Deposed Crown Prince: After three years of service on the frontier, the entire court knelt and begge

Targaryen Isa nodded repeatedly.

John Jonard arrived shortly after the two men arrived.

They also had acquaintances in this police station.

John Jonard then asked the sheriff who came to greet them, "Did anyone come looking for them before us?"

The sheriff replied respectfully, "Sir John, yes, someone had already arranged to meet with them before you arrived."

John Jonard asked with some confusion, "Oh? Who is it?"

The sheriff said, "He's an East Asian who calls himself Tse."

John Jonard narrowed his eyes; everything seemed to be going much as he had imagined.

"Oh? You call yourself a strategist?"

After a moment's hesitation, John Jonard said to the sheriff, "Do you know what they said?"

The sheriff shook his head: "I don't know. We have privacy regulations here. What I do know is that both William Cam and Targaryen Isa were extremely nervous and anxious before meeting them... but now they seem quite relaxed..."

John Jonard snorted and said nothing more.

They went directly into the interrogation room.

William Cam and Targaryen Isa looked at John Jonard with unfriendly expressions.

After all, they knew very well that John Jonard had framed them to get them in...

So even after John Jonard arrived, they did not get up.

He simply watched John Jonard with a cold eye.

John Jonard was not surprised to see this.

Seeing how confident the two of them were, he guessed that the East Asia Association president must have made them some promises.

After the sheriff in charge of the interrogation room said a few words to them about the rules, he left.

After the sheriff left, William Cam and Targaryen Issa both looked up at John Jonard with their heads held high.

John Jonard glanced at the two men, then said, "You two seem to be doing well in the police station, still sporting that same arrogant expression..."

William Cam scoffed, "What? Are you going to beg for mercy on your knees? John Jonard, you're really something. Playing this trick, not only using us but also trying to frame us... You're really something..."

John Jonard listened to William Cam's astonished expression and said, "You guys are really good at turning the tables... You're the one who tricked us to death. If we hadn't kept a trick up our sleeve, we would have been played to death by you... You're probably having a victory celebration right now."

"To be honest, if you weren't planning to scam us, we wouldn't have been able to harm you at all..."

William Cam and Targaryen Isa looked at John Jonard with utter bewilderment, their confusion growing. "What are you talking about? We're trying to harm you? John Jonard, can't you use your brain... can't you have any shame?"

"From beginning to end, you were the ones who initiated this whole thing; we didn't do anything... Now you're turning around and saying I harmed you... You should know we were victims too?!"

John Jonard, observing William Cam's serious demeanor and noticing a strange expression on his face, said, "William Cam, I really underestimated you... I didn't expect your acting to be so good. You're quite the actor..."

What they didn't know was that they had all been tricked by Xiao Ce.

So, the more they talked, the more confused they became...

William Cam said to John Jonard, "John Jonard, just say what you want... stop beating around the bush... speak your mind. You've already gotten us into the police station, but you should know, a lie is always a lie... We're not afraid of you. I believe Lingas City is reasonable, and you don't have the power to control everything..."

Targaryen Isa said, “Yes, John Jonard, we’re all adults... we can say whatever we want... there’s no need to beat around the bush.”

After listening to William Cam's words, John Jonard said, "Good, that's straightforward! To be honest, locking you up here wasn't our intention. But what you did was really despicable... We had no choice but to do it."

"If you simply admit it now and tell us exactly how you instructed your mastermind to deceive us, we can let bygones be bygones. We know very well that there are many things you can't control..."

After listening to John Jonard's words, William Cam and John Jonard exchanged a glance.

It's almost certain, just as Xiao Ce said.

William Cam sneered: "So, you're saying you want me to accuse the East Asia Association president of deliberately colluding with Boudica to frame you and swindle your money?"

John Jonard's eyes lit up, and he said directly to William Cam, "Not bad... I didn't expect you to be such a straightforward person... Good, as long as you admit it... we'll let bygones be bygones..."

William Cam laughed and said, "What if I don't admit it?"

John Jonard looked at William Cam, and although he spoke with a smile, he couldn't laugh anymore.

Actually, he had just heard that someone from their East Asia Association had come before him.

He realized that this trip might have been a wasted one...

So, without further ado, he said with a dark face, "If you don't admit it, that's fine... We naturally have ways to deal with it... You don't really think that just because you helped them, they'll protect you, do you? I guarantee here that if you work with us... we'll let bygones be bygones."

“If you continue to resist, we can put you in jail; you're still in the police station now. Not because their East Asia chairman did anything, but because we're giving you a chance…”

William Cam, seeing John Jonard's endless rambling, spoke directly: "After all this nonsense, you just won't cooperate with your plan to frame the East Asia Association president, so you want to get rid of me, to kill me, right? You've put us in this Lingas prison, right?"

John Jonard listened to William Cam's words, a faint smile appearing on his face. He then said, "That's right, that's the meaning... However, it's not about framing you, it's about getting you to confess..."

William Cam and Targaryen Isa immediately thought of Xiao Ce's warning.

That means they're just trying to get information out of them, and after they've gotten all the information, they'll still lock them up.

If they offend the East Asian president and are betrayed by their Western president, they will truly have nowhere to go.

With this in mind, Targaryen Isa glanced at William Cam, and the two of them said firmly, "Alright, we've made up our minds. Don't try to frame us... We weren't instructed by the East Asia Association president, and you can't expect us to harm anyone... On the contrary, you're the ones trying to frame us. We didn't do it, and we didn't do it..."

"Don't even think about getting a single word from us to frame the East Asia Association president and his ilk... We have principles... We're not like you, utterly filthy... Pah!"

John Jonard's expression gradually turned cold after hearing their words. William Cam's words were righteous and indignant.

But to John Jonard, it was nothing more than defense.

"Alright...very good. It seems you've been completely bought off...you've lost your only chance to get out...are you sure?"

What John Jonard said was actually true; if he listened to what John Jonard said, he could indeed leave.

However, William Cam had already been brainwashed by Xiao Ce. He firmly believed that Xiao Ce would join forces with the East Asia Association president to rescue him...

Little did he know that Xiao Ce didn't even know the president of the East Asia Association, although he did know the president's agent, Yin Pan'er.

However, Yin Pan'er really doesn't want to know Xiao Ce right now.

Of course, William Cam couldn't possibly know these things.

So William Cam said firmly, "Alright, John Jonard, shut up... We'd rather go to jail than listen to you and frame the East Asia Association Chairman. We won't deny what we've done. Of course, we won't admit to things we didn't do..."

After hearing William Cam's words, John Jonard gave a cold laugh and said, "Well, that's certainly tough enough..."

"Alright, now that everything that needs to be said has been said... well, good luck to you all."

John Jonard then got up to leave.

Targaryen Issa and William Cam exchanged a glance, looking at John Jonard as if he had no intention of saying anything more.

Both of them felt that John Jonard had no sincerity at all.

The reason is simple: they were imprisoned because of John Jonard.

And this John Jonard actually used this as a pretext to blackmail them.

Neither of them said anything, but just then John Jonard walked to the door and gave them a cold look.

"By the way, you didn't know, did you? Just last night, Victor King, the president of the East Asia Association, left Lingas City overnight..."

"You thought he was gone, so who would come to save you? Not only that, they claimed to everyone that this had nothing to do with them, and you were keeping quiet for them. In the end, they've already sold you out...and completely sold you out..."

William Cam and Targaryen Isa felt that Xiao Ce had already warned them.

Of course, they wouldn't ignore them.

Moreover, they knew perfectly well that they had not been instructed by the East Asia Association president at all.

They really didn't trust this John Jonard.

John Jonard, seeing that the two men had no reaction, said nothing more.

"You'd better take care of yourselves," he said, and left...

After John Jonard left.

William Cam and Targaryen Isa said, "Isa, we did the right thing, didn't we?"

Targaryen Isa nodded: "Of course that's right. Think about it, they've locked us up here because of things we don't admit to. If we told them we were instructed by the East Asia Chairman to frame them, that would be the blame on our heads. Do you think they would save us?"

William Cam nodded repeatedly after hearing this, "That's right...you're absolutely right!"

...

After John Jonard went outside, the sheriff, who was on good terms with them, came up and asked.

"My lord, how is it going?"

John Jonard scoffed, "They really are stubborn. I wonder what Victor King promised them... Never mind, since they're so defiant, let's follow the rules. What's the penalty for instigating someone to carry a gun and enter a controlled area here...?"

The sheriff said, "According to the current charges, the first is illegal possession of a firearm, the second is illegally hiring a hitman, and the third is murder. Although all three were attempted, they have been established... In other words, these charges can be combined, and the two of them will face a minimum of thirty years in prison. According to the bail regulations of Lingas City, the bail for one year of imprisonment is one billion. For the two of them, the minimum bail will be six hundred billion."

John Jonard snorted coldly, his face turning fierce: "Fine, since you've courted death... then don't blame us. I'd like to see who's willing to pay 60 billion for them, Victor King or the British Empire."

The sheriff listened as John Jonard said, "Yes, sir. So, as you say, proceed as planned, is that correct?"

John Jonard nodded: "Good, everything is proceeding as planned... If anyone tries to obstruct us again, come back and tell us."

The sheriff nodded: "Yes, sir. We'll proceed as planned!"

John Jonard nodded.

...

After fooling everyone, Xiao Ce didn't rest.

After all, the sudden appearance of those two clowns, William Cam and Targaryen Issa, did waste some of Xiao Ce and Boudica's energy.

Now that Xiao Ce has done everything he could, the life or death of those two clowns is no longer important.

Because for them, this situation was already a dead end!

No matter what they choose, they are doomed, so Xiao Ce has nothing to worry about.