As a responsible and enthusiastic person who thinks he is smarter, he said that he never imagined that such an astonishing contradiction could appear in one person at the same time before he met Estus, and that the opposites were so seamlessly united.

In order to investigate the frequent deaths of middle- and lower-ranking officers in the central government in the past two years, Xiuzi, who had just taken up his post in the Judge Advocate General's Office, volunteered to take over the investigation of this incident that had already been decided.

When the head of the department heard that this stunned young man wanted to investigate, he gave the job to Xiuz very understandingly.

Young people~ It is understandable that he just came out of the military academy and wants to use his own strength to do something, and the supervisors are also young enough to understand this idea, so the head of the Judge Advocate General's Department waved his hand and handed over this 'big case', which had long been chewy, to Xiuzi for investigation.

It's good to let young people calm down.

This was the original intention of the director, originally to make Xiuz unable to know what to do and retreat, but in the space of a month, Xiuzi's investigation results were shocking.

The first is the sequence of events, which is entirely in accordance with the "Safety Manual for Urban Life" printed by the Central Archives. Every accidental death and the case in the handbook is almost touched.

The second is that the activities of the deceased before his death were all in the area centered on the central ministries and commissions, and all the victims had been to Estes's coffee house and knew Estes.

The third is that these people are people who generally don't have good reviews, and some people who like to make small moves behind some insidious scenes.

The officers died within two years, went to Estes's coffee shop, knew Estes, and had a bad style and bad reputation.

These are the conclusions reached by Xiuz after careful investigation and questioning.

"You said Curator Fiblik...... What do you say, that's a pretty sinister guy. ”

Basically, when it came to the investigation of the officers who died unexpectedly, the answers that Xiuz got were basically like this, not saving face at all for the deceased superiors, and most of the subordinates of the deceased officers would give such evaluations.

"That guy just thinks about how to climb up all day long, not to mention his enthusiasm for work, and all day long jealous of the capable people under his hand and suppressing newcomers. I like to write whistleblowing letters and anonymous letters to my boss when I have nothing to do, in fact, we all know that many of the people we used to deal with him have been subjected to him, and such people died in the elevator...... I really deserve it. ”

Xiuzi, who had just come out of the military academy, was shocked by the bad character of the lieutenant colonel and asked them why these subordinates did not go to the upper echelons, and the reaction was met with contempt by these library employees.

"Who cares about the voices of us low-level officers except Colonel Estes? It's all guys with military rank and no humanity. ”

It's Estes again, and she's again, this young officer who is generally loved by the grassroots officers of the Central Committee.

In his spare time, Xiuz investigated Colonel Estes again. The results of the investigation are alarming.

Of all the materials found from the Central Information Department and the materials reflected by the various departments, there are almost no materials and evaluations for Colonel Estes.

As the saying goes, the higher you go, the more people you will offend, and when you reach the rank of general, who doesn't have a few people who write a small report every once in a while to write a letter to complain or something?

But after using the Judge Advocate General's rights to investigate and find that there were almost no negative reports about Estes.

From the upper echelons of the military department to the friendly departments to the subordinates, there has never been such a voice.

Snow white like white paper.

A girl born in a northern Orion family, her parents died early, and she lived in the northern Briguz Snow Mountains all the year round when she was young, hunting and selling furs for a living, and when the Draguma Empire invaded the motherland, she resolutely sold all her property and led a group of hunters to form a force to join the Northern Army.

During the Great War of Saibei, he personally took risks, led a force of less than 1,000 people to cross the Buriguz Snow Mountain, which is known as an impenetrable moat, and attacked the headquarters of the Eastern Legion of the Draguma Empire, destroying the logistics and supply base on which the enemy's entire legion depended, and completely collapsed the Eastern Legion, which was already short of food and drink.

In the name of peace, he went to negotiate with the enemy, and single-handedly killed all the officers of the Eastern Legion of Dragouma, captured the chief and deputy commanders of the enemy legion, and forced the entire enemy legion to surrender.

Later, in order to provoke civil strife in the empire, the Eastern soldiers who deliberately connived at the Eastern Legion slaughtered the Dragumas in the legion, provoked a rebellion, and took advantage of the situation to attack the hinterland of the empire, leaving the eastern provinces of the empire in a state of rebellion and confrontation.

After his victorious return, he was appointed head of the new Briguz Chasseur Regiment and director of the Central Archives......

Judging from Estes's information, she should be a hard-line officer with a tough style, ruthless methods, outstanding ability, active thinking, and likes to make the impossible possible.

However, after coming to the archives, the evaluation given to her by her superiors and subordinates has changed 180 degrees.

'Genki Girl', 'Colonel Smiling', 'ISA Cafe Owner', 'Restaurant Little Lady Girl'

These titles, which are completely disproportionate to the characteristics of Estes before returning to the Central Committee, have actually become the affectionate titles given to her by ordinary Central Military Government employees.

There are generally only two reasons for this to happen:

The first is that there is someone above Estes who has tampered with all the information in the personnel file room of the Central Army.

This requires the collective efforts of senior leaders with the rank of lieutenant general and above, and it is done very covertly, otherwise it would not be possible.

There are not even five people in the entire central government who have such rights, and none of these people have anything to do with Estes. Basically, it can be ruled out.

Then there is only one other possibility, and that is......

The people and materials of the middle and lower classes who were trying to disadvantage Estes were eliminated by her. ’

Gossip or something, you just need to seal the mouth of the speaker.

If you can, you can do it even better. That is, even the mouth and head are cut off, so that there is really no more.

When he guessed this second possibility, Xiuz broke out in a cold sweat, if the second guess was really true, then Estes was terrible.

Know how to win the hearts of your subordinates, know how to use your own judgment and intelligence analysis, know who will be unfavorable to you, and then use various means to get rid of all the people who are a threat to you. Before the opponent's fangs hurt themselves......

Wrong!

Xiuz didn't think that was the right description, it should have been that the enemy was silently killed by Estes before he could show his fangs. And it's seamless without a trace.

If that's really the case......

That's even more terrifying!

Every time Xiuz approached the truth step by step, the closer he approached Estes, the more he felt the horror and cruelty of this 17-year-old girl.

How terrible determination does it take to remove the obstacles that stand in front of you without any scruples, and to kill all those who threaten you left and right without leaving a trace? How vicious? Behind this seamless situation, how powerful is the support of the forces and organizations behind it? What kind of organization and force can be able to kill so many officers who have worked in the Central Committee for many years so silently that there is no trace of the gendarmerie? How big of an organization does this require?

"Guest, do you still need tea or coffee?"

"Oh, oh, thanks, a cup of coffee."

It had been a long time since Xiuz asked Estes about the situation of those officers who died unexpectedly, and he was indeed thirsty, although he now suspected Estes but after all, there was no evidence, and the way he could use was to talk to many parties to see if the other party could show some stupid methods.

"Then again...... Colonel Estes, these two girls from the Oriental clan are ......"

Probably because every time he came to eat Xiuzi, his attention was on Estes, and he had never noticed these two girls who had a very low sense of storage, and today was the first time he noticed these two young girls who came to the café every day to work and help.

"Do you mean red pupils and black pupils? They are the orphans I brought back from Dragoma, my family was persecuted by the empire and both parents died, the two sisters depended on each other since childhood, North China was used as slaves by the Draguma people as cattle and horses, and I found them before I came back and brought them back. They work here every day...... Didn't Lieutenant Xiuz ever notice? ”

Oh...... I really haven't noticed it, every time Xiuz is nervous enough just to face Estes, there is still time to take care of these two girls? But I didn't expect Estes to have such a kind side, is it because he also lost the relationship between his parents since he was a child? So I took these two petite poor girls with me to the center.

"Rhetorical Lieutenant, here's your coffee...... Alas? ”*2

Just as the coffee was served, the black pupil and the red pupil placed a cup of coffee in front of Xiuz at the same time.

I was also very surprised that my sister/sister also brought a cup

Haha~ What an interesting pair of sisters. Not only is it petite, but it's also a little natural~

"Excuse me, Lieutenant Rhetoric, we got you two cups of coffee." *2

"It's okay~ It's okay~ It's just two cups of coffee, and I'll just drink it~"

It's just an extra cup of coffee, how can such a cute little girl waste her hard work

"Really? ~”*2

"Of course ~ it won't be wasted ~ haha ~"

Now Estes has gradually understood the reason why he brought these two naturally stupid little girls back, although they are stupid, they are usually very?!

"Poof!!"

As soon as he took a sip of the coffee brewed by the black pupils, Xiuz almost vomited out his Adam's apple

What is this? Is this coffee? Why is it so sweet?!

"That...... No...... Isn't it delicious? ”

"This ...... This ......"

Although I want to say that there is too much sugar, I look at the cute girl with a natural look...... I can't open my mouth

"It's okay~ and~ that's it...... Sweetened a little~"

"Really? ~Great~ I thought it didn't taste good~"

Hearing Xiuzi's words, the black pupil often let out a sigh of relief and said stupidly

"The lieutenant is going to finish drinking~"

Yes, I have to finish drinking it, I have to finish drinking such a sweet coffee, this is what I said about myself with the little girl...... If you don't drink it, you can't do it.

"Lieutenant Xiuz, you haven't touched my coffee yet."

Oh, by the way, I patronized and talked to my sister and forgot about my sister, by the way, isn't there still a cup of coffee here? ~Drink this glass first?!

"Poof!!"

This...... What is this?!

Oh my God! My sister's cup just now was more or less still drinking coffee, but my sister's cup was ......... This...... This......

"What's wrong, Mr. Lieutenant? Isn't it delicious? ”

Compared with her younger sister, her sister also has the attribute of facial paralysis

"It's ...... Coffee, right? Isn't it a bit ......?"

"The lieutenant shouldn't regret what he just said, right?"

"This ......"

"'It's all over,' the lieutenant promised."

Retracting the preface, it is also very hard for Estes to let this pair of sisters who can't even make coffee well follow him...... No, it's tragic!

Especially this cup of my sister's coffee...... What's in here?!

'What did you put in your coffee?' ’

When Xiuz was about to die from the painful coffee, Estes asked Red Hitomi with his eyes

'Cumin barbecue mix'

Although he was surprised how Estes read it from the red pupil's eyes, Estes still gave a look of praise at that time

'Well done! All-you-can-eat barbecue for dinner today! Specializing in natural oriental barbecue! ’

Well, in fact, Orange doesn't know how Red Hitomi reads such complex information from Estes's eyes, maybe this is the telepathic radio between foodies, right? Who knows?

"Poof!"

But at this time, the most depressed was the iron-faced Lieutenant Xiuz who was fighting with two cups of writing coffee and the liquid that was read as **.

In front of these two cups of sugar and cumin powder, no one has the confidence to get them out of the coffee house alive.

No way...... I want to be strong...... There is still so much work and tasks to do...... Where's the point? Yes, it's an organization, a huge organization, behind Estes, who can operate such a seamless murder plan and deal with it cleanly and cleanly...... There must be a very large dark cloud full of suspicion behind Estes's men......

"Poof!"

But now Xiuz really can't continue to think about it, these two cups of 'coffee' have already knocked Xiuzi's smart IQ from a triple-digit high directly below the table in just three minutes.

Became a dazed idiot.

Ten minutes later, he finally eliminated the sugar that had been added to the cup of black pupils, and began to challenge the red pupils' extreme coffee.

"That's right...... Lord Estes, what do you think about yesterday's murder of the National Alchemist? ”

Can't be in a hurry, can't be in a hurry with Estes's words, Xiuz reminded himself.

Let's get rid of this cup of ...... 'coffee' and go back to the street, I guess I won't have the strength to continue talking after drinking this thing

Thinking about it, Xiuz changed the subject, and talked about the murder that had just happened last night.

"The murder of the national alchemist? When was this? ”

After seeing the master last night, he went back to the barracks, and Estes didn't know what happened after that

"It's the ...... of the murder of the Alchemist of the Flame that happened last night"

"What are you talking about being killed?!" "Bang Bang"

Esdes, who suddenly burst out, screamed hoarsely, jumped up from his chair, and frightened Lieutenant Xiuz, who was just about to reach the cup of ** on the table, and fell directly to the ground.

Today's routine entanglement is over, Estes has passed perfectly, and Xiuz still hasn't found any flaws in Estes.

But now......

"Yes...... Alchemist of Flames...... Mr. Hawk Ai was "

"Impossible! I went to see him last night! How could it be killed?! ”

Before Xiuz could finish speaking, Estes grabbed Xiuz by the collar of his military uniform and lifted him from the ground with one hand

"It's true, last night at about half past ten, Mr. Hawk Ai was killed in his home, the murderer"

"Has the murderer been caught?!"

Estes's hand around Shuz's neck was so tight that he could barely breathe

The furious and furious murderous aura was released from Estes's body without concealment or disguise.

A ferocious light that was crazier than a beast shot out of his turquoise pupils, piercing through Xiuz's glasses and into his **, reflecting on his retina.

It came too suddenly, Estes burst out too quickly, too silently, without warning, so that Xiuz was unprepared, and under this terrifying murderous aura, Xiuzi's brain went blank for a moment, and he almost lost the ability to think

"First Military Police Command Detention Center." "Poof."

After getting the information he needed, Estes loosened the collar of Xiuz and let him sit in his place.

"Red pupils and black pupils, come with me!"

Then he ignored Xiuzi and left murderously with the two girls

“…………”

Looking at Estes, who was gradually walking away, he sat in the position that originally belonged to Estes in a daze, and it took a long time for Xiuzi to recover.

What a terrible maiden, what a terrible beast.

Thinking about the scene just now, the murderous eyes that were reflected on the retina and engraved in his brain, the extremely rich and extremely ominous murderous aura.

Trembling, he picked up the cup of coffee on the table, staggered it to his lips, and drank it into his stomach mechanically and stiffly.

The coffee, which was mixed with a lot of cumin powder, was completely unable to stimulate Xiuz's taste buds at this time.

Xiuzi's nerves, his soul still hadn't recovered from the shock just now.

'The closer you are to the truth, the closer you are to the danger. ’

Estes had spoken to him the first time he met him, and it seemed to be true now.

Terrible reality.

"Smack-"

The tea party that was slapped by Estes just now shattered with a bang, but the rhetoric sitting in the seat still did not react, and the quilt that had been drunk was still not put down.

But at least...... Got it, the true face of Estes...... Terrible suffocating truth.

His head was drenched in sweat, his military uniform vest had long been soaked with cold sweat, although his body was trembling, Xiuz still did not regret it, for the first time, for the first time, he felt that he was so close to the truth, the truth called killing and danger.

It's horrible, Estes. It's horrible.