The Mystery:The Witch and the Scourge

After sending Mr. Hunter away, Joyce perfected her plan while waiting for someone from MI9 to come to her door.

The military will not be indifferent to the death of a major, and Major General Bright will only become more anxious about it. Although he has no authority to investigate the matter, it is normal for him to exert influence on MI9.

However, until the crimson moon took over the sun's place, Joyce did not wait for investigators to come.

This surprised him quite a bit.

Wasn't Diego's disappearance discovered by MI9? Did the intelligence organization also take weekends off?

Even if this is the case, it is impossible for Brett to not notice it. He knows that I have arrived home safely, and Diego has no news. How can he not become suspicious?

A Sequence Seven Beyonder is not a cabbage on the roadside. He will die if he wants to die...Bright may not think that I can kill Diego, but he will definitely think that there is a helper behind me, at least with combat power.

A powerful mid-level Beyonder... He might even guess whether "William's list" might be in the hands of this unfounded helper...

This is Joyce's mental simulation of putting himself in the enemy's shoes. It is not 100% accurate, but it is sufficiently consistent with the character's logic.

Sure enough, the next morning, he waited for investigators from MI9, but the chief interrogator was an unexpected candidate.

Thomas!

How could it be Thomas... Joyce didn't understand. It was impossible for Brett not to know about the relationship between the two of us. Could it be that he was afraid and planned to make it a big deal and make it a trivial matter?

Thomas was wearing the captain's uniform of MI9, sitting calmly on a chair, staring at Joyce and Sophia behind him with deep eyes.

Behind him stood an unfamiliar second lieutenant officer with a serious expression, as if he was suppressing something:

"Baron Best, we only want to question you."

"Sophia can supplement my statement. She knows a lot about what happened on Saturday night." Joyce politely declined his request.

The ensign wanted to say something more, but was interrupted by Thomas raising his hand: "How did you know I was going to ask about Saturday night?"

Joyce showed a surprised expression: "Aren't you here to investigate my assassination case?"

"Assassinated?" Thomas asked calmly.

"On Saturday night, after leaving General Gordon's banquet, I was attacked by assassins on my way home, and my coachman was killed..."

Joyce did not tell the complete story, but stopped midway, frowned and asked:

"I have already called the police. Aren't you here to assist in the investigation?"

It could be seen that Thomas wanted to say something, but quickly held it back: "No."

"I thought the Bayam Police Department had submitted the case to MI9!" Joyce muttered first, and then asked:

"Then what are you doing here?"

Thomas took out his notebook and said in a businesslike tone:

"Baron Best, do you know Diego? He also attended General Gordon's dinner."

"Diego..." Joyce's eyes were empty, and he recalled seriously for a while: "Oh, I remembered..."

"He was wearing the uniform of a major from MI9 that night, and there was a battle scar under his left eye. We chatted a few words... In fact, I chatted a few words with most of the people at the dinner."

"Yes, I heard that you were one of the two most popular people at that dinner party." Thomas said while recording.

Joyce asked curiously: "Two...who is the other one?"

"A lady named Ianna." Thomas answered simply.

Well, she is very popular... Joyce cursed, and then asked: "How do you know?"

Thomas reminded him without raising his head: "Baron Best, you are not the first person I asked."

Joyce understood in his heart, but asked curiously without knowing anything: "What happened? The atmosphere of the dinner was very lively, and nothing unexpected happened."

"The accident happened after the dinner," Thomas said in a deep voice, "Major Diego died in the basement of an unowned house."

"Dead!" Joyce did not hide his surprise: "A major died like this! Has the situation in Bayam become so bad?"

Then, he sighed and said: "It seems that I am relatively lucky. Although I was assassinated, at least I did not lose my life."

Thomas continued: "Was this the same time you were assassinated?"

"Yes, after the dinner," Joyce replied.

"Can you tell me more about it?"

"Alas..." Joyce sighed, recounted his story again, and then added: "The Bayam Police Department should have the latest progress. If you want to know more, you can check their information."

"Yes." Thomas nodded: "Besides the assassination, did you go anywhere else on Saturday night?"

"No." Joyce denied.

"If I remember correctly, you said that the coachman died during the assassination, so no one can prove it for you?" Thomas asked treacherously.

"There is no problem with logic..." Joyce emphasized: "However, what I said are all facts."

"Okay, my inquiry is over." Thomas closed the notebook in his hand, stood up and prepared to leave, and warned before leaving:

"The assassination you encountered may be related to the death of Major Diego. The perpetrator may make next moves. You must ensure your own safety."

"I will." Joyce promised, sending Thomas and the second lieutenant out of the living room.

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"Mr. Baron, that second lieutenant is very dissatisfied with you." Sophia exited the "spectator" state and stated softly.

Joyce said "hmm", he could also see this, the second lieutenant was not good at hiding his emotions...

"Mr. Thomas seemed to be deliberately controlling himself. There were no mood swings throughout the whole process, only..."

"Only what?" Joyce asked.

"Only when you say, 'A major died like this! Has the situation in Bayam become so bad?' When you said this, Mr. Thomas' writing hand paused, as if he was stimulated by something.

"Sofia frowned and said hesitantly.

Is there anything wrong with this sentence?

The major died and the baron was assassinated. It is normal to lament that the situation is terrible...

Wait, the "situation"...

Joyce turned her mind to the word...

On Friday, Thomas came here specifically to remind himself that "the situation is serious, so be careful when doing things."

As a result, on Saturday night, Diego died and I was assassinated.

I mentioned the situation in Byam just now. In Thomas's eyes, does this constitute a hint and reminder... With his personality that likes poetry and drama, it is not impossible to think so...

Furthermore, Diego considered himself an "audience", and the main material to prove the "audience" was sold to me through the "scale"... And after that, Thomas came to remind him whether it proved that he knew that Diego was in

For me...

And we were both assassinated on the same night, one died and the other lived...

Thomas may have guessed something, but he took the initiative to ask me about it without talking about these issues. Maybe he was on his own side?

However, even if he guessed the truth, there would be no evidence. Brett, who knew the truth, would not dare to target me openly. Otherwise, if the matter became public and a major secretly kidnapped a baron, no one would be able to bear this responsibility.

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I am no longer the chess piece with a dark eye...