Chapter 333 Is the Suspect Absconding Out of Fear of Crime?

With the two lists in hand, carefully comparing them one by one is a big project. Minister Colin was so busy that he didn't even drink coffee. He had a piece of parchment in one hand and his eyes were almost cross-eyed:

"This one has only been there once...this one too...this one has never been to a public water source...this one has not been either..."

The number of nobles attending banquets and hunting trips was small, so it was easier to check. But Minister Colin thought on his toes and didn't think that the cursed necromancer would use his true identity to sneak into the team. Most likely they are still pretending to be servants or guards, or simply sneaking in without being seen?

Regarding the latter possibility, he had already asked the staff guarding the sand table if anything unusual had happened in the past few days.

Archmage Edgar also watched with him. Even if he had never seen the Necromancer in Nevis, he had probably heard of his name. At this moment, the two of them were flipping through page after page, and Archmage Edgar suddenly said "Hey":

"What is this family doing here?"

"Which one?"

Johnny Colin immediately looked over. Archmage Edgar pointed to a line of names:

"Baroness Hopman? Do you still have time to attend the banquet? - Their eldest son just died!"

"...Perhaps the relationship between the Baroness and her son is not good?" Minister Colin speculated. "Why do you care about this in particular?"

"Their family has a grudge against Little Grete!"

In order to prevent the baron's family from retaliating, Lin En reported the enmity to the teacher as soon as they came back from the banquet. After listening to Archmage Edgar's narration, Minister Colin burst into flames:

"...It's indeed suspicious! This clue needs to be investigated closely!"

The results of the survey were less optimistic.

The eldest son of the Baron, the Knight Hopman, died recently, and the second son, who had been sick for many years and had no sense of presence, had to be hurriedly pushed to the stage. In order to make him known to the aristocratic circle, starting from the funeral of Knight Hopman, the baron and the baroness took their second son and his wife to be active in the surrounding social circles. The banquet at Viscount Cadren's house was just a stop in their social activities, and there was nothing unusual about it.

According to the memories of the housekeeper and waiter of the Viscount's family, when the Baroness came to the banquet, there were no strange people in the party...

"It's really not them?" Archmage Edgar put down the report in a daze. Minister Colin frowned and shook his head:

"No, let's check again. I have a hunch that there is something wrong with their family——"

He dove into the pile of information. Personnel list, movement track, past information, family relationships... After checking, he suddenly slapped the table:

"Yes! The Baroness has a sister who is a magician!"

The Magician Management Department next to the Emergency Management Department stores the family information of each magician, mainly to facilitate the handling of inheritances. When Master Slimin applied for the mage badge, he happened to register the Baroness as the heir...

The way magicians investigate cases is that as long as they have clues, they don't care whether the method is legal or not. ——In other words, they have no concept of "legitimate means".

Archmage Edgar checked the inheritance of Master Slimin from the database of Black Crow Swamp, and took her mentor with him. In order to prevent Master Slinmin from escaping or refusing to tell the truth, a ninth-level mage was specially invited from the prophecy department. Minister Colin brought a seventh-level magic control mage from the Emergency Management Department to join the team, and headed straight for Master Slimin's mage tower in the mountains.

"Um..." At the entrance of the mage tower, several apprentices were trembling with fear in the face of this powerful lineup falling from the sky:

"My mentor went out a few days ago, saying he was looking for a rare herb, but he hasn't come back yet..."

"Are you absconding out of fear of crime? Chase him!"

Archmage Edgar sneered. They entered the mage tower and searched it, confirming that Slimin was indeed not in the tower and had left half a month ago, so they turned around and left. The oldest apprentice in the tower watched them leave, quickly returned to the top of the tower, and released a huge crow.

Half an hour later, the crow fell into the hands of Johnny Collin. The experienced magician held the message bird and looked at it for a moment. He did not untie the message bucket on the crow's feet and only made a few gestures. For a moment, a deep black appeared on the outside of the message barrel.

"There is a specific message to send." Johnny Colin sneered. He turned around and handed the crow to his subordinate, pointing into the distance:

"Deploy a team of people to follow secretly to see who this message is conveyed to, and where the person who receives the message is going!"

The group of people divided into two groups. Johnny Colin led two teams of emergency management operators to follow the crow's whereabouts, and soon arrived at the baron. They put on makeup, dispersed, and lurked patiently for two or three days before intercepting the hurried Baroness Hopman on a passenger ship that had set sail.

On the other side, everyone was tracking all the way under the guidance of the prophecy mage. With magic guiding the way and arcane eyes everywhere, they also successfully intercepted Master Slimin. This magician was actually lurking near the Mage Tower. When he saw a large group of people coming to the Mage Tower for questioning, he quietly passed by them!

If the Emergency Management Department acted slowly, the ship destined for the New World would have already set sail!

This back and forth made the great magicians sweat all over their bodies. On the tenth day after the outbreak, a magic wall was raised in the prison of the Ministry of Emergency Management. On both sides of the wall, two groups of people began to interrogate:

"Master Slimin, the Emergency Management Department has judged that you are suspected of poisoning in the recent plague incident. We are here to ask you some questions under the order of the review committee. You can refuse to answer, but in that case, we have the right to use Use enchantment and control magic to conduct forced interrogation."

"You can also lie, but please note that every answer you give will be judged by the prophecy magician to be true or false. If it is judged to be a lie, your guilt will be increased in the subsequent trial."

"Of course, you can also commit suicide...but as a necromancer, after committing suicide, your soul will be captured and you will continue to be interrogated. I guess you should know?"

"Now, please answer the first question:

Have you left Mage Tower and been around Nevis in the past two weeks? "

Magician Slimin clasped his hands together and trembled slightly. On the other side of the magic wall, two magicians with noble backgrounds asked the Baroness seriously:

"Magic Slimin has confessed. She said that it was at your instruction that she cursed and poisoned people with the intention of harming the citizens of Nevis. Baroness, do you admit your sister's accusations? ?Why did you instruct her to do this?"

"——I didn't! It has nothing to do with me! She and I haven't seen each other for more than ten years!" The Baroness screamed:

"I demand treatment worthy of my status! You have no right to lock me up and interrogate me just because of her accusations!"