"Sophistry, I'm Irina."

"We don't have a sophist here, you're mistaken."

The president sneered, "...... Blake, I haven't seen you for so many years, and you're still the same as before, and you're annoying with one mouth. ”

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone.

Irina didn't rush to ask, pulling out a chair behind her desk and sitting down.

"I hate you still calling me?" The other end of the phone turned into an uncle's voice, sighed and said, "Alas...... Woman......"

"I'm not here to talk to you." Irina's tone became colder, "On November 17 last year, who did you sell the 12 Huangquan-13s you purchased from the Windwind Society?" ”

“…… Ha? There was a tone of disbelief, "Are you going to let me honestly provide you with customer information like an elementary school student answering a teacher's question?" ”

"Yes."

“…………”

"I said when you broke off relations with the Windwind Society that I won't look for you again in the future, as long as you don't force me to do it."

"Hey, hey......" came a weird laugh on the other end of the phone, "Where is this the president...... In the past few years, I have been doing business and opening a law firm. Last year, I did handle so many arms deals, and they were purely to subsidize my family...... As you know, I didn't come from a law background, and I don't make money after all...... But no matter how poor you are, I haven't bothered you for so many years, haven't I? On the other end of the phone, it was already the usual tone of a poor relative.

"Hmph...... Don't give me nonsense. Where did that batch of Huangquan-13 go? Irina asked.

There was silence on the other side of the phone for a moment, and then he said confidently, "Forget." ”

"Forgot!?"

"Hmm...... If you don't give some benefits, you can't think of it. ”

...... "How can there be such a brazen person in the world!" Irina almost had a bruise on her forehead, "Why don't you contact the police force now to copy your dismal law firm and see if I can help you reminisce?" ”

"Don't be angry...... You know that my customer information is impossible to give to you. The office or something, it's just a matter of closing down and opening another one, although it's a bit troublesome......" The treacherous voice was fearless, and it could even be said to be more casual than before, "Anyway, how did you find this phone?" Our dismal law firm has never received a client named Irina. Kleiman's customers......"

"Black...... "Irina," Irina had endured to the limit, "there was a Huangquan-13 that attacked my son's civilian plane on the border with the Empire. If you continue to go around in circles with me, you will do so at your own risk. ”

"That's right......" the sophistry tone finally became a little serious, "That's a big deal!" ”

“……”

"The little master is also 20 years old this year, right? Time flies! I think when I first left the Wind, he wasn't as tall as your desk. The sophist first talked about some things with the attitude of 'reminiscing about the past', and then changed the conversation and said, "But ah...... There are no people among my clients who are stupid enough to deliberately summarize Liang Zi with the old man of the Wind Society. ”

"Huh...... Not necessarily. Irina sneered, "From the trick. Blake's people who are on fire are either crazy or stupid - that's the consensus in the industry. ”

"What industry...... It's just a group of elderly people who have been in the circle for a long time and now live by bragging. There was a hint of disdain in his sophistical tone, "My clients are not crazy or stupid, they are just good gamblers." As for gamblers, there is also a difference between excessive gambling and high gambling. I'm just a chip seller. The stakes are high...... It is also sold more expensive than others. ”

"So you're saying that the Huangquan-13 that attacked the civil aircraft was not the one you handled?" Irina was unconcerned about his gambler theory and asked questions in a hurry.

"Alas...... How you like to understand that is your business. The sophist paused at this point, "Anyway, the little young master seems to have become famous recently...... joined a winged band, and also participated in the annual newcomer award selection of Hengyin Company. Thanks to him, the little girl who works here is talking about it all day long, and she is annoyed. ”

"Hmph...... Speaking of bands, it is really ......" Speaking of this, Irina suddenly stopped as if she remembered something, "Could that band be the ......?"

"Oh! So that's what happened! The sophist also had a tone of sudden realization, "I see...... It turned out that the civil aircraft attacked by Huangquan-13 was in which band was boarded? No wonder ......"

"What do you mean?"

"It's not interesting." The treacherous voice returned to the way it was at the beginning, "I just think it's time to change careers...... It seems good to close the law firm and open a sushi restaurant. Hehe...... Or open a commissary, bookstore or something. That's right...... I have to upgrade the handling system of unfamiliar numbers again. It's so embarrassing to be caught by you like this. But after so many years, I can still hear your voice on the phone, which is really amazing! It's Irina! If you can take the initiative to contact the 'trick', I'm afraid there will be no one else in the world except you...... Anyway, not much more. A customer is coming, I'm going to get busy first, bye-bye! ”

At this point, the phone hung up with a "snap-" sound.

Irina sat behind her desk, her hands folded in front of her chest, and there was no surprise on her face when she heard the 'beep' disconnection sound in the headphones. Her gaze seemed to have crossed the boundaries of space, looking far away.

The ban on the New Wings was soon lifted.

According to the plan of the captain Gu Yang, until the end of the weekend, the members will be left to move freely, and everyone will go to the commercial street of Beranhill City to choose the costumes, musical instruments and other necessities for the performance.

And in the next few days, Carl, who returned from the Institute of Advanced Life, was also busier than usual.

This kind of busyness in his own work arrangement is more day and night, day and night with Naoto Ito to work out the clue map he sorted out...... So busy that even the daily routine of going to the Dream Wheel Bar to find a young lady for leisure and entertainment has been put on hold.

However, in the eyes of his colleagues, Lieutenant Orlando seems to have disappeared recently. In the past, he could catch a drunken boy in the office at three or four o'clock in the afternoon, but now he has not seen anyone all day, and he has disappeared with his immediate attendants and his only original subordinate...... Is this guy going to change jobs?

But in fact, Carl just moved his place of work to his home.

It's not like he hasn't tried - report the relevant information about the Blackwings to the head of the military intelligence department. However, when the written report was handed in, it was hastily rejected by the boss on the grounds of "insufficient evidence", and ordered to continue the investigation until all the human and physical evidence were collected before reporting.

At that time, he knew that it was not a question of so-called 'insufficient evidence' at all, but that his credibility in the MI was not worth even a minute of his superiors' time for his report. The idle son of the family, one day suddenly presented a serious investigation report, the content of which is more science fiction than science fiction - the Black Wing Man behind the scenes, smuggling the dead man's back wings - the incident; And except for the confessions of some humble original people, there is no human and material evidence that can stand up to scrutiny. If he were his boss, he probably wouldn't have taken a second look at this report.

However, the more the Blackwingman incident was investigated, the more it sent chills down his spine.

More and more information was collected, and in order to avoid unnecessary trouble caused by the placement of excess intelligence in the military intelligence department, Carl transferred the base camp of information processing to Marshal Yuheng's mansion.

Anyway, my father was always busy day and night on weekdays, and when he came home, he just ate, drank and rested, and didn't care about anything else at all; The mother is a standard housekeeper type virtuous helper, who only worries about family affairs and does not get involved in official business; It was no easier for Carl to vacate a study room in the marshal's mansion dedicated to collecting and organizing information, and to order the butler to keep the door from entering.

So naturally, Carl moved home with Naoto to work.

As for Phoebe, his only original subordinate, that girl would definitely not be able to enter the Shuai Mansion, since she always seemed to be looking at something mysteriously, let her go and check it. Carl obtained a multinational passport for Phoebit from MI and 'released' the proud wild bird.

"I don't care where you go or who you investigate. But report back regularly. Carl handed Phoebe his passport and instructed, "If the content of the report is worthless, I have the right to revoke your Wing Humanization at any time." Do you understand? ”

"Yes, Lieutenant!"

Before Phoebe left the office, Carl read gratitude in her eyes.

Grateful? Hehe...... What is there to be grateful for? You and I are just using each other.

Carl wordlessly raised the corners of his mouth.

So on July 6th, three days after he had seen Director Russell return, Carl . Orlando and Naoto Ito appeared at the non-recognized place of work during the recognized working hours, the study of Marshal Yuheng's mansion.

On the wall in front of them was a huge map of clues that looked like they had been made by a prosecutor or a detective. It was plastered with all sorts of photographs they had found or taken in different regions and cities – photos of medical facility office buildings, heads of institutions, falsified case records, culture wing storage tanks, the last remaining smuggling wing transaction documents, and so on......

Most of the photographs of potential witnesses on the clue map are marked with a red cross to symbolize death; And those photos that have not been crossed in red are also marked with a black pen next to them with a question mark representing the disappearance.

Next to these photos, they are densely written with all the reasoning results they can think of.

One of the most plausible results is marked with a dark blue marker - sophistry. Black.

This is the name of the receiver of the smuggling wing. It is based on the results of several documents collected at the scene and not destroyed by the other party.

Of course, those documents are not written in black and white. Black. This mysterious dark merchant has many different pseudonyms - such as the pen name "Li Hao" used as the attending doctor to issue fake reports, the use of Black's initials as the consignee, and the reverse spelling of the name when providing information online...... However, none of these tricks escaped Carl's eyes, and he had very accurately picked out every pseudonym belonging to the trick from the intelligence, and circled them all with a blue marker.

There are not many blue circles interspersed on the clue map, but they are all drawn on the key nodes of barter, which is indeed the consistent style of the trick.

However......

"That's not right." Karl frowned, pacing back and forth in front of the clue map, "The goods smuggled by the treacherous have always been mainly arms, and a large number of human organs are smuggled like this...... It doesn't feel right. ”

"Indeed." Naoto Ito stood aside in an orderly manner, his tone as rigid as reciting a text, "But every piece of evidence here points to the dark merchant. ”

"Unless someone wants to blame him." The lieutenant bowed his head and groaned.

Naoto Ito shook his head when he heard this: "It's hard to imagine who has the ability to blame the treacherous. Blake ......"

"What if anyone does have the ability?" Carl tried to think outside the box.

"The young master is saying...... Blackwings? Dire? Naoto was surprised.

Karl was silent for a moment, then shook his head helplessly: "No...... The fact that Sophie relayed the information of the Blackwingers to Phoebe shows that there is an inextricable connection between him and the Blackwings, or that those Blackwingers are supposed to be Sophistry's customers. The Dark Merchant has absolute control over every transaction he handles. Just like a casino dealer knows every customer who comes to buy his chips, that guy can make a lot of money in the gray area, and controlling customers is fundamental. There is no way the Blackwings can betray him. ”

"So the trick is really involved in the Smuggler Wing incident?"

With the information gathered so far...... I'm afraid so. But......" Karl's brow furrowed even tighter, "if you really want to string things together according to the clues that are already there, it will become—the Blackwings control the Empire's original medical institutions in the shadows, through sophistry. Black's sales network, the resale of smuggling wings to the United Human Alliance—none of these three rings makes sense. ”

Naoto nodded, and added understandingly: "First, the original people of the empire have always had a bad relationship with the winged people, even if the wings of the black-winged people are black, they still look like the wings of the winged people after all, and the original people will not listen to them; Second, sophistry. For the past 10 years, Blake has been known for reselling arms, and reselling organs is not his style; Third, the United Alliance of Humanity has no reason to purchase smuggling wings. There were only 6 million winged people in the League, and all of them were isolated in an inaccessible autonomous region, as useless as captive domestic animals. With the attitude of that country, it was too late to purge the wings, and it was impossible to have any interest in the smuggling wings. ”

Karl nodded in agreement and continued, "Unless...... What we overlooked......"

“……”

"What is it......?"

"Probably the evidence that was disposed of by Blackwing during the search." Naoto Ito said calmly, "If we can gather more evidence before they do, maybe the mystery can be solved?" ”

"You're telling the truth. Kan. Karl spread his hands, "But it's also big nonsense." ”

“……”

"If you give me a professional investigation team, there is still a slight possibility of investigating and coming to an eyebrow. But it's up to the two of us...... I'll tell you, it's no fun. Karl pointed to the clue map on the wall, "Look—how good are they?" Every place that could have left footprints was swept clean. They didn't know where the loopholes were for a long time, and they didn't fill them before just because they didn't bother to fill them. If we continue to investigate, the other party can only guard more strictly, and then it will only become more and more difficult to investigate. ”

"What do you mean, young master...... The investigation was paused for a while, waiting for them to slack off? ”

"Nope." Carl shook his head, "Don't forget, the first person to mention the Blackwings was Phoebe, and she got the information from the Sophia. ”

"What does the young master mean ......?" Naoto Ito looked confused.

"There is only one thing that the sophists are after—and that is war. coups, revolutions, rebellions that broke out with his direct or indirect support...... Abound. Although we still don't know what the information on this clue map has to do with war, it is precisely because of this that we must not slack off. As Carl said this, the maid was pushing the cart in to deliver tea. He picked up the steaming teacup from the car and continued, "Me...... I really hope from the bottom of my heart that after this matter is clarified, I can return to the previous boring post, and continue to be idle, eat and wait for death. However, that post is a post that exists only in a peaceful country. Once the war broke out, the good days came to an end. ”