Savior Simulator

Chapter 1098 The Underground Devil's Nest
"Could it be that the Hound made a mistake?"

Eva looked at the "landlord" suspiciously.

The hound saw that Eva didn't trust his own judgment, his eyes widened angrily, and he grinned, but he didn't growl loudly, as if he was afraid of alarming the guards in the house.

"The landlord is very smart. He won't bring us here for no reason. Anyway, there are no other clues now. Why not try to sneak into the Lucas family's mansion and search it secretly with hounds. Maybe there will be unexpected gains."

Gao Fei's suggestion was agreed by Jiang Feng and Eva.

Next, Gao Fei first blessed himself and his companions with "Advanced Invisibility", and then cast "Any Door", taking everyone directly to the inside of the wall, in a dense bush.

Everyone squatted in the bushes, and only tiptoed out when the patrolling guards walked away.

The hound led the way, sniffing and stopping all the way, bypassing the townhouses where the servants lived, and did not stop near the big house where the Lucas family lived. They came to the garden behind the courtyard and stopped in front of the entrance of the wine cellar. down.

According to the smell left on the grass, Martin seemed to be dragged into the underground wine cellar by the kidnappers.

Jiang Feng stepped forward to pry open the door of the wine cellar and explored the way first.

Goofy and Eva followed with the hounds, and walked down the moss-covered bluestone steps to the depths of the wine cellar.

Jiang Feng cast a spell to light up the "dancing light technique" to illuminate the dark cellar. A long corridor stretched straight forward, with neat wooden shelves on both sides, stacked with oak barrels.

At the end of the corridor is an iron door carved with intricate runes.

After Gao Fei inspected it, he confirmed that the door was blessed with a "secret lock" and a "magic alarm", so he used a "dispersion technique" to temporarily suppress the magic effect on the door, and successfully pried open the iron door.

Opposite the iron gate was an empty basement with only one staircase leading to the upper floor.

It seems to be an empty house that has been abandoned for many years. Two rows of messy footprints can be clearly seen on the dusty floor, as well as tracks left by dragging heavy objects, obviously left not long ago.

The hound lowered its head and sniffed the traces left on the floor, whining in a low voice, and turned to look at Gao Fei and Jiang Feng with worry in its eyes.

"It seems that we have found the right place." Jiang Feng said, "The hounds smelled Martin's breath from the ruts on the floor. It can be seen that when he was held here by the kidnappers, he had lost the ability to walk and did not struggle. Most of the signs are that he was knocked unconscious by the kidnappers with a stick, stuffed into a sack and dragged away."

"It seems that little Lucas was indeed involved in this kidnapping case, either by himself or behind the scenes, and the invitation ticket for the Happy Hall that he gave to Martin and me before is probably a bait." Gao Fei according to Based on existing clues, make a wild guess.

"This possibility is not ruled out, but there is still a key issue that cannot be explained." Eva questioned, "Little Lucas is one of the richest people in the city, and the leader of the shipping insurance industry. The 'City Hunter' detective agency not only did not offend Instead, he helped him handle difficult cases, what reason does little Lucas have to avenge him?"

Gao Fei and Jiang Feng silently thought about Eva's question, but couldn't figure it out.

There was a long silence, until Eva spoke again.

"Do you still remember that the note sent by the kidnappers was signed with the emblem of the Blood Anchor Gang. If it is said that Lucas Jr. participated in the conspiracy to kidnap Martin, doesn't it mean... this man has repeatedly denounced Martin in public. The Blood Anchor Gang, the millionaire who also raised donations to support Director Gordon in his fight against crime, is secretly with the Blood Anchor Gang?"

Eva's rhetorical question actually reminded Gao Fei and Jiang Feng, and they suddenly felt their eyes light up, as if the fog had been cleared away.

"That's right! Why didn't I expect that?" Jiang Feng couldn't help being a little excited, "The leader of the Blood Anchor Gang, the mysterious man code-named 'Boss', could it be little Lucas? If this guess is true, everything will be explained It worked!"

Gao Fei nodded slightly, thoughtfully said: "At the beginning when we were hired by little Lucas, we went to the magic crystal mine invested by him to investigate the root cause of the mysterious disappearance of the miners. On the way, we were ambushed by gangsters and almost died. Strange, why did the Blood Anchor Gang know that we were going to the mine, and set up an ambush in advance, who leaked the news?"

"We investigated for a long time afterwards, but we couldn't find the guy who tipped off the news. Thinking back, if little Lucas was the leader of the Blood Anchor Gang, it was just a cover to hire us to investigate the miners, but in fact, he secretly set up an ambush to kill us. Killed in the mine, these doubts can be explained."

"The problem is that we all know that the Blood Anchor Gang is a staunch ally of the Rage Pirates, and they specialize in selling goods looted by pirates, and the Lucas family runs a shipping insurance business, so they have to provide insurance for those looted by pirates. Cargo ships with huge insurance payouts have the most reason to hate pirates."

Eva asks another question.

"Assuming that little Lucas is really the backstage boss of the Blood Anchor Gang, based on his relationship with the pirates, how could he allow the pirates to rob the ships insured by his company and suffer losses in vain?"

Gao Fei stroked his chin and pondered for a while, then suddenly thought of a possibility.

"Binhai City's shipping insurance company is not limited to Lucas's family. For other small and medium-sized companies, once the contracted ship is robbed by pirates, they can only grit their teeth and pay the compensation. If they can't afford the compensation, they can only go bankrupt and close. In contrast, the Lucas family company has the strongest financial resources and the best claims reputation. If you were a ship owner, which company would you choose to insure?"

"Continuing to deduce along this line of thought, if the Lucas Family Insurance Company and the pirates secretly collude, the goods looted by the pirates will be sold on the black market through the Blood Anchor Gang under the control of Lucas Jr., and the stolen money will be used to offset part of the claims. Jin, Little Lucas’s loss is not that big, and he also advertised to increase his goodwill, this business is sure to make a profit.”

"As expected of a detective, Mr. Wayne, your analysis sounds reasonable, but there is still a lack of hard evidence."

Eva shrugged and spread her hands, not completely convinced by Gao Fei.

"That's why we have to continue our investigation. If Martin can be successfully rescued, maybe we can learn more criminal evidence from him that Lucas Jr. colluded with gangsters and pirates."

Before Jiang Feng finished speaking, the impatient hound who had been waiting beside him had already run towards the stairs.

As soon as he stepped on the stairs, there was a sudden click under the hound's feet.

Gao Fei's heart trembled, and he hurriedly called out to the hound: "Landlord! Come back!"

The hound was not slow to react, and immediately rolled over when he noticed an abnormal movement under his feet.

Almost at the same time, the ceiling above the stairs opened up, and a fishing net with fishhooks fell down, and dense steel cones popped up from the stairs, each of which was more than a foot long. It's poisonous!
(End of this chapter)