Chapter 122 New Appointments:
The Ernst Family, the Glory Society, the Demonic Clown, they...
Wayne looked at the contents of the letter. He was vaguely aware of the recent events in the city of Custer and the contents of the letter, which seemed to be Two things, but the underlying reason may be the same.
Letter...
Wayne suddenly remembered that he also got a letter from Collins and the others yesterday. He took out the letter from the space ring and glanced at it.
"...Tell Nicole that I will arrive at the port on the night of the 19th and make all the preparations that need to be done before that. I don't want to see a mess when I arrive." "I have found a person in Custer
. A helper, he will come to you... Well, I warn you in advance that it is best not to anger him. If he dies, don't blame me." "
Also, you'd better pray that this operation can get what I want, otherwise Isa Captain Bello will definitely let you Vazquez taste the taste of despair - Black Pearl, Black Jack." "
Black Jack?"
The people on the Black Pearl are coming to Custer?
The 19th, isn’t that today?
Wei En looked at the contents of the letter and seemed to understand something in his heart, but more doubts came to his mind.
Those Basques came to the city-state of Castel to get something, and that thing was requested by Captain Isabello, the Emperor of the Sea?
So that's why they dug an underground tunnel in Basil's neighborhood?
Thinking of this, Wayne spread out a piece of parchment and started writing and drawing on it. What happened during this period flashed through his mind from time to time, as well as the information he obtained through the panel.
The very beginning... didn't start with the Abyss Cult bone-eating mother worm, but the case at the Seres Family Manor that went further.
In that case, the Seres family was the victim, and on the Black Pearl... no, it was the Vazquez family who appeared from beginning to end.
To be precise, it was the Vazquez clan on the Black Pearl who went to the Serres family to snatch the statue of unknown function.
The reason why Wayne took this case as the beginning of everything was because of old Serres.
I remember that at that time, when they were being chased by Collins and others, the destination of the secret road they took was the city that never sleeps.
At that time, Wei En had doubts. The exit of the secret passage did not lead to the outside of the manor, but to the city that never sleeps.
If he were given a choice, he would definitely build the exit closer to the core area of the Castor city-state, preferably near the Dumitru neighborhood.
After all, the Dumitru neighborhood is the central area of the entire Custer city-state, and the closer to the central area, the safer it is.
From this point, it can be concluded that the Evernight City can give the Seres family a greater sense of security.
Therefore, the Seres family or the Evernight City had something that both the Basques and the Black Pearl wanted, so they discovered the things about Seres Manor.
Then there was the Bone-Erosion Mother Insect incident, which involved the secret Abyss Sect and the Bone-Erosion Insect parasite that covered almost the entire city-state.
This was followed by the city-state formation in the Natoli neighborhood, further confirming that both the Desire Sect and the Abyss Sect were more or less involved in this matter.
"City that never sleeps..."
Are the people behind this using the City that never sleeps as a link to connect other parties?
Wayne silently went through the various neighborhoods of Custer City. To the west was the Basil neighborhood where the Black Pearl was mainly active.
To the east is the city-state formation, which is in charge of the Evernight City and the Desire Sect—there should also be related nobles there.
To the east are the three neighborhoods of Laos, Ruhr, and Idrisu, which the Desire Sect is responsible for.
There are arrangements on the west, north and east sides, but only the south side?
So their target is...
Wei En frowned slightly, is it the central area of the city-state?
Although he has never studied the art of war, in such a typical arrangement of surrounding three and missing one, whoever is at the center will be the target of the siege by those behind him.
In the central area, there were only three places that could be targeted: Dumitru Block, Parliament, and Dawn Church. He didn't know which one they were.
Wayne wrote down the information he obtained on the parchment one by one, and marked the various parties and some suspicious points on the simple city-state map.
Now there are two questions that he doesn't understand.
First of all, among these parties, the goal of the Black Pearl represented by the Vazquez family is different from that of others.
This can be seen from the absence of parasites in the Basil Block and the letter from Black Jack. The Vazquez people regard the Basil Block as their own residence.
Or a springboard, starting from there to get something somewhere.
So what is it that attracts them that they would rather give up their advantage at sea to land in the city-state to plunder it?
At the same time, the people behind it should also know the purpose of those on the Black Pearl. Are they planning to do something in the west?
Or is it simply to attract the Black Pearl and eliminate the possibility of the city-state's core area escaping with the help of ships at sea?
The second problem is the death of Director Alais, which is what Wei En doesn't understand the most.
After all, he is also the director of the Secret Adjustment Department. He has hundreds of extraordinary people under his command, including many minister-level and captain-level experts, and there may even be director-level ones... Even
though Mateo of the Abyss Sect is not weak in strength, with the Secret Adjustment Department With the home court advantage, can he still make waves under the siege of so many people?
How could Alais sacrifice himself so easily?
Or was there some secret that forced him to do that?
"In addition, according to what the letter said, it was an incident of taboo items getting out of control that was led by the Glory Society seventeen years ago, and the culprit was the Ernst family..."
Wei En remembered what Lacey had said before. In an incident where a forbidden object went out of control more than ten years ago, most of the Secret Adjustment Department died. Comparing it with the contents of the letter, it is not difficult to deduce the relationship between the Ernst family and the Secret Service.
Is the death of Director Alais related to this?
And the so-called Glory Society...
"What a mess!"
Wei En only felt that the story behind this matter was getting more complicated and weird, giving him a headache.
He is just an "ordinary" wizard apprentice, a low-level intelligence officer, an entry-level investigator... Is it really good to know so many inside stories?
And he hates bastards who like to use their brains the most. Can't he just do it with real swords and guns?
Just like the clown, he is a little nervous, but he never makes any twists and turns, and directly brings you an abyss creature that looks very scary... How good.
But hate is hate, Wei En will not joke with his own life, if he doesn't understand the purpose of those people...
bang.
At this time, the office door was suddenly pushed open from the outside.
Marco and Lydia rushed in sweating profusely, "Wayne, Director Alais died?!"
Wayne looked up at them and collected the parchment on the table calmly. He got up, nodded and said, "I heard about it when I returned to the Secret Service Department in the morning."
The number of times he had contact with Director Alais was limited, so it was difficult to show sadness.
Especially last night, he killed hundreds of parasites...
"Is it true?"
"It should be..."
"How is it possible?" Marco couldn't believe it, his long red hair was messy from his scratching, "Si How could he sacrifice himself if he is so strong?"
Wei En said nothing, but looked at Lydia calmly. Could the young lady of the Ernst family have anything to do with these things?
It seems that she is not happy about this news?
"Marco, calm down. The director hasn't been notified yet about his sacrifice. It's better to wait..." Lydia held his hand and comforted him.
"No, I have to ask."
Before she could finish speaking, Marco shook off her hand and turned around and left the office.
When Lydia saw him like this, she had a disappointed expression on her face, "I didn't expect that he would have such deep feelings for the Secret Division..." After
hearing what he said, Wayne asked, "Shouldn't it be?"
"Huh?" It's not that we should..." Lydia was stunned for a moment, as if she didn't expect him to ask this, "You should know that Marco and I are both nobles, right?" "Yes." "There has always been a dispute between the
nobles
and the Secret Adjustment Department. There is a misunderstanding. People in the family have reminded me before that I can work here, but I cannot get close to other people in the department, especially those headed by Director Alais." "Misunderstanding?" Wei En
's
face A smile appeared on her face, and she asked pretending to be curious: "Sister Lidya, can you tell me if it's convenient?" "
Of course."
Lidya agreed readily, as if she didn't think it was an ulterior secret, and she even He took out some snacks from the box and shared them with Wayne and Tina.
"Actually, I don't know the specific reason. I heard that when I was very young, a big disaster happened in the city-state." "A lot of people died
that time, even many of us nobles. People sacrificed, and so did the Secret Adjustment Department. Later, after the disaster was resolved, some rumors spread in the city-state..."
At this point, Lydia paused, leaned closer and said mysteriously: "The rumors say that The disaster was caused by the Secret Adjustment Department."
Was it caused by the Secret Adjustment Department?
Wayne blinked, and the smile on his face became a little wider.
If he hadn't read the letter from Claire, he might have believed what Lydia said.
"It is said that when Deputy Director Alais, who was in charge of the war department at the time, received a forbidden object, the forbidden object suddenly went out of control. In a very short period of time, several secret officers, including the former director, were transferred. The top management of the department killed him."
Lydia ate some snacks and whispered: "So many people speculated that Alais planned that incident in order to obtain the position of director of the secret coordination department."
It turns out that the "truth" in the mouth of the nobles That's it...
Wei En asked with interest: "What happened after that?"
"Then, um..." Lidya recalled it and said, "I remember hearing my grandfather say before that after that, in the city-state Everyone, including the parliament, is suppressing the Secret Service."
"Suppressing?"
"I heard that's the case, and Director Alais also behaves differently from others." "
Does he hate the church?" Wei En thought about the rumors he had heard about Alais before. Apart from hating the church, there seemed to be nothing else.
"That's not all,"
Lydia clapped her fingers. "When he first became director, he cleared out many old people from the Secret Adjustment Department. Those people were all believers of the Church of Dawn and Storm." "At the same time, he
also Win over some nobles, like Montoya, Nascimento, etc., and recruit people from their families to work in the Secret Adjustment Department." "
In addition, the original responsibilities of the Secret Adjustment Department did not include the Natoli neighborhood, but the director specifically Open commissions to all nobles."
"In Grandpa's words, Director Alais is trying to sow discord among our nobles."
Provoking...
Wei En looked at her thoughtfully, I'm afraid it's not that simple, right?
But this is just his guess.
He only knew the Montoya and Nascimento families, the same family that Lacey and Marco belonged to. It is still unclear what the connection is between these nobles working in the Secret Adjustment Department...
the Glory Society?
Inexplicably, Wei En thought of the Glory Society.
According to that letter, the Ernst family is a member of the Glory Society, so if the Montoya and Nascimento families are not members of the Glory Society...
that would make sense!
"What else?"
"What's more, the United City Guards suppressed the Noble Council and stirred up trouble in the parliament by virtue of their status as members..." "
I also heard some of it when they were chatting. In fact, I am not interested in these things. Interest. Compared with the nobles from Kland, grandpa and the others are far behind."
"Aren't you afraid that your grandpa will be unhappy when you say that?" Wei En asked half-jokingly.
"That's right. They only know how to earn pounds by various means all day long, and recruit as many extraordinary people as possible. They don't know what to do with raising so many people."
Lydia curled her lips, "Anyway, I don't I like this so much..."
Boom.
"Huh?"
The two of them looked in the direction of the office door and saw Marco falling straight to the ground.
"Marco, are you okay?" Lidia groaned and ran over quickly.
Wayne also followed and helped to lift Marco up.
"Ah, Director Alais, he really, really died." Marco's eyes lost their former brightness.
"He, Director Alais, died, so you don't need to be so sad, right?" Lydia felt distressed and helped him wipe the dust on his body. She didn't know how many times he fell when he came back.
"You don't understand, you don't understand..."
Marco waved his hands feebly, broke away and walked back to the desk slumpedly, leaning on the chair with a dull look on his face.
Lydia wanted to try again, "You..."
"Let him stay alone for a while, sister Lydia." Wayne shook his head at her, indicating that there was no need to say anything more at this time.
Lydia looked worried, but she also knew that nothing she could do now would have much effect, so she could only sit next to Marco and keep an eye on his condition.
Wayne looked at Marco like this and felt equally puzzled. He had never noticed how deep his feelings for Director Alais were before.
It seemed that Santiago had the same expression when he learned the news in the morning?
"Tina, clown, I'm hungry."
Tina didn't care about this. She took the snacks shared by Lydia and stuffed them into the mouth of the clown doll.
Wei En glanced at the white-haired girl as always, and sighed to himself: Tina is better, she doesn’t have to think about anything, don’t care about anything... With
this thought in mind, he returned to his desk and took out a new piece of parchment, and put it in I wrote down the process of cleaning up parasites last night.
I think it would be difficult for Santiago and the others to complete the case files in their current state... What
Wei En didn't know was
that
, not far from him, in the office area of the Director of the Secret Investigation Department, at this moment The atmosphere has already become tense.
boom!
"Deputy Speaker Harrington,"
Dolf slammed the table angrily, "Director Alais has just left, and you can't wait to announce the candidate for the next director. Don't you think this is too much for the parliament?"
Next to him sat several red-clothed senior officials of the Secret Adjustment Department. Balaz and Nifa both looked at the visitor with expressionless expressions.
Behind them, Abbott, the ministers of the property management department of the War Department and the detention area, also stared coldly at the city-state leaders headed by Harrington.
"Dolph, although those parasites have just been eliminated, according to the information obtained by our Parliament and the Noble Committee, there is still a greater crisis coming."
Harrington remained unmoved and said seriously: "Secret Adjustment As the most powerful combat force in the entire city-state, the safety of the city-state should be our top priority."
"As for Alais... 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 stand up to refute, but He was pulled by Balaz next to him.
"Deputy Speaker Harrington,"
Balazs took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Protecting the security of the city-state is what the Secret Service Department has been doing. There is no doubt about it. But..." "
About the appointment of the director of the department. , there is no need to rush. 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 Stanik, I'm not doubting you. ability, but please understand that if you want to command the entire Secret Service Department, you still need to get familiar with it for a while."
A young man next to Deputy Speaker Harrington was wearing a gorgeous aristocratic costume, and his black hair was He was very organized, and he was the Sir Stanik in his mouth.
"I agree with what Deputy Director Balaz said. But I believe that I can quickly become familiar with the work of the Secret Service Department and be qualified for the position of director, but..." Sir Stanik
looked at the Secret Service Department and others and chuckled. "I don't mind listening to your suggestions."
"Sir..." Harrington wanted to dissuade him.
Sir Stanik waved his hand and said: "Deputy Speaker Harrington, after all, I will be the director of the Secret Investigation Department in the future, and I also hope to take this opportunity to learn more from several deputy directors." Balaz frowned slightly, and couldn't help but
feel The somewhat irritable and troublesome young man is worthy of being that heir.
"Sir Stanik, my suggestion is to focus on solving the crisis in the city-state first. I also ask the parliament to temporarily postpone the appointment of the director of the Secret Investigation Department..." "No!"
Harrington
also ignored Sir Stanik's thoughts. , interrupted directly: "Balaz, this appointment was unanimously approved by all members, and the noble committee has also agreed. According to the laws of the city-state, this is a formal appointment."
"When did the position of Director of the Secret Service Department come to be appointed by the parliament?" Dolf glared at them, "When Director Alais took office, the former director named him." "Then
you let Alais name him now . We can accept the roll call." A nobleman sitting next to Sir Stanik curled his lips.
As soon as he finished speaking, not only the expressions of everyone in the Secret Adjustment Department dropped, but also Harrington and Sir Stanik secretly said that it was bad.
"Sir Donato, you..."
Boom!
Before he could finish his words, Abbott, who had been patient for a long time, suddenly burst out and appeared next to the man in an instant, with one hand penetrating straight through his body.
"You, you -"
Sir Donetto looked at him with horrified eyes, wondering how he dared to take action?
"This is here, but there is, there is..."
Abbott looked at him with a cold face, "You can bully Director Alais? Noble?"
"Abbott, let him go!" Harrington He stood up and stared at him, "Are you planning to lead the Secret Service to resist the Parliament and the Noble Committee?"
Abbott ignored him, but casually threw Sir Donetto away, looking down at the blood stained on his body, his face He showed a disgusted expression and said, "It's also red."
He crushed the beating heart in his hand and then looked at Harrington and the others, "What if the parliament and nobles resisted?"
"You!?"
"Deputy Speaker Harrington, it is true that Sir Donetto said the wrong thing just now, and he should be punished..."
Sir Stanik stopped him, with a smile on his face: "I heard it a long time ago. Minister Abbott's strength is outstanding, and he has seen it today."
"I don't want to see you, even if your father is the consul of Custer City State!"
Abbott didn't even look at him, and walked back calmly Behind Baraz and the others, it was as if they had done a trivial thing.
"Haha, he is him, and I am me. This time..."
"Sir Stanik,"
Deputy Director Nifa, who had been silent at this time, slowly said: "I believe you have seen our Secret Adjustment Department Please take back this appointment from the parliament."
"You..." Sir Stanik saw it was her and was stunned for a moment. "Deputy Director Nifa, are you sure?" "
Sure! "
Nifa stood up, his tall figure displayed in front of everyone, and his beautiful eyes looked at him, Harrington and others, "In fact, before Director Alais left, he appointed me as the candidate for the next director."
" You?" Harrington's face changed slightly, "Where is the appointment document?" "
Here it is."
Nifa calmly took out two pieces of parchment and placed it lightly on the table, "There is Alais's personal information on it. Signed, with Archbishop Andrews as witness." "
If you don't believe it, you can go to Kryms Cathedral to see Bishop Andrews for confirmation."
"Dawn..."
Sir Stanik took the parchment. After looking at it twice, he looked at Harrington again, knowing in his heart that the current situation was completely out of their control.
"Deputy Director Nifa."
"Sir Stanik, please pay attention to your wording, it is the Director!"
"Nifa... Director, we will go to Bishop Andrews for confirmation on this matter, but today's appointment This letter also complies with the laws of the city-state, and please understand it."
"Understood..." Nifa said noncommittally, "But I don't agree." Harrington
knew that things could not proceed smoothly, and looked at the Secret Adjustment Department deeply. Everyone glanced at each other, gritted their teeth and squeezed out a few words: "Let's go."
After the words fell, he left the conference room first.
Sir Stanik didn't say anything, just sighed and left together.
Only a corpse lying in a pool of blood was left with its eyes open miserably...
Until this moment, everyone present at the Secret Adjustment Department breathed a sigh of relief.
It is much better to have one of our own, Nifa, take the position of director than to have an unfamiliar person forced in by the council at this time.
Especially that person is the heir of the city-state's chief consul. Once he comes...
there will be one chapter today, and more will be added tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.
(End of chapter)