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The official Beyonders of the Church were quite capable, and they quickly used various extraordinary means to roughly deduce what had happened at the Elk Estate.
Of course, it was only a rough estimate. For example, although they determined that the power of an Angel-level being from the Hunter pathway had appeared in the Elk Estate, they did not determine whether this power came from a genuine Hunter pathway Angel, a Sealed Artifact, or something else, such as a Door Angel recording the Hunter pathway's abilities.
After all, when Lin Ruo made his move, he not only maintained complete Concealment throughout the entire process but also manipulated Medici's historical projection to act. Apart from cleaning up the traces, he didn't leave any clues behind.
Therefore, the preliminary conclusion reached by the official big shots was that a suspected Hunter pathway Angel and his companion, whose pathway was unknown but likely also a High-Sequence being, attacked the Elk Estate. Their target seemed to be a Marauder pathway demigod hiding in the Elk Estate.
It has to be said that this was a major event, involving three unknown High-Sequence powerhouses, one of whom was almost certainly at the Angel level.
Although the event itself only lasted for a few dozen seconds from beginning to end, the matter itself was enough to shake the Beyonder realm of Backlund.
During this investigation, Lin Ruo smoothly inserted himself as a Blessed of the Goddess and subtly shifted the blame towards secret organizations such as the Aurora Order and the Iron and Blood Cross Society.
He really didn't plan to throw this matter to the Tarot Club. After all, he had been active enough as a member of the Tarot Club during this period. If he threw this matter to the Tarot Club as well, Lin Ruo was worried that the irritable old pigeons would really explode.
Not to mention that the participants in this operation were also quite special. Mr. Azik was one thing; with his personality, even if he knew that Lin Ruo was a member of the Tarot Club, it wouldn't matter much. But Leonard and Pallez Zoroast were not suitable, especially Leonard. If he knew that the Blessed of the Goddess he knew was actually a member of another secret organization, it wouldn't be good in the end.
After all, Lin Ruo still planned to find a suitable reason to pull Leonard into the Tarot Club in the future.
However, although Lin Ruo intended to shift the blame, he didn't do anything extra, such as forging evidence. After all, sometimes the more you do, the more flaws you create. If you do too much and accidentally reveal your identity, wouldn't it be embarrassing?
As a result, although they roughly confirmed what had happened at the Elk Estate, the investigation stalled at this point. Since they couldn't find any clues from the attackers' side, the official Beyonders naturally began to shift their focus and investigate from the victims' side. Hazel's family was naturally the first to be investigated.
Therefore, as soon as Hazel, who had gone out for a stroll, stepped into her house, she was invited for tea by the official Beyonders who had been waiting for a long time.
… …
For Hazel, this could probably be called a terrible day.
"I haven't committed any crime at all. Why are you arresting me?"
Sitting on the chair, Hazel frowned and questioned loudly. Her gaze fell on the surroundings, and she shrank back slightly. Obviously, this little girl was not as calm as she appeared to be.
This was not surprising. After all, the place Hazel was currently in was an interrogation room. For a noble lady like her, she had never been to such a place before.
Of course, as a Marauder, as a Beyonder in her own mind, who had sneaked into sewers more than once and even fought against evil without her family knowing, Hazel was much calmer than girls of her age.
"Where are my mom and dad? I want to see them," Hazel said again. She had been invited to this place for "tea" as soon as she returned home, and her parents had been invited for tea before her, so Hazel was naturally a little worried.
The man who had just walked into the interrogation room turned a deaf ear to her questions. He simply sat calmly on the chair opposite Hazel and said:
"I ask, you answer."
Hazel suddenly froze because she felt an unspeakable sense of oppression from the man in front of her. Hazel didn't know if this was an illusion, but she did feel a little uncomfortable.
"Your maid confessed that you frequently went to the Elk Estate recently. Why?"
Hazel heard the man in front of her ask, and at the same time, the pressure from the man made her more and more uncomfortable, making her not want to lie. She almost subconsciously replied: "I was going to see my teacher."
No, how could she answer like that!
As soon as she finished speaking, Hazel widened her eyes, not daring to believe that she had betrayed her teacher so easily.
Then she thought of something, looked at the man in front of her, and blurted out: "Are you also a Beyonder?"
After hearing Hazel's words, the man opposite her was obviously stunned for a moment, and his expression became slightly strange:
"Supernatural power user? Is that what your teacher taught you?"
"Wh-what do you mean?" Hazel was a little puzzled. On the one hand, she hated the man opposite her for using his supernatural power to make her betray her teacher, and she also hated herself. On the other hand, she, who was definitely not stupid in a certain sense, tasted a different meaning from the man's words just now.
In fact, the man in charge of the interrogation did not reject chatting with Hazel. After all, as long as he could get information from Hazel, he could use either strong or gentle methods. Given Hazel's identity and age, the man originally preferred to use a gentler method of interrogation.
— Not to mention that there was also a Blessed of the Evernight Goddess Church sitting outside the interrogation room. Before entering, that Blessed of the Goddess had also told him that Hazel was likely an innocent victim, so it was best to be gentle when interrogating this little girl.
Although the man himself was from MI9, it was obviously impossible for him to directly ignore the advice of a Blessed of the Evernight Goddess Church.
So the man said, "The teacher you speak of is defined by the official as a Beyonder, and a High-Sequence Beyonder. Including you, Hazel, you should also be a Beyonder, right?"
"By the way, whether in the official or in those wild Beyonders who are wandering around in secret, the term Beyonder has never existed. Miss Hazel, didn't your so-called teacher even teach you this most basic common sense?"
Hazel was dumbfounded. She murmured in disbelief: "B-Beyonder… Impossible, the teacher wouldn't lie to me."
"Miss Hazel, although you may not want to accept this fact, I would still like you to confirm, does your so-called teacher really treat you as a student?" The man said again, and then threw out another heavy piece of information.
"Or is he just treating you as food?"
"What food?" Hazel subconsciously asked, not understanding the man's question at first.
The man said unhurriedly:
"We have confirmed that your teacher is a Parasite from the Marauder pathway, and as far as I know, Parasites often turn their parasitic objects or soon-to-be parasitic objects into their own nutrients."
"Miss Hazel, are you really sure that your so-called teacher isn't raising you as food?"
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