Chapter 122 New Appointment

The Ernst family, the Glory Society, the demon clowns, they...

Wayne looked at the contents of the letter, and he vaguely noticed that the recent events in Custer City and the contents of the letter seemed to be two different things, but the underlying reasons may be the same.

letter……

Wayne suddenly remembered that he had received a letter from Collins and the others yesterday. He took out the letter from the space ring and glanced at it.

"...Tell Nicole that I will arrive at the port on the night of the 19th and make the necessary preparations before then. I don't want to see a mess when I arrive."

"I have found a helper in Custer. He will come to you... Well, I warn you in advance that it is best not to anger him. If you die, don't blame me."

"In addition, you'd better pray that this operation can get what I want, otherwise Captain Isabello will definitely ask you Basques to taste the taste of despair - the Black Pearl, Black Jack."

"Black Jack?"

Are the people on the Black Pearl coming to Custer?

The 19th, isn’t that today?

Wei En looked at the contents of the letter and seemed to understand something in his heart, but more doubts came to his mind.

Those Basques came to the city-state of Castel to get something, and that thing was requested by Captain Isabello, the Emperor of the Sea?

So that's why they dug an underground tunnel in Basil's neighborhood?

Thinking of this, Wayne spread out a piece of parchment and began to write and draw on it. What happened during this period flashed through his mind from time to time, as well as the information he obtained through the panel.

The very beginning... didn't start with the Abyss Cult bone-eating mother worm, but the case at the Seres Family Manor that went further.

In that case, the Seres family was the victim, and on the Black Pearl... no, it was the Vazquez family who appeared from beginning to end.

To be precise, it was the Vazquez clan on the Black Pearl who went to the Serres family to snatch the statue of unknown function.

The reason why Wayne took this case as the beginning of everything was because of old Serres.

I remember that at that time, when they were being chased by Collins and others, the destination of the secret road they took was the city that never sleeps.

At that time, Wei En had doubts. The exit of the secret passage did not lead to the outside of the manor, but to the city that never sleeps.

If he were given a choice, he would definitely build the exit closer to the core area of ​​the Castor city-state, preferably near the Dumitru neighborhood.

After all, the Dumitru neighborhood is the central area of ​​the entire Custer city-state, and the closer to the central area, the safer it is.

From this point, it can be concluded that the Evernight City can give the Seres family a greater sense of security.

Therefore, the Seres family or the Evernight City had something that both the Basques and the Black Pearl wanted, so they discovered the things about Seres Manor.

Then there was the Bone-Erosion Mother Insect incident, which involved the secret Abyss Sect and the Bone-Erosion Insect parasite that covered almost the entire city-state.

This was followed by the city-state formation in the Natoli neighborhood, further confirming that both the Desire Sect and the Abyss Sect were more or less involved in this matter.

"The city that never sleeps..."

Are the people behind this using the Nightless City as a link to connect other parties?

Wayne silently went through the various neighborhoods of Custer City. To the west was the Basil neighborhood where the Black Pearl was mainly active.

To the east is the city-state formation, which is in charge of the Evernight City and the Desire Sect—there should also be related nobles there.

To the east are the three neighborhoods of Laos, Ruhr, and Idrisu, which the Desire Sect is responsible for.

There are arrangements on the west, north and east sides, but only the south side?

So their goal is...

Wei En frowned slightly, is it the central area of ​​the city-state?

Although he has never studied the art of war, in such a typical arrangement of surrounding three and missing one, whoever is at the center will be the target of the siege by those behind him.

In the central area, there were only three places that could be targeted: Dumitru Block, Parliament, and Dawn Church. He didn't know which one they were.

Wayne wrote down the information he obtained on the parchment one by one, and marked the various parties and some suspicious points on the simple city-state map.

Now there are two questions that he doesn't understand.

First of all, among these parties, the goal of the Black Pearl represented by the Vazquez family is different from that of others.

This can be seen from the absence of parasites in Basil Block and the letter from Black Jack. The Vazquez people regard Basil Block as their own residence.

Or a springboard, starting from there to get something somewhere.

So what is it that attracts them that they would rather give up their advantage at sea to land in the city-state to plunder it?

At the same time, the people behind it should also know the purpose of those on the Black Pearl. Are they planning to do something in the west?

Or is it simply to attract the Black Pearl and eliminate the possibility of the city-state's core area escaping with the help of ships at sea?

The second problem is the death of Director Alais, which is what Wei En doesn't understand the most.

After all, he is also the director of the Secret Adjustment Department, with hundreds of extraordinary people under his command, including many minister-level, captain-level experts, and maybe even director-level ones...

Even though Mateo of the Abyss Sect is not weak, with the home field advantage of the Secret Adjustment Division, can he still make waves under the siege of so many people?

How could Alais sacrifice himself so easily?

Or was there some secret that forced him to do that?

"In addition, according to what the letter said, it was an incident of taboo items getting out of control that was led by the Glory Society seventeen years ago, and the culprit was the Ernst family..."

Wei En remembered what Lacey had said before. In an incident where a forbidden object went out of control more than ten years ago, most of the Secret Adjustment Department died. Comparing it with the contents of the letter, it is not difficult to deduce the relationship between the Ernst family and the Secret Service.

Is the death of Director Alais related to this?

And the so-called Glory Society...

"What a mess!"

Wei En only felt that the background of this matter was becoming more and more complicated and strange, which gave him a headache.

He is just an "ordinary" wizard apprentice, a low-level intelligence officer, an entry-level investigator... Is it really good to know so many inside stories?

And he hates bastards who like to use their brains the most. Can't he just do it with real swords and guns?

Just like the clown, he is a little nervous, but he never makes any twists and turns, and directly brings you an abyss creature that looks very scary... How good.

But hate is hate, Wei En will not make fun of his own life, if he doesn’t understand the purpose of those people...

boom.

At this time, the office door was suddenly pushed open from the outside.

Marco and Lydia rushed in sweating profusely, "Wayne, Director Alais died?!"

Wei En raised his head and glanced at them, then collected the parchment on the table calmly, nodded and said, "I heard about it when I returned to the Secret Adjustment Department in the morning."

The number of times he had contact with Director Alais was limited, so it was difficult for him to show his sadness.

Especially last night when he killed hundreds of parasites...

"it is true?"

"should be……"

"How is it possible?" Marco couldn't believe it, and his long red hair was messy from scratching him. "The director is so strong, how could he be sacrificed?"

Wayne did not speak, but looked at Lydia calmly. Could the young lady of the Ernst family have something to do with these things?

It seems that she is not happy about this news?

"Marco, calm down. The director hasn't been notified yet about his sacrifice. It's better to wait..." Lydia held his hand and comforted him.

"No, I have to ask."

Before she could finish speaking, Marco shook off her hand and turned around and left the office.

When Lydia saw him like this, she had a disappointed expression on her face, "I didn't expect that he would have such deep feelings for the Secret Adjustment Division..."

When Wei En heard what he said, he asked, "Shouldn't it be?"

"Huh? It's not that I should..." Lydia was stunned for a moment, as if she didn't expect him to ask this, "You should know that Marco and I are both nobles, right?"

"Um."

"There has always been a misunderstanding between the nobles and the Secret Service Department. People in the family have reminded me before that I can work here, but I cannot get close to other people in the department, especially those headed by Director Alais. .”

"Misunderstand?"

A smile appeared on Wayne's face, and he pretended to be curious and asked: "Sister Lidya, can you tell me if it's convenient?"

"sure."

Lydia readily agreed, not seeming to think it was an ulterior secret. She even took out some snacks from the box to share with Wayne and Tina.

"Actually, I don't know the specific reason. I heard that when I was very young, a major disaster occurred in the city-state."

"A lot of people died that time, even among us nobles, many people died, as did the Secret Adjustment Department. Later, after the disaster was resolved, some rumors spread in the city-state..."

At this point, Lydia paused, leaned closer and said mysteriously: "Rumors say that the disaster was caused by the Secret Adjustment Department."

Caused by the Secret Adjustment Division?

Wayne blinked, and the smile on his face became a little wider.

If he hadn't read the letter from Claire, he might have believed what Lydia said.

"It is said that when Deputy Director Alais, who was in charge of the war department at the time, received a forbidden object, the forbidden object suddenly went out of control. In a very short period of time, several secret officers, including the former director, were transferred. The senior management of the company killed him."

Lydia ate snacks and whispered: "So many people speculate that Alais planned that incident in order to obtain the position of director of the Secret Adjustment Department."

It turns out that the "truth" the nobles said is this...

Wei En asked with interest: "What happened next?"

"Later, um..." Lydia recalled for a moment and said, "I remember hearing my grandfather say before that after that, everyone in the city-state, including the parliament, suppressed the Secret Division."

"Suppression?"

"I heard that's the case, and Director Alais also behaves differently from others."

"Does he hate the church?" Wayne thought of the rumors he had heard about Alais before. Apart from hating the church, there seemed to be nothing else.

"It's not just that,"

Lydia clapped her fingers and said, "When he first became director, he cleared out many old people from the Secret Division. Those people were all believers of the Church of Dawn and Storm."

"At the same time, he also attracted some nobles, such as Montoya, Nascimento, etc., and recruited people from their families to work in the Secret Service."

"In addition, the original responsibilities of the Secret Adjustment Department did not include the Natoli District, but the director specifically opened commissions to various nobles."

"In Grandpa's words, Director Alais is trying to sow discord among our nobles."

play off……

Wei En looked at her thoughtfully, I'm afraid things are not that simple, right?

But this is just his guess.

He only knew the Montoya and Nascimento families, the same family that Lacey and Marco belonged to.

It is currently unclear the connection between these nobles working in the Secret Service...

Glory Club?

Inexplicably, Wei En thought of the Glory Society.

According to that letter, the Ernst family is a member of the Glory Society, so if the Montoya and Nascimento families are not members of the Glory Society...

That would explain it!

"anything else?"

"Also, the United City Guards suppressed the Noble Committee and used their status as members to stir up trouble in the parliament..."

"I heard some of it when they were chatting, but I'm actually not interested in these things. Compared with the nobles from Kland, Grandpa and the others are far behind."

"Aren't you afraid that your grandpa will be unhappy when you say that?" Wei En asked half-jokingly.

"That's right. They only know how to earn pounds by various means all day long and recruit as many extraordinary people as possible. They don't know what to do with raising so many people."

Lidya pouted, "I don't really like this anyway..."

Boom.

"Um?"

The two of them looked in the direction of the office door and saw Marco falling straight to the ground.

"Marco, are you okay?" Lidia groaned and ran over quickly.

Wayne also followed and helped to lift Marco up.

"Ah, Director Alais, he really, really died." Marco's eyes lost their former brightness.

"He, Director Alais, died, so you don't need to be so sad, right?" Lydia felt distressed and helped him wipe the dust on his body. She didn't know how many times he fell when he came back.

"You don't understand, you don't understand..."

Marco waved his hands feebly, broke away, and the two of them walked back to the desk slumped, leaning on the chair with a dull look on their face.

Lidya wants to try again, "You..."

"Let him stay alone for a while, Sister Lydia." Wayne shook his head at her, indicating that there was no need to say anything more at this time.

Lydia looked worried, but she also knew that nothing she could do now would have much effect, so she could only sit next to Marco and keep an eye on his condition.

Wayne looked at Marco like this and felt equally puzzled. He had never noticed how deep his feelings for Director Alais were before.

It seemed that Santiago had the same expression when he learned the news in the morning?

"Tina, clown, hungry."

Tina didn't care about any of this. She took the snacks shared by Lydia and stuffed them into the mouth of the clown doll.

Wei En glanced at the white-haired girl as always, and sighed secretly: It's better for Tina, she doesn't have to think about anything, don't have to care about anything...

With this in mind, he returned to his desk and took out a new piece of parchment and wrote down the process of cleaning up the parasite last night.

I think it would be difficult for Santiago and the others to complete the case files in their current state...

…

…

What Wei En didn't know was that the atmosphere in the office area where the Director of the Secret Service Department was not far from him had already become tense.

boom!

"Deputy Speaker Harrington,"

Dolf smashed the table angrily, "Director Alais has just left, and you can't wait to announce the candidate for the next director. Don't you think it's too much for the council to do this?"

Next to him sat several red-clothed senior officials of the Secret Adjustment Department. Balaz and Nifa both looked at the visitor with expressionless expressions.

Behind them, Abbott, the ministers of the property management department of the War Department and the detention area, also stared coldly at the city-state leaders headed by Harrington.

"Dolph, although those parasites have just been eliminated, according to the information obtained by our parliament and the noble committee, there is still a greater crisis to come."

Harrington was unmoved and said with a serious expression: "As the most powerful combat force in the entire city-state, the Secret Adjustment Department should take the safety of the city-state as its top priority."

"As for Alais... I can understand your feelings very well. He is also my closest comrade-in-arms, but please think about your responsibilities!"

"You!?" Dolph was about to stand up to retort, but was held back by Balaz next to him.

"Deputy Speaker Harrington,"

Balaz took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Protecting the security of the city-state is what the Secret Service Department has always been doing. There is no doubt about it. But..."

"As for the appointment of the director, there is no need to rush. Since you said that the city-state is facing a major crisis now, shouldn't the safest way be to solve the problem first?"

"Now appoint a new person... I'm sorry, Sir Stanik, I'm not doubting your ability, but please understand that if you want to command the entire Secret Adjustment Division, you still need to get familiar with it for a while."

The young man next to Deputy Speaker Harrington was wearing a gorgeous aristocratic costume and his black hair was neatly styled. He was the Sir Stanik in his mouth.

"I agree with what Deputy Director Balaz said. But I believe that I can quickly become familiar with the work of the Secret Adjustment Department and be qualified for the position of director, but..."

Sir Stanik looked at the Secret Mixer and others and chuckled: "I don't mind listening to your suggestions."

"Sir..." Harrington wanted to dissuade him.

Sir Stanik waved his hand and said: "Deputy Speaker Harrington, after all, I will be the director of the Secret Investigation Department in the future, and I also hope to take this opportunity to learn more from several deputy directors."

Balazs frowned slightly and couldn't help but feel a little irritated. The troublesome young man was worthy of being that heir.

"Sir Stanik, my suggestion is to focus on solving the crisis in the city-state first. I also ask the parliament to temporarily postpone the appointment of the director of the Secret Investigation Department..."

"no!"

Harrington ignored Sir Stanik's thoughts and interrupted directly: "Balaz, this appointment was unanimously approved by all members, and the noble committee has also agreed. According to the city-state laws, this is official. appointment."

"When did the parliament get involved in appointing the director of the Secret Service Department?" Dorff glared at them, "When Director Alais took office, the previous director named him."

"Then you ask Alais to name you now. We can accept it." A nobleman sitting next to Sir Stanik curled his lips.

As soon as he finished speaking, not only the expressions of everyone in the Secret Adjustment Department dropped, but also Harrington and Sir Stanik secretly said that it was bad.

"Sir Donato, you..."

boom!

Before he could finish his words, Abbott, who had been patient for a long time, suddenly burst out and appeared next to the man in an instant, with one hand penetrating straight through his body.

"you you--"

Sir Donetto looked at him in horror, wondering how he dared to take action?

"Here, but there is, there is..."

Abbott looked at him with a cold expression, "Director Alais is someone you can bully? Noble?"

"Abbott, let him go!" Harrington stood up and glared at him, "Are you planning to lead the Secret Service to resist the Parliament and the Noble Committee?"

Albert ignored him, but casually threw Sir Donato away. He looked down at the blood stained on his body and said with a look of disgust on his face: "It's also red."

He casually crushed the beating heart in his hand, and then looked at Harrington and the others, "Parliament, nobles, what if they resist?"

"you!?"

"Deputy Speaker Harrington, it was indeed Sir Donato who said the wrong thing just now, and he should be punished..."

Sir Stanik stopped him and forced a smile on his face: "I have long heard that Minister Abbott has outstanding strength, and I can see it today."

"I don't want to see you, even if your father is the consul of Custer City State!"

Abbott didn't even look at him, and calmly walked back behind Baraz and the others, as if he had done an insignificant thing.

"Haha, he is him and I am me. This time..."

"Sir Stanek,"

At this time, Deputy Director Nifa, who had been silent, slowly said: "I believe you have seen the attitude of our Secret Adjustment Department. Please take back this appointment from the parliament."

"You..." Sir Stanik saw it was her and was stunned for a moment: "Deputy Director Nifa, are you sure?"

"Sure!"

Nifa stood up, showing his tall figure in front of everyone, and looked at him, Harrington and others with a pair of beautiful eyes, "In fact, before Director Alais left, he appointed me as the candidate for the next director."

"You?" Harrington's face changed slightly, "Where are the appointment documents?"

"it's here."

Nifa calmly took out two pieces of parchment and placed them lightly on the table, "This has Alais's personal signature on it, and Archbishop Andrews as a witness."

"If you don't believe it, you can go to Krims Cathedral to see Bishop Andrews for confirmation."

"dawn……"

Sir Stanik took the parchment and looked at it twice, and then looked at Harrington, knowing in his heart that the current situation was completely out of their control.

"Deputy Director Nifa."

"Sir Stanik, please pay attention to your wording, it's the director!"

"Nifa... Director, we will go to Bishop Andrews for verification on this matter, but today's appointment letter also complies with the laws of the city-state. Please understand."

"I understand..." Nifa said noncommittally, "but I don't agree."

Harrington knew that things were not going to go smoothly, so he took a deep look at everyone in the Secret Adjustment Department, gritted his teeth and squeezed out a few words: "Let's go."

As soon as he finished speaking, he left the conference room first.

Sir Stanik didn't say anything, just sighed and left together.

Only a corpse lying in a pool of blood was left with its eyes open miserably...

Until this moment, everyone present at the Secret Adjustment Department breathed a sigh of relief.

It is much better to have one of our own, Nifa, take the position of director than to have an unfamiliar person forced in by the council at this time.

Especially when that person is the son of the city-state's chief consul, once he comes...

This is just one chapter today, there will be more chapters tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.