The Ernst family, the Glory Society, the demon clowns, they ......

Wayne looked at the contents of the letter, and he vaguely noticed that what had happened in the city-state of Custer recently and what the letter said seemed to be two different things, but the internal reasons might be the same.

Letter......

Wayne suddenly remembered that he had also obtained a letter from Collins and them yesterday, and he took out the letter from the spatial ring and glanced at it.

“…… Tell Nicole that I'll arrive at the port on the night of the 19th and get ready before then, I don't want to wait for me to arrive and see the mess. ”

"I've found a helper in Custer and he'll be looking for you...... Well, warn you in advance that you'd better not provoke him, and don't blame me for dying. ”

"Also, you'd better pray that this operation will get what I want, or Captain Isabello will surely give you Vázquez a taste of despair - the Black Pearl, the Black Jack."

"Blackjack?"

The men on the Black Pearl are coming to Custer?

Number 19, isn't that today?

Wayne looked at the contents of the letter, and seemed to understand something in his heart, but more doubts came to his heart.

The Vázquez had come to the city-state of Caster to get something, and that thing had been named by the Emperor of the Sea, Captain Isabello?

So that's why they're digging an underpass in Basil's neighborhood?

Thinking of this, Wayne spread out a piece of parchment, wrote and drew on it, and from time to time his mind flashed through what had happened during this time, and the information he had obtained through the panel.

In the beginning...... It didn't start with the Abyss Sect's Bone Eater Motherworm, it should have been the case of the Seres family manor even further forward.

In that case, the Serres family was the victim, and the Black Pearl was ...... No, it was the Vázquez family that appeared all the time.

To be exact, the Vázquez clan aboard the Black Pearl went to the Seres family to snatch the unknown idol.

The reason why Wayne made this case the beginning of everything was because of old Serres.

I remember that at that time, when they were chased and killed by Collins, the destination of the secret passage they took was the city that never sleeps.

At that time, Wayne had a suspicion that the exit of the secret passage was not to the outside of the manor, but to the city that never sleeps.

If he had to choose, he would have built the exit closer to the core of the city-state of Custer, preferably near the Dumitru neighborhood.

After all, the Dumitru neighborhood is considered the central area of the entire city-state of Caster, and the closer it is to the central area, the safer it is.

From this, it can be concluded that the city that never sleeps can give the Seres family a greater sense of security.

Therefore, there is something that the Serres family or the city that never sleeps, and the Vázquez and the Black Pearl want to get it, so they will find those things about the Seres Manor.

Then there was the Bone Eater Mother Incident, which involved the Abyss Sect in the shadows, as well as the Bone Eater parasite that covered almost the entire city-state.

This was followed by the city-state circle in the Natori neighborhood, which further confirmed that both the Desire Sect and the Abyss Sect were more or less involved in this matter.

"The City That Never Sleeps......"

Is the person behind it using the city that never sleeps as a link to connect other parties?

Wayne silently walked through the various neighborhoods of the city-state of Custer, with Basil to the west of the Black Pearl's main activity.

To the east is the city-state circle, which is in charge of the City that Never Sleeps and the Desire Sect - and there should be the associated nobles.

To the east are the three neighborhoods of Laos, Ruhr, and Idrissu, which are under the responsibility of the Desire Sect.

There are arrangements on the west, north, and east sides, and only the south side remains?

Then their goal is ......

Wayne frowned slightly, is it the central area of the city-state?

Although he had never learned the art of war, such a typical arrangement of the siege was the target of the siege by those who were in the center of the siege.

In the central area, the only three places that can be targeted: the Dumitru neighborhood, the council, and the Church of the Dawn, and he doesn't know which one it is.

Wayne wrote down the information he had obtained on parchment, and marked the parties on a simple map of the city-state, as well as any suspicious points.

Now there are two questions that he does not understand.

The first is that among these parties, the Black Pearl, represented by the Vázquez clan, has different goals than the others.

This is evident from the absence of parasites in Basil's neighborhood, as well as Blackjack's letter, and that Vázquez's men are using Basil's neighborhood as their own land.

Or a springboard, where you want to go somewhere and get something.

So what is it that attracts them to give up their superiority at sea to land in the city-state and grab it?

At the same time, the people behind it should also know the purpose of those people on the Black Pearl, are they going to do something in the west?

Or is it simply to attract the Black Pearl, and eliminate the possibility of the core area of the city-state trying to escape with the help of ships at sea?

And the second problem is the death of Director Ales, which is the most incomprehensible to Wayne.

After all, he is also the director of the secret department, and there are hundreds of transcendents under his command, including many ministerial-level captain-level powerhouses, and maybe even director-level ......

Even if Matteo of the Abyss Sect is not weak, but with the home advantage of the Secret Division, can he still make waves under the siege of so many people?

How could Ales sacrifice himself so easily?

Or is there some secret in the middle that makes him have to do it?

"In addition, according to the letter, it was the Glory Society that led the forbidden out-of-control incident seventeen years ago, and the culprit was the Ernst family......"

Wayne remembered that Lacey had said that in a forbidden out-of-control incident more than ten years ago, most of the secrets were killed in battle. Comparing the contents of the letter, it is not difficult to speculate on the relationship between the Ernst family and the secret division.

Does Director Alex's death have anything to do with this?

And that so-called Glory Society......

"What a mess of place!"

Wayne only felt that the back of this matter was becoming more and more complicated and weird, which gave him a headache.

He was nothing more than an "ordinary" wizard apprentice, a low-level intelligence officer, and an entry-level investigator...... Is it really good to know so much insider information?

And he hates bastards who like to use their brains the most, can't they just do it with real knives and guns?

Just like the Joker, the nerves are nerves, but he never twists and turns, and directly pulls you an abyssal creature that looks very scary...... How nice.

But hate is hate, and Wayne doesn't joke with his own life if he doesn't figure out the purpose of those people......

Bang.

At that moment, the office door was slammed open from the outside.

Marco and Lydia rushed in sweaty, "Wayne, Director Ales has died?!" ”

Wayne glanced up at them, put away the parchment on the table unhurriedly, and nodded, "I heard about it when I returned to the Secret Division in the morning." ”

He had limited contact with Director Alex, and it was difficult for him to express his sadness.

Especially since last night he killed hundreds of parasites......

"Really?"

"It should be ......"

"How is that possible?" Marco Wu didn't believe it, his long red hair was scratched messily by him, "The director is so strong, how can he be sacrificed?" ”

Wayne didn't speak, but looked at Lydia quietly, could the young lady of the Ernst family have anything to do with these things?

It seems, she wasn't happy because of the news?

"Marko, calm down, the director has not been notified of the sacrifice yet, so let's wait for ......," Lydia took his hand and comforted.

"No, I'll have to ask."

Before she could finish, Marco shook off her hand and turned and walked out of the office.

Lydia saw him like this, and a disappointed expression appeared on her face, "I didn't expect him to have such a deep affection for the Secret Division......"

When Wayne heard his words, he asked rhetorically, "Shouldn't it?" ”

"Huh? It's not that I shouldn't ......" Lydia was stunned for a moment, as if she didn't expect him to ask, "You should know that Marco and I are both nobles, right?" ”

"Hmm."

"There has always been a misunderstanding between the nobles and the secret department, and the people in the family have reminded me before that it is okay to work here, but not to get close to the rest of the department, especially those led by Director Ales."

"Misunderstanding?"

A smile appeared on Wayne's face, and he pretended to be curious and asked, "Sister Lydia, can you tell me if it's convenient?" ”

"Absolutely."

Lydia readily agreed, not seeming to be a secret or secret, and even took some snacks out of the box and shared them with Wayne and Tina.

"I don't know exactly why. I heard that when I was very young, there was a great calamity in the city-state. ”

"A lot of people died that time, even many of us nobles died, and so did the Secret Division. Later, after the calamity was resolved, some rumors spread in the city-state......"

At this point, Lydia paused, leaned closer and said cryptically, "Rumor has it that the calamity was caused by the Secret Division. ”

Caused by the Secret Division?

Wayne blinked, and the smile on his face grew a little thicker.

If he hadn't read Claire's letter, he might have believed Lydia's words.

"It is said that when Deputy Director Ales, who was in charge of the War Department at the time, received a taboo item, the taboo item suddenly went out of control, and in a very short period of time, several senior officials of the secret department, including the former director, were killed."

Lydia ate her snack and whispered, "So many people speculate that Ales planned that event in order to obtain the position of the head of the secret department. ”

It turns out that the "truth" in the mouths of the nobles is like this......

Wayne asked with interest, "What about later?" ”

"Later, well......" Lydia recalled, "I remember hearing my grandfather say that after that, the city-states, including the council, were suppressing the Secret Division. ”

"Suppression?"

"I heard that this is the case, and that Director Ales is also acting differently than the others."

"Does he hate the church?" Wayne thought of the rumors he had heard about Ales before, and it seemed that there was nothing else to do except that he hated the church.

"And that's not all,"

Lydia snapped her fingers, "When he first became the director, he cleared out a lot of the old people in the secret department. Those people were believers in the Church of Dawn and Storm. ”

"At the same time, he also recruited some nobles, such as Montoya, Nascimento, etc., to recruit people from their families to work in the secret department."

"In addition, the duties of the original secret division did not include the Natoli block, but the director of the department specially opened the delegation to the nobles."

"In Grandpa's words, Director Ales is stirring up a wedge between our nobles."

Provoke......

Wayne looked at her thoughtfully, I'm afraid things aren't that simple, right?

But that's just his guess.

All he knew was that the Montoya and Nascimento families were the families of Lacey and Marco.

It is unclear what connection exists between these nobles who work in the Secret Division......

Glory Club?

Inexplicably, Wayne thought of the Glory Society.

According to the letter, the Ernst family was a member of the Glory Society, so if Montoya and the Nascimento family were not members of the Glory Society......

That would make sense!

"What else?"

"Also, the United City Guard suppressed the Council of Nobles, and by virtue of their status as a councilor, they stirred up trouble in the council......"

"I've heard some of them when they're chatting, and I'm actually not interested in these things. Compared with the nobles on Crane's side, Grandpa and they are much worse. ”

"You say that about your grandfather, aren't you afraid that he will be unhappy?" Wayne asked half-jokingly.

"Originally, they only knew how to use various means to earn gold pounds all day long, to recruit as many transcendents as possible, and they didn't know what to do with raising so many people."

Lydia pouted, "I don't like that anyway......"

Boom.

"Huh?"

The two looked in the direction of the office door, and saw Marco fall straight to the ground.

"Marko, are you alright?" Lydia groaned and ran over.

Wayne followed, helping to help Marco up.

"Ah, Director Ales, really, really sacrificed." Marco's eyes were devoid of their former sparkle.

"He, Director Ales died, you don't have to be so sad, right?" Lydia wiped the dust off his body in distress, not knowing how many times he had fallen when he came back.

"You don't understand, you don't understand......"

Marco waved his hand weakly, broke free from the two of them, and walked back to the desk, leaning back in his chair with a sluggish face.

Lydia has to try again, "You ......"

"Let him be alone for a while, Sister Lydia." Wayne shook his head at her, signaling that he didn't need to say anything more at this time.

Lydia looked worried, but she also knew that nothing could be done now, so she had to sit next to Marco and keep an eye on his condition.

Wayne looked at Marco like this, and he was also puzzled, he hadn't noticed how deep his feelings were for Director Ales before?

It seems that when Sandiego learned the news in the morning, he also had this expression?

"Tina, Joker, hungry."

Tina paid no attention to any of this, taking the snack that Lydia had shared, and shoving it into the clown doll's mouth.

Wayne glanced at the white-haired girl as always, and sighed secretly: It's better to be Tina, don't think about anything, don't care about anything......

With that in mind, he returned to his desk and pulled out a new piece of parchment and wrote down the previous night's cleanup of the parasite.

Thinking about it, it will be difficult for them to complete the case file with Sandiego......

……

……

What Wayne didn't know was that in the office area where the director of the secret department was not far from him, the atmosphere had already become tense at this time.

Bang!

"Deputy Speaker Harrington,"

Dolph slammed the table angrily, "As soon as Elder Ales left, you can't wait to announce the next director, doesn't the council think it's too much?" ”

Next to him sat several red-clad high-ranking officials of the secret department, and Balatz and Nifa both looked at the visitor with blank faces.

And behind them, Abbott, the ministers of the warhead property management department and the detention area, also stared coldly at the top of the city-state led by Harrington.

"Dolph, I've just finished purging those parasites, but according to information from our council and the noble council, there's an even greater danger ahead."

Harrington was unmoved, and said with a serious expression: "As the most powerful combat force in the entire city-state, the secret division should take the safety of the city-state as the top priority. ”

"As for Ales...... I can understand your feelings very well, he is also my closest comrade-in-arms, but please think about your responsibilities! ”

"You!?" Dolph was about to get up to refute, but was stopped by Balatz next to him.

"Deputy Speaker Harrington,"

Balatz took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "There is no doubt that keeping the city-state safe is what the Secret Division has been doing. But ......"

"Regarding the appointment of the director, there is no need to rush it. Since you said that the city-state is now facing a major crisis, shouldn't the safest way be to solve the problem first? ”

"Now appoint a new person...... I'm sorry, Sir Starnick, I'm not doubting your abilities, but please understand that if you want to command the entire Division, you will need to become familiar with it for a while. ”

Next to Deputy Speaker Harrington was a young man, dressed in a gorgeous aristocratic attire, and his black hair was neatly groomed, which was what he called Sir Starnick.

"I agree with Deputy Director Balats's words. However, I believe that I will soon be able to familiarize myself with the work of the Secretarial Division and be qualified for the position of Director, but ......"

Sir Starnick looked at the Secret Master and the others and chuckled, "I don't mind hearing your advice. ”

"Jazz ......" Harrington wanted to dissuade.

Sir Starnik waved his hand and said, "Deputy Speaker Harrington, after all, I will serve as the director of the secret department in the future, and I also hope to take this opportunity to learn more from several deputy directors." ”

Balats's brows furrowed slightly, and he couldn't help but feel a little irritated in his heart, the tricky young man was worthy of being the heir of that one.

"Sir Starnick, my suggestion is to concentrate on resolving the city-state crisis first, and ask the council to ......postpone the appointment of the secretary of the secretary for the time being."

"No way!"

Harrington also didn't care about Sir Starnick's thoughts, and directly interrupted: "Balats, this appointment was unanimously approved by all the councilors, and the noble council has also agreed, according to the laws of the city-state, this is an official appointment." ”

"When will it be the parliament's turn to intervene in the appointment of the position of the secretary of the secretary?" Dolph glared at them, "When Director Ales took office, he was named by the previous director. ”

"Then you let Ales name him now, we can accept it." A nobleman sitting next to Sir Starnik pouted.

As soon as the words fell, not only the faces of the secret division fell, but even Harrington and Sir Starnick secretly said badly.

"Sir Donaito, you ......"

Rumble!

Before he could finish speaking, Abbott, who had been patient for a long time, suddenly burst out, and instantly appeared beside the man, a hand piercing his body.

"You, you-"

Sir Donaito looked at him with horror in his eyes, wondering how he dared to make a move.

"Here's it, but there's ......"

Abbott looked at him with a cold face, "Director Ales is also something you can bully?" Aristocrat? ”

"Abbott, let him go!" Harrington stood up and glared at him, "Are you planning to lead the Secret Division against the Council and the Council of Nobles?" ”

Abbott ignored him, but threw Sir Donaitto away, looked down at the blood stained on his body, and said with a look of disgust on his face, "It's also red." ”

He crushed the beating heart in his hand before looking at Harrington and the others, "Parliament, nobles, what if you resist?" ”

"You!?"

"Deputy Speaker Harrington, it was indeed Sir Donaitto who said the wrong thing just now, and he should be punished......"

Sir Starnik stopped him, a smile on his face: "I have heard about Minister Albert's outstanding strength for a long time, and today I have seen it." ”

"I don't want to see you, even if your father is the archon of the city-state of Custer!"

Abbott didn't even look at him, and calmly walked back behind Balatz and the others, as if he had done a trivial thing.

"Hehe, he's him, I'm me. This time......"

"Sir Starnick,"

At this time, Deputy Director Nifa, who had been silent, slowly spoke: "I believe you have seen the attitude of our secret department. Please take back the appointment of the council this time. ”

"Are you ......" Sir Starnik was stunned for a moment when he saw that it was her, "Deputy Director Nifa, are you sure?" ”

"Sure!"

Nifa stood up, his tall figure displayed in front of everyone, and a pair of beautiful eyes looked at him, Harrington and the others, "In fact, before Director Alex left, he had already appointed me as the next director. ”

"You?" Harrington's face changed slightly, "What about the appointment papers?" ”

"Here."

Nifa unhurriedly took out two pieces of parchment and placed them lightly on the table, "This has Ales' personal signature, and Archbishop Andrews as a witness." ”

"If you don't believe me, you can go to Krims Cathedral and ask Bishop Andrews for confirmation."

"Dawn ......"

Sir Starnick took the parchment and looked at it twice, then looked at Harrington, knowing that the situation was completely out of their control.

"Deputy Director Nifa."

"Sir Starnick, watch your words, it's the Director!"

"Nepha...... Director, we will go to Bishop Andrews for confirmation of this matter, but today's letter of appointment is also in accordance with the laws of the city-state, and I ask for your understanding. ”

"Understand......" Nifa said noncommittally, "but disagree." ”

Harrington knew that things couldn't go smoothly, so he glanced deeply at everyone in the secret division, gritted his teeth and squeezed out a few words: "Let's go." ”

As soon as the words fell, he left the conference room first.

Sir Starnick didn't say anything, just sighed and left with him.

Only a corpse was left lying in a pool of blood, with its eyes wide open......

It was only at this moment that the people present at the Secret Investigation Division breathed a sigh of relief.

It would be much better to have Nefa, one of his own, in the position of director than to be forced into the council at such a time by an unfamiliar person.

Especially since that person is still the heir of the consul of the city-state, once he comes......

It's a chapter today, and it will be added tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.

(End of chapter)