Allen's mind began to be a little confused when he heard this, because the news he got from Professor Watson had already overturned one of his speculations, which made him suddenly feel a little less confident, and he couldn't help but start to reorganize the whole case.

However, Professor Watson did not stop: "The loss of two aces in a row has already greatly damaged the vitality of the Security Department, and this time it is even worse, and the operation of the entire security department has almost been paralyzed." During that time, the department was overstaffed and overstretched, so the minister had no choice but to offer twice the salary of the previous one for recruitment. However, although the public did not know what was happening, the casualty rate did not lie, not only did no one want to apply, but even many people within the Ministry of Security chose to erase this memory and leave their jobs. The Department of National Security is facing an unprecedented crisis...... Seeing that Mr. Temnabo might be about to take matters into his own hands if this continues, Mr. Winslow suddenly stopped the entire investigation, and decided by a vote of the entire association's top management. ”

"Why?"

Professor Watson gave Alan a meaningful look and hesitated for a moment before saying, "Most of the rest of the Department of Security are people with the surname Temnabo, or people close to their family...... I say that, do you understand?"

Alan understood in an instant: "That is...... In fact, it was not Mr. Winslow who wanted to stop, but Mr. Temnabo who begged Mr. Winslow to stop...... Voting is just routine?"

"Right...... And it may be that it is not only Mr. Temnabo who thinks it is necessary to stop the case, but the entire hierarchy that believes that it is necessary. Professor Watson nodded, and said thoughtfully, "Because you think, once the Security Department collapses, who will take over this difficult case?"

"Definitely. Alan nodded in agreement.

"Obviously, no one wants to ...... in this association where there is no faith and everyone is just looking for self-preservation As long as Arn Burrestu's actions do not harm their own interests, they can turn a blind eye or simply ignore them. And fortunately, nothing like this happened after that, but it began to calm down after no longer sending people to investigate. Professor Watson's tone sounded rather dissatisfied, "Then stopping this case, or finding another reason to close it as soon as possible, is the outcome they want to see the most." ”

"I see, this not only protects the security department, but also keeps the interests of my family from being harmed. Allen's face was solemn.

Hearing this, Professor Watson glanced back even though he knew that there was no one behind him, and then said, "This is the atmosphere in the entire Security Department, and even in the entire association. ”

"But they can't always see only themselves!" Alan was also a little angry, "As a public institution that has sworn to serve everyone on this continent, they are really ...... It's so selfish!"

"That's right, it's so selfish!" Professor Watson said, but he looked rather helpless, "But...... What can we do?"

Speaking of this, Alan suddenly remembered that he had discussed this issue with old Adrian, and sighed and stopped talking.

"And not only that, almost everyone involved in this case has been given gag orders, and even forced to perform a unified memory extraction ......," Professor Watson pointed to his mouth and continued, "However, memory extraction magic has strong side effects, only a small part of the memory fragment is nothing, but if the amount of memory extracted at one time is too large, it may cause permanent damage to the brain, ranging from mental trance to dementia at worst...... Because I was one of the main participants in this case, I was undoubtedly the focus of the case......"

Professor Watson sighed and said, "Mr. Temnabo asked me to provide a death report that was completely inconsistent with the cause of death of the victims, and then sign the gag warrant agreement, so that I could avoid memory extraction and damage to my brain...... But remembering the oath I had made to Isgarh's oath, I refused...... Even if the search will not yield results, the family of the deceased, and everyone who is exposed to this unknown danger, has the right to know the truth of the matter!"

"You're really amazing!" Alan listened with a little emotion, and looked at Professor Watson with great admiration.

But Professor Watson did not show a happy or relieved expression, but sighed heavily, looking a little sad, and his eyes were full of anger: "But after all, he is the minister, and in this department, he has the final say in everything...... As soon as I made my attitude known, he instructed his cronies to throw me into the Misty Forest, and then locked me up for three days before I was released...... You should know what kind of place it is, where only gangsters who have committed unforgivable crimes have always been sent......"

"Hmm...... I've heard ......," Alan whispered.

"During this period, I didn't get a drop of water, because of the cry of the bewitching birds, I would have terrible hallucinations every day as soon as I opened my eyes, and finally I fell asleep for a while and then began to have nightmares again, switching back and forth between semi-lucidity and hallucinations, I could hardly tell where reality was, and I was almost going to torture me crazy! Finally, when he released me, he threatened me that if I didn't do what he said, my relatives would be treated in the same way......" Professor Watson became more and more agitated as he spoke, and his emotions began to spiral out of control as before, but fortunately he restrained himself: "Then, I gave in......"

Professor Watson began to cry: "For the sake of my family, for the first time in my life, I betrayed my oath by submitting and signing a forged autopsy report to Temnabo...... But he still didn't want to let me go, for fear that I would tell him about it and discredit him, so he still had a memory extraction from me......"

When Alan heard this, he understood why Professor Watson looked at little Temnabo with that kind of hatred, when he was not looking at him, but remembering Watson Temnabo who had given him this painful memory.

Speaking of this, Professor Watson was silent, and after a long time, he waited for his mood to stabilize before he said: "It's just that God probably still favors me, and the person who extracted my memory from me was my former classmate and friend who lived in the same room when I was a student. At my request, he didn't turn it in immediately after extracting my memory, but made a copy of it to himself, and then gave it back to me when he had the opportunity...... But perhaps old Temnabo was still reassured, or perhaps he had noticed something afterwards, and after consulting with Mr. Winslow they decided to send all the important personnel involved here, and put them in this prison called the school, for fourteen years......"

Alan couldn't help but be a little moved, and finally understood why Professor Watson wanted to say sorry to Alyssa. But he didn't know what to say to comfort, and after thinking for a long time, he said, "Actually, I don't blame you, because you don't mean to lie, and you don't want to let your family suffer that kind of torture." ”

Professor Watson choked up a little when he heard this, and it took a long time to stare at Alan and say, "Thank you." ”

"Just as Professor Fran chose to forgive you, I think my friend will make the same choice when he learns about it...... I know her, and I will. Alan added.

After saying this in one breath and hearing these words again, Professor Watson breathed a long sigh of relief, and the expression on his face finally looked a little lighter.

"But I hope you can keep it a secret for now. Professor Watson stood up and prepared to return to the podium, "The reason why I am telling you this is not for you to find out what happened, but because I want you to tell your friend on my behalf, I am sorry for the irresponsible autopsy report that I had made earlier. ”

Alan nodded.

"Ah, yes, wait a minute, Professor......" Professor Watson turned around when Alan asked again, "Excuse me, is the friend you just mentioned Professor Rochelle?"

Professor Watson was a little surprised, and turned his head to stare at Allen tightly: "My relationship with Meyer Fran doesn't know, and few people even know...... You ......"

"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone. Alan smiled politely and said, "Professor Fran really doesn't know, it's just my guess...... After all, you're about the same age as Professor Rochelle, and I've heard a little bit about memory extraction magic...... Uh, this seems to be a type of space-time magic, too?"

"That's right. "Hearing Alan say this, Professor Watson was relieved, "The most basic elements of memory include time and space, this magic was originally invented by their Rochel family, and it is related to the special magical nature of their family, so only the people of their family can use it." ”

Alan smiled: "No wonder I feel a little strange, the professors in this school are generally very old. ”

"In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, I made a pact with Meyer that I should try to pretend not to know each other here...... I didn't expect you to be so observant. Professor Watson nodded, "Maybe ......"

"What's the matter, Professor?" asked Allen.

"Forget it...... It's okay. Professor Watson shook his head again, "This has nothing to do with you, so you shouldn't be involved." ”

With that, Professor Watson patted him on the shoulder and walked straight to the podium.

Alan froze in place, frowning.

He guessed what Professor Watson was trying to say, "Maybe you'll be able to find out the truth about these two cases from fourteen years ago." ”

But Professor Watson's words before he left echoed in his ears for a long time, which made him unable to calm down.

Thinking of the various coincidences that had happened to Beya and him for so long, Alan began to ask himself, "Fourteen years ago...... These two cases...... Does it really have nothing to do with me?"