Chapter 230 Eavesdropping
The King's Campus of Royal Holy Crown University, in the northern suburbs of Tivian.
In the basement of the King's Campus, at the gathering point of the Secret Knowledge Society, at this moment the members of the society are gathered here, studying with each other as they did in the past.
These young students were reading and discussing here, studying esoteric literature, and their behavior was no different from usual, even though one or two of their companions were missing and even though Mr. Thorn, whom they usually respected, was no longer here.
At this time, these students were surrounding a masked man, asking him all kinds of questions with an attitude of admiration. The masked man was also patiently helping these students with patient and detailed explanations.
The students in the academy worshipped the masked man just as much as Thorn did. In their conversation with him, they even forgot about Thorn's existence.
After having a brief conversation with the students in the academy and letting them continue their self-study, he stood up and walked out of the assembly point and into the school.
The man took off his mask, revealing the face of an ordinary middle-aged man. Then he walked quickly in the school corridor like an ordinary person, weaving among the crowd. After a while, he came to an office and knocked on the door.
"Come in."
A dry male voice came from behind the door. After hearing the voice, the man pushed the door open and walked into an office with dim light and all the curtains drawn.
In the center of the office was a desk. Behind the desk, Claudio, wearing Andrew's clothes, was sitting there, drinking a glass of red wine while watching the man who entered the room.
"Sir." After closing the door with his backhand, the man knelt on one knee and saluted Claudio. After seeing Claudio nod, he stood up again.
"How are the students doing, Everett?"
Claudio asked the man named Everett in front of him, and the other party answered quite respectfully.
"They are all very good. Those students have read a lot of "The Chapter of Worker Insects" and have been deeply influenced by it. Although Chad is gone, for me who has also read "The Chapter of Soldier Insects", I can control these little insects."
"Then... The Queen's Parade cannot be violated. Everyone in this parade must remember their position."
Listening to Everett's words, Claudiu nodded and murmured, it can be seen that although Thorny is dead at this time, they have not lost control of the Secret Society. Those students who have read "The Queen's Procession" admire more than just Thorny.
This is also the reason why they were able to make the students in the academy behave well and cooperate with them in acting to deceive the investigators from the Security Bureau this morning.
"Sir, I am here to provide reinforcements as ordered by you, but I have discovered that almost all of Chad's men are gone. We are currently short-handed in rebuilding the stronghold and arranging the ceremony. Do you know where Chad is now?"
Everett told Claudiu that he was originally stationed at other strongholds in the city, but was later transferred to the King's Campus for reinforcement at Claudiu's command. He did not feel the slightest bit of sympathy for his colleague Chad, also known as Thorn, who left such a mess behind.
"Chad went to track down a clue. He said he was just looking for a student, but he hasn't found out yet. He should be gone..." Claudio said in a deep voice. Everett was slightly startled when he heard his words.
"What... Chad is dead? Who did it?"
"I don't know, it could be the Black Dog, or it could be the third-party association he mentioned." Claudio said seriously, and Everett gritted his teeth and responded immediately.
"Sir, do you want to investigate?"
"Investigate? We don't even have enough manpower to prepare for the ceremony, how can we investigate? Two black ranks have died here, and after transferring you here, I don't have the ability to ask for more people for the time being."
Claudius said slowly that the Eight-Pointed Nest had great influence in Tivian, but there were also many places that needed manpower. Although Claudius was not a white-rank, the resources he controlled in the society were limited, and he could not mobilize manpower indefinitely.
"Our top priority now is to quickly complete the remaining rituals and then evacuate. Because of what happened last night, this base has been noticed by the Black Dogs. Although we have fooled them temporarily, it won't work for long. So our top priority now must be to focus on the preparations for the rituals. We have no time or energy to worry about anything else."
Claudio said this. Not long ago, he used the identity of the Security Bureau observer, combined with mild hypnotic suggestion and the cooperation of the students in the academy, to send away the people from the Security Bureau.
But this is obviously not a long-term solution. Since the Security Bureau has noticed that there is a problem in the northern suburbs of Tivian, they will conduct a long-term investigation. After finding nothing else, the focus of their investigation will naturally shift back to the school. So now it is my best option to finish my work and leave quickly.
"Understood. I will focus all my energy on the ceremony."
Evert replied like this, and Claudio nodded after hearing his words, and then spoke again.
"How are the preparations for the ceremony going now?"
"It's going smoothly. We can prepare it within three days."
"What about counter-detection?"
"According to your request, we are now reconstructing anti-detection measures in the entrance corridor of the ruins. Brilliant lights, induction threads, and anti-divination are all being prepared. We have also deployed sufficient guards to ensure that nothing can go wrong. Now no foreign object can enter the ruins unnoticed."
Everett said this with assurance, but at the end his expression changed and he continued speaking.
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