"Ever since the Tingen City team discovered this human trafficking case involving the entire eastern part of the kingdom, the Nighthawkss have been tracking down the extraordinary power hidden behind it. Not only was 'Demoness Sect' involved, but even 'Aurora Order' appeared."
At this time, "Silver Bullet Detective Agency" hung a sign saying it was closed for business, the doors and windows were closed tightly, and the curtains were tightly covered to prevent any sound or light from leaking out.
In the hall on the first floor, except for Nighthawks who was on duty for Chanis Gate, everyone gathered here, sitting or standing, and listened carefully to the mission explanation of the captain Enmat Harbor, Clement.
Most of them were familiar to Angel in the past few days, and there were two people she had never seen before. They should be members of the local team who have been busy "surveilling targets" recently.
Daly Simone had caught up on her sleep during the day and was in high spirits. She took advantage of her gender privilege to occupy the largest sofa and invited Angel to sit down together.
Rupert Norman finally figured out how to play with his pipe, which was now in his mouth and trembling slightly. He did not light his pipe, but his eyes wandered over the others.
Pritz Harbor's "Sleepless" Morrow and "Midnight Poet" Brandon Poirot stood behind Rupert with serious expressions and unswerving eyes.
The two local Nighthawks were sitting and standing slightly apart from the others, all looking at their captain.
The captain of Emmett Harbor Team, "Nightmare" Clement, is sitting on a high-backed chair. There is a map of the city on the low table in front of him. There are three locations circled with a red pen, namely Port District, West Borough and Duran Borough.
They are all edge areas with dense population and convenient transportation.
"After investigation, we have identified three areas, Warehouse No. 16 in Port District, sugar factory in West Borough Kewo Street and Yarn Clinic in Duran Borough Fourth Avenue."
As the place names were read out one by one, Clement tapped his finger on the three red circle locations on the map.
"Yarn Clinic is responsible for inspecting people who have been abducted or kidnapped. The sugar factory transfers them in the city. Finally, these 'goods' will board the ship at Port District and go to the location designated by the buyer. Only this year, this channel has already handled thousands of innocent people, going to plantations in the Berserk Sea islands, mines deep in the Southern Continent, and even Sacrificial Ritual of some cultists."
"A large number of Evernight Goddess believers were victimized!"
The Nighthawkss present all straightened up subconsciously, staring at them with Goddess eyes.
Seeing that everyone's emotions had been aroused, Clement smiled with satisfaction, paused for a moment, and then continued:
"Originally, this operation was supposed to be carried out by the church's elite team, 'Red Gloves'. Well, some of you may have heard of them or even seen them. If they were to take charge, the operation would be foolproof."
"It's a pity that 'Red Gloves' have other tasks and cannot spare manpower to support them at the moment. This is why everyone gathered here."
This is the second time Angel has heard the name "Red Gloves".
It is said that this is a unit selected from within Nighthawks, at least the elite Beyonder of Sequence 7, independent of the Nighthawks squads everywhere., watching all parishes vigilantly like a hound, responding to calls for help at any time, supporting teams in various regions, or arresting those Beyonder Criminal who are extremely vicious but like to commit crimes across regions.
It's a pity that I only heard his voice but not saw his person. It seems that there is no chance to see these "Red Gloves" this time.
"Captain Clement," Rupert Norman, who was standing behind Angel, raised his hand holding the pipe, indicating that he had questions, "Isn't it originally planned to start the arrest operation after Backlund Team joins us tomorrow? Why is it brought forward?"
"That's exactly what I'm going to say next," Clement nodded towards Rupert, "According to the intelligence, every Monday the sugar factory will send the 'goods' to the Port District warehouse, at night Sneaking out Enmat Harbor. But unfortunately, there was movement at the three target strongholds this afternoon. I tried to invade the dreams of several ordinary people and learned that they would probably ship out the "goods" they had on hand early tomorrow morning."
"Ahead of time? Has the news leaked?"
Pritz Harbor Team Morrow said with a sullen face, making his original brown skin look darker.
"Probably not."
Clement shook his head, and his hawk-like gaze swept over everyone's faces one by one, staying longer on Angel.
"Everyone here is the backbone of the Nighthawks team from each diocese. They have been tested for a long time. I believe that everyone will not leak the secret. And before today, most people don't know the full story of the mission, and there is nothing they can do if they want to leak the secret."
"Could it be... divination?"
Daly said abruptly.
Upon hearing this familiar word, the expressions of everyone in the hall changed.
This is the word that official Beyonder least wants to hear, even if they themselves often rely on the results of divination to plan actions.
"It's very possible, maybe some passive divination rituals knew in advance that our actions would 'pose danger' to them and issued an early warning, or maybe someone's impulsive divination exposed our deployment."
Clement rubbed the map with his fingers and echoed Daly's words.
"In any case, it is very likely that the other party will discover our actions, or at least be alerted. If it is delayed until tomorrow night or even the day after tomorrow, when everyone breaks open the doors of the port warehouse and sugar factory, they may only see an empty stronghold."
"Then set out as soon as possible to arrest them. You should already have a plan."
Brandon Poirot, "Midnight Poet", who comes from Pritz Harbor like Morrow, suggested. His face was full of eagerness to try, and he looked like an activist.
Others, including Angel, nodded in agreement.
Everyone traveled a long way to Enmat Harbor not just to smell the exhaust fumes of these human trafficking cultists as they fled. Since the other party is preparing to evacuate early, then act in advance and get ahead of them!
Seemingly satisfied with everyone's reaction, Clement's serious expression revealed a hint of smile. He pushed the map forward so that others could see it more clearly.
"'Silver Bullet', as a Nighthawks stronghold, has a preliminary function against divination, which is why we can hold a meeting in this Rian heart. But once we leave here, we have to assume that our whereabouts will be monitored by the other party, so we must move quickly and not give the other party time to react."
He pointed to the point on the map farthest from the coastline, Yarn Clinic of Duran Borough.
"This clinic is controlled by a Beyonder of 'Aurora Order', Sequence 8 of 'Secrets Suppliant' Pathway, 'Listener'."
Angel has seen the record of this Pathway in the internal information of Nighthawks. The church only has the Low Sequence Potion name of "Secrets Suppliant" and part of Beyonder Ability. This Sequence's Beyonder can listen to the whispers of hidden existences and obtain some unique and powerful abilities, but as a price, they can easily lose control, and once they cannot be promoted within a few years, they will lose control or die.
They either get promoted or die, and rarely stay in this Sequence for a long time.
The other Nighthawks seemed to be familiar with the information and did not raise any questions about Clement's words.
"Morrow and Poirot, you two go to the second floor of the hotel opposite Yarn Clinic. There is one of our team members monitoring the clinic in Room 204. After meeting him, go directly to the clinic to arrest or The 'Listener' who killed 'Aurora Order' had two subordinates, not Beyonder, but there is no need to deliberately hold back and take all means you think are necessary."
"Roger that."
"No problem."
The two people from Pritz Harbor Team answered loudly, and Brandon Poirot looked even more excited, as if they had been looking forward to it for a long time.
"Daly, you lead the team, Mallo and Cliff will follow you, take '3-0431' Frozen Eye, and together with the monitors of the West Borough sugar factory, deal with the factory guards and rescue the slaves they hide there."
"There are eight armed guards in the factory, led by one Beyonder. He is Sequence 8, 'Provoker' of Hunter Pathway. He is good at using traps and can interfere with opponents through words during the battle. You use Sealed Artifact to directly deal with him, and others control the guards and leave it to the police. Be careful that the guards will jump over the wall to attack ordinary people. If necessary, you can use lethal means."
It turns out that there really is "Provoker", Potion... and the behavior of that guy Dominic is also consistent.
Angel mentally labeled the Dominic that sold Beyonder Characteristic today as "Provoker".
Daly nodded, got up and walked into a door behind the hall. He should have gone to "Chanis Gate" to pick up Sealed Artifact.
The other two Nighthawks called by the captain were two people Angel had never seen before. One was taller and the other was lower. They were both men. There was no trace of nervousness on their calm faces.
"The last one is Port District's warehouse. I tried several times to enter it through Beyonder Ability, but there was a strange force inside that stopped me. After 'asking' ordinary workers, I learned that there was a staircase leading underground in the warehouse, and they were all prohibited from entering Underground Area."
"Except for some workers who know the inside story, there is only one mysterious person in the warehouse who is suspected to be Beyonder. He discovered me when I used Nightmare's ability for the first time. The other person is probably the same as me, Sequence 7, or even slightly stronger."
A little stronger, that is Sequence 6?
Angel looked at the people on the field who had not been assigned tasks. Apart from himself and Clement, there was only one other person left, "Midnight Poet" Rupert Norman.
Do we need three of them to solve Beyonder who may be Sequence 6?
As if answering Angel's guess, Clement continued, "Warehouse No. 16 has no workers at night, but that Beyonder has never left the warehouse door and must be there at night. It's up to me, Rupert Norman and Angel Granger to deal with him."
"I have applied for permission to use '2-032', Hand of Declaration. Our group will carry Sealed Artifact to solve this Sequence unknown Beyonder."