A strange world

Chapter 1038 Section 269. Clues

Terry stood up: "I'll go and promise them now!"

"Eat first, I'll go with you after you finish eating."

The hungry Annan swept away all the food, praised the chef several times while he was flattered, and followed Terry out.

"Find a chance to take the chef back to Liberty City." Annan said with lingering feelings.

It is said that the chef was brought by the old president on purpose? It must be said that the nobles are really good at enjoying themselves.

Annan knows a lot about the Shadow Brotherhood. Although they don't do good things, they are generally lawful: they reason with the strong and use fists with the weak.

Driving to the Harrah Gang, the contact person of the Brotherhood is here.

Annan glanced at the gang members on duty and those coming and going. They all had a little finger missing on their palms.

The contact person was a middle-aged man who looked like a businessman, without any characteristics of an assassin. He recognized Annan and showed his reasonable side: "Master Olme, I didn't expect this matter to alarm you..."

"I have dealt with you before, let's get straight to the point, who is the deceased?"

"This..."

Annan pressed on: "I can ignore it, but I can't help asking. How do I know if you killed Free Blade?"

"Definitely not!"

"I said he was."

Annan showed his arrogance to the fullest.

The contact person looked unhappy: "Lord Olme, this matter should have nothing to do with the Purification Court, right?"

"Nothing? This is the Purification Court. We also manage what the City Guard manages, and we also manage what the City Guard cannot manage."

The contact person was relieved. Olme's reaction was consistent with his prejudice against the Purification Court, and it also confirmed that the Purification Court really knew nothing and just happened to find out: "But it really has nothing to do with the Free Blade..."

"Do you think the king believes you or me?"

"Okay... I'll tell you, but I hope you keep it a secret for us."

The contact person said that the deceased was Kurtz, a low-level knight of the Brotherhood. He was bribed by the target during an assassination mission, killed his companions and defected, and the Shadow Brotherhood sent people to catch him and execute him.

The Shadow Brotherhoods in different regions have different characteristics. For example, the Shadow Brotherhood of the Kingdom of Dimon will tattoo on their arms, and Yingge has a red flower. The Shadow Brotherhood of the Kingdom will peel off the nails of the little fingers. He also showed his little finger without nails.

Annan recalled the characteristics of the corpse. It was true that the little finger had no nail. At that time, he thought it was dug out by digging.

These words are easy to check, and the possibility of lying is not high. No wonder the Shadow Brotherhood is unwilling to say it. The defection of members is a scandal for them.

"Okay, I won't ask any more. Now let's talk about the bloodline of the old capital."

The contact nodded, looked at the men around him, and motioned them to step aside first.

"You should go out first."

Annan asked the others to leave, leaving only Terry.

The story starts with a commission that the Shadow Brotherhood received after coming to the new capital. They were commissioned by an official to solve one of his political enemies. They carried out the task, and the target told a secret before being killed: Princess Sers was deliberately abandoned in the old capital, and they were sent by the murderer.

"Just like that?"

Annan was very satisfied with the news. The suspect of the long-standing case that had no clues at all was suddenly locked. He just wanted to test whether the Shadow Brotherhood knew more.

"We are the Shadow Brotherhood, we don't do intelligence business, this news is useless to us."

"Tell me who the noble is."

The contact person refused to speak.

Annan continued to coerce and lure: "Do you want to drag the entire Shadow Brotherhood to death for a rule that no one follows, or maintain a good relationship with the Purification Court?"

"...Sugra Grain Collector."

Annan didn't know him, at least he was not on the list.

"I have another question, don't worry, it has nothing to do with this matter." Annan asked curiously, "Do you have any contact with the Shadow Brotherhood of the Dimon Kingdom?"

"There was before the migration of the capital."

It seems that the Shadow Brotherhood of the kingdom is trapped on an isolated island?

"I know. Shadow Brotherhood...we will meet again."

Annan took Terry away, leaving the contact person who was worried about gains and losses.

Annan guessed correctly that the Shadow Brotherhood had indeed become an isolated island, otherwise it would not have no way to deal with the coercion of the nobles.

In order to survive, they need a backer.

Now it seems that the Purification Court doesn't mind, but Young Master Olme is too young and immature. Who knows if he will die before becoming a great noble?

...

Annan and Terry sat in the car, watching the scenery on the street passing by, and Annan asked: "What do you think?"

"He didn't lie, but he concealed part of it." Terry, who had never spoken, analyzed.

"Oh?"

Terry analyzed the mission from the perspective of the Shadow Brotherhood: Usually the Shadow Brotherhood would not get involved in the personal grudges between officials to avoid being implicated, but the official offered a price they could not refuse.

This was the first mistake made by the Shadow Brotherhood. The second mistake was that when they were carrying out the assassination, they spared the target's life in order to find out the hidden property. In order to survive, he spit out a big secret: Princess Sers was deliberately abandoned in the old capital, and the murderer who sent them was one of the initiators, in order to shut him up.

No matter how stupid the knight who took action was, he should have realized that this was a hot potato and killed everyone who heard about it outside the Shadow Brotherhood on the spot.

If that were all, they wouldn't want to exchange this information with the Purification Court.

The problem came from the fact that after the assassination, the noble suspected that the Shadow Brotherhood knew something, and called other nobles to chase and intercept the Brotherhood from all angles.

In the final analysis, the Shadow Brotherhood was just a civilian organization like the Mercenary Association, and they did not have the strength to compete with the entire country. In order to protect themselves, they could only resist.

The Brotherhood wanted to follow their old ways and assassinate all those who knew about it, but the nobles seemed to know something and increased their defense.

At this time, the Purification Court found them through the traitor incident.

The Brotherhood wanted to pass the hot potato to the Purification Court and bring some trouble to the noble, so the Purification Court, which had been looking for trouble with the nobles all day long these days, became the best candidate.

"What you said is indeed more logical."

The motives of the Shadow Brotherhood are clear, such as why they can't wait to talk about the bloodline of the old capital... It is to attract Annan's attention.

"They want to use you as a weapon, they are despicable. Should we say they are colluding with the Free Blade?"

"No, I don't hate this kind of cleverness, and they really helped us, didn't they?"

Because of Dina and Yingge, Annan has a good impression of the Shadow Brotherhood.

And they really helped a lot.

Annan was looking forward to the scene when the chairman handed the case to him and he told him that the murderer was locked up in the dungeon.