Chapter 85 The Missing Body

"You guys are cooperating closely with the Enmat Harbor police?"

The injured right hand was already bandaged. Angel looked at the traces of blood gradually seeping out of the white gauze and couldn't help but ask.

The doctor who helped her treat the wound was a doctor brought by the police. The doctor strictly followed the principle of "don't look at what you shouldn't look at, don't ask what you shouldn't ask". After carefully treating the wound, he hurried away.

More than a dozen other police officers were also cleaning up the mess under the command of Andrew, who had left the warehouse earlier to contact the police force.

They skillfully cleaned up the scene, tied the hands of the warehouse guards who were sent to sleep by the "nightmare" and then awakened by the intruding police, and took them away from the scene. More than 20 ragged, pale and skinny quasi-slaves were also rescued from the underground.

They had been locked up in the warehouse for a long time and had already lost hope of escaping. Now that they saw the light of day and were blown by the night sea breeze, some of them actually cried out loud in public.

Looking at the "results" of his hard work, Angel felt that the wound on his hand was not so painful anymore.

"As you can see, we're extremely short-staffed, and Enmat Port has too many transient populations and malicious Beyonders. Any larger operation like this requires support from Night Watchmen from multiple cities. Without close cooperation with the local police, almost nothing can be accomplished."

"It's not just us, the 'Mechanical Heart' is the same. Of course, the Church of the Storm has a greater presence in Enmat Harbor. They have more manpower than us, and they even have spare personnel to send out to sea."

Clement was affected by the side effects of the "Goddess's Gaze" at this time, and looked tired, but he still forced himself to sit on the edge of the steps of the police carriage and look at the busy policemen.

Hearing Angel's question, he turned his head and explained.

The Church of the Storm, who worship the "Lord of Storms", is even more powerful in coastal cities...

Angel recalled his knowledge of occultism and nodded in understanding.

"After they clean up the scene, we need to go back and retrieve the Beyonder items left behind by the two Beyonders, especially the Sequence 6 'Rose Bishop', Mr. C. He's a mid-sequence Beyonder, and a relatively dangerous one. If the items he left behind were to come into contact with ordinary people, it could easily cause a secondary disaster. We also need to recover Tomac's magical items and return them to the people of 'Mechanical Heart'..."

Clement yawned, his tiredness becoming more obvious. This also showed that his injuries before taking "Goddess's Gaze" were not as minor as they seemed. Perhaps he would need to receive ritual magic treatment as soon as possible after returning.

Angel suddenly remembered that he still had Thomas's pocket watch and was about to give it to Clement when he suddenly caught sight of Andrew walking towards him in a hurry.

He had changed into the uniform of a police inspector, complete with a police hat, looking much more mature than the disguises he had seen before, but his panic-stricken expression ruined Angel's new impression of him.

"Captain, something is wrong..."

Andrew was halfway through his speech when he realized that there were police officers around and immediately lowered his voice.

"The body of that former member of the Mechanical Heart you mentioned is missing!"

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Returning to the warehouse cellar, Angel's nose was filled with the faint smell of blood again.

Due to the presence of the cross and the upside-down male statue erected by the Aurora Society on the wall, ordinary police officers were prohibited from entering the cellar. At this time, except for Angel, Clement and Andrew at the door, there were no other living people in the cellar with a collapsed ceiling in the center.

Tomasz's happy body, which had been lying not far from the door, had disappeared without a trace, leaving only a pool of blood that was much larger than before.

Clement approached the bloodstain with a frown, squatted down, stretched out his hand and wiped a few spots, then carefully examined his fingertips.

"There's some fresh blood, but there are clots in it. It must have flowed out of the body after death..."

Angel was also confused. She was sure that Tomac, who had been stabbed twice in the heart and had been fed a feast by "Thirsty Blood", could not have survived, but she had no other explanation for what was happening except that the corpse resurrected and left on its own.

Could it be that another person stole his body while the night watchmen left and the police had not yet entered the warehouse?

etc……

Angel suddenly came to her senses and ran towards the pile of rubble in the center of the cellar.

Clement also noticed it, stood up and followed her.

"Andrew, come and help, move these pieces of rubble!"

He came to the charred pieces of meat left by Mr. C, the "Rose Bishop". The "charcoal" was still lying there obediently, but Clement did not relax his frown. Instead, he called on the team members to come and help.

Relying on her status as a wounded person, Angel also supervised the work like Clement. After Andrew moved away some rubble, she came forward and used her dark vision to search for Mr. C's body.

really……

Beneath the stone, there was only a mixture of red and black bloodstains smeared on the ground.

About two-thirds of "Mr. C" are gone.

"Hmph, 'Rose Bishop'..."

Unlike the confident snort during the battle, Clement's expression was extremely unfriendly at this moment.

"This guy was blown to pieces and burned to ashes, yet he's still alive. He's incredibly resilient. I guess he waited until the battle was over and we left, then secretly devoured Tomas's recently deceased body, regained some of his strength, and escaped through the exit left by the collapsed ceiling."

For a Sequence 6, even if the front door of the warehouse was blocked by the police, he would have various ways to leave...

Angel looked at the gap in the ceiling and the rows of unclosed ventilation windows above the warehouse, and guessed Mr. C's escape route.

"What about divination? Can we use it to find him, just like the Mechanical Heart did to capture Tomas?"

Angel thought of how the "Mechanical Heart" had used some kind of seal to find Tomac's hiding place, but ultimately failed.

"It's difficult. The Rose Bishop's flesh magic allows them to change their appearance, even hiding within another person's body, evading most detection methods and then bursting out at the right moment. While they use these methods to conceal themselves, even divination will yield specious answers."

What a bloody and terrifying Beyonder Ability! It seems this path primarily involves skills that utilize flesh and blood...

Angel looked at the blood and human tissue all over the cellar, recalled Mr. C's self-destructive fighting style, and began to understand why the "Aurora Society" was classified as a cult organization.

"Furthermore, divination against followers of this secretive organization is extremely risky. Just now, Rupert nearly lost control after only glancing at the statue they were worshipping with his psychic vision. Divination requires closer contact with the target through the spiritual world, and the dangers are far greater."

Clement sighed and seemed to give up the idea of continuing to track Mr. C.

"We can only report this to the Holy Temple and have them send the Red Gloves to track them down. These people are old rivals of the Aurora Society and are familiar with their concealment methods."

Angel also felt quite sorry. If such an extraordinary person who worshipped evil gods and was proficient in flesh and blood magic escaped, who knew how many tragedies would be caused to harm innocent people.

But at that time, Tomas attacked secretly and then blew up the cellar, which made her exhausted and had no time to check on Mr. C's condition. She didn't expect that the tenacious "Rose Bishop" would escape like this.

"What about Tomas? Is he missing or dead?"

Andrew also asked from the side. He came down excitedly to inspect the team's battle results, but he didn't expect that even the bodies of the two extraordinary people were missing, which made him very disappointed.

"We can only report him missing to the Mechanical Heart. We have no evidence of killing him, so reporting him dead doesn't make sense. Mr. C must have also taken that mysterious item..."

Angel felt his breath hitch.

She subconsciously touched her pocket, and the pocket watch in the bullet box seemed to become hot.