The third floor of Bronte Department Store is opposite Weinstein Hospital.
To avoid another assassination attempt on Lu Li, city hall guards occupied this place after Lu Li was sent to the hospital.
Mayor Matthäus stood by the window. Across the mist-filled broad street, a figure in the brightly lit ward leaned against the window.
"You know that Your Excellency Lu Li won't like it if we do this."
The assistant sighed behind him.
"I will apologize later. I hope he can understand me." Mayor Mateus pinched his eyebrows tiredly. "How is the investigation going?"
"The assassin came from the town of Little Henry, downstream of the railway. He had a brother in his family who died two years ago as a scavenger due to pollution, and then came to the ice-free port of Wiener alone."
"how come."
"Along the railway. Like many village residents, he also longed for this place, but he had no money to buy a ticket, so he could only follow the railway track to the ice-free port of Wiener. After arriving, he had contact with some gangs."
The assistant didn't care about contact with gangs. Many penniless foreigners who came to the port of Wienerberg and had no place to stay would come into contact with gangs. Either they took the initiative, or the gangs took the initiative.
"There are a lot of doubts, right?" Mayor Mateus looked at the silhouette behind the curtains on the opposite side. "Can a poor man get a musket, break into the Deli Treasury and reach the third floor without any hindrance, and then assassinate Lu Li who had just changed rooms?
"
It seems like everyone and everything is suspect.
The gangs who had contact with the assassins; the unsuspecting profit treasury; the city hall employees who leaked Lu Li's location; the mysterious people who were naturally at odds with Lu Li; the political frame-up by hostile organizations such as the Brotherhood; and even Mayor Mateus himself.
"More than that, assassins also admire the nostalgia of the past."
The assistant who finished speaking whispered: "A supporter of the old era assassinated the glory of the old era..."
"Do you think there is a problem with his identity?" Mayor Mateus looked away briefly and asked.
"The assassin is indeed a human being, and the pollution is not serious enough to maintain sanity..." The assistant only stated the facts and did not express an opinion.
"Although, there is no third person here." Mayor Mateus gestured to his assistant.
The young assistant from the earl family thought for a while and replied: "The assassin must be an executor rather than a planner. He was used as cannon fodder to assassinate Lu Li. The conspirators didn't even teach him how to use a gun, which shows that they don't want Mr. Lu Li."
Wait...it means the planners don't care whether Lu Li is dead or alive."
Although there is a high probability that a person who cannot use a musket will not be able to hit another person dozens of meters away, there is also a small probability that he can. For example, this time the assassination bullet missed the neck and just missed it.
"So... you think the planners don't care whether Lu Li will die, or how much loss Lu Li's death will bring to Weiner Freeze Port and humanity?"
"That's what I thought." The assistant lowered his head.
No one at the top wants to be running a chaotic Wiener Freeport.
"But the Brotherhood made a lot of small moves today." Mayor Mateus said.
"They have been plotting your position for a long time. This is a good opportunity."
Tapping his fingers on the window sill unconsciously, Mayor Mateus thought and issued an order: "Focus on the people he has come into contact with in Little Henry Town and the Vina Freeze Port, and send people to the town to investigate his character. First confirm
Are you being brainwashed and trying to get the trial court involved in this case?"
"But we have found no strange traces in this assassination yet."
"Let's just say that the safety of the last exorcist is enough for them to get involved."
After thinking for a while, Mayor Mateus asked: "Where is Advisor Lowry?"
"He can understand your approach and did nothing." The assistant hesitated and added: "The Brotherhood is fighting for this position."
"They're likely to get the position?"
"Yes, the Council of Elders is dissatisfied with what happened. Even if the assassination investigation is cleared, they will take away this position to punish you... and without the Privy Council, your right to speak will become even less."
"This is the best ending..." Mayor Mateus said a little tiredly.
At least the exorcist is fine.
The assistant nodded slightly in agreement and looked out the window again.
In front of the ward window, a bare clothes hanger was reflected on the curtains.
"Huh? Just now..."
The assistant looked shocked.
"Let's go there!"
With a low shout, Mayor Mateus quickly rushed out of the room.
…
Bang bang bang——
The door to the ward shook with a knock, but there was silence inside.
"Bump away."
In the corridor, Mayor Mateus, who pursed his lips, spoke.
The guard captain nodded, took a few steps back, and suddenly hit the door.
Click——
The lock on the back of the door was knocked open. Mayor Mateus stepped on a small piece of sawdust and walked into the ward surrounded by assistants and guards.
A clothes rack stood in front of the window, and a pile of sheets was piled at my feet.
"Luli Pavilion——"
The assistant opened the bulging quilt, and as expected, there was only one pillow inside.
"Did the Exorcist leave or was..." The assistant looked ugly.
Mayor Mateus sighed helplessly, his eyes falling on a letter lying on the bedside table.
…
"Good idea."
Catalina echoed Barry, with a hint of sarcasm: "But can you not get caught by them?"
"I can-"
"Need not."
Lu Li looked at the spreading mist: "They don't know we are here, they just guessed. They hid on the boat."
"But I don't dare..." Barry scratched the back of his head in distress.
"Yes... the big ship doesn't like Barry, so he might be kicked off." Pusius agreed.
"Let's go around to the other side." Lu Li said, suddenly instinctively aware of something strange.
The merchant is hostile to Barry, and the ship is also hostile to him?
"Do you want to escape!?"
Mayor Mateus' shout suddenly echoed outside the ship repair yard.
…
Guards holding torches surrounded him.
It was very cold in the harbor near morning, and even hundreds of torches could not dispel the chill.
Mayor Matthäus stared at the dark ship repair yard ahead and continued to shout: "This is not an offense. We all know what you have done, and no one is braver than you! But for the citizens of the ice-free port of Wiener
, you are just running away!”
"As a person of faith and legend, if you leave after the attack, they will be frightened, uneasy, self-doubt, and fall into chaos."
"This will cause a disaster in the Vina Freezing Port, weird things will take advantage of it, and the only star in the Main Continent will be extinguished."
The tip of Mayor Matthäus's nose turned red from the cold, and he exhaled white mist to vent his inner depression.
"Can you really bear to see this happen?"
"For the people here, for the human beings who still have hope——"
Mayor Mateus, his assistant, the congressmen who came over, and hundreds of guards were waiting.
Under everyone's gaze, a tall and tall figure slowly emerged from the shadow of the ship repair yard.