This… Was shorter than it looked. Don't worry, the next chapter will be longer, I hope.

"... But what about our investigations in Russia? Our scouts must have found something in Moscow!" A man with a heavy British accent exclaimed, his thick eyebrows furrowing in irritation.

"Ah, I'm, like, afraid not, Arthur. Seems as if, like, even the Crusaders we interrogated have heard, like, nothing of Ivan." Another man with long blond hair sighed, a Polish accent easily audible in his voice. Of course, he wasn't British or from one of the Americas, but he couldn't hold down a chance of revenge for Liet, so he just had to come help in secret. Although he'd still get in a crap load of trouble when he arrived back in Poland... Well, he was only breaking the law if he was caught, right? Right, "And the same goes for that horrible, yucky place called St. Petersburg or something like that." He put his hands on his hips in a girly fashion.

"This is hopeless! We have been searching for more than three years and what have we found?" A larger, darker skinned man asked impatiently. It was a wonder how he could talk so clearly with a cigar in his mouth, "Nothing!" He answered his own question, "We might as well just let them go fight their war so we can have our revenge on Ivan!" He sighed, crossing his arms over his chest, "Besides, there's no way we'll be able to solve this mystery as long as we're unable to enter Europe!"

"We have to keep trying! I am certain that the cause of this upcoming war is some sort of corruption, driving the nobles insane!" Arthur exclaimed defensively, "Who knows? Maybe it's the same corruption that caused the Mafia incident in Italy!" He pointed out. There was no way that he was going to just let this slide, "If we simply ignore all of this, then we ignore everything that we stand for." He gave a nod of approval for himself. He opened his mouth to say something else, but was interrupted by the loud neighing of a horse. The group turned to see a girl with short, dirty blonde hair and wearing a bomber's jacket.

"Sir, we were ordered to send all information regarding Europe to you." She said to Arthur, "It seems that the Europeans have just won an important battle against a large army of Asian's in Vietnam," She explained, "and in three days there will be a party in Romania to celebrate this victory." She finished. Arthur smiled at the news.

"Thank you, Amelia." He said, before turning to the rest of the group, "This might be our chance to meet with Vladimir, he knows more about anyone then, well, anyone!" He exclaimed excitedly, "And we could use his assistance." He added.

"Very well. We should send Feliks' group off to meet up with Vladimir." The Cuban man said.

"No. They would draw too much attention. Alfred and I will go alone." Arthur said sternly, "Time is running out, and we can't risk missing this opportunity."

"You're right. But be careful, Arthur. I have a feeling we're dealing with something larger than a new war."