Chapter 287: Evacuation

"This is against the law..."

"I will file a lawsuit..."

"The police chief of Brechet will never sit idly by and watch his subordinates suffer such injustice..."

Chief Ebnik gritted his teeth, the holster on his waist had been opened, and his right hand gripped the handle of the gun, clearly afraid that these anti-human elements of the investigation team would also kill him. However, his precautions were useless. The leather-jacket man and the other 3 investigation team members held guns and walked toward him one after another, and the Chief was suddenly caught in a dilemma.

The housekeeper Miss Mei Lin looked sideways, and the little police officer beside the Chief had already unloaded his service pistol and placed it on the ground.

"Quite sensible." Miss Mei Lin handed the umbrella handle to Plumeria, bent down to pick up Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe's service pistol, and Chief Ebnik and police officer Kamak were also disarmed one after another.

The leather-jacket man took the wireless walkie-talkie from behind the Chief's waist and said: "The situation is urgent now, Chief, not generally urgent. I hope you can understand us and cooperate with our work."

The investigation team members moved John's corpse to the side of the pillar. Chief Ebnik frowned at his missing finger and didn't speak.

This old police chief had received 'some' instructions from his superiors before setting off. Those were some words that pointed to something. At that time, Ebnik didn't understand the deep meaning in the first time, but now thinking about it carefully, he had some enlightenment in his heart.

"Please cooperate with our work, Chief." The leather-jacket man took the walkie-talkie to Chief Ebnik's mouth: "Thank you for your understanding."

Following the requirements of the leather-jacket man, Chief Ebnik issued orders to the police officers stationed in various areas of Vanishing Castle, requiring everyone to stop all actions immediately and stay in place, and take off their gloves.

If 2 or more police officers travel together, they must check each other's fingers to see if they are complete. If a male police officer is found to have a missing left little finger, or a female police officer is found to have a missing right little finger, do not believe anything this person says, and must use all means to control this person as soon as possible.

Rapid response, clear orders, this investigation team's response to strange events is extremely professional. This is an experienced professional team.

"So proficient, these people have definitely handled more than one strange event." Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe made a judgment secretly.

Including the 6 members of the investigation team, everyone in the hall took off their gloves one after another, confirmed each other's fingers, and after confirming that their identities were indeed living people, the housekeeper Miss Mei Lin returned the service pistol to Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe and said: "The situation is special now, thank you for your understanding."

"What exactly is the situation now." Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe took the service pistol, pretended to frown in confusion and asked: "What happened?"

Plumeria raised her head when she heard this and looked at him with some confusion.

"What's wrong?" Miss Mei Lin asked with concern immediately.

"Nothing... maybe it's my illusion." Plumeria shook her head, lowered her head and put the chess pieces on the chessboard into the chess box one by one, saying: "It's time to change places to set up the chess game."

"Okay." Miss Mei Lin nodded and helped clean up.

The investigation team moved the folding table from the center of the reception hall on the first floor to the open space outside the door and rearranged the chessboard on the table.

Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe noticed that the housekeeper Miss Mei Lin was very serious when placing the chessboard. She meticulously placed the chessboard in the very center of the wooden table. The square chessboard and the square tabletop, the 4 straight edges of the chessboard were completely parallel to the 4 straight edges of the tabletop, without any deviation, looking like a big 'Hui' character.

"Placed so neatly, obsessive-compulsive disorder?" Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe was somewhat confused: "Or is the orientation of the chessboard also related to the 'regret move' rule..."

Thinking in his heart, Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe moved his gaze away from the chessboard and scanned the distant city wall. Suddenly, a flash of inspiration appeared in his mind: "So that's it... the orientation of the chessboard not only corresponds to the table, but also corresponds to the four walls of Vanishing Castle...

He seemed to have a vague premonition of the 'regret move' logic of this chess set. While placing the chessboard, the police officers who were originally scattered in various parts of the castle received the notice and gathered one after another in the open space in front of the clock tower. They all took off their gloves, revealing their complete hands to show their identities.

"Abel..."

"Gavin Newsom..."

"..."

Under the gaze of the suspicious officers, Chief Ebnick held the list of personnel for this operation and confirmed the identity of each officer arriving to assemble one by one.

"Hey, hey, Banuto."

A colleague familiar with Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe's current identity, "Banuto," nudged him with an elbow and asked, "What happened? I think I heard gunfire just now..."

Another female officer nearby also said, "I heard it too. The gunfire seemed to come from inside the clock tower. Was there a shootout inside? Did you find the suspect?"

"Ah?" Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe was stunned: "A shootout?"

Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe glanced sideways at the female officer who spoke. Banuto's identity was not very familiar with this female colleague; he only knew her name seemed to be "Suxi," and she was from a different department than him.

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The female officer Suxi was also stunned: "Didn't you go into the clock tower with Chief Ebnick? You didn't hear it?"

"Uh... tell me what you heard?" Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe shook his head and asked.

Suxi was a bit puzzled by "Banuto's" reaction, but still said, "I was chatting with Newsom and the others near the laundry room just now when I suddenly heard a burst of gunfire coming from the direction of the clock tower. There were more than ten shots in a row, as if a shootout had occurred?"

"Right, right, I heard it too." The male officer Newsom on the side also said, "Banuto, you were inside the clock tower, closer than any of us. Didn't you hear it?"

"... No." Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe's gaze was serious, and he shook his head.

"That's really strange..." The female officer Suxi shrugged and went to chat with other colleagues.

After the headcount was completed, the chief came to the man in the leather jacket with the personnel list and said, "Including myself, a total of 24 officers were dispatched for this operation. 20 have now assembled. Except for John, who has been killed, 3 other officers are missing, and we cannot contact them via radio."

"So 3 people are out of contact." The man in the leather jacket frowned. Being out of contact here meant the situation was dire.

"It seems everyone who could be found is here." The girl in the black dress raised her eyes, looked at the officers standing loosely in several rows on the open ground, and said softly, "Mei Lin."

"Yes, Your Highness. The isolation cells in the Vanessa Fortress prison have been prepared."

The housekeeper Mei Lin remained expressionless and said to the officers gathered on the open ground, "All officers who have checked their fingers and confirmed their identities, leave Vanessa Fortress immediately. Do not linger for even a moment. Some situations have occurred here that require immediate clearing of the area. Everyone, please return. There are dedicated personnel and vehicles outside responsible for picking you up."

(End of Chapter)