Volume 2: Empire Chapter 39: Case within a case
Quickfoot took the information, saluted Luke silently, and then went to check the dead and the items found in the ruins of the fire.
Sinclair picked up a burnt brick from the ground, first observing its outside and then breaking it open to look inside.
Then he said to Luke, "Governor Meteorite, there are at least five fire points, and the temperature is much higher than ordinary fire. The other party intends to burn the bodies and destroy the evidence. I am afraid it will be difficult to find anything useful here. The Public Security Bureau intends to conceal the situation here. I don't know if someone is coercing them."
Luke continued to search slowly in the ruins, following the silky feeling. In response to Sinclair's inference, he replied: "Since the other party is sure to burn all the clues, there is no need to ask the Sheriff's Department to help conceal it.
With so many people dead, and in the imperial capital, it was reasonable for the Public Security Bureau to handle it this way. After all, this was wartime, and if panic was caused in the imperial capital, many people would be punished.
But it cannot be ruled out that the Public Security Bureau knows other hidden secrets.
Your Highness, if my people go to the Public Security Bureau to ask, they may not tell me the truth. Leave the search for clues here to me, and you go to the Public Security Bureau now and find out what else they know. "
Sinclair looked at such a large fire scene and knew that it would take more time to search for clues here. And there were indeed some abnormalities at the Sheriff's Office, so he should ask them about what they were hiding.
"Okay, I'll leave this to you. I'll go to the police station and find out for you whatever they know."
Sinclair left with his entourage.
Luke walked to a pile of rubble, removed the broken bricks, and saw a pile of powder underneath, which looked like the residue of burnt charcoal. Luke asked his subordinates to bring an evidence bag and a shovel, and shoveled out some powder and poured it into the evidence bag.
We searched a few more locations and found similar powders.
If anyone else saw these things, they would have thought they were just the remains of burnt wood and ignored them, but Luke recognized them as a material used in some kind of secret ritual.
This secret technique is related to the abyss, and naturally it is also related to the Abyss Temple.
After checking the remains of the body, Kuaitui actually came over with a happy look on his face.
"Sir, my friend is not in there, he is still alive!"
"Are you sure?" Luke was also very happy to hear this information. If his friend with fast legs was still alive, he would know why these Spikes were killed here by the Temple of the Abyss.
Fast Legs said: "Although the bodies were damaged before burning, and the murderer took away their identity symbols, these bodies do not match the characteristics of my friend.
I'm sure he's not in there. He must have escaped, but it's inconvenient for him to contact me.
and……"
"What else did you find?"
The fast leg replied: "Chief Samuel should not be in there either. He had a head injury, and I was there when he was treated. According to the skull scar examination, there is no dead person who matches the characteristics of Chief Samuel."
Luke found Samuel's information in the cell phone data.
His real name is: Meredith Spender, the original head of the Saint Len City Assassin Lodge of the Brotherhood of the Blade. Later, the Brotherhood of the Blade abolished the Assassin Lodge, and some assassins directly under the Brotherhood were renamed as Thorns. Samuel was the leader of the Saint Len City Thorns.
Samuel's overall strength was rated at a regular five-star level, but he was very unskilled in one subject. He was extremely good at hiding and sneaking, and could even use the subspace to move. He was a guy and was very difficult to deal with.
In addition, the data also contains some exclusive information that only players know.
Samuel's power comes from the devil. During a mission, he accidentally released a sealed ancient devil and signed a soul contract with the devil.
The contract stipulates that Samuel's soul will belong to the devil after his death, and the devil will share part of his power with Samuel.
After gaining the power of the devil, Samuel jumped from an ordinary assassin of the Blade Brotherhood to the top assassin. However, Samuel always wanted to cancel the contract so that he could rest in peace after death.
But demons are the main race of the Purgatory Civilization, and the soul trading contract is signed in the ancient Purgatory language under the witness of the artifact Red Flame Torch. Unless the demon takes the initiative to cancel the contract, Samuel has no other way to cancel it.
But now that the artifact is lost, is the Red Flame Torch's supervision of the contract still so unbreakable?
Luke's contemplation caused Fast Legs to ask in a low voice, "My Lord, what should we do next?"
Whether the soul contract of the devil can be released by external force, we need to ask Banat in Dragon Ball. If it is not possible... just lure the devil out and let Qingkong, who is at full level and full status, stab him from behind.
Luke said to Fast Legs, "This fire should be related to the Abyss Temple. Is there a conflict between the Abyss Temple and the Thorn Blade, or is there some other hidden secret? We must find your friend to understand what happened here.
If possible, find Samuel and tell him... I can bring peace to his soul.
It’s up to him to decide whether to meet me or not.”
Kuaitui didn't know what the Governor asked him to tell Samuel, but out of trust in Meteorite, he didn't ask any more questions.
" Yes, Governor. If my friend is really okay, he will definitely find a way to contact me. I will also find a way to find Samuel and tell him your words."
"Go ahead. Give old Adrian another 10 million Reichsmarks and tell him that I'm very dissatisfied with their efficiency. I've lost a lot of money waiting these days."
"As you command, sir!"
Kuai Tui received the order to do the job, and Luke continued to lead his men to search for clues in the ruins.
His intuition told him that there must be a major incident hidden behind this case, and he must not let the Abyss Temple cause a big mess in the imperial capital.
Luke supervised the spies to clean up the ruins, but Agatha's men arrived not long after.
The eldest princess invited Governor Meteorite to go to Tulip Manor.
Thinking about what she had done in the past few days, Agatha couldn't sit still.
Then go meet her and hear what she knows?
Luke left some spies behind to continue controlling the cleanup at the scene, and asked the Sandpaper and Red Falcon beauty duo to stay here to hold the fort. He took Shelley and Pisco with him and drove to Tulip Manor.
With a subordinate like Yunxing, Shangguan has to pay attention to his blood pressure at all times.
Agatha couldn't figure out Meteorite's behavior in Raging Waves City. When she came to Saint Lun City, she found that she still couldn't figure out Meteorite right under her nose.
The eldest prince sent Sinclair to the Secret Service Sixth Division to assist in investigating the attack on Princess Dale. Meteorite not only accepted the offer, but also had a warm relationship with Sinclair.
Yesterday, he unexpectedly brought Sinclair to visit the Second Prince. No one knew what he said to the Second Prince, but the Second Prince was so scared that he came to Tulip Manor overnight to talk about brother-sister affection.
He also gave Miss Qingkong a large number of precious gifts.
With the cabinet, the trade volume between the two sides continued to rise, and conflicts and interests coexisted. Prime Minister Gabriel could not stop more and more new nobles from considering the Reform Society of Raging Waves City as a new faction of their own... the money was really good.
My father never gave up the idea of getting him into his possession.
When Meteorite was in Nutao City, these people regarded him as a thorn in their flesh; how long has it been since Meteorite came to Saint Lun City, how come he has been liked by everyone so quickly?
Agatha couldn't understand it, she really couldn't understand it.
This time when meeting the meteorite, Agatha still chose casual clothes, but added ladies-in-waiting and attendants.
She heard some rumors . She knew that they were all false, but it was difficult to explain the rumors that were spread by humans.
Therefore, you can only be careful when seeing meteorites, and choose an open garden as the location.
Luke arrived and saluted Agatha. At Agatha's signal, the guards around him deployed a barrier to create a private space for the two to talk.
Luke and Agatha sat down on either side of a crystal coffee table, and a floating teapot filled their two cups with black tea.
"Last night, a part of the city of Saint-Lon suffered a large-scale power outage, and a serious fire broke out in the area, killing many people.
Originally this case should have been handled by the Sheriff's Department, but I just got the news that you and Sinclair drove away all the sheriffs there.
Why?"
Luke was not used to this kind of conversation environment. The light film that formed the barrier was shaking, and the outside was full of servants and guards, making him and Agatha look like two monkeys on display.
But this was arranged by Agatha , so Luke couldn't say anything.
Anyway, I'm not the only one being watched.
Luke answered Agatha's question: "I got accurate information that all the bodies in the fire were the Blades of the Brotherhood of Blades in the Imperial Capital. I was afraid that the Public Security Bureau didn't know the inside story and destroyed important clues, so I took over the scene."
Agatha asked again: "But why did Sinclair say that this incident was related to the attack on Princess Dale?"
Luke saw that Agatha was not surprised that all the dead were stabbed with blades, so he said: "I lied to him that this case was related to Princess Dale's case, and asked him to help me drive away the people from the Public Security Bureau. After all, this is the Imperial Capital, not the Raging Wave City.
Your Highness, you seem to have known about the Blade of the Brotherhood of the Dead for a long time?"
"Poor Sinclair!" Agatha sighed for her nephew, and then answered Luke's question: "The Brotherhood of the Blade has become riddled with holes as it declined, and various parties have infiltrated it to varying degrees. Of course, the Secret Service has also developed some insiders.
Yesterday, the leader of the Thorns in Saint Lun City summoned the senior Thorns to arrange the tasks assigned by the Brotherhood. All parties were waiting for news from inside, but the fire suddenly broke out. When the fire was put out, it was discovered that all the Thorns inside were dead.
The people monitoring from a distance did not notice any fighting in this area, and all the thorns died in the warehouse... Even if the Secret Service sent out the 'Raven', it couldn't do it so cleanly. "
"Raven" is the highest-level and most confidential unit of the Imperial Secret Service. Except for Agatha and the player, no one knows how many people are in "Raven" and what their true identities are.
It is incredible that so many high-level blades died in a warehouse.
Luke knew that he needed Agatha's support on this case, so after weighing the pros and cons, he told her some information that only he knew.
"The one who killed these thorns might be from the Abyss Temple!"
"Abyss Temple? What is your basis?"
Luke said, "Your Highness, you just said that even if we dispatched the Raven, we would not be able to kill so many high-level thorn blades so cleanly, so the only ones who could kill them are our own people.
Set up an ambush in advance and act quickly! "
Agatha nodded. "That makes sense. If Celt thought that the Blades of Saint Lun City could not be trusted, he might have ordered the Abyss Temple to kill them all.
But this is just a reasonable inference. We need clearer facts to respond. Do you have any evidence?"
"I found some relics that look like secret arts at the scene. Miss Qingkong knows the Abyss Temple very well, and she presides over the Secret Arts Department of Oulu College. If I give those things to them for analysis, they should be able to figure out what they are."
Agatha said, "Then ask Miss Qingkong for help as soon as possible. The Thorns of Saint Lun City are all dead, and the mission of the Blade Brotherhood will definitely be transferred to the Abyss Temple. We must know what they want to do so that we can take precautions.
These Abyss Mages are hiding too deep. If we can find them, we can concentrate our strength to destroy all the enemies around us."
Luke knew where the Abyss Masters were hiding, but their hiding places were too scattered, and he didn't have the power to wipe them out all at once. Even if he asked Agatha to help, he couldn't explain how he knew these locations.
Therefore, if we want to eliminate this group of abyss mages, we still need an opportunity.
Luke said to Agatha, "Let's wait for Miss Clear Sky's analysis results first, and then look for the remaining members of the Brotherhood in Saint Lun City to see if we can get some clues related to the fire from them."
"I've sent someone to do it." The matter came to an end for the time being. Agatha asked Luke, "What did you and Sinclair do when you went to the Second Prince's house yesterday? Why was he so nervous? He even wanted to... join forces with me to deal with the First Prince."
Luke asked with amusement: "Does the Second Prince really want to unite with you?"
Although this kind of thing is not easy to tell outsiders, the cause of the incident was the meteorite. Agatha wanted to know the inside story, so she told Luke about her meeting and conversation with the second prince.
“My father ordered the eldest prince to be in charge of the war against the Celtic Grand Duke on the southern front. The Northern Legion is a staunch supporter of the eldest prince, and most of the empire’s most elite troops are now in his hands.
This preference has made the Second Prince feel somewhat insecure. You and Sinclair are so close, he must be even more afraid. If the First Prince has military power and is supported by the financial resources of the City of Raging Tide, the entire court will completely fall to one side.
That's why the Second Prince came to me so anxiously, asking me if I could still control you."
Luke asked, "What did His Highness answer?"
Agatha said, "I want to hear what you want to do first. There is a bottom line for my cooperation with you. I will not allow you to treat the empire as a toy for you to play with at will."
