"Assassin!!!"
With a roar, General Bude leaped and pounced at Fangzheng. Fangzheng sneered, then turned around and walked into the house.
"Stop, assassin!!"
General Budo was so angry at this moment that he leaped up like a cannonball and rushed directly to the balcony. However, when he broke through the door and came to the corridor, he found that there was no one here except for the corpses.
"Damn it … …!!"
Seeing this scene, General Budo clenched his hands and roared.
"I will definitely kill you!!!"
"That depends on whether you have the ability to do so."
Standing at the top of the tower not far away, listening to the roar that broke through the sky, Fangzheng pulled his hood.
"I have sent this letter of challenge. How will you react next?"
As Fangzheng expected, the public death of the Duke of Croatia caused great panic in the entire noble district of the imperial capital. In broad daylight, under the watchful eyes of the public, in front of General Bude, one of the two walls of the empire, he killed a member of the royal family, the Duke of Croatia, and pushed his body to the ground. This was a complete contempt and disdain for the supreme imperial power, and even the sharpest threat and challenge to the emperor!
The imperial capital was in a complete panic at this moment.
The assassin dared to openly kill the Duke in front of General Budo. He was completely unrestrained and unscrupulous. More importantly, Budo did not catch the assassin at all, which meant that other people living in the noble district would also be in danger!
This time, the nobles could not hold it in anymore. It must be known that when the outer city was in trouble, they did not particularly care. After all, in their opinion, they lived in the noble district of the inner city, which was heavily guarded and guarded by high walls. Those assassins were only wandering around the periphery, so what did it matter to them how many people died outside?
But now the situation was different. The assassin was bold, unscrupulous, and dared to kill wherever he went. They even suspected that the assassin's next target would be the emperor!
General Budo also considered this possibility, so he also returned to the palace and stayed close to the emperor. He could see that the assassin really didn't care about the identity of the other party. He dared to kill a duke, so what if he killed the emperor?!
The security in the noble district was increased to the limit, but even so, there were still nobles being killed every day. Some of them were either in secret rooms, under heavy protection, or never waking up the next day. This also caused the nobles to panic, especially those who had done bad things. They were so scared that they didn't even dare to step out of their houses. They could only hide in their homes and resign themselves to fate.
Some nobles even disguised themselves and tried to escape from the Imperial City. Anyway, these assassins were only active in the Imperial City. As long as they left the Imperial City and returned to their hometowns or territories, they would be safe!
However, even though the nobles had a good idea, the truth was that after their carriages left the Imperial Capital, there were only corpses left.
This scared the nobles so much that they didn't dare to go out or enter. Even the ministers who went to court every day were trembling with fear, afraid that they would be killed if they weren't careful.
The operation of the entire Imperial City was completely paralyzed.
It must be known that Fangzheng was also an emperor. Killing a noble or an official was not as simple as the death of a person. It also represented the collapse of his intelligence network, network of contacts, and other things. And these were closely related to the command system of the Imperial City. It was not as simple as finding someone to replace the person who died.
So the entire Imperial City began to panic. This made General Budo, who was in charge of the Imperial City's defense, extremely angry, but there was nothing he could do. The assassin glanced at him before he left, and Budo understood the meaning of that gaze.
That was, the emperor was also his target.
So he didn't dare to leave the emperor's side now, but it was not his intention to watch the assassin do evil …
"Minister Earnest, it's almost time to send General Esdeath back!"
During the morning assembly, a high-ranking official also made a suggestion while wiping his sweat. Those like them who had to go to the assembly every day were truly miserable. Other officials could take sick leave, but they had to go to the assembly every day with their heads in their hands. This kind of fear was really too much for them.
Of course, everyone knew that General Budo was very powerful, but General Budo was only one person!
And he usually didn't go out of the palace, so it was better to count on General Esdeath.
"There's no need for that. It's just a petty thief."
However, in the face of the high-ranking official's suggestion, Minister Earnest, who was standing behind the emperor and gnawing on a bone, gave an answer without hesitation.
"… … …"
Hearing this, General Budo just glanced at him silently and did not speak. Of course, he knew why Minister Earnest was unwilling to summon Esdeath back. The nobles of the Kingdom of Luganica had given Minister Earnest a lot of bribes to ask him to send people to quell the domestic rebellion. After all, the nobles of Luganica were also quite rich. Although General Budo did not know what the other party gave, judging from Minister Earnest's performance, it must be a lot.
"In fact, General Esdeath has sent back three of her capable men. They will form a force specifically to hunt down these thieves!"
As he said, Minister Earnest also became excited. To be honest, the Assassins' actions during this period of time had given him quite a bit of pressure. Just as Fangzheng thought, killing a noble and a bureaucrat wasn't as simple as killing a subordinate. In the past, Earnest would hand over the tasks he needed to do to others. Now, more than half of these people were dead, or they didn't dare to go out. He also felt that there was no way out, and he was extremely depressed.
But fortunately, the nobles of Luganica also sent him two good helpers …. Hehehe ….
Of course, forming a specialized force also took time, and during this time, Fangzheng did not stay idle.
Killing nobles was not a problem for him. They would die sooner or later anyway. Fangzheng had also investigated using the "Banners of Condemnation". The heinous ones were naturally dead, and those who were not so despicable could still live. It was not bad to let them repent in the fear of death.
But soon, Fangzheng found that someone was actually taking advantage of this opportunity to fish in troubled waters.
For example, now.
"… … I'm a step too late."
Looking at the fat pig that had fallen on the chair and was completely dead, Fangzheng frowned slightly. Just now, when he came to this floor, Hawkeye told him that the target was sitting here, but now he was dead?
And he had been killed.
Fangzheng carefully stared at the fat man's neck. There was a clear pinhole on it, as if someone had stabbed something into the neck and killed him with one blow.
"Hmm …."
Fangzheng silently took two steps back and carefully looked around.
This was a secret room. There were only a few cats and no one else here except the target.
"Hmm …."
Fangzheng lowered his head and looked at the group of cats lying on the ground. He thought for a moment, then reached out and pulled out one of the white cats from the group. He put it in his arms, then turned around and left.
"Meow! Meow!! "
The cat clearly didn't like being touched as it struggled and screamed. However, Fangzheng pressed down on its head and immediately made the cat shut its mouth obediently. He then left the target's residence with the white cat and came to a nearby forest. Then, Fangzheng picked up the white cat in his arms and stared at it.
"You did it, right?"
"Meow?"
Faced with Fangzheng's question, the white cat tilted its head curiously and meowed, as if saying "I'm a cute kitten, I don't know anything".
"Hmm, you're acting very well. Let me see how well you're acting."
As he spoke, Fangzheng stretched out his other hand and touched the white cat's abdomen down to its stomach, then to its legs. Then, Fangzheng's fingers aimed at the cat's anus ….
"Meow! Meow! Meow!!! "
At this moment, the white cat screamed. The next moment, a white smoke suddenly flashed, and then the white cat in Fangzheng's hand turned into a girl.
"Pervert, pervert! Put me down! "
It was a girl with long orange-red hair and wearing something like headphones. She was biting a lollipop in her mouth and wearing clothes similar to a school uniform. She struggled desperately.
However, Fangzheng only looked at her silently. Then, he stretched out his right hand and placed it by her neck. The next moment, the sharp hidden blade jumped out with a "kacha" sound. Upon feeling the ice-cold touch, the girl immediately trembled and stopped struggling.
"Okay, now tell me."
Fangzheng stared at the girl silently and asked.
"Who are you?"
"My name is Chelsea."
The girl weakly dropped her hands and feet.
"Are you from Night Raid?"
"…."
Chelsea nodded. She was also very depressed. She didn't expect her identity to be exposed so quickly. Forget it, it doesn't matter, but this man just touched her all over!
But wait ….
"How did you know I've turned into a cat?"
Chelsea was puzzled. She couldn't understand why Fangzheng would find her. She was very confident in her transformation, but she was discovered so quickly?
"It's very simple."
Fangzheng put down Chelsea, stared at her and said.
"First of all, I was ready to make a move at that time. I naturally knew how many people were in the room. Secondly, when I entered the room, the whole room was locked, that is, it was a secret room. There was no gap in other places that was enough for humans to get in and out. That is to say, the murderer is still in the room. Considering the current situation, the murderer is either alone or with someone he trusts and believes is not a threat."
Speaking of this, Fangzheng looked at Chelsea.
"In this case, it is usually a woman, so it is likely that she is the target's lover. So to a large extent, the murderer has the ability to disguise as other people, but I didn't see anyone else in the room, and I didn't see anything else, so I can judge that the murderer should have the ability to become a creature … Although it is generally impossible, I happen to know that there are a lot of things in this country that are not reasonable and scientific … You are also the holder of Teigu, right? "
"… That's amazing."
After listening to Fangzheng's reasoning, Chelsea was also stunned.
"But I still don't understand, how do you know that this cat is changed by me?"
Chelsea couldn't understand this point. She just thought that the man in front of her had a strong reasoning ability, but there were several cats in the room at that time. Why did he choose her?
Was it a coincidence?
However, in the face of Chelsea's inquiry, Fangzheng smiled.
"I won't tell you."
Then he said.
(End of this chapter)
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