In the afternoon.
In the reception room of Blue Lake Manor, Richard was waiting.
The servant Gallie had just reported that a guest had come to the door. There were rapid footsteps outside the door, and Joseph walked in quickly.
As the introducer and guide for Richard to join the Truth Society, Joseph had a fairly good relationship with Richard. He was not polite when he came and said bluntly: "Wizard Richard, you may be in trouble."
"Huh? Trouble? What trouble?" Richard asked.
"Before I tell you, I want to ask you if you have something to tell me and the organization first?" Joseph said, looking at Richard with his eyes.
Richard took a sip of tea, thought for a while and said, "There is indeed one thing."
"What?"
"Before, I mentioned to you the improved method of crystal ball transmission of information, which can greatly improve the efficiency of communication, but it seems that it has not been adopted in the organization now. Although you also told me that this matter is a bit troublesome to implement, but I I also want to ask, when will it be realized?" Richard asked seriously.
After hearing what Richard said, Joseph, who had a serious expression, was stunned. Obviously, what Richard said was completely different from what he thought. After a while, he opened his mouth and said: "This seems really difficult to handle. In my opinion, it may not be possible within a few years."
"Is that so? Okay." Richard spread his hands, "Then I have nothing to say."
"Really?" Joseph looked at Richard and asked with narrowed eyes, "Aren't you going to say something about the mine near Shambhala Town? The organization is a little dissatisfied with this."
"The mines near Shambhala Town? Yes, I did spend money to buy some mines and hire people to manage the mines." After hearing this, Richard replied with an indifferent expression, "But there is nothing to say. Yes. The town of Shambhala is not far from where I live, and the area is only rich in ores. I have some spare money in my hands, invest in some industries, earn a certain amount of profits, and satisfy my life. There is nothing wrong with that, right?
By the way, it was because of you that I knew Shambhala Town in the first place. If you hadn't mentioned this place name to me when you were dealing with some demonic creatures, I wouldn't have necessarily focused on that place, and maybe I would have invested in minerals in other places.
Why, the organization thinks it’s wrong for me to make money this way, and it goes against the pursuit of truth? Or maybe my behavior violates one of the organization's rules? "
"This..." When Richard said this, Joseph was stunned. After a few seconds, he came to his senses and said, "That's not true, it's just..."
"Just what?"
"It's just that your mine is different from ordinary mines, isn't it?" Joseph said, "Some special circumstances in your mine have attracted the attention of the inspector above. This time I meet with you because I am going to take you to Germany. Lan Branch will make inquiries.”
"Inspector?" Richard suddenly asked, "Isn't the organization dissatisfied? Why is there an inspector again? What is the identity of the inspector?"
"Well, I forgot to explain to you. Inspectors are special dispatched personnel of our organization. Since you haven't joined the core layer yet and have too little contact, it's normal that you don't know. In fact, they are equivalent to..." Joseph explained quickly.
After listening to Joseph's explanation, Richard raised his eyebrows and said, "According to you, it is not the organization of the Delan branch that is attacking me, but the inspectors sent from above?"
"Yes." Joseph nodded, "Actually, I heard that the branch originally wanted to investigate your mine, but the inspector preempted it. It was the inspector who ultimately caused the incident."
"What's the attitude of the branch canon manager?"
"Of course we are cooperating with the inspector's investigation."
"So you are the only one who comes to meet me and inform me to go to the Delan branch?"
"Yeah, what's the problem?"
"There's no problem, I'm just a little surprised." Richard said, sort of figuring out the context of the matter. He couldn't help but shake his head, realizing that things might be simpler than he thought.
Originally, he thought that the Tehran branch would be the one investigating the mine, so he made complete preparations.
Unexpectedly, the person investigating the mine was actually an inspector from the headquarters - an outsider.
And this time only Joseph came to inform him, and he was not hostile to him at all. It seemed that the branch was not very cooperative with the outsider, the inspector—even if it was said to be cooperative.
Thinking of this, Richard stood up and said to Joseph: "In this case, I will follow you to Delan as soon as possible. To be honest, I really want to ask why the inspector targeted Why do I want to attack and destroy my mine?"
"What? The inspector attacked your mine?" Joseph discovered unexpected information from Richard's words and smelled a clear smell of gunpowder. He couldn't help but ask, "You have a conflict with the inspector?"
"You have to ask the inspector himself about this." Richard said, stepping out.
Joseph was stunned for a moment and chased out.
…
night.
Tehran branch of the Society of Truth, underground base.
In a conference room, an oval circular table is placed.
Around the circular table, there are four high-backed chairs, three at the top and one at the bottom.
Among them, the one sitting at the top is Inspector Chikafu, with a pale face and a gloomy expression. Supervisor Rommel and steward Cannon were sitting on the left and right respectively. Rommel's eyes were half-closed and expressionless, while Cannon had a solemn look on his face.
Sitting at the bottom is Richard alone.
There were many people from the Truth Society sitting around, all remaining silent.
In the spacious conference room, Chekafu stared at Richard and kept recounting his investigation experience.
At the end, Chekhov finished speaking and said in a deep voice: "Because of my current special state and the lack of my soul, I can only remember these. But there is no doubt that this peripheral member of the organization named Richard, among others, There are many questionable aspects in the mines under my command, which are highly suspicious and may threaten the stability of the organization, so they need to be cleaned up."
At this time, Richard listened to Chikafu's words without much fear. He looked at Chikafu very calmly and said: "Dear Inspector, no offense intended, but I don't think there is anything worthy of questioning about the mine under my command. place, I don’t think I have any suspicion, and I don’t think I threaten the stability of the organization. In fact, in my opinion, I have made a lot of contributions to the organization through the magic pattern service.
You said just now that you have lost a lot of your memory and cannot completely restore your original investigation of my mine. I can give you some help on this point. I can confirm that during your first investigation, my mine was inexplicably damaged on a large scale, causing my mine to directly reduce production by more than half that day. During your second investigation, you destroyed many buildings in my mine and killed a large number of my employees. I really don't know what makes you target me like this. "
After speaking, Richard looked directly at Chikafu.