Chapter five hundred and thirty seventh accidental death
In the next few days, Leo stayed in the room where he could see the perfume shop, monitoring the activities there, and only left twice to go downstairs to buy the day's newspaper.
Although this kind of waiting method is too clumsy and passive, it is the best way Leo can think of now.
In the past two days, the city of Durin seemed to be the same as usual, but in fact there was an undercurrent. There were many more police patrolling the streets, and agents from the Special Bureau also appeared on the streets from time to time. These agents
Not only did they carry some modified tools with extremely high-tech technology, but they also sent some extraordinary agents to follow them, including both dependents and people with other abilities.
Judging from the contents of the newspaper, Frank Forson failed to persuade him. Hoover Hanson still decided to attend the opening ceremony of the Naval Museum. However, the previous opening time was postponed for a few days due to the impact of the murder at the Hotel des Nations.
, it seems that the Navy has not completely ignored the suggestions. The delay of these few days is supposed to be to deploy more comprehensive security.
However, the launch of the Naval Museum is not what the citizens of Dulin are most concerned about. Even the deadlock in the mining rights negotiations between the kingdom and Panir is not what the citizens are concerned about. For the citizens of Dulin, the final performance of the Spiritual Drama Troupe will be held five days later.
A tour of the Kingdom of England is what they care about most.
The Spiritual Theater Troupe is a theater troupe that has only become popular in recent years. They started a world tour a year ago. This month they happened to come to the Kingdom of England, performing two performances in the old and new capitals respectively. The three performances they had performed before were all
The seats were full, and various drama critics were full of praise for the plays performed by the troupe.
The English people's love for drama is definitely the best in the world, and the Durin people are the best among the best. In order to allow the spiritual drama troupe to perform, they even went so far as to ask the Parliament and the royal family through the will of the Parliament.
Submit a petition requesting Congress and the royal family to use legislation to order additional performances by the spiritual theater troupe.
This kind of behavior seems very ridiculous in the eyes of people from other countries, but it has become a kind of good talk in the Kingdom of Yingge. It is also because of this move that the spiritual drama troupe that was supposed to end its tour in the Kingdom of Yingge a few days ago agreed.
With an encore, it will definitely feel like a festival to the people of Durin.
The most important news in the newspapers these past two days has been related to the Spiritual Drama Troupe, completely stealing the spotlight from everything else, including the launch of the Navy's long-planned museum.
After Leo read the news about the spiritual theater troupe in the newspaper, he was also curious about this theater troupe, because when he was in Port Sète, Leo had read about this theater troupe in various newspapers more than once.
, most of them praise the drama troupe's performances. Almost everyone who has watched this drama troupe's performance said that they can feel the shock from the soul.
The spiritual shock gained from the drama made Leo feel a little curious, because although various immersive films and televisions in the Earth Federation have long been mature, no movie-goer has ever used their souls to watch the film when being interviewed.
To describe it as shocking, they were more rationally analyzing the story structure, plot arrangement, etc. of the drama itself, so Leo was curious about the spiritual shock described in the newspaper. This curiosity also made him decide to watch spirituality.
The last performance of the theater troupe.
For the Special Bureau, the Naval Security Department, the Police and other departments, although the spiritual drama troupe stole the spotlight from the launch of the Naval Museum, this is not a bad thing, because this will at least reduce the number of citizens attending the launch ceremony, allowing
They can use fewer people to complete on-site security tasks, thereby allocating more manpower to monitor the surrounding areas of the museum’s front square, especially the surrounding high-rise buildings that can see the square.
However, they didn't know that their efforts were probably in vain, because the weapons possessed by the murderer were far beyond their imagination, and the extreme distance they thought would not pose any obstacle to the murderer at all.
Leo had no intention of reminding Frank Fossen, and he had not even contacted Frank Fossen in the past few days, because if he could not find the murderer through this perfume store, then the ritual assassination would be his only chance to capture the murderer.
As for Hoover Hanson's life, it was not his concern.
However, just as he was waiting for the museum exhibition ceremony to begin two days later and the murderer to appear, a newspaper published news that disrupted his plan.
"Hoover Hansen is dead?" Seeing the front-page headlines in all newspapers, Leo felt that this matter was really weird.
I saw that, without exception, these newspapers wrote the news of Hoover Hansen's death in detail on the front page, and later used a large article to describe the life of Hoover Hansen, which seemed to have a deep impression on this hero of the kingdom.
Make a summary of your life.
When Leo first saw the content in the newspaper, what he thought of was a trap, a trap officially prepared by the Kingdom of England for the murderer.
Leo felt that they were doing this just to use this sudden accident to disrupt the murderer's position and make her lose her calm mind. She would come out to investigate whether Hoover Hansen was dead. As long as she came out.
Investigate, then there will definitely be traces to follow, and then we can follow the clues to find the source.
But after carefully reading the newspapers he bought, Leo felt that things might not be as simple as he thought. Hoover Hansen might really be dead, because there were many newspapers run by liberals in these newspapers.
, while publishing the obituary of Hoover Hansen, it also criticized the series of massacres committed by Hoover Hansen in the Mosang Continent, calling him a butcher.
If the official fake news of Hoover Hansen's death was used to create a trap, it would be absolutely impossible for some newspapers to humiliate the naval hero they considered.
Therefore, the only possibility is that Hoover Hansen is really dead, but it is unknown whether he died of an assassination or a natural death due to old age and frailty.
However, in Leo's opinion, the possibility of Hoover Hansen's abnormal death is very high, because just half a month ago there was an article about Hoover Hansen participating in the launching ceremony of the new navy ship. At that time
His physical condition is no worse than that of a normal young person.
If Hoover Hansen had been ill recently, the Navy would not have allowed him to attend the museum opening ceremony. Therefore, Hoover Hansen's death was sudden and abnormal. For this reason, Velen officials used various
method to conceal the truth of his death.
Although Leo was very confident that his speculation was true, he did not make a hasty conclusion, so he went downstairs and found a child who was checking leather shoes nearby. He paid five pennies and asked the child to send a letter to him.
The simple letter signed was sent to the Special Bureau and handed over to Frank Fossen.
Leo, who returned to the surveillance room, waited silently for the arrival of Frank Fossen. He was not worried at all that the child would not see Frank Fossen. In this situation, Frank Fossen was probably looking for him too. Once there was news about him, he would definitely ask.
And come to see him immediately.
Just as Leo expected, after he had waited for less than half an hour, a figure climbed over from the other side of the room toward the window in the dark alley, and after landing, he walked straight to Leo's side.
Said: "General Hansen is dead. He was assassinated."
"I can guess." Leo nodded, without turning his head to look at Frank Forson, but asked directly: "Is the wound that caused his fatal injury very small, and the body tissue around the wound seemed to be burned?
It’s like it’s burnt.”
"How do you know?" Frank Forson was stunned and stared at Leo in surprise.
Leo asked curiously: "How long is the distance?"
"According to the investigation, it was shot at the top of a Poseidon Church two kilometers away from Hansen House." Frank Fussen quickly answered, and at the same time looked at Leo with suspicion and said, "Did you already know that?
The murderer possesses a weapon that can assassinate targets from an extremely long distance?"
"Yes." Leo admitted honestly and said.
Frank Forson couldn't help but ask, "Why didn't you say it then? If you had, General Hansen would..."
"He will die as well." Leo looked at Frank Forson disdainfully and said, "Do you think the big shots in the kingdom would believe that there is such a weapon in the world that can assassinate people from a very long distance?"
Frank Forson did not speak, because it was obvious that let alone the big figures in the kingdom, he would not believe that anyone could kill others at such a long distance before confirming the assassin's assassination location.
Now the pressure on not only the police, but also the Special Bureau, the Naval Security Department and other departments has increased exponentially. This is no longer just for investigating the assassination of Hoover Hansen and the murder of Ambassador Panier.
The more important thing is to find out what kind of weapon the murderer used, and to seize or destroy the weapon.
Otherwise, none of the high-ranking figures in Durin City will feel at ease, because any of them may become the next victim of this weapon.
"What have you been doing these two days? Have you found the whereabouts of the murderer?" Frank Forson did not dwell on this issue. Instead, he asked Leo, walked to the window and looked out, and saw the person opposite.
After entering the perfume store, I couldn't help but be stunned and asked: "Does Gilena's perfume store have anything to do with this matter?"
"It has something to do with it." Leo nodded, and then told Frank Forson about the scent of perfume he found at the murder scene, the results of the investigation here, and his approach of waiting for the murderer to appear.
After listening, Frank Fussen showed a little disappointment on his face and said: "It is indeed a good clue, but it is a pity that it is useless now. The murderer assassinated General Hansen at home in advance, and I am afraid that he has escaped from Dulin City now.
If you continue to stay here, you won't be able to wait until the murderer shows up."
"I don't think so." Leo refuted Frank Fossen's opinion and said with great confidence: "Actually, I think the murderer should appear soon!"
"Why?" Frank Forson looked at Leo in confusion.
"It's very simple, because everyone else thinks like you that the murderer has escaped from Dulin City, so they will inevitably increase their search efforts in the surrounding towns of Dulin City, and even the seaport cities in the entire kingdom." Leo explained:
"So the situation outside will be extremely serious. Cards will be set up and searches will be carried out everywhere. Durin City will calm down and become the safest place."
Frank Forson was stunned for a moment, then fell into deep thought. After a long time, he nodded and said, "Yes, you make sense."
Leo continued: "Actually, we don't know much about the murderer. At most, we know that she is a woman, possibly a remnant of an ancient tribe. We know nothing about other details, such as her appearance. Now in Dulin City,
There are hundreds of thousands of people from the Mozang continent, so she doesn't need to do anything at all. As long as she blends in among the hundreds of thousands of people, she won't have any trouble being an ordinary Mozang."
"Yes." Frank Forson also agreed with Leo's statement, and said very seriously: "I will transfer the people back right now..."
"Don't do that." Leo dissuaded: "I think not only can't you transfer people back, but you should increase the intensity of searches in surrounding cities, and you should also ask other departments to cooperate with you to increase the intensity of searches."
"You..." Frank Forson didn't understand Leo's intention for doing this for a while, and hesitated for a moment, but soon he realized the benefits of Leo's doing this.
Once Leo's method is followed, then the surrounding areas of Durin City, and even the entire town of the Kingdom of England except Durin, will be dangerous for assassins. Only Durin is safe. In this way, Durin is equivalent to
An invisible cage trapping the assassin gave them plenty of time to find the murderer.
After listening to Leo's suggestion, Frank Fussen did not stop, and immediately rushed back to the Special Bureau headquarters, summoned his subordinates, and promulgated the decision to expand the surrounding search intensity. He then contacted the police and the navy to cooperate with the search.
A series of measures including strict inspection of ships going out to sea in the surrounding areas.
After arranging the matter, Frank Forson handed the matter over to his men, and he returned to the hut where Leo was staying, waiting for the murderer to show up.
Although Leo analyzed the murderer's mentality and behavior very clearly, he actually didn't have much confidence in it. After all, there was a high possibility that the murderer would escape immediately after successfully assassinating the target.
Because one thing they had ignored before was that the murderer did not necessarily commit the crime alone. Maybe she had accomplices or the like, and it was impossible for her to survive alone among the survivors of the ancient clan.
If there were other people assisting her, she could have thought of an escape route before the assassination and directly arranged a ship. After the assassination was successful, she would have left the Kingdom of England by ship. In that case, all the speculations Leo had made would have come to nothing.
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Chapter completed!