Captain Uther glanced expressionlessly at Count Zidal beside him and nodded.
"All right, I'll hand them over."
Resas and Floyd exchanged astonished looks.
In the Nam Co Bloodshed Incident, aside from the dozen or so Xinfei Merchant Guild employees beaten to death on the spot and the more than forty others who had gone missing, the most important people involved were the fifty Mine Site Guards who had also been present.
Since all fifty guards were local Dero people hired in the area, most had survived the conflict. A few had even switched sides outright and joined the rioting crowd.
Later, when Resas led his men to the Nam Co Mine and drove out the rioters, he had also arrested all six Mine Site Guards who had joined them, intending to question them as witnesses.
However, Resas then received orders from above to turn these witnesses over to the Candel Empire's Investigation Squad when it arrived, allowing it to question them first.
Although Resas was deeply dissatisfied, he had been forced to obey and hand them over, with an agreement that he would come to collect them three days later.
These witnesses had the clearest firsthand knowledge of what had happened, making them extremely important. Resas had expected that the Candel Empire would never return them so easily.
Yet now, with barely a word from him, Captain Uther had agreed.
After a moment of stunned silence, Resas felt something was amiss, but immediately nodded nonetheless. "All right, hand them over now. We still have some questions for them."
Captain Uther turned and gave an order to one of his subordinates. The man ran into the camp, evidently to make preparations.
Resas glanced at Captain Uther, whose face seemed permanently wooden, then at the equally indifferent Count Zidal beside him. A