Chapter 113: The Master of Spiritualistic Magic (1/2)

Calvin tried to stand up but he found himself strapped on the chair with chains.

The look on his face made it obvious that he was still unsure if he was in a dream or not.

”Calm down, you're not in a dream anymore...”

”Let me introduce myself first.”

”I'm Ron Samuel, The Captain of the Joselian Kingdom's Secret Intelligence Service, the Cavaliers. I'm sorry for the rude awakening.” The man standing in front of Calvin looked to be a middle-aged man with a sturdy built.

He has a messy black hair, a straight nose, and brown eyes that seemed to be more like black than brown for one could feel as if they were looking into the abyss itself when they stared right at the man's eyes.

Remembering what the man had said earlier, Calvin exclaimed, ”You can enter my dreams? Was that a dream earlier?”

The Captain of the Cavaliers, Ron Samuel slowly shook his head and said, ”Nope, that wasn't a dream. It was a scene constructed from your most recent memories related to what happened earlier in the day...”

”I'm sure that you may not remember about it anymore, but a tragedy happened earlier...”

”A man was killed and it turns out that you're the killer.”

”What?! How am I the killer? I literally did nothing other than sleep for the entire day!”

”Yes, it appears that you've done nothing other than sleep.”

”But your memories say otherwise.”

Ron Samuel let out a slight smile.

The other Cavaliers glanced at each other and realized that their Captain was lying.

Indeed, someone had died early in the day, but it wasn't a man at all.

But a monster, a member of the demi-human species— doppelganger.

Was there really a need to lie?

Yes...

Spiritualistic Magic pertaining to the mind was quite difficult to pull off.

Ron Samuel's lie of branding Calvin as the murderer would definitely disturb his mind enough for his erased memories to surface so that the master and Ron Samuel himself could peruse it. This tactic may be unethical and distasteful, but it was quite effective.

But usually, this tactic wouldn't be used.

This incident was just a special exception.

But why?

It was because of the words left by that mysterious leaver of clues...

”The trail ends here, Red Cloud.”

The Red Cloud was a secret organization that the Church of All-Encompassing Light had to pay attention to. Wherever their members were present, murder and riot would follow. Realizing that they were here in this city meant bad news.

To be honest, the Cavaliers already forgot about the case of the elusive thief, but they didn't realize until now that the thief that they had ignored was actually connected to the Red Cloud!

After some investigations on the carcass of the doppelganger, James Branzuela and Ron Samuel discovered traces of the unique mana signatures that members of the Red Cloud gave off! It was now certain that the doppelganger was a member of the Red Cloud!

This was also the reason why they became angry at the mysterious leaver of clues.

The puzzle had been solved and the results could be found if one connected the first words of the places where the mystery man left his clues. After solving the puzzle, the Cavalier looked for further clues and they discovered the scene at the dark alleyway.

Calvin had lost his consciousness and after checking, they had discovered that someone affected his consciousness. It was most likely to be a case of possession.

A member of Red Cloud must've possessed Calvin's spirit and turned him into their puppet in order to distract the Cavaliers and derail the investigation away from the elusive thief which was one of their assets here in the city of Ashmelion.

Knowing that the Cavaliers prioritized cases involving rogue Predators, they became confident that they could successfully distract the Cavaliers from what was really happening. They acted smart, but there was still something that didn't make sense for the Cavaliers.

If Calvin was indeed possessed, why did he write such a note?

Why did he write the words, ”The trail ends here, Red Cloud?”

If he was a member of the Red Cloud, then he would try his best to hide their existence until it was time for them to reveal themselves.