Mysteries: Arcana Wars

As Scott watched the old charlatan Wenceslas Cardin finish the last ceremony of the day and was about to leave, he received a new message.

A missing person case, the missing person is named Robert Russell. A concerned citizen provided clues saying that the last time Robert was seen was in a factory located in the jurisdiction of the Church of Steam and Machinery.

Scott took a casual glance and saw that the whistleblower first reported the case to the Church of Night, and then the Church of Night forwarded the case to the Church of Steam based on the division of responsibilities.

It looks like just a missing person case, so just leave it to the kids below. Usually a Mechanical Heart can handle this kind of small matter, so there is no need for one to go out.

He was just about to click the mouse when a small, classical clockwork doll suddenly appeared from the air, landed on his desk, and spoke Bonois's voice as it opened its mouth.

"I order you to personally investigate the missing persons case transferred from the Church of Evernight. Now."

……Dry!

This jump far exceeded the reaction speed of Scott's spiritual intuition and frightened him greatly.

"...Boss, is it possible that you can contact me in real time through the communication network even if I am in the office on the ground floor of the church?"

If this was in the underground pump sparks, Bonois would have to walk on the ground if he wanted to come to his office, leaving a trail of footsteps for Scott to be mentally prepared, so all of his boss's sudden thoughts would be transmitted using real-time communication.

And now, like a dark mouse, Scott was lifted out onto the sunny ground, defenseless against Bonois's sudden self.

As a veteran angel, Bonois never considers Scott's feelings. No matter when and where, as long as he has an idea, he will let Scott take over the most wonderful mess in the most efficient way, fully carrying forward the spirit of exploitation of bad guys such as "some bad guys must be used to death", "what's the point of talking about humanitarianism with bad guys", "if bad guys can rebel, it must be because of job saturation", "do you still want to talk about humanity with angels", etc.

Damn it, don’t you want to give me any chance to survive?

"Or, Boss, could you not try so hard next time? At least give me a spiritual warning?"

"Suddenly showing up, asking you to take on the task face to face, and then immediately completing the task and bringing me the investigation report is the quickest and most efficient way to handle this matter."

The mechanical doll's iron mouth opened and closed emotionlessly.

Scott understood the subtext.

If you had a spiritual warning, would I still be able to find you when I came here? If I didn't force you to sign face to face, would you still take over this matter? If I didn't keep an eye on you and make you work for me now, would I still be able to see this report tomorrow?

Instead of wasting time and energy to catch you and do the work, it is better to launch a surprise attack from the beginning and solve the problem perfectly.

As a boss of three hundred years, Bonois had Scott in his tight control.

"This missing person case is not that simple. According to the factory location and other related information provided by the informant, many of the previous cases of the Mechanical Heart are related to it."

Looking at the various related cases that kept popping up on the computer, Scott's expression gradually became serious.

"...I admit...this factory has a big problem...this is not an ordinary missing case...this is a big case!"

Scott frowned.

"Give me some time. I have some ideas, but I need to collect some other possible cases. I will lead a team to take a look at the factory tomorrow morning..."

Before he could finish his words, the little mechanical doll flashed in front of his monitor and stared at him coldly with its two lifeless, empty eyeballs.

"Now."

I know you've finished reading it, don't pretend.

"But my hand..."

"Give me the first report before 8 p.m."

******

Half an hour later, Scott arrived at the factory gate with several teams of mechanical hearts.

This factory was located on the outskirts of Backlund, on the edge of the factory area. The factory building was very short, hidden in the weeds, and did not occupy a large area. It looked like it had been abandoned for a long time.

But from the information provided by the whistleblower, the factory is still operating in secret, but it cannot be seen from the ground.

There were no signs of activity on the ground...either they were cautious enough, or they had another secret place beneath the ground.

Scott started to get serious.

At first, this was just a missing thief case, and a concerned citizen reported the case to the church.

But what made everything different was that the whistleblower provided the church with the exact address of the factory, as well as more details about the thief's disappearance. It was also because of this address information that the case was transferred from the Church of Night to the Church of Steam.

It is these seemingly trivial details that link together many seemingly unrelated missing persons in the system. The number of these similar cases has reached a considerable number, and the earliest missing persons can be traced back to several years ago.

Most of these missing persons are poor people, vagrants, or illegal residents of underground cities, or small households in remote suburbs far away from the city machinery. None of them are the kind of cases that deserve the attention of the Sivella Square.

So these people, who didn't have much simple faith, had nowhere else to go and reported the case to the church, desperate for help. Of course, these isolated, small disappearance cases could not all be taken seriously by the high-level mechanical heart.

This kind of thing happens countless times in Backlund every day, especially for those illegal residents wandering between the underground city and the aboveground world. They can neither register in the aboveground world nor leave their names in the underground city. No one knows when they disappear from this world.

As a result, the underlying mechanical minds handling these cases are unable to handle them effectively, and these unsolved cases are not worth reporting to superiors because there are no signs of anything extraordinary.

...No. The low-level mechanical heart was not indifferent.

Many reports were registered with such descriptions: ritual magic was unsuccessful, divination failed, information obtained by occult means was of little help…

斯科特眯起眼睛。

This factory has a mystical blessing. Low-level extraordinary people cannot effectively obtain information, and discrete and isolated cases cannot be passed on to high-level extraordinary people who can successfully break through the interference.

It was clear that the instigator had found a reassuring Beyonder to work with and receive careful guidance.

The Mechanical Heart team led by Damien was also pulled over by Scott from Bishop Cardin. He pressed the smart eyepiece lightly, and several lightweight drones flew out of the box and joined the other Mechanical Heart reconnaissance aircraft groups.

With a gesture from Scott, the reconnaissance aircraft immediately dispersed.