Chapter 174: Police Superintendent

After Louis and the others hid the corpse, Baron Brignais asked Lu Mian quite casually:

"I'm curious, how did you take out 'Hammer' Ait?"

Lu Mian didn't hide it and took out the empty small metal bottle, placing it on the table in front of him.

"What is this?" Baron Brignais examined it carefully for a few seconds.

"Didn't I go underground this afternoon?" Lu Mian said with a smile. "I met a pervert, accidentally killed him, and got this gas-type anesthetic from him, along with the corresponding antidote.

"After I infiltrated the washroom of 'Hammer' Ait's room, I drank the antidote, waited for him to come in, then opened the bottle cap of the anesthetic, engaged him in close-quarters combat, and dragged him, not letting him leave the washroom until the effect of the anesthetic began to show."

Baron Brignais thought for a moment and confirmed the feasibility of this plan, nodding with satisfaction:

"The washroom isn't big, and the gas-type anesthetic would fill it up quickly. Moreover, there shouldn't be any ventilation ducts there. Given 'Hammer' Ait's personality and his guard against our Savages, he wouldn't let anyone have a chance to sneak in easily.

"The gunmen outside wouldn't dare to fire casually either. That would very likely accidentally kill 'Hammer' Ait, and they might not even be able to open the washroom door."

Baron Brignais thought as he spoke, as if he had seen it with his own eyes.

Louis and the others on the side nodded secretly.

After being analyzed like this, they found that Xia Er hunting "Hammer" Ait in a short time wasn't so unbelievable.

He had indeed found the path to success and fully utilized the supplies on hand.

Under that plan, as long as one's combat ability wasn't too much worse than "Hammer" Ait's, there was a good hope of solving that traitor.

Of course, for the whole thing to succeed, strength, luck, decisiveness, courage, and the ability to gather information were all indispensable.

This showed Xia Er's terror, just not as terrifying as they had imagined just now.

What Baron Brignais appreciated more was Lu Mian's brain, just a bit dissatisfied that he had carried "Hammer" Ait's corpse to the Breeze Dance Hall after the fact, almost bringing disaster to himself.

However, Baron Brignais didn't mean to blame the other party.

Having calmed down, he felt the problem was more with himself:

"It seems I usually appear too confident and too intelligent, as if nothing can stump me, so he believed I could provide enough protection and didn't need to fear 'Black Scorpion' Luo Jie.

"This was my proposed action, so it's normal for him to think I had made preparations."

During the idle chat, time ticked by second by second. Not long after, the Savage thug guarding the first-floor entrance came up and said to Baron Brignais:

"Baron, Police Superintendent Everett is here."

"Invite him up." Baron Brignais stood up and greeted him at the top of the stairs.

Travis Everett was a Police Superintendent of the Honest Market District Police General Bureau and one of the highest-level police officers directly responsible for doing things. Above him were several deputy directors with the rank of Chief Superintendent and the Police Commissioner who managed everything in this district.

Baron Brignais liked dealing with Everett very much because, if he used the words left by Roselle the Great, this was a standard "good man" who didn't like to investigate the truth of things and only hoped that everyone would get along and not cause big trouble.

He was very skilled at resolving conflicts between several gangs in the Market District.

Ten seconds later, this police officer walked into the second-floor cafe with two subordinates.

He was about thirty years old, nearly 1.75 meters tall, with black hair cut relatively short, blue eyes behind relatively large black-rimmed glasses, and a slightly wide chin.

At this time, he was wearing a black police uniform, with the shoulder strap having a black background, inlaid with a silver-white, five-petaled iris flower.

This represented a Police Superintendent.

If there were seven petals, it would be a Chief Superintendent, and further up, a milky-white diamond square would be added.

Travis Everett looked at Baron Brignais, who was smiling and greeting him, and asked with a gloomy face:

"What was going on just now? Don't tell me an explosion happened at the entrance of the Breeze Dance Hall and you don't know who did it!"

"Superintendent, please sit down first." Baron Brignais led Travis Everett to the wooden table just now, pulled out the chair for him personally, and invited him to sit.

Lu Mian didn't want to face the police officers directly, fearing he would be recognized as a wanted criminal. He disguised himself like Louis and the others, standing behind Baron Brignais.

Baron Brignais picked up his peach-wood pipe, looked at Travis Everett opposite him, and said with a slightly solemn expression:

"'Hammer' Ait is dead, and I was worried that 'Black Scorpion' Luo Jie would go crazy, so I threw the detonators myself to draw everyone over. Superintendent, rest assured, I deliberately chose the location of the explosion and it won't cause the death of any person, not even serious injuries."

Travis Everett raised his right hand, pushed the black-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, and pointed at Baron Brignais opposite:

"You guys! Can you not cause so much trouble! Next week is the parliamentary election. Do you want us to lose face in front of our boss for the next five years?

"I don't care what you are thinking, and I don't want to know what your purpose is. I just want to see a peaceful Market District.

"If something similar happens again, I will suggest to Mr. Emeric that he invite the Eighth Bureau and the two major churches to form a joint investigation team to specifically deal with your Savages!"

Emeric was one of the Police Commissioners of Trier, responsible for the Honest Market District.

Travis Everett didn't mention the death of "Hammer" Ait in every sentence, but every sentence was beating Baron Brignais with this matter.

Baron Brignais responded with a smile:

"Superintendent, you can rest assured. For the next two weeks, we will strictly abide by the law. I am just worried about the Poison Sting Gang side..."

Travis Everett nodded and sighed:

"Roselle the Great said that everyone getting along peacefully can make money. If you really have any disputes, you can come to me for arbitration."

He then turned his head and said to the two low-level police officers beside him:

"We're going back now. Find someone to keep an eye on the leaders of the Poison Sting Gang and talk to them to let them behave themselves."

After speaking, this Superintendent stood up and opened his arms:

"Praise the Sun!"

"Praise the Sun!" Baron Brignais stood up and followed.

Watching Travis Everett and the others walk into the stairs, Lu Mian muttered silently:

"Is it that everyone with a bit of status likes to hang what Roselle the Great once said on their lips?

"We lower-class people are different. We curse when we should, and use slang when we should. Whether a sentence makes sense doesn't depend on who said it..."

Waiting for nearly another half hour, Baron Brignais said to Lu Mian:

"'Black Scorpion' Luo Jie and those people should all be watched, and there's no danger for the time being.

"You can return to the 'Golden Chicken Hotel' to rest now. Come here at 10:30 tomorrow morning, and I'll take you to see the boss."

"Okay," Lu Mian revealed a smile. "Thank you, Baron."

He then asked:

"According to the rules, I killed 'Hammer' Ait, so the items on him should belong to me, right?"

"That's right." Baron Brignais was quite generous in such matters.

He signaled Louis to bring over the black handgun, bullet pouch, triangular spike, and the stack of information he had prepared earlier:

"These are yours too."

Lu Mian hung the holster under his left arm, hid the other items, and walked into the private room where "Hammer" Ait's corpse was placed.

He confirmed that no one was following him, squatted down, and unbuttoned the corpse's shirt.

There was a ball, golden-red like morning clouds and evening glow, with bits of light flickering and wandering inside.

This was the Beyonder characteristic of a "Fighter"!

Lu Mian happily put it away and searched through "Hammer" Ait's various pockets, turning out 116 Felkin and 17 Kope in banknotes and coins, as well as a pair of steel-cast fist gloves with several sharp short spikes.

For him, this harvest was bigger, much bigger, than hunting Margot.

On the way back to the "Golden Chicken Hotel," gas streetlights were far apart, and Lu Mian shuttled through the interlaced light and shadow, feeling that there were pairs of eyes hidden in the surroundings, staring at himself.

"Is 'Black Scorpion' Luo Jie driving undead or using other Beyonder abilities to monitor me, or am I too vigilant and having some hallucinations?" Lu Mian muttered while raising his right hand to pinch his temples on both sides.

He opened his "Spirit Vision," but he didn't find anything.

That feeling of being stared at then subsided.

Inside the three-story building with a garden at 126 Market Avenue.

"Black Scorpion" Luo Jie, with his deep and cold blue eyes, and the handsome "Baldy" Haman walked back from outside.

The ten Poison Sting Gang members waiting here felt the oppression and fear at the same time. Not one of them dared to speak, as if they were facing a brewing hurricane.

After more than ten seconds, "Baldy" Haman gritted his teeth and said:

"That Xia Er doesn't take us seriously at all, and the Savages are provoking us again and again. They must be made to pay the price!"

"Black Scorpion" Luo Jie also felt provoked by Xia Er, and he said in a deep voice:

"This matter cannot just end like this!"

Hoo... he exhaled and signaled the other Poison Sting Gang members present to leave.

After only "Baldy" Haman was left, "Black Scorpion" Luo Jie continued:

"But we are being watched by the police now, and there might even be official Beyonders, so we can't retaliate for the time being.

"Brignais is indeed not simple; he has a brain.

"After Mr. Artua is elected as a Member of Parliament, 'Lady Moon' will give us new gifts. At that time, I will dig out Brignais's brain and throw it to those stray dogs!

"We can't do nothing during this time either. After the people watching us aren't so attentive, find an opportunity to assassinate Xia Er!

"The Savages can assassinate our people, and we can assassinate theirs!"

"Golden Chicken Hotel," Lu Mian had just walked to the door of room 207 when he made a discovery and turned his head to look at the balcony area not far away.

"Come out," he sighed and said, "Miss Jianna."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 175 =====