"assassin--!!!"

With a roar, General Bud leaped up and rushed towards Fang Zheng. Fang Zheng sneered and then turned around and walked into the house.

"Stop, assassin!!"

General Bud was so angry at this moment that he leaped up like a cannonball and rushed directly into the balcony. However, when he broke through the door and came to the corridor, he found that there was no one here except corpses.

"hateful……!!"

Seeing this scene, General Bud clenched his hands and roared angrily.

"I will definitely kill you!!!"

"That depends on whether you have the ability."

Standing on the top of a tower not far away, listening to the roar that broke through the sky, Fang Zheng pulled up his hood.

"I have delivered this letter of challenge. How will you react next?"

Just as Fang Zheng expected, the death of the Duke of Croatia in public caused great panic in the aristocratic district of the entire imperial capital. In broad daylight, in front of the eyes of the public, in front of General Budd, one of the two pillars of the empire, the other party killed the Duke of Croatia, a member of the royal family, and pushed his body to the ground. This was a complete contempt and disdain for the supreme imperial power, and even the most pointed threat and challenge to the emperor!

The imperial capital was now in complete panic.

The other party dared to kill people in front of General Budd, completely without any taboos and acting recklessly. What's more important is that Budd didn't catch the other party at all, which means that other people living in the noble district will also be in danger!

The nobles couldn't help themselves. You know, they didn't care much when the incident happened in the outer city. After all, they lived in the noble area of ​​the inner city, which was well guarded and had high walls. The assassins were just wandering around the periphery. What did the death of people outside have to do with them?

But now the situation is different. The enemy is bold and unscrupulous, and dares to kill people anywhere. They even suspect that the next target will be the emperor!

General Budd also considered this possibility, so he returned to the palace and stayed with the emperor closely, because he could see that the assassin really didn't care about the other party's identity. If he dared to kill the duke, then what was killing the emperor? !

The noble district had almost tightened its security to the limit, but even so, nobles were still killed every day. Some of them were either in secret rooms, under heavy protection, or never woke up the next day. This also made the nobles panic, especially those who had done bad things, who were so scared that they could only hide at home and leave everything to fate.

There were even nobles who simply disguised themselves and tried to escape from the imperial capital - these assassins only operated in the imperial capital anyway, so as long as they left the imperial capital and returned to their hometowns or territories, they would be safe!

However, although these nobles had good ideas, the fact was that after their carriages left the imperial capital, only corpses were left inside.

This frightened the nobles so much that they dared not go out or come in. Even the ministers who went to court every day were trembling with fear and shrinking in fear, fearing that they would be killed by accident.

Now the operation of the entire imperial capital was completely paralyzed.

You have to know that Fang Zheng was once an emperor. Killing a noble or an official is not just a matter of one person dying. It also means the collapse of his intelligence network, network of contacts, and other things. These are closely related to the command system of the imperial capital. It is not as simple as just finding someone else to replace a person if he dies.

As a result, the entire imperial capital began to become panic-stricken, which made General Bud, who was in charge of guarding the imperial capital, extremely angry, but he could do nothing about it. The other party glanced at him when he left, and Bud understood the meaning of that look very well.

That is the emperor is also his goal.

So he didn't dare to leave the emperor's side, but it was not his intention to watch him do evil...

"Minister Ernest, it's about time to send General Esdeath back!"

At the morning court, a senior official wiped his sweat and made a suggestion. Those who had to attend court every day were the most miserable. Other officials could ask for sick leave, but they had to go to court every day with their heads on the line. They were really fed up with this fear.

Of course, everyone knows that General Bud is very powerful, but there is only one General Bud!

Besides, he rarely leaves the palace, so it would be better to rely on General Esdeath than on him.

"There's no need for that. He's just a petty thief."

However, in response to the senior official's advice, Minister Ernest, who was standing behind the emperor and gnawing on the meat bones, gave an answer without hesitation.

“…”

Hearing this, General Bud just looked at him silently without saying anything. He certainly knew why Minister Ernest was unwilling to recall Esdeath. The nobles of the Kingdom of Lugnica gave Minister Ernest quite a lot of bribes and asked him to send people to quell the rebellion in the country. General Bud had also heard about it. After all, the nobles of Lugnica were also quite rich. Although General Bud didn't know what the other party gave, judging from Minister Ernest's performance, it must be a lot.

"In fact, General Esdeath has already sent back three of her best men. They will form a force specifically to hunt down these thieves!"

As he spoke, Minister Ernest also became excited. To be honest, the assassins' actions during this period of time also brought him a lot of pressure. Just as Fang Zheng thought, killing a noble and a bureaucrat was not just as simple as killing a subordinate. In the past, when Ernest needed to do something, he also handed it over to others. Now most of these people were either dead or dared not go out. He himself felt that there was no way out and he was very depressed.

But fortunately... the nobles of Lugnica also sent me two good helpers... hehehe...

Of course, it takes time to form a specialized force, and Fang Zheng has not been idle during this period.

Killing nobles was not a big deal for him, as they would die sooner or later anyway. Fang Zheng had also used the "Whispering Banner" to investigate, and those who were heinous would naturally die, while those who were not so despicable could still stay alive, and it would be good to let them repent in fear of death.

But soon, Fang Zheng discovered that someone was taking advantage of this opportunity to fish in troubled waters.

For example, now.

“…I’m a step too late.”

Looking at the fat pig lying on the chair, completely dead, Fang Zheng frowned slightly. Just when he came to this floor just now, Hawkeye told him that the target was sitting here, but now he was dead?

And he was killed.

Fang Zheng stared carefully at the neck of the fat and big-eared man in front of him. He could see a clear pinhole on the neck. It looked as if someone had stabbed something into it, killing him with one blow.

Um……

Fang Zheng silently took two steps back and looked around carefully.

It's a secret room. There are only a few cats here and no one else except the target.

Um……

Fang Zheng lowered his head and looked at the group of cats lying on the ground. He thought for a moment, then reached out his hand, pulled one of the white cats out, put it in his arms, and then turned and left.

“Meow! Meow!!”

The cat obviously didn't like being touched, and struggled and screamed desperately, but Fang Zheng just held its head down, and the cat immediately shut up. He then took the white cat away from the target's residence and came to a nearby forest. Then Fang Zheng picked up the white cat in his arms and stared at it.

"You did it."

"Meow?"

In response to Fang Zheng's question, the white cat tilted its head curiously and meowed, as if to say, "I'm a cute little kitty and I don't know anything."

"Well, you are pretending very well. Then I will see how well you can pretend."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng stretched out his other hand and touched the white cat's abdomen, belly, and legs. Then, Fang Zheng pointed his finger at the cat's **...

“Meow! Meow! Meow!!!”

The white cat screamed at this moment, and then a white smoke flashed suddenly in the next moment, and then the white cat in Fang Zheng's hand turned into a young girl.

"Pervert, pervert! Put me down now!"

It was a girl with long orange hair, wearing something like headphones, holding a lollipop in her mouth, and wearing clothes similar to a school uniform, struggling desperately.

However, Fang Zheng just looked at her silently, then stretched out his right hand and placed it on her neck. The next moment, the sharp hidden blade jumped out with a "click". Feeling the cold touch, the girl trembled suddenly and stopped struggling.

"Okay, now tell me."

Fang Zheng stared at the girl silently and asked.

"Who are you?"

"My name is Chelsi."

The girl dropped her arms and legs weakly.

"Is it the people who attacked at night?"

“…”

Chelsea nodded. She was also very depressed. She didn't expect that her identity would be exposed so quickly. Never mind. But this man just scolded her!

But wait…

"How do you know I turned into a cat?"

Chelsea was completely puzzled. She couldn't understand why Fang Zheng found her. She was very confident in her transformation, but she was discovered so quickly?

“It’s very simple.”

Fang Zheng put Chelsea down, stared at her and spoke.

"First, I was ready to take action, so I knew how many people were in the room. Second, when I entered the room, the entire room was locked, which means it was a closed room. There was no space for humans to enter or exit, which means the murderer was still in the room. Considering the current situation, the murderer was either alone or with someone he trusted and was sure was not a threat."

Having said that, Fang Zheng looked at Chelsea.

"In this case, it's usually a woman, so it's very likely that she's the target's sexual object. So it's very likely that the murderer has the ability to disguise himself as someone else, but I didn't see anyone else or anything else in the room, so it can be judged that the murderer should have the ability to transform into a living being... Although generally speaking this is unlikely, I happen to know that there are many things in this country that are not very reasonable and scientific... You are also the holder of an imperial weapon, right?"

“…That’s amazing.”

After listening to Fang Zheng's reasoning, Chelsea was also stunned.

"But I still don't understand, how do you know that this cat is me?"

Chelsea couldn't understand this at all. She could just attribute the previous things to the man's strong reasoning ability. But she had to know that there were several cats in the room at that time. Why did he choose her?

Is it a guess?

However, in response to Chelsea's question, Fang Zheng just laughed.

"I won't tell you."

Then he spoke.