After the "video call" with Salvatore ended, the Winter Hand, who had been standing at the door for a while, finally knocked on the door and walked in.

It was a rather thin old man.

He looked tall and thin, like a withered scarecrow, like an eboned ghost.

The old man was dressed in a light gray robe, and his face was very pale and bloodless. Her snow-white, fine hair is thinning to the point of almost transparency, and subtle age spots can be seen on her temples and at the corners of her eyes.

His pupils were silvery-white...... It's like being completely shrouded in fog. At first glance, it looks like a blind man with pure white eyes.

The most conspicuous thing about him is not the little finger of his left hand with the ice ring, but the scarf around his neck.

The old man was wearing at least seven or eight dark gray woollen scarves. From the nose to the chin, and even the shoulders are wrapped. Except for the silver-gray eyes, the facial features were completely obscured, and nothing would be revealed.

"Your Highness, the results of the interrogation are out."

A low, very soft voice rang out muffled from under the scarf: "Can I report back to you now?" ”

"No problem, Uncle Zorgen."

Annan nodded slightly.

There was a hint of respect in his voice.

Although he has completely lost his memory, in fact, Annan grew up watching this Winter Hand when he was a child - even when Ivan was a child, he watched it up.

In the hands of Winter, the "ring finger" is responsible for handling housekeeping, and the "thumb" is responsible for administrative work.

The "little finger" is called the "finger that is not needed", that is, the "hidden finger". They are responsible for "work that does not need to be seen...... For example, espionage, torture, assassination, perjury, and other activities.

In general, the Winter Hand is an advanced descendant of the Wizards of the School of Disability. However, the position of the little finger requires an additional Stalker class.

It is said that before Annan was eight years old, Zorgen intercepted at least ten waves of assassinations against Annan; And before Annan was born, his mother, Anya Rasputin, would also be protected by Zorgen.

The reason why Annan was assassinated was only because he was separated from Ivan.

At present, the upper echelons of the Winter Hand are not complete - because the power is very large, it is better to have a shortage than an abundance.

This is a new rule that only appeared after the defection of Vladimir the Winterbreaker...... Until then, the "Ten Fingers" will always remain full. There will even be many alternate slots alone, which directly leads to a fight within the Winter Hand.

And thanks to the "Reverse Winterers" sounded the alarm.

He reminded Ivan that the true power of the Duchy of Winter was not in the hands of the ministers...... Rather, it is in the hands of the "ten fingers" of the hand of winter.

The little finger of the right hand of the previous generation was also a member of the defection. Since then, all of his disciples have been purged...... To this day, the "little finger of the right hand" faction is still managed by Zorgen.

Roughly speaking, the rule of the Winter Hand is "the left hand is inside, and the right hand is outside". Just as the left hand is used to block attacks and protect vital points, the right hand is used to hold a weapon to attack others.

At present, there are still four rings left in the right hand of the Hand of Winter - except for the most important one, the "thumb" as the commander is kept by the "Victor" designated by Ivan himself, and the other four rings are all empty, and the power is merged into the left hand.

Spies who have been buried abroad before will not receive any orders if they have not been activated, and they will be allowed to live their own daily lives; Those who had already begun to transmit information to the Duchy of Winter were also ordered to find a way to re-infiltrate...... For example, "Daddy" is like that.

And more manpower, which is used for internal monitoring and management. So in fact, the "counter-espionage" personnel in the winter are twice as many for no reason. Because of the sudden abundance of manpower, the spies on Noah's side were all named and found one by one, and they were all arrested without exception.

They simply couldn't get the information back.

- This is the real reason why the old bread of Dali Garden was curious before, "Winter suddenly shrank the scope of intelligence". Essentially, because of the change in the rights of the "Ten Fingers", the Ten Fingers became the Six Fingers...... It's not because there's a big change in Winter, or some secret information that can't be known to outsiders.

This is a true secret that the Noahs must never have known.

“…… Sum up. I think Yuri Frostwind needs to be arrested immediately. ”

Zorgen stood straight with his hands clasped to his trouser legs, his unusually slender body like a lanky ghost. He didn't look at the notes, but very skillfully recited the information he got from the torture to Annan directly.

To put it simply, this operation is indeed the handiwork of the Northland Alliance. To be precise, it was the private actions of three of the Northland Alliance, Viscount Peter, Viscount Ostov, and Count Yuri.

They didn't simply assassinate Annan.

After comparing it with the previous investigation information of the Winter Hand, Zorgen keenly discovered that Frozen Wind had a strange amount of money. Ostensibly, it was used as a "green fire for daily use", but upon closer investigation, it was discovered that the money was going to a town in the underworld called "Saltpeter Ranch".

The ruler of this town, the "Bloody Hand Brothers", has an inexplicable relationship with Nata County in the Kingdom of Noah - a large amount of demonic blood produced by the "Mushroom Eaters" gang only flows into Noah's own territory. The rest was sold to saltpeter ranches.

After that, the blood of the demons flowed into the Frozen Wind Collar of the Winter Northland through the relationship of the saltpeter ranch.

"Yuri Frostwind has been prosecuted for researching forbidden rituals before. He made a large amount of reparations and handed over three of his estates to save him from prison. But the previous forbidden ritual was a ritual with 'communicating with dream creatures'...... In this ritual, the poisonous dust of Hermes is used, so the material of the 'pure degenerate' is needed.

"Looking back now...... Those materials should be just the dregs of the demon's defeat. They may not have created poisonous dust at all, let alone communicated with dream creatures. ”

The old man's eyes were cold and emotionless: "Considering that they may have successfully created demons, I think it is necessary to send out the frost beast force to seal it down." All persons involved in the taboo ritual are to be arrested. ”

To dispatch the Frostbeast troops, permission from the "Index Finger" and above is required. In fact, he overstepped his authority by declaring this.

And if the action is so big, it may touch the already sensitive nerves of the Northland Alliance.

Annan thought for a moment and asked, "Have you told my father?" ”

"Grand Duke Ivan instructed me to report to you in the future, Your Highness Annan."

Zorgen replied.

“…… Don't rush yet. ”

Annan was silent for a long time, frowning slightly: "You said that the assassin's weapon is...... Venom? ”

"It's a standard spell [Venom - Heart Failure]. Once hit, the blade will break and remain in the muscles, and the blade will be inflicted with the "Heart Failure" spell on the contact every three seconds. ”

The old man replied calmly, "This is the technique of the Tooth Burner in the United Kingdom. ”

There was no emotion in his words, just as Annan's previous reply did not exist—no rhetorical questions, no follow-up questions.

It's like a cold puppet.

"So—investigate from here."

Annan's index finger tapped on the table and said slowly: "We must know who is involved, so that we can know who our enemies really are and what their purpose may be." Only then can we know who can be won over and who cannot be trusted. ”

"We have very few available personnel in the underground city, and it is difficult to go to the saltpeter ranch to conduct efficient investigations."

The old man replied emotionlessly, "But we have three spies in the Underworld who have become 'diggers'. But once activated, it could expose them and thus lose their rights. While this isn't 100 percent, the 'Wise Ones' are quite difficult to deal with, and you'll want to use them as disposable pawns. ”

“…… No, not at all. ”

Thinking of this, Annan's heart moved slightly.

Speaking of which, Lin Yiyi and the others are now in the saltpeter ranch.

Seems like it would allow them to do a reverse investigation from the other end......

So the corners of Annan's mouth rose slightly, revealing a smile that was in his hands.

The silver-haired teenager narrowed his eyes.

He said slowly, "I should be able to get fairly accurate information on this soon. ”