Chapter 1699: Madam Nancy Backed Down

Su Xiao tossed the black card in his hand. The world had just begun, so he wasn't in a hurry to exchange this thing for Secret Code Merits.

After disposing of Lucas's corpse, Su Xiao continued to walk on the night street. Before Lucas died, he said a very important piece of intelligence: the one who sent him was actually the Ghost Ring. If Su Xiao wasn't mistaken, the Ghost Ring should be a faction composed of Ghouls. Those man-eating ghosts hadn't come to his door, but the Awakened had come to kill Su Xiao first.

Su Xiao had originally thought it was Madam Nancy who sent someone. Of course, although Lucas said he was sent by the Ghost Ring, he was demonizing at the time, so the intelligence he spat out wasn't entirely credible.

The Ghost Ring faction composed of Ghouls, Madam Nancy, the dead royal descendant, Ghouls attacking civilians on the street, the Awakened who came to intercept at night.

It could be said that the current situation was very chaotic. Unfortunately, Su Xiao wasn't Sherlock Holmes reincarnated, nor could he be Conan. He was good at chopping people, not good at reasoning. As for Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, it wasn't as good as Su Xiao in reasoning. Amu was a direct pass, and Meow Beini was only good at counting money; when it came to reasoning, it wasn't her cup of tea.

Unknowingly, Su Xiao arrived in front of a three-story villa. This villa was surrounded by a beautiful courtyard, and there was even a small garden. After all, it was the residence of the Deputy Legion Commander of the Execution Agency; it was unlikely to be shabby.

The villa was already brightly lit. There was no one else, only Amu, who was sleeping soundly on the sofa in the villa.

Su Xiao didn't wake Amu. He took off his coat and shoes and lay on the sofa very relaxed, beginning to think.

Su Xiao's greatest advantage was that he had self-knowledge. He wasn't good at reasoning, and if he wanted to figure out the "Ghost Ring," "Madam Nancy," "the dead royal descendant," and "Ghouls attacking civilians on the street," Su Xiao needed to find someone good at reasoning, and someone relatively trustworthy.

A name appeared in Su Xiao's mind: Iseri Bonnie, a bear child with extremely high IQ, only 12 years old, once titled "Star of the Empire" by Monarch Harold. Of course, this wasn't real power, somewhat similar to a certificate of merit. As for Monarch Harold, the Monarch was equivalent to the King of the Zuer Empire, a king elected by an electoral system.

According to the memory of the former Deputy Legion Commander, Iseri Bonnie's IQ was at least over 170, far exceeding normal people. However, she was also a super bear child. When meeting Monarch Harold, this bear child crushed the Monarch in terms of IQ. However, as the leader of the Empire, Harold certainly wouldn't hold a grudge against a child.

If it were just high IQ, Su Xiao wouldn't think highly of this bear child, Iseri Bonnie. This bear child was a famous detective in Zuer City, and one could basically understand her as a female version of Conan.

While thinking, Su Xiao fell into a dream. He didn't know how long he had slept when he was awakened by the faint sound of footsteps dozens of meters away. Before opening his eyes, he had already gripped the sword beside him.

Thump, thump, thump.

Knocking came. Su Xiao poked Amu with the sheathed Zhan Long Shan, signaling it to open the door. The honest cow Amu could only go to open the door.

There were three people entering the door. The leader was the mother venomous snake, Madam Nancy. Behind her followed a pretty boy—this wasn't a derogatory term, but the guy's face was indeed very white, as if coated with flour.

The last person was dressed like a priest, with a cigarette in his mouth. What was somewhat terrifying was that this guy had no lips, and his teeth and gums were all exposed.

"I was assassinated."

Madam Nancy rolled up her sleeves. Bloodstains could be faintly seen on the bandage wrapped around her arm.

"Last night?"

Su Xiao looked up at Madam Nancy.

"That's right. How did you know?"

Madam Nancy stared at Su Xiao with burning eyes, the meaning self-evident.

"I was also assassinated last night."

"..."

Madam Nancy was surprised for a moment, then asked: "Was it an Awakened who had reached the limit? Was it also... one of our own people?"

"Lucas."

"It was him? He would actually assassinate you?"

"Nothing is impossible."

Su Xiao's answer made Madam Nancy's brow furrow. She was assassinated last night and almost died at home, while Su Xiao's side... no matter how you looked at it, it didn't look like he had been assassinated; he was too calm.

"Ghost Ring, have you heard of it?"

"Never heard of it."

"A faction composed of Ghouls. If I'm not mistaken, the Awakened who assassinated you were sent by them."

The room fell into dead silence. After a while, Madam Nancy sat on the sofa opposite Su Xiao.

"Whether it was you who did that matter or not, I will find a way to make those hunting hounds stop bothering you. Find the Ghost Ring and kill them all, those filthy man-eating beasts."

Madam Nancy was angry. Just last night, she was taking a bath in the bathroom when an Awakened suddenly appeared behind her. If it weren't for the strange beast she raised, she would be a corpse now.

The strange beast Madam Nancy raised died to block a disaster for her, which also completely enraged her, so she came to Su Xiao early in the morning. She and Su Xiao were in an internal struggle, belonging to the situation of not actively harming each other, looking for opportunities to kick the other out. But the assassin last night was a more brutal enemy.

Half an hour later, Madam Nancy, with a very ugly face, took people away. The pretty boy and the lip-less man following her were Awakened, now temporarily conscripted as Madam Nancy's guards. Interestingly, compared to Madam Nancy's orders, the two were more willing to listen to Su Xiao's dispatch. Even if Su Xiao was the Deputy Legion Commander, it was precisely because of this that Madam Nancy, this mother venomous snake, backed down. Unfortunately, Su Xiao's attitude was unclear.

After Madam Nancy left, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang appeared, with a camera in its mouth. Su Xiao opened the camera, and an extremely erotic scene appeared—it was a recording of Madam Nancy taking a bath, the angle so tricky that one would want to add a chicken leg for the cameraman.

After watching the entire process of Madam Nancy's assassination, Su Xiao could basically confirm that the matter of the royal descendant's death wasn't plotted by this bitch Madam Nancy. Right now, she was also one of the victims.

Clearly, someone wanted to get rid of the high-level officials of the Execution Agency. Initially, it was a sneak attack; when the sneak attack failed, it was a direct assassination. Moreover, that clumsy sneak attack method clearly didn't come from the hands of an old schemer.

Things were getting more and more complicated. Su Xiao looked at Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang and Amu, sharing the intelligence he knew with the dog and the cow, preparing to brainstorm.

"Moo?"

Amu looked at Su Xiao with ignorant eyes, innocent.

"Woof?"

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang also tilted its head and looked at Su Xiao. The meaning of this guy was: "What are we eating for breakfast? Recorded all night, so hungry."

"Let's go find... Iseri Bonnie."

Su Xiao walked out of the villa. Amu looked at Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang with inquiring eyes, meaning: "What's wrong with the master?"

"Woof~"

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang shook its head, meaning: "We don't understand the world of old schemers."

After solving breakfast at a restaurant, Su Xiao took Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang and Amu and headed straight for the south of the city. Two hours later, in front of a two-story small building.

This was a detective agency, not hung with a sign. For detective stuff, one still had to rely on reputation to do business. ===== CHAPTER 1700 =====