The Devil's Cage

Chapter 110: Bounty Reward

Translator: Dess Editor: Efydatia

”Wild beast ate people! The people-eating beast is back! The frequent incidents have the public complaining that the police isn’t doing its job!”

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Most of the front page consisted of that big, bold title, but what had really caught Kieran’s attention and made him pick up the newspaper again was the content under the title.

”Sidney’s body was found eaten in Royaljer!”

”Poor Courtney’s head and upper body were found on the Andalier Garden lawn!”

”Another tragedy! Paul’s arm was found in the Beth Hayes Fountain! The police states that Paul might still be alive!”

Those three sentences had been underlined with a black pen.

If the newspaper hadn’t suddenly unfolded when it fell down, the clues might have slipped Kieran’s sharp eyes while his attention had been captured by the folding lines of the newspaper.

”Why would Leonard underline these sentences? Did he really discover something about the beast?” Kieran looked at the lines doubtfully.

He’d had his doubts about Leonard ever since he had found out that he had been hiding some secrets.

He believed that Leonard had known nothing about the beast attacks and had just been hunted by Sphendix. He had just happened to be near the scene of the beast attack and be discovered by Larry. In a moment of desperation, and in an effort to get Larry to protect him, he had lied to save himself.

The situation before Kieran was a little different than what he had expected.

”Maybe he was doing some homework so he could fool Larry better?”

The thought rose in his mind, but was suppressed fast.

Larry was no fool, and if too many lies overlapped each other, there would eventually be inconsistencies.

Once Larry discovered Leonard’s lies, he would not let him off.

Although Larry claimed that he was just an informant, what Kieran had seen contradicted Larry’s words. When Larry had killed off the remaining attacker, he had shown no mercy. He had actually looked like he was quite familiar with killing people.

Unless Leonard was an idiot, he had to know what people he was messing around with and he would not lie to them.

Leonard really must have known something about the beast attacks.

He must have accidentally come across the beast or at least something related to it while he was being hunted.

Kieran had come up with a new theory, but soon more questions formed in his head.

What had the newspaper been used to wrap?

What was even more intriguing, was how Leonard had had the interest and focus to investigate the beast attacks while he was being hunted by Sphendix.

And why would Leonard wrap the item that had been taken away with those pieces of newspaper?

Before Kieran had discovered the newspaper, he had thought that Leonard had just casually wrapped the item with it, but that that was no longer a valid theory after he had read the new clues. Those papers had not just been there for decoration.

”Was the newspaper hiding any secrets? Or were the two items somehow related?” Kieran said softly to himself.

His brain was working lightning fast, trying to find the answers to the mystery.

Larry’s voice came from the first floor, ”Kieran, come quick! Now!”

Larry’s sudden urgency interrupted Kieran’s thoughts, and Kieran walked down the stairs.

When he reached the first floor, he found Larry staring at the television blankly.

His eyes were locked on the screen.

”A while ago, there was a gang war at the Yvens Edouard Factory. The death toll had reached 10 people, and the Yvens Edouard Factory had been discovered to be a small military garage. The police has come up with the suspects involved in this gang war, Kieran and Larry!”

”Sphendix Corporation has been concerned about the dangerous individuals lurking in the city, so in order to aid the city in regaining its peaceful state, the company has placed a bounty on the two suspects! A total of 500,000 for capturing both of them! Sphendix’s best security consultant will also participate in the operation!”

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As the news reporter moved on to other news, Kieran and Larry’s pictures were shown on the television.

Neither of them were in the mood to keep watching.

A high enough reward would make the bravest people come forward to claim it.

The two of them understood what that meant, especially Larry, who knew the city like the back of his hand. He realized the severeness of the hot mess they were in.