Chapter 274: Goode and Wakanha
The Gude family is an old family in the Moissanite Continent, and unlike other families in the Moissanite Continent, they are not a family established by the conquerors, but an indigenous tribe in the Moissanite Continent, which can also be called a tribal family.
As one of the first tribes in Moissanite to come into contact with the Sigma expedition fleet, the Gude family has a completely different attitude towards the outside world, they are very willing to contact these foreign civilizations, and even take the initiative to learn the language of the Sigma Kingdom, and also conduct normal commercial trade with the Sigma fleet, and even later send tribal children to join the Sigma fleet and intermarry with Sigma and other foreign kingdoms.
It is precisely because of the positive and friendly attitude of the Gude family that when the Sigma Kingdom began to invade the Moisan Continent later, it did not exterminate the tribe of the Gude family, but tried its best to support the Gude family as an important force to conquer the Moisan Continent, and the Gude family also changed from a tribe to a family from that time.
In the war of aggression of the Sigma adventurers against the Wakanha civilization, although the Gude family was not the main force, they were also one of the participants, and then they were specifically responsible for eliminating the Wakanha people and other things, so they knew the Wakanha people very well.
For others, the Wakanha people have long disappeared with the disappearance of the Wakanha civilization, but the Gude family knows very well that the Wakanha people have always been alive and well, and have even established a powerful underground organization in the countries of the Moissanite continent.
The main reason why the Wakanha people did not go extinct was because the Gude family did not want the Wakanha people to become extinct.
The Gude tribe and the Wakanha people have a feud, and the children of the tribe are often captured by the Wakanha tribe as sacrifices, so in the process of assisting the Sigma army to invade Wakanha, they not only do not feel the slightest guilt, but are extremely active, and sometimes even ask to fight on the front line.
However, with the Great Plague completely destroying the Wakanha and the Kingdom of Sigmar becoming rulers in Mozambitan, the attitude of the Sigmar towards the Gude family began to change.
At that time, the decision-makers of the Gude family were very keenly aware of the situation, so they slowed down the capture of the remaining Wakanha, and secretly supported the Wakanha, helping them to contact other tribes destroyed by the Sigma Kingdom, and even assisting them in assassinating Sigma's officials.
It is also because of this self-respecting practice that the Sigma Kingdom has to continue to rely on the Gude family, and does not do other unfavorable things, so that the power of the Gude family can continue smoothly.
The underground organization of the Wakanha people has gone through many conflicts and secret contacts with the Gude family, and they also know the thoughts of the Gude family, and although they hate the Gude family, they hate the Sigma Kingdom even more, so they are also willing to cooperate with the Gude family to strengthen themselves.
After more than 100 years, the Wakanha people also began to intermarry with foreigners, and the mixed blood within the group increased, coupled with the contact with the civilizations of other continental countries, the understanding of Wakanha's own civilization was very shallow, and there was no such deep hatred, and the same was naturally true for the Gude family.
It's just that there are always exceptions to everything, and there is a Wakanha Revival Organization in the Wakanha underground organization, which aims to revive the Wakanha civilization and is hostile to all people and forces related to the fall of the Wakanha civilization. The Gude family played an important role in the collapse of the Wakanha civilization, and even one of the leading ones, and was naturally the target of their hatred, and nearly half of the members of the Gude family who died accidentally were assassinated by this organization.
It's just that more than 20 years ago, the Wakanha revival organization shifted the target of attack to other forces, coupled with the mediation of other underground organizations in Wakanha, the relationship between the Gude family and this organization has been greatly eased, and there are no more people in the family who have been assassinated by this organization.
And now, now Wakanha's killer has reappeared and attacked the Gude family, although the assassination target is not the Gude family, but it is an important person related to the Gude family's plan, which is definitely aimed at the Gude family.
Spike Goode now considers whether the assassination plan is planned by a handful of Wakanha defenders, an underground organization like Wakanha, or a Wakanha Revival organization.
If it's just a defender of civilization and an ordinary Wakanha underground, although he will encounter some trouble, it will not be fatal, but if it is the Wakanha Revival Organization, he will be in danger.
Although the Goode family ceased war with the Wakanha Revival Organisation shortly after Spike's birth, Spike can still feel the shadow of the Wakanha Revival Brotherhood Assassins from an early age. Seventeen of his fathers and grandparents had died at the hands of these Assassins, and he had to undergo a lot of counter-assassination training from the beginning of his sensibility, and the results of these training had formed his habits and affected his life, such as putting a weapon under his pillow when he slept to this day.
Now the appearance of the Wakanda Killer undoubtedly evokes Spike's childhood shadow and makes him think of many bad things.
"Boss, what's wrong with you?" Diego on the side saw Spike's face turn extremely ugly after listening to his words, and his eyes were full of panic.
"Pour me a glass of water. Spike doesn't answer, but just commands, and as he takes the water from Diego, he asks, "Where is the body? Where is the killer's body?"
"It should be in the woods near Fog Bay, right?" Diego guessed, "Dio didn't say anything about it, and Leo didn't mention it." ”
Spike thought for a moment and pulled the rope next to the couch with his hand, and soon several middle-aged men in different clothes walked in, took off their hats, and after saying hello to Spike, they stood quietly aside.
Spike instructed a middle-aged man in a plain cotton coat, "Rat Tail, get those rats moving, I want to know by this time tomorrow how many people in Port Lyon are from Moissan, what kind of people they are, and what they are doing here." ”
"Okay, boss. ”
Spike turned to a man in a police uniform and said, "Brent, go back to the police station at once, mobilize the men, and search along the road to Fog Bay, especially the forests on both sides of the road, and make sure you find the body of an outsider and send it over." ”
"Yes. ”
Spike turned to the last decent man with the gold-rimmed glasses, and said, "Joe, tell your sparrows to investigate with me at once, if Rembrandt Mister has a student named Leo Dodd." ”
"Leo Dodd?" the gold-rimmed glasses seemed to think of something, and were stunned.
Seeing his men's looks, Spike deduces that his men must know something, so he asks, "Joe, do you know Leo Dodd?"
"I don't know if the Leo Dodd you are talking about is the same person as the Leo Dodd I know, but one thing I know for sure is that five years ago there was a man named Leo Dodd who was very close to Master Rembrandt and lived in that man's house for a while, but there is no word that he was a student of Master Rembrandt. ”
Spike frowned and said in a deep voice, "It's just a name five years ago, you remember it so clearly, I just mentioned it a little, and you remembered who he was, thinking that this person must have a great reputation, why haven't I heard of this name?." ”
"Leo Dodd is not famous, if not famous, and his name is only something I occasionally hear from the conversations of the other two," said Goldwire, "and the reason why I am so impressed by this name is because this Leo Dodd is probably related to the establishment of the United Kingdom." ”
"What?" was the surprise of everyone present.
"How is this possible?" Spike looked skeptical, then smiled, "It must be those unfounded rumors again, I heard someone say not long ago that I saw the Knight King appear on the sea, I don't understand why the Knight King ran to the sea?"
Everyone around laughed.
The golden glasses said calmly: "Those two people who are talking are the Count Maupassant of the kingdom and the Prime Minister. ”
The laughter in the room disappeared in an instant, and only the sound of breathing was heard.
After a long while, Spike said, "This Leo Dodd doesn't need to be investigated for the time being, his meeting with Professor Dio may be a coincidence, or it may be some arrangement, as long as he doesn't affect my affairs, don't investigate him." As he spoke, he looked at Diego and said, "Didn't he ask you to help him get a ticket for tomorrow? I remember that the Koroa is also departing tomorrow, so you go to the Koroa shipping company and book a first-class ticket for them and send it over." Since that Mr. Leo Dodd is leaving tomorrow, there is no need to investigate, lest there be any surprises. ”
Diego replied, "Yes, boss." ”
"Let's hope nothing happens!" Spike sighed as he waved for the group to go down.
The following day, Spike Goode's fears did not materialize, as no Assassins had infiltrated the clubhouse to assassinate Dio Bronno, nor had there been any assassination attempts against him.
During the day, Spike Goodus stayed in the clubhouse, which was heavily guarded and had a secret passage to the port of the wealthy district, through which he could leave at any time if necessary.
Although he was curious about Leo Dodd's mysterious origin, he did not take the initiative to meet Leo Dodd, nor did he deliberately make friends, but at the dinner party to welcome Dior Bronno, he glanced at Leo Dodd from a distance, and Leo Dodd gave him the impression that there was only one word, that is, trouble.
Yes, the first time he saw Leo Dodd, he felt that if he got too close to the other party, he would get into big trouble, although it was just a little feeling without any evidence, but he believed in his feelings very much, because this feeling helped him many times to get him to this day, so at the dinner, after only getting to know Dio Bronno, he left immediately, without thinking about staying in the clubhouse restaurant any longer.
After dinner, Rat Tail delivers the materials he had investigated during the day to Spike, who simply flips through them and tosses them aside.
Spike never thought that he would be able to rely on a snake like Rattail to find out the hidden Wakanha Assassins, and if the Wakanha Assassins were so easy to find, they would not have survived to this day.
The reason why he made Rat Tail investigate the people from the Moisan continent with great fanfare was to tell the Wakanha Assassins hiding in Port Lyon that he was aware of their existence and had prepared for defense, suggesting that these assassins should not mess around.
While doing so might make the next assassination more lethal and more difficult to defend against, it was the best contingency he could think of right now.
As for the Assassin's body not being found, it was somewhat unexpected, but he did not suspect that Leo had hidden the body, but rather believed that the Assassin's body had been removed by Wakanha's men.
This also made him feel that even if there were still assassins in Port Lyon, the number was probably very small, only one or two at most, otherwise, the Wakanha Assassins would definitely not lose just one person and watch the assassination target leave and enter the guild where it was even more difficult to be assassinated.
While Spike is terrified by the appearance of the Wakanha Assassins, Leo is fully immersed in the ancient civilization and linguistics narrated by Dio Bronnor, quickly building up his knowledge base.
However, while Dior Bronno was resting in the evening, he secretly left the clubhouse and headed to the docks of Port Lyon to search for possible Wakanha Assassins.
Finding the Assassin was not a difficult task for Leo, mainly because of the glass crystal he had left behind after the death of the Wakanha Assassin. According to his estimates, as long as it was a Wakanha Assassin, there should have such a crystal on his body, and among the witchcraft he knew, there happened to be a way to find the owner of the item and similar items with similar information through some remnants with strong information.
Almost effortlessly, Leo found two porters in the docks' apartment with the same aura as glass crystals, and it didn't take much effort or time to solve them.
Just like the killer before, once Leo asked the two porters any question, even if it was just some inconsequential questions, they would have that kind of backlash that touched the ban, even if Leo was prepared in advance and used the power of nightmares to imitate a higher level of forbidden sorcery, he couldn't stop this backlash.
However, this time, Leo did not interrupt the backlash before it was fully formed, but waited quietly for the backlash to be completed, and the sight of the final completion surprised him.
I saw that after the flesh buds completely wrapped the bodies of the two people, they appeared to devour themselves, and the last remaining object was no longer a glass crystal, but a fruit, and there were some twisted patterns on the fruit.
What's even more interesting is that Leo has seen this kind of pattern before, and there is this kind of twisted pattern on those demons in the Demon Library of the Wasted Capital that makes ordinary people feel sick and uncomfortable when they see it.