Chapter 26

In the top-floor office of Alexander Corporation.

Gilges reported his findings to Alexander.

“According to my careful investigation and on-site survey, I’ve roughly guessed what happened yesterday.”

Alexander nodded at him and said, “Tell me.”

Gilges said, “According to the surveillance at the scene, Aix followed that young man John to the forest at 1.40 PM yesterday.

“Then John headed deeper into the forest, and Ax followed.

“However, there aren’t any cameras in the forest, so it’s hard to calculate what exactly happened. However, what we do know is that Aix is already dead.

“About 3.50 PM yesterday, John entered the depths of the forest, and Aix followed him.

Aix stood behind a tree and looked at John in the distance, waiting to strike at any moment.

“And for some unknown reason, two types of creatures suddenly appeared beneath Aix’s feet. From the faint traces left behind, it can be seen that it was a fox chasing its prey.

“Yet Axe was concentrating all his energy on John. He was startled by what the sudden appearance of the two animals, and he slipped and rolled down the slope.

“But the unfortunate thing was that after Aix rolled down the slope, he fell into a swamp.

“And I have found Aix’s corpse in that swamp.

“I also dissected Aix’s body. There were no other injuries apart from the wounds from his fall down the hill. Everything indicated that it was an accident.

“We can only blame Aix’s luck for being too poor.”

Listening to Gilges’s report, Alexander suddenly felt fear in his heart.

‘Another accident.

‘The first two incidents were also classified as accidents. Why are all things related to him accidents?

‘Could it be really possible for him to complete a perfect crime and kill the person he wants to kill without leaving any evidence?

‘If that’s the case, isn’t he too terrifying?’ Alexander suddenly thought in his heart.

Alexander felt a chill on his back and sweat broke out on his forehead. He said to Gilges, “Thank you for the investigation. I’ll transfer your payment to your Swiss bank account.”

Before leaving, Gilges said to Alexander, “When I first entered the forest, I found a burnt tree.

“What caused the tree to catch fire was a cigarette butt.

“According to my investigation, John bought a pack of cigarettes at a supermarket near the entrance of the forest before he went into the forest.

“And there are rabbit footprints near the lit grass.

“I made a bold guess that it might have been John who was smoking there and casually threw his cigarette butt at the dry grass beside him and caused it to catch fire.

“The rabbit was frightened by the fire that was lit by the cigarette butt, so it ran away crazily. Not far away, the fox that was looking for prey noticed the running rabbit.

“Therefore, the predator and the prey ran through the forest, one running in front, the other chasing behind. They ran to Aix’s foot, leading to Aix’s death.

“If this is all planned by John, he’s a really scary opponent. This time, you guys…”

After saying these words, he sighed and left the office.

Alexander couldn’t help but gasp upon hearing Gilges’s guess. The shock in his heart intensified.

He shouted crazily in his heart: “This isn’t real. This isn’t real.”

He stood up and smashed the vase in the office crazily.

His mouth kept saying, “How is this possible? How is this possible?”

When Assistant Butler Walker heard Gilges’ report today, he broke out in cold sweat too.

‘Damn it. How did Alexander provoke such a terrifying monster? Please don’t take revenge on me.’

Inside Eric State Police Station.

Jax also reported his findings to Chief Bell.

His report was almost identical to Gilges’.

“We were too late.

“Aix’s body has been retrieved by the exclusive detective hired by Alexander Corporation.

“We also worked with the detective hired by Alexander Corporation to dissect Aix’s body. We found no fatal injuries on Aix’s body other than the marks of rolling down the high slope.

“Therefore, like the subway case and the fire case, this is also another accident.” Jax heavily said.

Hearing Jax’s report, Bell’s heart sank.

‘As expected, the result was still an accident.

‘Looks like I have to report the current situation to my superiors.’

…

At this moment, John was looking at a house in a small district with the sales lady. He didn’t know what had happened.

It was a 150-square-meter house, just like John had said. It had a large floor-to-ceiling window, three bedrooms, two living rooms, and two bathrooms. This was John’s dream home.

John was very pleased with the house the saleslady had found for him.

He said to the sales lady, “How much does this house cost?”

The sales lady said to him, “This is the district next to the central business district, the Vienna neighborhood. There are many schools nearby, so the buildings and houses here are very expensive.

“It cost about 30,000 dollars per square meter.

“This house costs about 4.5 million dollars in total.”

John nodded as he listened to the sales lady’s report. He felt that this price in this district was quite fair.

Therefore, he said to the sales lady, “I’ll take this house. Go prepare the contract and I’ll sign it today.”

The sales lady was overjoyed to hear that John had bought the house so readily.

For housing agents like her, they would bring people to look at many houses every day, but not everyone would buy a house without hesitation. It was even possible that a person would look at the houses for a whole month and still didn’t chose to buy.

There weren’t many clients as straightforward as John.

The sales lady said to John, “Alright, I’ll prepare it right away.”

She then left.

John stood alone in the room.

He suddenly imagined himself and his girlfriend, Alice, sitting on the sofa. In front of them were two lively children, a boy, and a girl.

The family of four was watching television in the living room. It was a joyous and warm scene.

Every time John walked to a spot in the house, the scene of the family of four living here would appear in his mind.

How he wished he could live such a quiet, peaceful, and warm life.

Their family would live in a 150-square-meter house. Although it wasn’t very big, it was definitely not small.

But everything was just a fantasy.