Chapter 384: Flow
North Tivian, Cathedral District.
In the largest church in Tivian, the Cathedral of the Holy Songs, countless citizens are gathering here for New Year's prayers. In the corner of the crowded church, the corpse doll Ed controlled by Dorothy is having a secret meeting with the anti-traitor team leader of the Security Bureau, the royal knight Misha. Not long after the meeting began, Dorothy learned about the current situation of the Ministry's Security Bureau from the other party.
'The Security Bureau has already identified Bajian as the mastermind, which makes us feel relieved. Come to think of it, the guards of the Lord and Lord were not completely wiped out. There are still many survivors who are far away from the scene and on other floors. Many of them have fought with the vampire who attempted to assassinate them at close range. At least they can provide the Security Bureau with the important information that 'a vampire attempted to infiltrate and assassinate'. With this alone, the Security Bureau can identify who is the mastermind.'
In a coffee shop far away from the church area, Dorothy thought about this in her heart, and then she controlled Ed in the distant church and responded to Misha with a smile.
"Ms. Misha, you asked me such a question. It seems that you believe in our infiltration of the Eight-pointed Nest and the authenticity of our intelligence."
"There's nothing we can do if you don't believe me... You know, as long as that hidden nail is not pulled out, we will either not be able to find out anything, or even if we find out anything, it will be risky... Although relying on your intelligence is not without risk, it is definitely less risky."
With a hint of helplessness, Misha told Ed that the Security Bureau was very passive in its investigation of Bajian because of the existence of the big hidden spike, and almost nothing was accomplished. Their biggest recent investigation result on Bajian was the successful removal of the small hidden spike planted in the anti-insider team, and this was achieved with the intelligence provided by Dorothy. So when faced with such a big situation, Misha first wanted to get the relevant information about Bajian from Dorothy.
For Misha, cooperating with the mysterious and unknown third party represented by the "detective" is itself a risky act. However, since the identity of the big ghost in the General Administration is still unclear, this is the only way to 100% guarantee the confidentiality of the intelligence. It is ultimately a helpless move.
"Thank you for your trust, Ms. Misha. Since you trust us so much, we will be happy to share intelligence with you. You are right. We do have some understanding of the assassination attempt by Bajian. We even had someone at the scene on the night of the assassination."
Ed continued to speak to Misha with a smile. Hearing his words, Misha couldn't help but speak in surprise.
"That party...were there people from your party there?"
"Yes, we got intelligence from our spies and learned that Bajian might make a big move in the New Year at Bishop Square, so we sent people there to try to stop Bajian's actions. Although we made some efforts, it's a pity that they succeeded in the end."
Ed answered slowly, and Misha couldn't help but frown and speak after hearing this.
"Then why didn't you inform us at the time?"
"Because it was too late. When we got the intelligence, the party had already started. The people we sent to carry out the operation were even dispatched from nearby. Although our actions did not hinder the original plan of those guys, the opponent's backup force was a bit unexpected. Therefore, we were unable to stop their final risky assassination attempt."
Ed continued to speak, and after hearing what Ed said, Misha couldn't help but frown and mutter.
"Because of your obstruction...the original plan of those guys was hindered? So...it turned out that you were the ones who alerted the royal guards?"
"Hmm~ That's right. During the outer conflict with the Eight Points, we found the body of the poor royal guard who was replaced. So we used the corpse puppet prop to manipulate him to do some things and reminded the other royal guards. Although the vampire assassin was driven away, we didn't expect that they still had a backup plan."
"No wonder...the surviving guards said that they met an emergency medical team at the door carrying a person who looked exactly like the vampire's disguised guard, reminding them that the guard above was fake. After that, we went to the medical emergency point to ask the nun on duty there, and she said that there had never been such a person. It turned out that all of this was arranged by you..."
Misha murmured softly, and the expression on her face seemed as if the confusion in her heart was resolved. Dorothy, who was far away, nodded after seeing Misha's expression. Her action just now was considered a successful cover for Vanya.
On New Year's Eve in the square, because time was tight, Dorothy asked the zombies to pretend to be Vanya's subordinates and carry the disguised Gregor to remind the royal guards to be careful of the vampires around the lord. In fact, Vanya did not have such a wounded royal guard at her emergency point, so Vanya must not admit it. There must be a reason for the innocent disappearance of the injured royal guard, and now Dorothy gave the reason to Misha.
"You just said... the backup force arranged by the Eight-pointed Nest was extremely powerful, so powerful that even you couldn't stop it. So what exactly was that backup force? Who was the person who ultimately killed His Highness?"
Misha asked Ed in a serious manner, and Ed breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the magnificent dome painting on the ceiling of the church. The painting depicted the religious legend of Arthur receiving the stone sword from the Son of God. After looking at the majestic Son of God and the pious Arthur for two or three seconds, Ed spoke to Misha.
"The person who finally killed Barrett... was a person you are familiar with. We have known his name before, but I am afraid that few people in Tivian do not know his nickname. In the newspaper news, he is called the Night Demon."
Hearing what Ed said, Misha's brows suddenly furrowed, and a look of astonishment appeared on her face. She maintained this look of astonishment for a long while before she spoke in disbelief.
"Night Demon... he must be from the Eight Points... No wonder, no wonder... If the killer is Night Demon, everything would make sense..."
"Makes sense? Did you discover anything when you investigated?"
Listening to Misha's words, Ed also spoke in confusion, and Misha paused for a moment before answering.
"The scene of the assassination suffered a great deal of damage from the extraordinary power of wind, including the body of Lord Barrett. Many of the royal family extraordinary guards who were at the scene were killed instantly. We suspect that Lord Barrett and the guards had a brief confrontation with the killer at the time of the incident, and they may have seen the true face of the murderer. Therefore, we immediately summoned the souls of the dead at the scene afterwards, hoping to restore the truth of the incident. However, no matter Lord Barrett or the guards, they all failed to summon the souls. Our extraordinary person of Silence claimed that his summoning of the souls was hindered.
"This situation is similar to what happened when the Night Demon committed crimes. In the past, after the Night Demon killed someone, the victim's soul could not be summoned. Therefore, we all believe that the Night Demon has some means to prevent the summoning of souls. If the person who killed Lord Barrett and other servants is the Night Demon, then the reason why the soul cannot be summoned is understandable.
"I didn't expect that the killer in the end was not Night Demon... So it seems that there is some connection between the series of cases he had committed before and this major assassination case, but what is this connection?"
Still with a look of surprise, Misha murmured thoughtfully. After hearing her words, Dorothy in the distance also nodded in understanding, and thought to herself.
'The Night Demon has some means to hinder the summoning of spirits... This is one of the main reasons why he has committed many crimes but has never been caught. Obviously, he also used this method in this assassination...
'It is still unclear what this method is to seal the soul and prevent it from being summoned, but what is certain is that once this method is used, even Bajian himself will not be able to summon his soul, so they specifically let Ye Mo not seal Barlett's soul, because Bajian needs to summon Barlett himself and get the specific whereabouts of the research room from him... But it is also because of this that we can take Barlett's soul with the power of the Great Shaman.'
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