HighestLaws' Continental European Headquarters, Crystal County, Central Europe.

Covering an area of 1,285 square kilometers, the all-metal style complex is surrounded by towering iron walls, man-made canals, and plains. This geographical condition was created over many years, and before the empire was founded, it was one of the richest, most economically developed and highest standard of living in the world, with a white cross on a red background, white symbolizing peace, justice and light, and red symbolizing the victory, happiness and enthusiasm of the people. Being able to live in this place is the wish of most people on earth.

But now when it comes to Crystal County, what comes to mind is a golden emblem, a diamond pattern surrounded by two star tracks, and a group of enforcers who are themselves above the law, because they carry those four words on their backs.

Instructor Luca, dressed in a modest black military uniform, came to the conference room, and after entering, he gave a military salute to the generals who were sitting there waiting.

"Sit down, Luca. The man in the middle seat said.

"Yes. Lukka sat upright.

"Yesterday, Lieutenant Colonel Faro already had a private call with you, didn't he?"

"Yes. Luca replied.

"That's good, it saves us a lot of tongues. So...... According to the official report submitted by Colonel Malone of the Second Division of the County of Crown, we have now assigned you to Venice to arrest the fourth-degree wanted criminal, codenamed 'Blood Lord', and execute it as soon as possible. ”

Lukka answered, got up and said, "Farewell." He left the room.

After Luca went out, several people in the room spoke again: "In the past twenty-four hours, four important people have died in Venice, including the son of the governor, even those resistance groups will not blindly carry out such a series of assassinations, is this blood lord's act really arbitrary? ”

"Even so, it is imperative to stop this kind of killing, otherwise the local royal family and nobles will put pressure on the upper echelons, and if Tiandu blames it, the face of our European department will not look good. ”

The man in the middle seat spoke again: "Don't worry about this, I already have a plan, first wait for Luca to deal with that 'fierce' level madman, and then I will apply to the Tiandu side to send an 'expert' to find out the whole story, let him go to the troubled waters of Venice, and then the responsibility will also be borne by that person." ”

"You mean?" all the generals in the room knew who he was talking about.

"Ah, that's right, it's him, I heard that he has been stranded in Hokkaido since the end of last year, investigating some civil homicides, I don't know what the point is ......"

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

Venice, the day after the Paper Man was discharged from the hospital, at seven o'clock in the evening.

Luca's plane would not land until at least the early hours of the morning, while the murders of nobles and wealthy merchants continued, and by this time the number of victims had risen to twelve, not counting those who had been killed.

The town was completely enveloped in terror, the governor had ordered a curfew, all establishments of business were closed, residents were not allowed to go out, tourists were not allowed to leave hotels, and all transport hubs in and out of the city were strictly monitored and suspended. Before the murderer is caught, the police and the army have the right to arrest anyone who is stranded on the street, and if they resist or flee, they can shoot directly at the person's own risk.

This is the highest authority that the position of Governor can exercise at the security level under the Empire, and can only be exercised in the most serious and unexpected situations.

The local garrison army, the police, the HL garrison, all the forces that can be mobilized have begun to check the legal identity of the civilians in the city from house to house, and the streets are full of uniformed patrol squads, and even the homeless homeless people are hard to find and hide somewhere.

Now the only person out there who is still walking around in casual clothes is Paper Man. He hadn't slept for more than thirty hours, but he was still roaming the air, because the serial killings showed that the Blood Lords had never rested.

He looked at the dead city and said to himself, "Where the hell are you......"

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

Underground, reflecting the city.

Blood owls are playing with hydrofluoric acid to dissolve corpses, a controlled chemical that is not easy to come by, and if it is sold in convenience stores, it would be much easier to dispose of corpses.

Suddenly, from the passage came the voice of a person, "Don't you think you've stayed too long as a guest?" The voice came and went, and it was impossible to tell where it came from, only that it was scurrying through the underground passages that extended in all directions.

The blood lord sneered, raised his voice and replied, "Iron Commandment...... What kind of chop did you send this time?"

"Mr. Bloodlord, you have no absolute conflict of interest with us, and from what you have done, it seems that we still have a common enemy, and you are also wanted by the Empire, aren't you?"

The expression on the blood owl's face was even more disdainful: "Oh...... Is this time here to negotiate? ”

The voice continued, "If you are willing to cooperate with our Iron Commandment, someone like Botrini can always take his place, and the killing of the priests can be written off, and the Grand Master will forgive you." ”

"Forgive me?" the blood owl smiled from the bottom of his heart, "You know, after listening to your words, I suddenly felt that someone who talked to me about 'cooperation' last time was simply too educated and too fucking smart. ”

The man seemed to understand what the blood lord meant, and his tone became colder: "So, what is your answer?"

The blood lord said, "Come to me and let me tell you." ”

Fools know that if you appear in front of him, you guess he will pounce and tear you up, the voice replied, "Humph...... Since you don't know how to lift, then there's nothing to talk about, even if you can't take back control of Reflection City for the time being, do you think we'll let you hide here in peace all the time?"

The blood lord naturally understood what was going on, he walked to the computer, saved today's experimental data into his habitual virtual network disk, and then punched through the chassis, ripped out the hard drive, and crushed it.

He glanced at the torture instruments and experimental equipment with regret for the last time, and he didn't even look at the large piles of cash that were randomly piled on the ground.

By this time, the water had reached his knees, and the place was flooded extremely fast, and he had to rush to the nearby exit as soon as possible.

When the blood owl climbed the ladder somewhere, the voice sounded again, and I don't know where the person who spoke was, could it be that he was still soaking in the flooded passage?

"Blood lord, it's stupid to refuse me, without the protection of Reflection City, now Venice, there is no place for you to hide, I don't have to make a move, you will die at the hands of those imperial lackeys. Farewell, heretic. ”