The Seventh Base

Avril died from a drug overdose, and Douglas was not present, with no evidence suggesting that Douglas was involved. Even though Xu Mo knew that Avril had died because of Douglas, it was futile.

Given Douglas's identity as the son of the Ministry of Defense, no one would investigate him.

The only way to bring down Douglas was through public opinion pressure.

Xu Mo publicly accused Douglas of murder!

As soon as he finished speaking, there was an uproar around him. Wasn't Avril a suicide?

But these Mechanical Police really had no reason to take Xu Mo away; was this actually orchestrated by Douglas?

It seemed Douglas was indeed problematic.

Compared to Douglas, the students at Lucas University were obviously more willing to believe Xu Mo, although he was a scoundrel, it didn't prevent the students from Lucas University from admiring him.

Moreover, Xu Mo had no reason to harm Avril, as everyone in the Library had seen they were on good terms, and Avril appeared happy during their conversations.

As for Douglas, he had abused Avril violently?

And it also involved another person's death.

The Mechanical Police didn't expect Xu Mo to publicly accuse Douglas, several of them raised their weapons at Xu Mo and said, "Come with us, we will investigate this matter."

Xu Mo stared at these Mechanical Police. With Douglas's identity, if he were just an ordinary person, it would indeed be easy to crush him without any chance for resistance, just a groundless charge, enough to leave him nowhere to be buried.

For Douglas, with a military background, it seemed nothing to him to get rid of Avril, who was a noble, let alone a librarian like him.

"Is he a criminal?"

At that moment, Mr. Lu, the Library director, stepped forward and said to the Mechanical Police, "What do you mean by pointing your weapons at a staff member of Lucas University?"

"Sir, we are here to investigate the death of Lucas University student Avril. He had several encounters with the deceased before her death, we're just taking him back for questioning, he refuses to cooperate and is suspected of being violent, we had no choice but to do so," a fully-armed middle-aged man responded to Mr. Lu.

"There should be many people who had contact with Avril, according to Xu Mo's accusation just now, Douglas was Avril's boyfriend, shouldn't their contact have been even more intimate? Did you take him for questioning?" Mr. Lu asked, and the other person was speechless.

"Exactly, did you investigate Douglas?" the surrounding students also started questioning.

If what Xu Mo said was true, then it was highly likely that Douglas was the person who had killed Avril.

"If it's just for questioning, we can do it here, if you are taking someone away, produce substantial evidence before making an arrest," Mr. Lu said forcefully to the Mechanical Police.

"Who ordered you to take someone from Lucas University?" At that moment, another voice spoke, the Mechanical Police looked towards the speaker and then saluted, saying, "Princess Elizabeth."

"Why are you taking him?" Princess Elizabeth asked.

"Xu Mo had contact with the deceased," the Mechanical Police replied.

"There are many people in the school who had contact with Avril, why single him out?" Princess Elizabeth continued, "And when did you find out that Xu Mo had contact with Avril, who told you?"

"Dare not say?" Xu Mo looked at the Mechanical Police and sneered, "Just recently, Douglas came to the Library to find me, many can testify, and he threatened me to wait for my death, then, you all showed up."

"Xu Mo," Princess Elizabeth turned towards Xu Mo, "Douglas is just an individual, not representing the Ministry of Defense, whatever his status, he has no special privileges just like a common person, but I believe Douglas would not commit such a crime, however, if he really did commit a crime, the law will not let him go, are you responsible for everything you just said?"

"Of course," Xu Mo responded.

"If Douglas has not committed a crime, you will be punished; starting now, you are not allowed to leave Lucas University until this incident is investigated," Princess Elizabeth said to Xu Mo, and then she turned to the Mechanical Police, "Since Douglas accused Xu Mo, and Xu Mo accused Douglas, conduct a thorough investigation of Avril's death, as well as the death of Clay that he mentioned."

"As the accused, neither Xu Mo nor Douglas is allowed to leave Lucas University, assign people to watch them and question them at any time," Princess Elizabeth told the Mechanical Police.

The arriving Mechanical Police were distressed, what was this all about?

From an ordinary student's suicide to involving the librarian of Lucas University, then the son of the Ministry of Defense, and now even Princess Elizabeth had appeared.

It seemed to be escalating.

But the Princess had spoken, and they could only comply.

In the Lucas Federation, although the Princess and Prince had no real power, their status was considerable, and as members of the Royal Family, they had the authority to oversee law enforcement.

"Yes, Princess," the Mechanical Police nodded, some stayed behind, and eventually, they did not forcefully take Xu Mo away.

Xu Mo turned and returned to the Library.

Douglas was still waiting for news of Xu Mo's arrest, but he did not receive that news; instead, he got news of Xu Mo's public accusation against him, and the Mechanical Police found him stating that Princess Elizabeth had ordered a thorough investigation into the matter and restricted both him and Xu Mo to Lucas University premises.