Miracle calendar, May 4, 1999.

The Kingdom of Vidocq, the second largest country outside the Free Federation, was at this time located in its northern part of the city, in a city called Munich, and a rather solemn banquet was going on.

Looking at the brightly lit banquet hall, Shirley almost wanted to curse at the moment, knowing that the hollow murder case had been in an uproar recently, and these nobles actually held such a grand banquet with great fanfare.

As one of the investigators investigating the case, she came to the venue three hours early and personally arranged the security work of various places to ensure that no suspicious people would be allowed to mix in the banquet.

The venue of this banquet was the mansion of the Grand Duke of Strathra, the real power of the Vidocq Kingdom, a golden fortress that had the ability to resist war in its own right.

In addition, the people who attended the banquet this time were all first-class leaders of the Free Federation, so in addition to the masters of the Grand Duke of Strathra's mansion, there were also troops directly under the Free Federation installed in the shadows in this security work.

"Miss Shirley!"

Just as Shirley was busy inspecting the various sentry posts, a voice suddenly came from not far behind her, and she saw Sulu, the general directly under the Federal Assembly, walking towards her.

"Lord Sulu!"

Shirley had a good impression of this federal official, and greeted her as soon as they met.

"Thank you, Captain Shirley."

"Your Excellency, you are saying this, I am just doing my duty." Shirley said lightly.

Su Lu stood beside Shirley, also looking in the direction of the banquet hall, and said in a deep voice: "The hollow murder case has happened so far. More than 200 people, including 38 nobles, have died. But to this day, we don't even know who the killer is. I received word today from the Federation that if we fail to apprehend the murderer within the next month, we will face quite serious consequences. ”

"......" Shirley was silent, she didn't know what Su Lu was saying, otherwise she wouldn't have taken the initiative to find Ruan Chi in the first place.

"I'm sure you've heard of the purpose of this banquet tonight, right?" Sulu asked suddenly.

Shirley was stunned for a moment, and then said, "This banquet was personally organized by Grand Duke Strathra, is it ...... What other purpose? ”

Su Lu smiled slightly, "Of course there is a purpose. Archduke Stratha was trying to lure the snake out of the hole and let the murderer throw himself into the net. ”

"What?" Shirley was taken aback at first, then frowned, "Wouldn't it be too dangerous to do this?" The murderer has killed so many nobles, in case there is any mistake ...... the Grand Duke of Strathra"

"Captain Shirley, don't you underestimate Archduke Strathra, when he was young, he was the founder of the most famous iron horse of our human race in recent years, the 'Horn of Sparta'!"

"The Horn of Sparta?"

Hearing this, Shirley's delicate body was shocked, obviously much more surprised than just now.

Horn of Sparta. It is rumored that it is a victorious division that has only risen in the past fifty years, and there are rumors. This army was created specifically to meet the upcoming Fourth War of the Throne.

Its training methods are a hundred times more terrifying than hell, and the soldiers who can stand out from the training have amazing combat effectiveness.

Fifty years ago, when this army was formed, it had participated in the battle for territory with the northern orcs and the southern border with the dwarves.

Those two wars ended with the Horn of Sparta killing tens of thousands of enemy generals, moving the human territory to the north for 300 kilometers, and obtaining a precious Mithril mine in the south.

What's even more terrifying is that there are only 300 Spartan horn soldiers who participated in the two wars at that time, and they defeated tens of thousands of orcs and dwarves with their overwhelming combat ability and excellent command.

Those two victorious battles were also written into the classic teaching campaign materials of the modern history of the Terrans, and became the model of modern Terran military textbooks.

Shirley didn't expect that the person who founded this winning division back then turned out to be the now famous Archduke Stern, the second person in the Free Federation.

Yes.

Since the Tianlongzi of the Tianlong Empire ascended to the position of Federal Prime Minister, the status of the Stella family has also risen, and now it is the family with the most seats in the Federal Assembly, so the status of the Grand Duke of Stratha can be said to be second only to the new Federal Prime Minister, His Majesty the Celestial Dragon.

Even in some areas, the influence of this Grand Duke of Stra will be higher than that of the newly appointed Tianlongzi.

Such a powerful character, in order to catch a murderer of a serial murder case, personally set up this banquet to lure snakes out of the hole? Shirley listened to it, and it was incredible.

"Half a month ago, there was a hollow murder case in the territory of the Ganmosi Kingdom, and the deceased seemed to be a subordinate of Grand Duke Strathra." As if to see Shirley's doubts, Sulu explained further.

"The Count of Seleuc?" When Shirley heard this, it suddenly dawned on her that this Grand Duke of Stratha was planning to avenge his former subordinates.

"I heard that in order to deal with the murderer this time, Archduke Stratha called several elites of the 'Horn of Sparta', although the second generation of 'Horn of Sparta' has not experienced the baptism of war, but their actual combat ability is also very terrifying, in addition to the lack of combat experience, it is estimated that the combat effectiveness of each individual can reach the early to mid-king level."

Shirley gasped.

Early stage of the royal rank, middle stage of the royal rank? A person with this kind of strength already has the qualifications to become a prince of a party or as the chief swordsman knight of a certain country or something, but he didn't expect the legendary Spartan horn to be so powerful.

"However, with such a big battle formation, is it possible that the murderer will be tricked?" Shirley said with some wistfulness.

"We don't know if we will be successful, but according to the information we have gathered now, the chance of the murderer appearing tonight is at least 70%." Sulu said confidently.

"Why are you so confident?" Shirley asked, stunned.

"No, it's not us who have confidence, it's the murderer." Sulu said meaningfully: "According to the methods and habits of murderers in the past. He's a guy who is very confident in himself. Every shot. will not choose a fixed time, place and person at all, as if the Marquis of Baccarat's family in the Kingdom of Augustus was killed more than ten days ago, at that time, the Marquis of Baccarat was surrounded by a level A' 'snake weary' adventure group to protect, as a result, the murderer still killed the Marquis Baccarat's family, as for the members of the 'snake weary'. Including the head of the regiment with the initial strength of the king level, a total of twenty people, were also killed. ”

"'Snake-weary'? Even that famous adventuring party couldn't stop the murderer? Because the Kingdom of Augustus was not the investigation area that Shirley was in charge of, she did not understand the process of the crime after the incident, and she never expected that even the famous adventure group as "Snake Weariness" would be killed by all members.

In fact, the murderer committed so many crimes, not to mention Shirley, but even the entire Free Federation. No one knows what the specific strength of the murderer was.

No, it should be said. How many murderers there are, whether he is male or female, and what race he is, no one knows.

"Based on the case of the Augustus Kingdom, we can probably make an assumption, if the murderer is a person, his approximate strength can at least reach the peak of the king level, and it may even be at the god level, if it is a group crime, then there are at least twenty or more of them, and the average strength is at least the level of a master, or even higher."

"If the murderer is really that good, our security work may not be enough tonight." Shirley gritted her teeth.

"Don't worry, Archduke Sterlla has thought more carefully than us in this regard, in addition to the few elites who have been transferred from the 'Horn of Sparta', the master from Archduke Sterlla has also come."

"My lord, could it be that master you are referring to is a god-level magician known as the 'Saint of the Storm'?" Shirley was shocked again.

"It is the legendary magician, I heard that his strength has reached the late stage of the god level, and he is the same as Tang Shide, the boss of the Bloody Hand Knights, who is very close to the legendary level."

Shirley was so shocked that she couldn't speak at the moment, she didn't expect that so many big people would be dispatched for such a murder case.

It seems that the death of the old subordinate of the Grand Duke of Stratha caused considerable anger to the Grand Duke of Strathra.

"With 'Spartan Horn' and 'Storm Saint' in charge, tonight's drama to lure the snake out of the hole, we people are estimated to only have the role of a foil, but I don't know if the protagonist will appear." Sulu's eyes narrowed into a straight line, staring closely in the direction of the banquet hall.

In fact, from Su Lu's point of view, he didn't want the murderer to appear, so according to tonight's game, even if the murderer really had god-level strength, I am afraid that there would be no return.

Once the murderer is killed or caught tonight, it means that the efforts of these people for more than a month have been in vain, and as the commander of this hollow murder investigation team, Sulu will also bear the stigma of inaction.

For his future career, it will have a very bad impact.

Shirley didn't know Sulu's mood, because at this moment, she was thinking about how to compete for a role that could be noticed in this upcoming big drama.

She is very unwilling, she has been forgetting to sleep and eat for a long time for this case, if the murderer is punished tonight, her efforts will be in vain.

Paradoxically, Shirley first became the captain of Fortinchel's guard just to prove that she could take on the responsibility of defending her family and country just like ordinary men.

But later, she found that it was a ridiculous thing for her to do so, because no matter how hard she tried, the credit would be taken away, and her light would become dim for various reasons.

"Lord Sulu."

Shirley was thinking about it when a guard came over to her for the general of the Federal Parliament beside her.

"Is there something wrong?"

"Lady Isabella, Lord of Aden, would like to ask you to meet you."

Shirley noticed that when the guard said this, Sulu's expression became extremely strange, and he thought for a while before slowly replying to the guard.

"Tell Lady Isabella that I'll see her in a moment."

"Yes."

After the guard was ordered to leave, Sulu turned to Shirley and said, "Although tonight's plan is arranged by Grand Duke Strathra, we still need to keep an eye on the surface security work of the banquet. ”

"Don't worry, my lord, I won't relax." Shirley said in a deep voice.

Sulu nodded in satisfaction and turned to leave.

Look in the direction Sulu left. Shirley took a long time to withdraw her gaze. She first walked to a no-man's corner. Then he took out a sheepskin scroll from his bosom.

Shirley didn't hesitate to tear the scroll off, a faint purple flame flashed, and after making sure that no one around had noticed, Shirley straightened her collar and walked in the direction of the banquet hall.

Since the host of tonight's banquet is the Grand Duke of Strathra, all the nobles at the highest level in the countries of the Federation are invited tonight.

These people seem to have a lot of trust in the abilities of Archduke Strathra. Knowing that tonight's banquet would likely attract the terrible hollow murderer, they still came as promised.

Of course, the purpose of these people coming to the banquet will not be simple, as the number two person in the Free Federation who is now bare-handed, how many people have broken their heads to figure out this banquet to meet this big man. It's dangerous, but it's worth it.

Besides, the noble Grand Duke of Stratha is not afraid, what are they afraid of?

Shirley's father, Devin of Fortinchel City, was also eager to attend the party. But his knighthood was too low, and he was not invited at all.

For this. Before leaving, Devin specially instructed his daughter to find a way to talk to Archduke Strathra no matter what.

Although Shirley felt that it was not good to use her position for personal affairs in this way, she still thought of her father's pleading eyes, and she still went to the banquet hall to see if she could get in touch with the legendary great man.

However, Shirley was destined to be disappointed, because from the moment she stepped into the banquet hall, she kept going through the crowd and combing, but she couldn't find the Grand Duke of Strathra.

Later, Shirley learned that the banquet hall was divided into two parts, the front hall and the back hall.

The front hall is used to greet nobles from the countries of the Federation with the titles of marquis and earl, and the back hall is used to greet dukes and royal dignitaries.

Although Shirley is one of the main responsible persons in this case, she has no way to enter the back hall, and the only one who can enter the back hall is her immediate boss Su Lu.

In desperation, Shirley had no choice but to leave the banquet hall, but at this time, Shirley saw a group of people rushing out of the side and entering the back hall.

Shirley frowned, because from the way these people were dressed, they didn't look like royals and nobles who were qualified to enter the back hall.

Curious, Shirley walked up to a soldier guarding the door of the back hall and asked, "This big brother, who were those people just now?" Why is it possible to enter the backroom? ”

The soldiers in charge of guarding the back hall were all the direct guards of the Grand Duke of Strathra, and when they heard Shirley's question, the man didn't squint and said, "That's the circus in charge of the VIP table tonight, is there a problem?" ”

"No problem, I'm just curious." Hearing that it was a circus, Shirley didn't feel strange at the moment, after all, it was normal for nobles to invite some performing groups such as circuses to perform when they held banquets.

However, although Shirley was relieved, for safety reasons, she asked again: "Have the backgrounds of those circuses been investigated?" Have you had any checkups before you come? ”

Seeing Shirley's dress, the soldier knew that she was also one of the people involved in this security work, so he did not hide it, and explained: "We have checked in detail, they are a very famous circus in the Kingdom of Shinra, with a clean background, and the members of the circus are all children of the damned, so there will be no threat." ”

"Cursed Son?"

Hearing this, Shirley was surprised but completely relieved, as we all know that the Children of the Curse not only have a short lifespan and are entangled in disabilities, but they are also unable to practice martial arts and magic, so they do not have any threatening power.

Ruling out the possibility that the murderer would hide in the circus, Shirley was relieved to leave.

……

At the same time, in the dream town thousands of kilometers away, Ruan Chi had just finished taking a shower, changed into a clean pajamas, and was about to walk into the room humming a song, but at this time, a backpack hanging on the wall suddenly burst out of a purple flame.

This flame flickered, but it caught Ruan Chi's attention.

"Why are you looking for me at this time?"

Ruan Chi muttered, followed and walked over to take off the backpack, and took out a pale yellow sheepskin scroll from it, and when he took it out, there were purple flames dancing on the surface.

The scroll was given by Shirley at the time of separation, and it is a magic item that can be used to keep books far away, and the price is not cheap.

Ruan Chi opened the scroll, and a line of text quickly appeared on the scroll, which was originally empty.

The content of the text is very simple, that is, let Ruan Chi immediately set off to the mansion of the Grand Duke of Stella in Munich City, the Kingdom of Vidocq, and the person who paid the money was naturally Shirley.

"This eldest lady is too good at picking time, right? Nima is in a hurry in the middle of the night! ”

Complaining is complaining, but Ruan Chi is also a person who has a beginning and an end, and after putting the scroll away, Ruan Chi knocked on the door.

Rachel, who was wearing a sexy pajamas, was sitting in front of the dresser combing her blonde hair, and when she saw Ruan Chi coming in, she blushed and said a little cowardly: "Declare in advance, let me wear this kind of shameful clothes only once, and I won't be an example." ”

Looking through the thin pajamas and looking at the two huge and straight peaks on Rachel's chest, Ruan Chi secretly swallowed his saliva and secretly screamed pity.

In order to make the shy character and the elven female swordsman wear this pajamas, he took a lot of time to succeed, and he wanted to send benefits to readers tonight, but now he had to leave.

"What's wrong?" Seeing Ruan Chi standing at the door without speaking, Rachel seemed to realize something.

"I've got something to leave tonight." Ruan Chi sighed and said, changing the set of pajamas on his body.

"Oh, how long are you going this time?" For Ruan Chi to leave from time to time, the elf female swordsman seemed to be surprised, and just asked very calmly.

Ruan Chi didn't know whether to be happy or sad now, because Rachel's attitude made him feel very unhappy.

"Can't you say something to keep it?"

Holding the delicate body of the elf swordswoman from behind, she climbed the pair of breasts with both hands through the sexy pajamas, and grabbed them hard and mischievously.

Rachel was in pain, slapped away Ruan Chi's strange hand, and said angrily: "Anyway, you will come back every time you go, what do I have to keep?" ”

"......" (To be continued......)