Undine watched the fortune tellers busy and sneered mercilessly:
"If divination is useful, will it be their turn?"
"I caught Skullcrusher a long time ago, locked him in a small dark room, and interrogated him myself day and night!"
Just as she was talking, one of her men trotted over, greeted the two of them, and explained the situation.
It turned out that Captain Martin was determined to intervene in this matter and came with his men.
"How could he, a man who catches thieves, get involved in our affairs?"
Undine asked somewhat unhappily.
The Sheriff's work is very complex, and the division of labor is always clear on weekdays. However, Captain Martin is responsible for the city's security and should not be investigating murder cases.
"This happens to be his jurisdiction, and I heard that he has a close personal relationship with Baron House..."
The subordinate quickly replied.
"What about these clowns?"
Undine asked again, pointing to the fortune tellers.
"An assistant hired by Captain Martin. He insists that divination is the most effective method..."
The subordinate said helplessly:
"In order not to interfere with the divination, he didn't let our people investigate the scene. Everyone was just sitting around."
"I also reminded them that divination is useless against the Skull Crusher, but Captain Martin still insisted on his own idea..."
Most cases in this world can be solved using divination, but there are always some exceptions.
Like this Skull Crusher...
"Lieutenant, do we want to continue?"
The subordinate asked again.
"Just wait a little longer. It's a mess here and there's not much we can do."
Undine said rather unhappily.
Although I was unhappy, there was nothing I could do about it.
Martin has a higher military rank and seniority than her.
And in principle, this kind of thing does not violate any regulations.
She simply found a chair from the side and sat down, then turned back to Gallo and asked:
"You are very free anyway, don't you have anything to do?"
You woman, why do you come here so easily?
Today I have to clean the church, receive believers, practice magic, and sell potatoes in the market...
My life is very fulfilling!
"Actually, I still..."
Gallo said, and was about to refuse when he heard Undine say to the subordinate:
"It seems that I will be busy until noon today..."
"Have someone prepare lunch in advance and bring it over when the time comes. Remember to bring an extra one for Pastor Gallo..."
After saying that, she turned back to Gallo and asked:
"What did you want to say just now?"
"Actually, I'm quite free today."
Gallo quickly changed his tune.
Although I am indeed very busy.
But the Sheriff's food is so delicious...
He then stood aside and recited the scriptures silently, not in any hurry.
Anyway, practicing magic is the same everywhere.
They were very patient, but Captain Martin, who was nearly middle-aged and looked pot-bellied, was very impatient and roared loudly at the fortune tellers:
"I spent so much money to invite you here, not to watch you perform a farce!"
"My best friend's blood runs cold, but the murderer is still at large?"
A fortune teller quickly and humbly replied:
"I'm sorry, Lord Martin, we really have tried our best."
"The divination has been seriously disturbed..."
He pointed to the bruise on his head caused by the cane, and continued:
"I suspect that there is a powerful being behind the murderer to protect him, probably an evil god!"
"The reason why he asked the Baron to assume such a posture must be some kind of evil ritual..."
"The evil god interfered with our divination and imposed a small punishment."
"If we continue, we are likely to provoke this evil god, so..."
Gallo listened very indignantly, and his hands and feet felt cold on a hot day.
How dare you say that my goddess is an evil god?
Do you also want to repent tonight?
My life was given by the goddess!
All the magical skills are dependent on the blessing of the goddess.
There is no more gentle and kind-hearted god than the goddess in this world!
And Captain Martin didn't believe this statement, and continued to roar:
"Do you think I'm stupid?"
"If this guy really has the protection of some evil god behind his back, why does he still need to hide his head and tail like this? He doesn't dare to see people?"
"It's obvious that your standards are too low and you are looking for excuses!"
"You bunch of liars, I'm going to arrest you all!"
The fortune teller on the side was so frightened that he knelt down and begged for mercy. He looked even more submissive than Gallo.
After scolding for a while, Captain Martin walked up to Undine angrily, looked greedily at her legs wearing long leather boots and black stockings, and then said:
"Lieutenant Undine, I hope to catch this murderer as soon as possible, and I hope you can cooperate."
Undine turned her head slightly, not wanting to look directly at the other person's greasy face, and replied:
"This kind of thing has always been the responsibility of our ninth department. It's not your responsibility, captain, right?"
"Are there no more thieves in Nancheng District?"
Captain Martin hit a snag and immediately snorted and said:
"Hmph! At times like this, don't make the distinction so clearly."
"This case is not trivial and must be taken seriously!"
"Baron House's nephew is Master Winner's proud disciple, and Baron House is his only elder..."
"I hope you can understand the seriousness of this incident."
Undine smiled slightly, looking pretty, and replied:
"Of course I understand the seriousness, and I also want to capture the Skull Crusher as soon as possible."
"But you should have heard of him. This animal is very cunning and his work is extremely secretive..."
"There is no clear purpose for the murder, and it is difficult to deduce the motive... Moreover, no property was taken, there is no need to sell the stolen goods, and there are no other clues at all..."
"If you want to catch such a murderer in a short time, please forgive me for my inability to do so..."
"Captain, if you are really interested, you can give it a try."
Captain Martin was speechless for a moment, the fat on his face kept twitching, and it took him a long time to suppress the anger in his heart before he spoke:
"It seems that we can only arrest all the servants, maids... and those untouchables who usually hate Baron House in this manor, and interrogate them severely."
"I don't believe it. None of them knew about it."
"Our prison is very big, and there are enough whips and branding irons. Someone will always relent."
It was obvious that he was so anxious that he even said such words.
Undine couldn't help being stunned and asked:
"Are you crazy?"
"You are subduing yourself!"
"NO, I have not!"
Captain Martin shook his head stubbornly.
"This is the only way right now..."
"I must give his nephew an explanation!"
At this point, he suddenly noticed a young man who looked like a priest following Undini. He was slightly startled and asked quickly: