"Stop talking nonsense, sister Fiona," Ning said and turned around towards Rachel. "Sorry, she interrupted you. You were saying something?"
"D-" Rachel tried to speak, but she was too scared to speak up.
"D?" Ning asked.
"Do-"
"Rachel, I can't understand what you're trying to say," Ning said.
"Don't kill me," Rachel shouted. She immediately stood up and ran away.
"Eh?" Ning was surprised. He didn't expect such a drastic reaction from her. Jamie showed no reaction to the happenings in front of him, but Fiona's eyes narrowed as she looked with a suspicious look.
"You threatened to kill her?" she asked.
"Haha, of course not," Ning said as he looked at the running figure of Rachel. She really was scared for her life.
"Then? What did you do?" Fiona asked.
"Nothing," Ning said. "I think… she just ran away because she learned how strong I was."
Fiona's eyes widened. "You told her that you are an Aether Emperor?" Fiona asked.
"Ah, no. She figured it out on her own. She must've thought of me as an infiltrator or something. That's why she was afraid for her life," Ning said.
"Oh, you better explain it to her then. Lest she spreads rumors," Fiona said.
"It's alright. She's not the type to do such a thing. Still, I guess I should explain it to her in the next class," Ning said.
He then turned around and looked at Fiona and Jamie. "What are you guys doing here?" Ning asked.
Jamie put up his hands and started making gestures towards Fiona.
"Yes, yes, I know. He won't leave just because we are 2 minutes late," Fiona said.
"Oh, what's this about a police station?" Ning asked.
Fiona turned around in shock. "You can understand what he's saying?" she asked.
"I know sign language," Ning said with a chuckle. He too had only realized this a couple of days ago when he saw Jamie talk with Fiona through gestures. Somehow, his brain translated every single gesture and he knew exactly what it meant.
The Omniscient All Language skill he got was truly one of the best skills he bought from the system.
"So? You're going to a police station?" Ning asked.
"Yes," Fiona said. "You know what? You should come too. It will be good for you to learn these things as well."
"Sure," Ning said. He didn't have anything else to do anyway. He changed direction and started walking with them.
"So… where is the police station again? I don't remember ever learning about it," Ning said.
"Right outside of the governmental zone towards the commercial zone," Fiona said.
"Oh," Ning said with a surprised face. "That's quite far. Shouldn't we be taking a carriage or something there?"
"No," Fiona said with a sour face. "I hate carriages. You have no place to fight or run away if you ever get attacked in it."
"Uh… who would attack us in the city?" Ning asked, but Fiona didn't answer. He sighed and decided to not talk about it.
They walked for about 15 minutes and finally reached the police station.
The station was a simple building with a giant wooden door at the front. It was two-story-tall and was completely barricaded with iron bars on the windows.
"Let's go in," Fiona said and walked in.
There were people all busy with their own tasks. Ning could see a bunch of people handcuffed to the side of a metal bench that was bolted onto the ground.
Some of them were kids. 'What are these kids here for? Stealing?' he wondered.
"Miss Fiona, you're here," a middle-aged man with a rather fat body walked up to them. He was wearing a blue shirt and pants with a badge on his chest that said 'Inspector Reen'.
The man had a rough beard and short hair, neither of which seemed to be going gray. Also, for some reason, he was sweating a lot despite the perfectly cool temperature inside the building.
"Yeah, take us there," she said without even caring to greet the man.
"Um…" the man didn't lead the way and instead hesitated.
"What?" Fiona asked.
"He actually…"
…
"You morons! How could you have let him die?" Fiona shouted at the police officers as she watched a rough, beggar-like person with dirty clothes lying dead in the interrogation room.
Ning looked at the corpse who had both of his hands tied to the middle of the table in front of him. The man's head was staring upwards with his mouth open and some foam coming out of it.
He had been poisoned.
"W-we don't know how he died, miss Fiona. No one entered the room at all," the police officers said.
"Then who killed him?" Fiona shouted.
"I-I don't know, miss," the inspector Reen said.
"Didn't he kill himself?" Ning asked from the side.
"Huh? Are you saying it's suicide?" Fiona asked with anger still on her face.
"Yes," Ning said. "I mean, it sure looks like it."
"No way," Fiona said. "His hands are tied, and he is not even awakened."
"Hmm… then that means…" Ning walked up to the man and opened his mouth. He opened it wide and called Fiona over.
"See that? All of his teeth are fine except for that molar? He likely hid poison in there and ate it when he knew he was going to be investigated," Ning said.
"Poison in the teeth?" Fiona was surprised. "That shouldn't be… hmm, no that is possible actually. This just increases our suspicions even more."
Ning turned towards her. "Who is this man anyway?" he asked.
"He's a very wanted criminal that's been known to kill quite a few people outside of the capital. He tried to play the part of a beggar to enter the city, but the guards recognized him and captured him," Fiona said.
"Oh," Ning said. "But then why are we here? Shouldn't the police be fine taking care of this man?"
"They would, but… " Fiona's voice got a little quieter.. "We were called in because we have suspected for a while that he might be part of the infamous criminal organization known as the Shadow Pavillion.
