Chapter 1852: Perfunctory and Contradictory

"Since Ougesi requested it, then Asuosi, let me explain it to you!"

Fear Eye leaped down from a corner stool in the corner that was more like a storage rack, fished out a round mountain stone ornament from who knows where and placed it there, then walked up to Xia Duo and explained:

"Based on the clues you provided, we just went to the Funasi Chamber of Commerce, which is the last place you said that black-robed Gold Elf went. We caught that Gold Elf, but there was an accident."

"What accident?" Xia Duo asked.

"He still had four accomplices, and one of them cast a type of spell that neither Ougesi nor I had ever seen before, which ultimately allowed his three accomplices to escape."

"What about the Spellcaster?" Xia Duo asked again.

"Dead, and died very cleanly, leaving almost no clues behind."

"I see!"

Xia Duo stroked his smooth chin and fell into deep thought. Although Fear Eye did not introduce much, it was obvious that the other party had not discovered the existence of the Demon Descendant Elf. After thinking for a moment, he asked again:

"So, you didn't manage to confirm the identity of the Gold Elf you caught in the end?"

"Yes. The Elf you met when you walked in just now is the foreign trade Supervisor of the Funasi Chamber of Commerce Headquarters. After hearing about the branch's affairs, he came over immediately to explain, but the result—I think you have already guessed it by now. The other party does not admit that the Gold Elf belongs to their Chamber of Commerce, and even denies the Gold Elf's several accomplices as well."

"What exactly did he say?"

"He said that the Gold Elf named Gulite who was caught does indeed exist, but his corpse has already been discovered in a valley in Wuweilun, including the corpses of Gulite's several accomplices. The other party even said that if Evereska has a need, they will send the corpses over."

Speaking of this, Fear Eye curled his lips in disdain, "It is laughable that one of Gulite's accomplices, the one who died while casting a spell to assist the others in escaping, was the branch President of the Funasi Chamber of Commerce Evereska branch until today, and he only just brought in a batch of new goods from the Headquarters yesterday. You tell me, if that branch President Nade was an impostor, how could he pass various certifications when picking up goods at the Funasi Headquarters!"

Just then, Ougesi also added a sentence, "The Funasi Chamber of Commerce is not small in scale. Branch Presidents like Nade have high Permission Levels. As long as he is willing, he could even empty out half of the Funasi Chamber of Commerce's assets in a short time. If there were no strict certification mechanism, it would be impossible for the Funasi Chamber of Commerce to have developed to this point today."

As an Elder who supervises local defense in Evereska, although Ougesi is not as well-versed in trade-related matters as Elder Saian, foreign chambers of commerce are inherently part of local defense, and the various data and intelligence related to them had long been placed on his desk.

"By the way, let me add one more thing: the Funasi Chamber of Commerce is rooted in Wuweilun, radiates across half of the Northland, and has the ability to influence decision-making in Wuweilun."

After listening to the explanations from Fear Eye and Ougesi, Xia Duo's suspicion that "Wuweilun was destroyed by Demon Descendant Elves" became increasingly certain.

It is just that the last piece of the puzzle is still missing, which is to confirm the existence of the Demon Descendant Elves; otherwise, it would be purely relying on imagination for a void Judgment.

"Then Ougesi, you called me here because you want me to open a breakthrough from the Gulite you caught?"

"Yes."

Ougesi nodded, "If it were just killing an Elf in the city, the Funasi Chamber of Commerce could just wash their hands of it, but this matter involves the Crown King of Wuweilun, and it is unfavorable at that. If the Funasi Chamber of Commerce clears their name, then Evereska will not be able to."

"You mean they might push this matter onto Evereska in order to clear their suspicion."

"Isn't that obvious!"

Fear Eye's emotional expression was very rich, and he did not hide his dissatisfaction with the Funasi Chamber of Commerce at all, "In fact, the Funasi Chamber of Commerce has already started to withdraw its branch members.

"Additionally, regarding Kalidusi, if we hadn't sent men to control him at the same time we went to the Funasi Chamber of Commerce, he would probably have been silenced by the Funasi Chamber of Commerce by now.

"I just received a report from my subordinates that they discovered the presence of Funasi Chamber of Commerce guards there, and they went openly, oh, not secretly at all!"

"Then what was the result of your interrogation of Gulite?" Xia Duo continued to press. If he is to help, this information should be indispensable.

"Gulite's will is very stubborn. Ougesi and I interrogated him many times but couldn't get any useful information. However, that Kalidusi confessed quite a lot, but because Gulite hid his identity every time he went to see him, it is very difficult for him to directly identify Gulite."

"No Scrying clues?"

"There are, but very few. The vast majority of clues have been cleared or disguised, and they were handled very cleanly. This once again proves that they have a problem; otherwise, even a branch President of the Funasi Chamber of Commerce would not need to handle the traces of his existence so cleanly! Because the existence of unmodified traces is often also proof of credibility and fairness. As Merchants, they should understand this better than I do!"

"Hmm."

Xia Duo nodded. Although he is not a Merchant, he understood what Fear Eye meant. In fact, it is a similar practice in his hometown. Traces of existence are similar to company accounts; whether true or false, at least there must be an account first.

Secondly, one looks at whether it is falsified. A company's credibility in the eyes of the government largely depends on whether the accounts are clear. If there are none, it can be tentatively considered a weak legal awareness.

But keeping fake accounts is definitely knowingly breaking the law. There is nothing to quibble about; to put it broadly, it is "opposing the government," and to put it narrowly, it is also being irresponsible to the public.

It is just that at the moment, Xia Duo thought that if even someone like Fear Eye who specializes in intelligence couldn't find useful clues, then how much of a role could he play?

Also, they have already interrogated him, didn't they check his body? If they checked, why didn't they discover he was a Demon Descendant?

For a moment, Xia Duo felt very conflicted. His intuition told him that the Gold Elf named Gulite was a Demon Descendant, but according to the situation Fear Eye introduced, the other party likely had nothing to do with Demon Descendants.

Of course, regardless of whether it is related to Demon Descendants, the fact that this guy killed the Elf named Tier in front of Xia Duo's "face" is an Iron-clad fact.

And this is enough to prove that he is planning some kind of action unfavorable to the Crown King of Wuweilun!

Thinking of this, Xia Duo said to Fear Eye: "If the other party really handled most of the traces of existence and is also very stubborn, then even with my identification, it would be difficult to submit it to the Wuweilun side as conclusive evidence, right?"

"Yes, so we need him to provide more clues, or even evidence, about this matter! Ougesi and I can't think of any good methods for the time being, so it's up to you!"