Chapter 81 The Bad Woman Radar Sounded

——Droste.

This surname belongs to Lily's biological father, the old and strong Minister of Trade.

The old knight Gordon first subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, then frowned again.

Since a powerful minister was involved... this matter was most likely unrelated to the royal family. This was the best news at the moment. It also avoided the worst-case scenario.

But on the other hand, the Principal Private Secretary to the Minister of Trade is also a big shot in his own right.

Secretary Raff was a civil servant. Besides Minister Droste, he was solely responsible to the Permanent Undersecretary within the Ministry of Trade. Although he looked nearly fifty, he still had a chance of advancement.

This actually widens the range of suspects.

The knight family took a knightly oath when they were awarded armor, so they could not harm the royal family.

If the killer's original target was Princess Isabel, then all the knight family members in the club could be eliminated directly.

But now...

"Has the cause of death been determined?"

Director Gordon thought about this and asked in return.

He just took a quick look and knew that the deceased probably fell from the handrail on the second floor to the first floor.

This was only about five or six meters high. A fall from this height could indeed kill someone. But next to him were high-ranking priests who could use illumination magic.

If you fall from this height, you can definitely be rescued unless the back of your head hits the ground.

The young inspector shook his head. "I'm not sure if it was poison or a curse, but it definitely wasn't a fall. It's likely related to the knife found on the victim's back. We'll probably have to send it for testing later. But what is certain is that death was swift. From injury to death, it took no more than ten seconds, almost instantaneous. The priests who immediately took over the treatment can also confirm this."

"In other words, the deceased fell down after being attacked by the murderer. And died soon after landing?"

Director Gordon frowned, feeling that the situation was becoming increasingly troublesome.

He thought for a moment and then gave the order: "Immediately conduct a body search on all personnel on the second floor of the club!

“For something this dangerous, there must be a container to store it, or a tool specifically designed to use it. Go find it!

"Secretary Love might have been talking to someone before he died. Then find everyone on the second floor who was near the handrail at the time of the incident, anyone who was not talking to others, anyone who was sneaking around in the corner, and anyone who was seen moving quickly after the incident, and bring them down!"

"Also," Aiwass, who had been watching quietly, suddenly added, "On top of that, please also check if the members on the second floor have any documents or briefcases on them."

Hearing Aiwas' voice, the young inspector and Director Gordon turned around.

Looking at Aiwass sitting in the wheelchair, Commissioner Gordon easily recognized his identity.

"...Mr. Aiwass, huh? I heard about that case you handled in Lloyd's."

The old knight said in a deep voice.

He did not look down on Aiwass because of his young age. Instead, he asked him seriously, "Do you think this matter is related to the documents that Secretary Love brought with him?"

"Just a hunch. No proof."

Aiwass didn't laugh, but said seriously, "But generally speaking, would someone who comes to the White Shoes Club to listen to music bring so many documents? Even if he did, wouldn't he use this bag to put them in? If he's checking so many documents by the second-floor handrail, one of them might fall if he's not careful.

"So I think he might have just opened the document bag, or just received the documents from someone else. So we need to check whether someone is trying to steal something - or it is possible that he was assassinated because he was discovered stealing the documents."

In reality, this was a bullshit excuse from Aiwass, who simply raised the possibility that it would be more reasonable to be unprofessional.

Anyway, he and Isabel were both holding the line, and Edward would be here soon. They would definitely investigate this in the end...and if he spoke too professionally, he might be targeted.

The real reason was that the more Aiwass looked at the deceased, the more familiar he felt.

After hearing his name, I finally remembered his identity and recalled the plot that was skipped by Aiwass!

This middle-aged secretary with gold-rimmed glasses and a slightly balding head is the "someone" in the [Letter from Someone to the Noble Red Society]!

In the game, the player first learns that this "someone" is most likely a trusted confidant of a certain important figure. Then, from the "Sweater Brotherhood" dungeon, which appears several months after the "Gallows Square Missing Body Case," the player obtains a document written in code.

Through Sherlock's deciphering of the document, the player learns that it is actually a series of locations and numbers. Basically, it means that different quantities of explosives stored in an abandoned chemical plant should be delivered to designated locations at designated times.

Later, for some unknown reason, the player and Aiwass were discovered from the sealed crate, and then jumped out to fight each other.

Now that I think about it, it's possible that the player and Aiwass took the risk of hiding in the box, intending to sneak in and search it. At the agreed time, Sherlock or someone else delivered the box to the designated location, but upon arriving, someone discovered something was amiss.

After defeating these people, they found another document from them and finally escaped from the pursuit of corrupt supervisors.

Aiwass had no idea of ​​the document's specific contents, as he had skipped over them. However, he remembered a bit of the dialogue after the cutscene—in short, after Sherlock's careful analysis, he discovered that the three documents, seemingly written in different handwriting, actually belonged to the same person.

More than a week later, an official committed suicide by taking poison at home because he was discovered by the Inspectorate for taking bribes.

Although this incident only appeared in a corner of the Glass Steps newspaper, Sherlock keenly sensed something was amiss. He investigated the actual time of the officer's death and discovered that the officer had "committed suicide" after the player and Aiwass's infiltration investigation failed and they switched to Berserker Stealth.

Upon learning of this, the player infiltrated the mansion and stole Secretary Raff's documents. By comparing the handwriting, Sherlock confirmed that this "someone" was the secretary. Thus, the "big shot" collaborating with the Noble Red Society was confirmed to be Minister Droste!

——Although Aiwass skipped the entire plot in the middle, fortunately, when he was talking to Sherlock, a news clipping about "Agent XX committed suicide at home out of fear of crime" popped up.

Aiwass didn't remember his name or appearance, but he remembered his hairstyle.

Now, when I see Raff's secretary's gold-rimmed glasses, I finally recall this scene -

Lily's biological father, Minister Droste, was the traitor who was bribed by the spies sent by the Star Antimony Kingdom and regularly supplied top-secret intelligence to the Star Antimony Kingdom through the Noble Red Society!

Being able to find out who the traitor is so quickly is undoubtedly something worth celebrating.

Not to mention, Aiwass hadn't been exposed yet and was still in the dark. Unlike in the game, he was not discovered by the other party because of being too reckless.

But this makes the problem even more complicated.

And among all the people present, including the killer...perhaps only Aiwass truly understands the complexity of the current situation.

Because Aiwass also recognized what that unsheathed poison blade was.

That is the signature assassination weapon used by Hawkeye, an agent organization of Iris.

Its nature was completely different from that of the Inspectorate of Avalon. Although it was also considered a secret service, the Inspectorate's white gloves were, in every sense, official organizations and power structures.

The Iris organization has always been a secret assassination organization. They mainly carry out assassinations in China and rarely go abroad.

Because Hawkeye is a killer organization, and the mysterious skills related to invisibility, stealth, and poison are all adapted to the Tao, and even the organization's name contains the word "Eagle", they are generally believed to be a secret society that escaped from the Black Hawk Principality, which believes in the Lord of Scales and Feathers.

——It was not until the middle of version 4.0 that players learned for the first time that the secret leader of this killer organization was actually the Prime Minister of the Iris Kingdom himself!

The old Prime Minister uses this assassination organization to assassinate political opponents from different factions, their capable subordinates, or even to discredit them or eliminate competitors within his own party. He disguises all of this as killing on orders, creating a scene of mutual hatred between two parties within the Iris, each believing in the path of love and beauty.

The radical party to which Prime Minister Iris belongs has a core demand for extreme racism. They advocate expelling the "Moon Children" from the kingdom and abandoning the Path of Love, emulating Avalon's path-purifying methods, in order to alleviate the increasingly intense Path conflicts within the Iris Kingdom.

So, Aiwass immediately thought of the beautiful and elegant senior student who gave him "Dracula" as Aiden mentioned.

He was the one who later connected Aiden with the "Sons of the Moon" racial force.

Thinking of this, Aiwass looked at Aiden with a complicated expression.

Noticing Aiwass's gaze, Aiden scratched his head in confusion and looked back: "What's wrong, Aiwass?"

"fine."

Aiwass sighed, shook his head, and asked gently, "Of course, something as inconspicuous as a document could be hidden... perhaps tucked away in a book. You are experienced, so I'll have to trouble you to carefully monitor this, Director Gordon."

He couldn't just name the murderer and say, "The murderer is a pretty female student who loves reading." His deduction wasn't that far-fetched.

After all, Aiwass himself had never seen what she looked like.

Then I can only give you some accurate information on a case-by-case basis.

"...I'll go and see for myself."

The old knight pondered for a while and felt that what Aiwas said made sense.

Watching Commissioner Gordon's back as he went upstairs, Aiwass sighed.

——To be honest, Aiden, your bad woman radar is really accurate.

There are still three days left in this month, but the unprecedentedly hardworking cat has already updated 19w9k words this month!

The cat's rotating schedule has turned into that I have not eaten dinner yet after finishing writing at 10:50 in the morning. I am hungry, sleepy, dizzy and dizzy... I plan to take a day off at the end of the month to save my life, tentatively on the 29th or 30th!

(End of this chapter)