The bishop is unfathomable.

"Hmm...yes, this one has it too...hmm? Is it over?"

After Li Wei searched through all the books in Region 12 according to the list, he found that all the books were there except for the one he had taken, "The Poem of the Soul," which was now in his office. Not a single one was missing.

However, this conclusion was not entirely unexpected for Li Wei.

After all, in his mind, even if Barris himself didn't care and turned a blind eye, the restricted book area was indeed not a place that anyone could enter.

At least Barris, a level six powerhouse, stated that without the key, he wouldn't be able to easily enter the restricted area.

With the three underlined and bolded prohibitions in the employee handbook, Li Wei felt it was unlikely that anyone could steal the book from here.

However, the example of just one region, number 12, is clearly not enough.

It's also possible that there are inaccurate numbers in other areas that I haven't checked...

We'll see. Anyway, he spent an entire afternoon just browsing through this 12th region.

I've almost finished six hours of get off work and it's time to go home.

He looked down at the little black cat pawing at his collar. The cat's eyes were shining as it scanned the books on the bookshelf, seemingly searching for something.

Seeing this, Li Wei found it amusing: "What, you like reading too?"

"Meow meow meow!!!"

Little Black started nodding rapidly, as if it could understand human speech.

"Oh, you can understand me? Looks like cats aren't as dumb as people say. This little guy is quite clever."

"Then you can choose one yourself. After you've chosen, I'll take it to my office, and then we'll come back to look at it tomorrow."

"Meow!?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Hei suddenly cried out in surprise, then raised his head, trying to see Li Wei's expression from a very awkward angle.

Li Wei: "After all, it's time to leave work."

"I have other things to do today."

Without much explanation, Li Wei grabbed Xiao Hei, who was trying to escape through his collar and was clinging to the bookshelf, and turned to leave work humming a cheerful tune.

Of course, he called Barris before leaving his post and, after receiving permission, leisurely walked out of the library and headed straight for the shopping center in the city center.

He needs to purchase some ceremonial items.

"Let me think about what I want to buy."

"Incense made from any normal material, some chalk, and a large compass and ruler, essential for hand-drawing a circular ritual array..."

"It's alright, there's not too much stuff."

While calculating what he needed to buy, Li Wei took in the scenery of the street.

Despite yesterday's terrorist attack, the citizens of Beldor remained remarkably calm, going about their business as usual, without the slightest hint of tension or fear.

Then he saw an acquaintance arguing with another acquaintance.

One was a familiar blonde female intern inspector with red eyes, and the other was a bald, muscular man.

The burly man was obviously stopped and questioned because he was too conspicuous.

And the atmosphere was getting increasingly tense...

Li Wei, who was watching this scene from across the street, sighed, then picked up his cat and stepped forward to chime in.

"Hey, isn't this Mr. Wag? I didn't expect to see you here."

"Did you run into some trouble?"

The burly man whose name was called hesitated for a moment before turning to look at Li Wei, and then quickly calmed down after a moment of panic.

"...Ah, it's you, Mr. Li Wei. I didn't expect to see you here. What brings you here?"

Vera frowned slightly when her questioning was interrupted, turned around to look at the person, and then a hint of embarrassment appeared on her face.

She clearly also remembered the unfortunate scholar whom she had interrogated all morning yesterday, only to get nothing out of him, and who was actually completely innocent.

Does he actually know this seemingly deliberately bald guy?

Perhaps out of embarrassment, or perhaps due to inexperience, she did not interrupt their conversation, but simply stood aside and watched silently.

Seeing that Bald Wag wasn't stupid and picked up the conversation, Li Wei followed up with the story he had just made up: "Didn't I go to the Norren Grand Library to work as the librarian of the forbidden books? I just got off work and was planning to go buy some things."

"And you? Didn't my mentor Albert hire you, the ritual master, to investigate some strange events? What are you doing here in Beldor?" Levi deliberately emphasized the word "ritual."

Wag suddenly realized that although he didn't know who Albert was, he knew that the bishop wouldn't try to trick him at this time.

Just go along with what he says and believe him.

"Ah, I followed the clues given by Mr. Albert and arrived just a couple of days ago. I just didn't expect to be attacked by the cultists."

"As you know, my face is the easiest target for questioning anywhere. I even wore a wig this time, but I never expected it to be blown by the wind to this lady's side."

"Then it will be just like what you see."

Only then did Li Wei "see" the female inspector who had been standing to his side, and then "exclaimed" as if he had "suddenly realized" something: "Ah, aren't you the one from yesterday... I remember your name is Vera, right, Ms. Inspector?"

Vera nodded quickly: "Yes, I'm sorry, Mr. Levi, for the inconvenience yesterday. May I ask... do you know this gentleman?"

Li Wei nodded naturally: "Of course. He is a ritual master who has been employed by my mentor Albert at Miskatonic University for a long time, so we are old acquaintances."

"He was often questioned because of his appearance, and was even arrested by the supervisory bureau as a suspicious person. When we were in school, I was often sent by my tutor to bail him out."

Vera glanced at Wag, who was trying to put on a polite smile, and sighed helplessly, "Alright... since Mr. Levi, the librarian, is here to vouch for me, I won't ask any more questions."

Then she looked at Wag seriously: "But the situation is tense right now, so you should probably stay home as much as possible... After all, you can't always run into old friends to come to your rescue."

Wag nodded helplessly and promised not to wander around anymore. Only then did Vera let Wag go.

Afterwards, Li Wei whispered to Wag, "You should stay home more these days. You're too conspicuous. Even your disguise is so rudimentary."

Wag didn't dare to speak, keeping his head down and remaining silent.

Li Wei sighed, then asked, "Did you find anything?"

"Your Excellency, we have ruled out the possibility that the ritual array is in the city center and the northern part of the city. There are still three ritual sites that need to be investigated."

"And what is certain is that their formation has not yet been fully completed."

Li Wei was somewhat surprised upon hearing this: "So fast?"

"After all, I've seen where they set up the ceremony, so it's relatively easy to deduce the location and progress from that."

"After all, ritual studies is a very rigorous field of knowledge, and even the slightest mistake can lead to failure and error."

"But because of this, a lot of information can often be gleaned from the details," Wag replied with a hint of pride.

Li Wei said calmly, "If you need to go out to find the location of the ritual formation later, take a carriage out and hide in the carriage to observe."

"Any clues about the Child of Dust?"

"The suspected location of the event has been found for the Barni altar," Wag replied.

Li Wei nodded: "Yes, by the way, I might use a familiar to contact you later. I will send it to your hideout."

"Apart from that, even if you see me on the street, besides you and Mave, who has had contact with me in public, don't act like you know me."

"The Son of Sandstorm has outmaneuvered us; we can't just let it go like this."

"Whatever they're planning, we can't let them succeed, especially since they're planning to drag everyone down with them."

Wag nodded, then quickly left.

After watching Wag leave, Li Wei looked down at the little black dog he was holding and said, "Alright, the trouble is temporarily resolved."

"Let's go shopping."

Xiao Hei: "????"

Wait, are you really just a librarian?!