Without any preparation or defense, the head of a bloodthirsty demon aristocrat was "plucked" off easily.

Standing next to him eating candy, Karun only had time to catch the slight expression on Ethis's face when Neo put his hand on her shoulder. In his mind, he was analyzing another cliché story of a little sister-in-law who also admired her sister's husband.

But he never expected that Neo's hand was only placed in that position for the convenience of quickly taking off her head.

Killing someone's daughter in front of their father, and still speaking without any concern.

The impact of this scene was suffocating.

Karun couldn't imagine who the real Neo was for a moment.

One moment he was a cautious clerk following Vice Director Mion, the next he was a captain who drank cheap chicken soup and gave himself a cheaper ring after pouring it for himself, and then he was commanding a team of elite Order Whip, a man who would remove the head of the protected daughter just to accompany his lover in death.

Karun subconsciously rubbed his ring with his fingertips, feeling its presence. So who was really wearing the mask?

"Plunk!"

Because her head was taken off too quickly, Ethis's headless body stood for a while before losing balance and falling backwards to the ground.

She was dead, truly dead, because the position of her neck was pitch black, meaning that the knife was coated with a terrible poison. Even if the bloodthirsty demon legend had a strong body recovery ability, there could be no miracle on this basis.

Dinkom and Pick subconsciously leaned towards each other, seeming to be the only source of warmth for each other at this moment.

The two bodyguards who came with Ethis immediately turned into bloodthirsty beasts, showing their fangs. But before they could rush towards Neo, two black daggers appeared at their necks.

Two masked members of the Order Whip appeared beside them like ghosts.

The incredible speed made Karun's gaze slightly condensed.

He had initially thought that Neo's team was much better than Tils's team. Now, he had to raise his cognitive judgment level again.

Was it because the Tils team he had contacted first was too useless? After all, they had already become corrupt and degenerate. A whip that was already rusted could not produce a real explosion.

But Neo's team was definitely not a normal Order Whip.

Karun noticed what the Count had said earlier. Over the years, because of his relationship with Ethis, Neo had been suppressed by the cult. But even so, after the Zhihe case, the superiors of the cult still transferred Neo's team here to eradicate the accumulated problems in this area.

As a person with a problematic political review, he himself had not been dismissed or idle on the bench. He could still be the captain of the Order Whip and even be transferred to the core area of the capital.

This can only mean one thing:Neo and his team had a hard power that made everyone above them take notice.

Instantly, Karun felt that the ring Neo gave him had become fragrant again.

Even if it was made of plastic, so what?

The count spoke up, "At a funeral, I lost two daughters."

Neo didn't even look at the count and said indifferently, "Anyway, you have many children."

The count asked, "Can it really be counted that way?"

"Well, you only lost two of many children, while I lost my only one."

"Earlier, I made Eris apologize in front of her sister's coffin."

Obviously, the count had known who had tampered with the restorative liquid a long time ago, because he had given the real restorative liquid away, but it had gone through his daughter's hands. So, when he came to the funeral, he basically knew the cause of Elisah's death.

"If an apology is useful, what's the point of the Whip of Order?"

The count looked at Neo and said, "I regret it, Neo."

Neo looked at the clock on the wall of the mourning hall and said, "The funeral time is over."

The count spoke up, "Eris died in a sneak attack by the Bocat and Magna families in York City, to protect me."

Then, the count turned slightly and looked at Eris's bodyguard who was being held hostage and said, "Please help."

Neo waved his hand.

"Poof!"

"Poof!"

The necks of the two bodyguards were cut open, and the poison of the dagger entered their bodies directly, but they couldn't even struggle under suppression, and finally, collapsed and died on the ground.

The count adjusted his collar and looked at Karun, bowing half-heartedly to the funeral organizer as a mourner, and Karun bowed back to him.

Then, the count turned around and disappeared into the night outside.

Neo carried Eris's head and walked towards the mortuary, put her head in the coffin, and then reached out to gently comb Elisah's hair.

"I really like her current look. What about Judge Pavarot?"

Karun took the initiative to walk up and stand under the mortuary, "The boss is not here, he is busy."

Neo nodded. He knew why Mr. Pavarot was busy.

If it were another judge who wasn't here today, he might think that the other party was avoiding trouble, leaving a few divine servants to look after things and hiding away. But Pavarot would never do such a thing. He must be really busy.

This scene, seen by Pick and Dingkem, was completely different. They didn't know Neo, and they didn't even recognize that the person in front of them had accompanied the deputy director to deliver documents and bonuses to their "boss". But when they saw that Karun dared to take the initiative to approach and communicate with Neo normally, they could only marvel at him being a person of the system.

In fact, they were wrong, and even Karun himself didn't realize this; when Eris came in earlier and asked if he was the judge here, the count also asked him the same question when he came in.Because with just one glance, normal people could easily tell who was running errands and who was in charge.

In addition to Karun's experience and temperament, even if he felt uneasy inside, he could still maintain a calm exterior. It wasn't an act, nor was it pretending, because he couldn't bring himself to be as meek as a trembling quail like Ding Kecom and Pike.

"Actually, you already know, don't you?"

Gross looked at Neo and asked.

"Mm."

Neo replied.

Gross looked at the coffin, then lowered his head and looked at his own hands. He seemed to have realized something.

"Negotiations ended smoothly this morning. If nothing unexpected happens, the Count will come to me tonight and deliver the Resting Solution into my hands."

"So... so it's me..." Gross looked incredulous. "It's my fault..."

"Mm."

Originally, Neo could have personally taken the Resting Solution from the Count, which would have eliminated the possibility of Ethis tampering with it. Most importantly, Neo would have tested it to see if it was genuine.

But Gross had gone to get it ahead of time, and the Count might have thought he was sent by Neo. Although they were in the midst of negotiations at the time and the outcome was still unknown, the Count still gave it to him, which gave Ethis the opportunity to tamper with it.

Then Gross had delivered the Resting Solution directly to Elisa, who was filled with gratitude towards her family and had no doubts about the authenticity of the potion. She drank it without hesitation.

When Neo arrived at the room, he saw Elisa had already committed suicide.

For her, he and his team had been willing to be suppressed for so many years without promotion or advancement. But when they finally could openly declare their relationship and use it as an opportunity to cooperate with the Ana Vas family, fate played a cruel joke on them.

"I'm sorry..." Gross knelt down. "I'm sorry, sir, and I'm sorry, Miss."

Neo shook his head and said, "I don't blame you, really. Because I know that you were planning to avenge her tonight and then stay with Elisa because you were afraid her soul would be left alone in the Blood River that you all believe in."

In her life, except for helping me leave the family, she was just a naive girl who knew nothing about the world.

"You can go now. She's afraid of the dark and being alone. Don't let her wait too long."

Gross nodded and tears streamed down his face. "Yes."

Then he took out a gun from his pocket, raised it, and aimed it at his own temple.

"Bang!"

The bullet pierced through, blood splattered, and Gross fell to the ground.

For a funeral held for one person, there were now four bodies on the ground.

"Did you reserve a burial plot?" Neo asked Karun.

"I did."

Neo's gaze swept over the bodies on the ground and said, "Clean this place up."Pike and Dingcombe thought it was referring to the two of them, and they walked forward with a slight tremble. But soon they realized they had misunderstood as a group of masked individuals entered the mourning hall. They moved the body, cleared the ground, and finally used the "purification technique" to erase the last traces here, showing a true professional demeanor. Obviously, dealing with the scene after killing was already familiar to them.

After everything was done, a row of whip team members stood there quietly.

Neo spoke, "Disband."

All the members began to retreat in an orderly manner, gradually disappearing into the darkness.

Neo lowered his head and looked at the woman lying in the coffin:

"I will send her for burial."

"Okay."

Karun was about to call someone to come and transport the coffin, but Neo just raised his hand, and a faint black light appeared in his palm. The coffin was also wrapped in black and floated up.

"The hearse is over there. I'll go open the door."

Karun walked over and opened the back door of the hearse.

Neo "lifted" the coffin and walked over, placing it steadily into the hearse. Then, Neo himself also got in.

Karun walked to the front of the storefront and said to everyone, "We don't need too many people. I'll be responsible for driving."

Hearing this, Pike and Dingcombe breathed a sigh of relief.

"Car keys." Alfred handed over a bunch of spare keys. The hearse key was on Karun himself. The key Alfred handed over was the spare key for his own second-hand Benz. But when Karun took the key, he noticed that there was a ring that had already been glued together inside.

Karun nodded and put both the key and the ring into his pocket. He walked to the driver's seat of the hearse, started the car, and drove out of the funeral home.

Originally, Karun thought that the road to Qingteng Cemetery would be quiet all the way, but Neo took the initiative to speak:

"Do you have someone you like?"

Karun glanced at Neo in the rearview mirror and replied, "Yes."

"How did you meet?"

"We were introduced by our parents. Captain, what about you?"

"I met her by accident. At that time, I was on a mission in a city near her family, and her family was allowed to operate in that city."

"The process of getting to know each other must have been very romantic, right?"

"At that time, I was seriously injured and almost died. My whole body was covered in blood, and she saved me. It's a cliché, isn't it?"

"No, looking back now, it must have been very romantic."

"Well, yes." Neo smiled slightly, "You are luckier than me."

"Yes, since it was arranged by both parents, there is no obstacle from both parents. We just need to solve the problems between the two of us."

"Well, so do you like her?" Neo asked.

"I do."

"It sounds a bit forced."

"Because I don't know what it feels like to love someone firmly, but I think I should like her."

"I sense a feeling of responsibility in your words. Are you being responsible to her?"

"Yes.""Yes, I'm responsible," Karun confirmed.

"Do you think being responsible is a kind of love?" Neo asked.

"I don't know, but I think not being responsible definitely isn't love."

Neo nodded.

There was a brief silence in the car, and Karun just drove silently.

"You're not an ordinary servant of the gods."

After hearing this, Karun seemed to hear his own heartbeat in his ear.

However, Karun still responded, "No one who is blessed by the gods is ordinary."

"The more tactful your answers are to me, the more you remind me that your unusualness is not your fault," Neo opened the car window and let the wind blow in, blowing his hair, "When you were sitting in the mourning hall, it was obvious that a piece of gold, no matter how hidden, is still conspicuous in the soil."

"Mr. Pavarotti trusts me, so the other servants of the gods below will listen to me."

"You see, you're choosing the most appropriate answer again."

"Captain, I'm used to it."

"Do you know what kind of person would be accustomed to making every move reasonable? Someone who has secrets to keep."

"But who doesn't have secrets?"

After saying this, Karun laughed first, damn tactful!

"Hehe." Neo also laughed, "When did Judge Pavarotti leave?"

"He left a long time ago."

"So, did you arrange the funeral?"

"Yes."

"Why did you call me again to tell me the details of the funeral arrangements?"

"Because the first time I called, I noticed a change in your tone, and I thought you cared about this funeral."

"A change in my tone?"

"Yes."

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"So, you're sure that I'm related to this funeral?"

Karun can now confirm that Gross did not tell Neo about their conversation, so Neo did not know Karun's identity was obtained by tricking Gross.

"Yes, Captain, and the identity of the body can also explain the situation."

"Just based on these?"

"Yes."

"What about Judge Pavarotti's two daughters and his wife?"

"I arranged for them to stay in a hotel tonight. The two young ladies of the boss usually stay at home for a long time, so occasionally going out for a change of environment is good for their health."

"You arranged it very appropriately. You see, we're back to 'appropriate' again."

The hearse arrived at the entrance of the Qingteng Cemetery. Karun opened the car door, got out of the car, and went to the management office at the entrance. The administrator had already fallen asleep, but Reel is always the best antihypertensive medicine. After Karun handed over 200 Reel, the administrator stopped being angry, opened the cemetery gate, and told Karun the coordinates of the reserved grave site, indicating that Karun should drive in by himself.

Karun drove into the cemetery and stopped at the reserved grave site. The cemetery had already dug the hole for him.

"We're here, Captain, it's here."Nio lifted the coffin from the hearse and slowly placed it in the pit.

Then he spread his hands and said, "Order - purification!"

The purifying breath swept through, completely erasing the demonic aura from Elisa's body, not only to prevent contamination, but more importantly, to prevent tomb robbers who specifically steal spiritual corpses.

After the purification was completed, Nio sighed, "If I could, I would be willing to pay a great price to let her wake up and talk to me for a while."

Karun could help with that, but he didn't, not because he was afraid of exposing himself, but because Nio himself could do it, even if Elisa was a demon, the difficulty and cost of awakening her was too high.

But the problem was that Elisa died with an extremely grim expression before she got lost. Even if she was awakened now, she would only become a bloodthirsty zombie. Nio himself was very clear about this.

Karun comforted him, "She definitely wouldn't want that side of herself to appear in front of you, Captain."

"Yes, she loved beauty."

Karun took two shovels from the hearse and put one aside, using the other to start filling the pit.

Nio also picked up another shovel and began filling it with soil.

Compared to digging the pit, filling it was much easier, and soon, the soil was filled.

"Captain, what kind of flowers does Miss Elisa like? I will send people to plant them in a few days." Karun asked.

"Are you trying to please me?" Nio asked.

Karun shook his head, "This is work and respect."

"She likes white roses."

"I have noted it down, Captain. Do you need me to drive you back?"

"No need."

"Then I..."

At this moment, Karun felt a hand on his shoulder.

It was impossible not to be nervous, because the last person Nio put his hand on the shoulder of had his head chopped off.

"I have been thinking, if I didn't truthfully report my relationship with her, would the result have been different?" Nio said.

"Wouldn't the Anawas family have given Miss Elisa the restorative liquid if they didn't know about your affiliation with the Order of Order?"

"Yes, if it was Gross who eloped with her, the Count might have secretly given her the restorative liquid. But why didn't you ask, if I didn't disclose this relationship, my team and I wouldn't have been oppressed for so many years?"

"Because I don't think you, Captain, would have such a low idea, to regret things that happened to you and your choices."

"Hehe."

Karun felt the hand on his shoulder patting him.

"I used to think that my responsibility was to be open about our love and face everything together. When I showed my sincerity to the gods without reservation, the gods would see my piety. Now, I suddenly feel that it is not impossible to keep some secrets if I can."

Nio turned his head and looked at the tombstone behind him, continuing, "Because the gods may not care about your frankness."

"Pawaro the judge told me that what he admired was order.""So, he accepted the vouchers given to him by the Vicoletto arbitrator. Even the Pavaro judge learned to keep secrets.

I have read the files of the Zhihe case and the report that was submitted to the district by Judge Pavaro but was confiscated. I know what he was facing at the time, the pressure he was under, and the heavy burden of his family.

So, I admire him very much."

"Captain, what do you want me to do..."

"Do you think I arranged for you to report to me to monitor him?"

"Isn't it?"

"Yes, that's right. I do want you to help me monitor Judge Pavaro, because I want to know in time the next time he encounters such a thing, and he will not be like last time, without support and help."

"I understand, Captain, I will help you monitor Judge Pavaro."

"I have limited energy and cannot investigate every person with a secret. So, you can rest assured that I will not care about your affairs or spend any effort investigating you.

Because, since you were recommended by Judge Pavaro, I will unconditionally trust his choice."

After speaking, Neo's figure turned into a black mist and drifted away into the distance.

Karun still stood in place,

Instinctively reached out and touched the ring on his left ring finger,

Self-mockingly shook his head and laughed:

"Ah, this damn character setting."