Some things were still quite easy to investigate, at least for the Empire's Justice Department.
Overall, the Empire's Justice Department was the highest-level institution among the Empire's intelligence agencies.
Though it only had eight Justices in total, those eight represented the face of the Empire.
The child torture and murder case had seen the culprit flee quickly after committing the crime.
Yet he had not escaped the pursuit of the Empire's intelligence-related departments at all.
Moreover, only three days had passed since the incident, and the culprit's exact location
was still known to the Empire's Justice Department. The reason they had not acted yet
was simply because the culprit was an Imperial Arms user. As the face of the Empire, the Justice Department had to consider the consequences of failure.
"Isaac, the culprit is in the forest ahead."
"Hiding in the forest? Is this culprit stupid?"
"Hehe, perhaps. If it were me, I definitely wouldn't hide in the forest. There are too many people in town, and people from all over are mixed together. Even if our Justice Department wanted to pursue someone, it would actually be much more troublesome."
"Instead, he foolishly ran into the forest, thinking he could evade pursuit. Isn't that just stupid?"
Falan nodded after hearing that. It had to be said that this suspect could already be called the real culprit.
After all, if he were merely a suspect, why would he specifically hide in the forest outside the city?
It was only because he was an Imperial Arms user that the Justice Department could not act carelessly. Otherwise, he would have been captured by the Justices long ago.
"Let's go."
"Eh, Isaac, isn't it still not the best time?"
It had been afternoon when Falan met Mikael on the street.
From the street to