“Any businessman worth his salt will be interested,” Abel said with a smile. “It’ll all depend on the price.”

“We’ll have to see how things go during the auction then,” Inspector Charles said. “Once the investigation and the paperwork are done, it can be put up for auction soon.”

“Mm.” Abel nodded.

“If there’s nothing else, I should get back to work,” Inspector Charles said. “If I linger here for too long, it won’t look good on me.”

“Don’t worry about us. We’ll just take a look around here,” Benjamin said.

Inspector Charles hurriedly went away. He would rather not be seen with those two influential figures.

Abel and Benjamin were about to leave when they saw Adam.

Adam’s head wound had not recovered. He was wearing a hat.

He was also dressed in a black suit and a dark gray trench coat, and that made him look like a mobster.

He looked cool yet amusing at the same time.

“Why is he here?” Abel mumbled to himself and went over to him.

“Adam?”

shocked when he heard Abel’s voice.

“Abel?”

to see you here,” Abel said.

I heard that the Imperial Palace will be put up for auction soon, so I’m here to survey the scene.”

Imperial Palace?” Abel

bodyguards quickly lit

“I see a few other big bosses around

it if the price is right,”

the place and let me run it. The rest of you

and all, but the Imperial Palace is nonetheless an entertainment establishment. There’s not

run it my way, the profits will shoot through the roof! Abel thought. “We can think of other business models,” Adam said. “I’m

caught, I don’t wish

he watched Abel

the male corpse at the scene was his fall guy. He wanted to conclude the case that way, and he could repurchase the Imperial Palace

he could legitimize himself and

bosses in Struyria would be interested in the place as well, and the price would

family did not fund him, he might not be able to win the

to lick Abel’s boots? But that doesn’t really work on him. Adam thought.

I guess I’ll have to lick his wife’s

at that thought, he took his

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