Peter smiled bitterly, lit the match again, and lit a cigarette for Percy: "Remember to give me the cigarette butts and ashes."
Half an hour later, footsteps were heard outside the prison cell.
With a creak, the heavy iron door was opened, and a majestic voice echoed: "Percy Anias... you are released! And resume your duties as captain!"
"What happened?"
Percy's expression was serious, without any trace of joy on his face: "In my situation, even if I pass the review, I am definitely not suitable to continue to stay in the Investigation Bureau, right?"
"Follow me!"
The serious-looking investigator led Percy out of the jail cell and towards Jacob's office.
"A lot of people have been dispatched from the bureau..."
Percy looked at the empty offices and desks one after another, and asked with a hint of speculation: "Have you discovered the location of Sothos's mausoleum?"
"No!"
Agent Majesty's walking steps suddenly stopped, causing Percy to almost bump into his back.
Although his voice was calm, it could not hide the solemnity: "They are all dead..."
"All... dead?!"
Percy turned his head again and looked at the empty desks, his expression gradually becoming solid...
Inside Jacob's office.
"Percy Anias..."
Jacob's face was deeply tired, and he seemed to have become much older. He handed a document to Percy: "You first read the briefing of this operation... This is top secret. You must sign a mysterious contract.
I swear not to leak any information!"
Percy took it, glanced at it, and his pupils suddenly dilated: "The Mausoleum of Sotos... heavy casualties... Kaslo was killed... Earl of Green Forest... the Immortals... the Invisible Hermitage?"
His heart became extremely heavy, and his voice became dry: "This level of secret...it seems that I can't see it, right?"
After a pause, he asked in disbelief: "That Earl of Green Forest may have lived for thousands of years?"
"I have contacted the headquarters, and the fortune teller at the headquarters paid a great price... Although there are still many fogs that have not been clearly seen, I have come to the conclusion that the mastermind behind the scenes is Aaron Sotos!"
This is of course because the Bureau of Investigation has mastered many key clues and information, but it only needs divination to confirm the authenticity, which is the easiest type of divination.
Even so, it is said that the fortune teller paid a terrible price!
This is enough to prove from the side how terrifying the ‘Earl of Green Forest’ is!
"As for where the other party is currently and what he is planning next... we still know nothing. We can only barely guess that that person may have something to do with the Invisible Hermitage... In this expedition, the Invisible Hermitage
The meeting did not appear, but it is the key organization that led us to the Tomb of Sothos, and it is also one of the masterminds behind the scenes!"
Jacob said seriously.
"I understand... I will definitely do my best to hunt down the Invisible Hermitage."
Percy stood upright and punched his chest: "I swear on my life!"
"No, you misunderstood what I meant. The task I gave you is not to arrest members of the Invisible Hermitage... but to use your previous identity as a bridge and channel to communicate between the Investigation Bureau and the Invisible Hermitage...
All forms of hostile activities are prohibited before the headquarters gives a clear order! This is an order from the director!"
Jacob felt his mouth was full of bitterness, and Percy was even more shocked.
He felt the weakness and fear of the Investigation Bureau!
'So... is the power of the Invisible Hermitage enough to make the Investigation Bureau bow its head? Then what was the purpose of what I did before? Did I let more agents die?'
Percy felt a sense of collapse and despair.
If his mind had not been strong enough, the huge guilt at this time might have made him have the urge to commit suicide by swallowing a gun.
"Politics is the art of compromise. Sometimes, in order to maintain the kingdom, we have to make such concessions..."
Jacob sighed, his back seemed to become a lot more rickety.
"If this is the order of the General Administration, then I am willing to accept it!"
Percy replied with a trembling voice.
…
The next day.
Aaron took a carriage to Sycamore Street and visited Clark's house.
The two hugged each other warmly, and after entering the study room, Clark showed a sincere smile: "My friend, it's great to hear that you are okay."
After a pause, a smile appeared on his face: "Ever since I learned that your ancestor may still be alive and that he arranged everything, I have a vague hunch that you may be fine... After all, how could that person harm me?
Where are the descendants?”
Clark's face was full of urgency and longing, and he said with a hint of joking: "My friend, if you change your surname back to Sotos, you will have the same name as that ancestor. According to custom, I should call you '
Mr. Little Sotos, haha..."
He did not doubt Aaron's identity at all. After all, Aaron was an extraordinary person who was slowly promoted from an ordinary person under his eyes. His original level was still very low.
How could it be the immortal existence of the seventh principle?
In the custom of Inves, it is normal for descendants to have the same name as their ancestors.
"I feel lucky that I survived."
A complicated expression appeared on Aaron's face, and he sighed: "But... I also had to pay a heavy price for this... Clark, do you know how to expel an evil spirit?"
"What? You?"
The pipe in Clark Das' hand shook and he almost fell to the ground.
"Don't forget that Auclair is also a descendant of the Sotos family, and what does an ordinary blood descendant mean compared to an evil spirit?"
Aaron hinted that the ancestor did not care about the evil spirit occupying a descendant, but he was already suspected of being possessed by the evil spirit!
Clark resisted the urge to run away and asked carefully: "What did Mr. Big Sotos say?"
"I didn't see him..." A wry smile appeared on Aaron's face: "But I don't think the other party particularly cares about me... Of course, I'm lucky enough to be able to come out alive."
"..."
Clark was speechless for a while, and finally said: "Perhaps... you have to look for the existence of non-human Yao, or the help of other 'underworld' religious orders... Your situation is very special, and you may have achieved symbiosis with evil spirits.
, this is probably also the plan of Mr. 'Big Sotos'..."
"Okay, let's talk about something lighter."
Aaron clapped his hands and said: "That ruins has been destroyed, and it may still attract some outsiders. But after they investigate, they will find that not only is there no value there, but it is highly polluted, and then they choose to leave, just like
It’s the same as the official blockade and isolation of those places where Si Sui once showed his holiness... The extraordinary circle in this city has been hit so hard, and it will probably be quiet for a long time. What are your plans next?"
Speaking of this, Clark's eyes lit up: "I am going to publish a book to refute some of the mainstream views about Earl Greenson in today's historical circles... Believe me, I saw a lot in the murals in your tomb.
The truth buried in history..."
"That's great. I wish you success."
Aaron added in his mind: 'If you dare to write about my dark history again, I will make it look good for you!'