"What? What are you talking about......" Connor struggled to lift his head again, he didn't even have the strength to stand up now, and even the person who said this looked extremely tired, as if he had used up the last bit of strength in his body. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Yes, it was stolen, but something was wrong.

Generally speaking, no one steals something and burns it, so it makes more sense to destroy it than steal. But it's easy to understand that the Archives have been burglarized, what is the situation that someone can enter the Archives through heavy protection, extract parts of the contents of many books, and then risk burning all the contents in the Archives after a long day's effort?

It's hard enough to find an opportunity to burn things inside without even noticing, and maybe it's easier to take them out than to burn them directly...... Well, or the other party didn't intend to take the stolen things out at all, and his purpose was to destroy this part of the library at risk.

So who is the other party and why is doing it.

"Listen, this is no ordinary theft, maybe there will be a turnaround, really, the other party is not an ordinary thief, if it is an ordinary theft, there is no need to do this. We may be able to find more clues, maybe there will be a turnaround in this matter, and maybe we will find a reason for the Holy See to drop accountability. Ethan grabbed Connor's shoulders with both hands and said word by word.

He has a similar position as Connor, but relatively speaking, he is not as responsible as Connor, at least he will not be unable to eat and walk around, and the punishment will be certain after normal development, but it will not be as severe as the punishment that Connor received. But after all, it is a punishment, and if there is a chance to avoid it, it will definitely be better to avoid the punishment.

He also felt that he had reached a dead end, but the results of this terrible investigation gave him the last glimmer of hope that he might be able to turn around, and if this was not an ordinary theft, but something inside, maybe they could find a reason to reduce their responsibility.

They don't know exactly who committed this incident, but if the perpetrator has any special status, or there is a special reason in the whole thing, as long as it is force majeure for them as regular managers in a sense, then they still have the opportunity to reduce their responsibility, no matter what is not a simple incident, at least there may be undiscovered blind spots under the surface of the matter.

"The thief didn't touch any alarm system, all the protection showed no signs of being tampered with, I investigated all the records of magic and magic monitoring for the past six months, and no one used spells related to the space-time system. Even I have examined the roofs, walls, and even floors of the archives and collections, and there is nothing suspicious about them, that is, unless there is some more ingenious way that we do not know, it is likely that the other party has entered them by proper means. Ethan said quickly: "If his legitimate identity is forged, then he will still be held accountable for management, but maybe the other party really committed the crime because his true identity entered it?" ”

“…… But who would do such a thing as having the right to enter and leave the archives at will, and why would they make such a big trouble for themselves. Connor finally recovered from the blow and began to talk to Ethan with bloodshot eyes.

"I don't know, but who's going to burn the stolen literature?" Ethan asked rhetorically: "We don't know the other party's purpose yet, but the other party must have some special purpose to do this, and since this is the case, it is not impossible for a person with such rights to do this for some special purpose." ”

Or rather, it's their best expectation of the thing itself.

Connor finally had a sense of catching a glimmer of life, this feeling of some ups and downs was really uncomfortable, at this time he wanted to sort out his thoughts, trying to pull his chaotic thoughts back, he understood what Ethan meant, but the chaotic brain made him feel that he could not grasp the point of the problem, so he could only listen to Ethan's words for the time being.

"What are these books all about, I mean...... What did he want to know? Connor kneaded his temples with his hands, hoping to get his brain spinning a little faster.

"Good question, man," Ethan grinned.

This is of course the most direct clue to know the purpose of the criminal, if the criminal did not choose to take a greater risk to steal and burn some inconsequential content to hide his true purpose, I am afraid that by investigating the content stolen by him, he can determine the general goal of the other party.

"I've checked, but the problem is not that simple" Ethan shook his head slightly: "Including the starry sky map, the holy relics record of the "Funeral of the Believer", etc., it is not too complicated, or it is not too obscure, there is really no way to know what the missing content is, only the general direction, the criminal seems to be looking for relevant information about something, and finally found those materials." ”

"And then in order to prevent more people from knowing the information about that thing, he also took the risk of destroying them directly?" Connor raised his tone slightly, "I guess maybe some kind of holy relic?" ”

"Perhaps, unless there are other copies, I'm afraid none of us really know their contents anymore." Ethan sighed, which was one of the reasons why the losses were so great.

His guess was almost the same as Ethan's judgment, if it was for some kind of secret that was unknown to the people, he could indeed do such a thing, but there were countless contents of various holy relics in the collection, and probably no one could know what he was looking for except for the criminal himself.

Connor became disheartened again, and he asked in frustration, "But even if what you said is right, how can we find this man, we don't even know when he did it." ”

"It's going to find out, don't give up on your friends" Ethan patted Connor on the shoulder and got up from his seat, "Hurry up, we're going to get on with what you're doing, keep comparing the lists, and keep as many personnel records as possible." ”

Perhaps there will be a bigger harvest in this.

Many things can be detected in unexpected places, and some places that seem to be fine can easily show their feet in strange ways. Anyway, things can't get worse now, so it's better to focus on what might be rewarded.

Moreover, the inventory of the collection itself has not yet been completed, and perhaps the collection can bring good news for itself. Perhaps Connor's bad luck was exhausted when he learned that the Archive had confirmed the theft and burned the documents, and that the collection had lost nothing and would not continue to extend the stolen losses.

Connor's eyes were bloodshot so completely that Ethan had never even expected a human eye to be so red before. The emaciation of his mind and body made Connor feel extremely tired, but now he could not afford to relax himself, he had to continue to check every record against the candlelight, hoping to find some clues in these tedious records.

"Hurry up...... Baby...... Please......"

Connor whispered, his voice not only shaking, but even feeling like he was about to cry.

As the minutes ticked by, a large number of lists were exchanged from Ethan and Connor's left hand side to the right hand side, and the two of them rubbed their dry eyes from time to time, and continued to stagnate their gaze to every line of names on each record, for fear of missing any possible detail.

It's late at night, and when the sky lights up again, it's time for the coronation, and soon a few days later, the coronation will gradually come to an end, and if you haven't made progress by then, you can only wash your neck.

"Oh ......! The gods are above! Ethan jumped out of his chair suddenly, a movement that nearly scared Connor out of his life, and he felt the muscles in his chest and shoulders contract suddenly, making himself tremble.

"Connor, look, Connor!" Ethan pulled Connor up, and almost threw a few minutes of records in Connor's face in excitement: ""It is true that "Summary" was borrowed once, and that time it was taken out after leaving the Archive, and it must have been complete when he came back, and that guy must have done it after that." ”

He slipped the record into Connor's hand, then pointed his finger back and forth to several names on it, and spat flew in his mouth: "The date of the Believer's Funeral after that is only four days old, I just jumped to the back and compared these lists. At least that guy Garros won't look at these things, and after getting rid of the guy who shouldn't be able to read the astrological charts, there are only six people left. ”

"But there are still six, aren't they?" Connor took a deep breath, he couldn't even follow Ethan's train of thought.

"Yes, but there's one of the most suspicious guys, isn't there?" Ethan scratched the list with his fingernails: "Wello, Lucius, Mistia and several others have a long history of coming and going, including the most recent one who came here yesterday. ”

Even two of them were quite familiar with Connor, and Connor didn't think they would be the two friends who talked happily on a daily basis.

"But only one of them had been there only a few times from beginning to end, and had appeared in both the Archives and the Collection's records, and the time had not been seen since after the Summarization had been properly returned." Ethan pointed to the name on it: "Kohler. Aksya? Where's your list, go find out where this guy is! ”

In the Holy City alone, there are countless staff members of the Holy See, and it is impossible to know the specific situation of the other party just by looking at the name, but as part of the preparations, Connor has already prepared several rosters, as long as he looks up this thing, he will soon find out who this guy really is - a guy who can go directly in and out of the Archive, it is impossible not to be a person from the Holy See, then he must appear on the roster.

"Hurry up, man, if he can read the astrological charts at the same time...... I think he's the only one who is the most likely! Ethan's voice was excited, even slightly out of tune.

Of the most likely to commit a crime, there is a guy who has been here a few times and never came again, and who can read the astrological charts, so this is undoubtedly the most suspicious of all.

Connor quickly pulled out the roster and lay down on the table, staring at each line of names until he found the name he was looking for.

Kohler. Aksha.

A few minutes later, Connor slapped his palm on the table, shaking the surrounding pieces of paper into the air: "Kohler. Aksya! Astrology Hall! He's from the Astrological Pavilion! Astrology Hall!! ”

No one knows the weird and cumbersome astrological charts better than the horoscopes! It is not an exaggeration to say that in this world, almost only the people of the astrology hall can really understand that.

"He must have known something! He must have learned something from the astrological charts! He wants to hide secrets! What the hell did he find! Connor snarled under his breath, he was almost sure that Khloe. Aksya was the culprit in the theft.

But no one could answer his question.

The door of the room was pushed open heavily, and an attendant barged in from the outside, he didn't say hello, and as soon as he wanted to speak, he suddenly gasped, panting and blushing as if he had been running wildly for an hour, and looked at Connor and Ethan, who were glaring at him, and couldn't say a word for a long time.

"The inventory of the collection is over?" Ethan raised an eyebrow and asked sharply at the intruding attendant.

"Right...... Yes! The other party reluctantly replied from the gap between breaths: "Yes, there is only one thing missing from the collection...... In the same way, when the Pope visited seventeen years ago, he received a gift of the Tobias family coat of arms made of Mithril! ”

"The coat of arms of the Tobias family?" Ethan muttered, which was a little unexpected: "What did he do?" No wonder the guys in Tobias in the south have stopped a lot of ...... these days."

"Nope! Wait a minute! Connor's eyes widened suddenly, and he felt a chill in his back make his body muscles contract from back to shoulders, and the whole person suddenly became lightheaded: "Kohler!" He may have mastered some kind of holy relic! Send a letter to Hobbes! It must be what he was going to do! (To be continued.) )