Reincarnated as a boss tyrant in the game
#209 - Scapegoat
Anka's expression held a hint of caution. His voice was lowered, as if a secret afraid of being blown away by the wind, "I suspect that all of this is being manipulated by His Highness the Crown Prince behind the scenes." His words hung in the air for a moment, carrying a bit of uncertainty and worry.
A cold glint flashed in Buffy's eyes, but he didn't reveal too much surprise, "I guessed it was him a long time ago." He said coldly, his tone carrying a hint of disdain and mockery, "Discarding bridges after crossing the river, throwing people away after using them, isn't that the usual style of the Prague family?"
Hearing this, a trace of embarrassment and fear flashed across Anka's face. He glanced around guiltily, fearing that the walls had ears, "We have to be careful, here—" He hesitated, as if weighing how to phrase it.
Buffy let out a soft sneer, interrupting his hesitation, "Don't worry, everyone here is my man. Even if the walls have ears, they won't understand what we're saying." His words revealed absolute confidence and a hint of dominance.
Anka seemed a little relieved. He took a deep breath and asked, "Then what should we do next? Should we find a way to stop the Crown Prince from continuing his investigation?" His tone carried a hint of urgency.
"No, we don't need to stop him." The corners of Buffy's mouth curled into a cunning arc, "Let him investigate. Anyway, we've already handled the military supplies matter cleanly, he won't find anything." His voice revealed contempt for the Crown Prince and confidence in his own plan.
"I, I'm still worried." Anka's voice trembled slightly, his eyes revealing deep unease. He kept rubbing his hands, as if seeking a trace of comfort for his soul, lacking the demeanor of an eighth-order grand knight.
The regret in his heart surged like a tide. He knew that he should not have been deceived by Buffy's sweet words and colluded with him.
Now, this secret is like a ticking time bomb, which may explode at any time, not only ruining his own reputation, but also involving the entire family.
Buffy looked at Anka's frightened and uneasy appearance, and a faint sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth. But his voice was full of gentleness and comfort: "Anka, you really don't have to worry. I handled things very discreetly, no one will ever find out."
Hearing Buffy's guarantee, Anka felt a little relieved, but he still couldn't completely let go of the heavy stone in his heart.
Buffy didn't want to waste any more words with him, so he made an excuse and sent him away.
As soon as Anka's figure disappeared at the door, Buffy immediately called his eldest son, Navin Winchester.
Navin was tall, with a stern face and a calm and capable demeanor.
"Anka is unreliable." Buffy said succinctly, "You act according to our previous plan."
Navin nodded, a sharp light flashed in his eyes, and then he turned and left.
Buffy knew that Anka was a potential threat.
While stabilizing him with lies, he was already secretly plotting to push all the blame onto Anka.
This is also the reason why he was able to rise all the way to his current position in the army - cold-blooded, cunning, and always prepared for a rainy day.
In his opinion, there are only eternal interests, no eternal friends.
As the rebels in Fulga City were completely cleared out, Soren finally placed the headquarters of the Imperial Bank in the Northwest Provinces here. Fulga City is located at the junction of the three provinces and has always been a major trading town in the Northwest Provinces. Otherwise, Prince Corin would not have chosen to build the final defense line here.
The tallest and largest building in Fulga City, originally the headquarters of Prince Corin's Chamber of Commerce, has now become the Northwest Branch of the Imperial Bank.
Soren sat in the office on the top floor of the Imperial Bank branch and issued an order to Duffy: "Duffy,
I want you to track Kaduson throughout the entire process, don't let go of any of his actions. As for the investigation of the military supplies department, I will hand it over to others to handle. What we have to do is to paralyze the other party and make them mistakenly believe that we have not focused our attention on them."
Duffy took the order and left, silently tracking Kaduson like a ghost.
Before long, he easily discovered the two centurions who were suspected of approaching Kaduson's camp that night. The two centurions were obviously unaware that they were being watched and were still chatting leisurely.
Duffy then had someone send the news to Kaduson's ears. The method was very simple: revealing the patrol routes of the two centurions that night and the news that they had stayed at the location of the main tent. Kaduson immediately became suspicious.
He rushed to the camp angrily.
Baggio, did you steal my coins?"
Centurion Baggio looked at Kaduson with a confused look, as if he didn't understand what he was saying: "Lord Centurion, what are you talking about? How could we steal your gold coins?"
"You're still pretending!" Kaduson roared, his patience had been exhausted, and the atmosphere between the two sides suddenly became tense.
Another centurion next to Baggio said unconvinced: "Centurion Kaduson, this is a military camp, don't think that you can act recklessly just because you have Lord Buffy backing you and want to wrong us."
Just as the conflict was about to escalate, Raine appeared in time and stopped them. He said majestically, "How can you be so noisy in the military camp!" His appearance instantly calmed the situation.
All of this was under Soren's control.
Kaduson's originally twisted face immediately changed into a smiling face after hearing Raine's words. He explained: "Commander Raine, you came just in time. These two boys took advantage of my carelessness and sneaked into my camp and stole a dozen gold coins from my table. I came to settle the score with them, but they refused to admit it."
Hearing this, Raine turned his gaze to Baggio and the other two, his eyes filled with scrutiny. He asked in a deep voice: "Is that so? Did you really steal Kaduson's gold coins?"
Baggio and the other centurion looked at each other and quickly shook their heads to deny: "No, we didn't steal the gold coins. Those gold coins were Kaduson's winnings from a bet with us. We won them, we didn't steal them."
Kaduson's face changed when he heard this, and he was about to retort, but Raine raised his hand to stop him.
Raine looked at Baggio and the other two, a hint of doubt flashed in his eyes. After thinking for a moment, he said: "Since you said that the gold coins were won from a bet, then why would Kaduson say that you stole them?"
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