Hunter of the Perished World

Gene's question continued.

“Do you usually keep records of entries on your books? ”

“Yes…. If someone has a key in case of a situation, they tend to keep a record of that time and person. ”

Records were often carried out in good faith to prevent theft or theft of supplies, and for follow-up investigations when they occurred.

“You said it's been half a year since Venflower didn't grow properly... ”

“Yes.”

“Then can you find the key slips from those days? ”

“I'll stay in the archives. ”

The faint figure brightened his face a little as he seemed to be getting a clue. The culprit must have taken the Seed Bank's key from the previous key account records for no particular reason than half a year ago.

He said in a gloomy tone.

“If you find out who did this, will you tell me first? ”

It means that we should discuss this without hesitation, and Gene nods. The faint figure couldn't connect the words with a deep expression, even after the fur was gone.

It was clear that there was a traitor inside the Church.

Gene obtained the key to the Archives under the authority of an agent, and inside the Archives were a myriad of books stacked with wooden pieces of paper. Each of the records also records Oracle's schedule and worship, but as Jin is looking for now, there were many other records, such as key slips.

Located on the 13th floor, the Archives are an important facility, so excepting Oracle, even the Supreme Leader had to have Oracle's permission to enter, and Oracle's direct guardians were handed over and organized when storing the records.

So the chances of this record being tampered with were fairly low.

Jin quickly searched the key slip records and found the key slip records prior to the current year - May 98 dusk. There was a cashier's note for the keys. It was a worthless record of someone returning the keys to the Chamber of Trustees at some time, or a Guardian returning the keys to the Armory at some time.

“Hmm…. ”

Gene scoured the records quickly, and all he noticed there was the whereabouts of the Seed Bank key.

[May 22nd. At approximately 9: 00 p.m., the High Commissioner Hodran removed the Seed Depot Key]

[May 22nd, Around 10: 00 p.m., High Commissioner Hodran returns the key to the Seed Depot]

[April 12th. At around 10: 00 p.m., the High Commissioner Hodran removed the Seed Depot Key]

[April 12th, 12: 00 p.m., High Commissioner Hodran returns the key to the Seed Depot]

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I looked into the records further, but there was no one else who returned the Seed Bank key other than High Commissioner Hodran. There was no reason for others to enter the Seed Depot since he was the flower manager in the first place.

Gene tilts his head, though the suspect has been narrowed down to only one.

‘That's because the culprit is Hod... ’

Gene recalls the look on the High Septon Hodran's face that he had just encountered.

He resigned completely and looked helpless without any hope. I didn't think the afflicted face was fake. And when Gene showed me how, he looked like he had met the Savior.

Although he's not unlikely to be a very good actor, Jean knew very well that there were few of him in the world.

I don't have reading skills, but Gene was more suspicious of the situation.

It's too clean a record to make Hodran look like the killer. We have no choice but to suspect Hodran, the sole suspect and entrant.

But if Hodran is the culprit, this is too sloppy.

He could not have committed such a suspicious sin so easily. Of course, I don't know what you're risking your life for, but I like that you didn't create any holes to escape from like this.

‘I'm missing something... ’

Hodran, a strong suspect, needs to consider, but he can't see clearly.

Gene doesn't report the results to Oracle first, then comes down to the first floor. At the entrance, Leona has already fallen asleep at the wolf's mane on the wall of the Twilight Tower. Some give speeches, some say a prayer, and some have a pleasant time with spirits.

Every time I encountered the scenery that was only visible to the Twilight Bridge, my progress was sometimes confused.

As Gene comes out, Ramfil approaches.

“What do you got? ”

“We have a suspect, but we can't be sure. ”

After Gin arrived, Leonardo stood up with a flutter of snow and yawned.

“What if you're not sure? ”

Gene explained what happened at the archives. He said there was only one suspect and that it was okay to call him a perpetrator, but he wasn't sure because the evidence was too clear and the only suspect.

Leona takes the story seriously and tilts her head.

“Something stinks. ”

“Clearly. ”

Ramfil nods.

“I feel like someone's trying to frame me on purpose! Go ahead.”

“I think so, too. ”

The only suspects are probably booby-trapped. However, there were no other clues, so I fell into a maze, not a maze. Ramfil shrugs.

“Maybe it wasn't just through the door? ”

“Yes, it could be. ”

But Gene points to the eighth floor of that tall dusk tower.

“As you've seen before, the Seed Depot is on the eighth floor, guarding against unauthorized entry. No sidewalks. No sidewalks. The room itself is closed, so there's no way anyone could sneak in. ”

So sneaking in is impossible, Jean said. But Leona tilts her head as if to say something.

“You can't go in there, can you? ”

“Hmm?"

Leona strokes the mane of the wolf and informs Sa Samjin that this is not natural elsewhere.

“If they can, they might be able to get in. ”

Gene had only just realized about the criminal means that had been ruled out as natural. He was shocked to learn more about the Twilight Brigade than Leona, and he had never thought about the possibilities.

“I see.... ”

A spirit, not a man, may have been used as a tool for crime. And there's definitely enough communes in the Twilight Tower to do that. Ramfil and Leona both entered the Seed Depot together.

“I need to get back to the Seed Depot. Is there a place where spirits can enter.... ”

“No, I can check. ”

Ramfil was in a state in which the specimen reservoir was stored as data, as was customary. Ramfil looks at the stored data and nods.

“There's no room for anyone to come in, but there's a window about 50 centimeters in diameter on a wooden plank that's set up to cover the breached wall. ”

“If a spirit was used, it must have entered the breach. ”

“Of course.”

There's more than one suspect. Hodran is followed by people who are strong enough to use spirits for crime.

“We need to include the replacements as prime suspects. ”

Gene looks at Leona and Ramfil for a useful hint that seems satisfactory. Leona wakes up, glowing and shouting, "I'm glad you found something helpful."

“See? I can help, too! ”

As Leona smiles brightly and speaks, Gene smiles bloody and puts his hands on Leona's head.

“I knew that a long time ago. ”

“... I feel good, but I don't know what to say..." ”

Leona says that without hesitation, and her face rises up and blurs.

“Obviously, the Twilight Tower system of the Twilight Cult is quite irrational. ”

Gene once again climbs to the 25th floor and learns about Oracle, as if something had gone wrong. He smiles awkwardly at the seemingly uneven gin climbing the stairs.

“Ah-ha-ha... This, this... It's a cult tradition.... ”

“Later, if I come to the Twilight Bridge, I will pay for leaving the Twilight Tower as a symbol, not a chip. ”

“Yes, yes... ”

He glanced at Jean with a cold sweat. Even that veteran demon-hunter was frustrated enough to burn here. Leona looks at the camp going up to Oracle again and says, 'This is why I beat up betrayal.’ My tongue was clenched.

And Gene thought it was pretty convincing.

I was so enthusiastic because I had an enormous amount of progress chips. I would have told Oracle to come back if it was a normal quest.

“There are fewer suspects. ”

“What can you tell me? ”

“Hodran the high commissioner is most likely, and then one or many of the successors. ”

The faint figure nods slowly with a deep look on his young face. It was a small shock to the boy that he was not a high commissioner, and that there was a possibility that the high commissioner was involved.

Jin further explained the situation of having to suspect successors. If a spirit has been mobilized for crime, it must have enough sympathy to use it for crime. Trained Spirits cooperate without adversarizing people.

However, a synagogue capable of command-level communication is rare within the Twilight Brigades, and it must be above the Ducal Palace.

Hodran, of course, is the simplest way to step back and interrogate the successors one by one. However, there is a disadvantage that interrogation may work to some extent, and it may necessarily bring suffering to an innocent person during the interrogation process.

“Now that we have the suspect in custody, it's important how we catch him.... ”

Oracle was wise and knew what to do.

“Once you reach the window on the eighth floor of the Seed Depot, you can retrieve the Spirit Bell that can infiltrate, and ask if you've ever done that while communicating with each of the spirits. ”

Just like Leona did, she also knew that communication with spirits was her only option.

“I need to go outside. ”

“Will you do it yourself? ”

“Yes, I'll do it myself. ”

It's about identifying traitors from the Church. And it takes a tremendous amount of communication. So it was time for Oracle to step up himself. Oracle rises from his seat, and the boy comes out of the throne room.

“I'm going to use the elevator. Be prepared."

In Oracle's words, Gene opens his eyes.

“Elevator?”

When Gene opens his axe's eyes as if to ask why, Oracle scratches his cheek with an awkward smile as if it were hot.

“Well, well... All units installed by Oracle. It's manual, but... For Oracle use only.... There's a deep reason for that. ”

“What's the occasion? ”

“… the five Oracles have fallen. ”

“Huh.”

Gene is a fool, so Mack is about to let go.

I can't believe Oracle, the leader of the Twilight Brigade, fell down a flight of stairs and lost his sense of faith. That's why the sixth Oracle built passive lifts that only Oracle could use.

Due to the need for personnel to operate, even the replacement towers were unable to use the lifts. It was the same for the Twilight Cult that noble beings were treated with dignity, and that was Oracle's privilege.

“W-we 'll go down with you now. I'm sorry. I was worried that someone other than me might use the lift alone to antagonize the believers…. ”

The nobleman bows his head to Jinn as if he had done something rather extraordinarily disrespectful.

“Yes, I know what you mean. ”

Gene didn't get mad or angry because he knew what this little boy was carrying. Every moment he stood in Oracle's place, eager to die.

So it was a privilege to have access to an elevator or something. The lifts that were built through the floor of the building were crude but sensational. As Oracle and Gin board, the elevator slowly begins to descend as the signal rings.

The passive elevator slows down very slowly just in case. As the landscape changed from floor to floor, the jeans and spectacles were facing the landscape beyond the bars.

Oracle will now summon the monsters from the first floor using their sympathy.

“Isn't the job hard? ”

“I can't help it if it's hard. I'm just doing my best for the position I've been given. ”

In his humble words, Jean grinned. I couldn't help but think that someone who looked a little like this kid was an adult.

And he himself wanted to resemble someone who looked like this. It was no different from the idea that a parent with a child sees someone else's child in their adult home.

“I think I have the right training. Are you from Twilight City? ”

“I'm from Suriname, in the peninsula, just southwest of here. From there, I read the talents in the eyes of the Chancellor who was touring the compound to expand the Church. ”

Despite the fact that the Dusk Cult's successor is still in the cult, he can read other people's talents, so he travels around with the Guardians and finds talented cars. Nor was she from Twilight City.

“No parents? ”

The boy shakes his head, even though he might ask if it would be an excuse.

“I lost my parents to the hunter worshippers a long time ago. I don't remember much. It was a good result for everyone, because the poverty of the bowels was in the eyes of the palace. ”

“To the Hunting Worshippers...? They must be in India. ”

Meanwhile, the location of Suriname, which the boy mentioned, was clearly the Malay Peninsula. It was far from India, far from India, far from India.

“The hunter worshippers who came aboard the ship have taken up residence there. It's been a while. Now the Malay Peninsula is occupied by hunter worshippers. It was a long time ago that all the Cult members had retreated there. Until now, they are quiet.... It's not actually peaceful. ”

That's no ordinary story.