Wizard Earl

Chapter 465 Identifying the Instigator

+That's right! Connor believes that the mastermind behind this horrific murder case is old Victor!

The act of carving the Ferguson family crest on the body of the deceased Jane Adele was clearly intended to link the incident to the Ferguson family and to get the Rune Metropolitan Police Department to investigate them. Since only Connor, a member of the Ferguson family, was in Rune, it was obvious that this was aimed at Connor.

According to normal thinking, if someone were to get involved in a murder case, their motives would almost certainly be bad. The person who would do such a thing would either have a conflict of interest with you or have a grudge against you. Connor considered this and concluded that the only people who fit both criteria and knew his identity were Old Victor's secret society and the long-vanished Celta Church. Compared to the Celta Church, Old Victor, who had just had a falling out with Connor, was obviously more suspicious!

The vast majority of hereditary nobles in the Kaman Empire receive a good education. However, because most of their material needs are met, some of them become idle and begin to pursue spiritual needs, such as singing, dancing, and painting. These are normal, but a very small minority go to extremes and become perverts who enjoy sadomasochism or even sadomasochism.

However, it is really too arrogant to divide the body into S parts and then engrave the family crest on the S body. It is a blatant challenge to the Imperial Police System. So, upon closer examination, it is hard not to suspect that there is a possibility of framing someone.

After all, family crests aren't exactly secrets; many people know about them, making it very easy to frame someone. Officer John Duncan, having been appointed by the Rune Metropolitan Police Department to handle this extremely difficult case, was clearly no fool. He was aware of the problem. However, while he was aware of the problem, when facing Connor, he needed to maintain the police's stance while simultaneously testing Connor to see if he was truly capable of such a reckless and ruthless act.

Judging from John Dunn's final attitude, Connor felt that things should be developing in a positive direction. However, if this was really done by old Victor, then this should be a warning from old Victor to himself. After all, with the two powerful backers of the Valencia Chamber of Commerce and the Storm Church's upper echelons, if old Victor really wanted to frame him, he would have done it very convincingly, leaving him with no way to defend himself. It would never be like now, where just a family crest makes people suspicious just by thinking about it.

"Sigh..." Connor sighed softly, a hint of helplessness in his eyes as he stood in front of the French windows. Old Victor's warning this time had hit him where it hurt. He was in the open while Old Victor was in the shadows. Coupled with such a huge power difference, Old Victor could use dirty tricks against him at will. Although Connor did have some trump cards to fight back, such as exposing the relationship between the Valencia Chamber of Commerce and the Secret Society and the fact that there was a traitor in the Secret Society among the high-ranking members of the Storm Church.

However, these two cards are undoubtedly extremely powerful. Playing them will basically mean the final battle. Old Victor will not hesitate to find and kill Connor before Connor can reveal the secret to more people. Currently, Connor is clearly not ready to completely confront Old Victor. Therefore, for Connor, enduring and accumulating strength may not be a bad choice.

Thinking of this, a hint of doubt appeared in Connor's eyes. He remembered that the trigger for his falling out with old Victor at the Sensi Villa was that old Victor wanted to reassign him some kind of mission. But before old Victor could even say what the mission was, he had already started arguing with the old man. Was it possible that old Victor was using this incident to warn him so that he would accept the mission they had assigned him?

After pondering for a while, Connor shook his head. He didn't have enough information to make a judgment yet. Fortunately, the day he had agreed to meet with Varga was in a few days. The thought of meeting Varga made Connor's heart burn with excitement.

Judging from the recent correspondence between Varga and him, although Varga did not say it explicitly, it seems that she has not disappointed Connor. She has found very useful information for Connor on how to handle the aftermath after killing old Victor.

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Three days later, Connor arrived early at Fabian Square, a famous square in the western part of Rune. He sat in a corner of the square, looking at the magnificent fountain in the center and the crowd of people gathering around it with laughter. Connor's eyes showed a hint of confusion. He didn't understand why Varga would arrange to meet him in such a crowded place instead of choosing his safe house.

Suddenly, Connor had a thought. He turned around and saw a little girl, about twelve or thirteen years old, holding a piece of paper in her hand, walking towards his corner. The little girl's big, bright eyes were fixed on him, as if Connor was her target.

Just as Connor frowned slightly and cautiously released a mental energy to scan the little girl, the results of the examination were the same as what Connor had seen: the little girl was just an ordinary person. After confirming this, Connor did not stop the little girl from walking in front of him.

"Is this note in your hand for me?" Connor asked gently, smiling and patting the little girl's head.

"Well, a big sister just said that if I give this to you, you'll give me money to buy candy..." The little girl handed the note to Connor, then looked at him expectantly with her big eyes.

Connor took the note and examined it closely. He discovered it was written in a secret code known only to him and Varga: "Room 18 at Montero Restaurant! Come quickly!"

After hesitating for a moment, Connor put the note in his pocket, then took out his wallet from his chest. Instinctively, he wanted to take out a one-gold pound note and hand it over, but he glanced at the little girl and placed the same amount of change, also worth one gold pound, in her hand instead.

"Eat less sugar, or your teeth will hurt!" Connor said with a smile as he knelt down and gently brushed the little girl's nose.

Seeing the money Connor gave her, the little girl's eyes lit up with surprise. She nodded vigorously, then sweetly said "Thank you, Uncle!" to Connor before happily running off, leaving Connor bewildered in the wind...

(End of this chapter)