Chapter 35: Surfacing
"What information?" Heliga also had a good idea of Garcia's temper, and what could make him say that was definitely some really important information.
"After escaping Rubacher, I was looking for someone who could help me with my next move...... Let's not mention the gang of imps in the support department, and search a department...... Although I am usually an enemy, after such a long time, I have come to understand the peculiarity of this city...... If I had packed up all the criminal records of "Rubacher" over the years and handed them over to the police, and I would have been a tainted witness myself, maybe I would have been pardoned easily. β
"yes...... The situation here is exceptional, and the judicial system has had to make targeted compromises. Heliga nodded, "So you did that?" β
"Originally...... I want to see if I can sneak back to the headquarters while the chairman is not paying attention...... After all, after your last visit, the guild president had moved everything back to his own private room at headquarters. I was going to sneak back today, steal the evidence, and make the next move, only to find that all the members of the "Rubacher" seemed to have disappeared overnight. β
"All gone?" Heliga was taken aback, "Did you just find out today?" β
"yes...... Just a short time ago. "I was going to go in and see what was going on...... Unexpectedly, not long after being around there, I found the figure of the man with glasses who searched the first department. Their men quickly gathered at the door of the Chamber of Commerce and began to search - in which case there was little chance that I would be able to go in and search again. β
ββ¦β¦ The suddenness of this action is a bit big...... There is no superficial article at all, even if it is just a casual perfunctory, but it just disappears simply...... That President Malconi can't be such a radical person. β
"I also find it strange...... The president was cautious when he was using that strange drug not long ago, so why did he make such a contrasting choice so much right now...... There shouldn't be a place in Crossbell City to hide so many people from the headquarters, so they must have gone to the outskirts of the city. With that in mind, I went out of town and to the outskirts of the city to look for their cluesβ"
"Did you find it?" Heliga asked eagerly.
"Hmm...... Look over there. Garcia pointed in the direction of the village of Almolica, to the west.
"The village?"
"No...... It's not that village, it's in the mountains northwest of that village......"
ββ¦β¦ Oh, there seems to be a place like this...... "Helliga recalls the rusty warning signs on the Almolica Trail, "and it seems to be some ancient ruin...... Because it is dangerous, no one is allowed to enter it all the time. β
"Hmm...... I've heard about that place since I first came here. The place had been locked down for years, and there was no intention of reopening it - there wouldn't be anything else there anyway, just some wild beasts and moving ancient ruins...... The autonomous prefecture does not have a strong army that can be used at any time to clean it up, and it has not caused any major chaos over there, so it has been left like this. β
ββ¦β¦ You mean, they all went into that monument? Heliga understood what Garcia meant.
"Although I didn't see it with my own eyes...... But you can see that something is not quite right...... For it was evident that there were a large number of new traces of friction on the rocks surrounding the sealed gate, and a group of people must have climbed over from thereβI had intended to go in and find out, but unfortunately, my body did not seem to allow me to do soβ"
"That's why you went to church for healing?"
"yes...... It was supposed to be like this, but I didn't expect to run into you there. Without further ado, I know you'll definitely notice that I'm looking at you...... This leads you to this place, from which you can see the distant view of the ancient battlefield. β
"Yes...... "Yes," Helliga narrowed his eyes, and in the case of good weather, he only needed a little help from the corresponding potion to improve his eyesight significantly, "but this matter will be put aside for now...... How are you feeling right now? β
Heiliga has not forgotten that Garcia is still in the stage of being entangled by the medicinal power of "true knowledge".
"It's okay...... Just a little faint. Perhaps because of the distance from the culprit, his strange hints didn't seem to work much for me. Garcia said.
"I don't know the formula of the drug yet, so the antidote to the right medicine is probably not possible...... However, since it is a drug that acts on mental power...... Maybe a spell like a little hint will help? β
"Isn't that what the church guys are best at?" Garcia smiled wryly, when he was galloping on the battlefield, he was not without rescue from members with a church background - besides, the current leader of the "Star Cup Knights" was also a chasess, which shows that chasseurs and the church are not two incompatible forces as people think.
"My approach is a little different from theirs in principle." Heliga didn't bother to explain the specific differences between the different spells, "So how about it, do you want to try it?" β
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"It seems that it is an indisputable fact that the remnants of the 'Rubacher' and the 'Order' have colluded." In the city of Crossbell, the "Rubacher" chamber of commerce in the back alley was occupied by a group of members of the police department after the building was empty. Lloyd and others also rushed to hear the news, and worked with the Search Division 1 to find a large amount of evidence in the president's roomβa list of gifts and bribes that had dealings with political officials; Documents related to arms and drug smuggling, and a list of incoming and outgoing drugs called "True Knowledge".
"Hmm...... The missing citizens are all on this list. Ellie double-checked her findings and the shipment records on the list, "Now it seems that the evidence is conclusive." β
"Judging by the pile of papers, these people had been in contact with the so-called Order a few years ago." Guy said, "The domestication of military dogs or something...... There is also the shadow of that person moving behind the scenes. β
"But who could that be?" There was speculation about this again. In terms of the frequency of the exchanges, the other party must be people from the vicinity of this Crossbell area...... And judging from the energy of the other party's ability to manipulate "Rubacher", and even the entire Klos Bell political community, it must not be an ordinary person.
At this time, Guy's eyes lit up, and he remembered what Helliga had said.