Inside the Beika Country royal palace, King Ming stepped in once more.
This time, the arrangement was the same as before. The oil paintings seemed to be eternally unchanged, with the gazes of past kings fixed on him as he entered.
Inside, Harvey sat silently at a two-meter long rectangular table, dressed in a silver-gray suit.
On either side of him, Salo and Xiang Jing had brought two chairs and sat to Harvey's left and right. All three looked at King Ming as he walked in.
"Geras, you've arrived." It was the same greeting as last time, but this time Harvey's face held no smile.
King Ming's heart was filled with doubt. He felt that Motley must have caused a great disaster, otherwise Harvey wouldn't be like this.
He walked over to the already prepared seat and sat down, looking at Harvey with a puzzled expression. "I wonder what trouble Motley has caused to make you look so displeased, Harvey."
Harvey sighed helplessly. "I didn't want this either, Salo, show Geras the video."
Under King Ming's puzzled gaze, Salo placed a mobile phone in front of him. A video, paused at about ten seconds, was displayed on the screen.
King Ming tapped the video, and the footage began to play. It was in a somewhat dim forest, and the back of a person appeared in the frame.
Upon seeing the back, King Ming's pupils contracted. "Motley?"
"When Xiang Jing and I were waiting for the culprit of the missing persons case at the border of North Sunderland Country, Motley appeared. I was already certain he was the culprit then, but out of respect for you, I didn't directly intervene," Salo explained, looking at King Ming.
The video ended, and the next one began to play. It was an intelligence video.
[Three cities in Valencia experienced incidents, with over 600,000 people missing!]
"Valencia only has a total population of over two million. Now, I've cut off the internet there. This news hasn't appeared online yet, otherwise, such a serious incident occurring so close to our Teya Alliance would definitely cause panic," Harvey said, looking at King Ming with a solemn expression.
"According to the means I left on Motley, he has been to these three cities," Salo added at this point.
King Ming fell silent. These ironclad pieces of evidence directly incriminated Motley, and as his elder brother, he couldn't say anything to defend him.
Silence. Harvey and the two others were not in a hurry, quietly waiting for King Ming to speak.
King Ming took out his phone and called Motley.
Beep beep beep!
[The number you have dialed is currently switched off!] A moment later, a male system voice announced, and King Ming put down his phone.
He looked at Harvey with a calm expression. "Harvey, how do you plan to deal with him?"
Since Salo had left means on Motley, his capture was a foregone conclusion.
Harvey didn't answer immediately, instead taking out a cigar and putting it in his mouth.
Click!
A servant immediately came forward to light it for him.
After taking a puff, Harvey exhaled a plume of white smoke and looked at King Ming, suddenly smiling. "How to deal with him is up to you, partner. I know you only have one younger brother. The Bureau of Gods can disregard the crimes he committed, but he can no longer act in our territory."
King Ming's eyes flickered, and a smile appeared on his face. "Thank you, Harvey!"
Seeing this, Salo also breathed a sigh of relief. If it wasn't handled well, a fight could have broken out on the spot.
"Hahaha, I knew it! It's just hundreds of thousands, a million ordinary people, why be so serious?" Xiang Jing laughed heartily from the side.
But King Ming didn't laugh. There was a high probability that this incident was a conspiracy by the Monster Association, and Motley's involvement might lead to him being devoured without a trace.
Meanwhile, in a manor outside the capital.
Veblen and his group brought Kits and Eve into a villa hall.
He turned to the Awakened Ones behind him. "You go outside and guard. Today, I will interrogate this father and daughter and let them know the might of my Bureau of Gods."
"Yes!" These Awakened Ones immediately showed meaningful smiles. They, of course, knew what was about to happen.
After everyone left, Veblen approached Eve, who was wearing a white dress and looked pitiful, and said with a wicked smile, "Eve, you don't want your father to endure severe torture, do you?"
As he spoke, he reached out his two hands towards Eve. Fear appeared on Eve's face, and she subconsciously retreated, saying, "No!"
"What do you want to do!" At this moment, Kits was once again bound by iron chains, and he looked at Veblen furiously.
"I advise you not to move, otherwise I can't guarantee what might happen to your father!" Veblen looked at Eve, not in a hurry, but with a faint smile on his face.
Eve was about to continue resisting, but her expression changed after hearing those words.
"Come with me, I have something fun here." Veblen embraced Eve and walked into the room under her unwilling gaze.
"Ahhh!" Kits roared in anger but could only watch Veblen take his daughter into the room.
Outside the manor, Wei Gaocheng stood on a treetop, almost blending in with the large tree. He was watching the upcoming 'incompetent father' plot with relish.
"This place is some distance from the capital, and this Veblen's strength is only that of an ordinary Level Five. Should we make a move?" Li Yong leaned against the tree, his expression calm.
"Should we wait until he's halfway done before rushing in and cutting him down?" Beside him, Han Qi's eyes suddenly lit up, suggesting what he thought was a good idea.
"Let's do it. The sooner we finish, the sooner we can go back," Wei Gaocheng said as he jumped down from the tree to the two of them.
As for the Awakened Ones inside the manor, they were merely a matter of easily dealing with them. They were all Level Two and Level Three Awakened, numbering around ten.
As soon as he spoke, Li Yong's body moved, and he rushed into the manor.
Wings appeared behind Wei Gaocheng, and he flew straight towards the villa.
Han Qi stood still, taking out a signal jamming device.
Their division of labor was clear: Li Yong would deal with the minor enemies, Wei Gaocheng would deal with Veblen, and Han Qi would be responsible for rushing in after they had dealt with the guards, to prevent being discovered.
Throughout the manor, Veblen's subordinate Awakened Ones stood around, some playing on their phones, some chatting. They were just waiting for their boss to finish before they could leave.
"I wonder how long this little girl can last. You know, the boss's perversion is famous," a fat man weighing over two hundred pounds said with a lewd smile.
Around him, an ordinary-looking young man chuckled, "An hour at most. The boss's thing can even stop bullets."
At these words, several people around them exchanged knowing smiles.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh! Suddenly, ten white light spots appeared before them simultaneously.
Before they could react, a young man in a white hoodie instantly appeared at the original location of the light spots. The white threads in his hand swept across in front of him.
Swish swish swish! Li Yong stopped after flashing ten times in a short period.
The pupils of the standing Awakened Ones contracted, and lines of blood only now appeared on their bodies.
Thud!
The next moment, the ten people turned into neat chunks of flesh and fell to the ground, internal organs and blood flowing everywhere.