The man's life was unpredictable, and when Bell Bailey received his last year-long assignment to Cevland, he never imagined that he would be chatting and laughing with the local mob boss in Garth. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The lord of Garth was a nobleman who had nothing to praise but was easy-going, but his easy-going quality was already the most valuable of all for non-nobles. But now it is not about this, but that, as a lord of the city with no special talents and ambitions, he has adopted a way of governing that follows the crowd.

In a small city as close to the frontier as Gals, the usual way of governance is to not be governed at all. Aside from collecting a portion of the taxes to support the nobles, and having a group of regular workers and servants who were responsible for holding banquets and ceremonies and building venues to entertain powerful mages and dignitaries, the lord and his subordinates basically cared about nothing.

Overseas spies are cleaned up by the special management department, new mages are deployed by the Demon Management Bureau, and necessary livelihood construction is also operated by mages assigned by the Demon Management Bureau. Nominally, the nobles have the right to mobilize the army, but in a relatively peaceful period, the nobles with a little insight understand that so many departments directly under the central government have set up camp here, and it is clear that they want to set up an empty seat for you.

The problem is that although most of these departments directly under the central government are in charge, there is still one very important thing left, and that is the security of the city. According to imperial decrees, if the internal security of a town is too chaotic, the lord of the city and his family, i.e., nobility, will be deprived of inheritance.

In the inland towns, where the Imperial Ministry of Security watched and provided assistance, their lords often operated one or three groups of vigilantes. But that certainly looks more majestic, but it is also tiring, and for most of the border city lords who think that the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and they have no other pursuit than to eat and wait for death, they are more inclined to citizen autonomy.

And this autonomous medium is the gangsters. Lazy people who are lazy and have been taught a lesson by the gang will either be honest or join the gang to contribute to their violence, and the human right to be honest from the beginning is to pay an extra tax, and these gangsters who are acquiesced in by the government often do not push people too much.

Of course, most city lords will be careful to keep several gangs in check and balance, and anyway, small-scale fights don't fall under the category of "too chaotic", and they will turn a blind eye and pass. However, Gars City, which has always been nothing special, has undergone a very special change because of the recent appointment of this little too special new city owner.

Because Mark Garth is too lazy and casual personality, a while ago, the Snake Gang, the Black Tiger Gang and the Sharp Worm Gang, which were originally three legs in Garth City, have been nicknamed the "Gars Gang" together. Moreover, Mark, who watched the convergence of these three gangs, didn't have any special reaction, probably after trying hard, seeing that it didn't work, he acquiesced.

Bell was shocked when he first heard about it, but as an ordinary commissioner, he had little right to say anything about it. Moreover, he had to say that for what he was going to do, it was much more convenient for only one gang to score three.

"Agent Bailey, you've done a great job. The thin little man in front of him with a smile on his face, rubbing his hands, and almost all wrapped in a black robe, if you only look at his appearance, it is hard to imagine that he is the former leader of the Snake Blaster Gang, and now the second leader of the Gars Gang.

But there's nothing surprising about it, if you really want to say something strange, the most strange thing is how he used to be just a small helper, and now how he is just a second-hand leader. After all, he was a second-turn mage.

Although Bell doesn't look down on these so-called gangsters, no matter how contemptuous he is for Cleveland, who is also a second-turn mage, he must give the other party enough respect. So Bell also laughed: "You are the second master, you are hard." ”

Cleveland's eyes narrowed tightly, and he said he was laughing, but he didn't actually see it: "You're so polite, just call me Joe." Well, can you explain to the villain again, what is the situation in this case?"

Bell smiled, his past professional training was undoubtedly of great help to him, even if he didn't have any doubts in his heart about the fact that he was undoubtedly talking nonsense, he didn't even move an eyebrow when he spoke compared to his usual demeanor: "That's right." We have a heart set on promoting that kid, so we have to do an official test. That being said, after all, it's the guy we look up to, and no matter how we behave, we won't be eliminated. Overall, it's just a formality. ”

Cleveland Joe's head nodded like a pendulum with special power, but that didn't mean he agreed with Bell's words, no matter what he thought in his heart, the question he asked directly was not nothing: "I see." It's just that the villain still has a little doubt. Several adults from the Special Management Department are all resident here, in the capital, right?"

Bell interrupted Joe's words and gave him a look: "This Brunei, his parents are high-ranking magic attendants of a certain big man in the Imperial Ministry of Security, both of them. If you say more, I won't say any more. ”

Qiao showed a sudden look, and replied repeatedly: "Of course, of course, it was the villain who trespassed." ”

As a commissioner of the Special Management Department, Bell is willing to give an explanation to a free mage in a small town who has no public office, which is enough to save face, not to mention that this explanation is reasonable, even if Joe doesn't believe it, he can't say anything more.

It's just that there will be a little bit of slander in my heart: "If every newcomer who joins the special management department has to be tested in this nonsense way, the security of the empire really depends on the gangsters to maintain the calm on the surface." ”

Joe's heart didn't show it on his face, and Bell didn't bother to pursue it, so he nodded to him: "So, second master, can you please give the kidnapped person this time, can you let me take a look? At least the explanation is done, and then you will not be charged with kidnapping for no reason, and have a feud with our people, but it's not good, is it?"

"Of course, of course. Joe smiled flatteringly again, "Just call me Joe, please go this way." ”

............

Ten hours have passed since Sal confirmed his disappearance. Kidnappings are rare in Gals, and even less heard of in the surrounding countryside. For a small place like Garth City is disdained by thieves who have the ability and guts to kidnap and extort money in the Empire, and thugs and hooligans do not need or dare to extract money through this method.

Therefore, neither Sue nor Brunei considered the possibility that Sal had been kidnapped for a moment.

Then there are only two possibilities left. The first is that Thrall himself slipped away without a word, and the second is that he is dead, and he is so dead that he can't even find his body. With Sue's knowledge of Sal, she couldn't imagine under what circumstances Sal would run away on her own. The only reason why she still says things like "gone" is because she really doesn't want to say them.

Originally, the three of them went into the city to play happily together, but in just one day, Brunei fainted inexplicably in the alley and did not die, and it didn't take long for Sal, who went back to the hotel to pack up his things, and he didn't see anyone dead or dead.

Fortunately, Brunei finally woke up, and his relatively calm and flexible brain also came up with another explanation: "Su, when Sal first made the magic emblem, didn't he alarm a mage and say that he would take him as an apprentice in the future?"

Without waiting for Su to offer a rebuttal, Brunei continued to speak, filling in the loophole that had existed in the previous hypothesis: "The boy Salna has always been arrogant, and you don't know it. Isn't it true that most of the Liberty Mages have strange personalities?Maybe Sal wanted to say hello to us, but maybe he was picked up directly. Well, don't worry, no problem. ”

However, despite Brunei's best efforts to make this hypothesis perfect, it is ultimately a hypothesis of extremely low probability. It's just that Su is indeed very tired, since yesterday morning when she heard that Brunei was seriously injured, it has been nearly 30 hours now, she has never closed her eyes in panic and confusion, and she has not had much room to think about it when she is exhausted.

Slightly relieved, she accepted Brunei's explanation in a daze, and then fell asleep on the side of his bed.

The dazzling sunlight just shone in through the window at this moment, shining a faint burgundy glow on her light brown hair, and she would be intoxicated by it if she was not careful, and her pale skin was also rosy in the sun, and the faint black marks under her eyes were even more distressing and lovable.

Brunei looked at it intently for a while, confirmed that Su had fallen asleep, and then carefully sat up, dragging the muscles that were still a little sore when he moved slightly, and gently hugged Su on the bed and covered it with a warm quilt.

[I mean, you don't really believe the kind of nonsense you say, do you?]

The sound of the system finally sounded, as noisy as ever, but somehow, it made Brunei feel a little relieved. He slowly climbed out of bed on his own, carefully glanced at Sue, who was sleeping soundly, and replied succinctly in his heart, "Of course not." ”

[You're like that stupid girl, you think your genius villain - I mean the genius brother is dead?]

Brunei curled the corners of his mouth slightly imperceptibly: "Originally, yes, but since you said so-"

[Phew.] I didn't say anything, I'm just telling you that missing doesn't necessarily mean death. Not necessarily!]