Chapter 111: Obstruction
Conquer the southern coast of the sea, Kankerdar.
As one of the largest and most prosperous cities in Northern Ukraine, Kankedar, which has always served as an important communication channel for Northern Ukraine to the outside world, has gathered a large population, most of whom are foreign survivors from the main continent. This has given Kankedar a large residential area for foreigners, and local Northern Ukrainian people are not allowed to enter, forming an urban area that is very different from the style of the Northern Ukrainian mainland.
The assassination incident at Kankedal South Station, which occurred on the morning of the 10th, greatly stimulated Kankedal, especially the nerves of foreign residents in Kankedal. They had never imagined that an originally grand welcome ceremony would turn into such a bloody case. Since the injured included the mayor of Kankedal and other upper-class figures among the foreign survivors, the assassination caused a huge stir among the foreign citizens of Kankedal, and everyone expressed great indignation towards the murderer of the assassination.
The foreigners in Kankedar looked down on the locals in Northern Ukraine, and did not have much good feelings towards the heretical Shadi regime. After the assassination occurred and was reported, the dissatisfaction of the citizens of Kankedar with the Shadi regime immediately turned into indignation. In all public discussions, almost everyone denounced the rudeness and heresy of the Adus barbaric rebels in harsh words, expressed sympathy for the victims of the assassination, and the royal family of Baruch also went to visit the victims of the assassination.
At noon, in the foreign residential area of Kankedal, in an elegant restaurant on a busy road, many people who spoke different languages, dressed appropriately and looked like people from the Mainland gathered here, dining and communicating at the same time. The focus of their conversation was naturally on the assassination that had occurred not long ago. Obviously, when talking about this incident, everyone was very indignant and condemned the heretics and Shadi, and sympathized with the victims. Some of them even spoke very loudly and their tone was not very friendly.
On the first floor of the restaurant, at a window seat, a pair of figures were having a meal. They were Dorothy and Nephthys. Dorothy, wearing a white floral dress and a sun hat, was cutting a steak on the table. Nephthys, wearing a slim-fitting shirt and trousers, a wide-brimmed hat and sunglasses, was not paying attention to the delicious food on the table. She was reading today's latest newspaper, concentrating on the content.
"The heretics are ruthless, but the people are kind... We face suffering together and show love... Because of the assassination on the 10th, the exiled royal family of Baruch in Kank has received deep sympathy from the international community and all walks of life. When our reporter interviewed Prince Maad, the temporary representative of the Baruch royal family, he said that after the assassination, they have received donations from all sides. These donations are extremely important, which helps them, the exiles, to overcome the current difficulties and continue to unite to fight against the violent persecution of the heretics.
"In the interview, Prince Maad tearfully thanked the international community for their moral concern. He said he would never forget the help the exiled royal family received during this difficult time. If they could return to Addis one day, they would erect a monument for this donation..."
With a frown on her face, Nephnis slowly read out the content of the news that she was watching. The more she read, the more froze her expression became. After she finished reading, she spoke directly.
"Donations from the poor? This is crazy! There are statues of these royal family members at every intersection on the streets of Addis. These people can build swimming pools in the desert. They moved all the valuable things in the museum. I searched for a long time before I found something left. The things they took away from Addis are enough for them to eat for more than ten lifetimes. And they still say in the newspapers that they are in a difficult situation and are receiving donations? There are a lot of people in Addis who are more miserable than these royal family members."
Looking at the newspaper in her hand, Nephnis complained frankly that she had visited the Addis Museum in order to find the Heavenly Judge's sacrificial suit, but she only found a few collections there. After searching for a long time, she finally found some remaining ancient Beiwu female gold ornaments. After Nephnis took the gold ornaments back, she referred to the characteristics of ancient Beiwu costumes that she had learned in school, combined with her usual accumulated knowledge of various fashion wear, and spent an evening designing a set of ancient Beiwu female priest costumes. After seeing it, Dorothy immediately used several corpse puppets to cut the cloth and made the product, so that Nephnis could wear it to disguise herself as the priestess Isis. After this, Dorothy knew that Neph had a talent for fashion design, until she bought a lot of clothes, went shopping, and read a lot of magazines.
After seeing the situation in the Addis Museum, Nephnis also roughly understood how much wealth originally belonging to Addis was taken away by these Baruch royal family members when they fled. Therefore, he couldn't help but feel that it was a great irony that someone was donating to them now. In Addis, he had seen countless poor people queuing up to receive relief cakes. Their normal lives were much more difficult than those Baruch refugees.
"Whoever has the right to speak has the right to define the situation. For the current rulers of Kankedar and the forces behind them, no matter how well the Baruch remnants are doing, they are still the pitiful victims at this moment. The people here, who are far away from the suffering, only believe in the news from the media. As for the troublesome situation like the truth, it is too difficult to understand. After all, compared with the suffering of millions of people thousands of miles away, the impact of a few deaths and injuries right in front of us will be much greater."
Dorothy said this while eating steak with a hint of sarcasm. Listening to Dorothy's words, Nephnis put down the newspaper in her hand and said to Dorothy worriedly.
"Miss Dorothy... the assassination yesterday was a complete frame-up. These Kankedar guys wanted to harm Sister Vanya. She is in danger now. Should we take her away directly?"
"Vanya's current situation is indeed somewhat unfavorable, but it is not the time to run away. If we take her away, it will only confirm the crime she has been framed for, making her situation even more dangerous. The most urgent task now is to help her clear the false accusation and remove the suspicion of having ties to heresy. Only after the suspicion is removed will she be truly safe."
Dorothy picked up a piece of steak and explained to Nefernis, and Nefernis continued to speak after hearing this.
"Clear the suspicion... But the people investigating this case are from Kankedal. They obviously don't want Sister Vanya to have an easy life. Even if there is evidence, they can't clear the suspicion..."
"Yes, the right to investigate is in the hands of those guys now. Even if we have evidence, we can't do anything. Don't forget that this case involves the work of the heretic church. The final right of investigation belongs to the church. In other words, how this case will turn out and how the case will be characterized as a whole are up to the church. Now no matter what Kankedal says, it's useless. What we need to do is wait for the church to take over the case investigation and then help Vanya in secret. And they are almost here now..."
Dorothy said this, and then she pointed to a newspaper beside her. The content reported on it was "Holy Mountain has sent an investigation team to Kankerdar."
"The plan these guys made was hastily and not thorough, and there were many flaws in its implementation. After we disrupted it, there were even more loopholes. As long as the church's investigation team does not have any problems with its position, it will be easy for us to help Vanya get rid of suspicion. We may even have a chance to use the investigation team to turn the tables on Kankedar and his group."
Dorothy continued to analyze and speak. If those guys' plan was fully implemented, Vanya would be in danger. But now that the plan was greatly disrupted, any slightly professional team could detect the suspicious points in this assassination case. As long as the investigation and judgment were fair, it would not be easy to help Vanya clear her suspicion.
After listening to Dorothy's words, Nephnis thought for a while and then spoke again.
"Is there no problem with the position of the investigators? Then Miss Dorothy, if there is a problem with the position of the investigators, what should we do?"
Dorothy, who was drinking juice, paused for a moment while listening to Nefernis's words. Then she put the juice back on the table, wiped her lips and spoke.
“If the position of the investigators is also problematic, then the situation will be really difficult to handle. At that time, all the evidence we provide will be ignored, and Vanya’s unfair verdict will be a foregone conclusion… At that time, the only way to save the situation is to contact Shadi and ask him to give up internal integration and immediately announce a break with the Savior Faction at the risk of a large-scale civil war, in order to prove Vanya’s innocence.
"Even so, it is hard to say that Vanya can be saved. If the other party is determined to label Adus and Vanya as heretics, even if Shadi announces a breakup, it will be useless. The church investigators can announce that they have found evidence to prove that Shadi's public announcement was an act of mutual rescue between heretics and is not trustworthy. Simply put, if the church investigators and the judges have the same intentions as Kankedal and his group, any attempt to prove Vanya's innocence will be useless.
"If things come to this, we can only try the last resort, violently rescue Vanya and run away with her."
Dorothy said this, and her meaning was not simple. Whoever controls the right to investigate controls everything. The so-called evidence is only effective under the condition that the investigating party is fair and neutral. If the investigating party and the judging party want to get you from the beginning, then no matter how solid the evidence in your hand is, it will be of no use.
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