When Zhao Xu was the police chief, such murders were not common even if there was no shortage of brave and ruthless adventurers in the entire town.
Seeing this scene, he already knew that they no longer needed to try to find any customs clearance certificates, intelligence, or the like.
Looking at the entire inner room, all kinds of drawers and cupboards have been emptied out, and the books on the entire large desk have been pushed around.
After a bottle of ink on the desk was touched, the ink flowed directly down the legs of the table and dripped next to the feet of the deceased.
"Burglary?" Maple Leaf whispered after seeing this scene.
The situation does look very similar to a home invasion and murder case. Thinking of the cold and damp environment in this remote place, it is the best place to start.
Zhao Xu shook his head. The underground forces in this world are indeed closely related to the Wanderer Association, but they do not completely overlap.
Among the underground forces, there are even more differences between the thieves' gang and the killer's gang.
As a peace officer in his previous life, Zhao Xu even went out of his way to infiltrate underground forces to receive training, so he knew some of the inside stories.
"It's different. The traces here seem to have a clear target. As soon as the killer came in, he killed him with one sword, and then slowly searched the entire inner room for what he wanted. That's why the ink is covered with blood."
Zhao Xu had already walked up to the dead fortune teller at this time, who was also the person they wanted to contact to obtain information this time.
He gently checked the situation under the opponent's sleeves, and his pupils shrank slightly. "There are no traces of binding. Apparently even the intelligence torture was skipped."
"Leave Crescent Town quickly." Zhao Xu said.
"No need to look for any more information?" Wanderer Rainbow asked, and he patrolled the entire inner room. "Perhaps we can find some information from here."
Zhao Xu shook his head, "It's meaningless. I'm afraid the caravan will have to go back home this time. This is no longer just a simple murder case."
Zhao Xu has always made correct decisions, and subsequent developments have verified the correctness of his thinking.
Thinking of this, Maple Leaf and Rainbow didn't say much, and followed Zhao Xu to leave this place first.
Fortunately, Zhao Xu used his identity as a mage to scare off the thieves from the Tallinn Brotherhood, so that they did not dare to follow him.
Otherwise, if they notice Zhao Xu and the others entering here, after the murder is discovered, the three of them will definitely be wanted to explain the situation.
After going out, Zhao Xu and Maple Leaf Rainbow cautiously carried out anti-tracking measures.
After they dug into corners and cut corners, they finally confirmed that there was no one following them, and left Crescent Town directly with the flow of people.
It wasn't until they returned to the hiding place of the caravan that the three of them breathed a sigh of relief and slowly told Roja about today's experience.
After hearing their statements, Roja's expression changed several times, and even his breath was uneven.
"Maybe this is just a case motivated by money. If the clues are broken, it won't hinder our next plan." Luo Ya took a deep breath and said slowly.
Zhao Xu suddenly felt a chill in his heart.
It seems that everyone's fate ends at this moment.
"Do you still think so?" Zhao Xu said, "I don't think a rogue of at least level 2 will be killed by a simple shot."
Luo Ya's eyes suddenly showed an unbelievable look, but he immediately suppressed the nervousness in his heart and explained: "Mr. Zhongxia, you misunderstood. The person you are contacting is just an 'expert' who is good at "forging documents". He is An ordinary person has no fighting ability."
Zhao Xu shook his head and gently raised his hand to signal Luo Ya to listen to him.
"Leader Roya, although I don't know why you want to lie about this. But some details are still obvious."
Zhao Xu said calmly, "The position and size of the hand cocoons produced by practicing the 'sneak attack' ability while holding a weapon are different from the hand cocoons produced by forging documents."
Luo Ya was immediately suffocated. He didn't expect that his explanation would be exposed on the spot.
At this time, Maple Leaf and the others also looked over in surprise, not expecting that Zhao Xu would discover this detail.
"That person should be the secret agent stationed in Crescent Town by Catan and Buso City."
Zhao Xu slowly stated his speculation.
"If my guess is correct, then the whole logic can be explained clearly. Why was the diviner not hunted down by the Merchant Alliance's guards in Crescent Town, but directly killed by a killer in one blow? Because some people already knew about Crescent Town I didn’t want the leakage to leak out, so I directly used underground forces to solve it.”
Seeing that Luo Ya had already shown a tired look, Zhao Xu said with some pity: "And this also means that I am afraid that even Kasuo and Butan City have been infiltrated by the Merchant Alliance. Otherwise, I don't think so. The Merchant Alliance has such confidence that they would rather cut off the other party's claws in Crescent Town than hold them for interrogation."
For a wanderer of more than one level to be placed in a remote town and serve as an ordinary connector, this configuration is a bit luxurious.
A rogue with the "sneak attack" ability is, to put it mildly, barely qualified to be a killer.
At this time, even Yuyou, who looked the most innocent, fell silent.
The crisis level of this situation is already obvious.
"Mr. Zhongxia, I didn't expect that as an earth adventurer, you would have such a profound sensitivity to the ecology of the town. I'm sorry that I didn't—"
"So you still want to move on?" Zhao Xu retorted lightly. "I don't think the Merchant Alliance can't even send out the most basic investigation force when it knows that there is a smuggling caravan like ours."
However, Zhao Xu didn't have enough evidence for the rest of the content, so he didn't say anything more.
For a moment, the entire tent fell into silence.
Zhao Xu had never done smuggling, but Luo Ya was different. He must have noticed something was wrong in the atmosphere, but he still refused to give up. It was obvious that he wanted to take a gamble.
Bet he can get through smoothly.
Zhao Xu's three trump cards, Antinoya, are for him to use them to gain experience by taking risks, rather than protecting someone.
Otherwise, he could have asked the Crescent Town Mage Association to issue a certificate to them just now.
In this way, the entire smuggling caravan can arrive at the front line openly.
"There are two ways now." Zhao thought for a while and then said: "Either transport these materials back and treat it as a failure. Or bury these things on the spot and wait here for a new change in the entire situation before doing anything else. Take action. You can discuss it with your leader first."
In the second half of Zhao Xu's sentence, he almost said clearly that he was waiting for Kasuo and Butan City to fail.
At this time, Roja stood up directly and said with a hint of emotion, "Believe me, Mr. Zhongxia, I am confident that I can lead the entire caravan to the front line smoothly. With your help, we have this confidence. And we I will definitely give you a higher reward. I can start now—"
"That's it." Zhao Xu lightly interrupted Luo Ya's impassioned speech.
"Now that the matter is over, let's part ways." Zhao Xu said.
Drops of raindrops began to hit the tent.
The clouds and mist that had been suppressed for a long time finally couldn't hold it anymore, and the patter of rain spread throughout the entire Nanyu forest.
The midsummer rainy season has finally arrived.
(End of chapter)