"How did you end up opening this museum, then?" Song Jia asked.
"The Fanatics had clashed with an Inuit tribe to the north over something before. The Inuit began searching for them, so they had to scatter, but they still needed a place to gather and hold their rituals regularly. That was why I built this art museum, using the fifty million Mr. Taim gave me."
"To avoid arousing suspicion, I even changed its name to Deep Jane Residence. Besides, there were wealthy people among the Fanatics. Two of them were collectors, and there was even an internationally renowned artist who had close ties with the British royal family and had been made a lord by Queen Elizabeth. They also donated quite a bit of money and artwork. That was how my art museum reached its current scale," Sachus said truthfully.
"You said you used this place for gatherings and sacrifices?" Song Jia was focused on another issue.
Sachus knew what she wanted to ask and sighed. "To keep myself from sinking further into madness and completely losing my mind, I'd always tried to minimize my contact with those Fanatics. I rarely took part in their rituals. But yes, I know what you want to ask. They usually chose sacrifices for their rituals. Sometimes they picked from among their own people, but more often they chose ordinary outsiders. Still, because they feared being discovered, they rarely targeted the island's residents. Most of the people they set their sights on were tourists visiting the island and illegal residents staying here. The vast majority were criminals wanted by Interpol who had fled here to lie low."
"And all these years, you've been secretly helping and sheltering them?"
"Like I said, I had no choice. To survive, I even had to kill my