The Fairy: From the Traveling Merchant

Chapter 977 Red Moon Knight
North District, Heihe Security Company.

More than ten night watchmen gathered again around the long table in the underground archives room to discuss the intelligence gathered from various sources.

“When Cherry and I were investigating bankers, we discovered that Patrick Jason had been continuously selling off antiques and artworks in his home recently, and was even negotiating with the Earl of East Chester about acquiring a stake in the bank… This was clearly not normal, so we decided to visit him under the guise of being police officers, with Lolota waiting outside.”

"But we came up empty-handed. Patrick had clearly sensed the danger beforehand and had hurriedly left home before we arrived."

"Fortunately, my arrival and Cherry's arrival interrupted the evil ritual he was performing, but this also caused him some backlash, which is why he secretly planted some kind of extreme emotional seed in Cherry."

"It's my fault for not discovering this earlier, and for letting Ms. Cherry rush back to headquarters alone for help, which almost cost her her life..."

The one who made the self-criticism was "Nightmare" Borgia. His sharp, eagle-like eyes were full of apology and a little bit of relief. He was relieved that Cherry hadn't really been hurt, but had just been kept by the Archbishop's side because of her mental instability.

Ms. Daly glanced at him indifferently but didn't say much. She knew that it wasn't entirely Borgia's fault, but she was still somewhat traumatized after almost losing someone close to her again.

The woman, with her blue eyeshadow and blush, possessing an almost eerie beauty, took a deep breath and said calmly, "This Patrick Jason's strength cannot be merely that of a Sequence 6 'Demon.' He is at least an 'Apostle of Desire.' The serial killer is most likely not him."

“But it’s definitely related to him! Or rather, to the ‘Belial’ family!” Ms. Lolota, dressed in a men’s suit, placed a stack of photos on the table and continued, “We found some remnants in the secret room where Patrick Jason held the ceremony, which confirmed his identity. He is a member of the Belial demon family, and his real name should be Jason Belial.”

"The 'demon' in that serial murder case is very likely also surnamed Belial. After all, 'demons' are quite rare in this era, and only those three demon families can send two people at a time."

"Moreover, the woman who provided us with the information said in her letter that 'the serial killer is connected to a banker,' not 'the banker is the killer.'"

In the fourth era of this alternate dimension, human forces that worship demons formed a loose alliance called the "Blood Cult." The organization was severely divided, with the three major demon families—Noth, Andrerad, and Belial—standing in a tripartite balance.

The ancestors of these three families had all received gifts from the abyss. They worshipped an evil god called the "Dark Side of the Universe," believing Him to be the ruler of the abyss and the destroyer who would inevitably erode and corrupt the entire real world and the vast universe.

However, by this point in time, the Belial family has declined and in recent decades has become a vassal of the North family.

Hearing this analysis, all the night watchmen nodded. Ms. Daly chuckled and said, "Speaking of the person who provided the information, we should thank him. Otherwise, lovely little Cherry would already be back in her husband's arms."

Ms. Cherry's husband died protecting her in a recent accident.

“Don’t joke around with your colleagues, Daly.” Captain Warren glared at the unreliable woman, then asked suspiciously, “'Him'? The one who provided the information wasn’t a woman?”

"It should be a two-person gang. You should be familiar with them; they're the 'superheroes' who rescued the innocent girl from the home of the human trafficker Capin. The Punisher informed us about it." Because Ms. Daly had formed a special investigation team with Stewart of the Church of Storms, and that team was still active, she was well-informed and already knew about the battle at the docks.

After giving a brief description, she concluded, "It's quite obvious that the man whom 'The Singer of God' named 'Mr. Red Moon' and the lady codenamed 'Female Knight' are a pair of superheroes. 'Female Knight' should be the lady who provided us with the information, and although Cherry has lost a lot of her memories, based on her remaining recollections, we can roughly determine that it was Mr. 'Red Moon' who saved her."

"If we speculate reasonably, Mr. 'Red Moon' probably got the clue from Cherry and chased her all the way to the dock, but ended up encountering and fighting Patrick Jason's helper, a demigod witch."

Upon hearing this for the first time, Harry Weasley, the Joker, exclaimed in surprise, "To be able to fight against a demigod witch and escape from the clutches of the 'Singer of God,' this Mr. 'Red Moon' is quite powerful."

"So, these two really have been dealing with demons all along, and the information they provided is reliable?" Warren tapped the table with his finger, seemingly lost in thought. "It seems we can't discuss anything about dealing with Patrick until '1-42' arrives."

"Why?" the other team members asked, puzzled.

Captain Warren paused for a few seconds, then took out a note and had the team members pass it around.

"The demon possesses the ability of 'danger perception'? Doesn't that mean he already knew when we were assigning the mission? No wonder our surveillance always failed. If we weren't all comrades who could entrust their lives to each other, I would have really thought there was a traitor among us!" Ms. Lorota exclaimed after reading the note, then casually asked, "Captain, was this note delivered by a child again?"

“No…” Captain Warren’s seemingly wise deep blue eyes flashed with disbelief, “My pen slipped out of my control and wrote it out by itself, word by word!”

"How is this possible?!" All the night watchmen, including Daly, stared in astonishment.

It might not matter in other places, but this is where the Night Watch squad of the Church of the Goddess of Night is located, a place protected by the goddess!
Could it be that the "Red Moon Knights" were truly blessed by the goddess?
……

Inside the villa at 16 Williams Street.

Zhao Chen and Su Xuanbing were unaware that the Night Watchers had mistaken them for chosen ones of the gods. They had just completed a major cycle of "dual cultivation," and the vibrations caused by the separation of their "lotus immortal bodies" from their origins had ceased.

Instead of indulging in the pleasure and joy brought by the "fusion of essence, energy and spirit," the two began to contemplate the gains they had made during the fusion while in a state of "connection" with their inner world.

Especially for Zhao Chen, the origin of the "Lotus Immortal Body" was of great reference value to him, and that sword move that could cut through the "Langyuan Qingqiong Yao Flower Fruit" seemed to be within reach...

However, at this moment, Zhao Chen and Su Xuanbing frowned in unison and then tacitly began to stop their practice.

Because they discovered that an external force had entered Hong Xiaoxi's dream.

(End of this chapter)