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- Look, there's a gray horse.

and he who sat on a horse was called Death, and hell followed him. (New Testament, Revelation 6:8)

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As a remote village, Tars always has a peaceful atmosphere, except during pilgrimage or when the town has a fair. As a result, although there are village inns that operate during the off-season, most of them are only open during the high season, and only a few are open all year round, catering to the occasional traveller who likes to travel in the off-season, itinerant merchants and bards, and Carlos Hostel is one of them.

Carlos Hostel is not a famous hotel, the decoration is also very quaint, but it is the best hotel in the village of Tars, there are five generations of single chefs in the hostel to provide guests with authentic Castilian cuisine and good taste of local specialties, plus the hostel's service quality is not bad, so everyone who passes through the village of Tars and has a little money in their hands must choose to stay here.

Now it was no exception, with the two Titans eagle flags just hoisted and the gendarmes outside the inn alerting the villagers that there was a distinguished guest staying at the Carlos Lodge.

The whole village knew that the man who was in the hostel was the highest-ranking of the Titans soldiers who had entered the village so far, the second commando captain, and some people knew that it was a young man.

Aside Charlemagne's homeland, the captain of the second-level commando team grabbed a handful, and Lüdes could hit one or two by throwing an allegro brick. Even if it is very young, it is not a rare creature, and now the young bureaucrats and officers who are rising in the line of fire are also one by one. But the people in the occupied area can't deal with it calmly, you must know that a first-level commando squadron leader has the power to kill the entire street, a second-level commando captain. No matter how old he is, he can send the whole village to hell if he wants to.

Titans didn't need a reason to kill.

People who have lived through the war and witnessed the tragedy are deeply aware of this, and the villagers close their doors and windows while pretending that nothing happened. Secretly discuss what this Uncle Titans is doing in this remote village.

"In terms of avoiding noise and crowds, your country has been quite successful in its governance. ”

Leaning on the window and looking at the empty street, Ji El closed one eye and put on a playful and cute appearance.

"I can't command the border defense, and Titans is already very dissatisfied with the separation of military and political affairs, and if I interfere too much in military affairs, it will cause a lot of unnecessary disputes. ”

Roland on the side spoke.

Sitting in a satin-backed chair, with your hands crossed on your knees, a ceremonial smile on your lips.

Ji El turned back and asked:

"What is the meaning of unnecessary disputes? Or are they Your Highnesses?"

"It's both. ”

A wry smile distorted the expression.

It doesn't matter if it's just Roland himself, as long as he doesn't fall out, he doesn't mind having a dispute with Titans. Personally, he prefers to distance himself from the increasingly brutal and insane Titans. On the other hand, Titans was not just an army, it could be regarded as the private army of the second prince Bernard, and now that the battle for the throne is heating up, Minerva and Charles are in a delicate position. The consortium also entered into a political alliance with Titans, and there was only one result of rashly increasing variables.

The balance is broken. Competition intensified into struggle, even war.

"Whew—that's interesting. You and your guardian think differently and use different means, but they serve the same end. ”

"Are you unhappy about that?"

"No, very satisfied. Maintaining balance is the long-cherished wish and millennia duty of our adherents, and I believe that Brother Roland is well aware of this. ”

"So what does this have to do with investigating the village of Tars?"

I don't plan to continue the conversation with Ji El with ambiguous and ulterior motives. Roland went straight to the center of the conversation.

His straightforward attitude did not displease him, and he shrugged his shoulders and looked out the window at the darkened village.

"We know that this village is a transit point for illegal medicines. ”

Recently, the Church's influence on the nations has declined, but this has not affected its ability to gather intelligence. Priests who listen to confessions, devout believers, secret agents of the Church – it is not difficult to find out what some people are up to. What's more-

"We helped deliver some of it. Ah. Don't be angry, we only found out in hindsight that Titans was carrying opium in a wagon carrying relief supplies. ”

"I see. ”

"Just catching one or two small fish and shrimp will not let them stop, at least they must have irrefutable evidence...... That is, the opium fields run by Titans. ”

(Is this an attempt to blackmail Titans to maintain the balance that the church needs?)

Maintaining a smile, Roland felt his stomach pouch twitch.

It was almost an open secret that Titans operated opium, and many people knew about the channels through which they smuggled it, but no one knew where the opium fields under Titans were located.

Without mastering this source, Titans could continue to produce opium, even if it was to cut off one or two passages and bring down one or two high-ranking generals involved in smuggling. Without addressing the root causes, this evil cannot be solved - this is something that Roland and Ji El agree on.

(The question is after this.) ）

After grasping this scandal, how will the church use this material? I am afraid that it will not be made public, and justice will be used to punish those underworld troops with an unforgettable punishment. Instead, he used this material as a base to negotiate with Prince Bernard and intervene in the battle for Charlemagne's throne.

It's not that Roland is small-minded or has paranoia about being killed, it's that the church has too many previous convictions in this area, and he really can't trust the clergy, especially the character of high-ranking clergy.

(However, the saint herself investigated...... ）

"In order to investigate the matter, a few days ago, the Inquisitor of the Bell heresy arrived in the village of Thars with several atoned persons to investigate. A day later, the Inquisitor of the Bell heresy returned alone, and the whereabouts of the Atonement were unknown. And she herself has no memory of the investigation at all. ”

“...... How's Bell's health?"

"The other party gave a thorough treatment very gently, and there were no old scars, which was really thoughtful and impressive. ”

The demeanor and tone of voice were impeccable, but to Roland's ears, Ji El's tone was definitely not happy.

It was put on the table. Naturally, the mood can't be good. Also, it can destroy the atonement without alarming anyone, and also erase the memory of the heretical inquisitor. The only way to do this kind of thing is to ......

(There are too many suspicious things.) ）

Roland did not believe that the consortium would be involved in opium smuggling, and despite the poor moral sense of the consortium and the fact that it did not do such things, the consortium itself was selling central nervous system stimulants. It's impossible to raise a competitor, and Titans won't let anyone else get a piece of the pie. In addition, with the strong style of the consortium, there is never a living mouth, let alone waste time and energy to manipulate the memory, and deliberately leave blanks.

This kind of roundabout thing is too unconglomerate, too unprofitable. If the saboteur, paranoia, and non-flashy Death Star is going to kill someone, people will surely enjoy a mushroom cloud rising......

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that this is a bureau set up to mislead the direction of the investigation. In terms of motivation, there is really no reason for the consortium to do such a thing.

So. Could it be the Titans, or other national powers?In the vicinity of the Sarbaddu district, there are ...... groups that can do this

"It's really quite clever. ”

With the sound of clasping palms together, the thoughts of falling into the maze suddenly became clear, and a thoughtful expression appeared on Roland's face when he raised it again.

It is true that there is no reason or practice for the consortium to stay alive. But the same is true of other forces. It's just that the consortium has the blind spot of "the least likely to do this" as a cover, and it is easy for people to ignore it. But this alone cannot be determined to be a bureau set up by the consortium in order to clear its own, after all, there is also the possibility of other forces planting false accusations, this one. The inference is back to square one again.

Unless a thorough investigation is carried out and conclusive evidence is found, this labyrinth of thinking will continue forever. But there is no way to conduct a public investigation into such a thing. On the one hand, this matter involves the face of the church, and on the other hand, after the news spreads, all parties will also launch an investigation, and at the same time hinder the investigation of competitors. In the absence of a coordination mechanism, let alone a minimum of trust, the publication of information in this context will only cause confusion. If the investigation is conducted from a shadowy place, it can be expected that the investigation process will be quite slow due to the fact that there are multiple suspects and all of them have considerable intelligence warfare capabilities, and the real criminals will take this opportunity to do a good job of destroying evidence.

The calculation is not imperfect, and even if it is aware of its intentions, it is impossible to fight back.

However, this idea is too idealistic, and if an unexpected situation occurs, problems will arise due to insufficient resilience. ”

"That's right, the other party never expected that someone would play the trump card at the beginning, and the previous step-by-step layout would be flawed, and this is the opportunity. ”

With a confident smile, Kiel replied.

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The whole box of matches was poured on the table, and the slender fingers flicked the matches and placed them in the set position, and in a few moments, the outline of a hedgehog appeared.

Walgrevo seemed to be fascinated by his newly invented game, constructing—combining, and destroying for more than an hour, recirculating the process without distraction, completely ignoring De Kiel's increasingly irritated eyes.

More than four hours had passed since Kiel and Roland had entered Tails, during which time Walgrevo had taken no action. There are no reports, countermeasures, and deployments, and they eat, read, and play match puzzles like a nobody, allowing precious time to pass.

(If this continues-)

In his anxiety, De Kiel's mind contemplated Gelles' proposal.

- Would you like to team up with me?

- Ah, don't put on a look of embarrassment, and don't rush to conclusions just yet, I don't expect you to decide your position right away. But what's the point of continuing to follow that piece of waste from Walgrevaux? So far, you haven't achieved an inch, and you've been punished and humiliated again and again, such a guy doesn't deserve to be a team leader, and it won't do any good to follow him. Think about it and trust you to make an informed judgment.

The question of that time seems to have an answer now......

"If you're going to team up with that idiot, I'm not going to stop you, but I'm not going to keep quiet about it. ”

“...... If you start doing something right now, I can consider maintaining the status quo. ”

De Kir sat back down, just about to get up, and the frivolity that always hung on his face was gone.

"What the adult would think of your current behavior, as smart as you should not know. ”

Deliberately withholding information and delaying operations.

It is not an exaggeration not to say that the crime of dereliction of duty is to be convicted of rebellion on the spot.

"Using technical issues as an excuse to fool around won't work, and this kind of trick can't hide from the adult. ”

What would Li Lin, whose motto was "Advice is allowed, but no resistance is allowed", would deal with the rebels, and De Kiel didn't even bother to think about it, and those who tried to rebel against Li Lin had already gone to another world to reunite.

Stand on the side of the defeated Volgrevo?

"Give up, you don't even have a 1 in 100 million chance of winning. ”

"It's realistic. ”

"If realism helps to prolong life, then I'd better be a realist. It's you, who did such a stupid thing. What the hell are you having?"

The last match returned to its place and let out a sigh of relief at the lifelike hedgehog, and Walgrevo looked up at the ceiling, a gray moth fluttering desperately around the light.

"Dekyll, what do you think survival is?"

"Huh?"

"Intelligent beings often ask themselves: Who am I, where do I come from, where am I going?

"Now is not the time to say Zen, we should-"

"Siegfried Otto Lelin's doppelganger, as the Seven Original Sins of the Shadow Guard's actions, we are paranormal and a catastrophe that can move. At the end of the day, these titles are nothing more than a pile of false names, and we're the guy's tools, that's all. Make the most of it when it's useful, and use it when it's not...... You should understand. ”

“......”

"Think about it slowly, there's still time. At this point, it is time for Gerus to confront Her Highness the Holy Maiden. Let's meet us. ”

Closing the matches on the table, Walgrevo shrugged.

He was still as graceful and open-minded as ever, with a smile of expectation on his relaxed face.

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In the deserted streets, the sound of footsteps echoed.

The cottages were also some years old, and with the "control" of Titans, the air was filled with a smell of dilapidation.

TOEFL has no street lights, and the streets are lit by the moonlight, which is much more convenient to move.

Nightcrawlers, who play the role of hunter and prey at the same time, can finally shed their daytime disguises and fight with all their might at this time of the night.

The first is -

Jiel turned around and narrowed her eyes.

"I remember you as ...... Brother Roland's secretary, Mr. Gerles, right?"

The boy in formal clothes standing on the corner bared his teeth and laughed. (A good activity for pie in the sky, cool mobile phones are waiting for you to take!Follow up ~ point/Chinese network public account (WeChat add friends - add public account - enter ddxiaoshuo), participate immediately! Everyone has a prize, now immediately pay attention to ddxiaoshuo WeChat public account!) (to be continued......)