Chapter 439: Framing Again
Chapter 439: Chapter 439: Framing Again
Technically, Nina Jacobs had never met Evander Langdon.
Nina Jacobs shook her head. "No, but Supervisor Maxwell said that was Commander Langdon."
With that, she recited the story she had prepared in advance.
"Wayne Warner and I chased them outside the base, but they had backup waiting. We lost them in the end."
Nina Jacobs put on a regretful expression.
"What about Adjutant White?
Why didn’t you go support him?" Zinnia Wells asked.
"Drake Shaw was there too. He went after Dominic Sloan first and then told me to take over. He said he was going to support Adjutant White..."
Nina Jacobs answered.
Everyone who had been on the scene tonight was gathered in the interrogation room.
Nina Jacobs’s words were corroborated by several people.
"It’s true that Drake Shaw went after Dominic Sloan first. We did hear him say he was leaving Dominic Sloan to Captain Jacobs..."
a few members of the Shadow Legion who had been following Drake Shaw said.
General Hughes was now clearly somewhat convinced. "And then?"
"Later, Adjutant White and Director Caldwell started fighting for some reason.
Adjutant White told us to call for reinforcements,
but Drake Shaw stopped us.
Drake Shaw said he would call for reinforcements himself. He told me Commander Langdon had been kidnapped and that I needed to get over there quickly.
I should have double-checked..."
Lies mixed with truth are the hardest to discern. Mrs. White, who had been sitting silently to the side, clenched her fists.
"Drake Shaw... Drake Shaw followed you for so long. Didn’t you ever notice anything unusual about him?"
Mrs. White demanded, holding nothing back.
General Hughes’s expression darkened.
"Drake Shaw has no connection to Crestfall. How could he..."
"Besides Drake Shaw, there was also Seraphina Chase. I thought she was there to help me,
but I fell into her trap instead,"
Nina Jacobs said with a frown.
’With my and Wayne Warner’s strength, it would have been impossible for us to lose to just a few people. That’s why Seraphina Chase had to be forced out of Lornwood Base.’
"What about the warehouse? Did they get into the warehouse?"
Wyatt Holden asked hurriedly.
For now, Nina Jacobs was the only one who knew what had happened tonight.
"The warehouse?
You mean the underground warehouse?"
Nina Jacobs feigned surprise. "I was following them the whole time, trying to get them to release Commander Langdon and Doctor Harlan.
They never went to the warehouse."
"Then did they have other accomplices?
Like, did they split up or something?"
Wyatt Holden was desperate for an answer.
But to his disappointment, Nina Jacobs claimed not to know if they had accomplices.
"How could that be? All those supplies... how could they just vanish into thin air?"
Wyatt Holden staggered, staring at the floor.
He just couldn’t figure out who could have broken into the warehouse.
"Thunder Element, Gold Element, Earth Element, and a Space Element... The enemy had at least four Superpower Users.
It would take at least an hour to move all those supplies,
but no one saw them. Are we dealing with ghosts?"
Anselm Hughes added.
"What about Reinhard Caldwell? Where did he go? Did you see him?"
Arcadia White stood up and walked over to Nina Jacobs, asking.
There were still tear tracks on her face; she looked like she had been crying for a long time.
Nina Jacobs shook her head. "No, but maybe we could try a base-wide search."
"Do you have any leads?"
General Hughes looked up at her.
"Their plan was meticulous, and they had many insiders in the base, including Director Caldwell, Drake Shaw, and Seraphina Chase.
’I think they might still have other sleeper agents left in the base.’"
As she spoke, she glanced at Montague Goldman, who was off to the side.
"Last night, when you and Director Palmer came to find me, I thought it was very strange.
Hasn’t anyone noticed? Things in the base have been chaotic since this morning."
Nina Jacobs’s words made Wyatt Holden look up.
He frowned, recalling.
To be precise, starting from midnight last night, many people in the base had been restless.
They were gathering everywhere, talking about the Hydrokinetic Cat, and many had even entered restricted areas...
’Thinking back now, it’s highly likely they started their deployment back then, but we all overlooked it.’
"That’s right! What Hydrokinetic Cat?
It was all just a cover story you and Director Palmer made up!"
Wyatt Holden kicked Montague Goldman in the chest, and Goldman immediately spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Investigate. And bring Director Palmer here too,"
General Hughes said coldly.
"It wasn’t me! It really had nothing to do with me!
I just... I just... COUGH! COUGH!"
Montague Goldman couldn’t find the words to defend himself; he had no idea why things had turned out this way.
Standing next to Wayne Warner, Nina Jacobs’s expression remained unchanged.
’There were indeed guards posted when I entered the correction pod, but Grim happened to be there too. When he found out I was being followed, we turned their plan against them and had all the guards withdrawn.
That’s how Montague Goldman was able to get in so easily.
I just wonder if Grim’s people succeeded in planting that thing...’
Director Palmer was soon brought over by a few people.
When she saw Montague Goldman beaten half to death on the floor and Nina Jacobs standing off to the side, she instantly understood something.
But she didn’t panic.
And General Hughes’s attitude toward Director Palmer slightly surprised everyone present.
He actually invited Director Palmer to sit down.
"Ms. Palmer, what do you know about what happened tonight?"
General Hughes asked in a low voice.
Director Palmer glanced at Nina Jacobs, then asked with a confused and somewhat cautious tone:
"General Hughes, what do you mean by that?
I’ve been at the aid society the whole time. I only just heard that there was trouble at the base."
"Just now?
I doubt that. I’m afraid your people were ready long before, weren’t they?"
General Hughes asked pointedly.
"What does this have to do with me?
Anselm Hughes, I’m your own cousin! Do you really think I’d try to harm you?"
Director Palmer was furious.
She had been at the aid society for over half a year, where everyone followed her orders and sang her praises daily.
They called her a great philanthropist, a saint. At her word, many were willing to die for her.
Losing one Montague Goldman was nothing, but she couldn’t stand everyone looking at her with such suspicion.
"Cousin?
I think you just can’t stand to see us doing well, can you? Last time, you even argued with my younger brother, Ambrose White.
Now that he’s dead, you must be very happy, right?"
Mrs. White walked over and said bluntly.
"Ambrose White is dead?"
Only then did Director Palmer understand the expression on General Hughes’s face.
"Arcadia White, I truly know nothing about what happened tonight.
If you want Montague Goldman’s life, take it.
Whatever he did has nothing to do with me,"
Director Palmer replied.
"Nothing to do with you? Then what about this? Why was this found in your room?"
Arcadia White produced a blood-stained wooden key.
Seeing this, an imperceptible smile touched the corner of Nina Jacobs’s lips.
’That was one of the keys from the set Reinhard Caldwell found.
Since I didn’t know its purpose, I had already used my Wood Element Superpower to create an identical copy.
This was the one I just had Grim find a way to plant in Director Palmer’s room.
I didn’t expect Grim to be so fast.’
"It’s precisely because you’re a cousin that you’re the only one who would know what this is for, right?"
Arcadia White glared at Director Palmer.
No one would pick up a wooden key soaked in blood.
Except for someone who knew its significance.
"This is..."
General Hughes stared at the key in shock.
"Ms. Palmer, I knew you had issues with Ambrose White, but I never thought you would get involved in this."
He shook his head in disbelief.
Nina Jacobs was also very curious about the key’s purpose, but even as Director Palmer was dragged away, shouting and screaming, neither of them revealed what it was used for.