No Clue

"What? We can't find any clues at all?"

Ka'erfu looked at the captain of the law enforcement officers in front of him and asked in surprise.

"Yes, four nights ago, an apprentice saw Belori of the Transmutation School scribbling something across a piece of paper in the crowd in the commercial district. That's the last clue we could find."

"Have you confirmed that the apprentice is alright?"

"No, he returned to his School's headquarters that very day and was taught by his mentor for the entire night... He was somewhat surprised to see a Formal Mage who doesn't usually appear in the commercial district, which is why he took a second look."

Ka'erfu frowned; he found nothing.

He somewhat regretted impulsively accepting the investigation mission, although it was quite satisfying to disgust the Transmutation School he hated.

However, the Alliance also has corresponding rules and regulations to regulate the behavior of Investigator.

Every Investigator who takes on an investigation must diligently investigate all matters, and if there are no results, the case cannot be closed for at least two years.

In other words, if he doesn't achieve anything, he'll have to stay here for at least two years, wasting two years of his life.

New Investigator are typically assigned to a major city for on-site work. The job is not difficult, and they can quickly accumulate achievements, making it a good fit for newcomers.

The investigation task he took on so rashly is something that usually only Investigator with five or six years of experience would accept.

Furthermore, they will carefully investigate the situation of the task before accepting it. If it is too difficult, they will simply not accept it. They will only consider it if there is a mandatory assignment.

He was so blinded by the news that he could investigate the Transmutation School that he immediately applied for the investigation mission from headquarters. The information had already been sent, and it was probably being reviewed by now.

It's too late for him to terminate the investigation now; the letter probably arrived just before the authorization notice for the investigation was sent.

Ka'erfu sighed and touched his slightly swollen temples.

He participated in the Investigator assessment in order to better advance his career in resources.

The Investigator have a well-established merit exchange system, where all the resources needed to advance to the Second Order Mage can be exchanged. Therefore, many newly promoted Formal Mage have participated in this assessment.

Ka'erfu was luckier; his exam results were only so-so, ranking sixth in the region, and he was originally not eligible for the top two Investigator.

However, four of the top five students caused trouble, and one of them died a horrific death; his body parts were found scattered in his home after the exam results were announced.

A person suddenly receives financial support from a mentor, eliminating the need to follow the path of accumulating merit.

One person excelled in the management exam of School and chose to develop their School there.

The last one to be discovered for cheating during the assessment, bribing examiners, murdering a fellow examinee, stealing exam materials, defaming the chief examiner, and bringing prohibited items into the examination room, is probably in jail now.

Incidentally, the last one was originally ranked third.

When the Investigator's acceptance letter arrived, excitement overwhelmed him.

The next day he heard that the head of the Transmutation School had disappeared. Two good things happening at the same time made him give up thinking and send out the application letter that very night.

Then I went to Luosiqi and showed off my power, which still feels great to think about now.

The thought of this stagnant task made him feel down again.

"By the way, Investigator, the Transmutation School also lost an apprentice before, just like Belori, who disappeared overnight."

"Oh!" Ka'erfu exclaimed, intrigued.

"Tell me more."

"The apprentice's name was Richter. He disappeared the night after the assessment. The Transmutation School had been searching for him until two weeks ago when they found fragments of his body on a piece of land that had been treated by the Construct School."

"Afterwards, the Transmutation School prevented us from participating in the investigation on the grounds that it might leak their School's knowledge. We don't know what happened after that, only that the Transmutation School made quite a commotion in order to investigate the murderer."

"Belori may have disappeared because she was investigating the murderer of Richter; she had a conflict with the Sword Chant School a few days ago."

After hearing this information, Ka'erfu seemed thoughtful. He hadn't expected there to be so many things involved. He had been focused on finding direct clues, but he hadn't realized that Belori was connected to so many other matters.

"Does the land where Richter's body was found know who placed the order?"

"It's the Pharmacist Association; they just happened to choose the day after Richter's disappearance as the start date for the project."

Ka'erfu's eyes lit up; he saw this as a clue and excitedly said:

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's investigate the people in the Pharmacist Association."

"However, the Transmutation School have already investigated, but found nothing."

"Ha!" Ka'erfu let out a cold laugh. He wasn't afraid of doing useless work now; he was afraid of not finding any place to exert his effort.

"They might not have uncovered some hidden matters. They're just apprentices; what do they know about investigation? How can they possibly investigate such a large Association thoroughly?"

The enforcement team leader was stunned, and only after recovering did he say:

"But, Investigator, the Pharmacist Association has already been disbanded."

"What? They disbanded? Didn't they sell that damn Energy Potion for 45 silver coins?! How did they disband with so much money?"

After the enforcement team captain explained in detail the reasons for the Association's dissolution, Ka'erfu thought for a while and then decided to abandon this lead.

The reason he didn't know the Association had been disbanded was because he had been preparing for the Investigator assessment and was completely out of touch with the outside world.

After the exam, knowing he hadn't done well and probably wouldn't pass, he buried himself in experiments until the Investigator's acceptance letter arrived.

He's been really busy these past few days, which is why he only just found out that the Association has been disbanded. It's already quite good that the Transmutation School can find anyone to sign off on it.

If you search back now, you'd probably find everyone who was tortured by the Transmutation School; all you'd find would be skeletons.

"I will report the fact that the Transmutation School is using torture without authorization; we'll talk about that later."

"Therefore, it can be basically confirmed that the murderer of Richter and the cause of Belori's disappearance are closely related. This is a clue."

"The internal investigation records of the Transmutation School are also a clue; I'll go and ask for them."

"At last..."

Of course it's the Sword Chant School. Belori had a conflict with the Sword Chant School before, so naturally the Sword Chant School has an indisputable suspicion.

Unlike Belori, who couldn't conduct investigations through proper procedures, he, as Investigator for the Alliance, naturally had the right to do so; he just needed to apply for permission first.

"Wait for the Alliance's search warrant before proceeding with the Sword Chant School. You guys keep looking around for anything unusual."