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The Milo people are numb.

Now, not only the South City Law Enforcement Office, but almost all the law enforcement officers have been mobilized, because the deceased was a Count of the Upper House, and the South City Law Enforcement Office alone cannot bear such a great responsibility. Even the law enforcement headquarters has sent people to participate in the investigation.

He was truly numb.

Who the hell would have thought that the murderer being investigated and hunted throughout the city was living upstairs from me?

……

In Emma's study room, he saw an enlarged version of the Sherman family tree diagram. Most of the content was the same as in Milo's notebook, but Edward Sherman's name was crossed out, and a new line connected Harrison and Grace, with arrows pointing to each other at both ends of the line, giving a sense of confrontation.

With just one picture, Milo completely understood what Emma had said before.

The initial consensus reached by the two was that the Sherman family could not be a monolithic entity. If they wanted to bring Harrison down, they might be able to do so from within, using the power of the Sherman family to deal with their own people.

That's why Milo later devised a plan to escalate the conflict between Harrison and his brother Dylan.

However, the plan was not very effective, mainly because Dylan was mistakenly killed.

And ultimately, the scandal was never exposed.

The above is Milo's thinking and arrangement, but what he did not expect was that the same idea would lead to an even more insane plan in Emma's hands.

That cross represents the bombing that happened today.

Unlike Milo, who sought to intensify the hatred between Harrison and Dylan by revealing their ugly truths about each other, her idea went straight to the most crucial factor—Edward Harrison.

Edward is the only factor that maintains the stability of the entire Sherman family. Only with his existence can the checks and balances and conflicts among his children exist. Without him as the person in charge, this huge family loses its leader.

Or to put it more bluntly, with Edward gone, the power and interests he held were completely freed up, and anyone could try to take a bite out of them.

His wealth, his title, his position in the House of Lords, and so on.

All these things that others covet will become the most powerful reason for his children to kill each other.

This is far more deadly than stories like "your son is actually my son".

Once Edward falls, Dylan, Harrison, Grace, and all of them will turn their anger towards their own people, and the Sherman family will likely face a major crisis.

But the situation is no longer as simple as Emma originally thought.

……

Milo had no idea how Emma did it.

In his memory, she was a sickly, sharp-tongued woman who could be quite fierce when she was emotional, but she wouldn't do anything too outrageous (not counting the time with Little Xilian).

Then during this time she spent all her time on the second floor, saying she was preparing for the year-end college entrance exam, and Milo didn't think much of it.

Even if Milo had glimpsed the study room before, he wouldn't have associated these chemical instruments with bombs. After all, Emma majored in chemistry, her notebooks were always filled with chemical equations, and she read books on chemistry.

Who can think of it?

The reason she didn't allow Milo and Kang to smoke at home was because she was afraid they would blow the whole house up...

Earlier at the crime scene, Milo had been thinking about who benefited the most from Edward's death. After much thought, it seemed that he was the biggest beneficiary, even though he hadn't actually killed Edward.

He never dreamed that, besides himself, there were other people in his family plotting to do such a thing.

If I remember correctly, it was Emma who asked, "Are you planning to kill that old man?"

……

They keep talking about college entrance exams, so this is what they call college entrance exams?

Milo was at his wit's end. As far as he knew, the various law enforcement agencies had formed a joint investigation team, and the starting point for the investigation into the bombing was the explosive material found at the scene.

If all goes as expected, the top chemical engineering professors in Nanwei City have been brought to the scene to conduct a new analysis and testing. Once the explosive substances are identified, the source of these substances can be easily determined, and the perpetrator can be found by following the clues.

Milo didn't know what kind of bomb Emma had created, nor how she had managed to produce it, but there was definitely a source of raw materials, and it was only a matter of time before it was traced.

The question now is, where did she go?
……

Looking at the room full of chemical equipment, Milo initially thought he should clean it up immediately. But then he thought, putting aside how long it would take to clean it up, it would be a huge hidden danger no matter where he threw it. The probability of it being found here was actually lower, because the first point of entry for law enforcement to investigate the source of explosives would definitely be chemical companies and some gang transactions, and they would not be able to find this low-class residential area.

So the most urgent thing is to find Emma first.

But where will this crazy woman hide after she does something bad?
……

Soon, a place name popped into Milo's mind.

In the first two years after Emma arrived in Nanwei City, before she was diagnosed with her strange illness, she would often go to the dock alone with her books and sit quietly for hours.

It was a waterway that ran through Nanwei City, now renovated into a small canal. Before steamships became widespread, there were many small boats coming and going. The scenery wasn't particularly beautiful, but it wasn't as noisy as it is now.

After falling ill, she rarely went out, and Milo gradually forgot that such a place existed.

The area around the dock is now a large industrial zone, filled with smoke and fumes. Many wooden crates of various sizes are piled up on the shore. It only becomes slightly quieter after nightfall when the workers stop working.

……

When Milo arrived at the dock, night had already fallen. He accurately spotted that lonely figure on the shore.

Emma, ​​unusually, wore her school uniform today, along with a long trench coat. She didn't bring any books and simply gazed calmly at the rippling water. No one knew what she was thinking.

Across the river is a bustling neighborhood. As night falls, the streetlights gradually come on, creating a stark contrast with the dim and filthy industrial area on this side, as if they were two different worlds.

"Before the renovation, this place had a strange name: Confession Pier."

Milo slowed his pace as he approached.

The evening breeze ruffled Emma's long hair, but she didn't raise her hand to tidy it. Instead, she turned her head to look at Milo: "So you've come to repent?"

"How come you're taking the initiative now..." Milo adjusted his hat.

“The hat is really ugly,” Emma shook her head.

“But it has a special function.” Milo raised his eyelids and glanced at the brim of the hat.

"What function?"

"I'll demonstrate it to you when I have the chance."

"Row."

……

"So, how did today's assessment go?"

Milo put his hands into the outer pocket of his trench coat.

"I'm late, but the test wasn't difficult, I should pass." Emma's reaction was calm.

"Well then, let's go home."

"Row."

(End of this chapter)