Early that morning, the Royal Capital Security Department sent someone to Lock's Weapon Shop and woke Jilian, who was still asleep. They hoped he could go to the Security Department to identify a body.
Jilian went, and quickly recognized that the deceased was indeed his adoptive father, Old Man Max.
"...He died late last night. The culprits were three undocumented people living beneath a bridge in the western district. The Security Department caught them at the scene." Jilian sat down, unable to hide his grief. "I heard it might have been murder and robbery, but they're still being interrogated... How could this happen? Old Man wasn't very respectable usually, but he wasn't a bad person! He even often went to the Maple Leaf Tavern to support the fallen women there..."
Jilian had mentioned that he was an orphan with neither father nor mother, and that Max had adopted him when he was young. Their relationship went without saying... No matter how heartbroken Jilian looked now, there was nothing strange about it.
"Why did you come all the way here to tell me this?" Boss Luo suddenly asked. "You must have just come from the Royal Capital Security Department, right? But you immediately came here to find me. Is there some other reason... or did you only come to tell me that Mr. Max was murdered?"
Jilian opened his mouth and stammered for a long while before sighing guiltily. "I'm sorry, Mr. Luo... Your sword may have been lost... I'm sorry!"
Luo Qiu showed little reaction. After calmly pouring Jilian a cup of water, he slowly said, "Could you explain in detail?"
Jilian had no choice but to recount everything. "Actually, Old Man disappeared yesterday after you left... I thought it was strange at the time, because not only had Old