Chapter 154

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Chapter 154: The Real Purpose

"You!" Whyte was instantly furious.

Without receiving orders yet, he definitely wouldn’t dare to do anything to Karoso.

Otherwise, it would trigger a series of chain reactions.

"What, do you want to interrogate me about where I took her?" Karoso extended his hands. "Come on, handcuff me. Do you dare?"

Swish, swish, swish…

Seeing his skill, many gun muzzles were aimed at Karoso.

Buzz!

Just then, a golden, transparent cube enveloped Karoso inside.

Whyte suddenly looked up and saw a figure standing on top of a tall building.

"Karoso!"

The figure descended from the sky.

The person was dressed in a white suit, white wool sweater, and jeans.

She stood with her hands in her pockets, silently watching Whyte nearby.

"President 『』," Whyte frowned slightly.

When everyone was sent back, 『』 came out to find Karoso, and Whyte didn’t dare to stop her.

Moreover, having a skilled person to help is better than these big soldiers.

Whyte knew that Null and 『』 would not get involved in messy things, they would only ensure Karoso’s safety.

"Teacher 『』," Karoso bowed to Bai.

『』 came in front of Karoso in front of hundreds of soldiers, lightly tapping Karoso’s forehead with the knuckles of her right hand, "Always causing me trouble."

"Sorry," Karoso looked apologetic.

Karoso really respected 『』, their relationship was not like a normal teacher and student, but more like master and disciple.

『』 tutored him even after she reached the eighth-tier, which had nothing to do with Karoso’s status. After reaching the eighth-tier, 『』’s value and status increased. She truly valued talent.

[『』 looked lovingly at Master Karoso, so sweet!]

[『』 is true love, Neymar and Teresa are just accidents!]

[Only 『』 would look for Master Karoso at this time.]

[Teresa’s supporters are not happy, considering Teresa’s status, they won’t allow her to look for Will.]

[After Teresa becomes Empress, they will be a perfect match!]

[Ha, is it like Liu Qiangdong marrying Dong Mingzhu?]

[I don’t care, Master Karoso and Teresa are a perfect match.]

[More like kindred spirits.]

[Hey, did Neymar’s supporters disappear?]

[For the past few months, Master Karoso has been spending a lot of time with Neymar, they are tired of each other.]

"Hmph, take Master Karoso back and continue searching for Elizabeth!"

……

Mora Ballroom, third floor, noble suite.

Besides the dance hall and pool on the first floor, the upper levels consist of dressing rooms, lounges, and sleeping quarters.

Those in the know understand the purpose.

Teresa sat on the sofa, feeling like her brain was not up to the task.

Null sat nearby, also looking serious.

With him were three others: Eugene, someone who had chatted with Null and 『』 before, the branch president of the Alchemist Union Card Association in the City of Freedom, and a professional agent.

The rest are Neymar and Kirmin, who are like mascots.

In this situation, the two of them didn’t have any impact at all.

Even if they perform well in the dungeon, they are still facing monsters of the same level.

In reality, there are too many experts and too many variables. The two of them are still too weak in terms of combat power.

"I wonder how my brother is doing," Neymar said, looking worried.

"Don’t worry, 『』 is still out there, he won’t act recklessly. Even if Karoso is caught, he won’t harm him. Karoso is not a brute, he’s quite smart. He must have his reasons for doing this," Teresa reassured Neymar.

"Here," Will stood up.

"If he dares to harm Karoso…" Teresa’s gaze sharpened. "We must do whatever it takes to take down Whyte!"

Will was silent for a moment and then said, "As long as His Highness returns to Presea, I am willing to obey."

"This guy was too impulsive at the time, he ran too fast, and he let Elizabeth run by herself," Teresa said with a headache, "We haven’t seen the effects of his card, we haven’t reacted."

At that time, the experts were all protecting their own people, and everyone knew Karoso was a warrior. With the way he dashed forward, no one expected Karoso to escape with Elizabeth.

"Excuse me, everyone, our singer at home is missing!" The professional agent, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, cried sadly, "That’s Sophia!"

"Don’t know her," Teresa said indifferently.

"Never heard of her," Neymar shook her head.

"Is it important?" the branch president asked in confusion.

"Very important! Her father entrusted her to our entertainment company to keep her safe, but she’s missing here with soldiers all around. What if something happens to her, she’s such a young child?" The professional agent was really crying.

"Hmph, don’t have time for her," Eugene impatiently said, "Let her grow up early, with so many men serving her, what more does she want."

An internationally famous singer, just a singer after all.

Which missing person isn’t more important than her now?

"Mr. Eugene, you can’t do this," the professional agent kneeled down to Eugene.

"Say that again, and get out of here." Eugene glared at him, scaring him to hold back his tears.

Despite Eugene being polite to Karoso and Teresa, he doesn’t have a good temper with others.

With Hausmann taken away, Eugene was already feeling troubled.

"There’s a problem with this Whyte," the branch president spoke up.

"What is this person thinking?" Teresa tapped on the table with her fingers, "Keeping me stuck here…"

"Communication is down, telegrams can’t be sent at all, and Magic Stone can’t contact outside District 7," Will looked serious, "Your Highness, once the military lifts the blockade, I will immediately take you back to the embassy."

"We’ve just received a large sum of money from here, for several residents living here," Eugene tapped his temple, "And…"

Several people looked ahead and saw a large pile of famous wines placed on the coffee table.

It seems that Whyte really doesn’t want to offend several people, he just wants to catch Elizabeth and Hausmann.

Eugene wanted to ask about the situation and how to rescue Hausmann, but communication was blocked, so he couldn’t do anything.

He wanted to meet Whyte, but he simply ignored him.

"Who is Elizabeth exactly, causing such a commotion for her, even I dare to offend… I don’t believe she’s just an ordinary singer. If Whyte wants to ransom her as a princess of some empire, I believe it." Teresa whispered, "Isn’t Whyte afraid that we’ll settle the score later? Setting aside other matters, an army of seven divisions is indeed formidable, but imprisoning the princess of my Presea Empire… he underestimates us."

"I think even if it’s just for the sake of reputation, Father will send troops."

"Maybe not." Eugene said solemnly, "They haven’t imprisoned us, they haven’t restricted our freedom in this area."

"Elizabeth…what’s her full name?" Null asked.

"Her name is Elizabeth Swann," Eugene answered.

"No, not that name!" Neymar suddenly spoke up, "When introducing her today, it was said that her name is Elizabeth Hekmatyar."

"Huh?"

Everyone’s eyes turned to Neymar.

"You said her last name is Hekmatyar?" Will frowned, "How come I didn’t hear that?"

Null frowned slightly, clearly not paying attention to this matter.

It’s normal for Will to not notice, but Null has strong mental powers. If he loudly introduced Elizabeth, someone must have noticed.

Neymar suddenly realized and quickly waved her hand, "Maybe I misheard!"

My brother Dungeon and the conversation with God, my brother forgot it, only I remember. The teacher mentioned before that I have some special qualities of God. Maybe I am different.

Only I know, others don’t know, that’s quite a fun secret.

"Hekmatyar…" Teresa thought for a moment, "Neymar is The Favored One, what she hears might be a sign from the gods."

Neymar and the little chicken both nodded quickly.

"Does this last name have a special meaning?" Teresa looked at Will.

"I don’t know," Will shook his head.

"Wait, this last name…" Eugene suddenly thought of someone, "Russell Hekmatyar?"

"Who is that?" asked the branch president.

Teresa shook her head.

"He is a very successful businessman!" Kirmin exclaimed excitedly, "In 970, Russell started from scratch and made a deal in arms trading, took ten years, and established Deep-sea Industry. Now Deep-sea Industry’s business is all over the world, they have products in mining heavy machinery, protective gear, and military equipment."

"The tanks and ships they produce are used by many countries."

"A weapons dealer," Will suddenly understood.

"A weapons dealer… If Elizabeth has the same last name as him…" Eugene seemed to realize something. "Mr. Russell’s ship will arrive at the port tonight with a large shipment of weapons, enough to arm a whole army, and these are the supplies bought by the kingdom!"

"Does he have a daughter?" Eugene quickly asked Kirmin.

"Mr. Russell’s family information has never been reported, Miss Elizabeth is about the same age as Mr. Russell when he started his business." Kirmin thought for a moment. "Wait a minute, this year Miss Elizabeth is only twenty-three years old, and it’s been twenty-three years since Mr. Russell started his first weapons deal…"

"Unless he temporarily left his wife and daughter for business purposes," Eugene said. "If they are really in contact, everything makes sense now."

"Whyte is not jealous, he is after that shipment of weapons!"

"So that’s it," Teresa suddenly understood.

This does make sense, a whole shipment of weapons is extremely valuable, risking everything for that kind of money is quite normal.

Simply put, Whyte didn’t really offend Teresa and the others, he tried to make amends after capturing people, paid a small price, sincerely apologized, and could still make a profit.

"Why did he want to catch my brother…" Eugene couldn’t quite understand.

"To avoid suspicion," Teresa explained. "Taking only Elizabeth would be too obvious. With all of you here, he couldn’t easily take her away."

"Makes sense, but something feels off," Eugene scratched his chin.

"Wait, these weapons were purchased by the kingdom," Neymar realized no one had brought up this issue. "Isn’t he betraying the country?"

"He has no connection to the king. He serves the Grand Duke Luxembourg of the Fallen Hammer Province," Teresa clarified. "If the king questions Grand Duke Luxembourg, and then the Duke questions, it’ll take a long time to resolve this. Simply put, the Kingdom of Persia’s control over nobility is weakening, many in the royal family are acting foolishly."

If a netizen were to understand this relationship instantly, the summary would be: Brother Yunlong, the equipment in my battalion…

*Cough cough,* Null coughed.

After all, he was a royal Card Maker.

Knock knock knock…

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

"Come in," Teresa called out.

Creak.

The door opened.

Karoso and 『』 walked in from outside.

"Brother!" Neymar saw Karoso come back and instantly looked excited.

Seeing Karoso, Kirmin also breathed a sigh of relief.

Teresa smiled, "You rascal, I knew you wouldn’t come to harm. Can you please give us a heads up before doing something like this next time? By the way, where is Elizabeth?"

"It happened suddenly, I didn’t expect the ballroom to be in trouble." Karoso casually took a seat somewhere and 『』 sat next to Null, "What did Whyte want to do? After I took Elizabeth to safety, she ran off on her own, saying she didn’t want to involve me."

"Here’s what happened…"

Teresa quickly summarized their previous analysis.

After listening, Karoso pondered for a moment, "Don’t you think there’s something not right about this?"

"What’s wrong?" Teresa asked, confused.

Eugene also looked puzzled, this seemed like the most likely answer.

"Sending the army into the City of Freedom, blocking off the whole area, including myself, Teresa, President Null and President 『』, and many other important figures…" Karoso said, "All for a shipload of arms, causing such a commotion, it does seem questionable."

"But, using magic to cut off communications and all, what kind of magic circle would they need, is a shipload of arms worth such a price? In the future, all arms dealers will stay away from them, right?"

"I reckon the mayor of City of Freedom is in cahoots with him, City of Freedom already has this type of magic circle," Teresa yawned, "Probably afraid that we’re too clever, suspected this, so they informed Russell, then we can owe Russell a favor, and he might not even secure that batch of arms. Besides, you know what kind of people arms dealers are, isn’t backstabbing each other normal?"

Karoso was unsure of how to explain.

If it weren’t for internet users telling him the plot, he would have believed that everything in front of him was normal, and then waited for the chaos to come.

"Alright, I will say something, don’t be surprised yet." Karoso took a deep breath and said in a serious tone, "My father took over Canglang Province under certain circumstances, Teresa, you know it, right?"

"Yes." Teresa nodded, "The eighth-tier dungeon was not successfully conquered."

"Just now, I saw the same signs as when Canglang Province had an accident." Karoso said.

Everyone present looked serious.

"Karoso, are you serious?"