Steel steam and flame

Cooper was in a daze for a few seconds, his thoughts spinning rapidly. Fortunately, these few seconds of hesitation allowed Cooper to control his short expression in time without revealing anything suspicious.

Instead of turning around and heading towards Zikman's residence, Cooper nodded and headed towards the communicator in the living room. Novis said nothing, so Cooper picked up the receiver and began to adjust the frequency. The buzzing electronic noise may have reached the ears of everyone in the hall. Cooper kept answering the call and waited for more than a minute before looking at Novis in confusion and hanging up the call.

The few people looked at each other. There was no need for Kubo to explain. They had already thought of something after considering Ma Duogao's situation. We almost trotted to Zikman's residence together, and all we saw was a very quiet house. The doors and windows were tightly closed, and we couldn't see anything going on inside.

Novis let out a breath at this time, and the others also felt solemn. The door was broken open violently, the air in the room seemed dull, and the communicator in the living room flashed a red light. Several people did not go in rashly, but stood at the door to check the situation in the living room. Cooper tried shouting a few times, but got no response.

The inspection went to the living room, and a few people carefully went in and inspected each room. Except that Zikman is missing, everything remains intact.

"Master Novis..." Lieutenant Dennis looked over, his face serious.

"I understand. I will inform Mr. Burson when I get back." Novis replied. He is the deputy minister of the Bureau of Land and Resources and works under Burson. "Cooper, you have people guard here. Soon after, Burson Mr. Mori should also send someone over to check. Let’s go back first.”

In Novis's residence, after they finished explaining the situation to Burson, several people sat in the hall. Nowis spoke at this time: "I asked everyone to come here today because I wanted to tell you about the situation at Madogao. Lord Clemen and people from the Wagner family are here, and they went to see the scene last night. This morning, All departments in the Tushini area, as well as the defense force, have been notified to conduct a comprehensive investigation in the Tushini area, focusing on suspicious persons and outsiders. Looking at it now, even if they don’t need to speak, our own Bian will do the same."

"Cooper, Lieutenant Dennis, you must gather your own people first and start collecting information to see if anything happened in the Tushini area last night. Zikman's situation should be the same as Madogao's. After his death, the murderer disposed of the body cleanly. . And next, you should carry the communicator with you at all times, and remember to set up the signal generating device to send a signal every hour, artificially. I don’t think the murderer will stop here, but we still haven’t figured it out yet. What is his purpose? There can be no connection between Madogao and Zikman."

Novis pondered, but couldn't figure it out. Afterwards, he also explained the situation to his family, and the answer he got was that he should leave Tusinni immediately and go to Amotan City to stay until the matter in Tusinni was completely over before returning. He gladly accepted the proposal. Zikman was the person assigned to him by the family. First, he helped deal with troubles. Second, he had the same role as Cooper, protecting him for a certain period of time. The stage of Zickman's surgery was the same as that of Novis, both mid-stage two, but Zickman had more experience. But Zikman is still dead.

A few hours later, Novis sorted out the matter and told Cooper everything that needed to be dealt with. At about three o'clock in the afternoon, Novis received a message from Burson: "I have notified the other two people that you should come to Amotan City first. I will ask a few of my men to go over here and deal with it with Clemen's people. This matter." In short, that's what Novis liked to hear at the moment.

After the communication ended, Novis explained some things again and set off immediately. Lieutenant Dennis and the Chief of the Defense Forces left in the morning, leaving Cooper alone to watch Novis drive up the road in a limousine, and immediately disappeared among the silhouettes of the buildings.

Not knowing what it was like, Cooper walked around the hall a few times and then went to Zikman's residence to take a look. Still nothing was gained, no sign of a fight. Thinking back to that night, Cooper immediately took it for granted. When he faced Zekeman, he had an 80-90% chance of winning the final victory. When facing the black shadow, he had a chance in his heart, but it was not a victory, but a chance of escaping after considering various situations.

About 12%, this is the result that Cooper predicted for himself.

At seven o'clock in the evening, Burson's people came over, three of them in total. Together with Cooper, the four of them went back and forth to Zikman's residence to carefully search and investigate several times, but in the end they did not come to any conclusion. They didn't even know what caused Zickman's death. When he was about to leave, Kanersen and Seya drove over.

The six people once again repeated what they had done many times in the past two or three hours, but this time Kanersen and Seya could not find any traces.

"We can only wait for the investigation results and the analysis after other intelligence is compiled." Seya and Burson's people said to Cooper when they left. When leaving, Kanersen and Seya also revealed other news. Wagner left Tushini at noon today, leaving only members of his own family behind. After Beverly and others received the news, they also left one after another. They really can't help much here. Originally, these people would serve here, and their own strength and ability are secondary. The situation in Tushini is destined that everyone who comes here comes to sit on power and then enjoy power. As long as they don't cause big trouble themselves.

Cooper stayed at Novis's villa until eight o'clock and left on time. Coming to the alley, Cooper took out a cigarette and lit one. I haven’t smoked this thing for a long time, except when I feel irritable, I will smoke a few. He considered whether to accept Sombra's offer. The situation is indeed similar to what Heiying said, except that Ma Duogao was unexpected.

"Ma Dugao should be another person that the black shadow was trying to win over, but other circumstances occurred along the way, which led to his death." Cooper thought, he kept smoking, leaning on a wall, waiting for the black shadow to win over him. Shadow comes over.

At some unknown time, Cooper discovered that there was still half a pack of cigarettes left. When he was about to take another cigarette, the sharp and hoarse voice of the black shadow came from behind: "Mr. Cooper, you must have been waiting here for a long time."

There was no more fright than last time, but Cooper's body couldn't help but tremble. He turned around, and it was still the same as last time, a dark shadow hidden in the darkness, unable to see anything clearly. Cooper nodded: "Mr. Black Shadow, I want to know how Butler Zikman is doing."

"If you want to see him, you can now." Cassia replied.

"Now?" Cooper asked, immediately remembering something, and glanced at the nearby underground sewer cover, "Here?"

"Yes, but it has been almost a day. With the massive proliferation of microorganisms, you probably can't recognize them anymore." Cassia said calmly, "Well, Mr. Cooper, I wonder what you think about it? There are some things you don't want to repeat. , but seeing that you didn’t reveal any information, I can also tell you here that the adult has no patience with Tushini, and he hopes to end it as soon as possible. After all, his identity and status make him spend his time on this. , I received the order to come over and take charge of everyone here’s, um, nightmare.”

"Can I ask what's going on with the horse's height?" Cooper then asked.

"How tall is Ma? He's dead and his body has been buried. There's probably only a pile of bones left now." Cassia thought for a while and said, "We made the wrong choice, so we can only do this. .”

"In other words, if I don't agree here today, I will turn into a corpse and go into the sewer?"

"Mr. Cooper, I want to say that this is not a threat, but a way for you to have a better platform, treatment, and future development. Under Novis, you can't get better conditions than here. Just like here. Can Novis provide you with the information on the surgical development project? No. Can he provide all the expenses for your wife's treatment and help you find a doctor willing to accept the treatment? No. He can provide it every year The Tushini area received 300-400 million holy coins, and your wife's expenses are only about 300 million holy coins. If he really took a fancy to you, I think he would have paid out the money for you long ago. Forget it. If you don’t provide financial convenience, does the doctor really put in the effort to search for you?”

"None of these! Mr. Cooper." Cassia emphasized, "But here, my lord, I can assure you of this. There are many reasons why he dared to attack people like Clemen and Acheson. . First, in terms of official position, this gentleman is not afraid of them, and second, in terms of strength. What do you think of my strength?"

"Very strong." Cooper breathed out.

"Thank you for the compliment." Cassia saluted back with a smile, "People like us are willing to follow this gentleman because he is very kind to us. At the current stage of your operation, it stands to reason that you should have started very early. It has been surgically developed. If my guess is correct, you are probably still exploring on your own. I can't guarantee some precious information, but it is common. As long as the Tussini incident is over, it can be provided to you immediately. "

As he spoke, Cooper saw the dark shadow stretching out a hand, exposed to the faint light. Something squirmed under the healthy skin, and the arm almost doubled in size, completely tearing the clothes apart.

"This is the simplest one. I think you can complete it quickly after you get the information." Cassia retracted her hand and said, "Then, can you tell me your answer?"

"Dear Mr. Black Shadow, I have one last question." Cooper blurted out. Seeing that Black Shadow didn't speak, Cooper immediately answered, "I wonder if that adult can honor the conditions in advance. Although I know this is a delusion, But where is my wife..."

"Mr. Cooper, how long do you think it will take for things on Tushini's side to end?" Cassia stepped back in time. "Six months at the latest. If it's quick, it means you cooperate with our actions and provide necessary information. It will only take two months." .As long as it ends, all the conditions I mentioned will be fulfilled."

Cooper still wanted to speak, but saw that the black shadow had disappeared. The next moment, a paper ball flew over, and Cooper caught it. Written on it was a list of communication frequencies, as well as the next information he needed to provide immediately.

After staying there for a few minutes, Cooper let out a breath, and finally did not go to the underground waterway to see Zikman's body that the shadow said. He returned to his residence, sat there for half an hour, and began to prepare what Black Shadow needed as required.

Cassia returned to the villa base and lamented that the plan finally took a step forward. He had learned from Delya that Novis and the others had left Tushini, and all the machines in the factory were in place. After the subsequent preparations were completed, debugging could begin. In order not to arouse suspicion, Cassia also told Delya that he would leave Tushini and go to Amotan City in two days. One is to distance themselves from the relationship between these things and delay the time when they will doubt themselves. The second point is that he originally needed to go to Amotan City to investigate matters related to Clemen, but the time was moved forward.

In the end, there will be a conversation with Clemen. If everything goes well, the goal in Tushini will be achieved without much effort. But if there are deviations in the process, there may be more things to do in the future. Cassia is now focusing on preparing for these aspects. As for Kanersen and Seya's investigation, Cassia was not worried at all. If it could be investigated so easily, wouldn't it be a waste of my two years in the military school?

There will be no clear result. When Kanersen, Seya and others leave and Novis and others return, it will be about the rules for collecting profits from merchants in the dark world and the treatment of the three railway lines.

The next morning, Cooper sent the information to the areas around Manoma, where it was transferred and reached Cassia's hands.

"Let people confirm these and they will be used soon." Cassia said to Delya, "After a period of calm, there will be no easy time here."

"But we can also help then." Delya looked at the information and said, "Knight Commander Hessler has returned to Waters. He said that if necessary, he can come back to help you. Although It won’t be long.”

"No, if there is a need, I will definitely bring it up."

In the afternoon of the next day, Cassia, Shilasha, and Liweite went to Amotan City, and the news was deliberately let out by Delya.

On the night of arriving in Amotan City, Cassia went to the intelligence merchant in the dark world to buy the latest news. He remembered that the knighthood ceremony regarding the Knight Squire and the Twelve Knights of the Round Table had just happened not long ago. In addition, he is also very concerned about whether there are any new bills coming out of the empire recently. With this information, he can adjust his steps and next plans in time so that he does not fall behind.