As Madam Tasia questioned Luke, her narrowed eyes slid toward Lambert, her gaze sharp as awls and enough to send a chill down anyone's spine. Beneath the fur blanket draped over her body came a faint rise and fall; the arm hidden below had pressed itself against a knife hilt.
She believed her people had only just come ashore. There was no way they could have leaked the plan to rob The Clover armed airship.
The leak had to be the Mad Axe Gang.
Those bastards had barely pledged themselves to the Secret Intelligence Bureau before rushing to sell us out!
Lambert felt Madam Tasia's killing intent and immediately defended himself. "Madam, I don't know anything about the armed airship called The Clover that the detective chief mentioned. I only know that you hired Boss Jumu to steal the 'Heart of Red Dragon Nilcolon' for some major undertaking.
"But after Boss Jumu was killed, that alchemical summoned creature was taken by the elf Clear Sky."
Shelley cried out, "What? You were the ones who stole the 'Heart of Red Dragon Nilcolon'? Do you know that we nearly got our detective chief... just trying to find that thing—"
Luke raised a hand to stop Shelley from continuing, then said to the guarded Madam Tasia, "As for The Clover armed airship, I have my own intelligence channels. It has nothing to do with the Mad Axe Gang.
"What I want to know now is... are you still interested in this deal, Madam?"
Madam Tasia drew in some of her tension. Then, remembering that the robbery had yet to be carried out, she relaxed a little further.
"The detective chief's ability to gather intelligence truly is remarkable. I hired Jumu to steal the 'Heart of Red Dragon Nilcolon' precisely to rob The Clover