Joint Investigation

"The Blood Clan wants to invest in me too? Just like how they invested in the Night Emperor in the Fourth Epoch? But this amount of investment is too small. Why should they support the Night Emperor and support a beautiful queen, while I only have a rough man!"

When Ebner saw this, his lips curved again as he thought, Viscount Cullen, do you know that the Emperor despises you?

Bishop Utravsky had already put down the receipt and said with a smile, "You can tell Skade that the expenditure within this budget can be directly recorded in the Harvest Church's account."

Ebner returned to his senses and placed the diary pages back on the platform before replying, "I'll pass it on."

With that said, he looked at the manuscripts and asked the bishop, "Miss Hazel should've confirmed that there's no corruption from the Primordial Moon, right? Why is she still imprisoned?"

After the banquet ended that day, Macht secretly gave him 100 pounds as a thank-you gift for successfully introducing him to the bishop. Out of respect for the money, he helped Hazel ask.

"This isn't a good time… If we directly release Miss Hazel, the Church of Storms probably won't agree…" Bishop Utravsky shook his head and gently explained.

That's right… The Church of the Lord of Storms had suffered a huge loss previously, and it was the time for them to be unhappy. If they saw Hazel being released so easily, they would probably cause trouble.

Ebner immediately came to a realization. It was no wonder Member of Parliament Macht didn't request the bishop to let Hazel go home. As a politician, he must have seen this…

Since that was the case, Ebner did not say anything else. He left after conversing with the half-giant bishop for a while.

However, when he left the Harvest Church, he only walked out of an intersection when he saw Madam Chelly standing by the roadside in a black funeral dress.

The other party's eyes lit up when he saw him and walked straight over.

"What's the matter, Madam Chelly?" Ebner asked in puzzlement. He didn't seem to have any relationship with this lady, did he? Was she here for Xio?

"Detective Bryan, it was Madam Daly who asked me to pass this letter to you." Chelly took out a folded letter and handed it to Ebner.

Ebner took it and asked Chelly with his eyes. After getting an affirmative answer, he started reading.

There wasn't much content in the letter. The general idea was to invite him to have dinner at Shewell Restaurant on Kent Street in North Borough tomorrow night. It also meant that His Excellency Sword of the Goddess would be present…

The handwriting on the letter was not dry. Clearly, it had just been written not long ago… Was this an impromptu idea? However, could Daly make the decision for Cesimir?

With this thought in mind, Ebner asked casually, "Why isn't Madam Daly here?"

"My lady really has something urgent to attend to. That's why she asked me to wait for you here," Chelly replied.

…

In the basement of Saint Samuel Cathedral in Backlund's North Borough.

"The Mandated Punishers are sending a deacon to Tingen? They wish for me to assist them temporarily?" Daly's cold and alluring face revealed a hint of surprise.

"Yes, the Church of Storms lost a Wind-blessed in the previous incident. This incurred the wrath of the Thunder Cathedral, and they specially sent an elite who's good at tracking down traces. As they suspect that it was done by a Marionettist, the focus of the investigation is the Secret Order," Crestet Cesimir said in a deep voice.

"The last time there were clear traces of activity from the Secret Order was in Tingen, and it was discovered by Tingen's Nighthawks team. Is that why the Church of Storms is investigating there?" As she had been paying close attention to Dunn, Daly knew every case of Tingen's Nighthawks team, so she was naturally no stranger to the Secret Order's activity in Tingen.

"That's right, but it's impossible for us to get the deacons of the Church of Storms to directly go to Tingen's Nighthawks team to read the information and even interrogate the captured members of the Secret Order… Therefore, we need to use the excuse of a joint investigation," Cesimir said after some deliberation.

"And because I'm familiar with the Tingen Nighthawks, as a member of the Joint Investigation Unit, I can provide sufficient lubrication to the communication between the two parties?" Daly joked with a smile.

"If not for helping you, I really don't want you to go…" Cesimir sighed.

"Thank you," Daly said sincerely before asking, "What time is it exactly?"

"Next Wednesday or Thursday. It depends on when the deacon of the Church of Storms will arrive," Cesimir replied.

"Is that so… Thankfully, it didn't delay my date tomorrow night," Daly said with a chuckle.

…

Monday morning, as he had to attend the Tarot Club in the afternoon, Ebner was in his room organizing the information he had promised to give Mr. Fool last week.

Actually, I don't know much about the Secret Order either… However, I won't give Klein any information regarding Zaratul. I'll only reveal some information that can be obtained through connections like the headquarters in Intis… In addition, I can give Klein information about the Secret Order's Marionettist beside Ambassador Intis, so that he can be mentally prepared in the future.

Yes… The Marionettist is also mentioned. He's only said to be a Mid-Sequence Beyonder of the Seer pathway.

As for the Antigonus family, I can reveal more… I can only tell him that this family is an illustrious noble from the Fourth Epoch and possesses the complete Seer Sequence potion formula… That's more or less enough. Any more would involve a deeper level of historical knowledge. Even if I tell him, I'm afraid Klein won't understand.

He recited the information he had compiled a few times and memorized it in his mind. Then, he lit the fire and burnt it.

Although it was fine to give this information to Mr. Fool through "Sacrifice," The Fool still needed a "fee" to open the door to the kingdom. It wasn't worth it to expend nearly ten pounds of materials for such a tiny amount of things. It was better to note it down and materialize it on the gray fog.

…

3 p.m.

After his vision recovered from the crimson and hazy state, Ebner once again arrived above the boundless gray fog that didn't belong to reality. Following that, he saw Audrey half get up, lift her skirt, and cheerily greet him.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Fool ~

"Good afternoon, Mr. Hanged Man ~

"Good afternoon, Mr. Tower ~"

After exchanging pleasantries, Klein, who had already activated his Spirit Vision, noticed that Miss Justice seemed to be very excited. He couldn't help but wonder, Did something happy happen?

Audrey puffed up her chest and said proudly,

"Mr. Fool, I've memorized two more pages of Roselle's diary."

Ebner smiled when he heard that. He wasn't surprised that Audrey could take out the diary because he had handed it over through Xio. Because of this, Xio had made a small profit.

However, he also said, "I've also obtained another diary page, Mr. Fool."