I'M A Villains In My Second Life
Chapter 104's

“Sorry to disturb the commander!” a soldier in hasty steps approached Winter who was still busy with his sword.

“There's a.” Answer Winter while putting his sword into his sheath.

“There was an assassination attempt on one of the noble families, the culprit was successfully arrested Mr. Duke asked you to do an investigation because he was one of the members of the shadow army that we have always been looking for.”

“All right I understand.” Winter immediately walked out of the training ground.

Winter came down the stairs that were arranged and winding, the more Winter descended the air in the place the more humid and stuffy, the more, after arriving at the ground floor Winter walked through the room – small room that is fitted with bars as a barrier and ended in an isolation room that is deliberately used as a place for interrogation of criminals.

“Greetings Mr. Winter, said one of the soldiers when Winter entered an isolation ward in which there was a criminal and there were two soldiers who guarded it tightly.

“Did he tell you who paid him to kill Mr Gordon?”

“Not Mr. Winter, he didn't even open his mouth at all.”

“Alright, I'll take over from here. Bring me a chair.”

One of the soldiers immediately placed a chair right in front of the criminal he was about to interrogate.

“What's your name?” Winter asked, but the one in question closed his mouth tightly and turned his face to the side.

“Who is this criminal name?” Ask Winter then to his subordinates.

“We have investigated several things and found some information about this person.”

“Say, what you guys found.”

“This criminal is named Roland, one of the hired assassin members of the shadow army organization so far is not yet known exactly who the leader is, and, but looking at the way they move and the people who have asked for help from this organization can be said that the leader is not an ordinary person.”

“Alright, thanks.” Said Winter after hearing the explanation from his subordinates and immediately focused back on Roland who was sitting in front of him with his hands tied together.

“Roland who asked you to kill Mr Gordon? And what's your goal?” Winter asked Roland once more but Roland still chose silence.

“Alright if it wants you.” Winter spoke as he moved from his seat.

“I have given you the opportunity to ask without using force and you are still stubbornly unwilling to answer then do not blame me if I am forced to use violence.”

“Do not give this criminal any food or water to drink for three days, after which I will come back to torture him.”

“Good, Mr. Winter.”

Winter then immediately exited the room and climbed the steps one by one and came out of the place where the criminals were detained.

“I have to report my search results first to uncle Leonard.” Winter muttered as the waiter of a servant brought his horse.

Winter drove his horse towards the Yarnell family residence, after which he immediately left his horse at the steward and entered the mansion walking down the corridor to Duke Leonard Yarnell's study.

“Talk to Mr. Duke that I came to report.” Said Winter to the doorman standing guard in front of Duke Leonard's office.

“Good Mr.”

Said the guard then immediately went inside and a few moments later came out again.

“Please enter, Mr. Duke is waiting for you.” Said the guard and let Winter enter the room.

After being invited to Winter and then walking into Duke Leonard's office, he saw a middle-aged man who was busy with a pile of documents in front of him.

“Uncle Leonard.” Greet Winter to Duke Leonard who is still unaware of his whereabouts.

“Winter, how are your search results? Did you find him?” Duke Leonard asked as he saw Winter standing in front of his desk.

“I'm sorry uncle, but I haven't found Miss Leathina.”

“Any once.” Said Duke Leonard while massaging his forehead.

“What's Uncle Leonard? Did uncle get any new information?”

"Some people say that they saw a girl with the same characteristics as Leathina in a city that was on the border of the kingdom that is why I immediately sent you to look for her but you did not find nothing there. And a few days later there were residents who reported that he saw Leathina in a downtown diner with two men who herded her but when the soldiers looked for her they could not find them.”

“I mean uncle, they saw Leathina was in the royal territory?” Winter asked with a slight surprise at Duke Leonard's explanation.

“Yes right, they even swear if they have seen it and two men took it away.”

“But uncle, I also heard reports that they saw a red-haired girl in the border city.”

“Winter, don't you think this is weird. You know Leathina is not a weak woman but why she can be taken away by two men that she could easily defeat.”

“There are many possibilities uncle, could have Leathina threatened to not be able to fight and had to follow the orders of the person who took her.”

“Your words make sense Winter. Where do you think the real Leathina, the redhead lady who is on the royal border or the woman they see in urban areas?”

“I don't know uncle and it is possible that the red-haired woman they were referring to was not Leathina but someone else who had the same hair color, but uncle about the woman on the border.” Winter hesitates to continue his words.

“Say Winter.”

“I heard Leathina's voice at the time, but I couldn't find where the voice came from.”

“Really, so most likely Leathina is in the kingdom border city.”

“It may be uncle, but I really can't find it I've even been down the village and the town around there, the more I looked for it the more people reported false information and it was confusing.”

“That's suspicious Winter they seem to be hiding Leathina, well after you've finished taking care of Mr. Gordon's problem you secretly return to the border town and start searching there, please, I will also secretly send Nicholas there to find information first.”

“All right uncle I understand.”

After delivering his report Winter immediately resigned and immediately out of the office of Duke Leonard.

Three days had passed, the guards of the prisoners completely did not give food even a mouthful of water to drink by Roland who was held in the isolation room. Making his condition very alarming even nodded his head he could no longer have his lips dry and his face pale his hands kept clenching holding back the hunger and coldness of the basement.

Winter had entered the basement where Roland was in brackets and a guard immediately brought him a chair with a table filled with food and drinks that were still warm until the aroma filled the sealed room where Roland was in parentheses.

“Give me! Give me too! I'm hungry, Akhh.”

Smelling the smell of food that filled the room of his prisoner made Roland crazily and rebelliously run to the table filled with food, which was, but he had not had time until suddenly the chains that bound him reined in him and pulled back made him strangled in pain and ended up dropping him just like that.

“Roland, I'll give you food if you want to cooperate.” Said Winter after seeing the incident just now.

“My question answer and you can enjoy this meal as much as you can, I know you are very hungry. So who asked you to kill Mr Gordon?”

Roland returned to his healthy mind he just kept silent not answering Wintye's question, hearing Winter's words made him realize that he was now being interrogated again and wanted to extract information from her.

“Hekk” screeches Roland to resist cold when doused by guards.

A guard then came again carrying a bucket that was large enough to contain water, after which two more guards dragged Roland's body and submerged his head into the water until Roland had difficulty breathing.

“Happ.. I'm mohpp.. Remove....” Roland's words were cut into pieces and unclear as his head was still buried into the water.

“Alright, alright, please stop, I will answer your question.”

Almost about a minute his head was buried into the water making it difficult to breathe as the guard pulled his head up to breathe a little air and after that would be buried back Roland rebelled unable to bear and by force surrender to Winter.

“appropriate decisions Criminal Master.” Winter smiled in satisfaction and immediately ordered the guards to sit Roland in front of him.

“Well Roland, who's expecting you to kill Mr Gordon?”

“I don't know.”

“Set him!” Winter gave the order when he heard the answer he did not want to hear from Roland, he asked his subordinates to submerge his head back.

“Master, sir, I really don't know.” Shouted Roland defending himself.

“So you mean you don't know who told you to kill?” winter asked then at Roland who was now kneeling after the guards stopped dragging him.

“Be.right, we don't know who paid for the murders we committed. Those who meet with the client then give the mission without explaining from whom the command came all we have to do is complete the given work after it receives our payment.”

“So you mean you didn't meet your client directly?”

“Iya Sir, we never met our client in person who takes care of everything are the people above us.”

“So who is your leader?”

“So..soal it was me. I don't know.”

“Do the execution on him this guy is no longer useful no important information he knows.” Winter's orders to his subordinates were about to leave the detention room.

“Master, I really don't know, we haven't even seen the face of our leader, please forgive me.” Roland screamed and continued to beg Winter.

I'll end up here, I'll die here! if I don't give them the information they're looking for. I can't reveal more information about the shadow army, it could be that Mr. Ed’ killed me immediately, but if I tell you where the woman is I might be forgiven after I get out of here I'll run away because Mr. Ed’ must be hunting me. After all the woman was useless and just annoying, the people in the headquarters became soft and mushy because of her existence.

“Master I beg you to forgive me, that woman you seek.

Roland grew even more panicked when one of the guards had locked his sword and wanted to cut his throat, and so he ended up mentioning information that Winter did not expect to hear.

Winter stopped his steps and immediately turned around to walk closer to Roland then snatched the sword held by his subordinates and pointed it at Roland.

“Akhh” screeched at Roland as the tip of the sword scratched his neck to bleed a little.

“Tell me what you know and if you lie or say nonsense I will immediately defend you here.” Winter became angry when she heard Roland mention Leathian as a plumber, she became sensitive when it came to Leathina because she had been exposed to a lot of false information.

“Pe.. red-haired female with beautiful face. You're still looking for her, aren't you, I mean that woman named Leathina.”

“Say where did you find out?” Asked winter who was still holding his sword.

“Akggh. sa. saah one of our members took him to the headquarters and hid him there but... but, the girl will leave soon she will be as bright as move.”

Roland groaned as the sword stuck to his neck further overstretched his neck veins.

“Where is your headquarters located?”

“I.. I can't tell you where our headquarters is but I can tell you where the woman will stay.”

“Say!”

“She... she plans to find a place to stay in the city area perbs...!!

“Shelf!”

“Interests must die!”

“Akhhh!!”

Suddenly a man dressed in warrior clothes forcibly opened the door of the isolation room and threw a dagger that struck right at Roland's heart, making Roland suffocate and groan in pain then slowly unconscious.

“Catch that guy!” Shouted Winter giving the order, while he immediately approached Roland who was now dying.

“Roland! Roland's! Tell me where Leathina is? Quickly say.” Winter immediately tried to stop the bleeding that Roland was experiencing by closing the source of his wound but his efforts were in vain slowly Roland lost his consciousness.

“Argh! Damnit!” Winter loses his chance to find Leathina, upset Winter hits the wall until her knuckles bleed.

“That person should be caught!”

Winter recalled the person who had killed Roland and immediately ran out following the other guards to chase after him but as he exited the holding room his subordinates had again wanted to report to him.

“You managed to catch this guy?” ask Winter for his subordinates.

“We succeeded Mr. Winter but.” below him hesitantly forwarded his words.

“Say!”

“She has died master Winter.”

“Ah! God fucking. Did he kill himself or take poison?”

“We didn't see him swallow anything, nor did he stab himself.”

“Show where the body is.”

Winter walks under her and shows a now deceased man examining her body closely and looking at a prick on her neck that is still bleeding.

“This man was poisoned, someone had put poison on him and estimated the time of his death with the spread of poison on his body to take his life. You take care of the bodies of these people I have to report to the duke first.”

“Good sir.”

“Damn it, I lost two leads in a day.”

I need to get to the border town as soon as possible, the last clue I have.

Winter hurriedly left the detention area, heading to Duke Leonard's residence to inform him of the information he had obtained.

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