Chapter 1530 No Authority Over 001

Landon frowned as he pondered. "There was someone, I think... He was a low-level official in charge of Hawford's economy at the time."

"Take a look. Is it him?" Wynter slid her phone forward to show Landon a picture.

Landon immediately nodded. "That's him. How did he end up looking younger with time? I'd never have recognized him from how timid he used to be."

"Power can rejuvenate a person. It's understandable that you didn't recognize him, Mr. Landon." Wynter chuckled and she tapped on the webpage. "Now, does this look more familiar to you?"

The man in the picture wore glasses and a suit, appearing scholarly and vaguely familiar. Landon froze. "He... He's..."

"He's the third-in-command in the city, Fredric Monty." Wynter compared his current image with the old one. "It's true, he looks quite different. He has a new name and a new identity.

"For someone who started as a low-level official to rise to this position, the people backing him must have put in serious effort."

He had never imagined that such

Tamia never mentioned this? Instead, she had helped conceal

She knew Landon was a fool and could only direct her

dripped with malice. "Why did you

and pitted us against each other! Aren't you afraid of being investigated for misconduct after pulling these

flickering

dared to speak. After all, given their

just investigating these aristocratic families and their crimes. She was

foreign infiltrations were much harder to uproot. Hence, in order to fish

the frontline. Their authority to investigate

that she was recorded. She tilted

to realize just what she was up against. Never in all her years had she encountered such a way of handling an investigation. The audacity of Wynter's brashness meant only

was here in Hawford, did the

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