Work Prophet
Chapter 237 - 85 The Nonexistent Recording

Chapter 237: Chapter 85 The Nonexistent Recording

The new play "Love and Honey Wine" had its fair share of twists and turns, but it finally reached its final conclusion.

When the curtain closed, Timothy felt as if his strength had been completely drained, and his legs gave out, causing him to collapse backstage.

The theater troupe leader had only one thought in his mind, "It’s over, what the hell was that performance!"

The actors’ performances were rough, the lines were jumbled, and towards the end it completely deviated from the script, turning into an improvisation... Even that could have been overlooked, but with Fabrice’s appearance, maintaining even the most basic form of performance became impossible.

The audience’s attention was drawn below to the Pope Family Head jumping and cursing in the streets, shifting focus to the love and hate relationship between him and his wife.

If that wasn’t bad enough, what was supposed to be a good play simply turned into a trial.

Although Timothy admitted that the trial was quite fascinating, with Ireya and David locked in a war of words, neither willing to give in, it was so compelling that the audience held their breath involuntarily.

Just when it seemed the girl was about to be defeated, at the critical moment, Li Yu stepped in and turned the tide of battle, causing the impeccably disguised David to slip up.

Then the nobles of the Western Territories staged a mighty play of unity and defiance against power, earning involuntary applause, and was capped off with the unexpected return of Marquis Kuren, who quickly restored order and provided a perfect conclusion to the crisis.

In terms of dramatics, this series of events even surpassed all of Timothy’s previous productions.

The only problem was that this thing was not a play at all! Especially the latter half had nothing to do with "Love and Honey Wine."

Timothy and his actors were no different from the audience members, sitting there with little stools and watching the spectacle unfold.

After David was taken away, the theater troupe leader hastily made up an ending to hastily conclude the play, and it was only after someone reminded him did he remember that there was a corpse on his side that had not been dealt with, instantly making his mood much heavier.

Contrastingly, Miss Rabbit was busy accepting congratulations from the surrounding nobles, and she took the time to thank each for their support earlier.

Of course, the person Ireya wanted to thank the most was still Li Yu.

Miss Rabbit could hardly remember how many times this made Li Yu had saved her; such incidents occurred more frequently than the collection of taxes in her territory.

Even so, it still astonished the girl.

She kept having the thought, "This guy is too strong!"

No matter who the opponent was, no matter what adversity he faced, Li Yu seemed to always find a way to turn the tables.

Ireya had never seen God in person, but she imagined that a true God couldn’t be much different.

The girl approached Li Yu, only to find no trace of pride on his face; he was preoccupied with picking up fragments of the sound equipment from the ground, so she swiftly joined in to help.

Miss Rabbit’s hands were quite fast, and in no time she had collected a pile and brought it over to Li Yu, who glanced at it and asked, "Do you want it?"

"Eh, I thought... you needed it."

"I was just looking for any parts that might still be useful. The rest is pretty much worthless."

"Is that so?" the girl put down the pile of junk she was holding, scratched her head, and then expressed regretfully, "It’s a pity, to help me out, you ended up losing two Holy Artifacts at once. If only I had realized sooner that David was going to take a risk, I could have had Thomas stop him."

"That would have been bad."

"Damn, why?" Miss Rabbit asked, puzzled.

"I need David to destroy these two things. Only by doing so can others see his guilt."

"???"

"But wouldn’t it be better to just release the conversation between him and Gabriel directly? That way, we could firmly establish his crime of colluding with the Alien Race to slaughter the Western Lands," the girl said.

However, Li Yu’s response surprised the Lady.

"There is no such thing, or to be more precise, there was indeed a conversation between David and Gabriel, but I don’t have their recording."

"But Gabriel’s voice clearly came from there just now."

"I had a friend synthesize that using a previous recording of Gabriel," Li Yu patiently explained. "Gabriel might not fully trust David, but he’s even less likely to trust us to plant a recording device on him, and such an act would require his cooperation."

"So there was nothing on him?" the girl asked with her mouth agape.

"Correct," Li Yu nodded.

"If Iron Face had cut off his other wing at that time..."

"The outcome would have been no different. I found a dungeon guard and bought some intelligence from him for five gold coins. It was mainly about the details of David’s meeting with Gabriel, of course, all outside the interrogation room, since no one knows what exactly happened inside that room."

"However, since Gabriel is David’s accomplice, in a place with no outsiders, they must have discussed some secrets that could not be heard by a third party. No matter the cost, David would never allow that conversation to leak out."

It took Miss Rabbit quite a while to digest this explosive news, her face filled with shock, "David, he..."

"He self-destructed," Li Yu said calmly.

Such a thing sounds simple, but is actually not easy to achieve. The key was to make David believe that Li Yu truly managed to install a recording device on Gabriel.

Luckily, David had been present at the Arias Family election six months ago. He had personally witnessed Li Yu performing a miracle and remembered it vividly, convinced that Li Yu had the ability to record voices.

But that alone was not enough. Li Yu then pulled out that blood-stained circuit board, further strengthening his persuasive power.

Of course, what really made a decisive impact was the recording before Gabriel was taken into the interrogation room.

For the natives of the Continent like Bulati, the means to record a voice was already quite miraculous. They could never imagine someone being able to modify a recorded voice and synthesize a recording that never existed.

That convinced David that his conversation with Gabriel that night had fallen into Li Yu’s hands, and he was willing to sacrifice his reputation to destroy the Holy Artifact in Li Yu’s possession.

After hearing Li Yu’s explanation of the process, Miss Rabbit was unable to calm down for a long time.

She had always thought Li Yu defeated David with the Divine Power in him, never expecting that behind it was a rather dangerous psychological game.

If David in the dungeon knew the truth now, I wonder if he would be so angry that he’d spit blood.

And speaking of David, the girl thought of another matter and couldn’t help but ask, curious, "What did he say to you before he left?"