The bishop is unfathomable.

"...Is this the right place you found?"

Leon looked at Boca behind him and couldn't help but ask.

Before Boca could answer, Albert, who had recovered somewhat, explained, "Don't worry, the ritual array here is complete; it's just missing a door."

"Li Wei is already guarding the door, and the tool shed in the backyard garden is sufficient for interrogation."

Leon sighed, turned to face Albert, and gave a slight bow: "I apologize, Professor Albert. I did not question your level of ritual studies, I simply..."

"Not formal enough?" Albert chuckled. "You're obviously a young guy who just joined the force, and you only have this kind of thinking when you're working with an old-fashioned Royal Military Police officer like Karl."

"This profession isn't as glamorous as you think; it's all about procedures."

"If you replaced Carl with any other guide, you wouldn't find anything wrong with this venue."

Leon remained silent, but ultimately said nothing more, and dragged Agna, who looked like a dead dog, into the tool shed.

Albert thoughtfully added the final touch to the ritual array on the ground to ensure that the screams from the tool shed wouldn't get out.

Upon hearing this, Boca asked, "Professor, what are the interrogation methods used by the Royal Military Police?"

"Chief, I think it's better if you don't know," Albert smiled meaningfully. "No one can survive this kind of interrogation."

"No one... can keep a secret using these methods."

"His actions were unrelated to the will of the person involved."

"It depends solely on the executioner's thoughts and will."

Boca's curiosity only grew stronger, and he could no longer contain himself: "So what exactly is the method?"

"The method for extracting the soul." Albert stopped being mysterious: "Thirty years ago, during an archaeological expedition, I unearthed a clay tablet."

"It records many spells to dispel swamp phenomena, as well as spells to summon and banish superior mythical beasts called demons, and various curses."

"These spells have been simplified into simple rituals and ceremonies for the Bureau of Inspection to deal with phantom beasts and swamp phenomena."

"You should know this."

"But the Inspectorate discovered another use for magic."

"That's the principle behind reversing spells."

"Dispelling spells, which are based on the principle of soul resistance, become a means of forcibly extracting souls once reversed."

"Although it only borrowed some of the principles, the completion of this forbidden spell still depended on the research of the mages of the Royal Society."

"But because of this, the conditions for using this spell are very strict."

"Moreover, an individual whose soul has been extracted is no different from someone who is dead. Because even if a forcibly extracted soul is perfectly preserved, it cannot be put back into its own body."

"Not to mention, the Royal Military Police usually use their well-established search techniques to find the clues they want."

After saying that, Albert looked at Boca: "Notify your men to prepare to come and collect the body."

Boca looked toward the tool room shrouded in the ritual array.

Although it looked like there were just some chalk marks on the grass outside, there was no sound coming from them.

But Boca could faintly hear the wailing of the esoteric bishop.

He nodded, went back to the living room, borrowed the landline from Li Wei, and dialed the number of the supervisory bureau.

……

……

Three hours later, Li Wei's house was finally quiet. Even the damaged door was repaired by the technicians sent by the Inspection Bureau.

"I apologize for making your tool shed dirty, Mr. Levi. I have cleaned it up, but please forgive me if there are any areas that were not thoroughly cleaned."

Leon politely apologized to Levi, then calmly dragged Agna's lifeless body out of the backyard.

Li Wei glanced around the tool shed and then felt that the other party was being far too modest.

The inside was spotless. Before Leon left, he even tidied up the mess he had made of his desk and scattered tools while doing his loop experiments.

"what?"

Li Wei's true vision revealed a grayish-white ball of light on the floor of the tool shed.

The light was dim, and it looked like a cloud of dust illuminated by sunlight.

"What is this?"

Li Wei did not rush forward, but instead deactivated his soul possession state and asked Falcon to help him contact the ball of light.

The next moment, Li Wei discovered that the ball of light was absorbed by the falcon's talons, and a new line of text appeared on his panel.

[Bishop's Mark (Incomplete): A partial mark attached to the soul, used within esoteric Buddhism to identify a bishop. It has fallen off along with the main body of the soul.]

This mark was incomplete and blurry, absorbed by you just before it dissipated. It can still be vaguely discerned using arcane magic.

Li Wei: "!!!"

Thank goodness, if Leon hadn't said something that made me take another look at the tool shed, I would have lacked this crucial information.

If it weren't for all these coincidences... wait, thinking about it carefully, aren't there a lot of coincidences lately?

Thinking about the origin of the name of the Great Library of Norren, Levi suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

"Li Wei, what are you standing there for? What are we having for dinner?"

Levi turned around abruptly, his thoughts interrupted, and immediately saw Albert leaning against the door, looking at him.

After calming down, he breathed a sigh of relief and laughed, "Teacher, you're not planning to leave and are letting me stay for a free meal?"

"No? I was planning to teach you some more things." Albert sighed, got up, and then turned to leave.

"No, no, no, please sit down. I'll go see what other ingredients we have."

After saying that, Li Wei hurriedly ran to the kitchen to check the ingredients.

After Levi ran away, Albert turned to Felicia and asked, "Have you thought about what to do next? Act like a pet next to my student?"

"What else? Is there any other way?" Felicia sighed, then slumped into a black ball of fur, looking extremely listless.

"That's not necessarily true. Ritual studies are very profound. How do you think the Royal Military Police were able to locate you, or rather, confirm that you're still alive?"

"It's simply a choice between soul and psychic energy."

"As long as it can change the shape of the soul, or change the nature of psychic energy."

"The Cat Transformation spell is indeed a great transformation spell."

"It can even change the shape of the caster's soul, while retaining all that is human, and can be changed back at any time."

"Given Carl's reaction this afternoon, it's clear they're tracking you based on your psionic abilities."

"Or perhaps both can be used together."

"But precisely because of this, getting out of this situation is actually quite simple."

"As long as you change the nature of your soul and psychic energy, even if it's just a small difference, they will no longer be able to locate you using the previous methods."

Felicia looked up at him, her face full of confusion: "I believe you may have reliable methods."

"But why are you helping me?"

"Li Wei is your student, and I understand that you're protecting him, but going too far into this matter with me might not be good for you, would it?"

Albert shook his head helplessly: "You've been in the ivory tower of academia for too long."

"After my statement this afternoon, I'm now in the same boat as Li Wei and you."

"Helping you is helping myself, and it's also helping Li Wei."

"Most importantly, I actually have a good relationship with your teacher. This incident will inevitably involve her, and the later you show up and get caught, the more ways she will have to maneuver."

Felicia continued, "Then do you know why they're so determined to capture me?"

"I don't know. But right now, the more they want to bring you back, the less you need to be caught."