Chapter 194

So you mainly want me to help you steal things? No wonder you would hand over such a precious watch to me.

Facing the conditions offered by the Aquarius Director, the middle-aged man pondered for a moment and nodded, then asked:

"Then if I steal the thing, but you don't pass the questioning in the end?"

"If I don't pass the questioning, I will be read my memory. And judging from the number of my violations, I estimate I will be executed, or directly made into an abnormal object is also possible."

Not avoiding talking about his own end at all, the Aquarius Director smiled indifferently:

"If I'm really finished, this watch is the reward I give you, and you can handle that thing however you want. Is that enough?"

"In that case... enough!"

"Then goodbye."

Watching the middle-aged man put on the watch, the Aquarius Director nodded slightly, then got up and left the seat, walking steadily towards the door.

And with his getting up, the stars belonging to the Aquarius Palace lit up one after another, extremely briefly breaking through the cover of daylight, projecting down towards the position of the capital, but at the same time falling into the eyes of some interested people.

……

"Prepare, prepare."

After drinking a sip of the dark brown strong tea in the wine bottle, the red-haired Director, who was lying by the window looking at the sky, turned around and said to Leon, who was waiting in the office:

"The Aquarius Palace just lit up. Judging from the direction, Aquarius should have used the director's permission to move back to the General Bureau. You go undercover among the rebels now, so you don't have to worry about meeting him."

"In addition, this time is not like before. You must remember that you only have two weeks of investigation time at most, absolutely do not exceed the period."

After emphasizing the maximum time limit of the mission again, the red-haired Director urged seriously, which was rare:

"Leon, if the questioning fails, Aquarius, who can use the star palace to move, is likely to return before me. And the identity you replaced with the photo might not be able to hide from him."

"Although I will try my best to delay him for a period of time, for the sake of insurance, if I haven't returned after two weeks, regardless of whether the mission goal is completed or not, you must evacuate immediately."

"If the questioning is successful, you can re-contact the rebels later. But if the questioning fails and you run into Aquarius, then I really don't have the confidence to guarantee your safety."

"I've noted it down."

Facing the Director's repeated exhortations, Leon nodded and kept it in mind, then couldn't help but ask:

"Director, is the possibility of success for this questioning high?"

"It's okay."

The red-haired Director thought for a moment, then answered:

"The three directors who presided over the year-end review plus Lord Taurus, this time there should be four directors who can participate in the questioning of Aquarius."

"Besides that, there are me, Leo, and Gemini, the three Zodiac branch directors, as well as the branch director who also detected that Aquarius Director was active in the jurisdiction after receiving the news."

"We exchanged the information and evidence in our hands a little, and felt that there should be a thirty percent possibility of exposing him on the spot!"

"Ah? Only thirty percent?"

"The Aquarius Director is not a fool, he has always been very cautious. Thirty percent possibility is already not small."

The red-haired Director said sternly:

"And this is an internal questioning, not a court case. There is no need to form a complete chain of evidence. As long as all his suspicious places are stripped open, and then he is forced to present his motives, it is considered to have completed the goal."

"As long as he cannot prove his innocence and cannot provide reasonable explanations for those suspicious and dangerous behaviors, it is enough to take him down and force him to accept memory reading."

"I see..."

Leon pondered upon hearing this, then asked unintentionally:

"Director, what degree of mistakes does one usually have to make to be dragged to read memory by the Bureau?"

"Don't worry, it's very troublesome to do this."

After glancing at Leon, the red-haired Director snorted coldly:

"One must cause great harm,"

"and be in a high position to enjoy this treatment. Based on the things you did in the Laien family, it's not enough to be dragged to accept this degree of inspection."

"Uh..."

"Why, hearing that the Bureau has the ability to read memory, you know to worry this time?"

Looking at Leon, whose expression was a bit awkward, the red-haired Director couldn't help but glare at him, then said unhappily:

"What kind of person you are, the investigator who came down from the Bureau doesn't know, can I not know? So many nobles died in the Laien Blood Night, and they were all heinous ones. How could it have nothing to do with you?"

"Mainly that 【Heart of Ambition】 insisted that the Laien Blood Night was done by Bobby Laien. Considering that it is not your abnormal object and is hostile to you, without the motive to cover for you, I didn't continue to think down."

"But two days ago, after you took that heart from my hands, facing the deadly enemy who killed its previous owner, that thing was so happy that it was almost crazy! It kept bumping in the box, wishing it could jump out and stick to you. If I were any stupider, I should have known whose side it was on!"

"……"

"In short, be careful in this mission, don't make any big movements again, sigh..."

"Uh... I will try my best to pay attention..."

"You'd better... and, I'll say one last word. When you perform the mission, you can actually be a little more conservative."

Looking at Leon, who nodded and agreed with a wry smile, the red-haired Director sighed:

"When I 'bowed' to you before, I activated a part of 【Slaughter Blood Hair】, and the position slightly exceeded the upper limit of humans, so I found back some memories about the Princess... Leon, it seems I suggested you propose to her."

"Ah?"

"Don't 'ah' anymore. I didn't really want you to marry her, I wanted to help you get rid of the identity of the Lionheart Duke through the means of proposing to the Princess. Who knew you actually proposed successfully?"

After reaching out and pinching her eyebrows, the red-haired Director concluded helplessly:

"Speaking of which, I suggested you go to the Laien family to investigate the sheep heart, and you directly held a Laien Blood Night with the sheep heart; I suggested you go to the Laien family to recognize your relatives, and you turned into a Lionheart Duke; I suggested you propose to the Princess, and now you seem to be a Prince..."

"Leon, tell me the truth, what are your plans for this mission? I'll be back in two weeks, you won't directly become the rebel leader while undercover, right?"

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

After listening to the strange ideas of his own Director, Leon couldn't help but shake his head repeatedly:

"Director, this is prejudice. My choices have always been very conservative!"

"Although I don't know what happened to the Princess, in the Laien Blood Night, it was Bobby Laien who blocked the manor and wouldn't let me out. Otherwise, I would definitely have run away directly, and it would be impossible to stay and fight him to the death!"

"Indeed, but what if you are forced into a dead end again and forced to ascend?"

"How could such a thing happen?"

Facing the groundless assumption of the red-haired Director, Leon couldn't help but protest:

"This undercover mission only has a total of two weeks. How outrageous can the rebel side be for me to become the leader in two weeks?"