Sheriff Blanco had to talk to Xing about what happened last night.

The dock area west of Lundria is a very lively area in the city. The salty sea breeze can never blow away the smell of workers' sweat, the stench of rotten fish and the smell of sewer ditches.

If it weren't for the fact that there were many more workers in the South City due to the construction of the railway station, the dock area would be the area with the most workers.

To be more precise, before the establishment of the Ians Republic, this was the workers' favorite place, because going out to sea represented wealth and hope.

The Iron Hook Gang was a secret glove formed by some nobles in the past, helping them control the dock.

Small vendors, warehouse owners, brothels, taverns, and even passing wandering artists in the dock area had to pay "safety money" to the Iron Hook Gang on a regular basis.

Otherwise, shops would be smashed, goods would be "accidentally" dropped into the sea, and people would have their legs broken and be thrown into the stinking ditch.

They were once the de facto underground law enforcement of the docklands.

It allows petty theft, intimidation of merchants, and even covers up smuggling.

They maintain an order here based on violence and fear.

But with the abolition of noble titles and the fall of the nobles behind the Iron Hook Gang, their control over the docks was greatly reduced. At this time, the new Tide Gang emerged.

The members of Tide Gang are relatively young, and their structure is much more complex.

There are young workers who have learned skills from the old captain for a few days and are dissatisfied with the current situation of the dock; there are folk magicians who have mastered simple but practical water or wind magic and try to make a living with it; there are desperadoes and speculators who have fled from other cities; there are even some lower-class small businessmen who are attracted by the huge profits at the dock and try to get a piece of the pie.

It was destined that the two gangs could not coexist peacefully on this dock, so a fight broke out.

Sheriff Blanco explained helplessly.

They arrived at the scene quickly last night and tried to bring it under control.

However, because the hatred accumulated between the two sides was too deep, even if they launched magical warnings, the gangs of both sides still did not stop. It was not until several members of both sides were killed that they were controlled by them.

Xing stood at the scene, his eyes revealing a slightly cold light.

She said: "Of course the two gangs are fighting for territory and interests, but the man who hid behind the scenes and poisoned the two gangs to cause the fight is the biggest murderer behind the scenes."

Xing asked people to write down the special shoe prints left at the scene, and then returned to Lundria to find the store that customized this kind of shoes by comparing the shoe prints.

This matter is not difficult to deal with.

Because in Rendria, only the old nobles, some wealthy businessmen and officials can afford custom-made shoes, and there are not many custom-made shoe shops.

After a while, our subordinates told us that they had found a store to customize this pair of shoes.

We quickly came to the store and found the owner.

The shop owner, Griff, was surprised to see us, but when he learned that we were there to get some customer information about custom shoes, his face suddenly changed and he began to try to drive us away.

Unfortunately, Sheriff Blanco is no pushover. He stated that if he continued to interfere with law enforcement, it would be tantamount to a crime. If in the future an investigation found that the criminal had really customized shoes from him but he did not provide information, he would be arrested for harboring a criminal.

Griff's hands trembled violently, and after considering for a long time, he revealed the information of the person who bought the custom shoes.

Griff said with a very unpleasant expression: "Sir, the people who come to me to order shoes are either rich or noble. I hope you won't reveal that it was me who leaked their information, otherwise..."

Xing comforted him: "Don't worry, if he really has something wrong, he can't leave, and he can't take revenge on you."

Griff said with tears in his eyes: "I believe in your abilities, I am just worried that others will never come to me to customize shoes after knowing this."

Blanco said: "The laws of the Republic of Ians stipulate that everyone is obliged to cooperate with our sheriffs in investigating cases. Those who have guilty consciences, even if they are in other shoe stores, we will also investigate that shoe store."

Hearing this, Griff's expression became much more serious.

After getting the list, Blanco went back to investigate the backgrounds of these people.

After Blanco left, I asked curiously, "You should know who is behind this, right? Why don't you tell Blanco directly?"

Xing smiled and said, "We are just here to be detectives for a while. We don't have to be detectives forever. We can't always come to me for answers every time we encounter a case."

I nodded, and then asked, "Then the traces of curse magic left at the scene should have been placed by you, right?"

Xing looked at me in surprise and said, "My stupid assistant, how come you suddenly become smart?"

I snorted, expressing some dissatisfaction with Xing calling me an idiot, and then said, "If the other party knew curse magic, how could he have poisoned me?"

Xing smiled and said, "That's true, but I cursed him just to scare him away. Otherwise, if the poison powder was really spread, all the people from those two gangs would definitely die."

I continued to ask curiously: "Who is the murderer behind this?"

Xing waved his hand and said, "He is just an old nobleman with only the strength of an intermediate magician. He is in charge of the management of the Merchant Alliance in the dock area. He colluded with the Iron Hook Gang in the past and left a lot of unfavorable evidence. The Iron Hook Gang also has a lot of leverage over him. Now he is afraid that the abolition of the nobles' bill will bring him down, so he wants to get rid of the Iron Hook Gang."

"Let's go, Blanco should collect information about those people."

Xing waved and asked me to follow.

Arriving at Blanco's workplace, he placed the information he had collected in front of Xing and said, "I have investigated the background information of those people. Take a look."

Xing didn't look at it, but just asked: "Who do you think is the most likely murderer among these people?"

Blanco shook his head.

Xing said: "How stupid."

She pulled out one of the files, which had Johnny Ivli's name on it, and asked, "Do you think this could be the murderer?"

I took a look and it was the little noble that Xing had just mentioned. Because his noble title was too low and the biggest problem of that chamber of commerce was the president, after the president was arrested, some of the little nobles were ignored.

"Johnny Ivry is the manager of the Dock Chamber of Commerce Alliance. Among so many wealthy people, he is the only one who has a connection with the docks. Can't you see that?" Xing said.

Judging from Xing's tone, she seemed to be questioning Blanco's IQ.

I couldn't help but smile.

Blanco scratched his head awkwardly and said, "But he is just a small manager. How could he cause a fight between two gangs? Also, when we investigated the Chamber of Commerce before, we didn't find any problems with this person."