"This morning, the body of Police Officer Kaguire was found in the alley next to the Canal District Security Office. His head and body were respectively dropped..."

In the Kongming Palace, the herald Toledo led the Star Lake Guards who were on full alert and marched hurriedly while reporting to the sullen Thales:

"Well, in short, the scene is not very pretty."

Thales was preparing to attend the election when he received the bad news.

According to the itinerary, the Kaguire security officer would guide the prince to the venue, but Thales did not wait for Kaguire, but instead waited for a large group of Star Lake Guards:

Under the leadership of "Ghost" Hugo Fubi and the Toledo herald, there were dozens of people including Comuto, Nisi, D.D., Glover, Miranda, Wyatt, Paul, Rolf...(

Many of them were even injured and injured) Heavily armed and full of murderous intent, the black crowd rushed into his lounge, involuntarily occupying every corner, guarding every passage, locking every window, and forcing the confused second prince to

It was surrounded from front to back, left and right, and was airtight.

This scene shocked Morgan, Custa and others who were guarding the prince in shifts. They almost thought that the prince, who had been sulking with a cold face all morning, could not hold back the anger of the bright star, and decided to fight back violently, vowing to break through the Kongming Palace, blood

Splash the Duke's Mansion, restore the origin of the iris, and restore the emerald city to a bright future.

"These days, Kaguire has been around us in terms of food, clothing, housing, and transportation. He keeps in contact with the guards. Dealing with him every day is annoying to everyone, and he can't get rid of him even if he wants to." Thales looked ugly, but he kept walking, even getting more and more nervous.

The faster, "As a result, he disappeared all night and all morning, so many of us were happy and free, and no one found anything wrong?"

The entire team guarding the prince moved forward in a hurry, and no one dared to even breathe a word. For a while, they could only hear the friction of armor and the rumble of footsteps.

Like the clockwork puppets crafted by the dwarves.

For a moment, Thales even had the illusion that he was not in the Kongming Palace.

But it was Fuxing Palace thousands of miles away.

Toledo took a deep breath, caught up two steps, and pursed his lips:

"Your Highness, this is indeed our negligence, and I am fully responsible for it and willing to be punished..."

Damn it, why is he like this?

I clearly had no threats, no intimidation, no orders, and no even harsh words...

Thales was very upset:

"Okay, I'm not blaming you..."

I just asked a question and wanted an answer.

That's all.

But why is he so afraid that he wants to admit all his mistakes and commit suicide?

Thales exhaled, feeling depressed.

If only Mallos were here.

No, that's not right - he immediately shook his head in denial - if Marius were here, he would probably respond to him with the most polite but also the most sarcastic rhetoric, leaving him speechless and even more depressed than he was now.

But he's not here.

Thinking of this, Thales' heart tightened.

The self-righteous and terrifying blade was accidentally killed during the siege of Lausanne II. As a result, his subordinates returned safely, but he himself was seriously injured and bedridden.

He's not in now.

The most damning captain of his personal guard, he said that "honorary revenge" would not allow interference, and wanted the prince to leave first, but the result...

"Marius hasn't woken up yet?"

"Sir, the fever has gone away, Your Highness," Logistics Officer Itarriano replied respectfully and meticulously, "But maybe it's the sequelae of the killer's superpowers. His spirit is very poor, he wakes up and faints, and his recovery is a little slower than others.

Some……"

"He will get better," Flag Officer Hugo interrupted, leaving no room for doubt, "it's just a matter of time."

time.

Thales frowned.

However, the election is coming soon, and they are most short of time now.

"So, what's the current situation in Emerald City?" He forced himself to calm down.

Toledo took a deep breath: "The security officer was killed on his own land. As you can imagine, the whole city was in a state of panic. The security offices in several large areas were fully mobilized to search for clues. Even the Emerald Legion entered the city in large numbers.

, causing people to panic and spreading rumors."

"When the wine merchant and wool merchant died, I didn't see them being so enthusiastic." Glover on the other side snorted coldly.

"It's different if it's one of our own who died." Conmuto replied with experience.

"Humph, human life has its value," Paul said sarcastically.

"Six," Huaiya, who followed closely beside Thales, had a heavy expression, "The sixth life."

Damn it.

Waiya's words made Thales irritated.

And this time - Thales couldn't help but glance above his head - maybe even someone couldn't suppress the news.

So, what will he do?

There was a group of servants cleaning up in the corridor. When they saw the prince and his entourage passing by, several of them whispered something. The servants suddenly showed fear and quickly dropped what they were doing and ran away.

The scene in front of him made Thales frown.

"Then why are His Highness involved? Are you saying that His Highness is the murderer?" D.D looked at the retreating servants and couldn't help but speak out.

Conmuto, who was behind him, observed his words and coughed: "According to the information I got from my friends, Caguire informed his family last night that he would not go home that night and would have to stay at the security hall and work overtime to deal with urgent matters..."

"Urgent?"

Huaiya couldn't help but ask:

"Why do you have to work overtime? What's the urgent matter? Is anyone going to investigate..."

He figured something out mid-sentence, and his voice immediately became quieter.

"We," Victor Hugo, who was walking in front, took over the words with a sullen face, "his urgent priority is us. To be precise, it was the chaos after the nobles disappeared in the theater yesterday afternoon, including the delay and chaos of our guards in every possible way.

The cover-up, the subsequent search, and perhaps the follow-up closure.”

The people around him immediately fell silent.

"You mean, I," the prince said expressionlessly, "yesterday, Miss Kevin Dill and I ran away from each other?"

No one answered, including the flag officer.

Obviously no answer is needed.

Thales let out a breath of displeasure.

"Anyway, the security department didn't wait for him and thought Caguire went home for the night on his own," Toledo said cautiously, "until the next day..."

"So, he was killed while working overtime to deal with the prince's affairs, so he got involved with us." Miranda thought thoughtfully.

"It's true. The news first spread from the security officer who knew the inside story. It spread among the public and became more and more ridiculous." Conmuto hesitated slightly. "Some people said that His Highness went on a trip incognito on his own initiative yesterday and acted arbitrarily and domineeringly. Kagui

Lei finally couldn't bear it anymore and wanted to report it to the Duke, so the prince became so angry that he wanted to kill someone and silence him..."

"What?" Huaiya couldn't believe it.

Thales also frowned.

It's right to travel incognito, but...

He just pushed and argued with the gangsters for a few times, and at most he went to Beimen Bridge and set off a few large fireworks. Is this considered "tyrannical and wanton"?

"Of course, these are all rumors among the people, but there are also better versions," Conmuto quickly smoothed things over. "For example, there was actually someone who wanted to assassinate the prince, but he failed and ran into the card responsible for protecting him.

Querrey, who was unyielding and died heroically."

Thales frowned and looked at the Star Lake guards around him. They were well-organized and heavily guarded, as if an assassin was going to come out of a vase at any time.

Is this version better?

"There is also news that the prince was dissatisfied with Duke Zhan, so he killed the bodyguard and tour guide given to him by the Duke, killing the chicken to scare the monkeys, and to show his severity."

Thales's expression worsened, and he stared so hard that Conmuto's smile froze.

"Where did these rumors come from, and are they so solid and well-founded?" D.D was stunned for a moment after hearing this.

"The case has only just been reported, and there are rumors of this level. It's hard to say that no one is behind it," Miranda said suspiciously, "but as far as I know, the best in the city at this job is the Blood Bottle Gang, right?

But they have..."

She glanced at Glover and Rolf.

"Some people don't like us and don't want us to stay in the Emerald City." Glover snorted coldly.

"But why," Huaiya said in confusion, "Who did it? Why did you frame His Highness?"

Thales' nerves became tense.

He might know who did it.
To be continued...