To save time, Ronald and Eloise decided to split up.
Ronald saved the innocent employees using the power of "Fury" to take away their consciousness, thus freeing them from the madness of their suffering.
Eloise was even more straightforward.
Being proficient in human anatomy, she could quickly find the right spot and knock people out the moment she crossed paths with the employees.
This three-story office building.
In fact, there were about twenty-five employees working overtime at night.
With Ronald and Eloise’s exceptional personal capabilities, it only took them just over five minutes to finish the job.
However, things were not so simple.
As their work came to an end, undeniable doubts also emerged before them.
—Where were the cult magicians?
Ronald and Eloise were right at the very center of the ritual, an undoubtedly important node in the cult magicians’ plan. Moreover, recalling the confession of that cult magician earlier, his testimony had not mentioned any operation in this office building.
The result was obvious.
This indicated that the cult magicians had also implemented information control internally, splitting into two or even more groups, each responsible for their tasks to maintain the secrecy of their plan.
But such a carefully devised plan...
And there’s no one guarding the most important central area of the ritual?
Even stepping back, assuming these cult magicians were foolish enough not to guard it, shouldn’t the person conducting the ritual be here?
However, the result was that there wasn’t anyone.
Not to mention the cult magician conducting the ritual, Ronald and Eloise had searched the entire building and hadn’t even encountered any other mysterious casters besides themselves!
This was the conclusion they came to after personally inspecting it, given their adeptness in investigative activities.
A completely incomprehensible situation.
Without anyone conducting the ritual, even if the spell was completed, it would only scatter the magic power haphazardly like a headless fly, leading to a juvenile outcome.
With such doubts in mind,
After dealing with the ordinary employees in the office building, the two met again on the first floor.
As soon as they met, Ronald immediately asked,
"Eloise, how did things go on your side?"
"Hmm, I also handled it well. But even though the task is completed, I didn’t find anything more—neither the cult magicians nor any remote-control ritual items. How about you?"
Ronald was silent for a few seconds, his expression turning serious.
"It’s the same here," Ronald, to make sure it wasn’t his thinking or knowledge at fault, specifically asked another question, "Eloise, normally... for occult rituals, there has to be someone conducting it, right?"
Hearing Ronald’s question, the girl gave a wry smile that seemed self-evident:
"Of course, a normal occult ritual must have someone conducting it, take for instance our previous encounter on the island, that was also controlled remotely by someone else. Even these deranged cult magicians developing the strangest things cannot defy the normal rules of the world!"
At this, Eloise’s tone involuntarily softened into a complaint:
"A ritual without anyone conducting it... what a joke, how could these lunatics possibly achieve such a thing!"
Facing the reality of a deadlock, Ronald and Eloise looked at each other.
Then fell into silence.
Suddenly, the sound of wood splintering came from the office building’s reception.
Following that, various shouts with different purposes also came in:
"Set up the blockade line—"
"Pay attention to rescuing the victims, don’t let the general public come over to watch, it’s dangerous!"
"Notify the police department, let them come to maintain order!"
Ronald and Eloise, both having excellent perceptual abilities, figured out each other’s thoughts the moment they heard the noise.
—The investigators are here!
Ronald and the others occupied the advantage of personal activity, so they were able to quickly locate the central location of the cult magicians’ ritual.
And the investigators responsible for maintaining the security of the city.
They too proved through their actions that they were not to be underestimated.
After undergoing the loss of time for information transmission and detailed analysis, these investigators, even burdened by official procedures, managed to arrive at this place under the cover of night and then commenced their investigation of the office building.
Considering the speed of information transmission in this era, this was definitely impressive operational efficiency!
Listening to the continuing commotion from the front desk, Eloise then asked Ronald, "Ronald, should we leave directly?"
After thinking for two breaths, Ronald decided to stay put.
After all, they were the first eyewitnesses to arrive at the scene and had also executed irreparable destructive measures here; communicating with the investigators responsible for the city’s safety was also their rightful duty.
The first investigators to enter the building were swift in action.
Ronald and Eloise were still discussing when, within twenty seconds, the two leading investigator partners quickly found the location and then stormed into the kitchen where they were.
The two investigators approached from the left and right, guns in hand, their experienced eyes swiftly confirming the kitchen’s rough situation.
On the table lay food containing eerie magical power, on the floor were the residues of recently burnt ashes, and there Ronald and Eloise stood in the middle of the room as if nothing troubled them...
"Drop your weapons, stop any resistance!"
"Listen, hand over the school insignia on your body and then kneel and don’t move!"
The shouts of the two investigator partners were standard.
Their movements were also skillfully executed.
Even though their eyes betrayed their nervousness, their aimed handguns and prepared spells were ready, but they still suppressed their impulses and adopted the most prudent approach from the get-go.
Out of basic respect, Ronald was of course prepared to comply with the commands issued by these two investigators.
Following the two pioneers, three more investigators responsible for providing the strongest support entered the door. One of them, seeing Ronald and Eloise, immediately changed his expression!
"Mr. Ronald, how come you are here?"
"Wait... Mil, Catherine, put your guns down first, these two can’t possibly be cult magicians!"
One of the investigators in the middle of the team, taking the main role,
was Eileen, whom Ronald had just parted ways with earlier that evening!