The sky above Berlingewich was still clear at the moment, only among a piece of rosy clouds mingled with some dim yellow.
It was nearing six o’clock in the afternoon.
Winter’s night had not yet fallen on Linzhong Road, the street in question.
It was at this time that three furtive figures emerged from the outer side of the street and made their way towards a mansion on Linzhong Road.
The mansion naturally belonged to the Warden.
And these three were naturally Ronald, Swift, and Nicole.
According to Ronald’s recent idea.
Now he and Nicole were separately responsible for the tasks of offense and cover.
At the end of the team, Swift provided support work for the two of them.
In an inverted triangle formation, they sneaked their way around positions on the street that were difficult to spot.
In this process, the Warden’s mansion’s extensive grounds and Linzhong Road’s excellent landscaping project, in a sense, served as natural cover for their operation.
Besides the trees that could hide their figures, they had an ample range of motion.
The most direct benefit was that Ronald and his two companions could circle around to the back wall of the Warden’s mansion.
The dedicated gatekeepers at the front door would be virtually unaware of their approach.
And at the back wall of the mansion, there was usually no one on guard.
After all, the towering walls, the laws of Gried, and the Warden’s status in Berlingewich.
All were deterrents enough to discourage petty criminals from trespassing.
It’s just a pity that all these things mentioned above could be ignored by Ronald and his company.
Thus, with such convenient conditions.
The three of them quietly arrived at the edge of the mansion’s back wall without anyone noticing.
Upon reaching a suitable spot,
Swift stopped in his tracks and called out to Ronald and Nicole, who were in front:
"Wait a moment, both of you."
"Before we officially go in, let me do a reconnaissance first."
Called by the detective in the rear, who was responsible for support,
Nicole halted and asked with a hint of doubt in her eyes,
"Swift, you’re not thinking of using some kind of reconnaissance spell, are you?"
"I think it’s better not to use any mystic means before we enter the combat phase. Given the Warden’s status, the dungeon staff might be equipped with devices capable of detecting Magic Fluctuation. We could be exposed."
Faced with the reminder from the young investigator, Swift smiled faintly:
"Miss Nicole, please rest assured,"
"I can’t guarantee anything else, but at least my spells have excellent concealment performance. Apart from me, who can feel their operational state, most mystic probes, even those of the Church, might not be able to detect them."
Hearing the detective’s assurance, Nicole shrugged her shoulders:
"If that’s the case, then I have no objections."
At the same time, Ronald, standing nearby, nodded in support as well.
Seeing that his companions had no objections,
Swift immediately turned to face the wall ahead, and in a just-right voice, he recited his incantation:
"What I introduce to you in this book is my attempt to forge a whole new field of science."
Having whispered the incantation, Swift’s gaze immediately deepened as he exerted some effort to climb over the surrounding wall, then he began to peer into the warden’s residence.
Next to the wall, Ronald’s pupils reflected a complex expression.
He had been quite close to the other two just a moment ago and had naturally heard Swift’s chant.
——It was a rather awkward-sounding German phrase.
Even though the German had a distinct local flavor,
supported by his linguistic comprehension, Ronald had understood the meaning of the words.
The origin of this sentence was no small matter.
It also fit very well with the demands of Swift’s detective profession.
Even with just a bit of thought, Ronald could guess that the source text of Swift’s school must definitely belong to the rather formidable kind.
After all, this sentence was written by William Wundt, a German physiologist, psychologist, and philosopher, recognized as the father of experimental psychology, in the preface of "Principles of Physiological Psychology," published in 1874.
In the history of psychology.
This was the first book of its kind, a textbook-level reading material.
It was also one of the foundations for psychology becoming an independent discipline.
Ronald himself only had a smattering of knowledge about psychology, but that didn’t prevent him from having heard a bit about it.
When he used to work in the library, one of his colleagues was a psychology enthusiast, who often muttered about these things in his ear during business trips.
The knowledge related to "Principles of Physiological Psychology" was learned in such circumstances.
Taking into account his observations since crossing over, the type of Swift’s abilities on the mystical side wasn’t hard to guess.
Undoubtedly, this was a school that involved human psychological activity,
and also included content such as human physiological responses.
With such abilities to assist, coupled with his own meticulous powers of observation and clear logical thinking, it was no wonder Swift had made such a big name for himself in the detective profession.
Psychological books becoming mystical origin texts.
This sort of thing was certainly much more useful than the polygraph techniques used by the investigative bureau merely relying on electrocardiograms to detect lies.
Origin texts, this stuff was really getting more and more interesting...
Below the wall, Ronald’s train of thought was quite rich at the moment.
However, the one who was perched on the wall, Mr. Swift, wasn’t paying attention to him.
The detective’s gaze was incredibly focused and quickly locked onto the movement of people in the backyard of the warden’s residence.
At this point in time, there weren’t many people nearby the section of the wall where the three of them were located, and the traces of human activity were also scarce.
It was evident that this location was not typically an important place.
After taking a dozen seconds to visually confirm the situation and identify where someone might appear next,
Swift waved over to Ronald and Nicole:
"Follow my steps from now on,"
As his words ended, Swift himself flipped over to the other side of the wall.
Ronald and Nicole left outside exchanged glances and then followed suit, climbing over the wall.
However, compared to Swift, whose movements had seemed somewhat laborious,
the two of them had it much easier.
One used origin text Magic Power to enhance their body, the other used rune spells to do so; both of their physical strengths were at least at a level that had undergone professional training.
And so, the three of them climbed the wall and landed on the ground,
marking the official start of their stealthy infiltration.