Cristante was no longer in the mood to continue chatting with Valdés. He took a deep breath and bade farewell to Valdés, "This incident happened too suddenly and is of grave importance. I have to go back and arrange for my men to handle this matter. I won't be staying here any longer. The day after tomorrow, I will personally return the black metal box to you in its original state!"
"No problem, go quickly! Remember to be careful. "
As a former intelligence officer, Valdés could naturally understand Cristante's feelings and the pressure he was going to face. He did not try to keep Cristante and bid him farewell.
After waving goodbye to Valdés, Cristante left the secret room without looking back. He quickly walked out of the Saint Antis Church and headed towards the two-story building not far from the church. That was the headquarters of Blake's Organization.
Valdés shook his head helplessly as he felt Cristante's departure. His aged eyes slowly turned complicated. The reason why he was willing to take such a huge risk to help Cristante and buy him three days of time was because of the close relationship he had with Cristante over the past few decades.
On the other hand, it was also because of his own interests. Both Valdés and Cristante had worked in Blake's Organization for decades. Before he was transferred to Saint Antis Church due to problems with his training, Valdés, as a rank 1 Magus, was definitely one of the higher-ups in Blake's Organization. Although he was not like Cristante, who was the chief intelligence officer of Blake's Organization, he was definitely one of the higher-ups in Blake's Organization.
And as an intelligence worker, especially in a highly sensitive organization like the Church of the Lord of Storms, Blake's Organization, who had worked for decades and reached a very high position, it was basically impossible to say that there wasn't any dirt on them or that they hadn't done a few dirty jobs. It was just a matter of whether your dirt had been discovered or dug up. In the history of Blake's Organization, there was no lack of examples of the upper echelons' dirt being dug up by others before being liquidated by the Church of the Lord of Storms.
As a former high-ranking official, when Valdés worked in Blake's Organization, he had also done some dirty things. However, he was not worried that his dirty deeds would be exposed because his good friend was a participant in those dirty deeds. Cristante was the chief intelligence officer of Blake's Organization. With Cristante around, his dirty deeds would definitely not be exposed!
However, if Valdés were to step down from his position as chief intelligence officer of Blake's Organization, especially if he was ordered to resign by the higher-ups because he did not do a good job, it would be very dangerous. When that time came, the new chief intelligence officer would very likely take action against the previous chief intelligence officer in order to show his ability to the higher-ups and establish his prestige in front of his subordinates. Cristante and Valdés had done this when they were first promoted in Blake's Organization. They had forced the previous chief intelligence officer to commit suicide.
Therefore, now that it was their turn, Valdés and Cristante would definitely have mixed feelings and fear. This was also why Valdés told Cristante and Lena that he would be going to Blake's Organization as his deputy.
Lena's matter, no matter how one looked at it, was an important signal that the higher-ups were not satisfied with Cristante's work. Lena's existence was a threat to Cristante. There was no doubt that Lena would start from being his deputy and familiarize herself with the environment and work of Blake's Organization. After that, if Cristante's work still did not satisfy the higher-ups, Cristante would naturally be replaced by someone familiar with Blake's Organization.
Once Lena became the actual controller of Blake's Organization, not only would Cristante be in danger, but even Valdés, who had already left Blake's Organization, would be in great trouble.
That was why Valdés took the initiative to give Milik's black metal box to Cristante before Cristante could say anything. He also tried his best to buy three days of buffer time for Cristante to investigate how Milik died. Valdés' purpose in doing all this was to help Cristante stabilize the situation in Blake's Organization and protect himself from being exposed.
After thinking for a while, Valdés, who was sitting in the secret room, sighed faintly and resumed his cultivation.
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In a residential area somewhere in Flosinone, Marguerite, who was meditating, suddenly opened her eyes. She then took out a purple-gold pocket watch from her pocket. Looking at the number 10 on the pocket watch, Marguerite nodded slightly and put the pocket watch back. She then snapped her fingers. With the snap of her fingers, a white and somewhat transparent barrier suddenly appeared in the room, isolating and eliminating all the energy waves in the room.
Seeing this, Marguerite smiled and took out a crystal bowl from her space ring and placed it on the ground. After doing this, Marguerite poured some clear water into the crystal bowl. When the clear water and the mouth of the crystal bowl formed a horizontal line, Marguerite cut her finger and dripped three drops of her blood into the crystal bowl filled with clear water.
When the fresh blood fell into the clear water in the crystal bowl, it quickly dissolved and dyed the entire bowl red. Seeing this scene, Marguerite, who knew that it was time, still chanted the incantation.
"Gfati Liezman … Odeiro Dembele … Asliano … Casanova Antonucci …"
As she chanted the incantation, the clear water in the crystal bowl that was dyed red by Marguerite's blood began to gradually boil. The rising steam gradually condensed into a water screen above the crystal bowl. Seeing the water screen taking shape, Marguerite also stopped chanting and looked at the water screen with some anticipation.
Under the gaze of Marguerite's beautiful eyes, the water screen began to change. A graceful and elegant young woman with exquisite facial features appeared on it. Everything about her was so intoxicating, but she looked cold and distant, like a glacier that had not melted for thousands of years. Once people saw her, they couldn't help but keep a distance from her.
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