Of course, there is a deeper personal reason why Vandel does not want to take action against Hilco:
What happened that year made him feel deeply guilty.
"You have just witnessed the horror of these monsters. We can't risk the lives of our brothers..." Vandel lowered his voice as much as possible and said in Benso's ear.
Then he pointed to an alchemical device filled with purple liquid not far away, and boxes of glimmer potions placed beside it.
"Besides, the eldest daughter of the Gilaman family is here. The law enforcement officers will definitely come to our door soon. If we clash with Hilko now, we will give the people in Upper City a handle and give them a reason to send us to prison."
"Oh, damn it!" Benso cursed inwardly, glaring at Xierko angrily. "I'll let you go this time, you bastard!"
He took a deep breath, helped Fandel turn around, and waved to the people behind him, "Let's go!"
"What about you guys? Aren't you going together?"
Fandel looked back at Li Lin, Caitlin and Jace who were still standing there with no intention of leaving.
"No, we still have something to ask Xierko." Li Lin explained.
Fandel looked a little hesitant, not sure how Hilco had offended the Giraman family.
But he didn't ask too many questions. "Okay, if you're done, you can come find me at Fugen's Tavern."
"You must come!" Baobao waved his hand and interrupted.
"certainly."
Li Lin watched everyone walk to the corner at the end and disappear from his sight, then turned around and looked at Xierko again.
"What do you want?" Hilco's expression remained cold, as did his voice.
"You were the one who caused the riot in Upper City, weren't you?" Caitlin asked with a serious expression before Li Lin could speak.
Hilco exchanged glances with the bald, tattooed man beside him, then said with a forced smile, "Little girl, you need evidence when you speak. You're making a false accusation."
"There's just been a riot in Upper City, and you're already trying to seize control of Black Alley." Caitlin frowned slightly and snorted coldly, "Stop playing dumb."
"That's quite a coincidence, little girl. We haven't been to the upper city before. Who would have thought there would be a riot there?"
Hilco spread his hands and acted innocent.
“When everything happens too coincidentally, it’s no longer a coincidence, but a premeditated event.”
Seeing that Hilco had no intention of admitting it, Caitlin threw out a trump card, which was also a threat to him:
“Regardless of whether you are related to the incident in the upper city, I think you should be well aware of the consequences of kidnapping a member of parliament.
"After all, all the clues left by the kidnapped congressmen point to the bottom city..."
"etc!"
Before Caitlin could finish her words, Hilco's expression suddenly changed and he interrupted her immediately.
"You just said...kidnapping a congressman?!"
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