My 【Repair】Skill Became an Almighty Cheat Skill, So I Thought I’d Open Up a Weapon Shop

Episode 216: Investigation Report by the Silver Wings Knights, Part I

Soon after his meeting with Luke of the White Wolf Forest, King Alfred headed to the Grand Chamber of the Royal Palace.

There are two entrances and exits in the Great Conference Room, one for the main entrance used by the subordinates and the other for the exclusive use of the King.

Alfred entered the large conference room from its private entrance and lowered his back to the chair at the large, circular table.

"You kept me waiting. Shall we begin?"

The faces surrounding the Round Table are nobles with some position in the Royal Palace.

And the young man standing face-to-face with his spine right - Carmine Argentia, head of the Silver Wings Knights.

"Let me hear your latest report on the Ripper of the Night. I don't need anything I knew by last night. I already grasped it in writing."

The first item on the agenda for tonight's meeting concerns the progress of the Mutilator of the Night (Night Ripper) case, which has made noise over several months in the King's capital.

It was a serial murder that seemed to have sedated with enhanced surveillance of the suspect, but after the recent sixth murder, elements were found that could overshadow previous speculations… have been reported on the move.

But there was also the cooperation of Luke in the White Wolf Forest, who said that after only one night the situation leaned toward resolving the case.

"I'm in awe. First of all, I would like to report on the course of the investigation that has been ongoing since last night."

- Bruno of Triple Rock, who engaged investigators affiliated with the Silver Wings Knights, admits the murder of two last night and the murder of the sixth case of the Ripper of the Night (Night Tripper), but his involvement in the serial killings prior to that is still strongly denied.

It also claimed that it was a self-defense that returned the assassins who had carried out raids to seal their mouths on two incidents involving a total of four fatalities of their own.

Based on Bruno's testimony, he searched the store and workshop of the murdered Mithrill Processor's building and discovered materials and specifications for the Mithrill murder weapon that suspect the illegal circulation of the Mithrill.

Checked against the victim's wounds, it was confirmed that the first to fifth cases coincided with the murder weapon in those specifications and the sixth case with the Mithrill sword owned by Bruno -

"The cooperation of Luke in the White Wolf Forest also found that two victims of the long unidentified first incident were traveler sisters who were also named on the list of suspects"

- As a result, it was determined that some of the sisters who were active until yesterday were present.

Due to suspicion that it might be the true culprit in the night mutilator (nightripper) case, a forced investigation was conducted into one of the seats to which the sisters belonged.

Although no other affiliates have been seen involved in the case so far, they have succeeded in securing enough evidence and testimony to infer that the sisters are night cleavers (nightrippers) -

"In parallel with these investigations, we are also in the process of analyzing the remains of the two recovered automatic dolls"

- The shape of the blade that the two dolls had built in almost coincided with the murder weapon of the incident up to the fifth.

And from Luke's testimony in the White Wolf Forest, it was almost certain that this doll was replacing the traveler's sisters and that it was an autonomous operation, not an external operation by magic -

"This is an overview of the information we have found so far. Based on the above results, the Knights deduced the truth of the matter as follows:"

Carmine finished her explanation with a calm voice, holding the material she brought in behind her back and looking straight at Alfred sitting on the other side across the round table.

I'm sure they've been chasing me into the investigation since last night, but I behaved in a way that doesn't even make me feel fine dust about that fatigue.

"The mastermind behind the planned murder of the A-rank adventurer must have been trading illegally for Mithril with the processor's building for a long time. And as we carry out the plan, we sell the automated doll to the travelers heading to Wangdu without teaching it. After passing the castle admission process, he used the weakness of the illegal trade to make the building create the murder weapon, kill the traveler and replace it, and carry out the murder plan -"

A twist occurs among the ministers.

Though the speculation presented by Carmine was logical, it was hard to believe for those with expertise.

The ministers raise questions from nobody, as if they had anticipated that the twirl was about to quiet down.

"Don't you know why the murdered adventurer was targeted? It's hard to push from the Adventurer Alliance."

First the minister, who is in charge of the compromise with the Adventurer Guild, opens his mouth.

"You think it's an automatic doll who behaves indistinguishably from humans? Such a thing is technically impossible. The other millennium can't be achieved."

Next, the minister who oversees magic and magic props associations gives a negative opinion.

"But, you know, some of the victims were retired a long time ago, right? How come you've been targeted in a lump sum with an active adventurer?"

This statement belongs to an education-related minister.

He was a minister responsible for an area entirely unrelated to the case and would have only spoken simple questions.

Carmine took those questions before answering them in a calm manner.

"I'll answer if you don't mind my guessing. Every adventurer killed was a veteran with a long career, so we had so much in common."

For the first time here, Carmine brought a bunch of material in his back hand in front of his chest.

"For example, even if we limit ourselves to A-rank dungeons that five people, including Bruno, have explored in common, that number will be nearly ten. The Common Exploration A Rank Dungeon lightly crosses twenty, with the exception of why Bruno was targeted as a 'blackmail against the building'."

Only the sound of turning the pages of the material echoes in the Great Conference Room.

Everyone is breathtaking and waiting for Carmine's next word.

"For this reason, it was extremely difficult to find out why we were the target of the crime, but there was something in common that caught my eye within nearly ten places."

Carmine raised her face from the dossier, glanced at the face of the nobility surrounding the round table, and turned again to King Alfred in the front.

"A rank dungeon," The Millennium Corridor of Naruto "- a labyrinth whose walls are composed by misrills, the deepest of which leads directly to the" Demon King Castle area "of the territory of Demon King Gandalf. All five A-rank adventurers shared a background in exploring this dungeon."