Carlos toured Alubarna, wandering the streets and visiting sights, living in carefree comfort.
Shiryu kept causing trouble with Louis. By the end of the morning, three families had been wiped out. Shiryu's bloodlust wherever he went made even Louis tremble with fear!
Three massacres had occurred in one morning, and the victims had all been influential nobles in the royal capital. The entire noble circle was shocked, and it even alarmed the King of Alabasta. Cobra, who had only recently ascended the throne, was furious. This had caused him enormous trouble!
Cobra strictly ordered the agencies responsible for public security in the royal capital to uncover the true culprit and capture or kill them. He also directly dispatched his own forces to join the investigation, and that was not all.
Since the victims were all nobles of the royal capital, Cobra convened a court assembly and called on—indeed, demanded—that every noble send people to join the investigation, because no one knew who the killer's next target would be...
Although Cobra had not been King for long and his prestige was not particularly high, the nobles beneath him all agreed. This concerned their own safety, after all, so they could not afford to take it lightly.
As for the common people, not many knew about it. The kingdom's higher-ups had imposed a gag order, so the news had yet to spread, but if things dragged on for too long, there was a strong chance it would leak.
The royal palace stood in the center of the capital, while the nobles' district lay to its west. Nearly every prominent noble in the capital lived in that area.
Within a spacious and exquisite mansion, in a secluded grove, Shiryu and Louis lay in wait, about to make their move.
The killing intent