Baron Cullen

Upon hearing this, Karen asked in confusion, "Cecilia, how do you know that name?"

A bad thought suddenly flashed through his mind.

Bastian clearly had ulterior motives for adopting those young girls, and now even his sister Cecilia knew about their existence.

Does this mean that the other party has already contacted Cecilia?

Upon realizing this, Karen's face immediately darkened.

He immediately walked up to his sister, squatted down, and patiently asked, "Cecilia, tell me carefully, how did you know this name?"

Have you already met this person?

Cecilia first shook her head, then seemed to be recalling something, her face turning slightly pale, and she whispered:

"Brother, I... I just heard some terrible rumors. I heard some female apprentices living in the west of the city say... that the priest named Bastian seems to... particularly like to find very young girls who are poor or have no one to rely on."

Upon hearing this, Karen felt as if a bolt of lightning had struck her mind!

Yes!

His sister is a new apprentice at the Dharma Association this year, which means there is a group of apprentices of similar age to her.

Among those apprentices were both men and women, and a large portion of them came from commoner backgrounds!

This, combined with what Donald had previously said, is that Bastian often went to the working-class area in the west of the city to adopt young girls.

In this way, the female apprentices of commoner origin who study magic with his sister might learn something about Bastian!

"Cecilia, what did they tell you?" Karen quickly pulled herself out of her reverie, staring intently at her sister. "Tell me slowly, this is important!"

Upon hearing this, Cecilia nodded, her voice trembling as she said, "I remember... they said that the priest claimed he would take those little girls to the church to raise and educate them, but..."

But they said that no one has seen the little girls since they were taken away.

They all said in private...that the priest must be a terrible demon, a demon who enjoys tormenting little girls!

Cecilia's voice was filled with fear.

Clearly, such rumors are extremely terrifying for a girl her age.

"He enjoys torturing little girls..." Karen kept repeating these words, then suddenly realized something, "Could it be...!"

At that moment, his expression changed drastically!

As he pondered those words, he subconsciously adopted the perspective of a modern person from his past life, and then a terrifying thought came to mind.

If Bastian's purpose in adopting those young girls wasn't to cultivate a compassionate image and harvest human organs, then there's only one possibility...

That priest, disguised as a hypocrite, is a pedophile!

This guess was so outrageous that Karen couldn't even believe it for a moment.

But Donald and Cecilia's words kept echoing in his mind.

The information provided by the two corroborated each other, almost confirming that Bastian did indeed have this outrageous fetish!

Thinking of this, his heart sank completely.

A chilling killing intent gradually spread through his heart.

If his guess is true, then his reason for targeting Bastian is not just because he fears the other man will harm him and his family again.

Instead, it's about ridding this city of a demon whose very soul has become twisted!

A demon who deserves to be burned at the stake for eternity!

He clenched his fists and immediately stood up.

We must act quickly and verify whether his guess is true.

If the allegations are true, the other party must be suppressed with swift and decisive action.

Otherwise, every moment of delay could send another innocent girl into hell!

Bringing herself back to reality, Karen first comforted the frightened Cecilia, telling her not to mention the matter to outsiders.

He didn't even have dinner then, immediately ordering his old butler, Phelps, to prepare a carriage and head towards Kenny's mansion.

To verify his conjecture and prepare for the subsequent confrontation with Bastian, he needs the help of the chapter.

It is now evening.

So he went directly to Lamont's mansion in his own carriage.

...

A moment later, after being informed by the butler, Lamont received Karen in the drawing room of the Kenny residence.

"Karen, why did you come to see me in such a hurry? Has something happened?"

At this point, Lamont had removed the armor he usually wore in the warband and was only wearing comfortable casual clothes.

He was initially delighted by Karen's unexpected visit, but upon seeing Karen's furrowed brows and extremely serious expression, he understood what was going on.

Something must have happened again.

Karen nodded and said, "Vice Commander, today at home I was chatting with my sister Cecilia about her interesting experiences at the Association when I overheard some news."

During this period, girls have been disappearing without a trace in the working-class area of ​​the west of the city. I suspect this may be related to the previous case of human organ harvesting!

He did not fully express his inner thoughts.

Regardless, until direct evidence is available, Bastian remains one of the three priests of the church.

Judging solely from their social status, they are undoubtedly far superior to nobles like him.

However, he knew very well that whether it was the incident of the switched sacred artifacts, the case of human organs, or the current disappearance of this young girl, the person behind it all was Bastian.

Therefore, in order to attract Lamont's attention as much as possible, he directly linked this matter with the human organ case.

After all, the previous case involving human organs had caused a sensation throughout the entire City of No Breath.

Once you're associated with it, it's impossible not to take it seriously.

As Karen expected, Lamont immediately stood up upon hearing these words, his face filled with shock as he exclaimed, "What?!"

Could it be that those girls disappeared because they were...?

He didn't say the second half of his sentence, but his meaning was already quite clear.

It's hard not to think about missing persons cases that are linked to human organ trafficking.

However, Karen walked up to Lamont, shook her head and said, "I don't know what the kidnappers' purpose was, but I think we can go ahead and investigate."

If we can find relevant evidence or clues, we can not only solve this case, but perhaps also trace it back to the mastermind behind the human organ trafficking case!

His implication was actually quite obvious.

Lamont wasn't stupid, of course. He nodded and said, "I understand. Let's go back to the camp immediately and notify the brothers to assemble urgently."

It's evening now, most people have already gone home, which makes it convenient for our investigation.

After saying this, the two did not linger and immediately rode together in a carriage towards the war group's camp.

Upon arriving at the base, Lamont quickly summoned the members of the combat group on duty and instructed them to mobilize personnel for assembly.

Soon, all the members of the battle group assembled.

Lamont stood in front of the crowd and briefly explained the situation, which shocked everyone.

Most people knew that if this matter was not resolved, it could very well turn into another sensational case that would shake the entire city.

Lamont then divided the group into several smaller teams.

Karen was still assigned to Olsen's squad.

"Karen, you go with the group to investigate and find out exactly how many young girls have gone missing during this time." Before setting off, Lamont gave him some instructions. "I'll go find the leader right away and report this to him."

Karen nodded.

He knew that although the battle group was usually in charge of Lamont, the leader would definitely be notified when carrying out a mission that required the mobilization of all members.

Next, Olson's team headed straight for the civilian district in the west of the city.