Chapter 297
"That cursed scoundrel! He stole my purse and won’t give it back!"
"And he’s a government official! Is this how they bully common folk?!"
"We’re just two out-of-towners! We worked so hard to travel to the capital to see the big city, and this is how we get bullied!"
Through the crack in the door, Roan watched the two sitting on the ground wailing hysterically, he felt deeply helpless, however, he continued pressing against the door, refusing to let them in.
Passersby walking through the alley watched the scene with great astonishment.
"Isn’t this Constable Roan’s house? That can’t be right, he isn’t that kind of person!"
"You can know a person’s face, but you can’t know their heart! Don’t let his honest act fool you, who knows what shady things he’s doing behind closed doors?"
"Really? I heard he sneaks out every night to have a secret rendezvous with that widow over there!"
"Oh my heavens! Is that true?"
"What else could it be? Look at him, taking this kid’s money, it’s obviously to keep that widow!"
"Makes perfect sense!"
Thick black lines formed all over Roan’s forehead, what the hell are these gossiping women talking about?!
He violently threw the doors open. "Alright, enough! Stop crying and come inside!"
A flash of joy appeared in Adam and Cecilia’s eyes. "That’s wonderful! You’re ready to pay us back, right?" Adam wiped his tears and asked with a bright smile.
"Keep dreaming! I’ll only give you enough for your journey home, and consider it me being generous!" Roan said in exasperation, he then glared at the crowd of gossiping women and roared, "Alright, scatter! All of you! Spouting absolute nonsense!"
The onlookers dispersed reluctantly.
Adam and Cecilia followed Roan into the house.
In the blink of an eye, Adam tossed down a formation disc, it was a top-tier formation, its coverage area wasn’t massive, but it was exactly enough to shroud Roan’s entire house.
In the shadows, the two hidden figures sighed, feeling disappointed.
The farce had ended, and they hadn’t even finished enjoying the show, it wasn’t every day you got to watch clowns like these.
"Ah, what a shame, if every day was like this, our jobs wouldn’t be so boring!"
"Yeah, and what’s up with Roan? Why did he compromise so quickly? Sleeping with that widow Julia? Don’t make me laugh, it was probably that time he argued with his wife and got kicked out to sleep on the streets!"
"Hahaha, probably!"
The two hidden guards chatted casually.
"Hmm? Hasn’t that master and servant pair been in there a bit too long?"
"Seems like it, handing over some travel money shouldn’t take this much time, right?"
The two exchanged a glance, a bad premonition suddenly rising in their hearts.
They immediately flew toward Roan’s house at top speed.
"Trash! You’re all trash!"
"What use do I have for you?!"
"The targets slipped away right under your noses!"
"Even death wouldn’t be enough for you!"
"Just wait until the higher-ups pass down the blame, we’re all going to die!"
Carrol looked at Roan’s completely empty house, feeling as if his head was about to explode, Roan’s entire family had vanished right under his watch, if word got out, heads would literally roll.
The two guards trembled violently, by the time they realized something was wrong and burst in, the room was already completely empty, they had nearly wet themselves in terror right then and there.
Roan was a high-priority surveillance target, and his whole family was restricted from leaving the capital.
But now they had simply vanished, their own little lives might vanish along with them.
Carrol’s breathing was ragged, staring at his subordinates, he wished nothing more than to punch them to death.
But there was a more pressing matter at hand, he absolutely could not let the Nova Clan and the Ash Clan know that Roan’s family was gone, otherwise, every single one of them would die.
How could this be? That master-servant pair had already been thoroughly investigated.
There shouldn’t have been any problems, the Entrancing Truth Powder could hypnotize experts up to the Eighth Heaven of the Deity Realm.
It was incredibly precious, which was exactly why he had asked his subordinate to write a reimbursement request for it.
No matter how strong Adam was, or how heaven-defying his talent, it was impossible for him to advance from the Third Heaven to the Eighth Heaven of the Deity Realm in such a short time.
Then who was that master-servant pair? Why would they take Roan’s family out of the capital? Carrol couldn’t figure it out, but the situation left him no time to ponder, gone was gone.
The important thing now was how to handle this.
"My Lord, I have an idea, since Roan is gone and probably won’t be back anytime soon, how about this?" Someone leaned into Carrol’s ear and whispered a plan.
Carrol’s pupils slowly widened, then returned to normal. He nodded helplessly. "Right now, this really is the only way, go do it!"
"Yes, My Lord!" The subordinate’s figure vanished.
Very quickly, the figure reappeared bringing a woman, and then vanished again.
"Who are you? What... what do you want? I’m just a widow!" Julia looked at the people in the room with bewilderment, this was supposed to be Constable Roan’s house, where was he? And who were these people?
"I will give you a proper burial!" A wicked smile appeared on the corner of Carrol’s mouth.
"What? My Lord, no! Please don’t kill me! I’ll do whatever you want." Sensing the threat of death, Widow Julia pleaded with a trembling voice.
"Can’t be helped, blame your own bad luck!" Carrol unleashed a technique that shattered Julia’s heart directly.
Julia’s eyes bulged, scarlet blood flowing from the corner of her mouth, before she slumped limply to the ground, her bulging eyes stared fixedly at Carrol.
The other hidden guards were startled, not understanding why Carrol had done this, only the two from the very beginning understood, trembling violently, they fell to their knees.
"My Lord, we know we were wrong! Please, spare our lives!"
"My Lord, we’ll never dare to fail again! We’re begging you, can you forgive us just this once?" The two of them incessantly babbled apologies while continuously kowtowing on the floor!
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