"What does this have to do with me?"
Barron said indifferently.
In fact, the only connection between him and the woman in front of him was the Raphael Organization. If the other party had not been at the scene when Soslan Tijiyev was being captured and was not brought back together, Baron would not have cared about her life or death at all.
Even if we say it objectively, Alia is indeed very beautiful. Her beauty is different from the Western faces he has seen most often since he came to this world, and also different from the Chinese beauties he has seen in his previous life. She has a unique Arab style of beauty.
But if it was just her looks, it still wouldn't be enough for Barron to take a chance on her.
The so-called adventure did not mean that he was afraid of Alia's so-called adoptive father Lafayette, but Alia herself. Although she had confessed many things so far, including her so-called origin of a holy family.
However, because Barron's intelligence team is not that powerful in the Middle East, only a part of the content can be verified, and most of the content still needs to be labeled as questionable.
Especially what she said about Louis Lafayette will require a period of investigation before a conclusion can be drawn.
So for Barron, Alia still has not reached a safe level of trust.
Not to mention Julia, Bonnie, Daisy and others, even compared with ordinary British people, she is still inferior.
After all, Barron was able to investigate the resumes and interpersonal relationships of those ordinary British people through his own intelligence system.
Speaking of his arrest of Raphael, the last time Nigel went to Asia, the special operations team that sent Alia to Northern Ireland also set off at the same time and continued the arrest operation.
Through the intelligence about Raphael obtained from Alia, plus the interrogation of the three people arrested before, they have now arrested two more Raphael members, including one of Raphael's core members who had previously had contact with Alia.
So far, they have captured two of the three core members of Raphael, and half of the ten known members of Raphael.
Basically, up to now, the so-called Raphael organization is on the verge of collapse.
After failing to capture this core member, the other party also proposed to use the funds in their hands in exchange for Barron letting the Raphael organization go.
He could only laugh it off. Although the arrest of the Raphael organization was due to the economic losses caused to the Devonshire family in their "London Star" fraud case, the lasting consequences of that incident were more than just economic losses.
Barron's cheap father and brother in this world both died unexpectedly because of this, and in the final analysis, the Raphael organization offended the dignity of the Devonshire family.
Therefore, what Barron wants the Raphael Organization to pay is not just money. Instead, he needs to use them as an "example" to let everyone else know what the price of offending the Devonshire family is.
So when someone is ready to do this, they need to consider first whether they can withstand the revenge of the Devonshire family afterwards.
In order to capture the Raphael organization, Barron formed an intelligence team and continued to absorb more intelligence experts to join.
He also bought the Protector Military Company and continued to invest in it, and selected elite special operations teams from it, with each member receiving the highest treatment.
It can be said that the time, energy and money spent in the process of arresting them have exceeded the funds initially defrauded by the "London Star" gang.
Why do this?
Barron's goal is to raise the threshold for offending the Devonshire family. Anyone who wants to do so should first see if they are important enough.
Back to the dungeon of Billu Castle...
"Your Highness the Duke!"
As Barron was about to leave, he heard Alia shout,
"I need your protection!"
Barron turned around, glanced at Aaliyah, and said calmly,
"What can I get?"
"My loyalty, and my...everything!"
Alia met Barron's scrutinizing gaze and felt that he seemed to be able to see straight into her heart.
"I'm sorry, but what you said cannot earn my trust yet."
Seeing him turn around again and leave...
"etc..."
Alia took a deep breath and said,
"I have another secret, a secret about an amazing treasure..."
Her words successfully aroused Barron's interest:
"Go ahead, I can give you another chance."
Alia glanced at the guards on both sides and said:
"This is a serious matter. I can only tell you."
Seeing her being so mysterious, Barron asked a female bodyguard to search Alia again and then asked the others to leave temporarily.
"You can say it now."
Alia was silent for a moment, then said,
"That treasure is in India, and it's worth a billion or even billions of pounds..."
Hearing her words, Barron raised his eyebrows and asked:
"Where is the exact location?"
"I don't know, it should be in a temple. I heard the news from my adoptive father by chance..."
"How did he know about the existence of this treasure? Also, since there is news of a treasure of this size, why don't you dig it out instead of defrauding Subrata? I hope you can tell me everything you know..."
"This involves Lafayette's plan against Subrata. He has people around Subrata who have gained Subrata's trust..."
Alia said to Barron:
"Because I had a relatively high status among the children adopted by Lafayette, I had access to more information. Later I found out that it was the people he placed around Subrata who intercepted this information."
From Alia's narration, Barron learned what she had said.
Subrata was very popular among the lower poor in India. Once a man from a southwestern state took the initiative to tell him a piece of news, hoping to get something in return.
The news was that the man's father was a devout Hindu, and he learned from his father that there were a large number of treasures in a local temple, including gold, gems and works of art.
As a devout believer, his father would spend several hours in the temple every day to guard the treasures.
But this man was not very pious. He still believed that Subrata was the savior of the lower class. Of course, he also wanted to use this news to exchange for rewards from Subrata.
The person who received that man at the beginning was the "chess piece" that Lafayette placed next to Subrata.
When the other party received this important news, they did not report it to Subrata. Instead, they intercepted the information and "dealt with" the person who brought the news.
Then after reporting it, Lafayette attached great importance to the news, but if there really was a treasure, he was also worried that it would be taken away privately by the people sent to investigate, so he planned to investigate after completing the plan against Subrata and Sahara Company.
After all, the plan against Sahara Company has been laid out for a long time, and he does not want to be affected.
"So, you actually know the general location of the treasure."
Barron said meaningfully to Aaliyah.
"Yes."
Alia gritted her teeth and said:
"As long as you can guarantee my safety, I can help you find the treasure."
"If I'm right, the treasure you're talking about is in Kerala, right?"
Barron's words sounded like thunder to Alia's ears. She widened her eyes and asked in disbelief:
"You...how did you know?!"