Chapter 180 "Left Little Finger" Sorgen

After the "video call" with Salvatore ended, Winter's Hand, who had been standing at the door for a while, finally knocked on the door and walked in.

It was a rather thin old man.

He looked tall and thin, like a dry scarecrow and a lanky ghost.

The old man was wearing a light gray gown, and his face was very pale and bloodless. Snow-white and slender hair is thinned to the point of being almost transparent, and tiny age spots can be seen on the temples and the corners of the eyes.

His pupils were silver-white... as if they were completely shrouded in fog. At first glance, he looked like a blind man with pure white eyes.

The most conspicuous part of him is not the little finger on his left hand with the ice ring on, but the scarf around his neck.

The old man was wearing at least seven or eight dark gray wool scarves. From the nose to the chin, and even the shoulders. Except for the silver-gray eyes, the facial features are completely obscured, and nothing will be revealed.

"Your Highness, the interrogation results are out."

A low and very soft voice sounded muffled from under the scarf: "Can I report to you now?"

"No problem, Uncle Sorgen."

Annan nodded slightly.

There was a hint of respect in his voice.

Although he has completely lost his memory, in fact, when Annan was a child, it was the Hand of Winter who watched him grow up—even when Ivan was a child, he also watched him grow up.

In the hands of Winter, the "ring finger" is responsible for internal affairs, and the "thumb" is responsible for management.

The "little finger" is called the "unwanted finger", or "hidden finger". What they are responsible for is "jobs that don't need to be seen"...such as espionage, torture, assassination, perjury and other activities.

Generally speaking, the Hand of Winter is advanced from the wizards of the incapacitated school. However, the position of the little finger requires an additional stalker profession.

It is said that before Annan was eight years old, Sorgen intercepted at least ten more assassinations of Annan; and before Annan was born, his mother Anya Rasputin would also be protected by Sorgen.

The reason why Annan was assassinated was only because he and Ivan were separated.

At present, the top management of the Hand of Winter is not complete - because the power is very large, it is better to lack it than to waste it.

This is a new rule that only appeared after the defection from Vladimir the Winter Rebel... Until then, the "Ten Fingers" will always be full. There are even many alternate positions alone, which directly leads to a fight within the Hand of Winter.

And thanks to "Winter Defender" for sounding the alarm.

He reminded Ivan that the real power of the Principality of Winter is not in the hands of those ministers... but in the hands of the "ten fingers" of Winter's hand.

The pinky of the right hand of the previous generation was also a member of the defectors. Since then, all his disciples have been purged... Until now, the faction of the "Right Pinky" is still managed by Zorgen.

Roughly speaking, the rule of the hand of winter is "left hand inside, right hand outside". Just as the left hand is used to block attacks and protect vital points, while the right hand is used to hold a weapon to attack others.

At present, there are four free rings in the right hand of the hand of winter - except for the most important, the "thumb" as the commander is kept by "Victor" personally designated by Ivan, and the other four rings are left empty, the power Incorporated into the left hand.

The spies who were buried abroad before,

Those who have not been activated will no longer receive any orders to let them live their own daily lives; and those who have begun to transmit information to the Principality of Winter are also ordered to find a way to hide again... For example, "Father" "That's it.

And more manpower, which is used for internal monitoring and management. So in fact, the number of "counter-espionage" personnel in Winter has doubled for no reason. Because of the sudden abundance of manpower, all the spies on Noah's side were named and found, and they were all arrested without exception.

They simply couldn't get the information back.

——This is the real reason why Daliyuan’s old bread was curious before, “Winter suddenly narrowed the scope of intelligence”. Essentially, it was because of the change in the rights of the "Ten Fingers" that the Ten Fingers became the Six Fingers... Not because of any major changes in Winter, or some secret information that cannot be known to outsiders.

This is the real secret that the Noahs must not have known.

"...To sum up. I think Yuri Frostwind needs to be arrested immediately."

Sorgen pressed his hands against his trouser legs, his unusually slender body standing straight like a lanky ghost. He didn't read the notes, but was very proficient in reciting the information obtained from the torture to Annan.

In short, this operation was indeed the work of the Northern Alliance. To be precise, it was the private behavior of three of the Northern Alliance - Viscount Peter, Viscount Ostov and Earl Yuri.

They did not simply assassinate Annan.

After comparing it with the previous investigation information of Hand of Winter, Zorgen keenly discovered that Frozen Wind had a strange money. It was apparently used as "purchasing green fire for living", but after careful investigation, it was found that the money flowed to a town called "Saltpeter Ranch" in the underground world.

The ruler of this town, "Blood Hand Brothers", has an inexplicable relationship with Nata County in Noah's kingdom - a large amount of demon blood produced by the "Mushroom Eater" gang, but only a small amount flows into Noah's local area. . The rest were sold to the saltpeter ranch.

After that, the blood of that batch of demons flowed into the Frozen Wind Territory of the Winter North through the relationship of the saltpeter ranch.

"Yuri Frostwind was prosecuted for researching forbidden rituals before. He paid a lot of indemnity and handed over his three manors to avoid prison. But the previous forbidden ritual was to communicate with 'dream creatures' 'The ritual... In this ritual, the poisonous dust of Hermes needs to be used, so the material of 'the corrupted person with pure heart' is needed.

"Looking back now... those materials should just be the residue after the failure to create demons. Maybe they didn't create poisonous dust at all, and they didn't communicate with dream world creatures."

The old man's eyes were cold and emotionless: "Considering that they may have successfully created demons, I think it is necessary to dispatch the Frost Beast troops to carry out the seizure. Anyone related to the forbidden ritual should be arrested."

To dispatch the Frost Beast troops, the permission of "Forefinger" and above is required. He declared this, in fact, a little overstepping his authority.

And if the action is so big, it may touch the already sensitive nerves of the Northern Alliance.

Annan thought for a while and then asked, "Did you tell my father?"

"Grand Duke Ivan instructed me to report to you in the future, Your Highness Annan."

Sorgen replied.

"...don't be in a hurry."

Annan was silent for a long time, frowning slightly: "You said the assassin's weapon is... venom?"

"It's a standard spell [Venom-Heart Failure]. Once hit, the blade will break and remain in the muscle, and the blade will be applied to the contact with a "heart failure" spell every three seconds."

The old man replied calmly, "This is the technique of the Burning Fangs of the United Kingdom."

There was no emotion in his words, just as Annan's previous reply didn't exist - no rhetorical questions, no further questions.

Like a cold puppet.

"So - let's investigate from here first."

Annan tapped his index finger on the table and said slowly: "We must know who is involved, so that we can know who our enemies are and what their goals may be. Only then can we know that there are Who can be won over and who can't be trusted."

"We have very few available personnel in the underground city, making it difficult to travel to the saltpeter ranch for efficient surveys."

The old man replied without emotion: "But we have three spies in the underground world who have become 'diggers'. But once activated, it may cause them to be exposed and lose their rights. Although this is not 100%, but 'Wise Men' are pretty tough, and you'll want to use them as disposable pawns."

"...No, no need."

Thinking of this, Annan's heart moved slightly.

Speaking of which, Lin Yiyi and the others are now in the saltpeter ranch.

Seems to allow them to do a reverse poll from the other end...

So Annan's mouth rose slightly, revealing a winning smile.

The silver-haired boy narrowed his eyes.

He said slowly: "In this regard, I should be able to get fairly accurate information soon."

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