Chapter 82: Temptation
"Leo Dodd?" Ljungberg was stunned when he heard Leo report his name. Although the matter of the Skull and Bones Society in the last two days has been very sensational, the most sensational thing is the complaint of the Kingdom of England and the Velen Medical Association against Duke Devin.
Lyoo Dodd was one of the Inge soldiers who had escaped from the battlefield of Lebuteil, and the Medic was easily investigated, given Ljungberg's ability and authority.
"Why didn't you ......" Ljungberg was wondering why Leo was here, and not protected by the Kingdom of England, when the inquiry that came to his lips was swallowed again, as he thought that if the man in front of him was really the one who killed the president of the Skull and Bones Society, then how could he need protection?
Ljungberg asked in a deep voice, "A few days ago, several members of the local gang were making trouble in Lady Anne's hospital, and those people have since disappeared. ”
"Does this have anything to do with me?" asked Leo calmly.
Ljungberg's gaze fell on Panier's Tomahawk again, and he said, "The president of the Skull and Bones Guild was assassinated that night, and the assassin used Panier's Tomahawk. ”
"Is this how the flange police do things?" Leo smiled, "Just because I have Paniel's tomahawk?"
Ljungberg didn't pay attention to Leo's questioning at all, and still said to himself: "The president of the Skull and Bones Society died too suddenly, which caught everyone off guard and put a lot of pressure on the security of Miria City. If it weren't for those greedy politicians who wanted to take the opportunity to regain control of the entire Xicheng District under the name of the municipal government, they made the most correct choice to let the gendarmes enter the city, blockade the entire Xicheng District, and control the situation at the first time. Do you know what the consequences will be if you let those gangsters make trouble?"
Leo looked at Ljungberg nonchalantly, took two snowflakes from the bag and threw them into his mouth.
Ljungberg reached out and grabbed a handful of sand on the ground, rubbed it, and said: "I was born in this city, grew up in this city, studied in this city, and finally became a policeman to protect this city, starting from a small patrolman, step by step to achieve this position now, I love this city very much, I don't want her to be injured because of any accident." Do you understand?"
Leo said with a hint of sarcasm in his tone: "Since you love this city so much, why don't you get rid of those tumors in this city, just because they have money, people, and power, so you are afraid." ”
"If I could really solve everything so directly, I would be relieved. Ljungberg was not angry at Leo's taunt at all, and said calmly: "It is undeniable that the skeleton will be a cancer, but this cancer has involved the livelihood of millions of people, if it were you, what would you do." ”
Leo smiled: "I'll kill him, and then nothing, people are not as fragile as you think, maybe there will be chaos at first, but soon order will be restored." ”
"That's the difference between me and you. Ljungberg patted the dust off his hands, and then said, "I hope you have a good time in Miria City, Mr. Leo Dodd, but I don't want any more accidents. With that, he handed Leo a business card and said, "I hope you can come to my office and inform me before you want to do anything in the future, so that I can make a pre-arrangement." ”
Leo didn't refuse the other party's kindness either, so he looked at the business card and stuffed it into his pocket.
Ljungberg stood up, straightened his clothes, and said, "The Skull and Bones Society's ledger is a dangerous thing, if it's still on you, it's best to dispose of it, those politicians will go crazy for this thing, and become really crazy people with no bottom line." ”
With that, he was seen walking towards the carriage parked not far from the park, and got into it.
In the carriage, a veiled lady saw Ljungberg open the door and get into the carriage, and asked eagerly, "Is it him?"
Ljungberg didn't speak, just nodded slightly, reached out and held the armrest on the door, and sat down in the chair, feeling very struggling.
"Since it's him, why don't you ...... What's wrong with you?" the lady was about to question Ljungberg's approach, but suddenly she saw Ljungberg sitting in a chair with a pale face, and her hands were shaking involuntarily.
"If I said the wrong thing just now, I probably won't be able to come back. Yongbei glanced at the noble lady expressionlessly, and untied his coat with a slightly trembling hand, only to see that his shirt was completely soaked with sweat at the moment.
"You ......" the noblewoman looked at the scene in shock, she had never seen Ljungberg like this.
Ljungberg regained a little strength, knocked on the car behind the coachman, and motioned for driving.
Leo, who was still sitting on a park bench, ate snowflakes and watched the carriage gradually drive away from the Red House area, with a thoughtful look on his face.
As Ljungberg felt, Leo was wondering if he should get rid of the guy in front of him, but he thought about it and didn't do it in the end.
After all, taking out a gang leader without anyone knowing about it is a completely different thing than killing a police chief inspector in full view.
Leo could feel that Ljungberg was only a little suspicious of him at first, and he wasn't sure that he was the one who killed the president of the Skull and Bones Society, but his slightly overactive physical reaction gave him a positive response.
However, it is not because he is frightened by the other party's words, but because he senses danger from Ljungberg, and from this he feels that Ljungberg also has some kind of power.
If he hadn't seen the information about the dark world on the black market, Leo might have taken out Ljungberg without hesitation the moment he sensed the threat, after all, the best way to solve the danger is to eliminate the danger itself.
But after thinking of those mysterious organizations in the dark world, Leo also realized that the other identity of the chief criminal detective of Miria City in front of him may be the night watch who works closely with all governments.
It is precisely because of Ljungberg's dual identity that Leo has some bogeys, so he chooses to talk peacefully with Ljungberg to see what the other party wants to do, and then consider his next move.
However, fortunately, Ljungberg is not a stubborn person, and he did not choose to fight Leo, but consciously wooed Leo, and even did not want the account book of the main target of the Skull and Bones Society this time, and even reminded Leo.
"It seems that this ledger must be disposed of, otherwise it may really turn into a scourge. When Leo thought of this, he thought of Baron Maupassant again.
At this time, there were not many people waiting outside Anne's hospital for treatment, and most of them were waiting for the interns to make the medicine into finished pills.
Leo put the snowflake back in his backpack and walked towards Anne's hospital.
"You're finally here, my grandmother has a letter for you. As soon as Leo stepped into the hospital, he saw Adeline yelling at him, and then pulled out a letter from his pocket and handed it to Leo.
Leo took the letter, looked at the seal, frowned at Adeline and asked, "Have you opened it?"
"I was a little curious, so I opened it and took a look. Adeline didn't quibble, admitting honestly.
Leo was noncommittal, just holding the letter and staring at Adeline with a solemn expression.
Adeline, on the other hand, pursed her lips, lowered her head slightly, did not look at him, and muttered dissatisfiedly, "Isn't it just to open it and take a look! ”
Leo didn't respond, but suddenly reached out and lifted Adeline's chin, making her glasses look at her, and then reached out and shook it in front of her eyes.
"What are you doing?" Adeline asked, angrily unfazed as she opened Leo's hand to hold her chin.
When the surrounding patients and interns saw Leo actually doing something to Adeline, they all stood up and leaned over, as if they were about to besiege Leo.
However, Leo just frowned, took the letter, turned around and walked out of the hospital, leaving Adeline, who was being teased, puzzled, and didn't understand what Leo was doing just now.
Leo, who had left the hospital, stood at the door for a while, stopped a passing carriage at the door, and instead of sitting in the carriage, he sat next to the coachman, and said, "Go to the Botanical Garden of the city." ”
When the coachman heard the address, he pulled the reins, turned his horse's head, and drove in the direction of the Botanical Garden.
The botanical garden is located in the middle of the administrative district, the business district and the residential area of the embassies of various countries, the original idea was to build a central park, but as the embassy staff of various countries will unconsciously plant all kinds of flowers and plants in their countries here, so that flowers and plants from all over the world gather here, and gradually become a central park into an urban botanical garden.
The Red House is not far from the Botanical Garden, a three-minute ride by carriage, and when he reaches the door, Leo does not get out of the car, but says to the coachman: "Keep walking, until you reach a secluded enemy with no one and stop again." ”
"Sir, what are you ......" The coachman had a nervous look on his face, and was about to ask Leo what he wanted to do, when he felt something on his waist,
I don't know when, an axe was against his waist, judging from the sharp blade, as long as a little force was used, his stomach could be easily sliced open.
"I don't say it a second time. Leo looked at the coachman coldly and said.
The coachman said no more, but raised the reins and drove the carriage into the botanical garden, and soon bypassed a path into a relatively shady tree-lined path.
"Stop. Leo commanded suddenly.
The coachman honestly pulled the reins, stopped the carriage, and then said with a panicked face: "I only have one gold flange on me, which I just earned today, and you want to ......"
Leo interrupted him and said, "Shut up and go inside the carriage." ”
The coachman seemed to be very frightened, and got out of the carriage tremblingly, opened the door, and entered the carriage, and as his hand rested on the soft chair beside him, a sharp axe blade pressed directly against his crotch, pressed against his treasure, and followed by the cold voice, "I wonder if I can castrate you before you can take up the weapon under the chair?"
"Don't, don't, tap, tap!" the coachman was so nervous that he hurriedly raised his hands and tiptoed to keep his treasure away from the blade of the axe.
"Sit down across from you. Leo continued to command, then got into the car, sat down on the soft chair that the coachman wanted to sit on, reached out from under the soft chair, took a small mechanical repeater, looked at it, and said, "I have seen this type of mechanical repeater, but his one has improved in some places." ”
The coachman, who raised his hands, did not have the humble temperament he had before, but said in a semi-formulaic official tone: "Mr. Dodd, we have no ill intentions, but we should be natural allies, after all, we all have a common enemy to deal with." ”
"Will your allies hypnotize you and peek at letters that don't belong to you?" Leo grabbed the mechanical crossbow in his hand, and with a slight force, the complete crossbow shattered into a pile of incomplete parts, and then he said unapologetically, "Sorry, your weapon is too sturdy, I hope it won't cost you too much." ”
Seeing a bunch of gears, springs and other parts on the ground, the coachman's eyelids couldn't help but pick, and his face was full of surprise.
He had been with him for several years, and he knew very well that it looked delicate and fragile, but it was actually very strong, and he had used it to block slashing swords.
But now such a sturdy hand crossbow turned out to be like paper paste, crumpled and shattered in the hands of the person in front of him, and the parts fell to the ground, which couldn't help but shock him.
Leo sensed that the heat was almost over, so he went straight to the point and said, "I have a question for you." ”
The coachman was immediately alert, and was ready to speak and be tortured, which he had thought out as he had done the work, and had been trained in the harshest tortures, and he was confident that he would not reveal a single secret, and was ready to commit suicide if necessary.
Leo looked at each other in silence for a while, and then suddenly asked, "Is your leader a man or a woman?"
"Huh?" the coachman was completely stunned, wondering if he was hallucinating, and looked at Leo blankly.
However, Leo frowned and said with a serious face, "I'm asking if your leader is a man or a woman?"
Only then did the driver realize that Leo had really asked such an unimaginable question, and after being stunned for a while, he saw Leo's face showing displeasure, and hurriedly responded: "Actually, we also want to know." ”
Leo sensed that the coachman was not lying, and asked, "Then do you have the kind of camouflage props in your organization that can make the same feel as a woman's breasts?"
"No, absolutely not!" replied the coachman in the affirmative, and asked curiously, "Have you ever touched our ......?"
The coachman seemed to be very afraid of Baron Maupassant, and even if he was not around, he did not dare to say all this excessive question, but drew a picture on his chest and signaled.
Leo ignored the driver's question, and seemed to have no more questions to ask, stood up, pushed the car door, and prepared to leave.
After only half a step, he suddenly stopped, and said to the coachman, "I have forgotten something." ”
After saying that, he knocked out the coachman who had not recovered with a punch, and then dragged him out of the carriage, stripped naked, tied to the back of the carriage, slapped the horse's buttocks, and let the carriage walk out along the road by itself.