The imperial capital of the Upper Town, Javier's home.

On this day, after Javier got up, he carried out the daily practice in the martial arts training ground in the courtyard as usual, which was a habit that he could not shake.

He has always believed that practicing martial arts is like sailing against the current, and if you don't advance, you will retreat.

He was not born with such strength, his strength comes from the accumulation of little by little.

By the way, Arowen, who wanted to sleep back in the cage, was also forcibly dragged out by him, and is now complaining about practicing swordsmanship.

"After dealing with so much official business yesterday, can't you let me sleep more? You devil! ”

Arrowen's weapon is a long sword with a black body, his posture is very standard, the coordination of his upper limbs, lower limbs and wrists is very good, each sword is very powerful, and quickly violent, at a glance you know that he is a master of swordsmanship.

"Don't you know that sleeping too much can lower your IQ? Don't always be so lazy when you're young, give me a little dream! ”

Javier wielded a bright silver cavalry spear at a rapid pace, barely visible in his hands.

In the sound of the friction of the air, there were terrifying waves of air around him, but his breathing was light and long, not chaotic, and there was even a lingering rhyme to criticize Arowen's anxious character.

"Of course there are dreams." Arrowen was sure.

"Oh? Let's hear it. Javier was curious.

"Eat and sleep, sleep and eat, no one comes to bother! That's my dream! ”

“…… That's a pig's dream. ”

After the morning exercise, Javier and Alovin prepared to go to the headquarters of the Imperial Capital Garrison to continue their work for this period of time.

The captain of the Imperial Capital Garrison, Oka has gradually been marginalized by Javier, and Javier even has a lot of incriminating evidence in his hands, but Javier is not in a hurry to make a move against him.

On the one hand, although Oka does not act, after all, he has been the captain for so many years, and he still has many supporters in the garrison, such as Seleuc, who now belongs to the "Falcon" of the security maintenance force.

On the other hand, he has only just taken control of the imperial capital garrison, and this time he has solved the original boss, which will inevitably leave some bad impressions on the people below, and it is not cost-effective to consider it from a long-term perspective.

So, Javier was waiting, waiting for a suitable opportunity.

As soon as the time comes, he will immediately dispose of the obscure scum of Okka.

Thinking like this, Javier was about to step out of the house, but the door of the house was suddenly pushed open from the outside!

I saw Sai Leu rushing in with a nervous face, and behind her was holding Xiao Ke, who had been smashed, lying pitifully on the ground and whining with unknown meaning.

As soon as he saw Javier, Seleuc immediately said, "Oh no, captain! There was a murder in the upper part of the imperial capital, and the family of the nobleman Ferguill Cora was assassinated! ”

Hearing this, Javier raised his eyebrows and thought, "Najieta, have you finally made a move?"

"Take me to the murder scene immediately."

"Yes!"

……

The imperial capital of Uptown, the villa of Fergil.

When the three of Javier arrived, a cordon had been set up here, and unrelated personnel were not allowed to enter, and it seemed that the imperial capital garrison had fully protected this place.

These days, Xavier has eliminated some parasites that eat and wait to die, and then recruited a new batch of high-quality recruits.

Compared with not long ago, the current imperial capital garrison has taken on a new look, and both its work attitude and operational efficiency have been greatly improved.

In the final analysis, there are still many people in the imperial capital garrison who want to do things seriously, and the previous inaction was mainly due to the fact that there was a scumbag like Oka stirring up trouble on it.

Even the boss has such an irresponsible attitude, what can this group of lower-level team members do? It's not just that you can just obediently accept the reality, and then have to get by.

Reflect to the top?

Don't make a fuss, kid, everyone who does this is going to jail.

However, now the situation has changed, Oka has been completely suppressed, the scenery is gone, and they have a new boss - Javier Salmondo.

It is said that this is a fair and strict person, and dares to argue with the minister, those who want to make a career, those security guards, now have long been gearing up.

"General Javier."

Seeing the arrival of Javier and the others, a black-haired young man wearing the general light armor of the garrison and a delicate face walked over, and he respectfully said to Javier: "The protection of the scene has been arranged, and the coroners are all in place, please give the next instructions." ”

The young man's name was Wright, and he was a contemporane of Seleuc, and now as a private, he was a squad leader in the Imperial Capital Garrison.

He is serious, good at work, and very thoughtful, and Xavier has a deep impression of him, thinking that he is a worthy talent.

"Well done, Wright."

Javier has never hesitated to praise such capable subordinates - except, of course, that Arovin's tease.

He's the kind of bastard who gives a little color and then runs to the dyehouse, and for him, fists often work more than praise.

Hearing Javier call out his name, Wright secretly rejoiced in his heart, but still said modestly: "This is what subordinates should do." ”

Javier nodded, and then ordered: "Wright, there is a forest garden near here that was bought by the Cora family, you now take a team of people to conduct an on-site investigation, and in addition, let the coroner start to examine the body and confirm the cause of death." ”

"Yes!"

As soon as Wright received the order, he began to carry it out.

Javier turned his head: "So, let's take a look around, intelligence gathering is also a very important part of the investigation." ”

"Yes! Captain! ”

Seleuc's voice answered loudly, and Arrowen looked like he was in trouble, but when he saw the "crackling" sound of Javier's clenched fist, he immediately straightened his back and followed honestly.

……

The three of Javier first walked around the villa, and all they saw were some precious gold and silver utensils and famous calligraphy and paintings, and any one of them was worth 10,000 gold, not to mention Seleuc, even the well-informed Javier and Arowen couldn't help but secretly smack their tongues.

"Hey, this guy named Fergil Cora isn't a good bird either! Such wealth is not something that an ordinary little nobleman can have. ”

Arowen snorted disdainfully, secretly despising the character of the master.

"Indeed, Virgil is only a small civil official, and it stands to reason that he cannot gather so much wealth, and it seems very likely that he is still running some hidden industries in private." Javier groaned.

"Hidden industry?"

Sai Leu hugged Xiaobi to his chest and tilted his head cutely.

"It's a lucrative industry such as drug trafficking, human trafficking, gambling houses or brothels, although it is illegal, but he is a nobleman, and he must have enough connections and money to exploit loopholes." Javier explained.

Seleuc's face changed, and then he said angrily, "Isn't that just a pure villain!?" ”

"That's right, it's the villain. If this was true, he would have committed a sin that would have cost him ten deaths. Javier said lightly, "But because he has the protection of the upper echelons of the empire, no one will come to sanction him at all, and if it weren't for the assassination of the 'Night Raid', he should have been able to get away with it for longer." ”

"How can you ...... like this?"

The girl with a sense of justice obviously can't accept this fact.

Javier looked at the somewhat frustrated Seleuc, patted her shoulder gently, and said with relief: "Seleuc, you don't actually have to think so much, how to punish evil, that's something I should consider, all you have to do is trust me, and then execute the order." ”

After a few days of contact with Seleuc, Javier has gradually understood Seleuc's character.

Perhaps influenced by her father, who was killed by a thief, Seleuc believed in absolute justice in her heart, believing that all evils in the world should be punished and destroyed.

There is nothing wrong with this kind of thinking, but this world is not as simple as black, white and white, and her beliefs have long been distorted by this wrong world.

If this mistake is not corrected in time, then the girl named Seleuc Yubikitas may become a very unstable and dangerous being.

Depending on the circumstances, he may also bury her life with his own hands.

He didn't hate Seleuc, and although it was twisted, her desire for justice was not false.

Seleuc is a very pure person, she is very straightforward in her words and deeds, but because of this, it is easier to go to extremes.

Javier didn't want the worst to happen, so it was necessary for him to pull Seleuc back to the right path.

Of course, Javier didn't expect him to change a person's personality immediately, but even slightly, he also hoped that Seleu would slowly change his view of justice and even the world.

"Captain......" Seleu looked at Javier stunned, then smiled sweetly and nodded, "Well, I know, whatever the captain says, I will do it." ”

……

In the courtyard on the outskirts of the villa, the corpses of the three guards lay here in a row with the blood flowing in all directions, long since they had been dried and dyed the surrounding land an ominous scarlet color, which looked very strange.

The coroners were busy all around, and when they saw Javier coming, they hurriedly got up and saluted.

Javier waved his hand and motioned for them to leave themselves alone and get on with their work.

The three guards all died in a terrible state, and one of them had a large hole in his chest, apparently directly penetrated through the chest by a long weapon, and it can be imagined that the killer's arm strength was amazing.

One person was lying on the ground with his back facing the sky, the back of his head was shot through by bullets from the back of his head to the Tianling Gai, and he could see traces of burnt flesh and brains.

The person lying in the middle is particularly noteworthy, there is a knife mark between his throat that is not deep or shallow, just enough to be fatal, and there are no other wounds, it can be seen that the person who attacked him sealed his throat, and the subtlety and cruelty of the knife technique are terrifying.

Javier looked at the report handed by his men, the man whose throat was cut was called Kavouri, and he was the captain of the convoy.

His strength is the best in this group, although in Javier's eyes is nothing at all, but as a guard, he is already outstanding.

But unfortunately, the opponent he met was clearly not on the same level as him.

"Arowen, you come."

Javier glanced at Arrowen and raised his eyebrows, who immediately nodded his head to indicate that he understood.

This is the tacit understanding that the two have cultivated over the years, and they can understand each other's meaning just by their eyes and subtle movements without too many words.

This made Seleuc on the side feel a little envious, and she hoped to have this tacit understanding with Javier.

Arowen took out a delicate sandalwood box from his bosom, and with a dexterous movement of his fingers, he took out a silver needle about ten centimeters from it.

It was a knick-knack that Arowen had received from a traveling Oriental, and he had been collecting such strange things since he was a child, and although they seemed to be of little use, they often came into his hands to exert strange and wonderful uses.

He uses this kind of silver needle as a hidden weapon, and it is always invincible to use it for yin people, and if it is combined with clever throwing techniques, it can exert greater power.

But that's not the reason for taking it out now, this thing also has one of the main effects, which is that it can be used for drug testing.

There are hardly any toxins that can avoid its detection, and it is very convenient as a poison detection tool, and only the strange Arowen will use this treasure as a consumable.

The members of the "Night Attack" who can use that exquisite sword technique, Javier actually has a rough idea in his heart, but he still needs to confirm it.

Arowen plunged the silver needle into Kavori's already stiffened body, and in a few moments, the tip of the needle turned a rich black.

"It's poisonous, although it's not clear exactly what kind of toxin it is, but judging by this color, there is no doubt that it is a fierce poison that seals the throat with blood." Arowen said with a solemn expression.

"Sure enough, it's a red pupil, this is the curse poison of the demon knife village rain." A hint of gloom appeared in Javier's eyes, "This is the second time I've seen it, but unfortunately the current user has changed." ”

One slash will kill Murayu, this is a very dangerous imperial tool, even if it is cut a little, it will be poisoned by the attached strong curse, and no one can be spared.

It is worth mentioning that those unknown black runes that quickly crawl all over the body after being slashed will completely integrate into the body after a period of time and disappear without a trace.

Therefore, if the body was not found in the first place, there would be no chance to see those runes that were symbols of the village rain at all. This is also the reason why Javier asked Arowen to test for poison, although the runes are gone, the toxin has always been in the body.

The three of them went to a study on the second floor of the villa, where the man of the villa, Fergil Cora, died.

Virgil's face still had the fear of dying, his neck twisted in a strange shape, as if it had been torn apart by force.

According to the palm print on it, you can roughly judge the size, which is not a trace that ordinary humans can leave, and it feels more like a humanoid beast.

"Can you make a human/beast an emperor? It's kind of interesting. Arrowen said playfully.

"This kind of imperial tool has never appeared on the wanted notice." "And looking at this technique, it's a very sophisticated killer." ”

"It seems that there are also a lot of good players in the 'Night Raid', I really underestimated them before." Arowen said with some unhappiness.

The red pupils who use the demon sword, the spear warrior who has great power and is very likely to be Brand, the mysterious sniper, and this unknown emperor envoy who can be beasted, each of them feels not very easy to deal with.

Although he is very confident in his own strength, Arowen thinks that he should let go of his contempt and be vigilant, otherwise even if he is himself, there is a possibility of capsizing in the gutter.

Although he likes yin people very much, he is not sensitive to being yin.

In the corridor on the first floor, the body of the hostess was scattered across the ground.

Judging from the scene, she was cut off by someone with a sharp weapon at the waist and her arm.

The wound on her waist is very neat, and the murder weapon must be extremely sharp, and cutting off the human body is as easy as cutting tofu.

"Wow...... It's so miserable, I can't bear to look at it directly. ”

Having said that, Arowen's face did not change in the slightest, as a soldier who had seen hell, he had seen a scene a thousand times more tragic than this.

"I know that this imperial tool is the "Broken Soul of All Things" recorded in the literature, and only it can cause such a smooth wound. ”

Sai Leu observed the scene without changing his face, and calmly analyzed: "I remember that this is the imperial tool used by the member of the 'Night Raid' on the wanted warrant, Hill. ”

The Night Raid has carried out a number of assassinations so far, and although they have been careful enough, quite a few members have exposed themselves.

Until now, there are a total of four members of the "Night Raid" who are known to have faces and imperial equipment.

Najeta Beldyne, the leader of the Night Raid.

The most famous red pupil in the "Night Attack".

The former Imperial soldier, who is an old acquaintance with Javier and Arrowin, is known as the "Hundred Beheaders" Brand.

And then there's Hill, who uses a giant scissors emperor.

Javier, who was pondering, suddenly found an abandoned notebook in a corner of the murder scene.

He walked over and picked it up, then flipped it over casually, and then his expression became solemn.

It's a diary, and it's pretty scary.

……

"On July 17, Subject 43 was injected with Agent 7, and two hours later, Subject 43 vomited blood profusely and died quickly."

"On December 23rd, Subject 86 was injected with Modified Agent 9, and within three hours of the next 3 hours, Subject 86 had convulsions and had difficulty breathing, before dying."

"On February 3rd, Subject 107 was injected with Agent 16, and Subject 107 showed obvious symptoms of pain, and in the early hours of the morning, erythema appeared on his body."

"On February 7, erythema 107 spread all over the body and ulcerated locally, and it was determined that he had Lupora disease."

"On February 9, after the final improvement, the Lupola virus agent was successfully developed."

……

Javier's face became more and more ugly, although he was mentally prepared, he still didn't expect that the people of this family would be so abnormal.

According to this diary, hundreds of innocent strangers have been tortured and killed by them, no wonder this family will become the target of the "night attack", since this kind of thing has been done, then it is natural to be targeted by the killer.

Although he himself was a murderer who slaughtered millions, and his hands were already stained with the blood of many innocent people, it was also a necessity of war.

War is inherently merciless, and it is the norm for life to wither here.

However, what this family did, this senseless killing, seemed absolutely unforgivable to him!

It is precisely because there are too many such people in a huge empire that the order will collapse and the war will last for a long time.

At this moment, Wright, who was supposed to be investigating in the forest garden, suddenly appeared, he looked heavy on his feet, and his face was quite ugly.

"General Javier, we have found the bodies of Arya, the only daughter of the nobleman Fergil, and the last of the guards in the depths of the villa, and ......"

He took a deep breath, and a pale look appeared on his face, as if he remembered something bad.

"We also found a hidden warehouse in which ...... There are a lot of corpses hidden! ”

For a moment, the scene fell silent.