117, No Perfect Attendance... Waaah!!

Meanwhile, Rimuru had already sped back to the scene of the incident—the top floor of Hamson Corporation that Ling Ling and the others had infiltrated—commonly known as the crime scene!

Rimuru's Wraith ability had long since been replaced. The stealth skill he possessed now was more like slipping into the shadows: after using void nodes to Enter the Void, he moved in a manner separated from the Real world.

But unlike shadow movement, the Shadow World was a chaotic, twisted realm, while Enter the Void still allowed movement within the current world, merely concealing oneself in another dimension.

As a result, surrounded by a faint purple glow, Rimuru could easily enter the scene and observe it closely, even though the entire building had already been sealed off tight.

The only downside was that he could not touch anything either.

Rimuru swept his gaze over the corpse. In an instant, Great Sage listed analyses of the body across his retinas, thoughtfully marking every relevant area.

The corpse was a middle-aged man in his thirties or forties. His pristine white leather trench coat was clean, aside from being drenched in blood sprayed from the severed artery in his neck. There were almost no other traces—no wounds on his cheeks or exposed skin either. That meant he had been cleanly killed by having his throat slit from behind.

But the strange part was...

Rimuru glanced around the room. Fragments were scattered everywhere, computers had been smashed, and there were... documents strewn about, broken chair parts—the entire place looked like a fight had taken place.

"What does that tell us?" Rimuru tilted his head slightly and said calmly. "It tells us there was probably more than one person who came in."

"And drawers, safes, and other containers show signs of being forcibly opened, meaning