“I know everything… You can’t hide it from me…”
In Windsor Palace at night, a seemingly familiar scene was unfolding in the underground collection room.
Forte’s face was grim. He left Lafayette, who was half-dead, pushed open the door of the collection room, and walked upstairs.
When he reached the brightly lit hall, a musician in a suit walked up to Forte and reported in a low voice, “Your Excellency Forte… We couldn’t find Lucy Silva. It seems she left the city a little while ago on the nearest freight train. The train’s destination is… Bliss City.”
“She also took all her confidantes and subordinates.”
This Lucy Silva is definitely problematic.
Bliss City… By the time I catch up, she might have already boarded a ship to leave the country…
Why, why could she know that I would investigate her, and even know it sooner than I did… This reaction is too fast…
Forte’s face became increasingly grim. Coupled with the bloody, hideous symbols on his face, he looked particularly terrifying.
Abandoned by everyone, at this moment, Forte truly deserved this description.
“Did she have contact with anyone before leaving?”
Forte asked with a somber face. His tone was no longer as relaxed as it used to be. “Don’t tell me you didn’t investigate…”
Hearing Forte’s blatant threat, the already trembling musician swallowed hard and said with a tremor in his voice:
“The people who were relatively close to Lucy Silva are basically her confidantes. They were all taken away by her… We are expanding the search area…”
“This will take some time, Your Excellency Forte…”
The musician’s answer did not make Forte angry. Instead, he calmed down and began to think.
That Lucy who claimed to have killed the “Keyman”… Could she be the Keyman?
If it were really the Keyman who could force him to die so many times, would she act , fleeing with her entire family?
It’s possible, but not very likely.
“Have the people of the Queen’s Sword pursue them.”
Forte slowly lowered his head and looked at the musician before him. “The rest of the people maintain the blockade…”
Forte was going to investigate one organization after another… Even if it meant offending all the organizations, it didn’t matter.
The Deton Group, where Lucy was employed, was the first target of the search.
Put the blame on them for colluding with the enemy and see the reactions of the other churches and organizations…
“You cannot do this to me! Do you know who my father is?”
At the entrance of the Holy See of the Church of the God of Order, a noble young lady wearing a light yellow hat was arguing angrily with the guards at the entrance, clutching her handbag.
In the struggle, the noble girl was pushed to the ground, and the dust on the ground soiled her long dress.
Behind the armored knight, an old man came up. He was leading a carriage and looked like a butler. With his beard bristling and his eyes glaring, he angrily shouted: “Soldiers, you are too rude! Our young lady is just here to do something! She is not even a believer of the Church of the God of Order!”
The armored knight of the Royal Cavalry Guard just turned back and looked coldly at the old man. Two soldiers of the close infantry guard, wearing military uniforms, stood beside him. They raised their Model 741 single-shot rifles. The black barrels of the rifles were aimed at the approaching butler.
“We are simply following Her Majesty the Queen’s orders,”
The knight in red and gold armor spoke slowly. He placed his hand on the revolver at his waist and said slowly, “Please do not make this difficult for us.”
Only after a “Detective” from the Holy See of the Church of the God of Order helped the young lady up and persuaded her to return, walking back into the Holy See, did the tense atmosphere subside for a while.
Scenes were happening in every place that had been suddenly sealed off… The most chaotic were the hotels and major casinos under the Deton Group. There were many wealthy nobles among them, but they were all treated like commoners and sealed inside the buildings. No one’s influence seemed to matter.
The entire West District seemed to have entered a chilling atmosphere. Even the number of passersby on the streets at night had significantly decreased, creating a feeling of impending storm.
Inside the Parliament Building, it was already in chaos. The members were waving their copies of the 《Bill of Rights》 and the 《Army Act》, accusing this military action of violating freedom and detailing the actions that did not comply with the 《Rebellion Act》 and the 《Martial Law Act》.
But after just over a dozen gunshots, there were no more voices of opposition within the Parliament. Some people did not realize, before becoming corpses, that the “victory” gained by the Parliament against the monarchy two hundred years ago was merely someone’s concession.