Criminal X : Epitome Of Evil
Chapter 335 335: Two Girlfriends

Ted proposed that Pablo should also stay with the other soldiers of Fozier.

Pablo showed nothing on his face but he surely was hating Ted.

He looked at Fozier and Fozier just shrugged.

"It's not a bad idea, Pablo. If you stay with me all day and then one of my soldiers die, Ted will be sure of you not being the killer as you were with us all the time. Don't you think so?"

The First Marshal kinda liked Ted's idea but Pablo just sighed.

"Your soldier is one stupid man, Marshal."

"What?" Ted barked.

"How so?" Fozier was calm.

Nevertheless, Pablo explained himself.

"If I stay with you all day, and if someone dies and the killer gets away, your soldier will again blame me. He might say, I have an accomplice and I made him go away.

Also, if I stay with you and the killer doesn't come to kill anyone your soldier will again say that I am the killer that's why no killing happened.

And if I don't stay with you and someone dies, and if the killer gets away, then your soldier will blame me again as he thinks I am the Killer. So I am getting blamed one way or another.

What you and your soldiers need to focus on is to catch the killer when they come to attack. Simple as that. If I am the killer, I will get caught. If someone else is the killer, they will get caught."

Pablo finished talking and now he just hoped Fozier had enough brains to make a wise decision.

"I think you are right. There is no need to keep you with us. We just have to catch the killer when they come. You can go." Fozier decided.

Pablo smiled. "Thank you."

He finally descended from the stage and Ted had nothing to say anymore.

Pablo didn't look at the soldier, afraid of his body reactions and with long steps, he left ground 0.

"Alright. Everyone. Let's go to our ground 3 and begin the training." Fozier ordered and all the soldiers obliged.

Soon, they also left ground 0 to do their daily training.

Pablo walked faster than ever as his soldiers were waiting for him at Ground 8.

He wanted to meet them as soon as possible because by now, all of them must have understood something.

Pablo had told them to find five Abyssal Butchers but the next day, he had told them to forget about it.

Now today when they heard that three Abyssal Butchers were murdered, they only had to do one plus one to figure out that Pablo must have done something.

Moreover, Pablo himself shared the name of a dead soldier. 'Dilinger' This was the same name that Pablo wanted his soldiers to find.

In a minute, he reached ground 8 and all his soldiers were present there.

With full confidence, Pablo entered the ground and the soldiers saluted him.

"Everyone," Pablo addressed them. "What do you think about what happened today?"

"It is saddening to hear the death of our comrades, Marshal." The soldiers replied.

Pablo nodded. "Who do you think could have done it?"

"We have no idea, Marshal."

Pablo smiled. "Good. That's what I wanted to hear. We will run one round of this ground and then it's your day off. Let's go."

"Yes!"

The soldiers started running and Pablo did the same.

He ran with his soldiers and none of them even mentioned anything about the three dead Abyssal Butchers. It was like they never knew that Pablo wanted to find five Abyssal Butchers.

'I ordered them to forget that order of mine and they surely did. I didn't even have to do anything.'

Pablo expected that he had to threaten the soldiers for not saying anything to Fozier and others if they were asked about the murders, but now he didn't have to do that. The soldiers were already acting like Pablo was innocent.

"Do any of you have a girlfriend or something?" Pablo asked.

The soldiers didn't reply.

"Raise your hands if you have a girlfriend." Pablo ordered and no hand was raised.

"I see. You lot weren't even able to impress one girl."

"Well, Marshal, do you have one?" One soldier asked.

Pablo remained silent.

"He has." Draxus answered on his behalf.

"Yes. He has two of them I believe." Flashy chimed in as well.

The soldiers stared at Pablo and just smiled.

"What can you expect from a Marshal? Of course he has two girlfriends. Heck, two is less compared to your stature."

"Yeah. Get yourself a Milf too, Marshal."

"Throw some drops at us as well."

The soldiers began laughing and Pablo successfully created a good atmosphere.

Hena was also smiling and Nike was cracking with the other soldiers.

'This bond will help in the Cannibals' kingdom.' Pablo thought.

After thirty minutes of slow running, they all stopped.

One round of the ground was complete. Now they were free to go.

"Well, see you tomorrow, Marshal."

The soldiers began leaving the ground and as the last soldier was leaving, he gave one last look to Pablo.

"Stay safe, Marshal."

The soldier had a smile on his face and Pablo gave him a nod.

After that, the soldier finally went away and now only Pablo, Flashy, Nike, Draxus and Hena were left on the ground.

"That soldier knows the killer is you. That's why he told you to stay safe." Cupid said.

'No shit, sherlock.'

"What? Why are you making fun of me?"

'Not only that soldier. All the soldiers know that I am the killer. They are just hiding it well. That last soldier knew that I would try to kill one more soldier today. That's why he said stay safe and all.'

"Do whatever you want. I can't stop you anyway." Cupid stopped talking and Pablo put his hand around Flashy's neck.

"Let's go to your room. We have enough time to play around."

"Okay, Boss. But I don't think I can take all of you."

"I didn't mean that by playing around. Your mind is trash."

Pablo removed his hand from Flashy and walked towards the ground where all the Abyssal Butchers live.

The others followed behind him.

"What about Sera, czar? She is still in the rooms for the candidates."

Pablo sighed. "Yeah. I will call her when I start living in the building for the Marshals. And talking about Sera.."

Pablo looked at Flashy, walking behind him.

"What made you say I have two girlfriends, Flashy?"

"Oh. I counted Hena too."

Hena stopped walking.

Pablo did the same.

Everyone stopped walking.

Flashy's smile vanished.

"I mean, she is a girl and she is your friend. So in that sense she is your girlfriend. And I didn't take her name in front of the soldiers. So it's fine, right? Right?"

Flashy explained his answer to Pablo and Hena.

He was worried if he had done something wrong.

Flashy stared at Pablo with pleading eyes and Pablo shook his head.

"If Hena is fine then it's not a big deal. Just don't establish my relation with anyone in future without prior knowledge. Sera keeps calling herself my wife so her being my girlfriend isn't a big deal even when it is false."

"As you say, Boss. You are also not angry, right, Hena?" Flashy asked the elf.

Pablo also wanted to know Hena's thoughts so he waited for her answer.

Draxus watched all that with a smile as he already knew Hena's answer.

"I… don't mind being called your gi-girlfriend."

Hena hid her face with both her hands after saying that.

Pablo watched her with a frown and his eyes went to Draxus.

Draxus raised his shoulders.

"You have to deal with it now." He said.

Pablo rubbed his forehead and turned around.

"Let's go to Flashy's room. I have many things to do."

Everyone started walking again and Pablo said nothing on the way.

Flashy said some bullshit now and then but he was ignored. Only Nike was kind enough to indulge in his talks.

After a few minutes, Pablo arrived in front of Flashy's room.

He went inside and sat on the bed.

Everyone else sat on the floor, in front of Pablo.

"What now?" Draxus asked.

Pablo looked at Nike.

"Come here."

Nike obeyed and sat in front of Pablo.

"Now I can see your Ego."

Nike's eyes lit up.

"Please do it."

"It will hurt though. Are you ready?"

"Yes." Nike was ready.

Pablo nodded and placed his hand on Nike's shoulder.

'Use it.'

He commanded and his command was accepted right away.

[ Mimesis Malefica in use! ]

[ Keep touching the target for five seconds! ]

[ This is a Ego you are going to copy for the first time! ]

[ You will now see the target's memories! ]

Images flashed inside Pablo's mind and Pablo paid attention to them.

It won't hurt to see Nike's memories as he might get to know the inner workings of slaves and Nike's personal story.

Like that, five seconds were up.

[ Ego Successfully Copied! ]

[ You can keep this Ego for twelve hours! ]

[ As a result, a large amount of life force will be taken from the Target! ]

Pablo stared at Nike.

The slave had his eyes closed but the next second, he opened it.

He flinched hard, clenching his stomach.

Everyone frowned and after a few more seconds, Nike was finally able to breathe.

"Are you okay?" Pablo asked, removing his hand from Nike.

However, Nike didn't care about anything right now. He just wanted…

"Just tell me my Ego, sir."

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