Chapter 366: A Case

Alice walked away joyfully, looking completely unsuspecting—after all, she was just a child.

The old caretaker stood at the cemetery gate for a long time, watching the direction in which Alice had disappeared. It took him a while to snap back to reality, and then his fingers trembled slightly as he reached into the pocket on his chest, pulling out a vial of medicine and pouring it into his mouth.

He felt much better.

"This is too sinister... must report to the cathedral right away... God of Death above... this is too sinister..."

Muttering to himself, the old man quickly turned and walked towards the guardhouse. After entering, he closed the door, headed straight to the old-looking, ordinary desk beside the bed—after lifting a cover on the desk, a complex network of pipes, valves, buttons, and handles were revealed below.

Several metal capsule compartments quietly lay next to the pipes in their slots.