Lorenzo sat on the sofa where Madame de Van Loude often sit, and this position should be the so-called main seat, and sitting here directly showed his position in the family.

"So, what's going on?"

Lorenzo frowned, he didn't even have to think about it, there must be some hell of trouble coming, one after another, irritating.

"Have you forgotten what we have entrusted to you in North Dro? Oscar said.

Looking at Seleuc, then at Oscar, Lorenzo remembered this, the mysterious ideal organization, the commission for the fugitives of the evangelical church.

Lorenzo didn't rush to answer Oscar's words, but looked at Seleuc to the side.

"Are the Stuart family officially working with North Dero?" asked Lorenzo.

"She hasn't decided yet, after all, this kind of thing is very important, as for the main reason why I brought her along......" Oscar suddenly became serious and put away the smile on his face, "Although we are very good friends in private, when we represent our respective positions, we can't have any personal feelings." Just as there are diplomats between countries, the Duke of Stuart is well suited to be a bridge between us in North Dero and you. ”

Lorenzo looked at him suspiciously, his eyes staring sharply at him, and Oscar's gaze was a little evasive, and he continued.

Of course, it had something to do with her, for the letter had arrived at the Stuart Mansion. ”

Lorenzo was a little confused.

"What letter?"

Seleucus took out the black letter in his hand and handed it over.

Lorenzo's pupils shrunk like when a wild beast faced an enemy, and he could clearly feel the strangeness of the letter, as if there was some abomination knowledge hidden in it, and he could feel an indescribable palpitation just by looking at it.

"I was sent to the Stuart Mansion a few days ago," said Seleucus, "and I am now a duke, and there are so many letters every day that I can't open them, until last night, when Yahweh checked them, and found them, and then informed Oscar." ”

Lorenzo took the black letter, it had already been opened, and Lorenzo did not rush to open it, but looked at it carefully.

It's an ordinary letter, but it's filled with a strange feeling that makes Lorenzo wary.

"So you don't know when it was sent?"

Seleu nodded, "The envelope is blank, there is no information, if it weren't for the pure black color, and that strange feeling......" Not only Lorenzo, Seleuc also noticed it, "This makes Yawei a little concerned, otherwise it may be thrown away as junk letters." ”

Lorenzo lowered his head and took out the contents, just a piece of paper, on which a short line of words was written in red ink, and as Lorenzo gazed, the red handwriting seemed to have magical power, like a slowly rolling vortex, devouring Lorenzo's mind.

His gaze darkened, and he slowly raised his head to look at Oscar.

Oscar waved his hand helplessly as if he knew what he was going to ask.

"It's none of our business, I also got this letter from Duke Stuart. ”

"Who's sending the letter?"

"I don't know, but it's named. ”

Lorenzo looked at the letter in his hand, and in the corner was an elegant line of handwriting.

"Your old friend. ”

Looking up, there was an address written in a short handwriting, as well as a name.

"Shermans ......"

Lorenzo whispered the nostalgic name, and Lorenzo remembered him, in that untrue memory, Lorenzo had been the old man's bodyguard, and among the cardinals he seemed to be the most pious, not seeking wealth or power, but only obsessed with faith.

"This is the location of Shermans?"

This piece of paper must have revealed this information, but Lorenzo couldn't help but ask.

It's strange that at this time, an anonymous letter is still such a strange signature.

"Your old friend......"

Lorenzo looked up in a whisper, looking at Oscar and Seleuc.

"I don't think that's what I said, I don't have any old friends. Seleuc rummaged through the black envelope to see if there was anything oversight.

"But this letter is sent directly to you......"

Lorenzo also found out that Seleuc's childhood was spent in Gaulinalo, and after coming to Old Dunling, he was completely under the protection of Stuart, and it can be said that except for Lorenzo, the friends Seleuc made were all screened through the family layers.

"Oscar, where do you live?" asked Lorenzo suddenly.

"I'm a non-best-selling writer who lives in the outer city just as humbly as you do. ”

Oscar looks like his talent is buried, but Lorenzo won't believe his nonsense, as a member of North Dero, Oscar's life is definitely not so bad, no, it is precisely because he is a member of North Dero that this writer who does not sell well has not starved to death.

"Well, no kidding, I may have a lot of old friends outside of Invig, but I certainly don't have them inside Invig, North Dero mainly faces the world outside of Invig, and you know, we have very little influence on home. ”

"You deliberately weakened your presence in Invig. ”

"It can't be helped, a trading bloc that spans many countries is always going to scare those old men, isn't it? The best thing to do is not to show up in front of them. Oscar said.

Lorenzo was silent, he stared at the blood-red handwriting, so he said this to himself?

"So what are you going to do, to catch Shermans?" asked Lorenzo.

"It's natural, he's worth a lot of money to the Evangelical Church, and it's all trivial, the main thing is to open a route to the Holy Evangelical Papal States. Oscar said, "Our North Dero has little influence in Invig, otherwise we wouldn't have bothered you." ”

"But it's not that simple, is it?" asked Lorenzo.

He stared at Oscar, exuding a faint madness, Lorenzo had known him for a long time, but until now Lorenzo has not been able to see the full picture of Oscar.

"Yes, we don't know who got it, how he got it, and for what purpose. ”

Oscar's expression became serious.

"What's more, he didn't need to inform us that the Emerald mission was in the Old Dunling, and he could have crossed us directly. ”

"It looks like a conspiracy. Lorenzo said.

"To be precise, Yang Mou, he put these in front of us, knowing that something was wrong, but he still couldn't help but act. ”

Oscar hesitated, then said to Lorenzo.

"Something is wrong, and if you don't want to, you don't have to force this commission. ”

"Is this a teacher-student relationship?" Lorenzo teased.

"It's just uneasy, Lorenzo, the Emerald Mission, the Church exile, and now there's an unknown guy who has exposed it, clearly trying to get us in. ”

Oscar continued, "I'm a writer, but I'm also part of the North Droe, and I've been to a lot of places with the fleet and met a lot of people when I'm 'out and about'...... It disturbs me, like facing a beast's lair, you can't see it, but you can smell the blood in the wind. ”

Lorenzo's face was expressionless, but after a few seconds, his cold face suddenly soothed, and he sighed with a wry smile.

But when he presented it to us, he had succeeded...... This is a letter to me. ”

Lorenzo picked it up, held the rough paper close to the tip of his nose, and sniffed it gently.

Suddenly, Lorenzo picked up the shotgun and put it on Oscar's head, so quickly that it didn't give anyone time to react.

"I'm a detective, and while others don't think I'm very professional, at least I feel like I'm top-notch. Lorenzo said.

"Oscar, how much do you know?

First the hellish teacher-student relationship, then a chance encounter on the train...... And this mysterious North Dero, Oscar, I should be just a somewhat violent detective in your mind, but you have brought a job that is completely unworthy of this status. ”

Gray-blue eyes were full of vigilance, Lorenzo didn't care about these before, everyone had their own secrets, he was not Hercule, he didn't have that kind of paranoia about secrets, but with the pressure of the new order and his own mysteries, Lorenzo had to be absolutely wary of everyone.

Shermans ...... It's not a coincidence, is it?"

Oscar didn't seem to expect Lorenzo to change so quickly, he had long been suspicious of himself, but he disguised it well, and it wasn't revealed until now.

"Well, I'll admit I know quite a bit. ”

"And this commission?"

"Truth be told, we need Shermans and the Evangelical Church to do the same. ”

"What else?"

Oscar was silent, but Lorenzo was unkind to him, the shotgun pressing hard against his forehead, leaving a light red mark.

"I'll shoot. ”

"You won't. ”

"For the sake of teacher-student relationship? Oscar, in this case, you should know that I am not a student, I just have nothing to do and skip classes, at most I am called stealing teachers to learn art, and you are not a formal teacher. ”

Lorenzo turned his face and didn't recognize anyone, which made the emotional card that Oscar had just prepared failed before he could play.

"How can it be, the teacher-student relationship can't restrain you, but it's not good to wake up other people. ”

The situation fell silent, and Seleuc seemed to get used to it, and she sat down as if nothing had happened, and after a long time, Lorenzo slowly lowered her gun.

"You're right, blood is splattered all over the ground, and Madame van Loude will kill me. ”

It was a strange reason, but it was this reason that made Lorenzo put down his gun, he never brought trouble home, and he would not allow all that iron and blood to happen here, this is just an ordinary house, there are ordinary people, and these things have nothing to do with them.

"The Nationbuilder. ”

Oscar said suddenly.

Lorenzo didn't understand, and Oscar continued.

"You can call us the Nation Builders. Oscar confessed.

"We know a lot, like the Purifiers, like the Demon Hunters, and even more...... After all, compared to this world, Old Dunling is just a city.

Shermans's commission is genuine, and we need him to open the way, but in the same way, the forces of the exiles have infiltrated the Old Dunling, and within Invig, our North Dro influence is pitiful, let alone a private arm.

With all these considerations in mind, we finally decided to find you. ”

Oscar explained.

"It's more than that, isn't it?"

"At least I think what I've revealed will convince you. ”

Lorenzo didn't say anything, but leaned back in his chair and frowned.

He stared at the letter carefully, not knowing what he was thinking, and then there was a sound of footsteps, and Madame vanlude woke up, her eyes were hazy, but after seeing the murderous Lorenzo and the strange Oscar, she instantly woke up, and just as she was thinking about whether to find a gun, or to scold Lorenzo first to bring back trouble, Seleuc stepped up and stabilized her.

"I'll do it, but with one more condition. Lorenzo said.

"I thought you would refuse, and then torture me. ”

"How come, we have a teacher-student relationship after all!"

With a smile on his face, Lorenzo reached out and grabbed Oscar's hand as if he were caressing some delicate gem, rubbing it vigorously on his big rough hand.

Oscar's face changed, he was still tough before, but in the face of Lorenzo like this, it gave people goosebumps.

"You Nordro have very little influence in Old Dunling, but you have some influence after all, right?"

Lorenzo's smile suddenly cooled again, and he asked softly.

"You ......," Oscar said as if he knew what Lorenzo was trying to do, "this is the old Dunling, and we can't see enough of it in front of the purifiers." ”

"I don't expect anything you can do...... But ......"

Lorenzo leaned close to Oscar's ear and seemed to say something, but no one but the two of them knew about it.

Oscar's expression changed slightly, and Lorenzo sat back with a butt, looking like he was in control of everything, as if everything just now was his disguise and strategy.

The expression was complicated, but after a brief thought, Oscar smiled again.

"I didn't expect you to embrace the 'new thing' so quickly. Oscar said he never thought that Lorenzo would not be interested in the so-called "builder" in the slightest, and would not even be surprised.

"It's a big world, and Old Dunling is just a city compared to it," said Oscar, and Lorenzo now repeats it, "I should have known that there are so many strange things in the Holy Gospel Papal States and Ingwig alone, not to mention the countries of Gaulnalo, Leber, and Vikings...... And on the other side of the sea, there is also the Nine Summers of the Far East. ”

"It's because this world is so big that you should exist, and if the only weird thing in the whole world is the old Dunling, then that's really a problem. ”

Lorenzo picked up the letter as he spoke, looking at the blood-red handwriting.

"Not to mention that this time it's not just for you, Oscar. ”

It was a familiar smell, and Lorenzo checked it again and again to see where the uneasy feeling was coming from.

"It's not red ink, it's blood. ”

Lorenzo placed the paper back on the table.

"It's secret blood. ”

The smell is extremely familiar, as if a demon who had been killed by himself has returned from the dead realm again and sent an invitation to him.