His superior had spoken-
Naturally, an informant had no reason to refuse.
Lorry nodded, folded his hands, and adopted an attentive posture.
Vera pondered for a moment, then said in a relaxed tone, "Strictly speaking, you were the one who killed Randolph's Brain. I only provided some help, so you should be the one to divide the spoils.
"But I still hope you'll choose the Manor and the factory."
"No, without your timely support, I'm afraid-" Lorry sighed without continuing, then asked curiously, "Lieutenant Colonel, are you short on cash?
"If you need it, I can lend you some of my savings."
Whatever his original intentions, over the course of their actual dealings, Vera had given him quite a bit of preferential treatment. Lorry wasn't someone who only knew how to take.
This emergency rescue was one such example.
It wasn't hard to piece together the truth from the occasional snippets Vera let slip.
Hearing this, Vera gave Lorry a surprised look.
After a few breaths of silence, he chuckled and shook his head. "At my Sequence, money is often just a number. MI9 takes care of my food, clothing, housing, and transportation. I'm not short of money.
"The reason I wanted you to choose the Manor and the factory-"
Vera paused and looked toward the bodies that had been gathered together nearby. "Although this all started with Altair, given the cunning he displayed, there's an eighty percent chance he left nothing for us in the villa.
"This 'King of Mystery Novels' was a fool who was used, but that still doesn't absolve him of being an accomplice. Confiscating his property is only right.
"But the others were innocent.
"I counted just now. There were ninety-three bodies in total. Excluding Falk himself, that means there were ninety-two innocent victims in