Chapter 1724

Closing the Reincarnation Paradise hint, Su Xiao was a bit dazed. He could actually notify Councilman Jones of the eye chamber's location, and it would cause the promotion mission to change.

Was Councilman Jones a member of the Ghost Ring? The possibility wasn't high; perhaps it involved political issues. Clearly, this crybaby councilman had no small ambition.

After weighing the pros and cons, Su Xiao decided to notify Harold of the eye chamber's location. After all, he had already cooperated with that old schemer several times, and he might still need the authority in the other party's hands later.

Half an hour later, the red-haired man who often followed behind Harold arrived.

"Leave this to me. I guarantee with my life that there will be no problems."

The red-haired man spoke. The fact that this guy was still alive after being responsible for handling the incident with Harold's wife already explained his importance in Harold's heart.

【Hunter has informed Monarch Harold of the location of Eye Chamber (Seven); you have obtained 3% of the World's Source.】

【Promotion Mission Sixteen-Eye Chamber, completed (1/16); this mission can be completed after finding at least five eye chambers.】

When Su Xiao walked out of the residence, it was already two in the afternoon. Judging by the current progress, the situation was not optimistic.

Until four in the afternoon, Su Xiao hadn't found a second eye chamber. However, there were gains on the orphanage side. The secret basements of 9 orphanages were confirmed to be former storage points for eye chambers. Moreover, the movement of children in the 35 orphanages was somewhat abnormal; most of the adopted children were sent to relatively remote areas. Perhaps these young lives had already become food for the Ghouls.

"Damn it, those bastards of the Joshua family. You should have captured Joshua Eddie back then; he died too easily."

Bonnie spoke with hatred, denouncing the evil deeds of the Joshua family.

"Not very likely. If Joshua Eddie had been captured alive, the situation would be more complex than you imagine. Political issues, interpersonal relationships, the interest chain of red ore, etc. In the end, Joshua Eddie might have found a way to muddle through. He is more troublesome than you imagine."

"Hmm, that's true, learned something."

Just as Su Xiao and Bonnie were talking, a falcon landed above a nearby fountain.

Clap, clap.

Su Xiao snapped his fingers twice, and the falcon turned its head, flying away a moment later.

"Go find Reinhardt. During the time I'm away, all Awakened will be under his command."

"Hmm."

Bonnie didn't ask more; she knew that some things were better left unknown.

Su Xiao took Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang and Amu and headed straight for the Parliament Palace. This falcon was raised by Harold, and it had a habit: when someone snapped their fingers, it would turn its head to look.

The release of the falcon was a secret signal. Harold had an urgent matter to find Su Xiao for, and the fewer people who knew about this, the better.

Soon, Su Xiao arrived at the Parliament Palace. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang and Amu were arranged to eat a big meal in the palace restaurant, while Su Xiao went upstairs to see Harold.

In the backyard of the Parliament Palace, in that storage room half-built underground, on the third basement level.

Last time, Harold's wife was only imprisoned on the second basement level, but this time, Harold took Su Xiao into the third basement level.

Click-clack...

The sound of mechanisms operating came, and with a boom, a half-meter-thick metal door opened. This was a room with no ventilation at all, about 200 square meters, with metal structures on all four walls.

"Is there any possibility we were followed?"

Harold stood in front of the doorway, his expression not looking very good.

"Not very likely."

"That's good. This matter... don't make it public for the time being."

Su Xiao didn't speak, which was considered tacit agreement. Harold walked into the secret room first.

In the empty secret room, there was only a wooden stretcher, and there were two corpses near the stretcher. Looking at the wounds, they were clearly gunshot wounds.

Su Xiao glanced at Harold. The situation should be more serious than he imagined; this monarch even needed to silence people himself.

The wooden stretcher was very crude, covered with a dirty white cloth, and dark red liquid dripped along the edge of the stretcher.

A light blue crystal layer wrapped around Su Xiao's hand. After he lifted the white cloth, his pupils constricted slightly.

Lying on the stretcher was the corpse of Councilman Jones. His death was somewhat eerie; his mouth was slightly open, his whole face was crumpled into a ball, and his right eyeball had been crushed. The expression looked like he was enjoying it, but also in great pain.

Even more eerie was that there were pitch-black eyeballs all over Councilman Jones's body. These eyeballs were embedded in his body, and they didn't look like they had been forced in, but rather like they had existed there originally.

"This was discovered an hour ago, right in Jones's home. When his wife found him, he was already dead in the bed in the bedroom."

"An hour ago?"

Su Xiao tried to press the skin of the corpse; it had already stiffened. People would believe it if he said he had been dead for half a year.

"Is there a way to confirm Jones's cause of death? With the current situation in Zuer City, only you and I know. There aren't many people I can trust; Jones is one, and Leopold is another."

Harold looked at Jones's corpse, not with much sadness, but more with remembrance—remembrance of this fat councilman who often cried. When the empire's finances were at their most critical, it was this 'crybaby' fat councilman who held on, skinning the Joshua and other big families to survive that financial crisis.

"I'll try to see."

"Hmm, be careful. Jones is dead; you cannot die too."

Harold turned and walked out of the secret room. He knew Su Xiao had many secrets, but he didn't want to delve into them. He only believed in what he saw: this Legion Commander had beaten the Ghost Ring organization until they were crying for their parents. In just a few days, hundreds of Ghouls had been buried at the hands of the other party; that was enough.

In the secret room, Su Xiao squatted in front of Councilman Jones's corpse. Energy threads emerged from his hand. These threads were pure white and seemed to pierce through space, spreading to who knows where. This was a temporary ability Su Xiao obtained after becoming a Legion Commander: Death Retrospection, which could only be used three times.

Effect: When a biological corpse has been dead for no more than 48 hours, you can retrospect the death process of this corpse (the retrospection process is five minutes).

White light flashed before Su Xiao's eyes, and the next moment the scene changed drastically. He saw a slightly dim bedroom. This bedroom was luxuriously decorated, and the curtains were drawn tight.

Councilman Jones was lying on the bed taking a nap. The bedroom door was pushed open softly, and a young girl in a maid outfit walked into the room. After she closed the door lightly, she began to take off her clothes one by one. When she walked to the bed, she was completely naked.

The maid slowly climbed onto the bed, and she stuck out her tongue to lick her lips. It was a long, thin tongue.

She climbed onto Councilman Jones and lowered her head to kiss him. Councilman Jones's brows gradually furrowed, and the next moment, his eyes suddenly opened.

"Ugh..."

Councilman Jones's body twitched, as if he wanted to push the maid away, but he was already completely powerless. The amplitude of his struggle became weaker and weaker. A young girl forcibly kissing an old councilman—the scene was very erotic, and just the next moment.

With a swish, a tongue at least half a meter long was pulled out of Councilman Jones's mouth, bringing up a few strands of saliva.

Councilman Jones slowly sat up, his gaze somewhat sluggish. At this moment, a golden seal appeared on Councilman Jones's neck, and his eyes quickly returned to clarity.

"It's the Immortal..."

Councilman Jones seemed to realize the current situation. He pressed one hand on the golden seal on his neck, and the other hand dug into his right face.

The maid was a bit stunned, as if she didn't know what was going on, but she was only stunned for a moment before pouncing on Councilman Jones, intending to stop the other party's actions.

Just as the maid's hand grabbed Councilman Jones's wrist, with a rip, blue smoke rose. The maid immediately let go and retreated repeatedly. Judging from her trembling body, she was holding back from screaming out loud.

"You... don't even think about it. As long as Harold and I... are here for one day, you... don't even think about it."

Pfft!

Councilman Jones crushed his own right eyeball. The maid's hand froze in mid-air, her face becoming increasingly ugly.

Councilman Jones quickly lost his vital signs, and black eyeballs emerged all over his body.

The scene ended here, and Su Xiao's vision returned. He was still in that secret room.

"Councilman Leopold."

After Su Xiao muttered in a low voice, he walked quickly out of the room. Just as he opened the iron door, Harold walked towards him.

"Councilman Leopold..."

"Leopold, he..."

Su Xiao and Harold spoke almost at the same time, and also fell silent at the same time. There was no need to continue; Leopold had also been murdered.

Although Jones and Leopold were both politicians and had been rivals for a lifetime, on one matter, their actions were surprisingly consistent: they would never betray the empire.