Chapter 177 Forty-Eight Hours

"Rodrick is safe, and so are his men, and a few lucky guys even got the police out."

After noon, Annan came to Detective Antonio's small office.

Annan was called here by Mr. Detective.

"Rodrick's man, the former underground boxing champion Caleb Russ, is now accused of murder. He will probably be locked up in the bureau before the trial.

As for Roderick himself, he was charged with disturbing local order. I don’t know if there will be more charges in the future, but even if more are added, it will just be some unimportant names, so it’s no big deal.

The problem is, even if he hires a lawyer, he will not be released until forty-eight hours at the earliest. "

"I understand, that is to say, if something happens, it will happen within these forty-eight hours, or within these three days."

Of course Annan understood what Mr. Detective meant.

"You know, I'm just an ordinary detective. I don't have much ability, and I don't want to be too involved with the gang. After all, I only have a cooperative relationship with Roderick himself. As for what will happen to his gang, forgive me. Nothing can be done.”

Antonio said it very ruthlessly, but if he was really ruthless, he wouldn't call Annan over.

"Annan, I can't stop your decisions and actions, but if you want me to give you advice, I would say, please stop meddling in your own business. This matter may become very troublesome."

"I understand."

Annan smiled and nodded.

"Just like you, Mr. Detective, I am just an ordinary student. There are some things that I cannot control. In short, it depends on the situation, right?"

"whatever."

After Antonio said what he wanted to say, he let Annan leave.

Even if there is no business from Roderick for the time being, the detective still has many commissions to deal with recently.

This city is still in a state of gang war, and it is getting more and more intense. Naturally, there will gradually be more tasks that need to be handled by private detectives.

Although Antonio said that not everything would be commissioned, it was enough for him to keep busy.

Annan naturally would not disturb Mr. Detective's work, but after leaving the detective agency, he found that he seemed to have nothing to do.

Although Roderick really had a serious problem, Annan, an ordinary student who had not yet entered the magic academy, did not have any good ideas or solutions.

In the end, Annan could only wait and watch.

There was no way he could directly fight in front of the leader of the Coulier Gang, let alone whether he had the ability or not. Even if he did, he wouldn't be able to do so.

He has not forgotten that the White Knight's troops are in this city now, and they have not left yet.

Although the White Knight's investigation of the Chaos Cult and the Pantheon does seem to be over and now entering the final stage, it is not apparent that they have any plans to leave for the time being.

I don’t know if the White Knight is still investigating something, so he can only continue to keep a low profile and wait for this troublesome black magic special force to leave.

"There is no news from the stargazers at the observatory."

Annan originally thought that he should be taken seriously by the observatory, but in fact it seemed so.

However, the arrival of the observatory was never expected.

Munch. Wright, a stargazer at the observatory, didn't seem to know what was going on at the observatory headquarters. He was also in contact and waiting.

“Want to visit Anna and Zooey?”

Annan finally decided not to harass the female mercenary while she was recuperating.

Anna's body may be recovering, and the influence of the Chaos Witch's toxin curse is stronger than expected.

Although the female mercenary's body is fine, if she wants to regain her strength, she can only rest slowly over time. There is no other way.

"Well, nothing happened? Wasn't the unknown gaze and observation I felt at that time not around here?"

Annan, who was a little bored, went to the bookstore before going home, looked at music records, and bought some things before going back.

"Vinyl records, although they are quite large and a bit troublesome to collect, they really do need this flavor."

Annan is not short of money now. Although some things cannot be shown directly in front of his relatives, he can put them in his new residence first and play with them when he is free.

When the summer vacation ends and he enrolls in the Magic Academy, he will leave his uncle's side, and some things won't be as troublesome as they are now.

When Annan returned home empty-handed, his uncle was not at home. He might have taken a driving job in the city, or he might have been out with friends.

Uncle said last night that he would not be at home today and Annan would have to eat alone.

When Annan was wondering whether to cook something or go out to eat, the phone at home suddenly rang.

At this time of night, there shouldn't be many people calling.

After Annan answered the phone, he heard a familiar voice.

"Annan?"

After Annan responded, the detective Antonio on the other side of the phone finished talking quickly.

"Something happened. Rodrick's nightclub was attacked. Veronica Barker and Peggy Barker were arrested."

Annan knew that his dinner might be postponed.

After hanging up the phone, he immediately went out and went to a nightclub in the red light district.

"ha……"

Annan looked at the dilapidated door of the nightclub that was surrounded by police cordon and didn't know what kind of expression he should put on.

"It's not yet dark, and there's a frontal attack... Okay, now the question is, where are the people?"

Knowing that both Veronica and her daughter had been captured, Annan was of course going to save them.

The problem is that it is not yet known where Veronica and her daughter are being held.

Antonio will investigate immediately, but it will take some time anyway, and it is impossible to give an answer now.

Amid the commotion around him, Annan quietly stepped aside and came to the corner of the street where no one nearby could see him.

In this dark corner, there was a shivering, hunched figure waiting for him.

Annan clearly saw that there was a wound on the man's arm, probably a gunshot wound.

"Hank, since you're injured, go to the hospital quickly."

Waiting for Annan here is a middle-aged gangster under Rodrick who doesn't look very good.

Hank was previously arrested and taken into the police station with Roderick, but he was lucky and was released this morning.

Before going out, he was greeted by Caleb. Russ had ordered him to go back to the nightclub immediately after being released to increase manpower just in case.

Caleb. Ruth's idea is good, but unfortunately, even if there is an extra manpower, it can't change the current situation.

"Mr. Annan..."

Hank, who was quite uneasy at first, suddenly became excited when he saw the helper actually appearing.

The person who contacted the detective immediately and told him that something happened at the nightclub was actually Hank.

"Mr. Annan! Please help us! Please save Miss Veronica!"