- Drost.

The surname belonged to Lily's biological father, the old and strong trade minister.

The old knight Gordon first subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, and then frowned again.

Since it involves a minister with real power...... There is a high probability that this matter has nothing to do with the royal family, which is the biggest good news at the moment. The worst-case scenario is also avoided.

But on the other hand, the chief private secretary to the Minister of Trade is a big man in his own right.

Secretary Raff was also considered a civil service officer, and in the Ministry of Trade, he was only responsible to the Permanent Undersecretary except for Minister Drost. Although he looks to be almost fifty years old, there is still some possibility that he will continue to be promoted.

And in doing so, the range of suspects has expanded.

The knight family had taken a knightly oath when the armor was awarded, so it could not harm the royal family.

If the killer's original target was Princess Isabel, then all the members of the knight family in the club could be directly eliminated.

But today's words......

"Has the cause of death been identified?"

Director Gordon thought about this and asked rhetorically.

He had just taken a cursory glance and knew that the deceased had probably fallen from the handrail on the second floor to the first floor.

That's about five or six meters high. It is true that there is a risk of falling to death at this height. But next to him were high-ranking priests who could use illumination.

A fall injury at this height, unless it hits the back of the head, must be salvageable.

The young superintendent shook his head, "I'm not sure if I died by poison or curse, but I certainly didn't fall." It should be related to the knife in the deceased's back, which may have to be sent for testing later. But what is certain is that death is very rapid, from injury to death in no more than ten seconds, almost instantaneous. The priests who took over the treatment at the first time can also corroborate this. ”

That is, the deceased fell down after being attacked by the murderer. And died soon after landing? ”

Director Gordon's brow furrowed, feeling that the situation was getting more and more troublesome.

After a moment's thought, he gave an order: "Immediately conduct a round of body searches for all personnel on the second floor of the club!"

"For this kind of dangerous thing, there must be a container for storage, or a prop specially used to use it, go find it!

"Secretary Raff may have been talking to someone before he died. Then find all the people on the second floor who were near the handrail at the time of the incident, the people who didn't talk to others, the people who were sneaking around hiding in the corners, the people who were seen by others moving quickly after the incident, and bring them down! ”

"Also," Ivas, who was watching quietly, suddenly added, "On top of that, please also check if the members on the second floor have documents or file bags on them." ”

Hearing Ivass's voice, the young inspector and Director Gordon turned their heads one after another.

Looking at Ivas in a wheelchair, Director Gordon easily recognized his identity.

“…… Mr. Eivers, yes? I've heard about the case you did in Lloyd's. ”

The old knight said in a deep voice.

He didn't look down on Ivus because of his young age, but asked him seriously, "Do you think this matter has something to do with the documents that Raff's secretary carried?" ”

"It's just a gut feeling. There is no evidence. ”

Ivas didn't laugh, but said seriously: "But generally speaking, people who come to the White Shoes Club to listen to music will bring so many documents?" Even if he had papers, wouldn't he have put them in this bag? If you look at so many documents on the handrail on the second floor, you may be able to see them fall if you are not careful.

"So I think maybe he just opened the bag or just picked it up from someone else. So it's important to check if someone is trying to steal something - or maybe it's because the stolen documents are found out that they will assassinate them. ”

In fact, it's an excuse for Ivus's. He is only to bring up this possibility, and it would be more reasonable to be unprofessional.

Anyway, he and Isabel are here to press, and Edward will come later. I must have looked it up in the end...... And if he says it too professionally, he may be targeted.

The real reason is that Ivas looks at the dead and becomes more familiar the more he looks.

And after hearing his name, I finally remembered his identity and recalled the plot where Iwass skipped the cutscene!

This middle-aged secretary with gold-rimmed glasses and a little bowed is the "someone" in the [Letter Sent by Someone to the Noble Red Society]!

In the game, the player learns that this "someone" is most likely a trusted cronie of a certain big person. From the "Sweater Brotherhood", a copy of the main story that would not appear until a few months after the "Missing Body in Hangled Square", a document written in code was obtained.

Through Sherlock's puzzle solving of the document, the player learns that the document is actually a series of locations and numbers. Basically, it means that different quantities of explosives stored in abandoned chemical plants are delivered to a designated place at a specified time.

Later, out of nowhere, the player and Ivas are found in a sealed crate and jump out to fight each other.

Now that you think about it, it could be that the player and Ivas ventured into a chest with the intention of infiltrating and searching. Sherlock or someone else delivered the box to the designated place at the appointed time, only to find out that something was wrong when they arrived.

After defeating them, they recovered another document from the gang and managed to escape with great difficulty under the pursuit of the corrupt overseers.

The exact contents of this document are completely unknown because Ivas skipped them. But the dialogue plot after the cutscene Ivus remembers one thing - in short, after careful analysis by Sherlock, it is found that the three documents that appear to have different handwriting actually belong to the same person.

More than a week later, an officer committed suicide by taking poison at home because he was found out by the inspectorate for taking bribes.

Although the incident only appeared in a corner of the Glass Steps, Sherlock was keenly aware that something was wrong. He investigates the true time of the officer's death, and discovers that the officer "committed suicide" after the player and Evas failed to infiltrate the investigation and changed to a berserk stealth.

Upon learning of this, the player infiltrates the mansion and steals the documents of Secretary Raff's life. By comparing the handwriting, Sherlock confirmed that this "someone" was the secretary. Thus it was determined that the "big man" who cooperated with the Noble Red Society was Minister Drost!

- Although the plot of Ivas jumps in the middle, fortunately, when he talks to Sherlock, he jumps out of the news clipping that "so-and-so committed suicide in fear of crime at home".

Evas didn't remember his name and looks, but he remembered his hairstyle.

And now that I see the gold wire glasses of Raff's secretary, I finally recall this plot-

Lily's biological father, Minister Drost, is the inner ghost who was bought by a spy sent by the Star Antimony Kingdom and regularly secretly sent top-secret information to the Star Antimony Kingdom through the Noble Red Society!

Being able to find out who the inner ghost is so quickly is undoubtedly something to celebrate.

Not to mention, now that Ivas has not been exposed, he is still in the shadows. It's not like in the game, because it's too reckless and the other party notices.

But in this way, the problem is now more complicated.

And among all the people present, including the killer...... Perhaps only Ivas truly understands the complexity of the situation today.

Because Eivus also recognized what that unsheathed poison blade was—

It was the signature assassination weapon used by Hawkeye, one of Iris's secret service groups.

It is of a completely different nature from the Inspectorate in Avalon. Although they are also considered secret services, the white gloves of the Inspectorate belong to official organizations and power agencies in every sense.

And Iris's organization has always been a stealthy killer organization on the surface. They carry out assassinations mainly at home and rarely go abroad.

Because "Hawkeye" is a killer organization, and the mysterious skills related to stealth, stealth, and poison are all adapted to the path, and even the name of the organization has "Eagle" in it. As a result, they are widely believed to be a secret society that abscated from the Duchy of Black Eagle, which believed in the Lord of the Scales.

- It wasn't until the middle of version 4.0 that players learned for the first time that the secret leader of this killer organization was the prime minister of the Iris Kingdom himself!

The old prime minister used this killer organization to assassinate political opponents and their right-hand men who were different from his faction, or to work in turn to smear dirt on their heads or eliminate rivals in his own party. And disguised all this as a killing, creating a scene of vendetta between the two parties who believe in love and beauty respectively.

One of the central demands of Prime Minister Iris's radical party is extreme racism. They advocated the expulsion of the "Children of the Moon" from the territory, the emulation of Avalon's method of purifying the path, and the abandonment of the inheritance of the path of love in the country, in order to alleviate the increasingly fierce conflict within the Iris Kingdom.

So, Ivas immediately thought of the beautiful senior sister with an elegant temperament who Aiden said gave him "Dracula".

That is, the person who made Aiden related to the racial power of the "Children of the Moon" in the future.

Thinking of this, Ivas looked at Aiden with a somewhat complicated expression.

Noticing Aihuas's gaze, Aiden scratched his head a little dazedly and looked back, "What's wrong, Aihuas?" ”

"It's fine."

Ivas sighed, shook his head, and asked gently, "Of course, such an inconspicuous thing as a document may also be hidden...... For example, tucked into a book that you carry with you. You're experienced, and you'll have to take care of that, Director Gordon. ”

He can't just say by name, "The murderer is a beautiful schoolgirl who likes to read." The deduction is not so outrageous.

After all, Ivas himself had never seen what she looked like.

Then you can only give some accurate information one radish and one pit.

“…… I'll go and see for myself. ”

The old knight pondered for a moment, and felt that what Evas said made sense.

Looking at the back of Director Gordon going upstairs, Ivance sighed.

- One thing to say, Aiden, you kid, this bad woman's radar is really accurate.

There are still three days left in this month, but the unprecedented industrious cat has been updated with 19w9k words this month!

The cat's whirling routine had shifted to 10:50 a.m., and he hadn't eaten dinner yet, hungry and sleepy, dizzy...... At the end of the month, I plan to take a day off to survive, tentatively on the 29th or 30th!

(End of chapter)