While Luke was leisurely cooking and researching, Charon was reporting to Winston. "… There were two smiling men last night. According to the survivor, the first one was just bait, and the second one was the target of the order. "
Winston didn't say anything. He simply took a sip of his coffee.
"Based on the survivor's description, both the bait and the target are Legendary. Also …" Charon subconsciously paused for a moment before he continued, "Also, the target of the order is probably a superhuman."
Winston's eyes flickered as he slowly put down his coffee cup.
Seeing that, Charon continued, "The target's exact ability is unknown, but without reloading, he fired at least sixty bullets from his two revolvers."
Winston finally turned his head. "Do you have a detailed analysis of this superpower?"
Charon shook his head. "Not yet. Apart from this peculiarity, he didn't reveal anything else that was too strange. His movement speed, firing speed, and strength didn't exceed our warning level. "
Winston sighed. "Is there anything else?"
He wasn't too interested in listening anymore.
Although the news so far wasn't too bad, that didn't mean the situation wasn't serious.
When they were really unlucky, most people would be paralyzed by their opponents and lose before they could react.
Thus, no news didn't necessarily mean good news.
Charon thought for a moment, then said, "We found a statue in Swamp Park. It was probably left behind by the smiling man."
Winston frowned.
Charon said, "We've already shipped it back to the lab and ran a lot of tests overnight. We haven't found anything wrong with it for now."
Winston finally said, "Are you sure it was left behind by him?"
Charon said, "We checked carefully. There wasn't a black marble statue in the clearing by the lake last night. According to the survivors, they were wiped out there …"
Winston looked up at him.
Charon said, "Also, the statue looks like the smiling man. His signature might even be on it."
Winston asked, "… Where is it?"
Charon said, "In the van in the parking lot. It hasn't been unloaded yet."
Winston said, "Send it to the basement. I'll take a look later."
Charon said, "Yes, sir."
More than ten minutes later, in the spacious basement hall, Winston slowly walked around the black statue. His gaze, which had initially been fixed on the statue, had now become thoughtful.
Charon stood quietly at the side, not making a sound.
After a long time, Winston looked at the words on the pedestal and murmured, "Beneath the mask, there is not only a body of flesh and blood. It's a belief, and belief is invulnerable? "
After a moment of silence, he shook his head with a smile and turned to leave. Charon followed.
At the entrance to the basement, Winston stopped and suddenly said, "Change the name of Mr. Smiley Man."
Charon: "What do you mean?"
Winston said, "Didn't he leave his name and tell us how many people he killed?"
Charon: "V?"
Winston turned his body halfway and glanced at the statue again. He smiled. "This is it. Send this name to the high platform table. Let them worry about it."
When they returned to Winston's room, Charon continued. "D 'Amico's wife is dead. When our investigators came to the door, they found her dead less than two hours ago."
Winston's sneer deepened, but he didn't say anything. He simply leaned back comfortably on the sofa.
Charon knew that Winston wanted to listen slowly, so he continued, "But from her bodyguards, we're sure that she only chose to raise the bounty after receiving a certain call, and there's also this."
He placed a photo of the dossier on the coffee table next to Winston. "She copied these names when she was on the phone."
Winston wasn't surprised at all when he saw the names "Smiley Man, Black Cat, and Black Mask." "Who called?"
Charon shook his head. "This person's hands are very clean. Apart from D 'Amico's wife, no one else knows."
Winston wasn't too surprised.
Charon said, "But we found something in Swamp Park."
Winston said, "Tell me about it."
Karon placed another photo on the coffee table. "We've checked. The scene was cleaned up quite well. If it weren't for the survivors, it would've been hard for us to detect that there had been a fierce battle. "
Winston knew that it wouldn't be easy to clean up the traces of a battle between more than a hundred people, especially since the bodies wouldn't have disappeared into thin air.
Charon said, "Then, we found this suspicious van. Compared to the surveillance footage in the afternoon, there's one less car in the park. This car was driven to the parking lot in Swamp Park yesterday morning. "
Winston looked at the person in the photo and took a sip of black tea. "Is this the driver?"
Charon nodded. "Yes."
"Did you find him?" Winston asked.
Charon shook his head. "According to our investigation, this person disappeared a week ago. We don't know where he's hiding, but he only showed up yesterday to rent a car and drive to Swamp Park. According to our intelligence, this person should be a secret henchman on Kingpin's side. Even the boss of his gang doesn't know about this. "
Winston narrowed his eyes, and the black teacup in his hand stopped moving.
He was really familiar with the name Kingpin.
Although the two sides had been at peace for a long time, the earlier conflict was still fresh in Winston's mind.
It was very difficult for Kingpin and the Continental Hotel to become friends. In the end, one side would rise, and the other would fall.
The fact that Kingpin had appeared in this rare case of an assassin squad being wiped out immediately caused alarm bells to ring in Winston's heart.
Frowning, he listened to Charon briefly explain the driver's information, and then mentioned that the van hadn't been captured by the surrounding surveillance cameras, and had disappeared without a trace.
Winston pondered for a moment, then sneered. "Kingpin and the masked men with bounties on their heads have been in a series of conflicts recently. D 'Amico was originally his ally. Hehe, this really isn't much. "
Charon asked, "What should we do?"
Winston raised his cup again. "Block any news about V's battle. Everyone's dead anyway. The survivor … let her stay in the hotel for now. "
Charon asked, "Will that work?" He felt that Winston knew what he was doing, but lousy teammates and opponents might not be able to cooperate.
Winston took a sip of black tea. "Whoever can do it can do it. In any case, we won't. By the way, when and where V appeared, the news came from a bar, right? "
Charon said, "Yes, the survivor even got the account of the informant."
Winston said, "Have the survivor go over and spread the news that Kingpin is the mastermind behind the ten million bounty on the masked men."
Charon understood. "Got it."
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