"I'll leave it to you, Binn. You'll accompany Mr. Skeleton King."
"Yes, Lord Annan."
Annan watched the Skeleton King and Binn step through the Portal. He could set the investigation aside for now, but what about the banquet?
Postpone it until the Benitez Family came again, or...
In the end, Annan decided to go ahead with tonight's banquet.
After the attack, the Benitez Family probably wouldn't have time to visit Free City again soon. The Old Housemaster and the others couldn't wait there for two or three months, either.
The real trouble was that the attack had also cut off the "truth" Annan urgently needed.
So was it really an accident...?
First things first: contact the Benitez Family and find out what was happening there.
Annan was sure the truth would come to light with the Skeleton King on the case. But that would take time, and he needed to know what was happening now.
At that point, an official quietly suggested asking around at the Black Market.
The Black Market was a remarkable place. Every Town had one, and they were hardly rare.
Whether people wanted to dodge taxes, avoid official scrutiny, conduct illegal trade underground, or pass along intelligence, wherever there was demand, someone would provide the service.
Montreal Mountain had Black Hat Street, and Free City was no exception.
Given Annan's influence and control over Free City, an underground organization like that should have had no chance of surviving. But therein lay the catch: the person who actually controlled the Black Market was Ingrid, the Finance Department Minister.
After all, wherever there was light, darkness would grow. Rather than let unknown forces turn it into a den of vice and create a blind spot right under their noses, they were better off keeping it in their own