To Four Thousand Years Later

The strangler, Michaelot Arthur, had naturally heard the name. And it wasn't just him... the entire Frankish nobles and merchants should know him and be terrified of him. The shadow of this black ghost has enveloped Frank for a long time. He first appeared about four years ago. A coal mine owner who raised children was prosecuted by a lawyer, but the result was naturally that he was not guilty, and money can pass through the gods, especially in Frank without a king. But on the third day after that, the man was strangled to death in the into his bedroom. From the analysis of the body wound, it should be strangled to death with a thin rope. For a while, people in the upper class were cited as talking points. But at that time they still didn't realize the seriousness of the problem. They didn't realize the seriousness of the problem until the first, third... and even the seventh person died of choking.

But at the time, they thought that this was a "lynching punisher" and a partner of justice who had suddenly awakened psychic powers from the people. So they quickly went to seek help and protection from the psychic associations they knew, and sought psychics as bodyguard.

However this is still of no use.

Even some people with guilt in their hearts found nine psykers to protect themselves in advance, but the end result was that they were all strangled to death by the thread. And until then, no one has seen a serial killer who has no idea of ​​the purpose, can completely ignore the protection of the guards, and specializes in killing businessmen and officials. Nothing is more terrifying than this. These speculations are true or false, and the purpose of the neck killer is inferred to be good or evil. There was even a period of time when a wonderful new religion was formed in Frank: some people used the name of the neck killer to gather those who were rejected and isolated by the society; .

But then these people all died. The cause of death was strangled by thread and died of suffocation.

In the end, a certain dignitary invited the "Anglican Church", the highest governing body of the legendary psykers. Although they failed to persuade them to help arrest people, at least through the dispatch of the Anglican Church, they found a master with extremely rare spiritual power. She is one of the seven Proctors of the Anglican Church. The psionic power she holds is. She was able to divination to the mysterious existence above the void by collecting traces, and directly obtained the name of the prisoner, as well as a small amount of accurate and precise information she obtained, that the strangler's name was "Mikelot", and he was a male... Besides. He has no parents, no children, no wife, no nationality. Yes, he has no nationality. He doesn't even belong to any country—the result of the divination is so confusing that the legend of the strangler is even more popular.

That said, stranglers have been operating much less frequently in the last year. Because of the appearance of a large number of imitators, until now the Franks still have not found the common ground of the neck killer. But now, Arthur finally understands,

If it is said that the choke killer is Leonardo's man... then everything makes sense. Most of the people he killed were people who could not be punished by law or were not reported. However, there were also some nobles who could be called bad deeds, but their behavior did not match the prey of a strangler. Now that Arthur thinks back, he immediately understands: a large part of them are planning to harm the Leonardo Group, and some of them are planning to start a war.

Thinking of this, Arthur suddenly felt hairy. The strangler's psionic power, presumably related to shadow walking or teleportation, is undoubtedly one of the strongest assassination psionic powers. But his scope of activities was limited to Frank.

Know that the Frankish Republic was neither Leonardo's closest companion nor his sharpest enemy. Such a dangerous and loyal killer can reside in such a third-tier area...

Does this mean. Before Leonardo became the pope, his people had already penetrated into the countries? if we assume. Frank was taken away by businessmen because of its chaotic political system and official power. So what was sent was the words of a killer.

…Are the spies in other countries high-level officials in their countries?

He murmured in disbelief. This is undoubtedly an extremely bold and crazy idea-but rule out all the impossible. The rest is the truth. His Majesty Leonardo, what are you going to do? Does he want to be king of the world?

Arthur thought quickly in his mind, but there was no hesitation in his actions.

He put the document he signed into his arms, and quickly rushed out of the basement without touching the rest of the things, not even stepping on the wine on the ground. Sure enough, as Michaelot said, there was no living person outside. All were strangled by him. Judging from the body's hand and kidney movements and action traces, he didn't even startle any of the moments when everyone entered the blind spot of other people's vision. Just drag them into the shadows to die. And there are a few commanding heights where everyone ensures that the other is in the field of vision. At this time, Michelot should be like a spider, setting wire traps on the top of several buildings.

Afterwards, he did not know how to use some means to hoist these high-level bright posts at the same time, and slid their bodies down to the center of the square like a cableway, where they were squeezed together and strangled to death. In mid-air.

After that, he went to kill other people. He didn't burn the thread until all the people were killed. The corpse fell freely from the air, and through the traces, Arthur was able to reproduce Michaelot's murder scene in his mind.

He is like a ghost everywhere.

...This is the real assassin. Arthur couldn't help but sigh.

Without further hesitation, he removed some traces left by him, then judged his position, and ran towards a direction that was at least 90 degrees away from his home.

One cannot go home directly.

You have to go somewhere else first and make your own alibi. Then you can drive home. And the unlucky coachman will be his witness: because of the truth the coachman sees. Just himself "come out from somewhere and hire a coachman because he's innocent and because it's the truth that's been established with his own eyes. That's why his words are trustworthy. That's far better than any perjurer. No more lies, This truth is even more "a good seedling.

Behind Arthur, Leonardo and Baimon suddenly appeared at some point. But he still didn't know anything.

continue. After watching Arthur go away, Leonardo patted Baimon's shoulder, "Send the next coordinates to Michaelot. this time. We need his infiltration ability more. Before sending it, he suddenly paused and looked up at Leonardo. "What kind of infiltration are you talking about?" Leonardo shrugged: "Isn't it obvious? ?”

"In that case, not as good as me.

"You can't. Because you are a stranger to the Franks. With so many people dying at the same time, there is no other meaning except to erase these people. They are as if they were suddenly smashed to death by meteorites. , others will only mourn their misfortune.

But if Michaelot, who has accumulated a lot of reputation in Frank, personally kills these nobles and merchants who sell "traces". The situation is very different. Leonardo wanted to eradicate this kind of thinking itself, not kill them simply and rudely. In addition, if his plan goes well, it will be a way to kill two birds with one stone—only one action will be able to kill in different ways. Kill two of your enemies.