Chapter Eighty-Five: The Viscount's Invitation
The door opened, and a maid dressed in imperial tradition came out.
She saluted Luke: "Thank you for visiting, please get in the car." ”
Luke took one look at the young and beautiful maid, then handed her the hat and cane, and stepped into the carriage. The maid closed the door and dutifully stood outside with Shelley and Piscoe.
"Hello Iscoran-sama!" Luke sat across from Viscount Iscoran and closed all the curtains after taking a look through the window to see what was going on outside.
Viscount Iscollan smiled and said, "Detective Meteor is very careful! ”
"It's better to pay attention to professional habits, especially my identity and yours. I don't know why Lord Viscount invited me here? ”
Iscoran knows that the meteorite is doing this too much, in fact, to remind himself: everyone is not familiar, don't talk about excessive things.
So Iscolan gave up the prepared set of words and asked directly: "Inspector, this sudden outbreak of demonstrations was arranged by you?" ”
Luke did not deny that this was originally a conspiracy, and some people needed to understand its cause.
"It's just a matter of taking advantage of the situation...... If it weren't for the fact that the City Council was really incompetent and let the elf clear sky destroy the Angry Thunder Tower, I wanted to start this parade, and I wouldn't have that ability.
Did today's events cause a loss to Lord Viscount?
As long as I can afford it, I am willing to compensate. ”
Viscount Iscolan didn't expect this Meteorite Detective to admit it like this, and he couldn't help but admire the courage of this senior agent of the Empire, and he also looked forward to the result of this meeting.
"In Angry Waves, I can still protect myself. The main reason for inviting the detective to come this time is ...... I would like to give you some clues about the incident with the armed airship of the Shamrock. ”
Luke laughed, and things got more and more interesting.
"Lord Viscount has a clue? That's great! The airship was so soaked in the sea that we couldn't find anything useful on it. If your clues are true, it really helps us a lot. ”
"It's my duty as a citizen of the Empire to help the Secret Intelligence solve the case...... Viscount Iscollan said after making his position clear, "Detective, you should know something about the City Council of Fury Waves. ”
Luke said in passing, "Since I came to take up my post at the Secret Intelligence Bureau of the Haijiao District of Angry Waves City, I must have read some information about the City Council of Angry Waves City before I came.
The City Council is the highest administrative body in the city, consisting of nine councillors. Three of the councillors are from the business community and belong to the capitalist faction, mainly responsible for the city's finances; The three councillors are city officials and belong to the establishment faction, and are mainly responsible for the running of the city; The three councillors are from the city's magical research institute, and belong to the technical school, mainly responsible for technology research and development.
The theory of the position of speaker is that the three factions of parliamentarians rotate between the position, but over the years it has been alternating among the technical legislators. Compared with the capitalist and establishment factions, the technocratic legislators are much more low-key.
That's all I know, is the clue that Lord Viscount said have anything to do with them? ”
Viscount Iscoran nodded slightly, Luke said what everyone knew. The relationship between the two of them is not suitable for deeper discussion.
"The Inspector is right. It should also be recognized that the rapid development of Angry Waves City in recent years is officially because it has a more technical council. It is a huge empire on the inside, and the whole world is connected to the outside world, and any new technology can create a lot of wealth in a short period of time from here.
This day-to-day era has made it a haven for smuggling, and some councillors and city officials have also participated.
According to the information I obtained, when the Clover crashed, there was not only Imperial taxes on it, but also a batch of gold several times more than the Imperial taxes. This batch of gold was all illegally obtained, and it was intended to be transported to the imperial capital to be turned into legal wealth.
Unexpectedly...... The gold disappeared inexplicably after the Clover's armed airship crashed into the sea. ”
Luke asked, "How did you know this gold existed?" You should be persona non grata to the city council. ”
Viscount Iscollan said, "My family has spent far more time in the city council than the city council, and it can even be said that they have grown up in the city. Although I didn't know about the existence of this batch of gold at first, and I didn't know that it was on the Shamrock, the disappearance of the gold caused chaos within them, and some news naturally flowed out.
Actually, I don't need to say it, I believe that the detective will be able to hear some rumors in a few days. ”
Luke said in his heart: I have news before you.
But the appearance still needs to be pretended.
"It seems that this case is more difficult than I thought, and it is no wonder that Councillor Ibur went to Haijiao District today to ask me about this case in a hurry.
The Viscount invited me not only to tell me about it, but to hear your opinion on the case. ”
Iscoran watched Luke's reaction to see if he was a participant in the case, after all, what he did for Ibel today was clearly an alliance between the two.
But the viscount didn't see anything.
Then just ask, "I want to know first...... What you are organizing this demonstration today, what deal you have made with Ibur. ”
Luke said truthfully: "Councilor Ibur came to me today and said that someone of very high status wanted to kill him and asked me for help.
I asked him to persuade the Parliament to grant me a loan from the Imperial Royal Bank for the construction of Cape Harbor, and to give me the right to operate it for thirty years.
Councillor Ibur said yes, let me bring people here to make trouble, and put pressure on the government department and the council on the grounds that the Nuretta was destroyed. Congressman Ibur then lobbied for the fact that in order to divert the attention of public opinion, the Council and the Parliament would approve the issue of repairing Haijiao Harbor.
So I brought someone with me......"
Viscount Iscoran was dumbfounded, and his expression did not have the calmness and demeanor of a nobleman.
"You, you, you staged a demonstration of more than 100,000 people in Angry Waves City, and you also stormed the city government department. Just to get the parliament to agree to build Cape Harbor? ”
"Otherwise...... I have nothing to do with what Congressman Ibur wants to do with this appeal. As the Detective of the Haijiao District Secret Intelligence Bureau, I just want to use Haijiao Port to improve the lives of the people in the city, so that more people can have decent jobs, instead of giving up on myself in the face of despair.
My hope for this term of office is that when I leave office, I will see a clean, safe, and vibrant urban area.
Instead of having to look at a whole bunch of crimes every morning, there is also the autopsy report of the medical examiner on the body of the homicide. ”
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