"Do you have any objections here?"

"..."

"Then, relevant departments please start preparing for arrest immediately. Since the murderer is a homeless person, in order to prevent the other party from violently resisting arrest, please be sure to be fully prepared in the past three days to reduce losses."

"Yes!"

"In addition, before the arrest warrant is officially issued, all contents of this meeting are not allowed to be disclosed, discussed in public, or disclosed to others."

......

The nearly one hundred and twenty-minute meeting was not very long, but after I came out of the meeting room, I felt like I was in another world.

I touched my dizzy head.

At this moment, someone behind me suddenly pulled at the corner of my clothes - it was Manda.

"Huh?"

"Come here, I have something to say."

I had long expected that Manda would do this, so I followed her obediently to an empty office.

She didn't activate the lighting equipment inside, apparently because she didn't want anyone to notice us when passing by.

"So, what are you going to say?"

"You know——Miss Xue's matter."

Manda stood in the corner farthest from the office door, leaning against the wall.

"You heard just now that Miss Xue is about to be arrested..."

"Well...since the police officers have talked about it to this point, no matter what they think, the murderer can only be Xue."

"Yeah...Eh? Don't you have anything to say?"

"Me?"

I cast a puzzled look at Manda.

"Well... I probably just thought, 'Yeah~~ I finally solved the case,' or 'I hope the bounty will be bigger,' or something like that."

"...Do you really think so?"

"What if?"

I shrugged and my tone was matter-of-fact.

"No matter which angle you look at it, there is conclusive evidence that Xue is the murderer. Even if I believe her in the past, I can't be motivated, right?"

"Well..."

"Oh~~Your expression...doesn't it mean you don't believe me?"

"A little."

"Because I have never expressed my doubts about Xue? Then you have misunderstood~~ I just didn't admit it because of my face."

"Well..."

But Manda didn't look relieved at all, so I had to increase my efforts.

"Let me tell you, Manda...compared to the illusory friendship between Xue and I, a generous bounty would be more attractive to me~~ Besides, Xue's fingerprints were found on the murder weapon, right?

”

"The murder weapon..."

"As for the ice pick... it's just my random guess~~ In comparison, professionals are really reliable."

Yes, leave the rest to reliable people...

"..."

"That, Manda..."

I wanted to pat Manda on the shoulder, but in the end, my hand just stayed in mid-air.

"Do you remember what I said before?"

"What?"

I looked into Manda’s serious eyes.

She has to give up - I decided.

This is for her own good...

"If it's something related to the nobles, then there's nothing we can do."

"You mean..."

"That's right, so..."

I took a deep breath and made a sound of relief:

"Our mission is over."

Our mission is over, there is no need for you to continue.

Before my turn comes, I have to prevent others from being implicated.

So Manda doesn't need to know anything.

"Do you understand, Manda?"

"Well...well..."

......

"Almost there, Gail?"

"Soon."

At night, I braved the wind and snow and moved forward step by step. From time to time, I used Gale to know how far I was from my destination.

The moment I stepped into the hotel, the bell of eight o'clock in the evening could be heard in the distance.

"You were almost late."

The snow is not far from the door.

The light was very dim, and I looked at Xue alone, alone - this time little Edith was not with her.

"In other words, I came early."

I slowly approached Xue, but he remained motionless.

She looked at me, with no emotion in her cold eyes.

"Go to my room."
Chapter completed!