Upon Sofitel Norman's threat, Winslow's face turned cold instantly, while Reesi turned to look at Luo An.
Sofia Norman stared at Luo An, who smiled and waved his hand, saying:
"Take her away!"
"You..."
Before Sofia could say more, she was taken away by the SWAT team. Reesi leaned in close to Luo An and whispered:
"Luo An, about what Sofia just said..."
"It's okay."
Luo An was very calm as he began to check the room:
"There are many who threaten ; this Sofia is not at the top of the list."
Reesi: "..."
Luo An was indeed not panicked; politically, he held the vice president's executive order, had the backing of Mr. Clent, Director of the FBI, and his personal safety was safeguarded by "Emotional Perception."
Without exaggeration, as long as Luo An didn't do sothing drastic like assassinate the Federation President, he would be fine in other situations. Even if he couldn't win, he still had room to maneuver and ti to escape.
Reesi didn't know what Luo An was thinking. She was still worried. Before she could speak, the communicator suddenly rang. Mona's sowhat anxious voice ca through:
"Luo An, I've found sothing in this villa."
"Such as?"
"Such as so employer information from within 'Skull Flower' assassin organization who has placed orders. And these employers... Luo An, I think things might be getting complicated."
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The next day, Vireness, wearing a dark blue won's suit and trousers that accentuated her long legs, her face painted with sharp makeup, giving off an aura not to be trifled with, strode out of the elevator and headed straight to the special investigation team's office.
Vireness pushed the door and entered the conference room. Upon seeing Luo An, the expressionless look on her face instantly disappeared, replaced by a faint smile:
"Good morning, Luo An."
In the conference room, Luo An, leading Mona, Reesi, and Michelle in handling docunts, stood up smiling upon seeing Vireness:
"Good morning, Chief, I apologize for not noticing the ti."
"It's okay."
Vireness nodded, sat down casually, and went straight to the point:
"You called yesterday, saying that this case has been solved, but the subsequent situation seems complicated and troubleso. What exactly happened?"
Luo An looked towards Michelle, who imdiately stood up and explained:
"Chief, after yesterday's operation, we discovered so information in that villa, including orders placed to hire the assassin 'Blue-eyed Roy' to murder the forr director of the NSA."
Vireness's eyes narrowed slightly:
"Who is it?"
"The na in the records is Nathaniel."
Michelle pushed the laptop towards Vireness, saying:
"But 'Nathaniel' is just a false identity. According to our investigation, his real identity is a woman nad Sofia Norman."
Vireness was taken aback and looked towards Luo An:
"I rember you told before that this Sofia Norman is the founder of 'Skull Flower' organization and the daughter of Modi Norman?"
"Correct."
Luo An nodded his head and added:
"She is very filial, personally sending her own father to hell."
Even in the Federation, where the folks are known for being virtuous and the lands blessed with heroes, such patricide is rarely seen.
Vireness had more questions in her mind, took a deep breath, and said in a deep voice:
"Give a detailed account of the entire situation."
Luo An nodded, took the file handed to him by Mona, and walked to the front to first introduce the two factions within the 'Skull Flower' assassin organization and the radical faction's idea to establish bases around the world.
Vireness's eyes flickered as she asked:
"Does Sofia Norman belong to the radical faction?"
"No, Sofia highly values the first rule of the 'Skull Flower' assassin code:
To complete the task for those who pay the currency—impartiality, nationality, belief, identity do not matter; it's all about principle, everyone has the right to take another's life, and no one has the authority to judge right or wrong."
So she belonged to the conservative camp, and her father Modi Norman was the one with radical ideologies."
Luo An explained:
"Sofia thought her father's plan was too costly and ti-consuming, and since 'Skull Flower' was just a platform with no absolute control over the Assassins, she was firmly opposed.
In her plan, she thought it was unnecessary to expand 'Skull Flower,' but instead, she wanted to strengthen the Assassin platform, making it legitimate, industrialized, and standardized in managent and operation.
Centralizing control of Assassins, unifying the issuance of orders, letting everyone know about 'Skull Flower,' giving everyone the right to pay for the lives of others, achieving equality, deeply embodying the freedom and democracy promoted by the Federation."
"…"
The conference room fell silent, Vireness's eyelids twitched, and Mona, Reesi, and the others also had spasmic corners of their mouths, even though they already knew this, hearing it again was still very... speechless.
Although Sofia's ideas seed outrageous at first glance, upon closer examination they indeed were.
But Luo An was very calm; he understood the reasons behind such ideas.
Raised in luxury, suffocated by a wealthy life, she could only focus her energies on indulgence and reckless behavior.
Those from the bottom of the society in the eting room knew all too well the true anings behind the words freedom and democracy.
Sofia, without worries of food and clothing, had never experienced the sufferings of the lower classes and took many things for granted, believing poverty was their own problem due to lack of effort, and had unswerving faith in democratic freedoms.
Although Vireness also cos from a family background, her identity as a woman has led her to face many setbacks and also witnessed the aning behind freedom and democracy.
Suppressing her thoughts, Vireness asked:
"Did Sofia kill her father to usurp power?"
"That is one of the reasons."
Luo An nodded, opened Mona's notebook, pulled out a piece of paper and handed it to Vireness, saying:
"The Trace Examination Departnt, while processing Modi Norman's corpse, unexpectedly found his DNA matched that of an agent reported missing and dead during an NSA mission thirty-two years ago.
We can't find out exactly what happened during that NSA mission thirty-two years ago, but the information we can access shows that the forr NSA director was also a participant in that mission.
After that mission, Modi Norman changed his identity, and his wife also died of 'cancer.'
Unable to persuade her father to implent her plan, Sofia beca murderous.
She disguised her identity, hired Assassins within 'Skull Flower,' killed the forr NSA director to avenge her mother.
At the sa ti, she tried to draw NSA's attention to use them to strike at her father's power within 'Skull Flower.'
'Undying Kyle,' 'Red-Backed Spider Brenna,' they and their friends have all perford similar murder tasks, and their targets were all mbers of the Federation Governnt departnts.
Sofia had been placing orders behind those assassinations, to catch the attention of federal departnts, to weaken her father's power in 'Skull Flower,' and ultimately seize control."
Vireness frowned slightly:
"Didn't Modi Norman realize his daughter's actions?"
"He did, and he reacted."
Luo An closed the folder; not only did Modi Norman imprison Sofia, but he also put out a hefty bounty for the likes of King Bar, asking them to kill Blue-eyed Roy and those Assassins who had killed Federation Governnt departnt mbers.
The destruction of the three custor service centers and the war involving Blue-eyed Roy and his ilk were a façade of this incident.
Unlike Sofia, Modi Norman was very clear about the Federation Governnt's bottom line, and the true power of state machinery.
So he wanted to quickly hand over the heads of these Assassins, get in touch with so higher-ups, get past this hurdle, and allow the 'Skull Flower' organization to continue existing, planning to properly educate Sofia, his good-for-nothing daughter, afterward.
But Modi Norman overlooked one thing, the Assassin's creed was originally created by him as a ans to easily control the Assassins, a weapon in his hand.
Over ti, this weapon accomplished its purpose, becoming the belief of many Assassins.
But Sofia believed in it too, the weapon's creator's daughter also had faith in the weapon.
With the help of her subordinates, Sofia escaped from imprisonnt, and steadfast in the Assassin creed's principle of 'impartiality,' she shot her father Modi Norman in the head after reaching the villa.
"…"
After hearing this story of filial piety, Vireness twitched and asked:
"How did you interrogate this information?"
"Sofia had a capable subordinate."
Luo An gave a slight smile and said:
"It was one of those we arrested at the villa, one of Sofia's trusted aides. He did not want to spend the rest of his life in prison, so he spilled it all."
Vireness nodded, then continued to ask:
"What's the trouble you ntioned?"
Luo An handed a photo to Vireness, speaking gravely:
"It's this, it's also the reason for Sofia's confidence."
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