Chapter 172: Suspicion (2)

Perseus POV

"Well when I see you again, I never thought that it'll be in an interrogation room." Brooke said

Well to clear myself, I need to be vouched by the 2 Lagunas along with some of their direct superiors who are on the other side of the mirror, at least I'm not cuffed, well they can try, I mean, who's gonna stop me if I was a crazy psychopathic murderer?

"Are ya sure you're allowed here? Don't they think you might be biased?"

"Everyone on the other side over there know about you being our agent and spy on the inside of the Mirage Legion, I'll ask the questions they want and it's also up to them whether whether we vouch for you." Brooke answered

"I always thought you were the top guy, ya know."

"Well that's not always the case, first question, how did you piece this together?" he asked in a straightforward manner

I then told him about the shining of the red jade when I was in the castle of the vampire royals, I told him everything I possibly know and based on his expression it seems he also agrees that the heart ripper might just be the Mirage legion's opposition.

He asked me a few more leading questions and then left the room for a while as I sat there drinking some water, he then came back in.

"Alright, you're good." he said and beckon me to get out with him "The case is bigger than we thought, since if you're right, both the human side and vampire side have to cooperate on the heart ripper case. And you're definitely needed, we got data proving that only someone with the top 50 named raiders can have mana that dense despite having little left.

"We're also gonna require an updated mana registration from you to further prove you're completely innocent, we also got authority to basically kill this heart ripper if we manage to confirm the person, you can go back to your clan, Struan's comforting the survivors."

I feel a bit relieved but pissed nonetheless. I went in to check in with the kids for about an hour or so to make sure they're okay and have a place to stay while the repairs are being done. I then went back to the world of the vampire race and told my sister what happened, the vampire law enforcements got the most leads, so they'll probably find all of this faster.

The news must have spread by now, and some information got public though it seems they hid the fact of who the current top suspects are since they don't want a panic, but it won't stop the media for long since they rather have people panic by the fact that a top 50 raider might be the killer for money.

As we're on the job, now that we got the confirmation of mana signature being dense, we have to now investigate the few named who are living in the world of vampires and are among the top 50 or those who are a former raider which are about only 2 people who we will be investigating last since apparently they're quite old and are described as very cooperative.

I got a message that to fully prove they're innocent, they have to pass the interrogation under 'memory magic: Truth seeker' which is the only way where no lie can pass, I can use it, I can't search around people's memories, but I can at least know whether they're telling the truth or not under it since it's a 100% accurate method.

And as we were investigating, there were a few dozen more innocent people killed at truly random locations as a warning for us to stay away, are the suspects we're interrogating truly the ones or is this just a trick for us to really narrow down on this route while they are someone else?

We then went to this ghoul's house that is our last guy who is currently living here before we have to move to those who just recently moved away, but when we got to the mansion, a servant said that the ranker doesn't really like to stay home which means he's always out. They then led us to the head servant who confirmed it as well.

Now that's suspicious, he's always out and came back after a couple weeks?

Then we are told that when he's out he would hide his identity since his name is popular once recognize, the head servant was so sure that their master isn't the culprit that I was allowed to interview them with memory magic and was given a tour of the house and allowed search through a few things.

We got nothing but we gave them a number to inform us when their master comes back since we will have to interview him and clear him if he's truly innocent.

Vardan...a ghoul might fit the case since the heart are never found, he could have eaten it. Later that evening, I went to visit the world of nature spirits since the prince of faeries and Valentina managed to get the accessories they needed to meet the 'weaver of calamity'.

The prince supposed give out this red and black bead bracelet that have a paper inside telling what the SSS ranked bracelet contained in an S+ ranked box do while Valentina got her smith to fashion this SSS ranked belt which she wrapped in an S+ ranked box.

"The bracelet is for the number 1, her belt is for you, I'm sure you would try to set up the appointment as quick as possible." the prince said

"Well, I'll give it to him and let him do whatever he wants with it, I'll have to help in an investigation first and after that, I'll set an appointment.

He ten left to wherever he's going as Valentina asked to see me in her office as I stored the items. She let me sit on the couch as she sat next to me.

"Are you okay?" she asked "I heard about those kids and I know that they mean a lot to you."

"I'm...fine, it's more of the surviving kids that I worry about, I got calls, they are not coping with the losses well."