Re:Zero - Jobless Reincarnation: Succubus Sword God? I don't recognize it!

Chapter 273 The whole picture of the killing in Liupu City, why is someone so moved?

James was in a hurry and his footsteps were fast.

Come in a hurry, go in a hurry.

The "steward" next to him, who was actually Beishenliu's saint-level personal bodyguard and secretary, was surprised.

In his eyes, James frowned, and although he said "bluffing", his body movements and expressions were completely different from his words.

Very tight.

In fact, James was quite nervous.

He, James Boreas Graylat, ostensibly Allen's biological father, appeared in Flowing Falls City at this time, not to welcome his beloved son who had been missing for several years.

But came to kill him.

reason?

——Secure your own status.

Two directions:

1: His position under the First Prince - the main threat was Darius, who cooperated with him but totally despised him.

2. His own position in the Boreas family - the main threat is Alan, who has been recognized by Sauros.

The latter threat is, for now, more imminent than the former.

James understood very well what Sauros meant by letting Allen go to the capital at this time. It was nothing more than to insert Allen into one of the four major armed forces in the capital, so that they could support each other in the future and gain political benefits in the capital.

But James knew very well that Alan was a man who was different from other heirs who looked at him with respect, fear, or admiration. This "rebellious son" was born with a pair of cold eyes.

James couldn't tell when something went wrong, but what was certain was that Alan was never on his side.

Although Philip failed in the battle for the position of family leader, he had a very tricky back-up plan.

Even in James' eyes it seemed like a stroke of genius:
It seemed as if he had known about his eldest son's talent long ago and had made arrangements in advance, using some means to let him know his identity.

This is also the reason why after Alan completely "lost control" after the commendation meeting and chose to move into the Mizugami-ryu Dojo, James immediately chose to poison Philip's second child with a chronic poison.

Even if the second child seems to have average talent.

Of course, it was announced to the public that he died of illness.

Why not do the same to Allen? Allen's influence was already so strong at that time that there was no way to make him disappear quietly.

After two years of repeated tugs and probings between James and Allen, James finally received a "report" from an anonymous servant, discovering Allen's behavior of arranging a carriage and attempting to secretly return to Roya.

The incident broke out.

Red Dragon Jaw——He chose to arrange someone to kill Alan on the road.

It failed.

That's why he asked for Darius' help, offered a reward to the bandit gang, and conducted an investigation outside the city of Rigate.

This time, no matter whether it was an ambush or an assassination, the first goal was clear, which was to kill Allen.

However, the resources of the First Prince, Darius, and his own resources could not be integrated and coordinated.

But even so, he was determined to kill Alan, the immediate threat, in Liupu City, even at the risk of being discovered by the First Prince that he was using public resources for personal gain.

After all, the threat from Darius is still in the future. If he doesn't have a future as the head of the Boreas family, then what's the point of competing with Darius for power under the First Prince?

and so.

The first wave was an ambush in Motalit with the resources funded by himself and Darius. James really wanted Allen to die that time.

But the result surprised him. Judging from the situation at the scene, Allen's strength was already to the point of crushing the Northern King. At this point, after discussing with the steward who was the Northern Saint, he came to the conclusion that even with the resources that the First Prince could mobilize, subsequent assassinations might not be able to kill Allen.

Therefore, Yu Liupu City changed its strategy and made multiple preparations.

1: Integrate the resources of the First Prince into a chess game, tie the assassination of Ariel and the assassination of Allen together, and establish the assassination stage in Flowing Waterfall City.

Second: Induce Vita to start the killing of Alan at dawn on the second day after Ariel arrives in Flowing Falls. At the same time, among Vita's helpers there are many members of the assassin group who know about Ariel's killing plan.

Three: Issue a bounty to the assassin group and strangle Alan that night - as a prerequisite for 'assassinating Ariel and becoming the First Prince's retainer'.

then.

Start a plan to kill three birds with one stone.

The plan points to three future possibilities:
1: If the killer group offers a bounty in the middle of the night, they can kill Alan directly.

Then Ariel would die the next day.

Since all the people are dead, there is naturally no evidence. Afterwards, they just throw Allen and Philip onto the dead Ariel, and insist that Allen was sent by Philip to join Ariel's camp.

James knew that Philip had secretly come to the capital during Allen's commendation banquet, and his purpose at that time was to try to contact the second princess. (Without Rudy's story line, Philip made Alice join Ariel's camp.)
This is not only faultless, but also a great achievement.

In this way, James could accomplish three goals at the same time: kill Allen, gain the trust of the First Prince, and weaken Darius' influence.

Two: If in the middle of the night, the killer group offers a bounty for strangulation and can hurt Alan.

Then killing Ariel on the second day would be a further finishing blow. Even if he was unable to kill Ariel after exchanging the pieces, James could accept it.

The first prince blamed him, but it could still be said that he had frustrated Ariel and Philip's flirting with each other. Even if the first prince was dissatisfied with him, he would accept it. As long as the position of the head of the family was secure, there would still be room for improvement in the future.

To resist foreign aggression, one must first stabilize the country. The position of the head of the family is the foundation for exerting power in the capital. This way, at least the position of the head of the family is safe.

Three: If in the middle of the night, the assassin group offers a bounty for the assassin, but Allen crushes them under his feet, and kills all the assassins without any injuries again, then the assassination on the second day will also most likely fail, because the intensity of the two assassinations is similar.

In this way, the plan to tie Allen to the assassination of Ariel will just prove that Allen, a powerful retainer, has already come into contact with Ariel. You didn't come to seek refuge with Ariel, so why are you here saving your ass?

At the same time, in order to prevent the assassin group from possibly overtaking him, he reported the cause of the failure to the First Prince and ordered that all the insiders of the assassin group who were weak in strength in Liupu City be killed to cut off the clues.

How do I report this to the First Prince?

——All of them were killed by Allen. This guy is very strong in martial arts, but narrow-minded and vindictive. Prince, you must be careful and stop the first prince's subsequent attempts to recruit Allen.

What if the remaining two municipal officials were interrogated?
It's too simple.

Question: Who sent people to kill me and Her Royal Highness the Princess?
Answer: Your dad!!!

This definitely proves that the killer had gone mad when his death was imminent and was seeking revenge and retaliating at will. In the absence of any physical evidence and only confessions, no one believed this.

Judging from a rational point of view, the first and third possibilities would be of the greatest benefit to James.

There is no need to say much about the perfect plan to kill both Alan and Ariel. The third option is to push Alan towards Ariel and use his status as the first prince to slowly take her over in the future, which is also in James' interest.

But judging from an emotional point of view, apart from the perfect first possibility, James is more willing to accept the second possibility than the third one.

James' intuition told him that Allen was growing too fast, and only his death could make people feel completely at ease.

We will deal with tomorrow’s affairs the day after tomorrow.

Clap, clap, the footsteps never stop.

The reason why James looks unhappy now is that although things are still as expected, they will end with the third possibility.

But Allen's quick killing of a municipal official on the spot was still horrifying.

This scene made James' emotions overwhelm his rationality.

All that was left was a feeling of regret for not being able to kill Alan.

At this moment, he actually felt in his heart that the third possible development was completely acceptable rationally.

But I still felt uneasy.

-

a minute ago.

Alan turned his head to look at the tower and saw the moment James leaned back.

He twisted his body and took a step to the side, turning the blade in his hand and placing the middle section on his waist.

As he moved, the knife flashed coldly, and the nobles around him stepped back in an uproar, looking at him in horror.

"Calm down, sir!"

"Calm down! Princess Ariel trusts us! She has already promised us! We are not involved in the assassination!"

Alan narrowed his eyes and looked at the window outside the tower where there was no one, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

It is true. It was impulsive.

Seeing James' greedy look, I subconsciously wanted to chop him.
But, now is not the time.

He swung the blade in his hand and turned it behind his back, then laughed out loud. He looked at the nobles in front of him, and his gaze passed over the faces of the two people who had turned their heads subconsciously just now.

Staring at one of them.

To speak, to persuade.

"Among those present here is the mastermind of this assassination." As soon as the words fell, the man trembled with fear and took a step back.

"S-Stop joking!"

"Slander! Do you have any evidence?!"

Alan stared at the retreating noble, his lips curled up and his smile grew wider, but these white teeth, which usually symbolize kindness, were as chilling as a knife in the morning light.

The nobles couldn't help but take a step back.

The next moment, they felt a flash before their eyes, a gust of wind passed by them, and Alan's figure disappeared.

Before they could react, screams rang out behind them! "Ah!!!!"

The nobles all turned their heads and saw Alan grabbing a noble by the hair. The noble tried to resist by grabbing at him with both hands. Alan frowned and hit him with the handle of his knife.

Bang! The bloody tooth broke in the air!

He pinched the noble's bloody face, his fighting spirit blowing beside him, pushing away the other party's increasingly fierce blows, and forcibly pinched the other party's cheekbones, stuffing the head in front of the face of the person he was trying to persuade. With a flash of cold light, the knife was placed on the other party's neck.

But the smile was very 'kind'.

Word by word.

"I am a reasonable person."

The noble looked down at the blade on his neck, and his whole body trembled. Then Alan came close to his ear, and his voice was clear.

"I knew you were involved in planning this assassination, but I didn't kill you right away, right?"

The noble stared into Alan's eyes, and felt that the dark grey pupils contained a captivating magic.

He answered subconsciously following Alan's words.

".Yes. Yes. Don't. Don't do it."

As soon as these words fell, the nobles who were watching Alan's actions in horror were all stunned, slowly turned their heads, and looked at the noble in disbelief.

The latter's attention was all on Alan's face in front of him, and then everyone heard Alan speak.

"Two questions. First, who gave the craftsman killer on the bridge the advantage to sneak in? You? Or him?"

The noble was stunned, his face pale. He stared blankly at the 'colleague' in Allen's hand who was planning this, and swallowed his saliva.

"Ok?"

"It's him! It's him!"

Allen nodded and turned to ask the noble beside him.

"Did you hear everything?"

No one answered, they all stared blankly at the .
skull.

Tsk tsk tsk! ! !
Blood splattered on everyone's faces. With a plop, the smooth body with a broken neck fell to the ground. Alan shook his hand and sprinkled the blood on the blade in his hand onto the ground.

A line of blood.

Alan reached out and patted the cheek of the noble opposite him who was already stunned.

"Great. Second question."

"Who ordered you around?"

The noble was stunned, and immediately spoke loudly with obvious crying voice, tears streaming down his face.

"Zhan!"

He was stunned for a moment, looked up at Alan's expression, and immediately changed his words.

"No, the First Prince! It's the First Prince! This is the Crown Prince..."

Chila!

His head fell to the ground.

Alan looked to his side leisurely.

The mayor was seen holding a knife, his face pale, and the nobles beside him were all pale.

"Oh? Mayor, why did you kill him?"

The mayor's lips trembled, but he gritted his teeth and growled.

"Climbing and biting! Still climbing and biting! Ridiculous! Absurd!"

Alan gave him a long look.

He leaned forward, placed his lips next to the mayor's ear, and whispered softly.

Very intimate.

"Just now you kept saying that there must be no assassins, but now you are acting so quickly, Mr. Mayor."

Alan's smiling voice penetrated into his ears like the devil's whisper.

"What did I just say? If you didn't do it, I would help you. Now, it's better for the mayor to do it himself."

The mayor's face turned pale and he said nothing.

"I see that you know a lot of things. It's not that you can't see them, but you just don't want to stand in your position and deliberately turn a blind eye."

"But the question is, how long can you pretend to be blind? Did the First Prince inform you of such a large-scale assassination plot in your territory? If this really happened, can you completely get away with it? I think you treat him as a crown prince."

"He obviously doesn't treat you as a human being, Mr. Mayor?"

Alan stood up and patted the mayor, who had a sour look on his face, on the shoulder.

"Think about it carefully for an hour and wait for your results."

After saying that, Alan turned around and walked behind him, holding the severed head.

He had already figured out James's plan. Just as he had said, the confessions of the two city hall officials were actually useless.

Then why not make use of their remaining energy?

While thinking, I walked to the bridge step by step.

The morning breeze on the bridge brought the smell of blood, and Alan suddenly turned his head.

In the distance, James, who happened to be walking out of the tower, cast a glance at him, then quickly turned around and walked away at the speed of light without any reluctance.

Alan sneered in his heart when he saw this.

There are many potential needs for using [Persuasion] in the process of dealing with the assassination, such as when talking with the maid killer, when dealing with Ariel's temptation and PUA methods, and when rejecting Ariel and then counter-PUA on the third floor of the ship.

But Alan held back, and achieved his goals one by one by relying on more words, more patience, more detailed analytical skills, and stronger verbal guidance skills than Ariel.

【Persuasion】: One day/once/three minutes.

It should be placed at a more critical time.

What other more important time points are there today - for example, the time to 'convince' James.

Allen had indeed expected that James had come to Flowfall City. Based on his understanding of James, he would never trust others to do this and stay in the capital. There was no mobile phone in this world that could help him remotely control the situation.

However, according to Allen's idea, with James's personality, when the plan is completed, he will definitely appear in front of him with a very proud attitude like an elder scolding a younger person, "showing off" the results of his plan.

At present, from where he is, this is probably what he is planning.

But now it seems that he witnessed the whole process of killing.

I was actually scared.

whispering sound.
Virtue.

But by some chance it did work.

The more afraid James became, the more his mind ran wild.

The next step will be better.

I might as well use today's [Persuasion].

As for James, we can have a good chat face to face in the capital.

He no longer looked at James' back and continued walking towards the broken bridge.

At the window of the boat, white golden hair gently caresses the wind.

The blue eyes flickered like the ripples on the surface of a spring lake.

　Although we haven't entered the Royal Capital yet, the 'Royal Capital' chapter is almost 2/3 finished.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)