Section 325: Reunion (1)
When Jason arrived at the scene, it was already noon the next day, and the Sibien Mansion in front of him had been burned down in the fire.
"You're here." The police chief's chief looked at Jason and noddedβthe young man's family had recently had had an incident, and he understood, so even if he was late, he wouldn't say anything.
If he scolds a few words at this time, I am afraid that the Ministry of Glory (which manages retired soldiers) will come to invite him to tea.
"Yes, Director, it looks like it's completely burned down, is it a fire?"
"Corpses don't think so, come on, Jason." With that, the director walked towards the building, which had been burned beyond recognition.
They stopped outside the gate, where hired men were clearing the rubble and removing the bodies.
Jason followed behind the director, frowning when he saw the corpse, "The corpse of the demon? β
"Yes, more than one." The Director showed Jason a row of burned demon corpses.
"The corpse is well preserved, the Sibion Mansion has three floors, it is a large mansion, that is, these chaos should be on the top floor, and possibly even on the rooftop." Thinking of this, Jason shook his head, he looked at his director: "Director, I don't think it's possible on the rooftop, the druids we hired in the past few days have confirmed the queue of workers in the sky, and the dreadnosaur can't be on the rooftop, then it must be on the third floor." β
"Yes, your analysis is not wrong, and you deserve to be a top student." For this young man, the director was convinced - he was a knightly transcendent before he became a soldier, and after returning, he finished the advanced mathematics of the church and the intelligence analysis class of the God of War church.
At this moment, a human corpse was lifted out, and although it was charred, the blade wound on his head was still clearly visible, and the head was clearly distorted.
"Chaos, someone entered the Sibien Mansion last night and killed all of it...... This is the only situation I can deduce in the current situation. Jason frowned, "Mr. Gooda Sibion played a neutral role in this confrontation between the Chamber of Commerce and Mr. Marin, I can't think of what that could be." β
"Who knows, I'll leave this issue to the church anyway." As soon as the director finished speaking, he heard the people who were digging the basement carry out two corpses.
"It's the lady and the child." Jason guessed their identities from the size of the bags: "Did you spot Mr. Sibion?" β
"Nope."
"It's possible that Chaos kidnapped Mr. Sibion, but I heard that Mr. Sibion also attended the guild's dinner last night, considering this situation, I suspect that he was replaced before the dinner at the latest, and the Chaos Infiltrator is a very effective solution." Speaking of this, Jason glanced at the open body bag: "Madame's corpse has a distinctly inhuman appearance, this is not a day's work, at least Mr. Sibion was replaced a week ago, we can abandon the intention of looking for Mr. Sibion." β
Jason felt that no matter how hard they tried, they would not be able to find someone who did not exist in this world.
Yes, people who do not exist in this world.
Maybe it will become inhuman, but human ...... Mr. Sibion certainly doesn't count.
"Is this what the Intelligence Analysis class of the Church of War taught you?"
"Yes, Mr. Director."
As more and more bodies were found, and when some of the bodies with obvious gunshot wounds were dragged out of the rubble by the people, Jason crouched down and pulled out huge bullets from these carbonized corpses, this time without Jason to make the latest judgment, his director had already recognized the bullets: "10 mm, only Mr. Marlin would use this ammunition." β
"Maybe someone else, sir."
"No, I've seen them in the workshop, and the dwarves said they weren't for sale...... Jason, let's go meet Mr. Marin, how's that? β
"Why, it's not a good idea to go to see Mr. Marin now, in any case, we shouldn't be in front of Mr. Marin at these times, the workers may let others go, but they will definitely not let go of those who threaten Mr. Marin."
"Maybe that's why everyone in a self-governing street in the northern part of the city has disappeared......" At this point, the director was silent for a moment: "It's really terrible, but anyway, I'm going to go and see Mr. Marin, no matter what, I don't want this to continue, I'll tell the business guild what they've provoked." β
"Can I not follow you?" Jason really has no interest in killing himself.
"Please, Jason, help me, even if I am killed by Mr. Marin, he will not throw me into the sea to feed the fish for your sake." The Director looked at Jason with a pleading look in his eyes.
"I'm glad you have that kind of self-knowledge." Jason said unceremoniously.
Although Jason didn't want to follow this stupid middle-aged man to meet Marin, he ...... He followed along.
Because Marin should have been in the Harvest Goddess's church during the day, and Jason usually can't go to the Harvest Goddess Church - because Jason is not a believer.
And today, with the director, he should be able to meet his children.
So, Jason finally accompanied the chief to get out of the carriage and into the church to explain his intentions, and a representative of the church said that Mr. Marin was now in the underground area, and he could help Mr. Marin to find Mr. Marin.
Jason is now almost certain that the missing fake Mr. Sibion is in the Underground Zone, which is basically synonymous with private prisons.
So the director and Jason could only sit on the small round chair in front of the counter, and a junior apprentice brought them coffee, and the director said thank you, and Jason nodded.
After a while, Marlin appeared at the entrance to the inner section of the hall, wearing an apron and looking like a houseman who had just come out of the kitchen, but Jason knew that in the torture world, this was also standard attire.
And it was also true, Mr. Marin's apron was covered in blood, and even his face had a trace of blood.
"Good afternoon, Chief Jonathan, Sheriff Jason, I heard you guys have something to look for me."
Marin didn't reach out, although he still had gloves on his hands, but he didn't reach out, and Jason didn't want to reach out, only the stupid guy of the director stretched out his hand.
In the end, Marin took off his right glove and shook hands with the director.
This made Jason very desperate, because he didn't understand how this guy lived to become the director.
"Marlin, about Mr. Sibion, did you catch him?" What made Jason even more incomprehensible was the ignorant and fearless behavior of his director, and he said it so directly.
Mr. Marin was silent for a moment, then shook his head with a smile: "Director Jonathan, I understand your feelings, the business guild has given you a lot of benefits, you have made a fortune in the position of director of Fort Carter, your wife is also doing well in the cake shop business in the north of the city, the nobles like you, the businessmen choose you, and the law protects you...... So you think you don't need a friend like me who seems very redundant. β
The director wanted to say something, but was pressed down by Marin's raised hand, and Jason listened to Mr. Marin's continued speech: "Originally, there was no grudge between us, and it was impossible for your circle and my circle to intersect, but today you came to me and said, Marin, about Mr. Sibion, did you kidnap him?" β
At this, Mr. Marin shook his head, and he turned his head to look at the Church's guards, who immediately surrounded him in a semi-encircled manner, "Director Jonathan, I'm curious if it was those idiots from the Chamber of Commerce who taught you, or if I did something wrong to make you disrespect me so much. β
"Marlin! I'm talking to you right now in my capacity as the chief of the Fort Carter Police! Jonathan exclaimed.
"Yes, are you satisfied with the answer?" After saying that, Mr. Marin stood up: "In this case, I invite you to meet Mr. Sibion and feel it up close." β
Jason's director tried to struggle, but he was soon dragged by the guards to follow Marin.
Jason obediently followed behind everyone.
Don't struggle anymore.