Chapter 100 Inquiry
"If that's the case, then we should just stay away from that building. Why is the whole city under martial law?"
"Because those spirits have recently appeared not only in the Snake Forest Apartment, but I heard that some have appeared on the streets of our Cynthia City. Even though it's at night, it's enough to make everyone feel insecure.
It's not just the spirits that are wreaking havoc. It's said that members of the Taro Farma cult have also come to our Cynthia City these days. They're said to be looking for something. I don't know the details, but our Cynthia City is really not safe recently. I advise you to be careful."
After getting off the car, Shalan paid the driver the fare and walked towards the gate of Werman Manor on the other side of the road. However, just as he crossed the road, he suddenly heard someone calling his name.
Turning his head to look in the direction of the voice, Shalan immediately saw Luo She, with a serious face, walking up to him with two people in plain clothes.
"Master Shalan, long time no see."
"Not very long, maybe three or four days."
"Maybe. After all, this period of time has been really hard for me to endure."
Shalan didn't respond, but just looked at Luoshe, waiting for him to get down to business.
Seeing that Shalan didn't respond, Luo She coughed lightly and said directly to Shalan: "Shalan, I wonder if you can give me the thing you got from Jonathan before. There is a cult rampant in Xinshiya City recently, and the thing in your hand is the key item."
Of course Shalan knew what that thing Luoshe was talking about, but the worn-out copper bowl had been completely shattered into a pile of debris in his hands. Not to mention that those debris had been disposed of by Shalan, even if Shalan still kept it, he would not have given the thing to Luoshe. Who knew if those debris would be stolen by the people of the Taro Fama cult? If they were stolen and someone noticed that the soul fragments inside were missing, then he would obviously be in a lot of trouble. It would be better for him to deny that the thing was in his hands as always.
"Inspector Luo She, didn't I tell you before? I really don't have the thing you said. I don't even know what it is or what it looks like. How can you ask me to give it to you?"
Frowning slightly, Luo She spoke again: "Student Shalan, please cooperate with our work, otherwise..."
Before Luo She could finish his words, the tall man behind him, who was about twenty years old, stepped forward and said to Sha Lan, "Stop talking nonsense. We said that the sacrificial copper bowl is with you, so it is with you. If you give it to us now, it will be fine. Otherwise, I will immediately arrest you and put you in a cell and punish you for ten days or half a month. I want to see whether you will say it or not!"
Hearing this, Shalan narrowed her eyes and said to Luo She with a sneer on her face: "Inspector Luo She, is this gentleman also from your police station? I don't know if what he said is what your police station meant. If so, I would like to ask, since when did the police station in Cynthia City verbally threaten a nobleman based on subjective assumptions without any evidence?"
When Luoshe heard what Shalan said, his face changed immediately. In recent years, the conflicts between nobles and civilian officials have become more and more serious, and the battle for the kingdom's discourse power and power class has become more and more intense. Luoshe came to Cynthia, the city second only to Yukxin City in the Kingdom of Greenland, just to escape the fighting in Yukxin City. So he knew very well what things could be touched and what things absolutely could not be touched when dealing with nobles.
If there is solid evidence that a noble has committed a crime, then Luo She can use the law to arrest the noble, and no one will stop him. However, if a noble is arrested without evidence or even threatened with torture, then the noble class, whose reverse scale has been touched, will immediately react violently, and may even use this as a handle to strike at the power of the civilian official faction. At that time, no matter how outstanding Luo She is, he can only be cannon fodder between the two factions.
Luo She was about to deny what Sha Lan had just said, but before he could open his mouth, the thin man in plain clothes standing behind him immediately said to Sha Lan with a smile: "Master Sha Lan, please don't be angry. My companion has a bad temper and he doesn't know your identity, so he may have spoken a little harshly. Please forgive me .
But then again, if you really have the sacrificial copper bowl, Master Shalan, please give it to us. After all, the sacrificial copper bowl is exactly what those crazy cultists are looking for. If they find out that you have it, it will bring great trouble to your family.
Therefore, for the safety of you, Master Shalan, and the safety of the people in your family's manor, if you really have the sacrificial copper bowl, please give it to us. We can give you a certain degree of compensation. This is the promise of our secret mobile team, and we will not break our promise. "
Hearing this, Shalan secretly said, "As expected." When the good-cop guy spoke before, Shalan had roughly guessed their identities. Now, after hearing what the bad-cop guy said, she confirmed her previous guess.
Looking at the man, Shalan pretended to be impatient and said to him, "I've already said that thing is really not with me. You guys insist on saying that the copper bowl is in my hand, but it's really not in my hand now. What do you want me to give you?"
When the one playing the good cop heard what Shalan said, he immediately smiled and nodded and said, "I see, then we must have made a mistake. I'm really sorry to bother you, Master Shalan."
Exhaling , Shalan shook her head and said, "It's okay. It's not really a bother, but I just came back from an archaeological excavation outside so I won't say much to you. I want to go home and have a good rest. Bye."
"Master Shalan, take care."
Seeing Shalan ringing the doorbell and entering the manor, the man who played the good cop gradually turned cold and said to the good cop beside him: "Luo She, it seems that this little fellow named Shalan really has no sacrificial copper bowl."
"Liuying, my intuition tells me that the thing is in his hand. My intuition has never been wrong over the years, and I believe it will be right this time!"
"But we can't act according to your instincts. The current political situation in the Kingdom of Greenland is unstable. Both the nobles and the civilian officials are very sensitive. After all, our secret mobile team exists to protect the Seven Nations Alliance of Orlan. We must never do things that interfere with a country's politics, at least not openly!"
