While Otome and Clear Sky were discussing the history of ancient civilizations, Luke was wandering around the Oulu Academy. He randomly asked someone about the recent situation of the academy, and showed his identity without any taboo.

It doesn't matter if the other party is a student or a faculty member of the college.

Soon, the entire Oulu Academy knew that the star of Angry Waves City, Chief Inspector Meteor, had arrived.

He seems to be investigating some case.

In it, Luke "bumps into" Francis and asks a few questions about his whereabouts the previous night.

Francis's panic did not escape Luke's eyes, so he felt that Francis would definitely make a move at night.

Luke changed into a special night coat made by the Imperial Intelligence Agency, which was a dark trench coat that would automatically change a certain amount of color in a poorly lit environment, allowing people to blend in with the environment. At the same time, the night suit can also cancel out some of the perception and magic exploration, and it is a very valuable alchemy item.

Knowing that Yin was going with him, Luke took out another nightcoat and handed it to her, along with a top hat of the same material.

Put on their hats, lower the brim, and the two of them left the dormitory together and entered the campus in the wilderness.

As a result of yesterday's incident, the academy has once again strengthened its guard for the night. Abyss leopards patrol each other, and battle mages hide in the shadows to watch every move on campus.

But Oulu Academy is really too big, and no matter how tightly guarded it is, there are always gaps. Luke knew the terrain of the academy inside out, and with the effect of a nightwalker, they soon found themselves outside Francis's residence.

This is a faculty apartment building with two floors and four households with separate courtyards, separated by about 30 meters from other faculty and staff apartment buildings. Francis lives alone on the second floor of the east house, and through the window, he can be seen walking back and forth in the room, looking very anxious.

Luke and Yin stood on the branch of a nearby tree, hiding their silhouette through the dense foliage.

Out of nowhere, she took out a handful of candy: "This is the mint candy I made." ”

Luke put the candy in his pocket, took out another candy wrapper and put it in his mouth, sweet and cool: "It tastes great......"

"If you like, I'll make you more. In the future, when you want to smoke, take one, which is good for the body. ”

Luke couldn't help but look at Yin.

She stood slim on the branches, her hair tugged up and tucked into her top hat, and her neck looked long and fair. The moonlight shone on her body through the gaps in the leaves, revealing a suffocating beauty.

When his gaze met Yin's eager gaze, Luke immediately withdrew his somewhat rippling thoughts.

"Okay, I'll look for you after eating......"

The two of them did not speak again, and the atmosphere was a little awkward and ambiguous.

Fortunately, Francis didn't keep the two of them waiting too long. He took out his pocket watch to check the time, then turned off the lights in the room, and then hid behind the window to observe the situation outside.

After thinking that there was no one watching him outside, he opened the window and floated out. Perform the levitation spell and fall to the ground, and finally walk quickly in one direction.

Luke pulled out a wooden box the size of a medicine bottle, opened the lid and flew out of it a beetle. As Luke chanted a spell, the beetle flapped its wings and flew in the direction Francis had left.

"This is the tracking scarab domesticated by the Secret Service, I have given it a magic mark, and it will follow Francis. Let's not chase too closely, lest the other party find out. ”

The spy tracking made Sound feel very excited and excited, and the fact that Francis had sneaked out of the apartment like this showed that there was definitely something wrong with him.

"I also said to Miss Sunny Sky just now that you will soon find out the truth, but I didn't expect that I still underestimated you. You found the culprit in half a day, and tomorrow we can make the truth clear to everyone. ”

Luke was not as optimistic: "Let's see what Francis is going to do." Remember, he must not be disturbed without my instructions. ”

"Yes, Chief Inspector." Audio salutes Luke like an Imperial agent.

Luke smiled helplessly: "Let's go, at this distance, Francis won't find us." ”

Luke jumped down from the tree, chanted a spell, received feedback from tracking the scarab, and followed it all the way with the sound.

Francis was clearly not trained as a professional thief, and although he frequently looked back to see if anyone was following him, he found nothing. That's it...... He led Luke and Yin out of the Oulu Academy and into the mountains and forests outside the Academy.

After walking for about half an hour, I came to a wooden house in the woods.

This cabin is a makeshift camp for the academy's rangers and is mostly uninhabited.

Francis did not enter the cabin, he walked to the back of the cabin, where there was a grill, and next to the grill stood a man in black.

When Francis saw the man in black, he immediately walked over angrily: "You promised me that no one would be hurt. But...... More than a dozen students almost died last night. ”

"What happened?" The man in black was puzzled: "We didn't do anything?" ”

"Didn't do anything?" Seeing that the other party still dared to shirk, Francis was even more furious, he wanted to scold but still held back his voice and said: "Why do Marcas know about the ruins of the Magical Plant Museum, why are there black eclipse spirits under the ruins of the Magic Plant Museum?"

I don't even dare to go deep into that hellish place, and you lure the students in, which is equivalent to letting them all die inside.

You want to drive away the clear sky, there is no need to kill!

You're going to kill me! ”

The man in black waited for Francis to calm down a little before he said, "Mr. Francis, I swear that what you said was not done by us.

Killing the students of Oulu Academy, the Speaker does not have the courage to do so.

Is there some misunderstanding in it? Those students just happened to find the ruins of the Magical Plant Pavilion......"

Franceco's eyes were already red with anger, and he stared at the man in black, trying to tell from his expression whether he was lying.

But he didn't see anything.

"I don't care, I'm quitting! The money you gave me...... I will return it all to you. The Meteorite of the Secret Intelligence Bureau is investigating the ruins of the Magical Plant Pavilion, and he will definitely find me, and he will definitely ......"

The more Francis spoke, the more frightened he became, and he pulled out his magic wand and threw magic into the woods to vent the tension in his heart.

In comparison, the man in black is much calmer.

"Meteorite at Oulu Academy!" Seeing that Francis's mood was very unstable, the man in black took out his magic wand and released a mental calming spell at him: "Mr. Francis, what you need most now is to calm down." I told you before that you can quit at any time, and we will never involve you.

But......

According to what you said, it's not that we told you to quit and you were able to quit.

Tell me exactly what happened, and we'll work it out together, and the speaker won't abandon any of his allies. ”

Magic and the words of the man in black finally stabilized Francis.

He told the man in black what he knew about what happened yesterday at the ruins of the Magical Plant Museum.

"Fortunately, the students were all rescued from Lennon, and the House Committee suspected that it was done by Clear Sky. But the arrival of the meteorite has made this matter uncertain, and the trap of the ruins of the Magical Plant Pavilion was really not arranged by you? ”

In the face of Francis's questioning, the man in black replied firmly: "No......

During his visit to Angry Waves, Lord Jomington learns that Weatherlight has ambitions to replace Willed as the director of the Oulu Academy, and you later confirm that Wildred has the idea of passing on the position of Dean to Weatherlight.

Speaker Grover just didn't want Oulu to fall into the hands of the Reformists, and he didn't risk pushing Oulu into the arms of his opponents ahead of time. ”

"Who could that be?"

"Whoever it is, he's taking advantage of us." The man in black's tone became cold: "Francis...... You're exposed. He's most likely nearby......"

When Francico heard the judgment of the man in black, the hairs on his whole body stood up in shock. He grabbed his magic wand and looked around, the night forest was extremely quiet.

"Who's there, get out of here...... I, I see you! ”

Francis yells into the darkness, trying to trick the people who are hiding inside. But he felt a chill in his back, and a blade protruded from his chest, and blood spurted forward along the blood groove.

Francis turned his head and saw the man in black standing behind him, the knife must have been his bucket.

"Why?"

"Prevent you from continuing to be taken advantage of. Francis, I'm sorry...... If you die, you won't be involved in us. ”

The man in black drew his sword, and Francis, who had lost his breath, fell to the ground.

Then the man in black continued to cast detection spells into the surrounding forest, but there was no response as if they were all in the sea.

It is not known if Francis is being followed, but professional instinct tells the Man in Black that someone must be hiding nearby.

"Sir...... I have to admit that you made us a big heel. If those students died in the ruins of the Magical Plant Pavilion, it would definitely trigger the wrath of Oulu Academy, and the entire city of Angry Waves would be plunged into this earthquake.

I don't know what your real purpose is, but it seems that we have a common enemy...... Cloudless sky.

There is no interest in cooperating, Speaker Grover can offer a price that you can't refuse. ”

The mountains and forests were still quiet, and the words of the man in black did not receive any response. He held a short knife in one hand and a magic wand in the other, and carried twelve points of mental guard, and at his feet was the corpse of Francis.

After a few moments, a portal opened behind the Man in Black, closing as soon as he stepped inside.

After a few more moments, Luke came out of the woods, and he came to Francis's body. Scrouched down and looked at the wound, a helpless smile on his face.

"Francis, you died unjustly. As soon as the guy said that Speaker Grover wouldn't abandon any of his allies, he turned around and stabbed you in the back. Straight through the heart, professional! ”

Tone walked up to Luke's side with a golden sword. After seeing the corpse, she first lowered her head and recited the eulogy of the golden man, and then said, "Why did you stop me just now, we can catch that person." ”

"Didn't you listen to that man? Someone used Francis to set a trap at the site of the Magical Plant Pavilion, and followed Francis to get here. ”

Yin said suspiciously, "Aren't we the ones who are following Francis?" ”

"Can you be sure it's just us? If we start to capture the man in black, the guy hiding might attack us. ”

After hearing Luke's words, Yin immediately pointed his sword at the dark forest.

"We, what are we going to do now?"

Luke opened the Thunder Fire Pupil and scanned the surroundings, but there was nothing unusual in his vision.

He also couldn't be sure if there was a third party tracking Francis. After all, there are many ways to track it, and you don't necessarily have to be there in person.

"We can't be separated now, and we can't leave." Luke walked over to the grill, picked up a few sticks of dry wood and threw them into the stove, and then shot a ball of fire from his eye to hit the firewood, and soon the fire was burning: "We are going to protect the murder scene here to prevent that guy from turning back and destroying it."

By daybreak, Oulu battlemages should be able to find it. ”

"The two of us...... Want to stay here until dawn? The thought of being alone with the meteor for a few hours at night made Otome a little shy.

"In this case, the enemy is unknown, and we may be attacked separately. I can only wronged you to sleep here......"

Luke can summon Clear Sky at any time to protect himself, but a girl like Tone, who is not vigilant, is a very good attacker. Luke sat down in front of the fire, and the Thunder Fire Pupil was always in a state of activation. He had the feeling that he was being watched.

Yin sat down next to Luke: "Don't treat me like a pampered girl, Pan and I often have to sleep in the wild when we are training. At that time, we also lit a fire and sat in front of it like this. Feel the warmth of the fire, no matter how tired you are, as long as you sleep, it will be gone. ”

Tone's body was soft, and the aroma kept burrowing into Luke's nose, and the voice was lazy.

When Luke didn't know what to say, Tone's head rested on his shoulder.

"I'm tired, I'll go to sleep first. You keep vigil first, and then change my vigil in the second half of the night. ”

The second half of the night vigil was the hardest.

Luke couldn't help but sigh in his heart, a good girl, but it's a pity that it's a shimmering gold man.

Luke, who was keeping vigil, added a few sticks of dry wood to the stove, and the fire shone brighter, shining on Francis's corpse not far away.

A very peaceful night to spent.

After daybreak, the battle mages in the academy noticed smoke rising from the wooded area. The tense atmosphere caused the battle mages to immediately send someone to check, and then they saw Luke and Yin, as well as Francis's corpse.

A faculty member of the academy died......

Finally something happened that everyone could have predicted, but that they didn't want to happen.

Professor Lennon soon arrived at the scene, first standing beside Francis's body in mourning, and then walked up to Luke, saying with an ugly face, "What the hell is going on?" Why did Francis Helper die here?

And also...... You promised Vice President Elvi that the investigation of this incident is mainly for me. Tell me anything you find first, but apparently you didn't.

Inspector General, you're embarrassing me. ”

Luke yawned, then flicked a mint and put it in his mouth.

"To solve a case, you must follow up immediately after discovering clues, and I didn't have a chance to report to you at that time. At this time, my professionalism told me that it was time to search Francis's apartment immediately.

If you find anything yours, don't thank me. ”

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