Chapter 41: Suspicion
"Wait!" Anne Lot knew something was going to happen when she saw the token. So she threw a human immobilization technique to Regner before he could make a move, if she just pulled him, it might not work, maybe this guy ran away in an instant with a shadow, how could she chase after her?
"What are you doing?!!" Regner asked in amazement, unable to move his whole body now, so he could only glance hard in Annelot's direction.
"I just don't want you to be too impulsive. Annelot said, "Don't be in a hurry to leave, after I finish speaking, I'll untie the fixation technique." ”
"Okay......" Regner had no choice but to agree, and in front of several subordinates, he was paid so easily by Annelot, and Regner was a little embarrassed. However, Goethe was not surprised by this, in the MIA, he had been with Regner for the longest time, so he naturally knew who was the most terrible among the people who mixed with Regner.
Anne Lott sighed helplessly after removing the immobilization spell: "Can you not be so impulsive every time?"
"That...... I know ...... wrong" Regner scratched his hair in embarrassment, Regna was immediately furious when he saw this token just now, he really wanted to go directly to the palace to settle accounts with Joffrey, but now that he thinks about it, that kind of approach can only be described as an idiot.
"One old and one young, none of them let me worry...... Come with me, let's have a good talk. Anne Lot saw that Regner's admission of mistake was not bad, so she did not pursue it further. She led Regner to a room in the Tempest Mansion, where she enveloped the room with a silent barrier.
Although there were either servants from the Hurricane Mansion or members of the Military Intelligence Service present at the time, no one dared to guarantee that there were any miscellaneous people there. So it's understandable that Anne Lot should be cautious.
"I think there are a lot of questions about this. After doing all this, Annelot pointed to the command card and said, "When you see this token, do you think it has something to do with Joffrey?"
"Relationships should be inseparable. Regner thought for a moment, then shook his head again: "But if you think about it now, it shouldn't be directly related to him." No matter how idiotic Joffrey is, he would not be so idiotic as to swagger around with something directly related to him to do such a thing. ”
"Aren't you able to analyze it?!" Annelot and Garona said in unison, if this Regner calms down, his ability to analyze things is actually quite good, but this damn impulsive personality is maddening.
"I ...... I know ...... mistake," Regner bowed his head again pitifully.
"Don't forget the agreement with me. Annelot said seriously: "You promised me to live well, and don't leave it behind every time because of impulse." You're really going to die tonight?"
"I ......" Regner's heart warmed when he heard that Annelot cared about him so much, but he thought that he had been counted down by Annelot since the beginning, and even if he confessed his mistake, he was still so unrelenting, and he was a little unconvinced. So this guy looked at Annelot with a pair of hanging eyes, although he didn't show much dissatisfaction, but it always made Annelot feel less comfortable, and those eyes seemed to say "I'm like this, what can you do with me?".
"Don't you believe it?" Anne Lott took this expression as a provocation from Regner, so she was in full swing. She stared at Regna and asked coldly: "Let me ask you, what will you do if you break into the palace so inexplicably? Kill Joffrey? Not to mention whether you are his opponent or not, even if it is, do you really dare to kill the prince of the empire? Then, think about what you should face next? Breaking into the palace for no reason and attacking the prince of the empire, any crime is enough for you to bear." Said you didn't want to die tonight, did you wrong?"
"Oooh......" Regner shrunk his neck, finally not daring to say anything more.
"......" Anne Lott sighed again, and then said, "I may not like what I say, but for your sake, I think it's better to say it." Don't think that if you become the head of the military intelligence department, you really mean that you are saying the same. ”
"At least that's what I'm in MI. Regner reluctantly resisted.
"If Your Majesty, or will it be...... Mr. Verles wants to remove you, do you think you can still say such a thing?" asked Anne Lot, calmly rhetorical.
“......”
"The head of the MI has certainly given you a lot of power, but don't forget, this is Melindell, the imperial capital of the Hawke Empire, and the center of power in the entire empire. Anne Lot said sincerely: "So, although you have become the director of the Military Intelligence Service, you are still more low-key and rational in dealing with people." ”
"I will......" Regner saw that Anne Lott was talking to him like this, so he could only seriously agree.
"Stinky boy, you always don't accept when the teacher tells you, why are you so well-behaved when you change it to your little girlfriend?" Garona couldn't help but protest.
"Teacher, you have a lot of adults, so don't worry about Anne yet?" Regner smiled.
"Who's talking to Anne, I'm talking to you!" said Garona dissatisfiedly, "Well, since you listen to what someone says, it will save me a lot of trouble, so you can listen to what Anne has to say!"
"Joffrey's token, I think might be a signal. Anne Lot continued.
"Signal—what signal?" Regner was stunned.
"......" Annelot was silent for a moment before she said, "What do you think they should be—I mean the people who carried out the assassination?"
"Assassins of the Stoke Empire? Regner thought for a moment and said, believing that the ministers of the Hawke Empire should all know Ralvin's temper. If it was really some of them who did this, then if Ralvin found out some clues, they probably wouldn't be able to eat and walk away. Don't think that Ralvin is chubby and believes in good men and women, if he didn't have a bit of a tough hand, how could he manage a nascent empire so well?
"I agree with that. Anelote nodded, and then asked, "Then how do you think this token came from?"
Regner thought for a moment, and then said: "Stolen by the Stoke Empire, they want to split the relationship between me and Joffrey, even if this assassination is not successful, then it is good to let the Hawke Empire cause chaos within it." ”
"I don't rule it out. After all, while they did a good job in the lab, the assassination of me here was a bit ridiculous. If you're inside the Hawke Empire, they'll understand that only sending an assassin at least as strong as you will make it look like an assassination rather than a child's play. Anello nodded.
"That's what I thought, too. Regner smiled rather complicatedly. In fact, he still doesn't have a specific idea of how strong Annielot is, maybe this girl is not much weaker than the monster Saron with dual attribute abilities, right? But maybe it's because she's low-key, maybe it's to take care of Regner's self-esteem. In short, Anne Lot rarely shows her strength in front of everyone, and the people who really understand Anne Lot's strength should not exceed ten in the Hawke Empire.
And if they had planned the assassination of Annelot, they wouldn't have sent a second-rate person who wasn't even a high-level person. From this point of view, there is no doubt that these assassins should have been sent by Stoke, so if you think about it again, Joffrey's token can only be stolen by them.
"But......" Anne Lott said, "Have you ever thought of another possibility?"
"Another ......" Regner frowned, "You mean this token was deliberately leaked from within the Hawke Empire?"
"Is that not possible?" asked Annelot.
"But...... Who would do such a thing?" Regner said in disbelief, "There are indeed two big circles in the government now, but they are stirring up the relationship between me and Joffrey...... I don't see who gets any benefit from this. Besides, there is no fault between me and Joffrey, so what's the point of provoking any more trouble? Does it have to get worse until Joffrey or I die for them to be happy?"
"Many people will be happy when you die, I don't say that, you know. Anne Lot calmly analyzed: "And Joffrey died...... Don't you think anyone will be happy?"
"You mean......" Regner was startled, he slammed the table and stood up, "No! it can't be! it can't be him, he's not in Melindel at all!"
"But he's definitely got an eyeliner in Melindel. Anne Lot didn't let it go: "Think about it! If Joffrey is killed by you because of today's events, he will undoubtedly be the biggest beneficiary." Even if you don't die, the grudge between you and Joffrey will get deeper. When the time comes, with you and your MI, plus the army standing behind him, it will be too easy to deal with Joffrey!"
"No way! He's my friend! He wouldn't do that!" Regna still didn't want to believe it.
"Yes, maybe you do have a few friends, like the boss, like Sister Vera, like me! but he, I'm not sure!" Annielot insisted, "After all...... After all, he is also an imperial prince...... Maybe he didn't want to, but his origins had already determined that his world would be incomparably sinister and complicated!"
"......" Regner was silent. I thought that Anne Lot's words, although a little unpleasant, were frustratingly reasonable. At this time, Regner suddenly remembered the three people that Kordak had reminded him of when he was separated from him for the first time.
Surprisingly, there was no Joffrey among those three who were considered enemies by Regner. Because not only Regner, but even Kordak felt that the guy was a straw bale, and since it was a straw bale, then Kordak felt that there was no need to remind Ragner that this kid could easily deal with Joffrey.
So, Cordak came up with two other names that surprised him. Of the three names, Alfred is unquestionable. And the other two, one is Alex, the acting director of military intelligence, who helped him up. And the other is the second prince of the empire who is regarded as a friend by Regner, Alexander the Holy Golden Eagle!