strictlysupreme Chapter 143 Who is the murderer?!
Chapter 143 Who is the murderer?!
Chapter 144 Who is the murderer?!
The moment the miniature spatial artifact left Kyle's body, it suddenly emitted an extremely peculiar...
Extremely high frequency of mental fluctuations!
This fluctuation was not aggressive, but it was like a silent alarm, instantly penetrating the walls of the police station and spreading rapidly into the distance!
Lilith and Hughes's expressions changed drastically almost simultaneously!
"Damn it! Tracking or alarm triggered the magic circle! Retreat! Immediately!!"
Lilith reacted swiftly and decisively, issuing a sharp command.
She didn't even have time to check the item again; saving her life and concealing her identity were her top priorities!
After all, this place is right under the nose of Anse Academy!
As soon as Lilith finished speaking, the two figures blurred like ghosts, a powerful spatial fluctuation flashed by, and they disappeared from the spot in an instant, as if they had never existed.
Only the miniature spatial artifact that had triggered the alarm fell from where Hughes had disappeared, making a soft "thud" as it rolled onto the cold ground.
The very next second after the two disappeared, almost at the same instant, a blurry figure appeared at a speed too fast for the naked eye to detect, as if tearing through space, suddenly appearing where the two had been standing!
The speed is astonishing!
This is a middle-aged male wizard wearing the deep red robe with silver trim unique to the Tower of Eternity. He has a thin face, sharp eyes like an eagle, and exudes the powerful aura of a second-level wizard!
He had clearly received both the signals Kyle had sent earlier and the special alert he had just received, and he rushed over at top speed!
"Kyle!?"
The second-level wizard named Holm glanced around and instantly saw Kyle standing stiffly in place with empty eyes, as well as the crowd of unconscious people on the ground. His face instantly turned extremely ugly.
"Oh no! We're too late!"
He immediately sensed the lingering, unfamiliar yet powerful spatial fluctuations and a trace of eerie mental energy in the air. He also saw the miniature spatial artifact rolling on the ground and instantly realized that something terrible had happened—something had been stolen!
Kyle was also attacked!
"I told you long ago that we should have taken the things with us for safekeeping sooner!"
The wizard Holm's face was so gloomy it seemed like it was about to drip water, and his eyes were filled with annoyance and boiling rage.
He originally thought that in the city of Sel, and on the territory of Anse Academy, no one would dare to act so openly. He did not expect that the other party not only dared to do so, but also that their strength and methods were so strange and powerful!
Without any hesitation, the wizard Holm's figure blurred again and disappeared from the spot as if by teleportation.
Along with him disappeared Kyle Arnold, who was in a frozen state.
He must immediately take Kael back to the Eternal Tower for emergency treatment and detailed questioning, while also tracking down the whereabouts of the audacious attackers!
At the scene, only a mess remained inside the police station, along with a group of unconscious people, and a man lying quietly on the ground.
The miniature spatial props that triggered all of this tell the story of the thrilling robbery and conspiracy that just took place.
Back at the Eternal Tower's secret outpost in the city of Sel, in a secluded room filled with protective runes and a silencing barrier, Kael was laid flat on a cold stone platform.
A wizard from the Tower of Eternity, skilled in mental healing and memory probing, immediately stepped forward. His hands, shimmering with a soft, milky-white light, covered Kyle's forehead, forcibly dispelling the mental suppression left by Lilith and stabilizing his damaged mental sea.
Under the powerful intervention of a professional wizard, Kyle gasped sharply, like a drowning person surfacing, coughing violently, and suddenly opened his eyes.
His eyes were initially blank and bewildered, then filled with immense fear, anger, and lingering mental anguish.
"Tell me! Who was it? Who attacked you and stole your things?!"
The wizard Holm, who had been waiting nearby, stepped forward as soon as he saw Kyle wake up. He asked in a hurried and stern tone, his eyes sharp as knives, as if trying to pierce into the depths of Kyle's soul.
"Who is it?"
Kyle, who had just woken up and whose mind was still a mess, subconsciously repeated the sentence, seemingly not quite understanding the situation yet.
But the next second, all the memories flooded back into my mind like a tidal wave!
Sister arrested, standoff at the police station, guard collapses instantly, feeling powerless, being controlled, belongings confiscated —
Overwhelmed by fear and humiliation, he sat bolt upright, his face pale, and screamed hoarsely, his voice trembling from the intense emotions: "It's Anse Academy! It's people from Anse Academy! It's the deacon from the police station!"
He shouted these words with almost all his might, his voice hoarse: "Their strength is terrifying! They are definitely not ordinary formal wizards! They used my sister to set a trap to force me there! They know about that thing! They came for it! They even—"
They didn't even consider the Tower of Eternity a threat! They controlled my body and mind, forcibly taking my belongings! They fled the moment the items emitted an alarm signal!
He spoke incoherently, but the key information was conveyed with remarkable clarity, his eyes filled with lingering fear and intense, humiliated anger.
The air inside the sealed-off area of the base seemed to freeze instantly.
Besides Wizard Holm, there were two other wizards from the Tower of Eternity who had rushed over upon hearing the news. Their expressions were also unusually solemn and grim.
"Instantly subdued all the guards? Ignored the majesty of the Tower of Eternity? Accurately knew the existence of items and their hidden locations? And could even forcibly break through soul restrictions to retrieve them?"
The wizard Holm's voice was deep, and each question was like a heavy block of ice hitting the ground, echoing in a chilling way.
"Anse Academy—when did they acquire such a level of talent, courage, and intelligence capabilities?!"
His brows were furrowed, and his eyes flashed with deep suspicion.
The Tower of Eternity knew all too well the secrets of Anse Academy.
They might have one or two hidden, aloof third-level wizards as a foundation, but they could never possess someone who has no reverence for the Tower of Eternity, acts so cunningly and ruthlessly, and possesses such accurate intelligence!
Not to mention how cleanly and efficiently they were able to locate and forcibly take away that item, which was protected by multiple soul defenses and physical concealment measures!
This is completely illogical! It's eerie in every way!
"Are you sure you clearly saw their robes and appearance? Are they definitely deacons from the Anse Academy's security office? Did they not use illusions or disguises?"
A younger wizard from the Tower of Eternity standing nearby couldn't help but confirm, his tone filled with disbelief and doubt.
"The robes are the standard uniforms of the Anse Academy's security detail! The style and insignia are absolutely correct!"
Kyle roared confidently, but then a hint of uncertainty crept into his voice.
"As for their appearance—one of the deacons had a cold and stern face, probably middle-aged, while the other looked somewhat sinister—but, but now that I think about it carefully, their eyes—that feeling—were completely unlike those guys from Anse Academy—"
That indifference as if looking at ants, that unfathomable, eerie power, and the decisiveness and speed of their final retreat—all of it was beyond his comprehension.
The more Kyle recalled, the colder the chill in his heart became; that was absolutely not the temperament he knew Anse Academy law enforcers should have.
Wizard Holm raised his hand, stopping the young wizard from continuing his questioning.
He walked to the stone platform, extended two fingers, his fingertips swirling with pure and extremely powerful spiritual energy, and gently touched Kyle's brow with an irresistible majesty.
"Relax, don't resist. I need to personally examine your last memory fragments to confirm some crucial details and residual energy."
Holm's voice carried an unquestionable tone of command.
Kyle's body stiffened instinctively, but he immediately forced himself to relax.
He knew this was a necessary process. Although having his memories probed by a second-level wizard would never be comfortable and might even cause some minor damage, he had to cooperate in order to retrieve his belongings and his sister and find out the truth.
A gentle yet incredibly powerful mental force, carrying a scrutinizing quality, surged into his sea of consciousness, carefully touching and guiding back memories from not long ago.
From storming angrily into the police station, to the standoff with two "deacons," to the guard's sudden and bizarre collapse, to the other party producing a strange compass that precisely points at him, to the final loss of control of his body, being searched, and the alarm wafting after the object left his body—
The memory exploration process was quick. Wizard Holm withdrew his finger, but his expression was even more gloomy than before, and even carried a trace of extremely solemn and deep doubt.
"How is it, Lord Holm?"
The young wizard asked hurriedly, and everyone's eyes in the secret room were focused on Holm.
The second-level wizard known as Holm slowly and heavily shook his head, his sharp gaze sweeping over the people in the room like that of a hawk.
"The robes are real; at least from the memories, there are no traces of illusion or shapeshifting. As for the appearance—after my initial investigation, I don't seem to have found any obvious residual energy for disguise."
Holm's voice was terrifyingly low, like the calm before a storm.
"but----"
He paused, his eyes flashing with a cold light, his tone resolute: "The nature of their power! The way that mental attack operates! And the style and decisiveness they display—it's absolutely unlike the way Anse Academy operates! I even sensed a trace—an extremely subtle, unsettling lingering dark aura!"
He suddenly looked at Kyle and the other two: "More importantly, the importance of that thing." The higher-ups at Anse Academy might have vaguely sensed something special, but they could never be so clear as to be able to locate it so precisely and dare to take such a direct and brutal action to seize it!
There must be some extremely dangerous force involved behind this—forces we're unaware of! And they seem to know everything about our deal with the Arnold family!
"You mean—someone is impersonating Anse Academy? Trying to frame us?"
Another older wizard, who had been silent all along, spoke in a deep voice, his expression also becoming extremely serious.
"Very likely! Extremely likely!"
Holm turned around abruptly, his tone resolute and filled with boundless rage.
"This is a meticulously planned and malicious frame-up! Someone deliberately set up this scheme to get what they wanted while also trying to shift the blame to Anse Academy, attempting to incite a serious conflict between us so they can profit from it!"
Upon hearing this, Kyle was struck dumb, his face turned even paler, and he swayed.
If that's the case, then the depth of their scheming, the ruthlessness of their methods, the strength of their capabilities, and the accuracy of their intelligence are truly terrifying!
The two siblings, and indeed the entire Arnold family, were nothing more than pawns manipulated at will on the opponent's chessboard from beginning to end!
They might even have included the Tower of Eternity in their scheme!
"Then—then my sister! Sena is still at the police station! Is she in danger?!"
Kyle suddenly remembered this and asked urgently, his voice filled with anxiety.
Holm's eyes turned cold, filled with murderous intent: "Immediately send more men to the police station! Take control of everyone at the scene! Especially the so-called 'district case' scene and those two deacons! Thoroughly investigate every detail! Use every means possible! Even if you have to turn the entire city of Sel City upside down, find out where those two people are and their true identities!"
"yes!"
The young wizard and the older wizard simultaneously received the order, their expressions solemn as they quickly turned and left the secret chamber to make arrangements.
Only Holm and a still-shaken Kyle remained in the secret room.
Holm turned around, his gaze pressing down on Kyle like the heaviest mountain: "Kyle, the specific details of how that thing was taken away, especially what happened before and after that special alarm wave erupted. You need to recall every single abnormal feeling, energy change, and even the other party's expression and language. You absolutely cannot miss anything!"
This is crucial to whether we can retrieve the items, and—to find out who has the audacity to oppose our Eternal Tower from behind!
His gaze was incredibly sharp, as if he could see right through him: "This time, the vortex your Arnold family has been drawn into is probably much deeper and more dangerous than any of us could have imagined."
Kyle sat on the cold stone platform, feeling the lingering weakness within him and the heavy, soul-crushing pressure in Holm's words. His heart sank deeper and deeper into the cold, bottomless abyss.
The enemy is lurking behind a thick fog, employing bizarre and powerful methods, meticulous and ruthless thinking, with clear objectives and far-reaching plans.
And they seemed to have fallen into each other's rhythm from the very beginning.