Chapter 54: Cruel Blow
When the alarm foreshadowed the danger, the surrounding sea was calm, with no sign of anything unusual.
However, the shrill roar continued to sound over the island, and it could not be faked at all.
The Seagull Town on the island was in chaos.
Everyone came out of their houses and started talking to their neighbors, with confusion written all over their faces.
Although they lived on this island, they had never heard such a loud alarm.
Not only them, but even the top leaders of the organization had never encountered such a situation.
At this time, in the small town meeting room, more than a dozen high-ranking members of the anti-thief organization were looking at the strange man in the lead with surprised expressions.
"Danger is approaching."
The strange man was wrapped in white cloth and a cloak, like a living mummy, and spoke in a low voice, like the friction of rough wood.
"There is no danger we can resist at all."
"How could there be danger?"
Someone asked in confusion: "Nothing special has happened recently?"
"But the mayor's judgment has never been wrong."
The other man was extremely respectful to the weirdo, and immediately said, "If the mayor says there is danger, then there must be danger!"
"But where is the danger?"
"I didn't see any signs..."
"Why don't you try divination?"
Everyone was whispering to each other, looking confused, and the mummy-like mayor didn't say anything to explain.
He sounded the alarm, but seemed to have no idea where the danger came from?
In the noisy environment, only the black deputy mayor guessed something, and his eyes kept glancing at Father Matthew who was sitting not far away.
If there was any big thing that happened recently, it was obviously the trade of Andy.
But the priest has not made this matter public yet, and only the two of them on the island know about it.
Others were puzzled and puzzled by this sudden crisis, but the black deputy mayor had some guesses.
After all, Father Matthew had just contacted the butler and issued a threat, and then this danger appeared. It is hard not to think too much.
Moreover, judging from the priest's appearance, he seemed to think so as well...
Father Matthew had a serious look on his face at this time, and his expression was no different from that of the people around him.
But the deputy mayor who was familiar with him could see that he was in a very gloomy mood at the moment.
The fist half-hidden in the sleeve was even clenched tightly and kept shaking.
He is very angry.
Why? Because he threatened the butler, hoping that he would compromise and stand on the side of the rebels, but now the butler turned the table over? Or, was their contact discovered by the royal family?
To the point of causing danger?
The black deputy mayor wasn't sure what had happened, and he didn't have a chance to think more about it.
Because at this moment, a white light suddenly shone out from a transparent crystal ball floating in the air on the conference table, and condensed into a dynamic video screen above the long table.
"Something is wrong, Chief." Someone's voice came from the screen.
But it was like he was holding a camera. The senior executives could not see his image, they could only see the scenes “filmed” by him.
In the picture, a middle-aged man in a suit and tie is being dragged out of the municipal building by two uniformed soldiers.
The man struggled hard, his expression showing fear and surprise, and he kept saying things like "It's a misunderstanding", "Who are you? I want to communicate with your superior" and so on.
However, the soldier did not respond at all, but dragged him silently and stuffed him into a military jeep.
The rough and rude means knocked the man's gold-rimmed glasses crooked, but no one cared whether he looked embarrassed or not.
The passers-by who gathered around to watch the excitement were quite surprised and looked at the scene in disbelief, as if they had witnessed something rare and major!
"He's Mayor Tygas of York Harbor."
The voice of the person filming came, "I just took refuge with Butler Weaver a few days ago, but now I was suddenly captured."
He took refuge with the housekeeper, but was arrested? This made the senior executives in the conference room look at each other in confusion.
Who is a butler?
That was the only representative of the royal family in this area! And now, his new lackey was being treated like this in public...
Who has such courage? There is no time to think about it, because the scene projected by the crystal ball has changed again.
“Let us go!”
"Do you know who my friend is?"
"That old gentleman is his benefactor, and even the royal family is ready to receive him. How dare you——"
It is still a real-time shot.
The picture was taken at the entrance of the cathedral, where two young men were also being roughly escorted out.
One of them, with light brown hair, was still yelling angrily.
As a result, the soldier escorting him seemed to be annoyed and slapped him in the face!
The slap was so powerful that the sound was so loud that the young man was stunned and looked incredulous.
Like a clown.
The people in the meeting room didn't pay attention to the young man, but instead looked at the other person being escorted next to him.
This man has blond hair and blue eyes, and a handsome face. At this moment, his expression is also angry, but more of it is confusion.
"Isn't that Anthony?"
Someone recognized his identity and was greatly surprised. "He just won first place in the assessment not long ago. Why is he being targeted now?"
"He got that first place in an ignominious way..."
"housekeeper?"
As soon as this word came out, the conference room suddenly became quiet.
Because the housekeeper looked at him differently, Anthony was able to escape from the predicament of poor performance and won the first place that should have belonged to Andy.
Everyone knows about this, and there has been a lot of ridicule and discussion.
But now, this rising star who was favored by the housekeeper was also arrested?
There was a lackey in front and Anthony behind...
Although the truth has not yet been revealed, a bad premonition has already begun to grow in the minds of the top leaders.
But on the surface, the housekeeper and they are in a hostile relationship, so no one has thought about their side yet.
But they didn't need to think about it.
What happened next made the top executives change their expressions drastically!
The butler's men, the butler's relatives and friends, the butler's family members...those who were targeted by the Shrike, no matter where they were in the country, all could not escape the fate of being arrested!
But what the higher-ups care about is not the housekeeper’s bad luck.
But along with these news came things related to the organization!
North Three, West Nine, South Four, the anti-bandit organization actually has many branch bases, located in various states and cities in the country.
But now, people from the sub-bases have contacted the headquarters one after another, claiming that there are UFOs hovering around, and it seems that they are not friendly! This news makes the top management completely uneasy.
But bad things happened one after another, and they haven't stopped yet! The supernatural families closely related to the organization, such as Bradley, Plank, and Celestine, have also been sending messages here one after another, claiming that members of their families have been taken away by people sent by the royal family for unknown purposes!
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
The panic-stricken, heavy, and even slightly tearful reports coming from various states and cities across the country made the atmosphere in the conference room extremely depressing.
But before the top leaders could discuss how to deal with it, a more serious news suddenly appeared! Several members of a certain extraordinary family, regardless of the safety of their captured family members, panicked and abandoned the family residence and rushed to the island headquarters!
Obviously, these people were afraid that the family member who was arrested would reveal their identities, so they decided to escape.
But in this case, can the member who was captured and betrayed by his family still insist on not saying anything?
Can these people who seem to have not been captured and are not suspected really escape the royal family's sight by fleeing to the island headquarters?
Will they attract the attention of the royal family?
After realizing this possibility, the faces of the senior executives present turned pale instantly! ...
On the other hand, as the core of the incident, the butler could no longer sit still.
"how so?"
"Why is it like this?"
He paced back and forth in the office, his face no longer calm as before, but full of panic.
The atmosphere was impetuous, and the phone in the office kept ringing. The secretary was busy answering the phone, and received bad news one after another! The trusted subordinates were taken away one after another, the property and bank accounts were all blocked, and the housekeeper's family members were also taken away from schools, companies, homes and other places one by one, and then lost contact! The female secretary finally despaired, gasping for breath, and completely ignored the ringing phone on the table.
In the end, after taking a look at the old housekeeper, she even ran out the door in a hurry, intending to escape!
The housekeeper ignored her thoughts.
Even the secretary has realized something, so of course he must be aware of what is going on!
But he was still very confused. He sat down dejectedly in the office chair with a dull expression, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses.
"how so?"
This question kept echoing in my mind.
How many contributions has he made to the royal family, and how many bad things has he done for the second young master?
I have done all the dirty and tiring work, and have been blamed countless times.
But in the blink of an eye, the second young master turned around and raised his butcher knife towards him! ? Why did this happen?
Could it be that the boy's secret was exposed?
However, how is this possible?
Only the rebels knew about this, but they wanted to use me...
How could they leak the news before I helped them to establish a connection? But if they were not traitors, who else could it be?
With Father Matthew's cover-up, who else could know the boy's background? Was it a traitor among the rebel leaders who leaked the truth? Or did the royal family find something wrong and send people to dig deeper? The butler, sitting in the office chair, looked panicked. He thought over and over again, but could not get an answer.
He could never have imagined that the disaster he was facing was entirely because of the boy himself! It was not that he could not imagine that Andy would know his own life experience.
But he simply didn't believe that the boy captured by the rebels could pass the message to the royal family!
First of all, this matter requires evidence, and it is impossible to just say what is true.
Secondly, members of the royal family are difficult to approach.
Even Father Matthew had to target his butler. How could a little boy have the channels to "report"? Then, who leaked the news? The butler was confused.
However, this kind of thinking is not so much a doubt as it is a desperate attempt to divert attention.
Divert your attention and stop thinking about your next situation——
No one knew better than him what the consequences of being abandoned by the royal family would be.
It can even be said that he has personally dealt with many subordinates who were disliked by the royal family over the years.
However, when he was dealing with those people in the past, he could never have imagined that such a thing would actually happen to him!
"It all started with that plane crash and that test..."
"Damn boy! Damn Matthew!!"
Sitting motionless in the office chair, the old housekeeper finally thought of the root of the matter, and he trembled with anger.
The hatred in those old eyes grew stronger and stronger, as if he wished he could turn into an evil spirit and pounce on the two enemies who had ruined his life!
But he obviously had no chance to do such a thing.
A group of soldiers suddenly kicked open the office door and rushed in. They looked at the old butler sitting there with cold eyes.
"Tamm?"
When he saw the leader, the butler smiled mockingly, "I was the one who introduced you to the Second Young Master, but now you come to arrest me?"
"The Second Young Master's order is not to arrest you."
A bearded middle-aged man named Tam said so.
Then, before the old man showed a look of surprise, he took out a black object that looked like an anklet.
"The Second Young Master's order is to make your life worse than death."
After declaring this expressionlessly, the bearded middle-aged man stepped towards Butler Weaver, whose face turned pale instantly after seeing the anklet.
"You and your family are living a life worse than death."
(End of this chapter)