Chapter 43: Secret Discovery
Xiao Chen had been busy since this afternoon, and under Guo Qian's urging, he was quickly appointed as a member of the Imperial Assassin Emergency Handling Committee, and he was accompanied by Metatron, who hurried back to the city.
They went to check Chang Lin's "corpse", which was more of a pile of ashes than a corpse. This man, who had grasped the considerable authority of the committee little by little, and had repeatedly made waves within their collective, simply ended his life, and even the work of cremation was saved.
Xiao Chen looked at his ashes and realized that if Chang Lin was really arrested, maybe a battle with him had just begun, and with his allies in the committee and the preparations he had made in advance, it would not be so easy to convict and sentence him. Maybe when the time comes, Hewan New City will stage a reversal drama, and even tear apart the entire traverser team. Maybe Chang Lin himself doesn't have that kind of energy, but those who are connected with him for various reasons may support him openly and secretly because of past cooperation, similar positions, and even a kind of sad emotion.
And all these possible troubles in the future were wrapped in that fire by Peng Ziyi, and they burned clean.
Similarly, Peng Ziyi did not leave himself behind, becoming the focus of criticism, and fought back at the same time, ending up with a hundred ends, so that those who have the heart to fight back can't even find a target.
From this point of view, he sacrificed himself to solve a lot of troubles for later people.
"It's burned so thoroughly, I'm afraid this kind of burning will burn the soul too, right?" said May.
"I've probed, but there's no way to find any trace of the soul, otherwise I might be able to find some information with soul reading. Xiao Chen said.
"Do you think a lot of information is really a good thing? There will be more than one person who will come to investigate and record the contents, right? Maybe some people will interpret it differently?" said May.
"yes. ”
"So maybe you have to thank Peng Ziyi. ”
Xiao Chen snorted noncommittally, but he felt more and more that these things were intentional by Peng Ziyi.
When they inspected the site of the conference center, Xiao Chen was even more sure of this in his heart.
He discovers a secret that sends chills through his heart, but he can never tell it. At the scene, several members were burned to death by the flames, but with Xiao Chen's keen perception, he found that the committee members who were burned to death at the scene died from two different magical flames, one was naturally from the Imperial Black Guard mage Oni, and the other was the same as the residual fluctuations left by Chang Lin's side, and these were Chang Lin's allies both openly and secretly.
It is self-evident at whose hands these people died. In turn, this also shows that the killing of the Imperials is targeted, and if the survivors are all members of Chang Lin's family, there is no doubt that the new committee will not be able to ensure the original balance, and even the consistent line will not be continued, and the follow-up work will fall into a quagmire.
At this time, Xiao Chen finally understood that what Peng Ziyi said was wrong, not only killing Chang Lin, but killing more and more people. The revenge he spoke of was not only revenge on Chang Lin, but also the destruction of the power of their lineage.
He looked up at May, only to see the latter looking thoughtfully at the charred corpses.
She saw Xiao Chen's nervous face and said, "There are still remnants of fire-type magic fluctuations here, I think you should use magic to clean it up, otherwise, it will affect your soul interpretation magic." ”
Without waiting for Xiao Chen to answer, a circle of light burst out of Mei's hand, and after sweeping the entire room, the differential fluctuation just now suddenly dissipated without a trace.
Seeing Xiao Chen looking at her stunned, Mei said, "I don't know if he was right to do that at that time. But if you don't do it now, it's definitely not right. ”
Xiao Chen was silent for a long time and said, "You're right. I would never do that like him, but I don't want to live up to all this he carries. ”
Mei Dao: "What kind of things people will do has a lot to do with what kind of timing they are in. Saying something like this too confidently will make you appear immature. ”
Xiao Chen didn't want to continue the topic, and said: "Eight committee members died, seven intelligence department spies, and nine people were injured, most of them were seriously injured, I can't imagine what kind of consequences such news will be if it spreads, it is almost comparable to the defeat of Heimu Pass." ”
"Aren't you Chinese very good at looking at things from both sides? I think this is an opportunity. It's time for this committee to change its blood. May said.
"You mean ......"
Mei Yi raised his eyebrows and said: "We, who are from outside, have always had a question that we don't quite understand, in this world where strength is respected, why are you controlled by a group of old men and old ladies who have no strength. And those of you who are very talented and powerful are relegated to the deputies, or even not members of the committee at all. ”
Xiao Chen explained: "These people are in these positions, a system left over from our world, no matter what, it stabilized the situation in the early days, and it is still working well.
I have always felt that the level of force is not an element in judging whether a person is a suitable leader. How to deal with things and how to lead everyone forward is the key. Just like in this world, the king or the city lord is not necessarily a powerful person. ”
"But with a strong group of people leading this organization, the stupidity of what is happening today would not have happened. Have you ever imagined sending a few high-ranking people to assassinate Emperor Alfred? No one ever thought of that, because it would be a death. May vividly retorted with an example. "If you were here for this meeting today, would the four Imperial Assassins have any chance? I guess they wouldn't even have a chance to open that box. But it was your previous choices that made the head of your organization so fragile that it was about to collapse. ”
"Collapse at the touch of a button...... Xiao Chen looked at the corpse that the staff was carrying out, and fell into deep thought.
Mei was not ready to let him go, "Besides, isn't there a person who has both force and leadership? Are you, Luo Ling or Mao Kai less capable of dealing with problems? Or I, Gabriel, Anal, these masters, are not qualified to discuss problems?"
Do you remember who the enemy you ended up up facing? Do you think it's really appropriate to have ordinary people who die at the slightest touch to lead this team? Is it responsible or irresponsible to everyone?"
"This ......," Xiao Chen had to admit that what Mei said made sense.
"Or would you be happy to do their work after they've collapsed, as you did today?"