Bennett, with his pair of large ears, listened to his subordinate's report. "You mean Hobart's family worships the Goddess of the Night?"
The subordinate nodded. "Y-Yes. Because the newspapers have frequently published news about Hobart's family recently, information about them was easy to gather."
Bennett rose from his chair and paced back and forth before several subordinates. "There's something seriously wrong with him! Something seriously wrong! How could a Believer of the Goddess of the Night think of asking the Machinery Hearts for help first thing? We've been watching and tracking this street for over two months. We've practically monitored everyone in the entire South Bridge District, yet we still haven't found a single clue!
"I knew it. We must have missed something before. That has to be it!
"Now we know. The problem lies with Hobart!"
He told them, "Call everyone back. Tomorrow, we're going to Fenebote!"
Before several subordinates could leave to relay the order, one of the people assigned to surveillance ran back and reported, "Captain! The Masked Man has appeared!"
In the dreams of Rose Street residents, someone had seen a masked person appear on Rose Street on the day of the incident.
At the time, Bennett had suspected that the masked person was an important suspect. Yet ever since they began surveillance, the Masked Man had never appeared again.
(Because of the church's special nature, even in dreams, it was difficult for them to see Hobart and the others entering or leaving the church. Thus, they had never suspected Bishop Utravsky.) Everyone in the room froze, then turned to look at Bennett.
Bennett slowly sank back into his chair. "Perhaps... perhaps this differs somewhat from my previous guess? The people who attacked our Fellow Humans weren't a local Backlund force at all! They left immediately