand, then waved his hand and said loudly:
"To be honest, I don't understand your complicated judgment procedures, or why you insist on assigning me some inexplicable crime."
"But I heard... that the accused can choose to prove their innocence through a Duel, right?"
"So for me, by accepting this charge, I can have an unrestricted fight with the Duel Proxy Clorinde, right?"
"—This is a truly hard-to-refuse proposition."
After saying this, Tartaglia snorted lightly, as if he was dissatisfied with something.
"The last private Duel with her, she clearly held back. It wasn't satisfying at all."
As soon as these words were spoken, Yuto, who was sitting behind Furina, immediately turned grim.
He had almost forgotten that this guy was a complete battle maniac, wanting to fight anyone he met to see if they were stronger than him.
In Yuto's impression, Tartaglia was the most peculiar of the Harbingers, bar none.
Having seen Arlecchino's way of doing things... and then looking at Tartaglia now, Yuto suddenly had the thought, 'This guy can actually be a Harbinger?'
Yuto imperceptibly shook his head, then turned his gaze to Clorinde, who was standing to the side.
And she, with a rather helpless expression, looked at Yuto beside her, shrugging her shoulders, indicating that she couldn't do anything either.
Furina, at this moment, stood up and said to Tartaglia, rather unhappily:
"Hey, get it straight, you're a suspect in a crime. This isn't a place for you to pick fights."
"Oh? It sounds like Water God wants to teach me some rules of the Opera House..."
"Then want to give it a try? I'm better at learning through intense combat."
Upon hearing this, Yuto's mouth twitched involuntarily.
—If he had to choose between Tartaglia and Furina in her performance state, which one he thought was more normal...
He would undoubtedly choose Furina.
In such a serious setting as the Opera House, how could this guy still be completely obsessed with fighting?!
Are you a person who will die if you don't fight?! Please! You're a Harbinger! Can't you show some proper diplomatic etiquette?!
Yuto complained wildly in his mind.
And seeing Tartaglia's excited expression, Neuvillette couldn't help but sigh.
"It seems our communication is difficult, and progress is not smooth."
"Let me explain again, the purpose of this Judgment is to find the culprit of the 'Serial Disappearance of Young Girls'..."
Before Neuvillette could finish restating the Judgment rules of the Opera House, a golden figure walked out from the entrance of the Opera House hall.
"This has nothing to do with him, he's not the culprit!"
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