"How did things turn out like this?"
The contact's voice over the phone was filled with restrained displeasure and anger.
The captured assassin had actually been sent out of the country through certain connections at the end of May or the beginning of June.
Mr. Truman had already been successfully assassinated by someone else, so there was little point in keeping the assassin around.
The investigation had been tight for a while, so they had not acted recklessly. After things loosened up a little, they sent him away.
As long as the assassin disappeared, the case would have nothing to do with them.
But no one had expected that the assassin would actually return halfway through.
After remaining silent for a while, the Minister of the Security Department first apologized for a mistake that was not really his, then added, "I'll take care of this."
He actually had a rough idea of what the assassin was thinking. After all, this was the Federation, and the man had earned another sum of money.
Although he had ultimately not needed to act, he had still been paid what he was owed.
After enjoying himself in the Federation for so long, he was a little reluctant to leave.
Actually, the Minister of the Security Department should have silenced the man from the start. Then none of this would have happened.
He had simply thought that once the assassin left the country, the two sides would essentially have no further connection. Besides, the money had already been paid. It was not as if killing someone meant the money could be taken back.
He had grown lax in his thinking and abandoned the idea of silencing him—
More importantly, he now had a family weighing him down. These international assassins never operated alone. If revenge