Attack on Titan's Silent Watch

nothing important. "

Dai'er stretched her waist, "The air outside is much fresher. The guy who smelled like cigarettes choked me quite hard yesterday."

The maid behind him glanced at Durand vigilantly, bent over and shook her head to remind in a low voice, "Miss..."

"It seems that I disturbed the earl to enjoy the flowers." Durand tapped a few times with his fingers on the sides of his legs. This is a unique 'code word' for the army, and it was also used by Vanessa when she came to see her last time.

'Has a three-dimensional mobile device? '

'Have. '

Dai'er understood, and calmly tapped the armrest of the wheelchair a few times with her index finger, "It's okay, I won't hinder your work either."

confirm (2)

After Durand left, Dai'er pretended to be calm and continued to enjoy the flowers. Originally, she was still thinking about how to pass on the information about the man wearing a strange three-dimensional mobile device and smelling of cigarettes, but she didn't expect Durand to know the existence of this man.But that's fine too. Judging from Durand's reaction just now, he probably didn't confirm that this person had a direct connection with the Sterling family until she responded with sign language codes.

As for Durand, he was very excited that his intuition was correct, at least it proved that the "cigarette killer" would haunt Sterling's house, as long as he "coincided" with that person, he could remember his appearance, and then find a way to catch him. Stop him and force him to find out the facts about his involvement in the assassination.Although those confessions seem insignificant, as long as the time is right, they can become a straw that crushes the Sterling family in the future.At that time, those killed by him will be able to have their grievances cleared.

But at the same time, Durand also found that Dai'er was still in a wheelchair, and there was a white bandage around her neck. It seemed that she was really bullied.If Levi saw her in such a miserable state, he might tear down Sterling's house.

In the reception room, Niobe stood in front of the window and witnessed the whole process of Dill and Durand's meeting.According to the servant's report, the two had a few simple words of courtesy, and didn't say much, but Daier accidentally mentioned that she had seen the 'cigarette killer'.

Niobe frowned. She had investigated Durand's past and knew that he had contact with Dier before. The two should know each other, but they still acted like they didn't know each other just now, which was too deliberate. .

Furthermore, Niobe was alarmed by Dai'er's attempt to reveal that she had seen the 'cigarette killer'. Sure enough, Dai'er should not be allowed to get in touch with people she knew before. Carlos should get married as soon as possible. Only in this way can he completely control Dale and bring the property of the Morrison family into control.

In the capital, Benson came to report to the headquarters of the Central Gendarmerie. From today onwards, he is an official Central Gendarmerie.The headquarters of the Central Gendarmerie is not in the same place as the Gendarmerie, but next to the Royal Palace.Even if there is a wall to block it, it can't stop the magnificent aura of the palace from overflowing.

"From today onwards, you are a member of the Central Gendarmerie, donate your heart to the king," said the Central Gendarmerie in charge of the procedures.

"Yes!" Benson saluted solemnly.

"This is your thing. Someone will tell you about today's arrangement later."

"Thank you senior."

When Benson came to the dormitory, the treatment of the Central Gendarmerie was better than that of the Gendarmerie, and the dormitories were all single rooms.He was as happy as a teenager, rolling over on the big soft bed, opened the certificate he had just received, and couldn't help but smirk when he saw the words 'Central Gendarmerie Corps'.

Although he really wanted to write a letter to tell his brother about his current situation right away, but the 'induction training' was about to start, he tidied up his mood, packed his luggage and went out.

The task on the first day is relatively simple, the first is to learn etiquette.After all, powerful people often come and go around here.Secondly, it is to be familiar with the streets and alleys near the palace. Only in this way can the safety of the king be guaranteed.

There were more than a dozen people who joined the Central Gendarmerie with Benson, all of whom were as young as him. After a day of 'training', those of similar age could chat with each other relatively well, and even made an appointment to have a drink together at night.

Benson felt that it was a little irresponsible to go out to drink on the first day, and it would be troublesome in case of an emergency.However, he did not refuse. After all, his purpose of coming here was not to protect the king, but to find a way to make friends with the powerful and help his brother find a more favorable backer.

As dusk fell, the setting sun was like blood, the buildings on the street were all coated with a layer of golden yellow, and the shadows of the buildings appeared darker.As soon as they changed into casual clothes, they walked out of the dormitory of the Central Gendarmerie with their new friends, when an officer appeared in front of them with a letter.

"Who is Benson Field?"

"I am." Benson stepped forward a little awkwardly. Could it be that he caused trouble without knowing it?

Evidence (1)

After receiving the bad news from home, Benson ran all the way to the pier, panting and asked the dock manager who was about to get off work if he still had a boat ticket to the Trout area, but he obviously got a negative answer.

The others also chased after him, patted him on the shoulder and persuaded him, "It's very late now, go back and pack your things first, and then start tomorrow morning."

It took a long time for Benson to calm down, his eyes were a little dull, "Thank you, I forgot to ask the team leader for leave."

On the first day he came to Wangdu to take office, he learned the news of his brother's death. Benson sat quietly in the dormitory alone, wanting to cry without tears. His previous efforts to join the Central Gendarmerie seemed so ridiculous now.

The sky gradually darkened, and the room was plunged into darkness.For the figure slumped against the bed, the silent night was silent and long.

The next afternoon, Benson got off the boat and went straight home. The old housekeeper seemed to predict that he would come back and stood in front of the door waiting for him.Benson threw the luggage in front of the door and rushed over to grab the butler's clothes, "Where's my brother?"

"Please follow me." The old butler led him to the cemetery to attend Joseph's funeral. Everyone stood quietly in black clothes, listening to the priest's prayer in silence. Only Benson shouted his brother's name hysterically. .

After the funeral, in the study room, the butler took out the seal representing the Field Chamber of Commerce and gave it to Benson, "Master, according to your father's will, if your brother has an accident, you should inherit the family business."

"This..." Benson was in a bit of a dilemma. He hadn't received much education in running a chamber of commerce since he was a child, and his brother took care of all the affairs in the chamber of commerce. He didn't know what to do if he was asked to take over for a while.

"I don't know anything about business at all."

"The chamber of commerce is already yours, and it's up to you to decide how to deal with it. We have no complaints." The housekeeper carefully put down the inheritance materials, and walked out of the study with a shaky gait.

Benson sat on the chair that Joseph sat in before his death, picked up the ledger and read it carefully, wanting to put himself in his brother's role and consider the issues that need to be dealt with when taking over the chamber of commerce.But trying to hold back for a while, he shook his head helplessly, without the slightest clue, let's think about what he is best at, such as the truth about his brother's murder.

It is said that Joseph died in this study room, his chest was pierced by a sharp knife but no one heard the sound of fighting, and the murderer disappeared out of thin air after the murder. The case of the 'cigarette killer'.Except for the cigarettes, this crime scene fits all the characteristics of a 'cigarette killer' crime.

As far as we know so far, people from the Survey Corps came to look for Joseph before he died, and one of them was Vanessa, but Joseph was killed before he could meet.The Survey Corps seems to have had friction with the Sterling family recently, and the Field Chamber of Commerce has cooperated with the Sterling family for a long time, so it is possible that evidence of their crimes was discovered and they simply 'docked their tails to survive'.However, it is not ruled out that the investigative corps imitated the 'cigarette killer' to commit crimes in order to cut off the power of the Sterling family.

But what is certain now is that no matter whether it is the Sterling family or the survey corps, he has no way to avenge his brother due to his weak power.

Suddenly, Benson remembered two things that Joseph had told him before his death. The first thing was that he gave him the key to a ledger for safekeeping, and the second thing was to walk around more with Vanessa.

As if he had figured something out, Benson immediately locked the door of the study, closed the windows and drew the curtains, moved a few books from the bookshelf, and turned the switch hidden behind the books.Then push it from the side, and the bookshelf slides easily to one side, revealing the wall behind it with a less obvious partition.

The partition was removed, and a small safe appeared in front of him.Benson took out the key in his pocket to open the safe, and took out the ledger inside to look through it. It turned out that it was full of records of the Field Chamber of Commerce helping the Sterling family to launder money!

Evidence (2)

After closing the ledger, Benson decided to go to the Survey Corps to find Vanessa.Based on a comprehensive analysis, it is clear that the Sterling family is more likely to kill Joseph, but he has not completely ruled out the suspicion that it was the investigative corps.

"Stoke, someone is looking for you."

During training, Vanessa slammed on the tree trunk in front of her to 'suddenly brake', "Who is it?"

"He said he was a friend of yours in the training regiment." The summoned soldier replied.

Vanessa roughly guessed who it was, she glanced at Levi not far away, Levi nodded, she immediately flew away from the training ground, and hurried to the reception room.

As soon as the door was opened, Benson stood up immediately, with some kind of anticipation in his eyes.

"Long time no see." Vanessa said with a smile.

"That's right, I agreed that you guys would invite me to dinner." Benson also said with a smile, but the sadness in his smile concealed it.