It is very common for those in power to use the black forces in the lower class to act as informants. For LeBlanc, the Black Rose should not be satisfied with just being a gangster group at the bottom of society and become another part of society. On the other hand, becoming the black agent of those in power and becoming the shadow government of a country is the purpose of Black Rose.
After annexing many small gangs, the gradually growing Black Rose took advantage of the large-scale manhunt for arsonists in the Free City, which caused the external forces against itself to temporarily cease operations. It quickly adjusted its development position and abandoned Using old methods such as extortion, collecting protection fees, theft and smuggling contraband, Black Rose quickly developed in the direction of collecting and selling stolen goods and controlling the online market. And in this way, we cooperated with the city security team, which now needs a large number of informants.
Because Black Rose already controls many stolen goods trading venues, this is exactly the spy they need for the security team, and the cooperation plan between the two parties hit it off. Of course, in return, the security team reduced their targeting of Black Rose during this search, and at the same time secretly acquiesced to Black Rose's business in places other than the underworld, such as bars, casinos, brothels, etc.
At the same time, LeBlanc also knows one thing very well. The Black Rose that developed on the underworld can never leave the corrupt soil where it can breed. Cooperating with the security team is one thing, but continuing to strengthen control over the underworld is another. It's over. LeBlanc didn't want to accidentally offend too many characters and gangs in the underworld when cooperating with the security team. She couldn't let the underworld have a feeling that Black Rose betrayed her own people. Now Black Rose cannot be isolated but needs help. Bai Dao's power was used to accelerate development, so LeBlanc spent a lot of thought on subtly controlling the balance between them.
"Hmph~" Jie snorted coldly: "You are a clever female fox."
"A lot of great wisdom is accumulated through small cleverness~" LeBlanc looked at Zed with disapproval and provocation, that look seemed to say that I am doing much better than you now.
Yalin didn't care about LeBlanc's tightrope strategy. Even if LeBlanc got away with it, she must have already prepared an escape route as she was the trickster enchantress playing with Roxas's resourcefulness to fight for power. How could she look at the original leader of Black Rose? LeBlanc, who could disappear and hide until the League of Legends was established before reappearing in a new look, is the kind of character who will succeed or succeed.
"There is too little time to cooperate with the security team now. Please give me a little time, and I will let the roots of the black rose penetrate inside."
The appearance of the Soul Stone and the accident of passing by made Yalin feel ups and downs. Yalin took some time to sort out the relevant information that Lelouch got after coming to the Free City. First of all, the most suspicious one this time Arsonist. According to the information provided by Lelouch, this prisoner can indeed appear immediately after the appearance of the Soul Stone. Such an unpredictable criminal has never appeared in the Free City before. For this reason, Yalin can already conclude that the serial theft cases that occurred in the free city must be the holder of the Soul Stone, and the other party must have obtained the Soul Stone accidentally. However, because the power of the gem freed the prisoner and allowed him to use it as he wished, the powerful power of the soul stone allowed the prisoner to commit various major crimes without being discovered by anyone, and even the mental power of the dragon could not be detected. The other party also makes sense.
As for the identity of the other party, first of all, Yalin deduced that the possibility of the other party being a human being is very high!
After all, the largest population in the free city is still humans, and foreign races such as elves, dwarves, and orcs all appear as slaves. Even though there may be powerful alien races like vampires and giant dragons living here secretly, their overall number is too small, and the chance of obtaining the Soul Stone is also too small.
If it were a human being, then the slave would have taken this opportunity to escape from this city that was like hell to him. If he did not escape but continued to stay, it is possible that he was an ordinary civilian in this city, but that is really the case.
Yalin and Lelouch have been analyzing any clues by collecting relevant information about the Tao. Any suspicious situations that happened in the free city after the emergence of the Soul Stone are going back and forth in their minds and trying to connect them together. , finally when Yalin read a piece of information, the messy clues in his mind suddenly became a thread.
"Yes, that's some news we got after we came to this city. It seems that the rioting slaves broke out of the prison and planned to kidnap the merchant Felibos."
Lelouch realized this at once, but said with some distress: "But the orc had been killed by the arena champion, and his head was hung for nearly a week before being buried. If it is really If he gets the Soul Stone, it might also fall into the trap┉┉"
Suddenly, Lelouch paused and seemed to remember something and suddenly said: "Wait a minute~ After the riot, the arena champion Gerkat offered a reward to a child who participated in the riot to capture him, which is the same as the current one? If the circumstances are considered together, the rioting slave child is the one who took the Soul Stone. "
The warehouses burned down in the recent fire in the Warehouse District all belonged to the slave merchant Philiberts. Apart from this child, there is probably no one else who dares to blatantly challenge the Big Three in a free city, and who can break through the protection of large magic circles at will. Perhaps the purpose of doing all this is to take revenge. Revenge against Felibos may also be revenge against this city!
After the communication ended, Alyssa quickly brought in relevant information about the children who were being rewarded. The name is Claire, a second-generation slave who was originally a slave in charge of miscellaneous items in the Free City Arena. Escaped after launching a riot with an orc named Longa. The fact that one of his arms was cut off in the melee is an eye-catching sign. Now the city security team of the Free City has offered a reward of 100,000 lien for his capture, while Arena Champion Gerkat has offered a reward of 1 million lien for his capture. Catch him.
"Is this the child?"
Looking at the thin face on the wanted poster, Lelouch asked hesitantly.
Alisa nodded and said: "Yes, Sir Lelouch, Gerkat is now offering a reward of one million lien for his capture, but it is reported that Gerkat's reward order has an additional requirement, which is to capture the other party alive."
Knowing the identity of the target is a good thing. At least now Lelouch and others will not be looking for it like headless flies. However, having the identity information of the other party does not mean that they can find the other party immediately. After the Free City Riots, this The child has been wanted for a long time. The reward of one million lien is not a small amount. The mercenaries and bounty hunters active in the free city have been running around searching for him for a long time. But so far, no one has found him. can find him.
Using the power of gems to hide yourself is indeed undetectable!
In Lelouch's opinion, after Claire used the Soul Stone to hide herself, not even the dragon could detect its existence, let alone ordinary people. No matter how mysterious the power of the Soul Stone is, judging from the fact that the other party stole some scattered cash during this theft, it is obvious that Claire also needs money to buy food and daily necessities. In other words, Claire needs to eat and sleep normally. He can't use the Soul Stone 24 hours a day.
But now Lelouch can only stand still for the time being. He has too few manpower on his side. Now he can only wait and see the city security team. If his prediction is correct, the security team will soon lock the target and take action. Action, maybe then our side can take this opportunity to catch this young man named Claire first.
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And in the abandoned room hidden in the intricate underground sewers in the lower part of the Free City, Claire, who is currently being stirred up and many forces in the Free City are searching frantically, has just managed to clean up her room.
Claire, who grew up as a slave, has a very weak concept of money. In the eyes of a boy, money can be exchanged for food and clothing, but money is never something that belongs to him.
What does it feel like to be buried in money
Claire, who was once a slave, often heard such ridicule from some noble lords and businessmen, but today Claire enjoyed the feeling of being buried in money, which almost killed her!
After using the power of gems to erase the magic circle on a space ring harvested last night, I originally wanted to see what interesting things would be in the space ring of the pure and beautiful girl. However, it was not what Claire wanted. Thinking of dolls, accessories, or some personal clothing, before Claire could react, mountains of gold coins, jewelry, art treasures, and rare ores suddenly swarmed out and flooded the boy's room.
Claire, who was almost suffocated under the mountain of gold, finally escaped and was completely dumbfounded when she saw the room filled with countless gold and silver jewelry. (~^~)