I'm not that kind of orc

"Why?"

"First of all, I said that human trafficking is a felony in all countries of the Union. Normally, this kind of crime with high risk and high cost would not target areas with strong law and order forces, but this time the crime was first committed in Hull. It happened in the capital area of ​​Gia. Secondly, human trafficking generally has specific targets. Generally, the first target is young women, followed by children of a certain age group, and then young and middle-aged men with working ability. Humans are basically never targeted. But this crime..."

As she spoke, she set her eyes on a statistical chart somewhere in the file, and we followed suit.

"According to the statistics, it can be found that there is no difference in the targets of the prisoners in terms of age and gender."

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"It's really...there is no difference." Angelica murmured while reading the chart.

Indeed, judging from this chart, the gender ratio of the victims of the missing cases is even. Besides, there is no trend in the age distribution. The more than 40 missing persons cover all ages from children, young adults to the elderly. part.

"In that case, what is the purpose of arresting the prisoner?" Princess Alyssa asked in confusion.

"This is the weirdest part of the whole case. We can't figure out their purpose of arresting people at all." Arsena clasped her hands, "Before Mr. Wikas and the others went deeper into the investigation, this group of people left the capital area , most of the clues were cut off, and the case was temporarily put on hold until similar cases of continuous disappearances began to occur here. It is speculated that the same group of prisoners moved their base to this area to continue committing crimes. At present, Nothing is known about the size of their group, their underlying motives, or their criminal methods."

"If you don't know anything, you won't know what to do!" Feilan sat down a little discouraged.

"And it feels very dangerous. Even the guards will encounter accidents. If you intervene casually, in case something happens..." Princess Alisa said worriedly.

"Yes, that's why I advise everyone to wait patiently for Mr. Wikas to send someone to investigate. During this period, we should do our best to coordinate with the local people and the orc tribe. Alright." Alsena shrugged and looked at me, "Mr. Bullock, I will send the town's sheriff to take people to the village near the reservation to lobby the village chief over there, and try to persuade them not to go again. Conflict with the orcs, how do you think this is how to deal with it?"

"Okay, let's do this first." I thought about it, and finally found that what they said was right.

Suspicion will never be eradicated until the root cause of the serial disappearances is not eradicated.But the current situation is indeed as they said, there is too little information on the case, the most reasonable action is to wait for the royal capital to send professionals to investigate, as Arsena said.

However, such an idea was shattered by the harsh reality the next day.

On the morning of the next day, the guards in the castle reported to Arsena that an orc riding a warg rushed up the mountain to the gate of the castle and asked to see Arsena.

Arsena agreed to the interview, and of course the servant informed me to go with her to meet the orc.

The tribe over there will specially send wolf cavalry to pass the order, so something urgent must have happened.

When I followed Arsena into the reception room, I saw Uso, the cavalry leader of the Wolf Head Clan whom I met yesterday, was walking back and forth restlessly in the reception room.

As soon as he saw us coming in, he strode over and said loudly, "Something happened!"

"What happened?" Arsena and I looked at each other, and we both frowned.

Recalling the scene yesterday when the gang of villagers ran to the settlement to make trouble, I suddenly felt tense.

Could it be that the next group of villagers gathered a group of people and ran over, and some conflict broke out in the end?

In that case, it will be really difficult to end.

But what Uso said next was beyond my expectation: "Someone is missing! Last night, two brats from the Luefeng clan sneaked out and haven't come back yet!"

"What?" I froze.

On the orc side... someone is missing?

"After the news spread, we also went to help find people here. We pulled the warg out to follow the smell, but the smell stopped halfway. Yesterday we searched all the places where we can live and where we can move. Still haven't found anyone." Uso stared at Arsena with a serious expression, "I came here to hope that Your Highness would allow us to search the nearby area. There are large-scale operations in the area, but this time the situation is special, and our chief hopes that you can give temporary approval."

Arsena stared at him for a long time, and finally rejected it seriously: "I'm sorry, I can't agree."

"Why?" Uso frowned.

"I've heard that there have been conflicts between nearby villages and your tribe recently. Of course, I don't doubt what you mean, but the situation is still very tense. If you leave the designated area on a large scale to conduct search activities at this time , It is likely to cause panic in nearby villages, and I am worried that it will cause conflicts."

"I know this, but the situation on our side is the same now." Uso paused here, looked back and forth at Arsena and me, and said in a low voice, "Some people in the tribe have begun to suspect these two children The disappearance was done by nearby humans, because we found this when we were tracking the scent."

As he spoke, he took out a cloth bag from his body and opened it. Inside was an arrow.

"The specifications of this kind of arrow are different from those used by us orcs. They are arrows used by humans. Among the group of humans who came to make trouble before, there are Orion, and the arrows they shot on our shields are this kind." Uso gave Seeing what Arsena was about to say, we raised our hands to stop her, "Don't worry, our high-level executives haven't suspected that yet. After discussion, the elders decided that it's normal for the other party to pay attention to eliminating the smell. This kind of trace should be left. But this does not mean that the people below think so too. After all, those humans have come to trouble us recently and have caused a lot of dissatisfaction here. You should understand what I mean, Your Highness, if You are banning us from organizing the search at this time, I am worried that those people will do something out of line."

The serial disappearances spread to the settlements of the orc tribes, and the suspicion of humans also emerged among the orcs.

Arsena pondered for a long time after hearing this, and finally came up with a solution: "Well, let me send a few people to go with you, and you promise me that every team that organizes the search must be accompanied by my people, and you must also bring some people with you. Flying the flag of our territory, and not approaching villages and towns, if you can accept these conditions, I will allow you to organize searches."

"Okay, then please arrange it quickly!" Uso nodded readily.

"I have to advise you in advance, it's best not to have too much hope in finding the two missing children through this kind of search. Moreover, I hope you can try to send some people with enough combat experience to participate in the search. Things may be more dangerous than you think." Arsena reminded him earnestly.

"Why?" Uso looked a little confused, he still didn't know how serious the recent serial disappearances in this territory were.

"Mr. Bullock, please explain to him, I'll arrange someone right now." Alsena handed the matter over to me, nodded to Uso, turned and left the living room.

I looked at the back of her leaving, and then at Uso, who was still confused, and realized that this incident seemed to be far more serious than I imagined.

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After Arsena arranged for someone to leave with Uso, I found her study, and as soon as I entered, I saw her sitting behind the desk with a distressed face, her hands resting on the desk and pressing her head: "How did it become like this... ..."

No matter how capable she is, she will definitely have a headache when she encounters such a thing.

I approached and stood in front of her desk: "It seems that this matter really cannot be delayed, these prisoners are no longer just arresting people, it can be seen that they are deliberately provoking conflicts. Alsena, I have to investigate this matter, even if I bite the bullet."

"But Mr. Bullock, didn't we all discuss it yesterday? We know so little about this case that we have no way of doing it." Arsena looked up at me a little discouraged.

"But it's obviously too late for you to send people from the capital, and I don't know how long it will take to find out the criminal." I said seriously, "It's not impossible to start, I thought of what Uso said. a trick."

"How?" Arsena looked at me blankly.

"It's a bait operation." I looked into her eyes and said, "We can use a person as a bait to wander around places where disappearances are frequent and lure the criminal out."

"The bait..." Arsena looked troubled and seemed a little hesitant, "This kind of combat is very inefficient and dangerous, and who should be the bait?"

"Me." I blurted out without any hesitation.

After hearing Uso mention that there are orc children missing, I realized that the goal of this group of people is not limited to humans, and their goal of action seems to be not only to catch people.

"These prisoners deliberately left traces of human activities in the place where the two orc children disappeared. They deliberately provoked conflicts between the orcs and the local humans. Since they have such a tendency to act, then I will be in the place where the incident is likely to happen. If there are activities at the location, they should be drawn out." I said confidently, and suddenly noticed that Arsena's expression was different, "Well, what's wrong with you?"

"...Mr. Bullock, don't you have any self-knowledge?" She raised her eyebrows and sighed.

"Huh?" I was confused by what she said.

At this moment, the door of the study was pushed open again, and Princess Alisa, Angelica and Feilan walked in one by one.

"Oh, you're up." I turned around and greeted them.

"I heard from the maid that something happened, so I asked her to bring us here." Princess Alisa combed her side hair, "Did something happen?"

So I briefly told them what Uso came to report just now.

"There are children missing even from the orcs?" Princess Alyssa widened her eyes in surprise after hearing this.

"It's a big deal." Angelica answered softly.

"Well, gentlemen, can you help me persuade Mr. Brock first." Arsena interjected suddenly with a helpless expression, "He wants to use himself as a bait to lure out the prisoner."

As soon as the words were finished, the three of them looked at me in surprise.

"What's wrong?" I frowned.

"Hey, what are you doing stupid! Are you a bait? It's not good at all!" Feilan immediately grinned, came over with a mocking face, and tapped my ribs with her elbow, "Even if the gang of prisoners didn't have requirements on the target's gender and age, they would still judge the opponent's strength to some extent, right? With your exaggerated size, who would take the bait?"

"I also think... if it belongs to classmate Bullock, the other party may have some concerns." Princess Alisa carefully considered the words, "Also, I think... this kind of thing is too dangerous."

"It was because of the danger that I decided to let myself come, and couldn't those prisoners even capture the guards? I think they would take action even if it was me." I expressed my own considerations.

"But no matter what, if you want to use bait, the easier it is to take the bait... the better." Angelica said calmly, "I'm not afraid of ten thousand, just in case."

If you think about it carefully, it is true. Using bait to lure the prisoner out is a very lucky and inefficient operation. If the bait makes the other party have scruples, it will be even more difficult to succeed.

"That's right, this kind of thing must be done by the person who seems to have the weakest aura and the most mischievous appearance. Don't you even understand this kind of reason? Stupid!" Feilan didn't let it go Any chance of harming me.

"It looks the weakest, the most miscellaneous..." I looked up and down the blond idiot in front of me, like looking at a piece of bacon that was about to be put on a trap.

"Hey, what do you think I mean?" Feilan realized what I was thinking, and immediately stared at me.

"No way..." I thought about it, and finally shook my head, giving up the idea of ​​using this girl as a bait in my heart.

"Hmph, you're smart!" Her expression eased a little, and she raised her hand to fiddle with her long hair.

"If you really get caught, it will be troublesome..." I sighed.

"You bastard! Go out and have a good talk with Miss Ben!" She immediately froze, and stretched her arms to grab my collar.

"Please wait a moment. If this method must be used, I think Miss Feilan should be assigned to the guard side." Princess Alyssa interrupted, "Actually, I have an idea."

2 minutes later--

"Why me?" Angelica puffed up her cheeks at Princess Alisa who had explained the plan.

"This, this..." Princess Alyssa couldn't bear the girl's complaining gaze, and looked away in embarrassment.

Princess Alisa's proposal is actually very simple, that is, Angelica will act as the bait, and then we will use Feilan's invisibility spell to guard and protect her without anyone noticing. The prisoner who tried to attack her was caught.

"Yes, if you think about it carefully, you are the weakest girl, aren't you?" Feilan sneered, raised her hand and rubbed Angelika's head indiscriminately, "Look at your size Xiao, if you stop there on the street, you will be a little ghost who got separated from his parents."

"You think again... you were bitten, didn't you?" Angelica bared her fangs in displeasure.

Seeing Feilan rubbing Angelica's head recklessly, Princess Alisa clearly showed envy.

"This method is indeed the most efficient." I said, "I'm sorry, Angelica, can I wrong you?"

"Oh, since Brock said so..." Angelica curled her lips, but finally agreed.

"Alsena." I looked over to the desk.

In the end, it was up to her to nod her head to investigate the criminals in her territory.

"Okay, okay, if this is the case, I'll send someone to prepare the equipment, and we'll discuss this matter carefully later." Arsena compromised, "I'll take you to the old part of the town to have a look in person in the afternoon. That’s where the most disappearances happen.”

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In the afternoon, Arsena took us to the town below the mountain again.But unlike before, this time she led us directly through the downtown area to the other end of the town, an old urban area with narrow streets and old houses.

"This is the old town of Muling Town. It's an area that hasn't been scheduled for renovation for a certain number of years." Alsena walked in front and introduced to us, "The construction is not as good as the downtown and the renovated city, but it's much quieter. It’s okay here, there are still many residents and markets. If you go further to the west, you will find an abandoned urban area where the houses have reached their age and are ready to be demolished and rebuilt. The place where disappearances occur frequently is at the junction of the old urban area and the abandoned urban area. Once we get there, we will officially start the operation.”

I looked around, and compared to the bustling city I walked through the day before yesterday, this urban area was indeed much deserted. A considerable part of the bridges and streets were too narrow for carriages. There were many deep alleys, and there were mostly shops along the streets. Craft shops and artisan shops.

Arsena walked and led us to a small alley with many dark alleys. We saw many people sitting on wooden boxes and setting up stalls, and from time to time solicited a few words from passers-by. Put it on the ground, and display it before them.

Along the way, our strange combination attracted a lot of attention.

"This alley is a flea market in the old town, where you can find cheap goods and old things. Craftsmen who don't have a storefront will also set up stalls here." Arsena said while looking ahead, slowing down to cooperate with the others. speed.

Angelica also seemed to be surprised. Both Feilan and Princess Alisa couldn't help but glance at the stalls with various commodities, and their steps slowed down a lot.