Chapter 148 Finding Evidence

Oslan Empire.

Luka stood in front of the French window and hung up the call.

Libery sat on the sofa behind him and asked, "What do you mean?"

Luka walked over to the table, threw the laptop on the desk, and replied: "Karl sent a message back using a special communication device, saying that she is fine and is with Zongfang."

"Crack—"

The sound of glass breaking was heard.

Libery looked down at the broken glass in his hand, took a deep breath, and the veins on his forehead bulged.

He stood up suddenly and walked straight out the door. "I'll go get her."

Luka watched him leave without saying a word.

He tapped his hands on the table, one by one, and lowered his eyes in thought.

In fact, there was a second half to Carl's message: Beware of the Federation.

Luka knew Carl's background very well. He was trained, funded and worked for the Federation. Such a Carl actually warned them to be wary of the Federation. What did they discover on the southern battlefield?

He lit a cigarette with a lighter, and the smoke made him frown. Luka held the cigarette between two fingers and dialed the number of Lyons on the computer.

"Colonel, what are your instructions?"

"Send someone to keep an eye on the Federal Central Building. Remember, report any movement to me immediately."

"yes."

Ans was about to reel in the line when Luka stopped him.

"Can we use our equipment to reply to Carl's letter?"

"Theoretically, yes." After saying this, Ans waited for a moment. The other end of the computer was silent for a long time. He couldn't help but ask, "Colonel, what do you want to say to Carl?"

Luka picked up the photo frame on his desk. The photo inside was taken by the servants for Qiao Susu when she was still in his palace. She was standing in a sea of ​​flowers, smiling brightly.

The man's fingertips caressed the smiling face of the girl in the photo, lowered his eyes and said, "It's nothing, go and get busy."

Ans said yes and hung up.

The hang-up notification tone continued to ring, but Luka was still looking at the photo.

——

At this moment, Anubis stood quietly in the dark basement of the Federal Central Building.

In his hand, he held a small detonator, a device powerful enough to destroy an entire building. The surrounding walls were hung with pipes and wires, making a subtle humming sound, just like the humming in his mind at that moment.

Every word my father spoke was filled with undeniable authority. "Place the detonator in the designated location, Bi, and put away your useless sympathy. We have no way out."

He tried to refute again, his voice trembling slightly, his brow furrowed. "Father, there are not only our targets there, but also many ordinary orcs. Do we really have to go this far?"

My father's face was almost expressionless, his voice cold and firm: "If you can't carry out the plan, I will find someone else to complete it. Don't let your weakness hinder our plan."

"I do."

In the narrow pit, Anubis came out of his memories, his fingers lightly touching the mechanical keys of the detonator.

Finally, he squatted down, took out an identical detonator from his backpack, connected the fuse, prepared all the equipment, and pressed the timer button.

After doing all this, he put on his hat, zipped up his clothes as high as possible to cover most of his face, and left quietly, like a fish entering the river or the sea, lowering his head to blend into the crowd coming and going.

Southern battlefield.

Karl and Zong Fangzheng persuaded Qiao Susu to return to the imperial court.

"I'm going to wait for Anubis to come. We have an appointment." Qiao Susu looked at the two men sitting opposite her. She didn't know when they had united as one. The situation was changing rapidly.

Karl pinched the tip of her nose with his hand and gritted his teeth and said, "If he was going to come, he would have come earlier. We have been here for so many days, where is he? You are the only one who is so enthusiastic and has been running around for him. Now that everything is clear, you should always consider your own situation, right?"

"I'm fine." Qiao Susu was puzzled.

Zong Fang pushed up his glasses and gave her a calm analysis: "How long do you plan to survive on the nutrient solution? There's nothing you can eat here. It's okay in the short term, but your physical condition won't allow it for a long time. Do you want me to give you a nutrient injection?"

Qiao Suisui pursed her lips, speechless. She knew Carl and Zong Fang were worried about her, but if she couldn't find evidence to help Anubis prove the innocence of the rebels, no one would believe her even if she told the truth.

"How about we go to the experimental base again? It would be helpful if we can get some documents."

Karl stared at her with his arms crossed and said, “It collapsed. You and I saw it with our own eyes. How can we go?”

"Then why not go look for the black box in the Dead Bone Prison? Wei Shou is so anxious to find the black box, maybe there really is crucial evidence in it?"

Zong Fang frowned slightly when he heard this and asked, "What black box?"

So Qiao Susu carefully recounted the entire process of their investigation. After listening, Zong Fang was silent for a moment, then picked up a knife and cut open his forearm.

"Zongfang, what are you doing!" Qiao Susu quickly grabbed his hand, but saw him smile at her soothingly, and then used the tip of the knife to dig out a chip from his flesh.

The next second after the chip was removed, the wound on the forearm healed quickly, and in the blink of an eye only the undried blood remained.

"I think this is the black box they're looking for."

Zong Fang inserted the chip into an aluminum converter and connected it to the projector. Before clicking to play, he glanced at Qiao Sui Sui. "Are you sure you're ready to watch it?"

Qiao Suisui nodded.

Zongfang touched the top of her head and clicked play.

The entire clip is less than a minute long and is filled with explosions, cries, and various horrific ambient sounds. The scene can only be described as a bloody mess, a true hell on earth.

Qiao Susu was so shocked that she was speechless, and even Karl couldn't bear to look away.

"Play it again," she said.

Zongfang played it again from the beginning. This time, Qiao Susu focused on the frame where the bomb was dropped. A blurry black shadow flashed across the sky. She asked Zongfang to pause and then zoom in. In the clearly restored image, the black shadow was a battleship with a clear federal logo.

"Found it, found it! It's the evidence!"

Qiao Suisui was shaking with excitement, her eyes red. She pulled Zongfang's arm and said, "With this, we can prove the Federation's guilt."

Zongfang didn't have the heart to pour cold water on her, but some things were better the sooner he told her.

He adjusted his breathing, held her on his legs, and ran his fingers through her hair, letting the smooth black hair pass through his fingers.

"Qiao Qiao, if I say that the source of all this evil is my father's handiwork, will you look down on me?"

Qiao Suisui was startled, grabbed his hand and asked, "Zongfang, what do you know?"

"My father is ostensibly the Prime Minister of the Sote Republic. In reality, he is the confidant of the current head of the Federation and the manager of the Scavenger Organization."

Karl was confused and asked, "So I have to work for your dad?"

Munakata glanced at him and said, "He founded the Scavengers. Their original purpose was to hunt down and annihilate the rebels and bury the truth forever. But later on, they gradually evolved into the leader's black gloves, specializing in doing dirty work."

"Who were those people I was asked to assassinate in the mission?"

(End of this chapter)