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The glass of a window on the second floor suddenly shattered, and then a man jumped out of the window, fell into the street in embarrassment, and then ran away desperately.

"Can you escape?" Baron O'Brien, who was sitting in an open-air café not far away, sneered, and then gestured to his subordinates, "Go, get it back." ”

The adjutant beside the baron nodded in response, and then a group of soldiers immediately gave chase, and in the direction of the man's escape, another group of soldiers was waiting.

Caught between two sides, the man knew that there was no way to escape, and in despair, he sat down on the ground and let Baron O'Brien's soldiers tie him up.

Seeing that the target was captured, the baron nodded in satisfaction, then waved his hand and motioned for his subordinates to go to the next location. But before Baron O'Brien could stand up, a man he didn't really want to see suddenly appeared in front of the Baron, and sat down on the chair next to him.

"Too much fanfare, isn't it?" said Sven with a blank expression as he looked at the man who had been escorted away by the soldiers, "It will bring panic to the residents of the Imperial Capital." ”

"I have already informed in advance that this is to arrest the remnants of the rebel party in the Ministry of the Interior, and the people will support our actions. Baron O'Brien tilted his head disapprerovingly, looking a little arrogant, "If this were in Munster, my people wouldn't have done it so lightly, just beat that guy into a sieve." ”

Swain glanced at Baron O'Brien, the expression on his face was serious, and what he had just said didn't seem like an exaggeration. "You seem to hate these Home Office people because of that?"

The baron's hand shook, and his face changed suddenly.

"I can't think of a more shameless guy than these villains, who actually attacked my family, this is the O'Brien family that has inherited an era, this is the descendant of Duke Dungal, these shameless and inhumane guys, actually, there is no one left, my family, my family is actually ......"

Baron O'Brien said, tears could not help but flow from the corners of his eyes, as a majestic general on the battlefield, a man tempered in iron and blood, at this time he burst into tears, wept bitterly, and was as sad as a child.

"I will never let go, let go of any bastard of the Ministry of the Interior, I will hang them all! No, hanging them is still cheaper, I want them to live rather than die!"

Swain's fingers tapped a few times on the table, and he noticed that the soldiers around him had a sad look on their faces when they saw their general so grief, as if they were as sad as Baron O'Brien.

"People cannot be resurrected from death, and please mourn. Swain glanced around the street, the people were carefully hiding in their homes or shops, even observing the situation outside, they were hiding themselves behind doors and windows, "Although I would like to wish you all the best in your revenge, but unfortunately, His Highness Alexander will not agree to your actions, these important criminals of the Ministry of the Interior are still useful, and cannot be handed over to you to vent your inner grief." Moreover, if this kind of thing spreads out, it will discredit the empire. ”

Baron O'Brien lowered his head and put one hand over his eyes to hide his sadness.

A soldier came over and reported to Baron O'Brien: "General, the prisoner who was caught just now committed suicide with the poison he was carrying. ”

Swain glanced at the soldier and said coldly: "Forget about this, please cheer up as soon as possible, there are still many things that you need to contribute to the empire." ”

With that, he grabbed his cane, stood up, and walked to the other side of the street. Baron O'Brien, who was still sitting in his chair, kept his head down and kept muttering something in his mouth.

Walking to the intersection, the carriage had been waiting for Swain for a long time, and he opened the door and boarded the carriage, where there was another person in the carriage.

Artemis glanced at Swain with a complicated expression, then lowered his head and said respectfully, "Director, we have the location of the target." ”

"Well, let's go, then. Sven put his cane aside and glanced at the assembled army outside the window, "How did you find it, I thought that guy would be very careful to hide." ”

"Last night, the surrounding people heard several gunshots, so the next day they called the police, and when the people from the police station arrived, they accidentally found the body of the target, and after they checked the information, they did not dare to slack off and immediately reported us. ”

"Dead?" Swain raised an eyebrow, staring at Artmis, "After searching for so long, only one body was found?"

Artemis pursed his lips and bowed his head in silence. The current situation is no longer the same as before, two months ago, she would quarrel with Swain, and she would look at Swain angrily for her brother, but now, also for her brother, she can only keep her voice down and listen to the most hated person. Perhaps, now Artemis can finally understand his father's distress.

"Did you find anything at the scene?" asked Sven again.

"No, there is only a group of police officers who go to the scene, and now the thirteenth section is very short of manpower, so there is no suitable person to go to the scene. ”

Sven touched the cane beside him, and as Swain moved, Artmis's attention was focused on the cane, the one that belonged to her father. Now she didn't dare to ask Swain for this cane, let alone a cane, and now the fate of the entire Hecate family is in Swain's hands, even if Alexander gave a certain promise and promised to help the Hecate family continue, but Artemis understands that in fact, in Alexander's eyes, he is insignificant at all, and he gave such a promise, not out of concern for the Hecate family, but just to show other people, so that they can understand that the new emperor will not treat the old family badly, and at the same time, it is also to contain Swain a little。

But what's the use, Artemis thought sadly to himself. Even if you are the emperor, not everything in this world can be as he wants, if the emperor can really restrain Swain, the thirteen lessons will not fall into the hands of this person.

"We don't have a lot to arrest. Swain suddenly spoke, startling Artmis, who was immersed in his thoughts, "It's good to leave the general prisoners to the Munster army, we only need to provide information, and there should be more manpower." So why, why is there a shortage of people, and where did you send them?"

Artemis bit his lip and bowed his head in silence. Indeed, because of Swain's new appointment, he was not familiar with the personnel structure of the Thirteenth Class, so he still had to rely on Artemis to deal with this aspect. However, this does not mean that Swain has handed over all the power to Atmis, with Atmis's understanding of Swain, she knows that Lesson 13 will completely fall into the hands of this guy sooner or later, just like he was able to send the armies of Munster, Connaught, and Yanwan to Princess Celestia.

Although later these troops leaked out of Swain's palm.

"You want to find Yang?" Swain stared at Artmis, not giving her a little breathing space, "You all send those people to find your brother, otherwise, you can't explain why the manpower of the thirteenth class is so short." ”

Artmis's body shuddered as she took a deep breath and tried to calm herself.

"Yes, I sent them to Yang. Atmiss raised his head and looked at Swain calmly, "This is what we said, you will let Yang go, and I support you in the position of temporary director of Section 13." Now, you don't want to break your word, do you?"

"Broken promise?" Sven's index finger tapped on the handle of the cane, and there was no fluctuation in his tone, "You're worried, you're worried that Yang has done something to the point where I have to break my promise to kill him, in other words, you actually have a hunch, even if I let Yang go, Yang may not appreciate it, right?" ”

Artemis bit her lip and was seen through by Swain again, which made her feel terrible. "But you promised me," Artemis gritted his teeth, refusing to let go, "and you'll let him go." ”

"I will. Swain nodded, "At least, this time, I'll let him go." ”

Neither of them had anything more to say, and there was silence in the carriage.

The carriage went farther and farther away, and gradually, the carriage drove into a completely different neighborhood, there were no beautiful high-rise buildings, no bustling shops, no flowers all over the streets, no girls holding flowers, only lifeless and unfinished buildings, and a group of ragged and godless people.

This is a slum area of virtue, even if it is the imperial capital, there are such poor places, this is inevitable, there are rich people on the top, and naturally there are poor people who are struggling at the bottom of society, which is the same in any society, it is unavoidable.

Swain had been to such a place once, that is, when he first encountered Yang, in such a slum area, he had killed a lot of people, but such news did not make a splash in the newspaper the next day.

When I arrived at my destination, a cordon had been set up by the people from the police station to keep all the idle people outside. Of course, it doesn't matter if they don't, because people here don't have that much curiosity, and they know that the more they know, the more danger there is.

After Artemis showed her and Swain's identification, the people at the police station immediately respectfully asked them to pass, as an agency under the Ministry of the Interior, the current police are not having a good time, although they have not been reproached for not participating in the rebellion for the time being, but who can say what will happen in the future?

Swin and Artemis entered the room one after the other, and Herbert's body was still lying on the ground, blood spilled all over the floor, and the dirty floor, the blackened blood looked the same color as the floor.

Swain walked over to Herbert's body, the former director of the investigation's pupils dilated, his eyebrows constricted to the middle, his open lips turned up, and a look of fear on his face, it looked like he must have been frightened before he died.

"Time of death?"

"It should have been midnight last night. Atmiss took out the report he got from the police, "The gunshots that the nearby residents also heard at this point in time, which are basically the same as the time of death, there is no trace of violent fighting in the room, only the desk next to the deceased overturned, it is likely that the deceased knocked down the desk before he died." ”

Swain bent down and glanced under the overturned desk. There was nothing but a lamp that had fallen to the ground, and a few pencils.

"What about the cause of death?"

"Suffocation to death, judging by the marks on the neck, should have been strangled to death. Attmis frowned, judging from this technique alone, it seems that the murderer is not simple, ordinary people don't have the strength to strangle an adult man who can struggle to death with his hands, "No fingerprints were found, the murderer was very careful, or rather, he came prepared." ”

"He must have wanted something from Herbert. Swain looked at the desk and frowned, "There are so few things on the table, this room is very small, and there is almost no room for movement, so Herbert's activities here must revolve around this desk, and he has to deal with things at the table." ”

Sven slowly stood up and glanced around the room. "Did you find anything of value?"

Artemis shook his head. "No, there was nothing but some clothing, and not even Herbert's purse showed no signs of being turned over, and the bills inside were neatly placed. ”

"So," Swain looked back to his desk, "there's something of value here, and it must have been taken by the murderer." ”

"Do you know what that is?" asked Artemis with a frown.

"If I'm right. Swain looked at the window again, the rooms were close together, and from here, Sven could see the corridor of the next building.

"It's supposed to be something that can make another Belial. ”