LOGINCharlie joked, "Well, if you were sent over while being unaware, would you fail to find any clues?""Yes, I would fail," Merlin nodded. "Most cold cases stay cold because there's no usable evidence anyway. Not even divine intervention helps unsolved cases that ultimately stem from a lack of evidence."You see, in almost every country, there are always some cases that are solved years down the line, often because the officers finally managed to salvage evidence that eventually proved decisive… like partial fingerprints or just DNA stains. It's the age of information, so fingerprint and DNA databases are growing more extensive. If there's something that ties a suspect to the scene, their days are numbered."Merlin paused before continuing, "That's why we worked to clean up any possible biometric footprint we could have left when we evacuated. Once the cannery employees returned to work, even things we might have missed would be gone. Even someone like me wouldn't be able to find anyth
In rural Morocco, laborers had no rights. As long as their superior provided work, they were grateful and willing to leave when told to. Forget compensation—just receiving wages was a blessing.So, although there weren't labor contracts with the cannery, no one wanted to upset the cannery owner for the sake of their livelihoods.Once the cannery owner started hollering for everyone to return to work immediately, no one dragged their feet—everyone quickly left their homes and rushed to the factory by various means of transportation.Moreover, none of them felt any resentment toward the cannery owner for backtracking. In fact, they were thrilled to have received a few days of paid leave. Now that their leave had ended early, they felt no sense of loss. If anything, they felt more comfortable because they still had a job.Still, when the foremen and supervisors arrived before the rest and saw that the production lines had been dismantled, they asked the factory manager in confusio
As such, the cannery owner quickly scaled the steel gates clumsily, struggling to get down and eventually simply leaping off.Not bothered at all that he was now covered in dirt, he started running into the factory.Still, he was worried that Merlin or his men would show up, so he kept yelling as he ran into the factory, "Are you alright, Mr. Lammy?! Don't worry, I'm coming to help!"At the factory, most of the equipment had been left in pieces, as if they had been disassembled halfway and then left in that state.There was no one to be seen, although there was nothing out of place either.Looking around, the cannery owner was left muttering to himself, "Where did he go? And is this a temporary halt, or is he just bailing?"-Outside, Charlie and Merlin were watching as the cannery owner scaled the gates into the factory, with Charlie asking Merlin, "So, what do you think his next move is going to be?""He'll come by every day if he can't reach me," Merlin replied. "When he fin
In the last hour before dawn, Porter and the last group of evacuees left the cannery.He locked the gates from the outside as Charlie had instructed, leaving just Charlie and Merlin in the spaciousness within.Seeing that the cannery had been basically restored to how it had been before, Merlin sighed as he said, "I have to say… The armed cavalry guards and the dead soldiers are supremely efficient. No one would have known that ten thousand people had passed through this place.""To be fair, that's something that was tempered over centuries of enslavement," Charlie replied, nodding and breathing a long sigh of relief. "Oh, forget it—you should take a break too. I'll keep an eye out for the cannery owner."After working hard for days and barely getting any rest, Merlin was finally feeling fatigued, though he was also hugely relieved now that everyone had been evacuated. Nodding at Charlie, he said, "Alright, I'll go catch a few winks. I'll be counting on you.""It's fine—just sle
Penny had been waiting for Charlie's arrangement. She would rather not leave with the other evacuees to some unfamiliar place, as she would rather stay with Charlie to prove her worth.After all, she was well aware that she had no way of removing Fleur's poison from her body and had to pin her hopes on Charlie.However, if she became worthless to Charlie, he wouldn't have a reason to save her.A year would pass in the blink of an eye, and she would definitely die without the antidote.As such, her heart sank to rock bottom when Charlie told her to leave with the other evacuees, as she was really terrified Charlie might abandon her altogether after this. Her cultivation was sealed, she had no freedom, and Fleur's poison was a ticking time bomb in her body.If Charlie decided to abandon her in some corner of the world, that would be the end of her existence.Still, Charlie could see the conflict and gloom on her face, and he said, "Ms. Singer, no other evacuee knows where they
Curious, Penny scanned through the photos that Charlie had handed her.Most had been screened through by the AI, which sketched detailed mugshots of the passengers in the two business jets as well as every Asian person who had flown from Naples to Spain in the last 48 hours.As soon as she started, she was soon left gaping as these were all key members and families of the Right Military Governor's Office!Naturally, that included deputy governor Reuben and his family!She couldn't help but ask Charlie, "Mr. Wade… Where did you get these photos? These faces are all key members of the Right Military Governor's Office. More than half are Griffins and their family, and these are the deputy governors. They're just beneath Governor Arlo and Consul Biffle when it comes to rank in the Right Military Governor's Office."Charlie and Merlin traded looks, unable to hide their smiles.It seemed that the AI module was so amazing that it had accurately identified key members of the Right Milita







