The secret war between the Yate County Alliance's Ice Cave and the Golden Shield Empire's Secret Intelligence Bureau was extremely fierce, and the fight was back and forth. However, the status of the Ice Cave in the Yate County Alliance was different from that of the Secret Intelligence Bureau in the Golden Shield Empire.

The status is quite different.

The initial purpose of the establishment of the Imperial Secret Service was to fight against the Blade-bearing Brotherhood. It was directly affiliated with the royal family, and together with the Royal Knights and the Palace Guards, it was known as the three major personal soldiers of the Imperial Emperor. Therefore, the functions of the Imperial Secret Service were not limited to intelligence.

It also has the power to supervise the palace and the people, and has independent powers of investigation, law enforcement and execution.

Imperial agents can really run amok within the Empire.

However, the Ice Cave agents who are rivals of the Imperial Secret Agents do not receive such a high salary in the Yate County League. Even an ordinary magic professor at the Dongdu Magic Steam Academy dares not to take the Chief of the Ice Cave in his eyes.

The reason is that when Ice Cave was first established, the founders of the Yate County Alliance were afraid of giving too much power to this organization that was walking in the dark. If one day they temporarily lost power, it would be used by political opponents to backfire on them.

This understanding was recognized by all the original founders of the Yate County Alliance. After all, no one can guarantee the longevity of themselves and their families, and some unseemly methods must be restricted.

Therefore, the ice cave has been surrounded by various regulations since its establishment.

Social status... Anyone with a certain status looks down upon them.

Luke now belongs to a person of status. He is a fourth-level member of the Society of Steam Engineers, who has a strong reputation in winter. The backer behind him is Molson and "Steam Weekly".

If Bingkuo provokes him for no reason, wouldn't it be provoking the ever-higher Steam Engineers Association?

The invitation was coldly rejected, but Chief Hulkkin did not dare to have any dissatisfaction. As a reader of "Steam Weekly" and the leader of the ice cave, he knew very well that Luke could jump from a first-level member to a fourth-level member.

As a member, a certain technology must have been recognized by Editor-in-Chief Molson.

If this technique is heard by himself, Luke can get himself locked up with just a word.

Hulkkin laughed and said: "Since it is a secret, of course I dare not listen to it. Let's read the new issue of "Steam Weekly".

Mr. Luke came to the ice cave today, what’s the matter?”

Dalikova brought the iced coffee over, and after hearing the chief's question, she replied: "The main gangsters of the underground resistance are from Harut Heavy Industry. When Harut Heavy Industry sent out the security team to arrest them,

Some security personnel tipped them off, so we arrested a group of suspicious Harut Heavy Industries security guards.

After interrogation, most of them have been released, and the rest are under various suspicions.

This time Mr. Luke wants to take away a security guard named Rebecca, who is a member of Mr. Luke’s security team, but...the other three members of this team all evaded military service and disappeared..."

While Dalikova was telling Hurkkin, Luke slowly drank iced coffee, which had a unique flavor.

Of course, this was not the iced coffee that the Ice Cave Agent said. It was a very cruel form of torture. Darikova would not dare to add spices to Luke's coffee.

After hearing this, Hulkkin said to Luke: "Mr. Luke, three people from a security team disappeared after evading military service. Don't you think it's suspicious?"

Luke replied: "There's nothing suspicious about this! Rebecca didn't receive the recruitment notice, otherwise all four of them might have run away, and it wouldn't be your turn to catch her."

"You misunderstood me, Mr. Luke." Hulkkin said kindly: "The activities of the Secret Intelligence Service of the Golden Shield Empire in the Winter Capital are very rampant. The three people who evaded military service may be related to the Secret Service. The newly emerged

The Resistance also had ties to the Secret Service.

Rebecca belongs to the same team as the three missing people. If there is suspicion on her, we have the obligation to investigate her."

"Let him go, or not?"

"Let him go, of course he will let him go!" Hulkkin said with a smile: "With Mrs. Yolanda's handwriting and Mr. Luke coming in person, we will definitely let him go.

But I need you, Mr. Luke, to write a guarantee that Rebecca has nothing to do with the Secret Service."

"Are you kidding me?" Luke said unhappily: "Whether Rebecca has anything to do with the Secret Service or not is your business, why should I guarantee it?

If you have any evidence of Rebecca's treason, bring it out and I'll leave immediately.

If not, let the person go!

The secret agents of the Secret Intelligence Service have not seen you arrest a few of them. It turned out that they were wasting their time and manpower on such useless things.

My exclusive new steam engine laboratory is being prepared, so I don’t have time to waste here!”

Hulkkin didn't expect that Luke would be so difficult to deal with and would not get into his trap at all.

Without knowing the other party's reliance and details, Hulkkin decided to tolerate it first: "Okay, you don't need to write a guarantee, you can just sign it. Everyone who comes in here and everyone who goes out must stay.

Record it."

"You can sign!"

Hurkkin asked Darikova to bring the release slip, and Luke wrote his name on it.

Rebecca quickly walked out with the support of two ice cave agents.

When she was arrested, Rebecca was not wearing warm clothes, and her exposed skin was already bleeding and scabbed by the cold. There were many whip marks on her body, and her wrists and ankles were covered with bruises from being tied up.

"Mr. Luke!" When Rebecca saw Luke, her dull eyes immediately brightened: "I thought I would never see you again."

Luke threw away the coffee in his hand and immediately stepped forward to help Rebecca. He first used fire magic to keep her away from the cold, and then used healing magic to relieve her injuries.

"It's okay, I'll take you home."

Rebecca, who had gained some energy, smiled reluctantly and said, "Thank you, Mr. Luke."

Luke supported Rebecca and left without looking back at Hulkkin.

After the two left, Hulkkin's eyes moved to the broken cup on the ground. The spilled coffee had frozen into ice.

"Did anything come of Rebecca's trial?"

Darikova on the side said: "I didn't ask anything... The agents who arrested these Harut Heavy Industry security agents didn't even think about asking anything from them."

"Why did you provoke him?"

Dalikova replied: "Enoch was attacked after leaving his residence. What they talked about has become a mystery. I want to ask him some questions to see if I can find some clues, but he is

A very difficult guy.

Chief...is he really a fourth-level member of the Institute of Steam Engineers now?"

"Are you questioning me? Or the Society of Steam Engineers?"

"My subordinates dare not!"

"Enoch looked for him but didn't arrest him. There must be a reason not to arrest him. I have already sent people to monitor him, but you have disrupted my plan by finding him like this."

Dalikova immediately apologized: "I'm sorry, sir, I didn't know that you had sent someone to monitor him. I just heard that he came to arrest someone, so I wanted to find out the truth about Enoch's attack."

"Don't worry about the eucalyptus that doesn't belong to you!"

"Yes, sir, I won't dare to do it anymore. But my intuition tells me that Luke is definitely a person with a story, and it is necessary to investigate."

Hulkkin showed admiration: "Since you are so interested in him, I will hand him over to you to find out what his origins are."

"As you command, sir."

"Be careful with your tactics. He is not an ordinary person now. Editor-in-chief Molson is not something we can offend. If he is really responsible for the development of new steam engines, it is not something we can offend."

"I see!"

…

Luke took Rebecca back to his apartment, made some food for her to eat, and found a pair of clothes that he was not wearing for her to take a shower.

During this period, Luke went out to buy some medicine and came back to prepare wound medicine and frostbite medicine.

Rebecca walked out of the bathroom freshly dressed in clothes that were a little too big. The injuries on her body made her stagger a little.

Luke asked her to sit on the soft sofa and handed her the ointment for application.

"The green one is for frostbite, and the red one is for bruises. Just take a shower and the blood in your body will flow quickly. Apply it on all the injured areas. I'll be mixing the healing potion for a while. When you feel better, I'll take you home.

.

Your family must be very worried about you after being captured in the ice cave for two days."

Thinking of what she had experienced in the past two days, the strong Rebecca couldn't help but have tears in her eyes.

"I thought I was really going to die in there. But I really didn't say anything. Please believe me, Mr. Luke."

"I know you didn't tell me, otherwise I wouldn't have a chance to save you. Apply the ointment to the injured area and rub it. Don't be afraid of pain, rub it hard, so that the medicine will be more effective."

Luke guided Rebecca in applying the medicine to the injured area.

"Sir, will rescuing me cause you any trouble? They are ice cave agents and can do anything."

"Don't worry...I am a person who will follow you wherever I go, just like you. After you go back, take good care of your injuries, and I will help you ask for leave from the company's security department. When your injuries are healed, I will come back to protect you."

I……

Apply a little more on your wrists and ankles to avoid any side effects.”

"Yes, sir... Sir, I can't wipe my back... Can you help me?"

Rebecca's voice was low and her cheeks were red.

Luke replied: "Okay, you turn around."

Rebecca turned around and slowly took off her shirt to expose her back.

On Rebecca's back, a metal body resembling a beetle shell covered her spine from her neck to her waist. The metal body shell extended to both sides with metal sheets inserted into the skin and connected to her ribs.

There are also several whip marks with open and fleshy epidermis.

Luke used healing magic to heal the wound on Rebecca's back, then applied ointment to the whip mark, and then rubbed it vigorously. Rebecca's muscles tightened in pain, and she couldn't help but moan in her throat.
To be continued...