Upon hearing the shout of "urgent message," little Reed immediately stood up, came before Jason, and faced the messenger directly.
"Recite it."
As he spoke, the personal servant gestured several hand signals.
The New Federation's assassination attempts against Gerard were endless.
Impersonating messengers and using so-called 'urgent messages' to approach Gerard for assassination was not new; thus, Reed had arranged a set of ever-changing secret signals.
A messenger could be impersonated.
But secret signals could not.
Because, even the messengers themselves did not know what today's secret signal was.
It could be a gesture.
It could be a code word.
Or, it could be both.
Just like this time.
After seeing the personal servant's hand signals, the messenger immediately responded.
"Ribs, roast pork, meatballs."
Hearing the correct signal, Reed stepped aside.
"Report, Lord Gerard."
"His Excellency, the Duke of Fort Swallow, has sent an urgent letter!"
