- Even that night, a large number of knights were being chased to work at the headquarters of the Silver Wings Knights.

At normal times, I can return home shortly after sunset, but lately the night cleaver (nightripper) related work continued to pile up and I couldn't make it home.

"Lord Commander. The latest edition of the list of suspects and the list of victims is now up."

"Show me. Oh...... I knew it was getting thicker"

Carmine, the chief of the knighthood, gave him a sombre look when he received two types of documents.

- The list of suspects is a list of persons suspected of being the perpetrators of a serial homicide, according to the script.

However, in the current situation, where even the common denominator of the victims was not completely narrowed down, it was also difficult to narrow down the suspects to a very small number, the number of whom extended to a considerable number.

No matter, it's not a cluttered list of all the suspects listed without thought.

Weights are weighted by thoughtful consideration and are broken down by stages according to the degree of suspicion.

- On the other hand, the list of victims is compiled by people who, on the contrary, are afraid to be victims of the mutilator of the night (Night Ripper).

Again, it is not strictly narrowed down and is divided according to the magnitude of the hazard assumed.

While the majority of the breakdown is accounted for by high-ranking adventurers, it also includes some designations based on other commonalities.

"Roy, do you read it too? It might help."

"Are you sure?

Carmine handed a bunch of two types of documents to the young man who worked in the same room to prepare the report.

A young man with beast claw marks on his face - Roy from Hundred Beast Plains.

He is not a member of the Silver Wings Knights, but an A-rank Adventurer seconded by the Adventurer Guild to cooperate in the investigation.

The Adventurer Guild had given us active A-rank in the second case and spared no effort in the investigation for the murder of a former A-rank executive in the third case.

But even the victims of the fourth and fifth cases turned out to be retired adventurers, sending in well-known A-ranked adventurers just because it wasn't enough to provide information.

As a guild, he's probably also under pressure to rush the progress of the investigation, but he's a good young man who doesn't make himself feel that way.

He was detained for a long time for investigation and seemed to have had days when he could not receive a normal request, but he said there was no problem because it was also a digestion of his duty of service to the guild.

"Then excuse me... Hmm... after all, one Marble and one Augusto are all suspects? That's pretty alert, too."

"Both of them have unclear prior histories of their constituents. Moreover, just before the first incident, he began to operate in the Wang capital, and even then, when there was no conclusive evidence of innocence. We can't abandon the possibility of organized crime."

Occupations that roll around, not just travelers, tend to be suspicious when there are some incidents.

This is the result of realistic judgment, not prejudice.

Unlike the settlers, it is difficult to find out where and what they used to do, it is easy to pack your bags and appear overnight, and it is difficult to follow footsteps if you travel somewhere.

As an official constitution, we cannot fail to pay attention to it.

"Of course, he inspected his possessions at the castle entry stage. Even in the belly of a doll used for escape and amputation. Still no sign of Mithril's murder weapon... but it's not impossible to procure locally either."

"Is it local procurement? Wang Du hears that Mithril has the most engineers on the continent."

"I'm investigating this from a machinist relationship, but this is really hard."

Carmine put her weight on the back of the chair and exhaled for a long time.

"And I really appreciate your cooperation. Because nothing happened in a while from the fifth victim."

"It's too much to buy. In the end, I couldn't prevent the sixth case."

"I stare at the sixth case as a copycat. Or a disguise that made the impulsive murder look like the work of a night ripper. That's how uncomfortable that case is."

That's what Carmine said with a sharp glance against humble Roy.

As an exclusion of two unidentified first case victims, all second to fifth case victims are active or retired A-rank adventurers.

But the two victims of the sixth incident were both human beings unassociated with the Adventurer Guild.

Though it is difficult to say that the good and righteous King Urban people are (...) mi (...) out (...) and (...) people (...), it is as if they cannot find anything in common with their previous victims.

Furthermore, it was clear that the shape of the murder weapon used differed from that of other cases, a case that would otherwise have been immediately deemed irrelevant.

Nevertheless, the reason being positioned in the sixth case is that both were using misrills in the murder weapon.

"The latest list of suspects also adds suspects who only consider the sixth case. You're gonna have more work to do, but thank you."

"Okay. Increase the amount of Spirit (...) Beast (...) for surveillance and turn it there. Generating in large quantities reduces performance per unit, but it can work at the same level as putting on human watchdogs."

Roy quickly braided his magic at hand, producing a translucent little bird composed of magic, which immediately wiped out and restored his magic to his body.

"How far can you go up to?

"There are three hundred self-records of simultaneous operations. That much more can only be done at the small animal level."

"Enough. The Adventurer Alliance always sends accurate talent, so it helps."

The designation Roy on the Plains of the Hundred Beasts comes from his origins, but the skills that dominate him were also similar to his name.

This is just Carmine's imagination, but it may be because of the faith of God who gives such skills that the place name Hundred Beasts Plains was born.

"By the way, Captain. It's not a mistake to have an A-rank adventurer on the list of suspects."

"You're Bruno the bloodstained blade. He's on both lists. He was sighted near the scene at the time of the sixth incident."

"I see..."

Roy wasn't someone he didn't even know, and he's frowning as if he'd found trouble.

Ask the adventurer for his opinion if it's an issue involving adventurers - I guess that's certainly an effective means, but the adventurer Carmine comes up with exactly was Luke in the White Wolf Forest.

Both powerful and special [repair] skills and the new power of waking up in the battle against the Demon King's Army are quite likely to help solve the case.

But not that one. We are not in a state where we are asked to cooperate now.

The reason for this is not a personal affair or the like of an individual, but a political procedural matter.

Requests for cooperation from the Knights to adventurers and civilians can be made easily, but if the Knights request cooperation from another Knights, it is necessary to go through formal procedures as well as oral requests.

Extreme conditions like battlefield can also be admitted as ex-post consent in emergency measures, but it is undoubtedly difficult to be admitted in ordinary criminal investigations.

- So, what if the opponent is a new Knights to be established?

He agreed to the establishment of a new Knights regiment with himself as a building block and communicated that to the Royal Palace.

What formalities are required to request cooperation in this situation at all - the answer is' unknown '.

The establishment of the new Knights was an unprecedented development, as was his situation in which he was a civilian but also a candidate for the Knights Commander.

A three-day time lag existed from Luke's response in the White Wolf Forest until His Majesty's return, although it is an issue that will be resolved immediately if His Majesty the King issues a ruling.

In other words, during those three days, the procedure for requesting cooperation from each Knights to Luke in the White Wolf Forest will remain undecided.

"(The short of three days is troublesome again... if this is a month or something, I guess the royal palace will issue a ruling on your behalf, because in just three days you'll only say, 'Wait for Your Majesty's return')"

It is the Knights, the proxy of national rights, that the various procedures must proceed in accordance with the system.

Otherwise, because each of the Knights, who used to be enemies, could cause a random outburst.

"(Well, if His Majesty returns, it will all be resolved. Until then, we have to work hard.)"