Ark's Journey to the Demon God

So, it’s a dilemma to say the least~

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"That's right, we finally gave up on this plan." Metz explained: "We finally sent a team of well-trained colleagues in plain clothes to follow him day and night. Anyway, no matter what, we can't let him talk nonsense anymore. ”

"we can only do this…"

"Then what, let me interrupt." Leader Arianna raised her hand and asked: "Your Majesty, Duke of Cumberland, is it true that our Victoria has a lot of intelligence agents from other countries mixed in?"

The Duke of Cumberland couldn't laugh or cry, but Arianna continued to explain: "Although I definitely don't believe in these nonsense... but recently many people in my organization have been discussing this.

It's...so I'd better check with you to confirm. "

"How is this possible?" The Duke of Cumberland shrugged, "Not to mention that all Victoria's officials are natives, and there is no soil for spies... Let's talk about the arrogant Witch King of Leitania. He may use Is it such a dark little trick for a spy?"

This is true.

Shen Muke nodded. The Witch King had been in power for a lifetime. Although he did not end well in the end, he had to say that with his domineering and leaky behavior, it was really hard to imagine that he would send some spies here. If there was really something important, he would probably rather do it himself. The King will not rely on outsiders, and the Witch King cannot afford to lose this person.

"Letania doesn't have it, but what about Ursus?" Kelsey suddenly said: "The arrogant Witch King may not care about these small tricks... but what about Black Snake? He uses all possible means, and a certain In this sense, he is more terrifying than the Witch King."

"This..." Cumberland and Mace looked at each other, and finally said helplessly: "This, I don't know. I don't think there's any way to know. After all, because Ursus has been recruiting troops continuously in the past two years, there are many people in the north. When we come to Victoria, there is no way to find out whether any of these people have evil intentions..."

hiss--

Tricky.

"After all, does Victoria have an intelligence organization?" Shen Muke asked tentatively: "Of course, if it's not convenient to tell... forget it."

"No, how could it be, Agaritu, how could we be wary of you?" Cumberland shook his head.

Agaritu was recognized by "that one" and was an ally worthy of unconditional trust. In addition, he himself had done a lot for Victoria, so Cumberland was willing to share some secrets with him.

As for the other people present... Arianna has Kelsey's guarantee, and Kelsey has "that one" guarantee. Metz is absolutely one of her own, so it doesn't matter.

"In fact, Victoria once had the kind of organization you mentioned, but now it has disappeared."

And such a thing?

Mace was also quite surprised. As the Captain of the Tower Knights, he stayed in the imperial court all year round, but he didn't even know about this kind of thing?

In fact, at the beginning, Victoria's overseas intelligence collection relied on envoys sent to various countries. They collected information in other countries and then secretly passed it back to Victoria.

However, in recent years...especially after the Battle of the Four Emperors, Victoria has appointed almost no foreign envoys.

To tell why...

First of all, let's not think about it. The Witch King just killed all the envoys in Gaul not long ago. The lessons of his predecessors are not far away, so it is better not to provoke his sensitive nerves.

As for Ursus, don't even think about it. There is a black snake behind the scenes, and even if you send envoys out, they won't be able to do anything. Moreover, Ursus has been expanding like crazy in recent years. Today, communication is smooth, but tomorrow it may be... The soldiers met each other!

There is also Casimir. Although Casimir is a friendly country in name, considering that its internal situation is too complicated, the Victoria Parliament is worried that if the communication is not done well, it will cause bloodshed or other problems.

Then there is Syracuse, which is also a heavyweight. Their country is not like a country. It is simply divided into families and independent of each other. Victoria cannot communicate with them alone.

As for Colombia, this is also a historical issue. Since the other party has intentionally cut off all contact with Victoria, Victoria cannot send anyone there at all.

Therefore, looking at the countries surrounding Victoria, there is really no soil for external intelligence collection.

"So, does Victoria have a local intelligence collection organization? For example, the kind that supervises auditions and collects private intelligence?"

"That's true."

"Who? Which department?"

Cumberland looked at Shen Muke, smiled and pointed at each other: "That's us."

Ugh--

Shen Muke leaned back slumped in his chair. After hearing this...why is this Victoria like a sieve?

There are a few people like me...even though they are all tops in various fields...what's the use?But if it was useful, why would a novelist set the pace?

"So, although the whole thing just originated from a novelist's so-called crazy talk, we can also know from this that there are some big gaps in local intelligence collection in Victoria at this stage. The Duke of Cumberland..." Kay Erxi said: "If you can, please suggest it to His Majesty. Victoria needs an intelligence organization that can accurately control the current situation. Just relying on us won't work."

"Okay, I will mention it to His Majesty."

The Duke of Cumberland nodded, and then said, "Speaking of which, has Councilor Angst's motion to establish a community for infected people from Caraton come to fruition?"

"It has been passed. A community of infected people is being established. I believe the results will be seen in a few months." Shen Muke said with a smile.

"That's great. If Caraton's policy is successful, His Majesty's new policy will be implemented smoothly."

new deal?

Shen Muke raised his head instinctively. He seemed to remember that when the old Lion King's new policy was implemented, that was when conflicts between him and the parliament broke out.

It was also because of this New Deal that he was finally pushed to the guillotine.

"Lord Cumberland, I have to say that the implementation of any new policy should not be rushed...So, please ask your Majesty to act with caution, and also, be careful of the Parliament."

Cumberland was keenly aware of the change in Shen Muke's tone. He nodded and said, "I understand. I will propose it to Your Majesty."

proposal, also

It doesn't necessarily work.

The old lion king is truly a king like fire. His fire will burn everything that is rotten, but it will also burn him...

Shen Muke didn't know whether his butterfly effect could save Victoria from future difficulties, but at least at this stage, he had to prepare everything.

Chapter 51 Purpose

Inside [Gems and Herbs].

Some time after the Caraton Scarlet Troupe incident, Shen Muke's daily life gradually became stable.

During the day, he basically works in the store, and at night, he flies to various places in Londinium to collect information. The method of collecting information is also very simple and crude, that is, he just goes invisible and listens.

For a long time, Shen Muke's positioning of his own strength has been relatively low. Only recently when he began to collect as much information as possible did he realize that he is still quite strong~

In Londinium, except for the imperial court, Shen Muke could travel almost unimpeded.

Later, he was able to visit almost a dozen targets in one night without deliberately sneaking in. He only needed to walk in through the front door invisibly, find the target mission, and stand aside to watch the other party's performance.

This method is relatively inefficient because there is only one person, but the information obtained is of high quality.

Of course, Shen Muke is not a voyeur, nor is he a pervert who randomly snoops into other people's privacy. ()

His basis for snooping on intelligence targets usually comes from private reviews.

The superiors on the continent of Terra are no better than reality.

The insects in the real world have gone through many battles and have learned how to package themselves, but the difference on the continent of Terra——

Some people say they are cruel, but they are most likely really cruel.

Therefore, Shen Muke usually investigates with questions, and the results are not surprising. The moral bottom line of the superiors in Terra Continent is very flexible, which almost allows him to hit the target with every shot.

He came back in September, and after two months of exploration and visits, the results were very good——

The first is the President of the Royal Bank of Victoria Head Office.

This old boy comes from a family of counts. His ancestors fought with the Aslan royal family, and he is considered a group of people with outstanding achievements.

However, outstanding merit is not the reason for him to embezzle public funds.

So Shen Muke happily "reported" him to the Duke of Cumberland and sent him to prison for a "holiday."

Another example is Frank, the deputy captain of the central city branch of the Londinium Police Force. He was suspected of extortion and collecting black money, so Shen Muke also sent him a little care...

In short, in two months, Shen Muke struck hard and cleaned up the entire upper class society in Londinium, punishing everyone with problems!

Shen Muke acted in a very high-profile manner, but no one had noticed his clues. For a time, the entire upper class society in Londinium was panicked. Almost all the nobles and politicians fell silent. Every time the parliament was dead silent, this Indirectly promoted the old Lion King's New Deal plan. Although the Old Lion King had been prepared to fight with the insects in the Parliament early on, but now it's better. The Parliament doesn't even say anything against him. The Parliament now doesn't even dare to say anything. .

Therefore, unlike the difficulties in the original plot, the old Lion King's new deal plan is progressing steadily and is expected to be officially implemented within half a year.

……

On the weekend, the [Gemstones and Herbs] shop was full of people. Shen Muke wiped the cup and looked at the shop.

He had a day off. The situation in Londinium had been quite silent recently. He couldn't find any breakthrough at all, so intelligence collection was naturally out of the question, so he personally visited the store today.

The store was very lively at this time, perhaps due to the butterfly effect. Royal Dale Arsenal has been very kind to the workers recently, and is even willing to give them weekends off. Therefore, many people are gathering in the store, and the atmosphere is quite lively.

Shen Muke smiled and shook his head. He originally wanted to open a drug store, but the drug store didn't do much business. However, the herbal tea and hard licorice candies he made were very popular, attracting many workers and treating the place as a tavern.

"Uncle Cod, why don't you go to the pub?" a worker asked.

"Hey, Mr. Agaritu said that my liver is not good, mostly because of drinking...so I gritted my teeth and stamped my feet and quit it!"

"Quit? You have been drinking for more than 30 years, and you just quit when you said you would?"

"Hey, don't tell me, I didn't even think of it myself... Now I mainly drink herbal tea, which is much cheaper than drinking alcohol!"

Such conversations have appeared frequently in the [Gems and Herbs] shop recently. There is no other reason. Shen Muke discovered that maybe it is because Terra's health care tree is a lot crooked. People on the entire continent lack basic understanding of this aspect. know.

For example, most workers drink more alcohol than water because they find they are less likely to get sick if they drink alcohol, while they are more likely to get gastroenteritis if they drink water.

This statement had a sense of déjà vu and reminded Shen Muke of the habits of pirates centuries ago. In order to prevent illness, they always drank rum as water.

This empirical statement has a certain basis, because at that time, people did not have the concept of microorganisms, and people found that drinking cold water directly was unsafe, while wine was relatively healthy.

However, in Shen Muke's case, it took a lot of money to convince the workers to go home and boil the water before drinking it.

The workers couldn't understand this unnecessary behavior, but fortunately they still followed it. During this period, many people have successfully quit drinking.

hula-

The store door was opened and the two Corleone brothers walked in.

They have a day off today, as usual

, I have to come here to work.

"Good morning, Andrew, Anthony."

"Good morning, Uncle Cord."

Old Cord smiled, picked up the teacup and took a sip of herbal tea.

"How is it?" Shen Muke stroked the counter and asked softly: "Is there any result about Monday's incident?"

"It's just as you expected." Andrew ran all the way, then drank a large cup of herbal tea, and said: "You guessed it right, the Ussians' motives were indeed impure, and now their gang has been led by Arianna. People are under control!”

What Shen Muke was talking about was the espionage incident that happened this Monday.

Prior to this, [Londinium Basement] discussed Victoria's intelligence issues. The final result of the discussion was that Victoria lacked a reliable local intelligence organization.

After that meeting, the Duke of Cumberland went to see the old lion king, but the old lion king disapproved of it.

Perhaps due to his natural self-confidence and acquired concepts, the old lion king preconceivedly believed that establishing a local intelligence network was a symbol of a dictator. How could the wise old lion king engage in such despicable means?

So the Duke of Cumberland's proposal was ruthlessly rejected.

Although this proposal did not "win the bid", the Duke of Cumberland was indeed interested.

Don't get me wrong, the always noble Cumberland couldn't have set up an intelligence organization without telling the emperor. He didn't do anything extra. Instead, he entrusted Chief Arianna to mobilize people to create the prototype of the intelligence organization first.

As for the targets of this rudimentary investigation, let's choose those Ursans and Letanians who fled to Victoria because of the war, and use them as training.

As a result, just a few days after the prototype was established, the harvest came.

The mist witch Lucia, leader Arianna's subordinate and Agaritu's old friend, discovered when investigating an Ursusian that the other person's identity certificate was forged. There is nothing wrong with going down to find a job and forging identity documents. Just let him fill it in again.

However, when Lucia explored the man's residence, she discovered that

This person prepared a large number of weapons and armor, and also collected maps of various cities, including Londinium. How could this be a refugee?

Lucia quickly reported the information to Arianna, and then the leader of Arianna came to the [Londinium Basement] with this information.

"Don't rush to arrest this person. He most likely has accomplices...monitor him first, and then dig out his purpose and organization. If necessary, I can also provide help." Shen Muke made a judgment.

The help he mentioned was actually asking the two Corleone brothers to help with the investigation. After all, they usually had nothing to do except go to school.

Now, they are back and brought back some good news, which makes Shen Muke very happy.

"So, tell me, what is their purpose? You should have investigated this clearly, right?"

"Of course!" Anthony took a sip of tea and said, "Mr. Agaritu, do you know [prisoner]?"

Chapter 52 Cyril’s Letter

Who?

Shen Muke was stunned for a moment, but then he reacted.

"Prisoner? The one from Duolun County?"