Mystery: Big Alarm Clock Ghroth Path

Chapter 43: Clues to the Attack (Thanks to Long Hai for the Qidian Coins)
"'Rose Bishop'? Another bunch of scum from the Aurora Society?"

Leonard blurted out when he heard this.

Since the last Chanis Gate incident, many clues have pointed to the Aurora Society. The information currently held by the Nighthawks is that the Aurora Society played a leading role in this matter, while the Secret Order was only a supporting role.

In order to better deal with these guys, with the assistance of the Holy Temple, all Tingen Night Hunters, including Leonard, carefully studied the names and basic characteristics of all low-sequence and mid-sequence potions of the "Secret Prayer" pathway.

So when Leonard heard the words "Rose Bishop", he immediately knew that this was the Aurora Society's fault again.

"Yes."

Lolota nodded. "And according to the intelligence we have, this person is very likely Mr. C, the Aurora Society's messenger in Ahowa County."

"You mean the old tailor who blew himself up was Mr. C?" Leonard showed a strange look.

It sounds bizarre that an Aurora Society messenger is hiding right under the nose of the Ahowa County Police Department.

"Not really."

Lolota denied Leonard's speculation: "If it was Mr. C who did it himself, you and Dunn would most likely have died."

"This little girl is right. If you hadn't listened to me and gone back to find Dunn, you would be dead..."

Leonard was startled by the familiar voice in his ears.

It turned out to be like this...

But Lolota didn't care about his expression change, and just continued:

"In fact, the old man who blew himself up had nothing to do with the tailor shop, and wasn't even from Tingen. We suspect he was a brainwashed member of the Aurora Society, willingly accepting the implantation of Mr. C's flesh and blood, acting as a medium to control the spirits and attack you."

"What about the murdered lady? Could it be..." Leonard asked halfway when he suddenly thought of something.

"Well, she is the owner of the tailor shop. To be more precise, she is the new owner. This tailor shop used to belong to her grandfather."

"After her death, her soul was immediately enslaved and taken to the interrogation room where Metersbonwe was, acting as bait."

"Metersbonwe? Why go to him?" Leonard frowned.

"I don't know. All we know is that his astral body was infiltrated, causing a mild necrosis. The effects have now cleared... While Metes' suspicions cannot be ruled out, this is likely a tactic to confuse the public. According to Ms. Daly Simone's feedback, her soul has likely been destroyed to prevent further information from being revealed in a possible communication with the Nighthawks."

Having said that, Lolota sighed.

"These bastards." Leonard came back to his senses and said through gritted teeth.

At this moment, he could already understand why these lunatics in the Aurora Society did such a thing. It was nothing more than revenge and venting.

Previously, the Nighthawks had joined forces with other churches to launch a large-scale search and encirclement campaign against the Aurora Society, but they only captured a small number of Sequence 9 members, not even a single Sequence 8 Beyonder.

Because the defense of Chanis Gate was not strong enough, they had to temporarily stop the search and focus on interrogating the captured cultists.

"Ms. Lolota, can you please ask the Holy Temple for more support to conduct an in-depth law enforcement operation against the Aurora Society in Ahowa County? If we continue like this, we will be exhausted by the Aurora Society sooner or later."

Leonard suggested.

"Actually, you and I thought the same thing. To be honest, as soon as tonight's incident happened, I sent a telegram to Backlund. But strangely, the Holy Temple instructed us not to act rashly for the time being and to complete the analysis of the mysterious item seized from the tailor shop first..."

Opposite the Ahowa County Police Hall, Woodville Hotel.

Roger, who had just been transferred here from the police department, ate black pepper fried veal chop and Ducie pie from the restaurant, drank sweet iced tea with a comfortable look on his face, and admired the night view of Tingen City with twinkling lights.

"Honestly, from this high vantage point, Tingen at night is more beautiful than I imagined. It's very similar to the European towns I've seen on TV before."

Unlike Klein, who still didn't know the truth behind his time travel, Roger's current attitude was to make the best of it, enjoy life, and strive to become stronger, striving to become one of the great beings who could play cards before the end of the world.

Just as he was daydreaming, there was a knock on the door.

"Which one?"

Roger stood up and asked cautiously to the outside.

"I'm Klein Moretti." Klein's voice came from outside.

Out of caution, Roger didn't rush to open the door. Instead, he confirmed by flipping a coin before helping Klein open the door.

Klein looked a little tired, and Roger stepped back and invited him into the room.

"Have you eaten?" Roger asked.

"Eat... well, I'm actually not very full." Klein saw the Dixie pie and sweet iced tea on the table and swallowed.

After all, this was jokingly called the Fool's Meal. After trying it for a while, Roger had to admit that Klein's taste was indeed good, so he also included these two things in his own recipe.

Roger laughed. He opened the door and called the room service attendant who was passing by, and ordered the same meal for Klein.

Since it was all paid for by the Church of Darkness, Klein and Roger didn't feel any psychological burden about eating and drinking at public expense.

"By the way, why did you come to see me?" Roger asked curiously as he looked at Klein who was eating voraciously.

"Yeah, fuck."

Klein suddenly realized what was happening and slammed the table.

"Metus, what's going on with your Aurora Society? Didn't we agree that you were responsible for keeping them under control?"

"Hey, hey, hey, what are you talking about? What is the Aurora? I don't know." Roger looked around immediately after hearing this nonsensical remark.

"No need to pretend. There's nothing wrong in this guest room." Klein cleared his throat and recounted to Roger what happened this afternoon.

Of course, he didn't go into too much detail, only saying that someone, possibly Mr. C, attacked Dunn and Leonard and landed them in the hospital.

Seeing Klein proactively reveal the details of the case, Roger no longer doubted it. While quickly connecting the various clues in his mind, he replied to Klein:
"I communicated with Mr. C once before and reminded him not to act rashly. His sudden attack this time was most likely due to external factors."

"What external factors?" Klein was a little confused.

"A saint from the Aurora Society has come to Tingen. It's not ruled out that Mr. C is seeking credit or trying to gain benefits from this." Roger analyzed.

"Saint?"

Klein was startled. He suddenly understood why the Holy Temple had not agreed to an immediate action plan against the Aurora Society. It must have been a precautionary measure after receiving this news.

Considering that Tingen is a densely populated area, and that the average person in the Aurora Society is a bit mentally ill, going to war with a saint here is likely to result in a large number of civilian casualties.

If that were the case, the foundation of the Church of Evernight's faith throughout Ahowa County would be threatened. Therefore, even if the Holy Temple were to send high-ranking deacons above Sequence 4 to monitor the other party, it must be kept secret and not be easily known to the mid- and low-sequence Nighthawks.

"Well, let's not talk about this matter for now."

Klein consciously changed the subject and continued to speak to Roger:

"By the way, we have some clues about the person who attacked you today."

(End of this chapter)