"Did one escape? Is there any evidence?"

"There is no direct evidence, but ......"

"Don't talk to me about intuition, feelings, senior detective. I don't want to hear these illusory things, I want evidence that can stand up to scrutiny and scrutiny, and if not, either shut up or find a way to find evidence. ”

His Excellency the Director of the Imperial Social Order Bureau shook his head slightly. They may be thought to be just a group of witch hunters chasing after imaginary threats, but in fact, like all the functional institutions of the Empire, this is also an institution that emphasizes efficiency and attaches importance to function. Any of its actions – arrests, encirclements, executions, and dissemination of terrorist information, both true and false – revolve around the premise of "keeping the entire nation in fear and not daring to make a wrong step." Except for a very small number of actions to achieve the effect of "killing chickens and setting an example to monkeys", the Imperial Social Order Guarantee Bureau has planned, arranged, and carried out actions on the basis of sufficient evidence.

There is no evidence, speculation, intuition, judgment based on personal subjectivity—these are not even qualified for discussion, let alone anything else.

Senior Detective Zavel Maher was convinced, and now this environment made him desperate for a cigarette to stimulate his mind, but everyone knew that the director's office was a non-smoking area.

He does not smoke, drink, gamble, prostitutes, or engage in affairs, is highly loyal to the empire and family, is extremely fanatical about music and sports, and is extremely enthusiastic about his work, often working eighteen hours a day, seven days a week, and is more familiar with the workplace than his own home. The director of the Imperial Social Order Guarantee Bureau can be called an exemplary spokesman for the group of imperial technocrats, and he smokes in front of him, I am afraid that he does not want to be promoted.

Mahe, who was forced to endure his addiction to smoking, inserted his fingers into his thick hair and grabbed it hard, clearing up his thoughts and doubts little by little.

"There were four deceased at the scene, all men, three of whom belonged to the 'FNI), and the fourth is still being verified, and it is preliminarily judged that it may be a member of the 'Free Army'. ”

"Yes, we all know these things. The identification office is verifying the footprints and questions at the scene, because there are many workers in that place, and it is difficult for you to determine who left them on the scene. At the moment, only four bodies have been identified. ”

"But Your Excellency, one of the 'Restoration Fronts' was burned to death, and that guy was burned all over his body, but no traces of chemical fuel burning were found on the ground at the scene. ”

"Hmmm......"

Heydrich looked up from the pile of papers and looked at his subordinate nicknamed "Silver Fox" for the first time.

Burned?

Things do get a little interesting.

Instead of severe burns to the head and upper body, severe burns to the lungs that lead to suffocation and death, they are completely carbonized from head to toe and can shatter with a slight poke. A single flame rammer of this magnitude would never have escaped the surveillance network on the streets of Lüdes. The fact that no residue from the combustion of chemical fuels was found at the scene is proof that the incident was not done with a flamethrower.

That is to say. ”

Heydrich put the pen back into the pen holder and said unhurriedly.

"There was a magician on the scene. ”

Xia Guan couldn't think of any other possibility. ”

"Definitely. It wasn't a flame striker, and no blowtorches or any other flame-related tools were found in the vicinity. But there was a person who was burned to black coal, and the magician was indeed a very reasonable explanation. However, this still does not prove the suspicion that there was a fifth person at the scene, and this person managed to escape. ”

"Your Excellency, this is what the lower official thinks. ”

With his mind set in his mind, Maher continued:

"If there's a magician on the scene, and he unleashes some kind of spell and burns a person. So how did he do it? If he directly induces Mana and constructs and activates the technique, it will definitely attract the attention of the authorities. We are monitoring the movement and changes of Mana 24 hours a day, and it is impossible for any unofficial, unregistered interference with Mana to escape monitoring and recording. However, according to his authority, the lower officials reviewed the surveillance records of Mana in the urban area of Lüders yesterday, and did not check the abnormal flow of Mana at the scene of the crime and the surrounding area. But there was indeed a person at the scene who was burned to death by magic, so the most likely thing is that the magician carried the Celestial Crystal where Mana was stored with him in order to avoid being exposed, and since he did not interfere with Mana in the atmosphere, we naturally ......"

However, no one was found to have Tianjing at the scene, which conflicted with the previous inference. ”

Heydrich had fully understood the thinking of his subordinates, and this is indeed an inference with no direct evidence, but a high degree of probability.

"Let's say there's a fifth person at the scene, and that person is still in Lüdes...... Senior Detective, where do you think he might be hiding?"

"This subordinate has no clue at all...... However, the lower officials suggested that the management of the flow of drugs in the control area could be strengthened. ”

"He may have been shot?"

"There may or may not be, the medical examiner is comparing blood samples from the scene, and the final results will not come out until tonight. Considering the intensity of the live battles, there were similar things for some time afterward...... Xia Guan suggested that the control of antibiotics, sulfonamides, narcotics and other drugs should be strengthened as soon as possible. ”

"Good advice. ”

Heydrich's slender fingers tapped the frosted cowhide cover of the folder, looking like a spider arranging cobwebs with its long feet.

"I'll consider your suggestion. As for this mysterious fifth person...... Zawi, find him, we have a lot to ask about this lucky and cautious terrorist, and if he is not yet a corpse, then Professor Menger of the Terry Institute of Biology will warmly welcome this special visitor. ”

"Xia Guan understood. ”

Even a high-ranking detective couldn't help but shudder when he heard the name of the Dili Institute of Biology and Menger. Suppressing his fear, Mach slammed the heel of his toe and saluted and exited the office.

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At the end of this day, not only the powerful departments of the empire were busy to death, but also the large and small anti-government organizations and foreign spies hiding in Lüders were also busy hitting the back of the head.

Almost overnight, all the veils of "friendship and cooperation" and "mutual non-interference" were torn apart, and the atmosphere of suspicion and hostility among the resistance groups was greatly intensified.

This kind of thing is not unprecedented, almost all the organizations have done some of it, and afterwards there will always be more sacks full of broken stones and iron drums filled with cement in the Seine, and after the revenge to save face, they will still go back to their respective homes. But this time it's a little different.

The "Restoration Front" is also a well-known militant faction among many radical organizations, and nine percent of those who set bombs or shoot guns in crowded areas of Lüdes are good deeds done by the "Restoration Front." Now that this organization has been arrested by a number of cadres and front-line combat troops, it is like a mad dog to catch and bite whom, for a time the entire underground world of Lüdes is in a bloody storm, everyone is worried about whether they and the organization will be involved in the large-scale vendetta set off by this group of mad dogs, and everyone is always ready to meet the black guns that come from nowhere.

In an atmosphere full of gunpowder, a group of people are gathering for a meeting in a house in the 20th arrondissement of Lüdes under Albion's occupation, which was dedicated to the accommodation of workers and coolies.