There are still more than twenty minutes before midnight arrives.

Ronald and Heloise quietly pushed open the door and left the boarding house where they lived.

The investigator who was supposed to monitor Ronald has been withdrawn due to Elaine's appearance. But today's situation is exceptional, and Elaine, the investigator who took over the job, is temporarily absent at the moment under the influence of her work.

Therefore, the two of them are rare to be in a situation where there is no monitoring by the Investigation Bureau at all.

The business district is geographically connected to the riparian area.

Ronald and Heloise walked along the banks of the Vis River, talking and laughing like a young couple walking in the middle of the night.

During this time period, there were basically no people in the riverbank area nearby.

Only a boat on the Vis River was accompanied by two people.

Happily along the Vis River, it was not until they approached the business district that there were more signs of activity in the citizens of Springs.

This is, after all, the business district of Springs.

As the economic center of the country, they are not affected by the changes of day and night. Every minute and every second is an important moment when people in the business district need to devote all their energy.

"Ronald, did you say those guys deliberately chose the target by placing the center of the ceremony in the business district?" As she walked along the road, Heloise suddenly asked Ronald a question.

Ronald thought for a moment, then gave his thoughts:

"When Elaine interrogated that guy to confess before, they were obviously planning to do something big in Springs, and now the ceremony center is placed in a place with a lot of people like the business district, I'm afraid it's also to facilitate the implementation of the plan, right?"

Faced with the answer given by Ronald.

The smile on Heloise's face remained undiminished, but the seriousness of her answer was noticeably heavier:

"Ronald, I know you got a cultist activity in Bronwich, but it also caused you to make a mistake of mental inertia. This is a cult warlock, not a mysterious side caster with normal brain circuits! ”

"I've actually mentioned before that when dealing with or dealing with these cult warlocks, you must not speculate on their purpose according to normal thinking. As far as the fact that they chose the commercial area as the center of the ceremony, maybe they don't have any purpose at all, but simply feel that this place has an eye! ”

“……”

"Is that okay?"

"Cult Warlock, that's it!"

Gradually entering the brightly lit environment of the business district, the discussion between Ronald and Heloise gradually became quieter. It is no longer appropriate to come to a densely populated area to continue with the previous issues.

And this change.

It also means that their exploration tonight will officially begin.

Because it is a matter of mystery and cult warlocks, Ronald's plan of action is also very clear. Heloise uses what she is good at to detect the magic fluctuations around her.

And Ronald quietly summoned the black mist of the power of 'rage'.

With a wide range of emotional awareness, try to identify the group of people in the business district who don't fit well.

Starting from the northeast corner of the business district, the figures of a man and a woman slowly walked down the street, and there were also busy working Springs citizens around them who noticed them, but no one came to disturb them.

Walking on such streets at night.

Heloise couldn't help but sigh:

"On a night like this, maybe only Springs can see it."

Ronald on the side smiled knowingly:

"If society continues to develop according to the current situation, I think this kind of scene may become a very common situation in the future, and prosperity will spread to many corners of the civilized world."

"Is that so......"

For some of Ronald's opinions, Heloise has always been more convincing.

At this moment, listening to the description of the man next to her, her tone was emotional, and her eyes became a little subtle.

It seems to be accompanied by such a conversation.

She began to think back to some of what had happened to her, so much so that she inevitably began to feel it in her heart.

That didn't last long, though.

As they walked a third of the way through the business district, the two stopped together in a rather tacit understanding.

“……”

Noticing the difference, they looked at each other.

Ronald saw the confirmation in Heloise's eyes, and Heloise saw the seriousness in Ronald's expression.

"You feel it too?"

"It's over there."

Almost at the same time, a three-story office building on the side of the road caught their eye.

With the help of the power of 'rage', Ronald can clearly feel that the citizens in this building are not right, and their mental and emotional state is in a state of psychedelia that seems to be dreaming but not waking up.

And in Heloise's eyes, things are also very simple.

Although in the eyes of ordinary spellcasters, the mana fluctuations in that building were probably just normal defensive techniques, according to the special methods mastered by Heloise, she could detect the closed loop formed by the flow of magic near the office building.

This phenomenon of closed-loop magic means that after someone mobilizes their magic power to achieve their goals, they use subtle means to continuously export their magic power to maintain regional balance, which is generally only possible with a fairly clever magic circle or ritual.

To say that it is used in such a mediocre office building is a bit too wasteful.

Refer to the purpose of Ronald and Heloise who came here.

The three-story office building is clearly the first questionable target of the night.

"The people over there aren't in the right state."

"The magic works differently, too."

"The location is in the center of that rune, it's doubtful."

“……”

The two whispered a few words, and then walked together into the darkness in the corner of the business district.

Both Ronald and Heloise have very exaggerated physical qualities, and the choices they make now are naturally the type that can highlight this advantage.

Coming to a dark corner where no one was paying attention, one of them climbed up the wall, and the other jumped up to the roof of the building in the blink of an eye.

Whew-

At this time, a cold wind blowing from the west swept through the corners of the two people's clothes.

Feeling a chill different from the heat of the day in Springs, Heloise looked back and forth at the three-story office building, and immediately confirmed the best route to go.

"The windows on the second floor of the second floor are open to the west, not along the street and there are no street lights, so we can sneak in from that side without alerting anyone."

Follow Heloise's white fingers to confirm the location.

Ronald nodded in understanding, and then jumped across the other side first:

"Okay, let's go."

"Safety comes first."