A week later, when Eduardo Tercero finished processing the deal with Country A, he received a call from La Villa Real.
“President Eduardo, it’s bad, Miss Claudio has disappeared!”
Eduardo Tercero’s heart fluttered and his premonition was not good: “When did she disappear?”.
Soledad said, “These days Miss Claudio usually takes HAHA for a walk in circles after dinner and we are all used to it and don’t pay much attention to her, normally the walk is only for an hour, two hours at most, and she comes back anyway, but last night Miss Claudio went out since seven and at nine o’clock , the only one who came back was HAHA.”
Eduardo Tercero frowned and raised a hand to tug at the tie around his neck. “So why didn’t you call me last night?”.
“I called last night and it was always off.”
Eduardo Tercero gritted his teeth, last night he was negotiating a deal with the president of A. The phone was off at the time and there was no phone to call.
After hanging up the phone, Eduardo Tercero immediately contacted the Hidden Organization and sent someone from the organization to search the area. After the above incident, the first thing that came to Eduardo Tercero’s mind was Erasmo Rolan.
Soon after, Old K called back, “President Eduardo, no Erasmo Rolan, it’s probably not Erasmo Rolan who took Miss Claudio, and after what happened last time, Erasmo Rolan won’t dare to do anything rash. ”
“Send more men to search the whole city for H and R. Let me know as soon as there is any information.”
“Yes.”
…
Edward the Third took a private jet and flew back to R as soon as he got things taken care of in A.
Old K has arrived at the Villa Real, following Eduardo Tercero ready to report on his latest work.
But Eduardo Tercero asked directly, “Have you found Claudio?”
“… not yet.”
Eduardo Tercero’s face fell in shame: “How many men have you sent for?”.
“Three thousand mercenaries. There are a lot of scouts in there…”, Old K said in a low voice.
Edward the Third ripped his tie from his neck and threw it straight onto the couch next to him, his face grim. “Send more men and don’t come to see me if you don’t find a clue about Claudio in three days!”.
A cold sweat broke out on old K’s back and he wanted to say something, but didn’t dare speak because of Eduardo Tercero’s anger.
“President Eduardo…”
Eduardo Tercero was in an unusually grumpy mood, for the moment, “Anything else?”
Old K sweated by himself, “President Eduardo, what if … what if we really can’t find Miss Claudio?”
Although the Occult Organization can dig up the whole world, for some reason, K had a feeling that this time he wouldn’t be able to find Miss Claudio.
“If you don’t find him, you can’t come to see me anymore.”
“…”
Come on, he shouldn’t have asked that question.
The Hidden Organization deployed many additional men to search H-Town and R. After H-Town and R had no clues, they continued to search the world.
However, after three days of work, nothing was found …
Claudio, the man, seems to have evaporated from the world.
If this Claudio, an ordinary woman, were to leave R, let alone H-Town, she would be discovered very quickly, at every gate, at every airport, in every traffic jam, as soon as she tried to leave the house.
But even the men sent by the Hidden Organization to look for him have found nothing so far, which means that the man who took Claudio is no ordinary man.
After coming up empty-handed, Eduardo Tercero senses something.
At the study table, the phone rang.
Eduardo Tercero’s brow furrows as he picks up.
On the phone came a thick, pale voice: “I have the man you are looking for.”
Eduardo Tercero, naturally, knew who the other side was, “I didn’t think the Ming organization, which has always had the motto of keeping the peace, was doing what a gang of kidnappers is doing behind the scenes.”
Orlondo Marta grimaced slightly, “I allowed you to bring your men to free the hostages, and I have done you a great favor by not letting you come alone to do it.”
“You took someone close to me and now you are asking me to free them, why don’t you say what you want?”
“What I want, when you arrive and we meet, we’ll talk about it.”
…
After hanging up the phone, Old K and Mario were the first to protest when they heard this.
Old K was worried, “President Eduardo, that guy Orlondo Marta is always sly and is threatening you by kidnapping Miss Claudio, if you go to Z, you will be in a den of wolves.”
Mario was even more sensible in his analysis, “President Eduardo, have you ever wondered how people from the Ming organization could take people from our R territory so quietly? Even if something like this had happened before, we would have found out soon. But this time, why did we send so many people to investigate and come up empty-handed?”
Old K frowned, “You mean Miss Claudio is in cahoots with the people of the Ming organization?”
As soon as the words left his mouth, Old K unconsciously looked at Edward the Third and bit his tongue.
At this point, I’m afraid that saying this is going to put the master in a worse mood.
But in times of danger, one must not lose one’s reason.
Old K said stiffly, “President Eduardo, I think Mario is right in his analysis, and while I don’t want Miss Claudio to really be the man from the Ming organization either, this whole thing looks suspicious.”
“What do you mean it’s really suspicious, it’s obvious! And think about how this Claudio has appeared, it’s all too much of a coincidence. And the woman I ran into in Valencia, she looked too much like her. Besides, she doesn’t disappear early, she doesn’t disappear late, she always chooses a time when President Eduardo is not in R. And the last time, as soon as she went to Valencia with President Eduardo, she was seen by the men of the Ming organization, everything was too much of a coincidence…”
Before Mario could finish his spiteful words, Eduardo Tercero had already rebuked in a cold and deep voice: “Enough!”
Mario was about to say something else when old K had glared at him, signaling him to shut up.
Eduardo Tercero’s mood was somewhat uneasy, with a cloud of worry on his forehead. He raised his long fingers to press his brow bone and ordered, “Go away, all of you.”
“… is.”
After Old K and Mario left, only Eduardo Tercero remained in the studio.
Eduardo Tercero sat at his desk, his mind could not stop remembering that night with Claudio in the caves of Valencia, when she lay in his arms so loved by him, so beloved by him, and so impressively blooming for him.
The serious and affectionate look she gave him when she looked at him could not be feigned, such real emotions could not be disguised.
When people are closest, that’s when they can least hide the love in their eyes.
Even if her coming to him had been a deception, he would have asked her for clarification in person, in front of her.
…
Z, Ming organization.
Claudius Belles returned for his fifth day, often distracted.
She was sitting in the stands of the training camp, watching a group of mercenaries training not far away, while her thoughts drifted away.
Even Esteban Zaragosa approached her, unnoticed.
“What’s on your mind, wondering if Ice Blade will come to your rescue?”
Claudio Belles froze for a moment and looked back, as Esteban Zaragosa had taken a seat next to him.
“I was wondering why the Court Master would do this, and if it would make us look too mean by doing so.”
Esteban Zaragosa looked at her and smiled faintly, “Vil? Claudio, you didn’t use the word vile to judge anyone before. Now you’re worried about Ice Blade and you’re emotionally prejudiced, that’s why you find the Court Master’s methods dishonorable.”
“But using emotions to deceive people is not a tactic we would have used in the Ming Organization. ”
Esteban Zaragosa didn’t agree with Orlondo Marta this time either and asked, “If Ice Blade comes to rescue you, will you go with him?”