Chapter 257 - Chapter 257: Chapter 247 The Investigation of the Night Watcher Captain (2/2)

That’s from experience; often, where heretics take root, there would be noticeable occurrences such as disappearances or strange phenomena.

Because heretics, in order to acquire sacrifices and cast various Ritual Spells, have no choice but to abduct locals and create all sorts of mysterious incidents.

Thus, those with experience in investigating heresy always start from these events.

“Why would you ask about such things?” the waitress was stunned.

Lewis laughed heartily and pulled out a booklet filled with all sorts of messy things, then said, “Because I’m a scholar who is very interested in extraordinary events, I have always been in pursuit of the mysterious.”

The waitress pondered for a moment before carefully saying:

“Disappearing population? There hasn’t been any in the last few years, but strange occurrences, those have indeed happened, like the bar next door losing meat every night.”

“Meat disappearing? Go on?”

Lewis wrote down many things Lily said, and then, before the end of the workday, he took a subordinate with him to the bar next door to start an investigation.

However, they quickly discovered that the culprits were merely the local cats and dogs, and that’s how investigations often go—most of the time they end in vain, but that didn’t discourage them much.

In the following days, the Night Watchers inquired among the townsfolk around them and even attempted to use money to bribe them.

And Lewis’s female subordinate, disguised as a begging vagrant woman after a change of appearance, was actually the most likely target for the heretical cult due to her guise as an innocent woman.

Put simply, it was fishing.

However, the Night Watchers investigated like this for half a month, and still, they came up empty-handed.

They even inadvertently solved a murder case in Nasir Town and nearly exposed their real identities.

“Let’s call it off; let’s go back.”

One evening, Lewis suddenly spoke out as he looked at his team.

His female subordinate was a bit agitated and said, “The Fischer family shows no anomalies? Mr. Lewis, do you want to conclude so quickly? After all, we have made much effort.”

Lewis slowly shook his head and calmly said:

“No, whether they have anomalies or not I don’t know, but continuing the investigation this way will yield no results.”

“There are only two possibilities. Either they have managed the entire town so flawlessly that they have been fooling us all along, or they truly have no issues.”

“But regardless, our investigative actions have likely already been noticed, and there will be no more results to come, maybe even leading to misdirection and danger.”

Lewis thought silently, considering the most dangerous and frightening possibility that the Fischer family might have had their eyes on them since the moment they entered the town.

And every move of each person was controlled by that mysterious family, who wouldn’t easily reveal any flaws.

Lewis laughed heartily and said:

“Anyway, the conventional investigation won’t be hopeful. Only by raiding that manor to check for strange underground chambers or heretical sacred objects might we achieve some results.”

His female subordinate calmed down, took a deep breath, and said:

“But we need evidence to raid, right? Even as Night Watchers, we can’t do that kind of thing just based on a report, especially when the other party is the actual ruler of these four towns.”

Lewis’s eyebrows raised as he chuckled:

“Hehehe, if it were those from the Denouncers, they would dare to do so.”

His subordinate’s complexion changed slightly, having heard that many within the Denouncers were once clergy who committed sins and were now authorized to atone for the church through service.

Lewis’s hand rested under his chin as he spoke calmly:

“There are many rumours about the Fischer family; their rise was rapid, and family members have displayed a variety of different extraordinary powers.”

“Throughout the decades, those who opposed them all died one by one, the family is terrifying, perhaps even more so than the Lion clan.”

“We must be fully prepared to confront them head-on, otherwise, the best course is to leave.”

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Inside the underground chamber of the Fischer family, family members watched through the barrier “Black Mirror” as the Night Watchers left Nasir Town, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

The waitress playing the role of the inn’s waitress was actually Rishia, who had been responsible for monitoring them this whole time.

Vanessa frowned deeply, saying, “The Night Watchers have finally left; I’ve been on tenterhooks all this half month.”

Darren slowly shook his head and said, “Don’t worry, in the future there will be all sorts of investigations on us, so worrying is of no use.”

“But more important than those is that we continue forging our own path.”

A subtle smile appeared on his face.

“I can sense the Power of Consecution at the 3rd Rank is digesting very slowly, we need to do something about it, hehe.”