Chapter 71 Persuasion(1/2)
When Su Mei said this, Mr. Longbottom's interest was obviously aroused.
His body leaned forward further, which in psychology represents the attitude of the listener. Whether intentionally or not, Su Mei's words did arouse the interest of Mr. Longbotton.
He looked at Su Mei: "What did that doctor say?"
"I said something interesting but terrible." Su Mei said quietly: "Originally, he didn't plan to tell us all this, but in the end, under our persuasion, he told us what he saw."
"The specificity is a bit complicated, but it's very simple to say." Su Mei looked into Mr. Longbottom's eyes: "When Dr. Conton saw the Viscountess, the Viscountess had already suffered from a strange condition, and her skin began to collapse and lumps grew."
"Doctor Conton had never seen a similar condition, so he could only prescribe some common medicines for the Viscountess."
"But what I never expected was that the day after the Viscountess had found him for medical treatment, the Viscountess had mysteriously disappeared, and the Viscountess' bed was sprinkled with gems all over the floor."
"And our later research proved it." Su Mei couldn't help but sigh: "We quietly took a gem in the Viscountess' bed and asked Dr. Mostan for identification."
"Doctor Morstein?" Mr. Longbottom is no stranger to the name.
"Yes, Dr. Arthur Morstein." Su Mei looked into Longbottom's eyes and said, "He is an expert in microbiology and infectious diseases, and his medical skills are also very good, which is well-known throughout Beckland."
"After he observed with a microscope, he told us that the stones constitute the tissues of human cell remains, bones, muscles, blood vessels and blood."
Mr. Longbottom gasped incredibly, even though Su Mei said those professional terms calmly.
"What else do you know? And how did you find this?" Mr. Longbottom couldn't help but say.
"This is a bit long." Su Mei looked at Mr. Longbottom: "It's just a long and difficult process."
So just like telling a story, Su Mei briefly told Mr. Longbottom about his experiences and discoveries over the past few days.
Of course, the story started with receiving the news of the Viscountess' disappearance, and then went to Dr. Conton to learn about the whole story of Viscountess' gem disease. Then, according to the direction of the sapphire ring, he followed Mary all the way to find Jack to the Match Factory.
And the first time I met the real alive Gem Man Match Factory director.
Mr. Longbottom listened quietly, his eyes flashing slightly.
Su Mei didn't say much about Miss Cynthia, but only said that someone spread these cursed gems through the entire Beckland by distributing them to poor people like Beckland.
"From that time, we have wanted to come to find you." Su Mei said to look at Mr. Longbottom.
Mr. Longbottom nodded: "Because I actually control Beckland's gem trading, right?"
"I have also heard about the surge in the volume of gem trading in underground black markets, but I have sent someone to investigate and have not yet obtained the results."
"And, why are you here to find me now?"
"Because you are a big man, it is not easy to see." Su Mei said to look at Mr. Longbottom.
"Besides, we had other clues and ways at that time, so we were not in a hurry to trouble you."
Mr. Longbottom nodded reluctantly: "Then you keep talking."
"After we came back, we felt that the crisis facing Beckland this time was no longer as simple as a mere Viscountess' disappearance. At that time, we had two choices, one was to try to find the source of these cursed gems that might spread gem disease." Su Mei nodded and continued.
"And another option is to find possible solutions to these gem diseases."
"In the process, we met Dr. Morstein."
"His niece Helen Mosten, who was unfortunately infected with gem disease because she accepted the emerald necklace given to her by an admirer, was treated by Dr. Mosten. Therefore, Dr. Mosten began to study and explore this terrible disease, and finally we gained a lot of useful experiences from him."
"And Dr. Morstein told us that if more different curse gems can be collected, then he may have developed drugs that can cure gem diseases."
"And when we asked about the source of the jade necklace."
"Miss Helen told us that this jade necklace was bought from you."
Mr. Longbottom listened quietly to the accusation, his expression unmoved.
"There are at least 60% of the gem transactions in Beckland that are related to me, so it is not surprising that such information is."
He said quietly.
"We know, but at that time we still didn't come to ask you for help." Su Mei said quietly: "You can think we are overestimating our abilities, but at that time, we still felt that it was too early to ask for help from you, a big man, because at that time, we had other clues about the curse gem."
Mr. Longbottom smiled: "Actually, I don't feel that I am such a great figure, and even I can't clearly understand the specific flow of those gems."
"But do you have at least a record of the flow of these gems?" Su Mei said to Mr. Longbottom, as the corners of his mouth curled slightly.
"Of course, we are more committed to finding the holders of cursed gems, and at the reminder of Dr. Mostan, we learned that in addition to ordinary infected people, there is also a transformer in the presence of a person with gem disease."
"This kind of transformers will draw very powerful power from the gems, but accordingly, they will be affected by the gems and amplify the jade hope, thus doing all kinds of unscrupulous actions."
Mr. Longbottom nodded and looked at Su Mei: "So have you discovered anything about the source of these cursed gems?"
"Of course there is." Su Mei said.
In fact, at this time, Lu Yuan and his team could not tell that they were all omniscient about the causes and consequences of gem disease, but they knew it very well.
The existence of converters was also completely exposed through the Beckland Police Department.
If this is not the case, they would not dare to come to Mr. Longbottom to obtain the funding of Mr. Longbottom.
After all, all charges require evidence, and there is no sufficient evidence to make Mr. Longbottom believe what he said.
"The source of the cursed gem is the sculpture of the pharaoh in the pyramids of ancient Egypt."
“Or to be precise.”
"Not a pharaoh sculpture."
"It is the son of the Pharaoh who claimed to be the happy prince of Wuyou Palace. Based on him as the prototype, the legendary sculpture of the son of the Black Pharaoh."
Su Mei looked at Mr. Longbottom's face and said confidently.
Mr. Longbottom sighed: "I really want to think you're talking nonsense."
"If there is no sufficient evidence, I think what I am talking about is just some alarmist nonsense." Su Mei said to Mr. Longbottom.
"But that's not the case." She said quietly.
"We got the news from Beckland Professor of History Moore, who received this Egyptian statue from the Egyptian archaeological team this spring. Later, during the study, he gradually became controlled by the statue, thus making the judgment that it was a fake, and the statue was finally sent to the streets of St. James Street because of Professor Moore's judgment."
"If you have been passing St James Street frequently for the past six months, you should have an impression of this statue."
Mr. Longbottom thought, but he could not remember any sculpture.
"And then, with the participation of a mysterious man called Miss Swallow, the statue was activated, and the brass on its surface faded, revealing the precious gems. Miss Swallow distributed all of these gems, and eventually formed the overflow of cursed gems in Beckland." Su Mei looked at Mr. Longbottom and spoke.
Mr. Longbottom gently stroked his nose without saying a word.
This is a sign of some doubt and lack of confidence when he judged whether Su Mei was saying true or not.
Because what Su Mei said is unbelievable no matter what.
This is a completely contrary to reason and science.
Su Mei was not surprised by Mr. Longbotton's performance at all. She continued: "After learning about all this, our main trends are all following the tracks of the so-called transformers and trying to get the curse gem from them."
"Have you done it?" Mr. Longbottom asked.
"Of course, otherwise we wouldn't be standing here." Su Mei said lightly: "Do you know anything about the riots that happened in the Rose Bookstore Plaza yesterday?"
Mr. Longbottom raised his eyebrows. This was the front page headline of the Wuhe Morning Post today. Of course, he would not be unfamiliar with it: "What do you mean?"
"The origin of the riot in the Rose Bookstore was because George Whitman was signing and selling books in the bookstore at that time. He was the most famous poet in Beckland recently." Su Mei said to look at Mr. Longbottom.
"George Whitman." Mr. Longbottom said the name and his expression changed subtly.
"Yes, George Whitman." Su Mei nodded and said, "He had received the lapis lazuli from Miss Swallow before."
"Originally, Miss Swallow wanted him to resell the gem to improve his life, but he brought the gem with him and eventually became infected by the gem."
"But luckily, because of his certain trait, he was eventually chosen by Lapis lazuli and became a transformer, so he became a talented poet."
"But this is just the surface, the fact that he has become a monster half human and half gem."
"After we arrived at Rose Bookstore, he was keen to find us and instigated these ordinary book friends to attack us, which led to a big riot in Rose Bookstore."
At this time, Mr. Longbottom was already a little immersed in his listening.
"What?" he asked.
"Then for some reason, we convinced and subdued him." We didn't want to talk about how to subdue Su Mei: "Anyway, we took the lapis lazuli badge, but at this time, the police had already arrived. For many reasons, we didn't want to deal with Beckland's police, so we chose to leave."
"And then we discovered that for various reasons, my father Lu Yuan and I were separated. We later learned that he had been brought back to the police station by Beckland police as one of the rioters."
"After we arrived at the police station, we discovered something even more terrible."
"What's the matter?" asked Mr. Longbottom.
"Officer Elvin Jones of Beckland, in the previous investigation into Viscount Draenei's disappearance, took the sapphire ring that caused Viscount Draenei's illness."
"At that time we only felt that he might become the next gem disease infected, but as things progressed, we gradually felt bad."
"Because if he wasn't obviously infected, either he had pointed the sapphire ring in his hand."
"Or he becomes a transformer and is immune to this infection."
"Of course." Su Mei looked into Mr. Longbotton's eyes: "The result is the latter."
"Officer Elvin Jones murdered the original Inspector Beckland Police Officer Que, thus making his power the dominant in the police station. He ruled the entire police station through his own terror torture and pressure, and everyone dared not speak out about him."
"In the confrontation with him, we further learned that there are seven kinds of cursed gems, representing seven deadly sins."
"That is." Su Mei looked at Longbottom and said these charges one by one: "Arrogance, jealousy, greed, laziness, gluttony, rage, **."
To be continued...