Chapter 34: Teammates with Burning IQs
In the dim and damp corridor, silence, a deathly silence.
Harold was very calm, even though two councilors had been killed within just a few hours.
One must understand, Councilor Jones and Councilor Leopold were the leaders of the radical and conservative factions respectively. With them around, the other ten councilors could only cower. Now that the two of them were dead, the power structure of the council system was left without a leader.
More seriously, the golden triangle formed by Harold, Jones, and Leopold had been shattered, making people ponder deeply whether the next target would be Harold himself.
"Kukulin, what I'm about to say is classified. Even if both of us might die in the near future, you cannot reveal it to outsiders."
Harold spoke in a deep voice, as if he vaguely suspected something.
"Regarding the murders of Jones and Leopold, I'll have someone else investigate. If I'm killed tonight, you must go to..."
Harold's voice grew lower and lower. A few minutes later, the two walked out of the partially underground building.
As soon as they entered the Parliament Palace, the red-haired man who had gone to deal with the Eye Chamber earlier hurried back and whispered something to Harold.
"Mm, I understand."
Harold's expression remained unchanged. After hesitating for a moment, he handed a key to Su Xiao.
"Keep this for now, including Nancy's key."
Su Xiao didn't say anything. After taking the key, which was only one-third complete, he led Bubu Wang and Amu out of the Parliament Palace.
As soon as he stepped outside, Su Xiao's expression gradually darkened. Although he now had Harold's support, the hidden dangers from before had completely erupted.
Harold had probably already guessed something, otherwise he wouldn't have handed over the key to the Execution Agency's basement to Su Xiao and asked him to keep all three keys. One must know, with these three keys, Su Xiao could open the Execution Agency's basement, which held too many secrets.
The reason Harold did this was because he wanted to distance himself from a certain matter, thereby calming the fallout from the deaths of the two councilors.
Earlier, Su Xiao had been searching for the Eye Chamber and had already made some progress. Perhaps it wouldn't be long before he found the second, third, or even fourth Eye Chamber.
Right at that moment, Councilor Jones was suddenly murdered, his corpse covered in eyeballs. No reasoning was needed; everyone could tell his death was related to the Eye Chamber and the Phantom Ghost.
This was a counterattack from the Ghost Ring faction. Although they had been taking a beating all along, with just one move, they had killed off two councilors.
Furthermore, a contractor had previously offered 800,000 Paradise Coins to buy Councilor Jones's head. That could almost be seen as a provocation, or rather, the other party was using 800,000 Paradise Coins to buy Su Xiao's position as the Execution Agency's Legion Commander.
It could also be interpreted as: You're troublesome, so here's 800,000 Paradise Coins plus a chance to change your mission. Stop interfering with my operations.
Su Xiao completely ignored this semi-threatening transaction and exchanged for the highest-value Ghost's Treasure. Just a few minutes later, that contractor bought the second-ranked Arcane Card: Greed. From the speed of the purchase, it was clear the other party was provoked.
A few hours later, Su Xiao uncovered an Eye Chamber. The contractor hiding in the shadows, as if his tail had been stepped on, killed both Councilor Jones and Councilor Leopold in a short time.
Ask yourself, with two councilors dying one after another, and the cause of death likely linked to the Eye Chamber, Phantom Ghost, and Ghost Ring, who would the Empire's high-ranking officials hold responsible for this matter?