Who hid my body?

boom!

A huge chainsaw sword was placed on the Skeleton Knight's neck, which instantly stopped him from speaking. He subconsciously raised his head and immediately met those cold eyes.

"You'd better tell me now what's going on."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 94: Twenty-five is a serious crime

"I do not know what you're talking about!"

The skeleton knight, with the chainsword pressed against his neck, looked pale.

"I asked you what's going on with those two mechanical arms behind you?!"

"What's going on?" The Skeleton Knight gritted his teeth and said, "This is my body. I can add whatever I want to it."

"Is this your... freedom?" Upon hearing this, Gerard's exposed eyes were about to spark. "When has the law of Lyra ever allowed such freedom? If there really is such a law, tell me which one it is!"

The Skeleton Knight was naturally speechless. He just managed to say, "So what? I'm not the only one who did this! Why do you only blame me?"

"Of course I know you're not the only one who did this." Gerard looked into the Skeleton Knight's eyes and spoke word by word, "The last person I caught doing this was called Ocot. You should know what happened to him."

The Skeleton Knight's heart trembled. He naturally understood Jellal's threat, but he was still unwilling to give in, so he said with all his strength: "Jellal! If you really want to kill me, you can just do it directly! No need to find these boring excuses! Anyway, we all know that you are crazy, and you have been crazy for ten years! Anyway, I am innocent. If you kill me, you will be defined."

"Are you threatening me?"

The current Jellal is no longer the same as when he returned to Lyra two days ago.

He pushed the skeleton knight against the wall, then raised the chainsword in his hand a little higher and twisted the handle.

In an instant, the skeleton knight heard the sharp and terrifying roar of the chainsaw sword on his forehead.

The Skeleton Knight's face suddenly turned paler.

He knew very well that if Gerard loosened his sword-holding hand a little, the chainsaw sword would cut him in half in an instant - there was no need to doubt the destructive power of the chainsaw sword. At this moment, it had already drilled a big hole in the wall that the Skeleton Knight was leaning against. The broken stones hit his neck, as if reminding the Skeleton Knight that in front of this chainsaw sword, his life was no different from these seemingly hard stones.

Gerald really wanted to kill himself!

"If I hadn't sensed the smell of pollution in your body," Gerard's cold voice rang in the Skeleton Knight's ears, "you would have been killed by me now."

The Skeleton Knight still wanted to hold on, but Jellal simply moved the Chainsword down a little. The increasingly approaching roar and more falling rubble could no longer make him as tough as before.

"Tell me! Who told you to put these on?"

"Yes, I volunteered!"

“Bullshit! You are not an ordinary person, you are a Skeleton Knight! You transformed your body into this, who allowed you to pass the physical examination!” Gerard yelled at the Skeleton Knight, “Who is behind you?! Who sent you here… Tell me!”

At this moment, the Skeleton Knight finally couldn't hold on any longer.

Facing such a close threat of death, he could no longer maintain his toughness. His psychological defenses collapsed at this moment. He fell to the ground with a "bang" and said with trembling lips: "It's the 'Zhu Xin Society'..."

Just as he finished speaking, a series of dense footsteps were heard, and more fully armed skeleton knights rushed out from the platform. After seeing the scene in front of them, they all raised the automatic cannons in their hands.

"Jellal, stop it!"

"You're under arrest!"

……

Kud hurriedly walked into the Skeleton Knights' headquarters. Chalmers was already waiting for him there. After seeing him, Chalmers immediately came to greet him. Before he even arrived, he heard complaints: "Boss, where have you been? Such a big thing happened and we can't find your people. Minister Finley is very angry."

"I went to investigate a case."

"Investigating a case?" Chalmers' eyes widened. "Boss, you are not still investigating Gerald's case, are you? Isn't that him..."

"Now that the case has been filed, we need to investigate." Kud interrupted Chalmers succinctly, "Now tell me what happened on the day I was away."

"A lot of things happened today." Chalmers spread his hands helplessly, "First of all, the biggest thing is that another affairs assistant in District 4 also died this morning, and he died in front of countless people."

Kud's body paused: "What's going on?"

"I don't know. According to the description of the people at the scene, the assistant was walking and suddenly... broke into pieces." Chalmers said, "We haven't figured out the exact method yet. We only have a rough suspect."

"Who?" Kud asked this question subconsciously, and in less than a second, he guessed the answer, "Is it Gerald?"

"Yes, before the assistant died, Gerard was the person he talked to the longest." Chalmers said, "And not long after Gerard left, the assistant died."

“…Is there any evidence?”

"That's the problem... still nothing." Chalmers sighed, "Like I said just now, we still don't know how the assistant died. This is totally not Tianqin's power."

"...What happens after that?"

"According to the rules, we naturally have to find Gerard, the first suspect. A knight from another squad found him at the 'Rim' station, so the knight conveyed the news to the headquarters and kept an eye on him at the scene."

Kud suddenly felt uneasy: "Will Gerard kill this knight as well?"

"Not really." Chalmers shook his head.

Just when Kud was about to breathe a sigh of relief, he heard Chalmers say indifferently.

"It was just an unsuccessful attempt. When the follow-up troops arrived, they saw Gerard holding his chainsaw sword on the knight's neck, and the chainsaw sword was activated. If the follow-up troops arrived later, the tragedy might have already happened, and another innocent life would have been lost today." At this point, Chalmers immediately became indignant, "This guy is obviously crazy! We must find a way to convict him immediately..."

"Why did Gerald attack that knight?" Kud did not pay attention to Chalmers' emotional output, but asked this question, "Did he explain the reason?"

Chalmers was stunned: "What?"

"I mean..." In front of the minister's office, Kud stopped and looked at Chalmers, repeating his previous question word by word, "Why did Gerard attack that knight?"

"Well, it's because the knight made illegal modifications," Chalmers said. "He added two mechanical arms to his back."

Kud's brows immediately frowned.

"Hey, boss, you're not going to speak up for Gerard at this time, are you?" Chalmers said in surprise as he saw the change in Kud's expression. "Even if that knight really did violate the rules, Gerard doesn't have the authority to kill him on the spot."

Kude still ignored Chalmers' complaints and asked again: "What else did they confess?"

"Gerald said that the Skeleton Knight said that an organization called the 'New Chasing Society' asked him to install the mechanical arm." Chalmers said, "But this was denied by the Skeleton Knight. He said that he did not say such a thing and that it was all made up by Gerard."

Cooder fell silent.

This silence made Chalmers feel a little uneasy. He had always felt that something was wrong, but he hadn't noticed it. Now he gradually realized it and asked, "Boss, what's wrong with you? Why do I feel so strange about you today? Didn't you go to investigate the case? But shouldn't the case be investigated in District 4? How come you don't know anything... Where did you go?"

Kud was silent for a while, then he slowly said: "I did go to investigate the case, but I didn't start from District 4."

"So what did you find out?"

"Everything is normal, but...not quite normal." Kud said, very puzzled. "So I can't say for sure now. I need to wait and see."

As he spoke, Kud was about to enter the minister's office.

Chalmers hurriedly stopped him: "Hey, hey, hey, don't be a riddler here! At least tell me something!"

Kud looked at Chalmers deeply, and then left a sentence.

"Skeleton Knight illegally added a mechanical arm. That should be a felony, right?"

"Illegal addition of a robotic arm..." Chalmers recalled, then frowned and nodded, "It seems to be a serious crime. What's wrong?"

"But before I reminded you, did you realize this?" Kud said softly, "Don't you think this is just a small violation?"

Chalmers was stunned.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 95 Twenty Six My Fingers Saw Them (3K)

"Kud, I need an explanation."

As soon as he entered the office, Kud felt a sharp gaze falling on him, accompanied by a deep male voice.

Kud turned his head and looked at the middle-aged man sitting in a high-back chair and looking at him. His name was Finley, and he was the supreme leader of the Skeleton Army.

"Mr. Minister." Kud gave a standard knight's salute, "Sorry, I'm late."

"You should apologize, but not for this." Finley's face was very bad. "Do you still remember the task I assigned you a year ago?"

Kud nodded slightly: "Remember, you asked me to let the rebel Gerald die within the prescribed scope."

"It's amazing that you still remember this." Finley's words were full of sarcasm. "Do you think you have done it?"

Kud was silent for a while, then shook his head: "No, Minister."

"Yes, Kud, you didn't do it." Finley pointed at Kud and said, "Kud, you are my most trusted subordinate. That's why I handed this mission to you, but not only have you never completed it, you have also kept him in bigger trouble. Kud, in the two days since he came back, two innocent people have lost their lives. If our people hadn't arrived quickly today, there would have been a third victim, and this victim would have been your comrade-in-arms. If something like that really happened, wouldn't you feel guilty?"

At this time, Kud raised his head, looked at Finley who was still indignant, and said softly: "Minister, I heard that the knight had a mechanical arm installed on his body that did not comply with regulations... Is that true?"

Hearing this, Finley's face instantly became even gloomier.

"Captain Kude." His face became even darker, but his tone became calmer. "What do you mean? That knight did something against the rules. Should he be killed at will?"

"I never said that, Minister." Cooder seemed to have anticipated Finley's reaction. He said softly, "I just thought about last night."

"Last night?" Finley asked. "What happened last night?"

"Last night, Gerard killed the assistant named Ocot. According to him, the assistant had undergone unauthorized modifications, with eight robotic arms installed, and used pollution sources to control these robotic arms." Kud said, "At that time, we all thought he was talking nonsense, because there was no body to be found, and there was no evidence, so he could make up stories at will... Is that right?"

Finley did not answer Kude directly, but stared at Kude: "What do you want to say?"

"What I want to say is that what we thought he was talking nonsense last night has been verified today." Kud said, "Although the knight did not go to the extreme of adding eight mechanical arms, and no pollution source was detected on his body, but does the addition of two mechanical arms mean there is no problem? Moreover, the skeleton knight is different from the affairs assistant. All the modifications on us must be approved and inspected annually. So how did this skeleton knight pass the annual inspection? Gerard said that the knight mentioned an organization called 'New Chasing Society'. Does this organization really exist?"

Kud asked all his questions in one breath.

After listening to him, Finley did not answer immediately. He just leaned back in his chair and stared at Kud. After a long time, he said calmly, "I understand what you mean, Captain Kud. You saw that I blamed you for not doing your job well, so you brought up these things that other people didn't do well either, just to shut me up, right?"

"No, Minister." Kud was surprised, "I didn't mean that at all."

"Then what do you mean?" Finley looked directly at Kude, "What do you think we are talking about? A guy who betrayed Lyra and made the entire Vesperia team die with him, but because there is no clear evidence, he is still alive today. What kind of person is this? Captain Kude, you should know very well that countless people have died because of him, in the past, now, and in the future... But you, as a knight of bones, as my most trusted captain, you turn a blind eye to all this and even talk nonsense to me!"

Finley's voice became louder and louder, and by the end he was completely furious. He grabbed the Tower of Babel model on the table and smashed it hard on Kud's head.

For a skeleton knight like Kud, this kind of model naturally couldn't hurt him. He just stared blankly at the miniature Tower of Babel falling to the ground and breaking into pieces. At the same time, he recalled the look on Finley's face when he got this model and couldn't let it go... This should have been the minister's favorite thing.

"You disappoint me so much, Coode." Finley said coldly, "What you just said has made me begin to doubt whether you are still qualified to be the captain of the team. You'd better think carefully about what you are going to say next, okay?"

Kud looked at the shattered Tower of Babel on the ground, and after a long silence, he spoke softly.

"As you wish, Minister."

……

"I thought your daily routine was pretty fixed." Bai Wei said lazily, "Eating, sleeping, killing, and staying in jail. The whole routine is smooth and seamless... You really don't look like a good person."

At this moment, Gerard was sitting in a cell with iron bars, with shackles on his hands and feet, which was exactly in line with Bai Wei's ridicule of him.

But to such a joke, Gerard answered seriously: "It's not every day, but only yesterday and today, and the process is different. I killed the person yesterday, but I didn't go to jail. I am in jail today, but I didn't kill the person... You killed him."

"So you are sitting in jail for me?" Bai Wei said, "That's so embarrassing. How about you talk to someone outside and let them dig my eyeballs out. Then I will sit here and you go outside to rest first?"

There was no need to respond to such pure ridicule, but because of the deal, as long as it was Bai Wei's question, Gerard had to think seriously and then give an answer.

"I don't think so."

Bai Wei smiled, and then asked him: "What do you think about the 'Zhu Xin Hui' that guy mentioned earlier?"

Seeing that Bai Wei finally asked a normal question, Gerard could answer it properly: "I have never heard of such an organization. From the description of the knight, the organization helped him complete his transformation and also helped him avoid the annual physical examination of the Skeleton Army. Such an existence..."

Gerald paused, then spoke softly.

“It’s really scary.”

Bai Wei rarely heard the word "terrible" from Gerard's mouth. You know, when this guy first faced him, he dared to die with him.

So Bai Wei asked curiously, "Is it because you feel that this organization has penetrated deeply into the Skeleton Army, and the number of people affected by it is far more than you imagined?"

"...It's more than that." Gerald said softly, "I don't know how much you know about Tianqin, but I can tell you one thing, there is no 'extra' organization in Tianqin."

"Oh?" Bai Wei raised Gerard's eyebrows again. He had become more and more proficient in this action. "Is it because of the existence of 'rules'?"

"Yes." Gerard nodded and said, "The entire Tianqin is like a running machine. Its various formal organizations, such as the Pioneer Corps and the Guardian Corps, were established from the beginning and work to ensure the normal operation of the machine. As for the machine, there will only be old parts replacing new parts, but new parts will not appear out of thin air because there is no place for them."

"And this 'Zhu Xin Hui' is a brand new component, is that what you mean?"

"Yes, that's what makes me uneasy." Gerald said softly, "Of course, yesterday that guy named Okot made me realize the existence of such a new thing, so I'm not particularly surprised. But I don't know what this 'New Chasing Society' wants to do."

This is also the point that Gerald has never been able to figure out.

Now he has a hunch that his mission ten years ago was most likely caused by these guys.

But what is it for?

Tianqin is a very pure city, and everything in it revolves around rules. That is why, for thousands of years, even though it is located in the most polluted place, there has never been any internal strife in Tianqin.