Chapter 255: Twenty-seventh Episode: Chapter 4-2 (1/2)
Chapter 255: Twenty-seventh Episode: Chapter 4-2
Translator: EndlessFantasy TranslationEditor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The Kenshin Palace was extremely quiet. It was slightly different than the Hamilton Palace on the Road of Kings. There were no noisy nobles and information brokers waiting outside of the palace. The servants of the Kenshin Palace had already fallen asleep. Only the Prince's secretary, Colonel Vick, was running about non-stop.
Colonel Vick had always stayed in Dulin. His position and influence were not obvious. Outsiders even thought that his position was of no importance at all. However, only Colonel Vick knew clearly how difficult the mission the Prince had given him was. In Damorga, Vick was only a captain and had to serve the Head of Prison. However, after following O'Neil Andrew Morisette and arriving in Dulin, he began to manage all contacts of the Prince's mansion to the outside world especially when the Prince was out. Colonel Vick's actions in the Capital represented his master; he adopted a direct attitude for this.
Vick had managed the business in the mansion recently. Most of them were requests to meet from the officers in the Capital. He had to make the decision for his master. These soldiers that came to visit the Prince were not always the ones that opposed the Empress. They were mostly here to get some news so that they could make the choice that was least harmful to them in the end.
Surely, O'Neil Andrew Morisette did not concern himself much with these people, but Vick was different. The secretary of the Titan Prince was extremely good at public relations. He had a good reputation in the social circle in Dulin. Even though his title was not great, the nobles in the Capital still valued the deep meaning behind Vick Keegan's name, especially the secret agent system of the Military Intelligence Bureau that was directly under the control of Prince O'Neil. When the secret agents had received information that could not be easily told to their higher-ups or that had not been proven, they would usually talk about it with Colonel Vick out of habit.
At this time, Colonel Vick was having a headache. He just met with a local young noble. Even though this person was a member of the secret agents, Vick did not trust this kind of information broker that only maximized their profit.
When Oscar was out, he would not pay particular attention to the matters in Dulin. However, once he was back in the Capital, Vick was the follower whom he trusted the most. Maybe people had always thought the followers of the Prince were Lukas, Murat, Alpré and a few members of the Military Intelligence Bureau. Yet, taking the time Oscar spent in the Damorga Prison, Colonel Vick was the one that truly understood him and watched him grow.
Vick found the Prince who just had a late-night snack in the huge study room in the Kenshin Palace. After he greeted the Prince, he said to Oscar in a serious tone, ”It's bad!”
”Come over here and sit down, old friend!” Oscar waved his hands at his secretary. ”Tell me what has happened.”
Vick sat down, but he shook his head. ”Your Highness, don't mind about what has happened for now. I just need to confirm one thing from you. If Major General Tove Van Sukhoi's cannon division is controlled by the Secret Service Department... What will happen to us?” Oscar did not answer this question as the answer was obvious. Would Torry turn the cannon on him? This was unbelievable!
Viscount Lukas Diyabaker was still the Head of Analysis Division after all. He simply asked one question of the depressed Colonel Vick.
”Evidence?”
Vick shook his head. ”The evidence is not sufficient. I can even say that this is not related to Major General Tove Van Sukhoi at all! But, someone saw Torry's wife, Madam Lado Boude, come out from a hotel in the city! And after ten minutes, another person came out of the back door of this hotel!”
”Who is that?” Oscar frowned. He indeed had a bad premonition about this.
”Major Gabriel Van Sukhoi! Torry's cousin!”
”Does no one know of this yet?” Oscar turned to the members of the Military Intelligence Bureau sitting in the room that included the Head of the Secret Action Unit, the Head of the Internal Security Department and others. All of them shook their heads.
Colonel Vick waved his hands. He took back the Prince's attention. ”The person that told me that got this information from the boss of the hotel. Madam Lado Boude and Major Gabriel Van Sukhoi have been in the same room for more than two hours! The person even checked that room. Hmm... There were hints of making love on the bed sheets!”
”Oh, no... Poor Torry!” Someone exclaimed in the study room.
”Are you sure about this?” Oscar spread his hands helplessly, ”I thought Lady Lado Boude is a serious lady! But... How does this concern the Secret Service Department?”
”A little complicated!” Colonel Vick said, ”The person that told me this has a special identity. He is a little related to Count Rudolf Hoss, the Head of the Secret Service Department. He has always worked in the Secret Service Department main office in the Capital. Also, he is a generous person, so the secret agents are very close to him. However, after Viscount Federick is given the post, he is isolated by his co-workers. In a fit of fury, he joined the Military Intelligence Bureau. However, the bureau did not pay much attention to him due to his relationship with Count Rudolf Hoss, so... He can be seen as an isolated person in this field. He usually uses the useless internal information to earn his livings!”
”What do you think?” O'Neil Andrew Morisette kept asking. He knew Vick's personality. If this matter was not huge, Vick would not talk about it so clearly in front of all members of the bureau! Torry was an important piece he placed in the Capital. If things were as described in the information, the main members of the Military Intelligence Bureau must not have done their duty properly.
The secretary of the Titan Prince looked around. The members of the bureau all gazed at him with pleading eyes! These people were experts in manipulating the truth. They all knew the content of this information was not much different from the truth.
”I... can't trust the news of an information broker completely at this time! But, he pointed out the carriage in which Madam Lado Boude rode when she left the hotel and pointed out that the one driving the carriage is a secret agent of the Secret Service Department... He had already known before!”
Oscar was silent for a while. Suddenly, he turned to Sir Brayson, the Head of the Internal Security Department.
”What is Torry doing? I mean... What has he been up to lately?”
Sir Brayson shrugged. ”A whole company of secret agents is protecting the Major General. They did not find anything unusual. As for Torry... After he began the second defending war, he seldom returns home. Most of the time, he stays in his office and only talks to the companions that he trusts.”
”I wish his brain knows who he can actually trust!” Oscar could only say that, ”What did he do after he received the action plan sent by the southern branch?”
The Head of Secret Action Unit Baron Spencer Balung approached him after his companion had finished talking.
”Your Highness! Regardless of whether the plan is known, Major Gabriel Van Sukhoi's post in the Capital's cannon division is also extremely important! The company he leads is the only cannon unit that stays within Dulin city. The other two companies are all on the outskirts! They are strictly under the surveillance of the Capital's Defense Force.”
”Does this Major Gabriel know of our action plan yet?” Oscar widened his eyes in disbelief. To think such a thing actually happened at this urgent time. He still could not accept it now.
The members of the bureau all exchanged glances. They could not verify it at all! All action plans that were involved in this Dulin trip had been sent to all battle units through secret passages one month ago. Until now, there had not been any unusual report from any unit. However, the company commander who was responsible for the Capital's defense duty was accused of having contact with the members of the Secret Service Department! If this was true, then would things still carry on as they had planned?
”Why don't we... contact Torry secretly?” The Head of the Internal Security Division, Sir Brayson, asked carefully.
”No! We can't risk that!” Oscar pushed the cup of tea away in fury. ”At this time, we can't contact Torry. The Secret Service Department must have set up all sort of traps around our old friend. The agents that protect him may have been bought or have some problems! If Madam Lado Boude has problems, then these problems did not just happen in one or two days. She may have...”
”She may have been working for the Secret Service Department all along!” Viscount Lukas Diyabaker mumbled in frustration, ”Maybe it is planned by the ex-Head of Secret Service Department, Count Rudolf Hoss. If this is really so... The Secret Service Department must have infiltrated the cannon units since long ago. We can't trust the cannon division in the Capital anymore!”
O'Neil Andrew Morisette shook his head. ”I don't believe Torry will be so careless when he controls his own unit! If Lado Boude is such an important piece, the Secret Service Department won't risk the chance of losing everything to let her come up front. Seducing the company commander of the cannon unit using women may be something out of desperation! They want to control Torry and find someone that can give orders instead of Torry during emergency situations as well!”
”That's right!” The Head of Analysis Division nodded in certainty. ”No matter what is happening to Torry, simply controlling him is still risky. So… The Secret Service Department found Major Gabriel Van Sukhoi. He is one of the Sukhoi and also the cousin of the cannon general. If Torry refuses to betray you... I assume that he will definitely be in a bad situation! At this time, Major Gabriel will have enough reason to take over his cannon division!”
”Ola...” Oscar leaned against his Polar Bear Sofa whilst looking upwards. This night was destined to be a sleepless night. ”Who can tell me? Why will such a situation happen at the most important time and in the most important unit?”
No one could answer the Prince's question. The whole room fell into an unbearable silence. This unusual silence made the soldiers at the corridor nervous. Heavy breathing sounds were all over the Kenshin Palace.
O'Neil Andrew Morisette waved his hands suddenly as if he had just made some decision. This was not the time to be scared and hesitant.
”Let's do this...”
The members of the Military Intelligence Bureau all looked at him attentively.