Assassin's Chronicle - Chapter 474

Chapter 474: Decisions

"Tell me," Anfey said, looking at everyone in the meeting room .

"The thing you were going to take care of…" Christian began with a frown .

"That’s urgent," Anfey said . "Which is why I need to leave as soon as possible . " He paused and looked around . "Which is why I want to see a plan before I leave . "

"This is difficult," Ye said, shaking his head . "Hesier was well-liked . He had a lot of friends in the city," Ye sighed, "but it’s not his friends I’m worried about . "

"What is it, then?"

"Nishieva," Ye said .

"Nishieva?" Anfey repeated . The name sounded very familiar, but he couldn’t recall who it belonged to .

"She’s Anthony’s wife," Ye said with a sigh .

"Are you sure?"

"I’m certain," Ye said . "Hesier’s wife is just a normal woman . I don’t believe she was capable of lying to me . "

"Where is she now?"

"She’s dead," Ye said . "I needed Edy to make sure she was telling the truth . "

Anfey sighed . Hesier’s wife must be innocent, but Hesier put Alice in danger, and Ye needed to do everything it took to find out more about Hesier and his motives .

"Did her story check out?"

"It did," Ye said .

"What did she tell you?"

"A lot of useless things," Ye said . "But she did tell me that Nishieva came to find Hesier a few days ago and spoke with him alone . They talked a few times after that, and she gave Hesier a memory crystal . She told me that Hesier had showed her the crystal and was very proud of it . I don’t think I need to prove anything further . "

"Does this mean Anthony is a part of this?" Blavi asked hesitantly .

Blavi’s words made the atmosphere in the meeting room even more tense . If Anthony really was involved in this assassination attempt, they couldn’t just let him get away with it . But with Anfey and Suzanna out of town, could they take down a top level power like Anthony?

"I don’t think so," Anfey said, shaking his head . "Anthony is a careful man . His plans are meticulous . If he really was involved in this… I don’t know how he would do it, but his plan would not be this sloppy . At least, he wouldn’t let Ye find out so much about it in this short amount of time . "

"I agree," Ye said . "Anthony and David supported my decision on take Hesier’s wife and investigate his friends . I don’t think I could have done it this easily without their support . "

"Anthony’s plan wouldn’t have such blatant flaws," Anfey said, shaking his head . "He wouldn’t use his own wife as bait, either . Whoever made this plan is sloppy . Hesier must be an idiot . Does he think we will just let him go?"

"Well, we almost got fooled by an idiot, so…"

"So we need reform," Anfey said . "We need to examine ourselves . What did we do wrong? How did we allow things like this to happen?"

"Maybe Anthony is behind this," Christian said suddenly . "He purposely made such a sloppy plan because he knew that we wouldn’t attribute such a plan to him . "

"Maybe," Anfey said . "But I don’t think it’s likely . News about Alice has already spread throughout the city . Anthony and David have helped Ye, which means they know . Shouldn’t they at least come and visit her? They didn’t, because they are conflicted .

"When Ye found out Nishieva was involved, they found out as well . If Nishieva really is involved, they should bring her to us, shouldn’t they? If he purposely led us to her, he had nothing to worry about . He didn’t come because he is conflicted . If he really gave up his wife, the mercenaries would lose respect for him and his son . David has just taken over Glory mercenary group . He needs the mercenaries’ support . They didn’t come because they don’t want to give up Nishieva . They also know that we will want to punish Nishieva . This is why they haven’t come to visit Alice . "

Christian frowned and nodded .

"Another thing . What is Anthony’s goal? You saw how happy he was when Baery announced that he should be a duke . You can’t fake that . Anthony is satisfied with his current status, which is why he turned Glory mercenary group over to David . He wants Glory mercenary group’s achievements to be David’s . Killing Alice does not benefit him at all," Anfey said . He smiled at the people in the room . "Anthony should know a memory crystal is not enough to buy Alice’s loyalty . "

"What about Nishieva?" Sante asked loudly . "Sure, he wants to protect his wife, but what about Alice?"

"He’s right," Blavi said, standing up . "Anfey, let’s go . We need to arrest Nishieva . "

"Ask Christian," Anfey said . "I can’t make that decision . "

"Why me?" Christian asked, surprised .

"With Alice gone, you are in charge all of internal affairs," Anfey reminded Christian .

Christian looked at Anfey and shook his head slightly . Anfey frowned . He didn’t like politics and enjoyed revenge, but he also knew that revenge was the least viable plan at that moment . Demanding Anthony to hand over Nishieva was not a good plan .

"Christian!" Sante said hurriedly . "Say something . "

"We must wait," Christian said . "Anthony will come to his senses . I believe he will give us a satisfying answer . "

"So we wait?" Sante asked angrily . "What will we tell Alice when she wakes up?"

"Anfey, say something!" Blavi said . He didn’t like Christian’s decision and wanted support from Anfey .

"I support Christian," Anfey said, shaking his head . He saw Christian’s expression and knew he couldn’t let Christian take the blame for this decision alone . "Hagan said Alice will wake up soon . Let’s wait until she wakes up and make a decision . "

"What if Alice is insistent?"

"If she wants, if she insists…" Anfey took a deep breath . "Then you can destroy Glory mercenary group . "

"Anfey!" Christian said, surprised . "Anthony is a duke now . You can’t just do that . "

Anfey shook his head . He could serve politicians, but he would never take part in politics . An eye for an eye . Only then would he be satisfied .

"Who will be charge of Alice’s safety?" Suzanna asked .

"Kumaraghosha will be her personal guard from now on," Anfey said . "Shinbela, I know this will be difficult, but I want you to stay as close to Alice as possible at all time . "

"Yes, sir," Shinbela and Kumaraghosha said in unison .