Endless Debt.

Chapter 103 The Long Wait

The atmosphere in the room was a bit depressing, everyone was silent, their eyes crossed back and forth, silently conveying messages.

Codning Caesar.

It's a somewhat unexpected name, but thinking of Noam's previous information, as the owner of the Kinny Theater, his name appears here at this moment, and there seems to be no problem.

Bologo bowed his head, folded his hands, and crossed his fingers on the bridge of his nose, looking pensive.

It stands to reason that knowing the identity of the enemy, as an avenger, Bologo should be very happy. Based on Jeffrey's understanding of Bologo, he should be humming a song while sharpening his knife, thinking about how to It is right to execute Kodening.

But now Burlogo doesn't look so happy, as if he has encountered some complicated things, he is a little confused and can't think of an answer.

Lebius flipped through the documents Ivan brought, glanced at the silent people in the office, and said.

"Should we wait until Palmer arrives before starting?"

"No, let's start now."

Burlogo finally spoke, his face impassive.

"The Crow's Nest has been tracking the traces of the 'Humans', but these people are well hidden, and almost no clues have been revealed... It must be admitted that the fact that we were able to focus on the 'Humans' itself was brought about by various coincidences .”

Ivan said slowly, and at the same time, his eyes were still on Bologo for a short time.

As he said, without Bologo's persistent pursuit, it would be really difficult for them to notice the existence of "people addicted", or in other words, when their attention was removed from the king's secret sword, they really noticed " When it's too late, it's all too late.

"We followed David's lead, but there was no progressive breakthrough until we discovered a key piece of information last night."

Ivan glanced at Jeffrey and continued.

"Remember the information we got when we interrogated Noam before? When he was connecting with 'Human', he heard the Jinny Theater."

"Yes, I asked Yas to investigate and found nothing unusual," Jeffrey said.

"So, these people are really hiding perfectly. It stands to reason that they should be hiding in the gutter, but they just appeared in the agreement area in such a grand manner, and they are still performing."

"Interrogation? Investigation?"

Burrog looked at the two suspiciously, and he asked, "Why don't I know these things."

"Because it was just a suspicion at the time, a doubt, we thought there was no need to make a fuss about it, who would have thought that all these things would be connected."

Jeffrey replied that at the beginning, he just had the mentality of giving it a try and asked Yas to do these things, but he didn't get any results after that, so he thought it was over.

No one would have guessed that everything is now connected.

Ivan took out a black and white group photo from his file bag.

"This is a photo of David when he was in college, and the person standing next to him is Kedening Caesar."

Burrog glanced briefly at the photo, when another figure caught his attention.

"who is she?"

The woman in the photo is holding Kedening's hand, her face is full of joy.

"She is Keene, Kedening's wife, the source of the name Keene Theater."

Ivan continued.

"A few years ago, the three of them came to Opals, like many foreigners, trying to create a world here. Since then, Kedening has started his career as an actor, but he didn't go well at the beginning. , can only play some supporting roles that don't even have lines.

But one day, a turning point came to his life. This foreigner who came from afar, got the money somehow, rented a piece of land in the agreement area and built his own theater. "

Ivan knew very well that the high rent in the agreement area and the financial resources needed to run a theater were not something Kedening could afford at that time.

"Do you think he's been 'anthropomorphic' since then?" Burrog asked.

"I don't know, but what is certain is that he must have encountered some turning point," Ivan said in a low voice, "for example, making a deal with the devil, exchanging his soul for the chance to realize his dream, so Ke Dening has a stage to perform, but lost He who is a soul, in addition to performing, also plunders the soul to survive."

"There are countless such stories. It seems that every person who has fallen into a devil has such a sad experience." Jeffrey nodded in agreement.

"There is no demonic corruption in him," retorted Borrog. "I am sure he is not demonic."

Bulogo's affirmation caught the attention of the others, Geoffrey asked gravely.

"Bologo, do you know Kedening?"

"Almost, I've seen it a few times," Bologo took a deep breath, "This is also the worst part for me. I'm so close to the enemy. I can break his neck a few times, but I just brushed shoulders with him. Pass."

Listening to what Bologo said, Jeffrey's eyes became worried, and Burlogo understood what he meant, and continued.

"Don't worry, work is work, life is life, I can tell the difference."

Bologo's voice cooled down, without any personal emotion, he looked at Ivan and said.

"please continue."

"We can only speculate about the specific situation. What really allowed us to determine the identity of Chief Kedening was the information we got from the ruins of the factory. After your raid last night, the ferrymen took over there. During the finishing work, they I found the ledger, and some important bills were signed by Ke Dening.

It described in detail the business of the "Thinking People" selling Philosopher's Stones, but after comparison, they sold far less than what they hoarded. It is certain that there are still a large number of Philosopher's Stones in the hands of "Thinking People". "

"I don't think they should make such a low-level mistake, leaving such evidence." Burogo said.

"We feel the same way. It's clear that Crow's Nest's investigation for so long has been fruitless, but everything about the 'people addicted' last night was clearly laid out before our eyes."

Ivan understood what Bologo meant, he said.

"It's like someone dropped 'anthropomorphism' and revealed their secrets."

"The king's secret sword."

Lebius, who had been silent all this time, spoke at this moment, and he keenly noticed the doubts.

"'Human' has hoarded so many Philosopher's Stones, which far exceeds the needs of the demons, and more importantly, the demons don't have the funds to buy these Philosophers' Stones...their real buyer is the king's secret sword , it is the king's secret sword that collects the philosopher's stone through them."

Hearing what Lebius said, Ivan's eyes became serious, and the information that he had ignored before was connected together at this moment.

"Recently, extraordinary crimes related to soul sublimation have become more and more frequent, and some people are secretly collecting souls in large numbers."

All the dots are connected, and what follows is easy to guess.

"What does the king's secret sword need so many souls for?"

When the incident was related to the king's secret sword, several people were no longer as relaxed as before. Facing this familiar and unknown powerful enemy, everyone felt heavy pressure.

It was not easy for everyone this time. The King’s Secret Sword was like a lingering cloud, hovering over Opals. No one knew what they wanted to do, and they were planning again in the cloud. what kind of conspiracy.

For a moment, everyone's thoughts were all focused on the king's secret sword, but no one thought about the "love of people".

"You don't need to think too much about the king's secret sword. I will report it to the 'Decision Room' later. The first thing we need to deal with now is the 'people addiction'."

Lebius reminded that the topic of today's discussion is "people addicted", not the king's secret sword.

"Since this has been the case, I suppose Kodnen has escaped, isn't it?" asked Burlogo.

"That's right, after getting the information, we immediately rushed to the Kinny Theater and his house. When we arrived, there was no one there, and he seemed to have evaporated from the world." Ivan said.

"He's on the run, he knows he's been abandoned, he's on the rampage like a trapped animal," Burlogo said.

"From the point of view of us intelligence personnel, King's Secret Sword will not give up Kedening for no reason, unless they need Kedening to do something, such as attracting our attention."

"A diversion? What are they going to do?"

"For example, transfer a large number of philosopher's stones."

Ivan waved his hand and said helplessly.

"Unfortunately, that's all the information we know so far. We really don't know anything about the movement of the king's secret sword."

"Kodening is missing, and the movement of the king's secret sword is unclear...We can't do anything but wait, can we?"

Bologo's voice had some ups and downs, and the irritable mood was hard to contain.

"That's how it looks at the moment."

Ivan said helplessly, currently the Bureau of Order controls Opals, but the king's secret sword takes the initiative, which makes people feel very uncomfortable.

"We don't have time. The more we wait, the more chance these guys will get away."

Burrog's voice rose, as if scolding Ivan.

The longer you wait, the more likely Kedening will escape from the city, and the king's secret sword. Maybe they are loading goods now, and there will be a train tonight, carrying all the Philosopher's Stones to the distance.

Once these people left Opals, Bologo knew very well that he would have no chance of revenge, and he could not accept such a result.

After a long silence, Burlogo spoke again.

"Sorry, I got a little excited."

"Nothing, I understand."

Ivan heard Jeffrey tell the story of Bologo, and he somewhat understood Bologo's mood at the moment.

"We have already imposed martial law on the surrounding areas of Opals. It is not so easy for them to leave. Although we don't know what the king's secret sword wants to do, it is definitely right to destroy them."

Ivan said the actions of the Bureau of Order, "We will continue to track down the intelligence, and you can go out to chase the enemy as soon as there is news."

Bologo didn't speak. He knew some things very well. Martial law might be able to stop Kedening, but it couldn't stop the king's secret swords.

(End of this chapter)