Chapter 551: Captivity
"Do you think there's something wrong here?" Just as the result was discussed, and everyone was about to take an oath according to the secret ceremony of the organization, a middle-aged man wearing a high-ranking officer's badge suddenly spoke.
The middle-aged man's sudden inquiry made everyone present feel a little puzzled, they looked at each other, and unanimously said that they didn't find anything wrong.
However, the middle-aged man did not relax there, his face was full of nervousness, and under the gaze of everyone, he walked quickly to the window and looked out of the window.
The middle-aged man seemed to have a lot of influence among these people, and when he showed nervousness, the other people around him also became nervous, and they all looked at the middle-aged man, waiting for his response.
The middle-aged man didn't find anything out the window that made him feel wrong, but cautiously he still didn't give up looking for anything suspicious.
"Something is wrong!" The middle-aged man suddenly opened the window, pointed to the pedestrians on the street outside, and said, "Do you think they are a little strange?"
The people around them immediately looked out of their own windows, but they didn't see anything strange about the pedestrians on the street. If they didn't know very well that middle-aged people are not nervous people, they must have discovered something to behave so seriously.
"Look at their shadows. The middle-aged man knew that his colleagues around him did not see anything unusual, so he reminded.
Under the reminder of the middle-aged man, everyone discovered a strange situation, the shadows of those pedestrians on the street were distorted and deformed, not like the shadows of normal people.
"What's going on?" everyone didn't feel any danger when they discovered the anomaly, but just thought it was a strange phenomenon.
"I don't know, but it's definitely not a good thing. The middle-aged man also shook his head blankly, and a strong sense of uneasiness welled up in his heart, and under the effect of this uneasiness, he proposed: "Get out of here first." ”
Although I felt that the middle-aged man was making a little fuss, everyone did not veto the middle-aged man's proposal, after all, the things that should be discussed have been discussed, and the next thing is how to implement it.
So they left the room in groups, went downstairs, and walked out of the tavern.
"Damn, what's going on?" Soon the men were stunned by the strange thing that had happened in front of them, because the people who had just walked out of the door suddenly came back and collided with the people who wanted to leave, and then they found that the street outside the door had disappeared, and in its place was the interior of the first floor of the tavern, which was identical except for no one.
Some people don't believe in evil and try to go out, and no matter how much they go, they will eventually return to the tavern. According to their description, the moment they stepped through the door, the scene in their eyes changed instantly, and the first floor of the tavern, which had been empty, was filled in an instant, and they returned to the tavern.
Some of the people saw that it was not possible to go through the main entrance, so they put their minds on the window and tried to climb the window to leave, but the result was still the same, they still returned to the tavern.
Except for a few people with a steady personality who were still able to remain calm, most of the others had panicked expressions on their faces, after all, what was happening in front of them was beyond their comprehension.
"It could be witchcraft. At this time, the middle-aged man who first discovered the anomaly seemed to have some understanding of the things in the dark world, and when everyone was still in a panic, he said an answer that made everyone feel absurd.
"Claude, you used to study these things, don't take them out and make trouble now. Someone said with great dissatisfaction.
For these mid-level officers of the navy, the so-called gods, wizards, monsters, etc., are all deceptive nonsense, and they are not yet qualified to have access to these things, although they often hear some similar rumors, but they only talk about such things as some common urban legends.
Also, because of the naval reform. The navy has been freed from the religious influence of the Poseidon Church, and all the officers are from the Royal Academy, and they are also the most loyal academics, so in their eyes, the so-called miracles of the church are just some tricks, and those legendary witchcraft and monsters must be deception.
But not all officers are ignorant of the affairs of the dark world, among these officers, except for the middle-aged man who spoke first, several other organization candidates and high-ranking officers have been more or less exposed to this kind of things and information, so when the middle-aged people said that the current situation was related to witchcraft, they did not question it, but showed a solemn look on their faces.
"Shut up!" When everyone was questioning the middle-aged man, an organization candidate suddenly stopped everyone's questioning loudly, and then asked the middle-aged man: "Do you think this was done by the Special Bureau or by the royal family?"
Unlike the middle- and low-level officers around him, this organizational candidate is already considered a high-level officer, and he has more or less received some news that Hoover Hansen will be assassinated because the royal family and Congress are dissatisfied with the Navy's meddling in politics, so directly talk about the naval heroes who are most likely to make a difference in politics to be eliminated, warning some ambitious people within the Navy.
Originally, the candidate of the organization did not think that such rumors were true, but the current situation made him feel that those rumors might be true, because he knew that there was a wizard under the royal family who worked exclusively for the royal family, and he was a real wizard.
"I don't know. The middle-aged man named Claude shook his head blankly.
After hearing this, the faces of several candidates for the organization became extremely ugly, and they looked at each other, because in their opinion, if those people from the Special Bureau had created this situation, maybe they would still have a way to live, but if it was the royal family, they might only end up like their leader.
While the naval officers in the tavern were in chaos, Leo sat in the café across the tavern, quietly waiting for the time to end.
His mood was also much more relaxed at this time, because when he told about Hoover Hansen's officers trapped in the tavern, the black silk threads hanging from the sky had almost disappeared, and only a few faint gray silk threads were scattered in all corners of the city, which obviously had nothing to do with the disaster.
All Leo has to do now is wait for the time to pass until the catastrophe caused by the power struggle between the upper echelons of the kingdom is completely over.
As the days passed, the sky gradually darkened, the lamplighters lit the street lamps one by one, and some of the wealthy people who lived in the queen's district walked into the streets dressed in good clothes, and some of the richly dressed ladies got into their best carriages and marched towards the central theater of the ladies district of the lake.
The Seaspear Tavern, with its closed door, did not attract much attention, as although it was a public tavern, it was also a private clubhouse, and it had been closed for private parties before.
During this time, there have been people in naval uniforms who came outside the tavern, only to see that the tavern door was closed, knocked on the door, and did not go in again.
When this man appeared, it caught Leo's attention, because there was a black silk thread on the top of the person's head, but when the man turned away, the black silk thread disappeared. It seems that this person must have been sent by the Navy to inform the Hoover Hansen organization that the assassin who killed Hoover Hansen was Mitty Grant.
After nightfall, a small daily act from the royal family caused a small accident.
After nightfall, the royal family will let the old wizard Otto scan the entire city of Turin through the wizard tower from time to time, its function is similar to Leo's spiritual network, but it is not as hidden as the spirit network, but it is very public, when the scan, the energy wave emitted from the wizard tower and the surrounding energy collide with each other, producing a brilliant light similar to the aurora.
The reason why the royal family did this was nothing more than to warn those people in the dark world of Dulin City to be honest, and at the same time, it was also to show the heritage and strength of the royal family.
However, for those who don't know why, this is a visual feast, a blessing from heaven to Dulin City, and over time it has become a late-night scene in Dulin City.
There was no doubt that when this energy fluctuation swept through the Sea Spear Tavern, the Turing magic array that Leo had placed here inevitably rubbed against this scanning energy.
This friction did not have any adverse effect on the magic array arranged by Leo, but the light and flame produced by the energy friction were extremely eye-catching, and in the eyes of ordinary people, the entire Sea Spear Tavern was like being wrapped in a cloud of colorful flames, which was extremely gorgeous and did not dissipate for a long time, so that a large number of people quickly gathered here to watch the excitement.
The moment Leo appeared the anomaly, he knew that there was some minor trouble, so before anyone else paid attention to it, he changed the Turing Magic Array in the Sea Spear Tavern a bit, adding several special rune traps to strengthen the power of the entire magic array.
Although the rainbow of light that enveloped the tavern had diminished over time, the crowd had not diminished, and some curious people wanted to enter the tavern to have a look, knock on the door, or knock on the window, but they received no response. If it weren't for the watching, perhaps some of the good deeds among them would have climbed up the pillar upstairs to see if they could enter the tavern through the open windows upstairs.
However, these good deeds were soon dispersed, as the police, the Special Bureau, and the Navy all arrived one after another.
When they arrived, they did not rush into the tavern, but dispersed the crowd of onlookers, and the police were instructed to erect a cordonade at the outermost perimeter to prevent other unrelated people from entering, while the Investigation Team of the Special Bureau and the Navy was responsible for the internal investigation.
Although the Special Bureau and the Naval Investigation Team both belong to the Kingdom Authorities, their relationship seems to be very bad, and after dispersing the crowd of onlookers and instructing the police to leave, the two sides quarrel with each other.
The Special Bureau stated that this was an incident caused by extraordinary powers, and that all extraordinary powers in the Kingdom were under the management of the Special Bureau, and the Naval Investigation Team believed that this tavern was the property of the admirals and the private club of naval officers, and it was impossible to hand over this tavern to the Special Bureau.
When the two sides were arguing, people from the royal family also came, and the people from the royal family led the team by the old wizard Otto, but this time he did not wear the eye-catching wizard robe, but wore a very ordinary long coat.
It's no wonder that the royal family is so concerned, because the energy friction reaction between the rune magic array in the tavern and the wizard tower is too big and appears very abruptly, which makes the royal family have to pay attention to the situation here.
After coming here, the old wizard Otto did not participate in the struggle for the jurisdiction of the tavern, he just glanced at the tavern, he already had an opinion in his heart, and then turned his head to look around, and his eyes fell on Leo in the café not far away.
"Mr. Leo, is this your handiwork?" the old wizard Otto motioned for his men to disperse to maintain order, then walked up to Leo and asked.
"Yes. Leo nodded, admitting truthfully.
"Has anyone offended your Excellency in the tavern?" the old wizard asked tentatively, sitting beside Leo, picking up the teapot on the table for a cup of tea.
"Nope. Leo replied simply.
"Then you do it......" The old wizard looked at Leo in confusion.
"This is not a hassle created by your royal family and Congress. Leo waited angrily for the old wizard to glance at him, making the old wizard look dazed, not knowing what Leo meant by this.
When Leo saw the old wizard's expression, he was stunned, stretched out his hand to gather spiritual energy and quickly drew a Turing root in the air, forming an environment that isolated sound, and then smelled in a deep voice: "You don't know about the assassination of Hoover Hansen?"
"Assassinate Hoover Hansen?" the old wizard was completely confused by Leo's words, he could never have imagined that Leo's blockade of this tavern had something to do with Hoover Hansen's assassination.
Although the old wizard stayed in the wizard's tower all the year round and rarely participated in the politics of the kingdom, he also knew very well how much of a sensation and impact the assassination of Hoover Hansen caused in the kingdom some time ago.
Like all ordinary people who don't know the situation, he also thinks that the assassins of Hoover Hansen are the Avengers of Mozambique, but now from Leo's words, he realizes that things may not be as simple as he expected, and it seems that the royal family and Congress are involved.
With a lot of doubt and curiosity, the old wizard couldn't help but ask about the cause and effect, and Leo was not stingy, and carefully told what he knew and speculated, and the old wizard frowned when he heard it.
There is no doubt that in every respect, the actions of the royal family and Congress are despicable and shameless, and the consequences are so bad that one wants to slaughter those who carry out this matter.
The old wizard had no doubts about the weapon Leo had spoken of that could destroy the entire city, because he had seen a similar weapon in the notes of the wizard of the Tower, and he was now in awe of the power of this mysterious weapon, and his heart was more of a rage that almost inexplicably died in the power struggle of some people.